April 18th Birthdays
If you were born on April 18th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Robert Hooks (“Bobby” Dean Hooks; father of Kevin Hooks)
Emmy Award-winning American actor & host of stage, TV (Det. Jeff Ward on N.Y.P.D.; The Hoop Life; Like It Is; Hotel; Dynasty; L. A. Law; Hotel; The F.B.I.), and movies (Hurry Sundown; Trouble Man; Aaron Loves Angela; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock), born April 18, 1937. (Robert Hooks Photo: Lorrie Marlow)
Hayley Mills (daughter of John Mills; sister of Juliet Mills)
English actress of Disney movies (Pollyanna; The Parent Trap; That Darn Cat!; In Search of the Castaways; The Moon-Spinners; The Chalk Garden; The Trouble With Angels; Tiger Bay; Summer Magic) and TV (Wild at Heart), born April 18, 1946. Ex of Roy Boulting. (Hayley Mills 1960s Film Star VintageR)
James Woods
American producer, Emmy Award-winning film actor (Salvador; The Way We Were; The Onion Field; Ghosts of Mississippi; The General’s Daughter; Against All Odds; Once Upon a Time in America; Nixon), TV (Sebastian Stark on Shark; Ray Donovan), born April 18, 1947. (James Woods 1995 Photo: Alan Light)
Dorothy Lyman
American TV producer (The Nanny), actress of movies & TV (Naomi Oates Harper on Mama’s Family; Gwen Frame on Another World; All My Children; The Bold and the Beautiful; The Edge of Night; One Life to Live; Life Goes On), born April 18, 1947. (Dorothy Lyman c 1982 Photo: Jacksina & Freedman)
Cindy Pickett (ex of Lyman Ward)
American actress of TV (Dr. Carol Novino on St. Elsewhere; Jackie Marler Spaulding on Guiding Light; Call to Glory; Amerika; Hyperion Bay) and movies (Night Games; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Circle of Power; Hysterical; Sleepwalkers; DeepStar Six; Being Rose), born April 18, 1947. (Cindy Pickett 1980s Photo)
Rick Moranis (nee Frederick Allan Moranis)
Canadian screenwriter and actor of movies (Ghostbusters; Little Shop of Horrors; Parenthood; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; The Flintstones; Strange Brew; Brewster’s Millions) and TV (90 Minutes Live; SCTV; SCTV Network; Bob and Doug), born April 18, 1953. (Rick Moranis 2006 Photo: Lauren Brown)
John James (nee John James Anderson)
American producer and actor of TV (Jeff Colby on Dynasty & The Colbys; Rick Decker on As the World Turns; Jeff Martin on All My Children; The Love Boat; Search for Tomorrowt) and movies (Illegal Aliens; Icebreaker; Chronology; Christmas Camp), born April 18, 1956. (John James 1983 Dynasty Photo: ABC)
Melody Thomas Scott (nee Melody Ann Thomas)
American actress of TV (Nikki Redd Newman Abbott Newman on The Young and the Restless since 1981; The Waltons; The Scarlett O’Hara War) & films (The Beguiled; Posse; The Shootist; The Car; The Fury; Piranha; Marnie), born April 18, 1956. Married Edward J. Scott. (Melody Thomas Scott 2007: JPI Studios)
Eric Roberts (brother of Julia Roberts; ex-partner of Sandy Dennis)
American actor of TV (Less Than Perfect; Another World; Heroes; The Young and the Restless; Suits) & films (Runaway Train; King of the Gypsies; The Dark Knight; Raggedy Man; The Coca-Cola Kid; Best of the Best; Final Analysis), born April 18, 1956. Father of Emma Roberts. (Eric Roberts 1983 Star 80 Trailer)
Anna Holbrook (nee Anna Kathryn York)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Sharlene Frame Hudson on Another World; One Life to Live; Law & Order; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; All My Children; Dallas; Spin City), & movies, born April 18, 1957. (Anna Holbrook Photo: Alexandra Tursh / courtesy AnnaHolbrook.com)
Jane Leeves
English actress of TV (Daphne Moon on Frasier; Joy Scroggs on Hot in Cleveland; Kit Voss on The Resident; Throb; Murphy Brown; Seinfeld) & films (Mr. Write; Miracle on 34th Street; Music of the Heart; Don’t Go Breaking My Heart; To Live and Die in L.A.), born April 18, 1961. (Jane Leeves 1994: Alan Light)
