November 30th Birthdays
If you were born on November 30th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Ridley Scott (brother of Tony Scott; Sir Ridley Scott)
Emmy Award-winning English producer & director of TV (The Good Wife; Numb3rs; The Pillars of the Earth) and movies (Black Hawk Down; Alien; Thelma & Louise; Black Rain; Gladiator; Blade Runner; The Martian; The Duellists), born November 30, 1937. (Ridley Scott 2015 Photo: Bill Ingalls / NASA)
Terrence Malick
American movie producer (Amazing Grace; Awaken; The Beautiful Country), film director and screenwriter (Badlands; Days of Heaven; The Thin Red Line; The New World; To the Wonder; Knight of Cups; The Tree of Life; Song to Song), born November 30, 1943. (Terrence Malick: Hadean-mind)
David Mamet (married Rebecca Pidgeon; ex of Lindsay Crouse)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright (Glengarry Glen Ross; Speed-the-Plow) screenwriter & director of TV (The Unit) & films (Ronin; The Postman Always Rings Twice; The Verdict; We’re No Angels; Hoffa; The Untouchables; State and Main), born November 30, 1947. (David Mamet 2008: David Shankbone)
Mandy Patinkin (nee Mandel Bruce Patinkin)
Emmy and Tony Award-winning American singer and actor of stage, TV (Saul Berenson on Homeland; Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope; Criminal Minds; Dead Like Me) and movies (The Princess Bride; Yentl; Alien Nation; Ragtime), born November 30, 1952. (Mandy Patinkin 2012 Photo: Barian)
Billy Idol (nee William Michael Albert Broad)
British-American punk rock songwriter & singer (Dancing With Myself; White Wedding; Eyes Without a Face; To Be a Lover; Rebel Yell; Mony Mony; Sweet Sixteen; Flesh For Fantasy), and actor of TV and movies (The Wedding Singer), born November 30, 1955. (Billy Idol 2005 Photo: Mandy Coombes)
Colin Mochrie (married Debra McGrath)
Scottish-Canadian stand-up comedian, improv, character and voice over actor of stage (Second City), commercials, movies, and TV (Whose Line is It Anyway?; Blackfly; She’s the Mayor; The Drew Carey Show; Murdoch Mysteries), born November 30, 1957. (Colin Mochrie 2006 Photo: Jordan Kalilich)
Gary Lineker
British Football Hall of Fame English professional soccer player, 1986 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team, 1990 FIFA Fair Play Award-winner, TV football commentator & host (Match of the Day; They Think It’s All Over; The Premier League Show), born November 30, 1960. (Gary Lineker 2010 Photo: Liton Ali)
Bo Jackson (nee Vincent Edward Jackson)
College Football Hall of Fame American pro football player, 1985 Heisman winner, UPI & Sporting News Player of the Year, NFL running back (Los Angeles Raiders), and MLB player (Kansas City Royals), born November 30, 1962. (Bo Jackson 2011 Photo: Chris Putman, HQAMC / US Army)
Ben Stiller (nee Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller; m. Christine Taylor)
Emmy-winning American TV & film comedian, director, screenwriter, actor & producer (There’s Something About Mary; Meet the Parents; Along Came Polly; Night at the Museum; Meet the Fockers; Zoolander), born November 30, 1965. Son of Jerry Stiller, Ann Meara. (Ben Stiller 2010: Gordon Correll)
(Virginia Mayo 1951 | Dick Clark 1958)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 30th!
