August 24th Birthdays
If you were born on August 24th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Anne Archer is 75
American actress of stage, TV (Falcon Crest; Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice; Privileged; Ghost Whisperer), and movies (Lifeguard; Raise the Titanic; Fatal Attraction; Narrow Margin; Patriot Games; Rules of Engagement; Body of Evidence), born August 24, 1947. (Anne Archer 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Alexander McCall Smith is 74 (nee R. Alexander McCall Smith)
British professor of medical law, bioethics expert, mystery writer of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (The Joy and Light Bus Company) & other series (44 Scotland Street; The Sunday Philosophy Club; Corduroy Mansions; Detective Varg), born August 24, 1948. (Alexander McCall Smith 2007 Photo: TimDuncan)
Joe Regalbuto is 73
American director & actor of TV (Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown; Knots Landing; The Associates; Street Hawk; Magnum, P.I.; Who’s the Boss?; Barney Miller; Lou Grant) and movies (Missing; The Star Chamber; Lassiter; Six Weeks), born August 24, 1949. (Joe Regalbuto 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Stephen Fry is 65
Emmy Award-winning British writer, narrator, comedian, & actor of audiobooks (Harry Potter series), radio, stage, TV (Jeeves and Wooster; A Bit of Fry and Laurie; 24; Live Another Day; Bones), and movies (Wilde; Gosford Park; The Hobbitt films), born August 24, 1957. (Stephen Fry 2009 Photo: vpayant)
Steve Guttenberg is 64 (nee Steven Robert Guttenberg)
American comedian, producer, director & actor of movies (Police Academy films; Three Men and a Baby; Cocoon; Bedroom Window; Diner; Short Circuit; 3 Men and a Little Lady; It Takes Two; A Novel Romance) and TV (Veronica Mars; Ballers), born August 24, 1958. (Steve Guttenberg 2005 Photo: Gord Lacey)
Cal Ripken Jr. is 62 (nee Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.; “The Iron Man“)
National Baseball Hall of Fame American MLB shortstop & third baseman (Baltimore Orioles – 1983 World Series Champions), 19-time MLB All-Star (1983-2001), AL 1982 Rookie of the Year & 2x MVP, born August 24, 1960. (Cal Ripken Jr. 1993 Photo: RDikeman at the English Wikipedia)
Marlee Matlin is 57
Academy Award-winning deaf American actress of movies (Children of a Lesser God; Hear No Evil; The Player) and TV (ADA Tess Kaufman on Reasonable Doubts; Melody Bledsoe on Switched at Birth; Picket Fences; The West Wing), born August 24, 1965. (Marlee Matlin 2009 Photo: Angela George)
Dave Chappelle is 49 (nee David Khari Webber Chappelle)
Grammy & Emmy-winning American comedian, writer, producer, & actor of records (The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas), TV (Chappelle’s Show), and films (A Star is Born; Blue Streak; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; You’ve Got Mail), born August 24, 1973. (Dave Chappelle 2007: Davej1006)
(Preston Foster 1935 [colorized] | Joan Chandler 1948 Rope Trailer)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 24th!