Jeff Dunham (nee Jeffrey Dunham)
American comedian, ventriloquist, character and voice over actor of stage & TV (The Jeff Dunham Show; Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity; Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map; Hollywood Squares; Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy; Hot Country Nights), born April 18, 1962. (Jeff Dunham 2015 Photo: Ilovemuppets)
Eric McCormack
Canadian-American voice artist & actor of TV (Will Truman on Will & Grace; Perception; Travelers; Lonesome Dove: The Series & The Outlaw Years; Trust Me; The New Adventures of Old Christine; Full Circle; Pound Puppies) and movies, born April 18, 1963. (Eric McCormack 2008 Photo: Tim Ronca)
Conan O’Brien (“Coco“; “The Ginja Ninja“)
American comedian, TV comedy writer (Not Necessarily the News; Saturday Night Live; The Simpsons), producer & and host (Conan; Late Night with Conan O’Brien; Carson on TCM; The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien; The Pete Holmes Show), born April 18, 1963. (Conan O’Brien 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
American actor of TV (Sam Fowler & Dr. Shane Roberts on Another World; Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives; Stavros Cassadine on General Hospital & Port Charles), movies (Dream for an Insomniac; Mr. Write), & airplane pilot, born April 18, 1964. (Robert Kelker-Kelly c. 1980s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Maria Bello
American actress of TV (ER; NCIS; Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Prime Suspect; Touch; Goliath) and movies (Secret Window; A History of Violence; Flicka; The Jane Austen Book Club; Coyote Ugly; Prisoners; Carjacked; Duets; Grown Ups; Beautiful Boy), born April 18, 1967. (Maria Bello 2013 Photo: Gordon Correll)
David Tennant (nee David John McDonald; married Georgia Moffett)
Scottish actor of TV (The Doctor on Doctor Who; DI Alec Hardy on Broadchurch; Gracepoint; Blackpool; The Great Scott) and films (Much Ado About Nothing; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; What We Did on Our Holiday), born April 18, 1971. Son-in-law of Peter Davison. (David Tennant 2009: vagueonthehow)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Carly Corinthos / Kim Nero on General Hospital; Ava Vitali / Taylor Walker on Days of Our Lives; Reese Williams on All My Children) and movies (Little Chenier; Abduction of Angie), born April 18, 1971. (Tamara Braun 2016 Photo: thepaparazzigamer)
(Barbara Hale 1945 | Hayley Mills 1962)
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James Drury (nee James Child Drury Jr.)
American actor of TV (The Virginian; Firehouse; Gunsmoke; Zane Grey Theater; Rawhide) and movies (The Tender Trap; Love Me Tender; Bernardine; Pollyanna; Ten Who Dared; The Young Warriors; Good Day for a Hanging; Ride the High Country; The Last Wagon; Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus) (born Apr. 18, 1934 – died Apr. 6, 2020; age 85). (James Drury 1971 The Virginian Photo: NBC)
Barbara Hale (married Bill Williams; mother of William Katt)
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Della Street on Perry Mason series & movies) and films (Seminole; Lorna Doone; The Falcon Out West; West of the Pecos; Lady Luck; Jolson Sings Again; Airport; The Window) (born Apr. 18, 1922 – died Jan. 26, 2017; age 94). Barbara Hale died of COPD complications. (Barbara Hale Photo: Seminole 1953 Universal Pictures)
Bob Hastings (nee Robert Francis Hastings; brother of Don Hastings)
