August 10th Birthdays
If you were born on August 10th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Brian McFarlane is 89
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian radio & TV sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada 1964-1991; CBS; NBC), author (50 years of Hockey; Legendary Stanley Cup Stories; Brian McFarlane’s Original Six; The Ultimate Hockey Quiz Book), born August 10, 1931. (Brian McFarlane 1970s Photo)
Ronnie Spector is 77 (nee Veronica Yvette Bennett)
American lead singer with 1960s Grammy and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame girl group The Ronettes (Be My Baby; Baby, I Love You; Walking in the Rain [The Best Part of] Breakin’ Up; Born to Be Together), born August 10, 1943. (Ronnie Spector 1971 Photo: Apple Records)
James Reynolds is 74
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actor of stage, movies, and TV (Abe Carver on Days of Our Lives since 1981; Henry Marshall on Generations; Time Express), and former U. S. Marines Vietnam battlefield reporter, born August 10, 1946. (James Reynolds Photo: Lesley Bohm)
Ian Anderson is 73
Scottish musician (flute, guitar), songwriter, and lead singer of Jethro Tull (Aqualung; Living in the Past; Bungle in the Jungle; Locomotive Breath, Hymn 43; Sweet Dream; Life is a Long Song; The Whistler; Sweet Dream; Love Story), born August 10, 1947. (Ian Anderson 1977 Photo: NBC Television)
Rémy Girard is 70
French Canadian actor of television (Les Boys; Scoop series; InSecurity) and movies (The Barbarian Invasions; Jesus of Montreal; The Rocket; Blades of Glory; Incendies; The Revolving Doors; Les Boys films), born August 10, 1950.
Daniel Hugh Kelly is 68
American actor of stage, TV (Hardcastle and McCormick; Frank Ryan on Ryan’s Hope; All My Children; Chicago Story; Ponderosa; As the World Turns) and movies (Nowhere to Hide; Someone to Watch Over Me; Star Trek: Insurrection; American Gun), born August 10, 1952. (Daniel Hugh Kelly 1985 Photo)
Rosanna Arquette is 61
American producer and actress of TV (What About Brian; The Executioner’s Song) and movies (Nowhere to Run; Desperately Seeking Susan; Baby It’s You; Gone Fishin’; Trading Favors; The Whole Nine Yards; Silverado; Flight of the Intruder), born August 10, 1959. (Rosanna Arquette 2012 Photo: Frantogian)
Antonio Banderas is 60 (nee José Antonio Domínguez Bandera)
Spanish movie producer and actor (The Mask of Zorro; Philadelphia; Evita; Spy Kids; Puss in Boots; Original Sin; Desperado; Crazy in Alabama; The Mambo Kings; Interview With the Vampire; Take the Lead), born August 10, 1960. (Antonio Banderas 2006 Photo: Jose Antonio Berrocal Perez)
Suzanne Collins is 58
American youth novelist (Gregor the Overlander / Underland Chronicles; The Hunger Games trilogy), and screenwriter of TV (The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo; Santa, Baby) and movies (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2), born August 10, 1962. (Suzanne Collins 2010 Photo: David Shankbone)
Claudia Christian is 55 (nee Claudia Ann Coghlan)
American actress of TV (Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5; Berrenger’s; Gods & Heroes; Blacke’s Magic; Freaks and Geeks; The New Mike Hammer) and movies (Clean and Sober; Never on Tuesday; Mad About You; Tale of Two Sisters; Hexed), born August 10, 1965. (Claudia Christian 2007 Photo: Kendra Maples)
Riddick Bowe is 53
International Boxing Hall of Fame retired American boxer, 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics super heavyweight amateur boxing silver medalist, 1992 WBA, WBC & IBF world heavyweight professional boxing champion, born August 10, 1967. (Riddick Bowe 2008 Photo: Christian Merlau)
American screenwriter (Rock of Ages; Iron Man 2), actor of TV (The Leftovers; Six Feet Under; Parks and Recreation) & films (The Girl on the Train; Broken English; Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle; The Mulholland Drive; Miami Vice), born August 10, 1971. (Justin Theroux 2008 Photo: David Shankbone)
(Cardinal, Toronto, Ontario Photo: Jack Reid Photography | JR Photos)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 10th!
And remembering
Rhonda Fleming (nee Marilyn Louis)
American actress of TV (Wagon Train) and films (Spellbound; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; The Great Lover; The Redhead and the Cowboy; Abilene Town; The Spiral Staircase; Cry Danger; Out of the Past) (born Aug. 10, 1923 – died Oct. 14, 2020; age 97). Cause of death for Rhonda Fleming is unknown. (Rhonda Fleming 1959 Ad: Photoplay)
Noah Beery Jr.
