December 17th Birthdays
If you were born on December 17th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Armin Mueller-Stahl is 90
German movie actor (Shine; Eastern Promises; Angels & Demons; The International; The Thirteenth Floor; The Assistant; The Game; Avalon; Music Box; Theodore Rex; The Dust Factory; The X Files; Local Color; Leningrad) born December 17, 1930. (Armin Mueller-Stahl 2007 Photo: Mathias Schindler)
Tommy Steele is 84 (nee Thomas William Hicks)
English songwriter, singer (Rock with the Caveman; Singing the Blues; Rebel Rock), actor of stage, TV, movies (Half a Sixpence, Finian’s Rainbow; The Dream Maker; Tommy the Toreador; The Happiest Millionaire; Skywatch), born December 17, 1936. (Tommy Steele 1958 The Duke Wore Jeans)
Ernie Hudson is 75 (nee Earnest Lee Hudson)
American actor of TV (Oz; St. Elsewhere; Desperate Housewives; Law & Order; Grace and Frankie) & movies (Ghostbusters; Weeds; Leviathan; Miss Congeniality; The Crow; The Cowboy Way; Congo; You’re Not You), born December 17, 1945. (Ernie Hudson 2014 Photo: Florida Supercon)
Eugene Levy is 74
Canadian musician, comedian, actor of movies (American Pie films; Splash; Armed and Dangerous; Club Paradise; Father of the Bride; Best in Show; A Mighty Wind; Bringing Down the House) and TV (SCTV series; Schitt’s Creek), born December 17, 1946. (Eugene Levy 2011 Photo: Jesse Grant / RanZag)
Jayne Eastwood is 74
Canadian actress of stage (The Second City), TV (Material World; King of Kensington; This is Wonderland; Night Heat; Little Mosque on the Prairie; Haven) & film (The Santa Clause; That Old Feeling; Chicago; The Space Between), born December 17, 1946. (Jayne Eastwood Photo: TimLeyesActors.com)
Marilyn Hassett is 73
American actress of TV (Emergency!) & films (The Other Side of the Mountain; Shadow of the Hawk; The Bell Jar; Two-Minute Warning; Massive Retaliation; The Eleventh Commandment; Body Count; Rock-A-Die Baby; Messenger of Death), born December 17, 1947. (Marilyn Hassett 1974 Movin’ On)
Wes Studi is 73 (nee Wesley Studi)
Native American actor of TV (Streets of Laredo; The Red Road) & films (The Last of the Mohicans; Geronimo: An American Legend; Heat; The Killing Jar; Deep Rising; Avatar; Dances With Wolves; Call of the Wild), born December 17, 1947. (Wes Studi 2008 Photo: DragonflyDC at English Wikipedia)
Paul Rodgers is 71 (“The Voice“)
English-Canadian lead singer-songwriter (The Hunter) for rock bands Free (All Right Now), Bad Company (Feel Like Makin’ Love; Can’t Get Enough; Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy; Hammer of Love), and The Firm (Radioactive), born December 17, 1949. (Paul Rodgers 1976 Bad Company Photo: Jim Summaria)
Bill Pullman is 67 (nee William James Pullman)
American actor of TV (The Sinner; Torchwood) and movies (Lake Placid; Casper; While You Were Sleeping; Malice; Independence Day; Brokedown Palace; Mr. Wrong; Sleepless in Seattle; Ruthless People; Igby Goes Down; Singles), born December 17, 1953. (Bill Pullman 2010 Photo: © Nick Stepowy)
Barry Livingston is 67
American voice over and character actor of TV (Ernie Douglas on My Three Sons; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; The Lucy Show; Doogie Howser, M.D.) and movies (The Nutt House), born December 17, 1953. (Barry Livingston 1963 Photo: ABC)
Vincent Damphousse is 53
Canadian retired professional hockey player, NHL centre (Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens – 1993 Stanley Cup, San Jose Sharks), 1991 NHL All-Star Game MVP, RDS hockey commentator, born December 17, 1967. (Vincent Damphousse 2008 Photo: Horge)
(Puffin, Machias Seal Island, New Brunswick Photo: Ray Hennessy via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on December 17th!
And remembering
Dave Madden (nee David Joseph Madden)
Canadian-American comedian, singer, and actor of stage, TV (Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family; Earl Hicks on Alice; Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In; Camp Runamuck) & movies (Eat My Dust) (born Dec. 17, 1931 – died Jan. 16, 2014; age 82). Dave Madden died of myelodysplastic syndrome complications. (Dave Madden 1970s The Partridge Family Photo: ABC Television)
Christopher Cazenove (nee Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove)
English actor of stage, TV (Ben Carrington on Dynasty; The Regiment; A Fine Romance; The Duchess of Duke Street), and movies (3 Men and a Little Lady; Aces: Iron Eagle III; From a Far Country; Eye of the Needle; A Knight’s Tale; Royal Flash) (born Dec. 17, 1943 – died Apr. 7, 2010; age 66). Christopher Cazenove died of sepsis. (Christopher Cazenove 2009 Photo: Ian Brown LRPS)
Bob Guccione (nee Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione)
American fine art collector, painter, cartoonist (Box Cards), movie producer (Caligula; Lowball), photographer, magazine publisher and founder of Penthouse, Omni, Viva, Penthouse Forum, Spin, and Longevity magazines (born Dec. 17, 1930 – died Oct. 20, 2010; age 79). Cause of death for Bob Guccione was lung cancer. (Bob Guccione 1974 Photo:Syndication International)
Eddie Kendricks (nee Edward James Kendrick)
American singer-songwriter (Boogie Down; Keep On Truckin’; Shoeshine Boy) and co-founder of The Temptations (Get Ready; Just My Imagination [Running Away with Me]; You’re My Everything; The Way You Do the Things You Do) (born Dec. 17, 1939 – died Oct. 5, 1992; age 52). Eddie Kendricks died of lung cancer. (Eddie Kendricks 1972 Photo: Tamla / Billboard)
American actress of TV (Never Too Young; The Errol Flynn Theatre; Perry Mason; F Troop) and films (Rocky Mountain; King’s Rhapsody; The Man Behind The Gun; She’s Back on Broadway; She’s Working Her Way Through College; Tea for Two; Starlift) (born Dec. 17, 1926 – died Mar. 22, 2014; age 87). Patrice Wymore died of natural causes. (Patrice Wymore 1952 The Big Trees)
American actor of stage, radio (Crime Doctor; Renfrew of the Mounted; Inner Sanctum Mystery; Brave Tomorrow), TV (Nathan Bunker on The Doctors; Robert Montgomery Presents; The Aldrich Family; Dark Shadows; The Edge of Night), and films (The Naked City) (born Dec. 17, 1902 – died Apr. 23, 1971; age 68). House Jameson died of cancer. (House Jameson c. 1940 Photo: Radio Mirror)
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