American actor of TV (Ed Foyle on Kitty Foyle; McHale’s Navy; All in the Family; The Edge of Night; The Munsters; Captain Video and His Video Rangers; The Phil Silvers Show; General Hospital) & films (Superboy; The Love God?; How to Frame a Figg; Harper Valley P.T.A.) (born Apr. 18, 1925 – died June 30, 2014; age 89). Bob Hastings died of prostate cancer. (Bob Hastings 2008: Ronzoni)
Wendy Barrie (nee Marguerite Wendy Jenkins; ex-partner of Bugsy Siegel)
British-American host & actress of radio, TV (The Wendy Barrie Show; The Jack Haley Show) and films (The Private Life of Henry VIII; It’s a Small World; College Scandal; Speed; Under Your Spell; Dead End; Pacific Liner; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Saint Strikes Back; Five Came Back; The Gay Falcon) (born Apr. 18, 1912 – died Feb. 2, 1978; age 65). (Wendy Barrie 1940 Silver Screen)
Virginia O’Brien (“Frozen Face“; “Miss Ice Glacier“; ex of Kirk Alyn)
American singer & actress of stage & film (Merton of the Movies; Du Barry Was a Lady; Meet the People; Ringside Maisie; Ship Ahoy; The Show-Off; Panama Hattie; The Harvey Girls; Lady Be Good; Francis in the Navy; Till the Clouds Roll By; Gus; Ziegfeld Follies) (born Apr. 18, 1919 – died Jan. 16, 2001; age 81). Virginia O’Brien died of natural causes. (Virginia O’Brien 1942 Photo)
Lori Martin (nee Dawn Catherine Menzer; aka Dawn Breitenbucher)
American singer (Grady), actress of TV (Velvet Brown on National Velvet; Sally Reed on Days of Our Lives; My Three Sons; Family Affair; Breaking Point; Leave it to Beaver) and movies (Cape Fear; The Chase; The Angry Breed; Machine-Gun Kelly) (born Apr. 18, 1947 – died Apr. 4, 2010; age 62). Lori Martin died by suicide (gunshot). (Lori Martin 1962 Photo: Press Syndicate)
Virginia Farmer (nee Mary Virginia Farmer)
American film actress (The Fatal Witness; The Men; Born to Be Bad; Darling, How Could You!; Bury Me Dead; Strangler of the Swamp; Lady in the Dark; A Woman’s Secret; Another Part of the Forest; Captain Carey, U.S.A.; Gun Crazy) (born Apr. 18, 1898 – died May 19, 1988; age 90). Cause of death for Virginia Farmer is unknown. (Virginia Farmer 1950 Cyrano de Bergerac)
Dorothy Revier (nee Doris Velegra, Valagra, or Valerga; ex of Harry Revier)
American actress of silent films (The Fate of a Flirt; The Better Way; Poker Faces; Just a Woman; Steppin’ Out) & classic movies (Anybody’s Blonde; The King Murder; The Black Camel; Call of the West; Graft; The Secrets of Wu Sin; The Way of All Men; The Lady in Scarlet; The Iron Mask) (born Apr. 18, 1904 – died Nov. 19, 1993; age 89). (Dorothy Revier 1929 Photo: Walter Frederick Seely)
American orator, American Civil Liberties Union member & civil libertarian attorney, labor lawyer, death penalty opponent, & criminal defence attorney (Leopold and Loeb “Trial of the Century“; Scopes “Monkey” Trial; Eugene V. Debs / Pullman Strike; Ossian Sweet murder trial) (born Apr. 18, 1857 – died Mar. 13, 1938; age 80). (Clarence Darrow 1913: Underwood & Underwood)
James Rennie (ex of Dorothy Gish)
Canadian-American actor of stage, silent films (Argentine Love; Flying Pat; The Moral Sinner; Restless Wives), classic movies (The Bad Man; Party Husband; Illicit; The Girl of the Golden West; The Divorce Racket; The Little Damozel; Now, Voyager; Skylark; The Lash) & WWI BRFC pilot (born Apr. 18, 1889 – died July 31, 1965; age 76). (James Rennie 1921: Packard Exchange NY)
Stephen Longstreet (nee Chauncey Weiner; aka Paul Haggard)
American author (The Sisters Liked Them Handsome) & screenwriter (The Jolson Story; The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry; The Gay Sisters; Silver River; Wild Harvest; Strange Confession; The Helen Morgan Story; Outcasts of the City; Stallion Road; Rider on a Dead Horse; The First Traveling Saleslady; Panic Button) (born April 18, 1907 – died Feb. 20, 2002; age 94). (Stephen Longstreet 1940)
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