American actor of TV (“Rocky” on The Rockford Files; Circus Boy; Hondo; The Yellow Rose) & movies (Stormy; Tailspin Tommy; Of Mice and Men; Sergeant York; The Daltons Ride Again; Red River; Inherit the Wind) (born Aug. 10, 1913 – died Nov. 1, 1994; age 81). Noah Beery Jr. died of a cerebral thrombosis. (Noah Beery Jr. 1970 Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County)
Jack Haley (nee John Joseph Haley Jr.)
American singer, dancer & character actor of stage and movies (The Wizard of Oz; Here Comes the Groom; Pigskin Parade; Mister Cinderella; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; Alexander’s Ragtime Band; Moon Over Miami; One Body Too Many; Navy Blues) (born Aug. 10, 1897 – died June 6, 1979; age 81). Jack Haley died of a heart attack. (Jack Haley 1970 Photo: NBC Television)
Jeff Corey (nee Arthur Zwerling)
Blacklisted American director & actor (My Friend Flicka; Kidnapped; Wake of the Red Witch; Singing Guns; Rawhide; In Cold Blood; The Boston Strangler; True Grit; Bird on a Wire) and acting teacher (Leonard Nimoy; Robert Blake; James Dean) (born Aug. 10, 1914 – died Aug. 16, 2002; age 88). Jeff Corey died after a fall. (Jeff Corey 1949 Photo: Home of the Brave, United Artists Pressbook)
Bobby Hatfield (nee Robert Lee Hatfield)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American blue-eyed soul singer with the Righteous Brothers (You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’; Ebb Tide; [You’re My ] Soul and Inspiration; Unchained Melody; Rock and Roll Heaven) (born Aug. 10, 1940 – died Nov. 5, 2003; age 63). Bobby Hatfield died of a heart attack after a cocaine overdose. (Bobby Hatfield 1959 The Ballad of Andy Crocker)
Martha Hyer
American movie actress (Outcasts of Black Mesa; Abbott and Costello Go to Mars; Sabrina; Cry Vengeance; Francis in the Navy; My Man Godfrey; Houseboat; Some Came Running; The Carpetbaggers; The Sons of Katie Elder; The Night of the Grizzly; Wild Stallion) (born Aug. 10, 1924 – died May 31, 2014; age 89). Martha Hyer died of natural causes. (Martha Hyer 1954 Sabrina Photo)
Eddie Fisher (nee Edwin John Fisher)
American singer (Wish You Were Here; Oh My Pa-Pa; I’m Walking Behind You; I Need You Now; Any Time), 1950s teen idol, TV variety show host (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher; The Eddie Fisher Show), & movie actor (Bundle of Joy; Butterfield 8) (born Aug. 10, 1928 – died Sept. 22, 2010; age 82). Eddie Fisher died of hip surgery complications. (Eddie Fisher 1960s Photo)
Tom Laughlin (nee Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr.)
American film producer, screenwriter, director & actor (Billy Jack movies; Like Father, Like Son; The Born Losers, Tea and Sympathy; South Pacific; Gidget; Tall Story; The Big Sleep; The Master Gunfighter; The Delinquents) (born Aug. 10, 1931 – died Dec. 12, 2013; age 82). Tom Laughlin died of pneumonia complications. (Tom Laughlin 1958 Man With a Camera)
Jimmy Dean
Country Music Hall of Fame American singer (Big Bad John; PT-109; Bumming Around), host & actor of TV (The Jimmy Dean Show; Daniel Boone; J. J. Starbuck) and movies (Diamonds Are Forever), co-founder Jimmy Dean Sausage Company (born Aug. 10, 1928 – died June 13, 2010; age 81). Cause of death for Jimmy Dean is unknown. (Jimmy Dean 1969 Daniel Boone)
Dr. Hugo Eckener
German newspaper editor and journalist (Frankfurter Zeitung), WWI Zeppelin airship pilot instructor, aviation innovator and Commander of the Graf Zeppelin (first airship flight around the world in 1929; 1931 Arctic airship flight), and anti-Nazi critic (born Aug. 10, 1868 – died Aug. 14, 1954; age 86). Cause of death for Hugo Eckener is unknown. (Hugo Eckener 1924 Photo)
Leo Fender (nee Clarence Leonidas Fender)
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame founder of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, inventor of music amplifiers and guitars (Fender Telecaster; Fender Stratocaster; Fender Precision Bass) (born Aug. 10, 1909 – died Mar. 21, 1991; age 81). Leo Fender had Parkinson’s Disease before he died. (Leo Fender Photo: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)
American actor of movies (Scandal Sheet; The Getaway; No Man of Her Own; The Heavenly Body; Convicted; Holiday Affair; White Cargo; The Trial of Mary Dugan; Anchors Aweigh; Shadow of the Thin Man; Whistling in the Dark; Madame Du Barry) (born Aug. 10, 1891 – died May 18, 1961; age 69). Cause of death for Henry O’Neill is unknown. (Henry O’Neill 1950 The Second Woman)
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