April 17th Birthdays
If you were born on April 17th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Michael Forest is 93 (nee Gerald Michael Charlebois; aka Russell Thor)
American voice artist and actor of TV (Days of Our Lives; The Young and the Restless; Street Fighter II: V) & movies (Deathwatch; Mosby’s Marauders; 100 Rifles; Cotter; The Money Jungle; The Sweet Ride; Atlas; Beast From Haunted Cave), born April 17, 1929. (Michael Forest 1967 Daniel Boone)
Olivia Hussey is 71 (nee Olivia Osuna)
Argentinian-American actress of TV (Jesus of Nazareth; It; The Last Days of Pompeii; Lonesome Dove), movies (Romeo and Juliet; Lost Horizon; Black Christmas; Death on the Nile; The Man With Bogart’s Face; The Cat and the Canary; The Dark Mist), born April 17, 1951. (Olivia Hussey 1972 Photo)
Nick Hornby is 65 (nee Nicholas Peter John Hornby)
English screenwriter of TV & movies (Wild; Brooklyn; Love, Nina; An Education), novelist (About a Boy; High Fidelity; A Long Way Down; Just Like You; Slam), and non-fiction writer (Fever Pitch; Shakespeare Wrote for Money; The Polysyllabic Spree), born April 17, 1957. (Nick Hornby 2010 Photo: © Miriam Douglas)
Teri Austin is 64 (nee Teresa Austin)
Canadian-American actress & host of TV (Jill Bennett on Knots Landing; Thrill of a Lifetime; Cop Rock) and movies (The Dark Mist; The Vindicator; Terminal Choice; Raising Cain; Gangland), founder and president of The Amanda Foundation (pet rescue & care), born April 17, 1957.
Sean Bean is 63 (nee Shaun Mark Bean)
British actor of movies (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; Patriot Games; GoldenEye; National Treasure; Troy; The Island; Ronin; Black Beauty; Stormy Monday; Don’t Say a Word; Flightplan) and TV (Game of Thrones; Legends; Sharpe), born April 17, 1959. (Sean Bean 2006 Photo: GabboT)
Boomer Esiason is 61 (nee Norman Julius Esiason)
Retired American NFL football quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals; New York Jets; Arizona Cardinals), 1988 NFL MVP & AFC Player of the Year, NFL sportscaster (Monday Night Football; The NFL Today; Inside the NFL) born April 17, 1961. (Boomer Esiason 2007 Photo: Staff Sgt. Kristi Machado / USAF)
Lela Rochon is 58 (nee Lela Rochon Staples)
American dancer & actress of movies (Waiting to Exhale; The Chamber; The Big Hit; Any Given Sunday; First Daughter; Why Do Fools Fall in Love; Knock Off), TV (The Division; The Wayans Bros.) and music videos (All Night Long [All Night]), born April 17, 1964. (Lela Rochon 2007 Photo: S Pakhrin)
William Mapother is 57 (nee William Reibert Mapother Jr.)
American character actor of TV (Ethan Rom on Lost; The Mentalist; Justified) and film (The Grudge; In the Bedroom; The Zodiac; Mission: Impossible II; Suspect Zero; A Warrior’s Heart; Underdogs; The Lather Effect; Without Limits), born April 17, 1965. (William Mapother 2014 Photo: VailFilmFest)
Henry Ian Cusick is 55
Peruvian actor of stage, TV (Desmond Hume on Lost; Marcus Kane on The 100; Scandal; The Mentalist; Casualty; Two Thousand Acres of Sky; The Book Group; 24; Inhumans; MacGyver), and movies (Half Light; The Girl on the Train; Hitman), born April 17, 1967. (Henry Ian Cusick 2012 Photo: Henry Ian Cusick)
Timothy Gibbs is 55
American screenwriter, producer, & actor of TV (Gary Sinclair on Another World; Dash Nichols on Santa Barbara; Will Adams on Father Murphy; The Rousters), movies (Witchboard 2; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Season of the Hunter), born April 17, 1967. (Timothy Gibbs 2010 Photo: Ajackbeck)
Kimberly Elise is 55 (nee Kimberly Elise Trammel)
American actress of movies (Beloved; Diary of a Mad Black Woman; For Colored Girls; The Manchurian Candidate, John Q; Bait; Pride; Ties That Bind; The Great Debaters; Death Wish) & TV (Close to Home; Hit the Floor; Grey’s Anatomy), born April 17, 1967. (Kimberly Elise 2012 Photo: Mingle MediaTV)
American actress of TV (Sydney Bristow on Alias; Time of Your Life; Felicity) & films (Dallas Buyer’s Club; Love, Simon; 13 Going On 30; Valentine’s Day; Ghosts of Girlfriends Past; Danny Collins; Elektra; Daredevil; Pearl Harbor; Catch Me if You Can), born April 17, 1972. (Jennifer Garner 2009 Photo: Karon Liu)
(Irene Castle 1917: Leo Sielke Jr. | Billy Fury 1968: Allan Warren)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 17th!
Remember These April 17th Famous Birthdays
William Holden (nee William Franklin Beedle Jr.)