Remember These November 30th Famous Birthdays
American actor of stage, video games (Max Payne; Alan Wake), TV (Jimmy Keefe on Rescue Me; Joe / Michael on Viper; As the World Turns; Suits), & movies (The Truth About Cats & Dogs; To Redemption; Burnzy’s Last Call; Distress; Nick and Jane; Confidence Game; Fresh Cut Grass) (born Nov. 30, 1958 – died Dec. 17, 2023; age 65). (James McCaffrey Painting: A. Hamilton)
American actor of TV (Dr. Paul Graham on The Eleventh Hour; Lt. Ted Quinlan on Riptide; Mannix; Tales of Wells Fargo; The F.B.I.; The A-Team; Perry Mason; Bat Masterson; Barnaby Jones) & films (Mosby’s Marauders; Sniper’s Ridge; Play Misty For Me; High Plains Drifter; Where the Red Fern Grows; Sssssss) (born Nov. 30, 1931 – died Sept. 9, 2022; age 90). (Jack Ging 1960 Black Saddle)
L. M. Montgomery (nee Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Canadian author of the Anne of Green Gables novels (Anne of Avonlea; Rilla of Ingleside) and other fiction (Emily of New Moon; Pat of Silver Bush; The Story Girl; Jane of Lantern Hill; Anne’s House of Dreams; Rainbow Valley) (born Nov. 30, 1874 – died Apr. 24, 1942; age 67). Lucy Maud Montgomery died of a coronary thrombosis. (L. M. Montgomery Photo: KindredSpirit Michael)
Mark Twain (nee Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
American humorist, lecturer, short story writer, and novelist (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; The Prince and the Pauper; The Gilded Age; A Tale of Today; Pudd’nhead Wilson) (born Nov. 30, 1835 – died Apr. 21, 1910; age 74). Mark Twain died of a heart attack. (Mark Twain 1871 Photo: Mathew Brady)
John McCrae (aka Dr. John McCrae; Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae)
Canadian hospital doctor & pathologist (Toronto General; Baltimore Johns Hopkins; Montreal General & Royal Victoria), university professor (Vermont; McGill), veteran (Second Boer War Royal Canadian Artillery; WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force), & poet (In Flanders Fields) (born Nov. 30, 1872 – died Jan. 28, 1918; age 45). John McCrae died of pneumonia. (John McCrae 1914)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (father of Stephanie Zimbalist)
American actor of stage, TV (The F.B.I.; 77 Sunset Strip; Concerning Miss Marlowe; Maverick; Remington Steele; Hotel; Zorro; Scruples; Who is the Black Dahlia) & movies (By Love Possessed; The Chapman Report; Wait Until Dark) (born Nov. 30, 1918 – died May 2, 2014; age 95). Efrem Zimbalist Jr. died of natural causes. (Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 1969 The F.B.I. Photo: ABC TV)
Winston Churchill (aka Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill)
British Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) during WWII “We shall never surrender“, non-fiction author awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature (The Second World War series; The World Crisis series; Blood, Sweat and Tears) (born Nov. 30, 1874 – died Jan. 24, 1965; age 90). Winston Churchill died after a stroke. (Sir Winston Churchill 1941 Photo: J. Russell & Sons)
Virginia Mayo (nee Virginia Clara Jones; married Michael O’Shea)
American dancer-actress of TV (Santa Barbara) & movies (Fort Dobbs; The Proud Ones; Fort Utah; The Tall Stranger; The Silver Chalice; The West Point Story; The Best Years of Our Lives; A Song is Born) (born Nov. 30, 1920 – died Jan. 17, 2005; age 84). Virginia Mayo died of pneumonia & heart failure complications. (Virginia Mayo 1954 King Richard and the Crusaders Trailer)
Richard Crenna
Emmy Award-winning American director & actor of movies (First Blood & Rambo films; Wait Until Dark; The Sand Pebbles; Made in Paris; Breakheart Pass; Summer Rental) and TV (The Real McCoys; Our Miss Brooks; Slattery’s People; The Rape of Richard Beck) (born Nov. 30, 1926 – died Jan. 17, 2003; age 76). Richard Crenna died of heart failure. (Richard Crenna 1961 Photo)
Rex Reason (nee Rex George Reason Jr.; aka Bart Roberts)