Remember These August 24th Famous Birthdays
American actor of TV (John Herrick on Waterfront; Gunslinger), and movies (My Friend Flicka; The Last Mile; The Last Days of Pompeii; Annie Oakley; We’re Only Human; You Can’t Beat Love; Moon Over Burma; Hoopla; Love Before Breakfast; Bermuda Mystery) (born Aug. 24, 1900 – died July 14, 1970; age 69). Preston Foster died after a long illness. (Preston Foster 1942 American Empire)
Kenny Baker (nee Kenneth George Baker)
Diminutive (3’8″) English musician, circus performer, ice skater, and R2-D2 actor in Star Wars films and other movies (Time Bandits; The Elephant Man; Flash Gordon; Amadeus; Labyrinth; Mona Lisa) (born Aug. 24, 1934 – died Aug. 13, 2016; age 81). Cause of death for Kenny Baker is unknown. (Kenny Baker 2007 Photo: The Conmunity – Pop Culture Geek)
American actor of TV (Max Brahms on Occasional Wife; The Lucy Show; Bewitched; Dallas; Bonanza; Here’s Lucy; The Rockford Files; The Odd Couple; The Brady Bunch; Cannon; Police Story; The Partridge Family) & movies (Rock! Rock! Rock!; The Sting; The Towering Inferno) (born Aug. 24, 1918 – died Jan. 31, 2005; age 86). (Jack Collins 1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald)
June Dayton (nee Mary June Wetzel)
American TV actress (Mary Aldrich on The Aldrich Family; The Brighter Day; Days of Our Lives; Robert Montgomery Presents; The F.B.I.; Quincy M.E.; Perry Mason; The Fugitive; Gunsmoke; Room 222; Cannon; Streets of San Francisco; Mod Squad; Barnaby Jones) (born Aug. 24, 1934 – died June 13, 1994; age 70). June Dayton died of cancer. (June Dayton 1958 Zane Grey Theater)
Joan Chandler (nee Joan Cheeseman)
American ballerina, actress of television (Pulitzer Prize Playhouse; Armstrong Circle Theatre; Studio One in Hollywood; Robert Montgomery Presents; Actor’s Studio; Suspense), movies (Rope; Humoresque; Dragstrip Riot), and Actors Studio founding member (born Aug. 24, 1923 – died May 11, 1979; age 55). Joan Chandler died of cancer. (Joan Chandler 1948 Rope Trailer)
American actor of stage, TV (Prof. Bill Ferguson on Bright Promise; The F.B.I.; 12 O’Clock High; Cannon; The Outer Limits; Mission: Impossible; 77 Sunset Strip; Perry Mason; Mike Hammer; The Fugitive; Get Smart; Lawman), and movies (Hands of a Stranger) (born Aug. 24, 1926 – died Oct. 9, 2014; age 88). Cause of death for Paul Lukather is unknown. (Paul Lukather 1960 Bonanza)
Hal Smith (nee Harold John Smith)
American actor of movies & TV (Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show; I Married Joan; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; The Doris Day Show; The Red Skelton Hour; The Lucy Show; The Brady Bunch; Perry Mason; Green Acres; Death Valley Days; The Odd Couple) (born Aug. 24, 1916 – died Jan. 28, 1994; age 77). Hal Smith died of a heart attack. (Hal Smith 1958 Tombstone Territory)
American doctor, author (The Single Standard), screenwriter (Week End Husbands; The Daring Years; Has the World Gone Mad!; What’s Wrong With the Women?; The Mayor of Filbert; Imar the Servitor), married Alma Rubens, accompanied Thomas Ince off the Hearst yacht (born Aug. 24, 1881 – died May 16, 1957; age 75). (Dr. Daniel Carson Goodman 1922 Photo: Dave Miller)
Bob Crosby (nee George Robert Crosby; younger brother of Bing Crosby)
American jazz singer, songwriter & bandleader (The Big Noise from Winnetka; The Pussy Cat Song [Nyow! Nhot Nyow!; Summertime), host, performer & actor of radio & TV (The Bob Crosby Show), and films (The Singing Sheriff; Let’s Make Music; Kansas City Kitty; My Gal Loves Music; The Five Pennies) (born Aug. 25, 1913 – died Mar. 9, 1993; age 79). (Bob Crosby 1940: Box Office Digest)
English film actor, screenwriter & director (Red River; Trailing Trouble; The Mounted Stranger; Always the Woman; The Picket Guard; The Fighting Streak; The Honor of the Mounted; Grafters; Headin’ South; Sahara; The Measure of a Man; Flaming Guns; The Farmer’s Daughter; The Play Girl; A Cure for Pokeritis) (born Aug. 24, 1886 – died June 17, 1960; age 73). (Arthur Rosson 1920)
Don Douglas (nee Douglas William Kinleyside)
Scottish-American singer, actor of radio (The Black Castle; Portia Faces Life) & films (Deadwood Dick; The Great Gabbo; Gilda; Club Havana; Grissly’s Millions; Law of the Texan; The Strange Mr. Gregory; Little Tokyo, U.S.A.; The Truth About Murder; Headin’ East; Cheers for Miss Bishop) (born Aug. 24, 1905 – died Dec. 31, 1945; age 40). Don died after appendix surgery. (Don Douglas 1944)
*Images are public domain or Creative Commons licensed & sourced via Wikimedia Commons, Vimeo, or Flickr, unless otherwise noted*