Academy Award-winning American movie star (Sunset Blvd.; Golden Boy; Sabrina; Executive Suite; Stalag 17; Escape from Fort Bravo; The Bridges at Toko-Ri; Love is a Many-Splendored Thing; Picnic; The Bridge on the River Kwai; The Wild Bunch; The Turning Point) (born Apr. 17, 1918 – died Nov. 12, 1981; age 63). William Holden died after a fall. (William Holden 1954 Sabrina Photo)
James Last (nee Hans Last)
German musician, music arranger, James Last Orchestra big band leader (Greensleeves), composer (Happy Heart), TV performer (Star Parade) and recording artist (Games That Lovers Play; Theme from American Gigolo; Orange Blossom Special; My Heart Will Go On; La Vie En Rose) (born Apr. 17, 1929 – died June 9, 2015; age 86). (James Last 1970 Photo: Dutch National Archives)
Harry Reasoner
American newspaper reporter (The Minneapolis Times), novelist (Tell Me About Women), and Emmy Award-winning broadcast news journalist (ABC Evening News; CBS Reports; ABC Minute), co-founder of 60 Minutes (born Apr. 17, 1923 – died Aug. 6, 1991; age 68). Harry Reasoner died after a fall and subsequent brain blood clot. (Harry Reasoner 1949 Photo)
Anne Shirley (nee Dawn Evelyeen Paris; aka Dawn O’Day)
American child model and movie actress (Riders of the Purple Sage; Anne of Green Gables; Three on a Match; The Key; Stella Dallas; A Man to Remember; Murder, My Sweet; Government Girl; Bombardier; Four Jacks and a Jill; West Point Widow; Young America) (born Apr. 17, 1918 – died July 4, 1993; age 75). Cause of death for Anne Shirley was lung cancer. (Anne Shirley 1940s Photo)
Billy Fury (nee Ronald Wycherley)
British rock & roll musician, songwriter & singer (Halfway to Paradise; Jealousy; Last Night Was Made for Love; I’d Never Find Another You; Once Upon a Dream; Like I’ve Never Been Gone; When Will You Say I Love You; In Summer; In Thoughts of You; Colette; A Thousand Stars) (born Apr. 17, 1940 – died Jan. 28, 1983; age 42). Billy Fury died of a heart attack. (Billy Fury 1968: Allen Warren)
Irene Castle (nee Irene Foote)
American modern, ragtime, jazz, and ballroom dancer with her husband Vernon Castle, dancer & actress of stage and silent movies (Whirl of Life; Patria; The First Law; Slim Shoulders; The Mysterious Client; The Firing Line; Convict 993; The Mark of Cain; The Hillcrest Mystery) (born Apr. 17, 1893 – died Jan. 25, 1969; age 75). (Irene Castle 1915 Photo: Library of Congress)
Lon McCallister (nee Herbert Alonzo McCallister Jr.)
American actor of TV and movies (Winged Victory; The Story of Seabiscuit; A Yank in Korea; The Boy From Indiana; Montana Territory; Combat Squad; Thunder in the Valley; That Other Woman; The Big Cat; Over My Dead Body) (born Apr. 17, 1923 – died June 11, 2005; age 82). Lon McCallister died of congestive heart failure. (Lon McCallister 1947 The Red House)
American actor of TV (Leslie Harrington on Peyton Place; Walter Dennis on The Brighter Day; The Loretta Young Show; Perry Mason; Suspense; Gunsmoke; Mike Hammer; The Lone Ranger) & films (Fighting Back; For You I Die; Murder is My Beat; The Incredible Shrinking Man; Chicago Confidential; Calypso Heat Wave) (born Apr. 17, 1913 – died Apr. 15, 1980; age 66). (Paul Langton 1964)
Arthur Lake (nee Arthur Silverlake Jr.)
American actor (Dagwood Bumstead in Blondie movies, radio programs, & TV shows; Indiscreet; On With the Show!; Tanned Legs; Topper; Cheer Up and Smile; She’s My Weakness; The Big Show-Off; Stop That Man; The Air Circus; Harold Teen; The Ghost That Walks Alone) (born Apr. 17, 1905 – died Jan. 9, 1987; age 81). Arthur Lake died of a heart attack. (Arthur Lake 1930 Photo: Bruno)
Don Kirshner (nee Donald Clark Kirshner)
American Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame music publisher, songwriter (Wear My Ring; Lost Love; By My Side), producer & talent manager (The Monkees, The Archies), TV host and producer (Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert) (born Apr. 17, 1934 – died Jan. 17, 2011; age 76). Don Kirshner died of heart failure. (Don Kirshner 1974 Photo: Rogers, Cowan & Brenner)
American actor of TV (Gunsmoke; Tales of Wells Fargo; Ironside; Perry Mason; Cheyenne; Dragnet; The Millionaire; Broken Arrow; The Loretta Young Show; My Three Sons) and movies (Ghost Town; Midnight Cowboy; Cyrano de Bergerac) (born Apr. 17, 1911 – died Oct. 31, 1993; age 82). Cause of death for Gilman Rankin is unknown. (Gilman Rankin 1957 Tombstone Territory)
American actor beginning in silent films for Star Film Company and Christie Film Company (Judgment of the Sea; Sinners Holiday; Half a Bride; The Trail of ’98; The Grind; Maid of the Mist; The Phantom Melody; Crooked Trails; The Cowboy Kid) (born Apr. 17, 1885 – died Mar. 6, 1953; age 67). Ray Gallagher died of a heart attack. (Ray Gallagher 1914 Photo: Who’s Who in the Film World)
Vivian Reed (aka Mrs. Alfred E. Green)
American model, Oz Films trade mark head, silent movie actress (The New Wizard of Oz; The Magic Cloak; The Last Egyptian; The Test of Chivalry; The Lad and the Lion; Tiger Bait; The Isle of Content; The Scarlet Lady; The Bull’s Eye; The Hard Way; The Princess of Patches) (born Apr. 17, 1894 – died July 19, 1989; age 95). (Vivian Reed 1916: Selig / Motion Picture Magazine)
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