American actor of TV (Adam MacLean on Man Without a Gun; Scott Norris on The Roaring Twenties) & films (Band of Angels; Under Fire; Smoke Signal; This Island Earth; The Sad Horse; Lady Godiva of Coventry; Thundering Jets; The Creature Walks Among Us; Yankee Pasha) (born Nov. 30, 1928 – died Nov. 19, 2015; age 86). Brother of Rhodes Reason. (Rex Reason 1956 Raw Edge Trailer)
Martin E. Brooks (nee Martin Baum)
American actor of movies, & TV (Dr. Rudy Wells on The Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman; The Secret Storm; Paul Raven on Love of Life; Dr. Everett Moore on Search for Tomorrow; General Hospital; Dallas; Hunter; McMillan & Wife; Knots Landing; The Doctors; The F.B.I.) (born Nov. 30, 1925 – died Dec. 7, 2015; age 90). (Martin E. Brooks 1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf)
Robert Guillaume (nee Robert Peter Williams)
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning American singer-actor of TV (Benson; Soap; Sports Night; The Robert Guillaume Show) and movies (The Lion King [voice of Rafiki]; Seems Like Old Times; Wanted: Dead or Alive; Lean on Me; Spy Hard) (born Nov. 30, 1927 – died Oct. 24, 2017; age 89). Robert Guillaume died of prostate cancer. (Robert Guillaume 1977 SOAP Photo: ABC TV)
John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, & Robert Fairbairn)
American mystery author of the Henri Bencolin series (It Walks by Night; Castle Skull), Dr. Gideon Fell books (Hag’s Nook; The Hollow Man), and Sir Henry Merrivale series(The White Priory Murders; The Plague Court Murders) (born Nov. 30, 1906 – died Feb. 28, 1977; age 70). Cause of death for John Dickson Carr was lung cancer. (John Dickson Carr 1977 Photo: AP Wirephoto)
Dick Clark (nee Richard Wagstaff Clark)
American Emmy Award-winning radio & TV producer (American Dreams), actor & host TV and movies (American Bandstand; The Dick Clark Show; The $10,000 Pyramid; New Year’s Rockin’ Eve; Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll & Remember; Because They’re Young) (born Nov. 30, 1929 – died Apr. 18, 2012; age 82). Dick Clark died of a heart attack. (Dick Clark 1974 Photo: ABC TV)
English-Irish Anglican Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Dublin), political writer & satirist (Drapier’s Letters; A Modest Proposal), poet (On Stella’s Birth-day; A Description of the Morning; The Lady’s Dressing Room; Cadenus and Vanessa), & author (Gulliver’s Travels; The Battle of the Books; A Tale of a Tub) (born Nov. 30, 1667 – died Oct. 19, 1745; age 77). (Jonathan Swift 1710: Charles Jervas)
June Pointer
Grammy Award-winning American country music and R&B singer solo (Respect Yourself), and as the youngest of The Pointer Sisters (Fire; He’s So Shy; Slow Hand; Jump [For My Love]; So Excited; Neutron Dance; Automatic; Black & White; Fairytale) (born Nov. 30, 1953 – died Apr. 11, 2006; age 52). June Pointer died of cancer. (June Pointer 1983 Photo: RCA Records and Tapes)
American actor of TV (Perry Mason; Ben Casey; Peyton Place; Hazel; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Daniel Boone; Lights Out; The Tall Man) and movies (The Adulteress; Flight That Disappeared; The New Interns; Bye Bye Birdie; Panic in the City) (born Nov. 30, 1911 – died Jan. 28, 1986; age 74). Cause of death for Gregory Morton is unknown. (Gregory Morton 1963 Johnny Cool)
Academy Award-winning blacklisted American humorist author (Algonquin Round Table) and movie screenwriter (The Philadelphia Story; Love Affair; Life With Father; Holiday; Tarnished Lady; The Barretts of Wimpole Street; No More Ladies; Marie Antoinette; That Uncertain Feeling; The White Sister; Without Love) (born Nov. 30, 1894 – died Aug. 2, 1980; age 85). (David Ogden Stewart 1930)
Oscar-winning American photographer & cinematographer of TV (My Friend Flicka; Broken Arrow) & movies (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Fly; Limelight; Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ; The Great Dictator; The Macomber Affair; Some Like It Hot; Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans; Belle of the Nineties) (born Nov. 30, 1886 – died Dec. 16, 1981; age 95). (Karl Struss 1932: American Cinematographer)
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