January 14th Birthdays
If you were born on January 14th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Jack Jones is 81 (nee John Allan Jones)
Grammy Award-winning octogenarian American big band pop singer (The Race is On; Dear Heart; The Impossible Dream; Wives and Lovers, Lollipops and Roses, Call Me Irresponsible; The Love Boat theme), actor of stage, TV & movies (The Comeback), born January 14, 1938. (Jack Jones 1967 What's My Line?)
Faye Dunaway is 78
Academy Award-winning septuagenarian American movie actress (Bonnie and Clyde; The Thomas Crown Affair; Three Days of the Condor, Chinatown, Network; Eyes of Laura Mars; Voyage of the Damned; Little Big Man; The Three Musketeers), born January 14, 1941. (Faye Dunaway 1971 Photo: PBS)
Holland Taylor is 76
Emmy Award-winning septuagenarian American actress of TV (Two and a Half Men; The Practice; Bosom Buddies; All My Children; Somerset; Mr. Mercedes) and movies (The Jewel of the Nile; One Fine Day; The Truman Show), born January 14, 1943. (Holland Taylor c. 1994 Photo: Harry Langdon Studio)
Marjoe Gortner is 75 (nee Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner)
American child evangelist (Marjoe documentary), actor of TV (Falcon Crest) and movies (The Gun and the Pulpit; When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?; Acapulco Gold; Earthquake; Viva Knievel!), and septuagenarian born January 14, 1944. (Marjoe Gortner 1974 The Gun and the Pulpit Screenshot)
Carl Weathers is 71
Retired American football player (CFL - BC Lions; NFL - Oakland Raiders), actor of TV (In the Heat of the Night; Mark Jefferies on Chicago Justice, Chicago P.D. & Chicago Fire) and movies (Rocky; Hurricane Smith; Happy Gilmore; Semi-Tough), born January 14, 1948. (Carl Weathers 2015 Photo: Youngjim)
T-Bone Burnett is 71 (nee Joseph Henry Burnett)
Grammy & Academy Award-winning septuagenarian American songwriter, composer, movie soundtrack & record producer (The Weary Kind; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Walk the Line; Nashville; True Detective), and senior born January 14, 1948. (T-Bone Burnett 1993 Photo: SkyPhoenix6)
John Lescroart is 71
Septuagenarian American best selling crime fiction and legal thriller author of the Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky & Wyatt Hunt mystery series (The Mercy Rule; The Vig; Hard Evidence; The Hunt Club; Treasure Hunt; A Certain Justice), born January 14, 1948. (John Lescroart Photo: JohnLescroart.com)
Lawrence Kasdan is 70
American senior, director, producer & screenwriter (I Love You to Death; French Kiss; Wyatt Earp; Silverado; The Big Chill; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Body Heat; Grand Canyon; The Accidental Tourist; The Bodyguard; Star Wars films), born January 14, 1949. (Lawrence Kasdan 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Christine Belford is 70
Septuagenarian American retired actress of TV (Banacek; Dynasty; Empire; Silver Spoons; Barnaby Jones; Beverly Hills, 90210; Murder, She Wrote; Marcus Welby, M.D.), movies (Pocket Money; The Groundstar Conspiracy; Christine), born Jan. 14, 1949. (Christine Belford 1973 Banacek Photo: NBC TV)
Steven Soderbergh is 56
American 55+ screenwriter, director, and producer of movies (Good Night, and Good Luck; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Erin Brockovich; Oceans Eleven; Traffic; Magic Mike XXL), and TV (The Girlfriend Experience; Godless) born January 14, 1963. (Steven Soderbergh 2008 Photo: Chris Harte Photography)
Emily Watson is 52
Academy Award-winning 50+ English actress of TV (Little Women; Genius) and movies (Breaking the Waves; The Boxer; Angela's Ashes; Hilary and Jackie; Gosford Park; The Water Horse; Red Dragon; War Horse; The Book Thief; Cradle Will Rock), born January 14, 1967. (Emily Watson 2016 Photo: Bruno Chatelin)
L. L. Cool J is 51 (nee James Todd Smith)
Fifty-plus American rap singer (I Need Love; I'm That Type of Guy; Around the Way Girl; Doin' It), actor of TV (Sam Hanna on NCIS: Los Angeles) and movies (Last Holiday; The Hard Way; Deep Blue Sea; Any Given Sunday), born January 14, 1968. (L. L. Cool J. 2010 Photo: G. M. Ireneo Alexxi / SinixLab)
(Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg Manitoba Photo: Eva Blue via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 14!
And remembering
Guy Williams (nee Armando Joseph Catalano)
American model and actor of TV (Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro on Zorro; Professor John Robinson on Lost in Space; Will Cartwright on Bonanza) and movies (Damon and Pythias; Sindbad; The Prince and the Pauper; The Mississippi Gambler) (born Jan. 14, 1924 - died June 30, 1989; age 65). Guy Williams died of a brain aneurysm. (Guy Williams 1958 Zorro Screenshot)
Albert Schweitzer
1952 Nobel Peace Prize-winning French-German medical doctor, humanitarian (founder of Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Africa), philosopher (Reverence for Life), and pipe organ historian (born Jan. 14, 1875 - died Sept. 4, 1965; age 90). Albert Schweitzer died of unknown causes. (Albert Schweitzer 1955 Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-D0116-0041-019)
Andy Rooney
American radio, newspaper, and TV journalist, screenwriter & narrator (60 Minutes; G.I. Joe: The Ernie Pyle Story; CBS: The First 50 Years; Mr. Rooney Goes to Dinner; Harry and Lena; Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed) (born Jan. 14, 1919 - died Nov. 4, 2011; age 92). Andy Rooney died of surgery complications. (Andy Rooney 2008 Photo: Stephenson Brown)
Mark Goodson
American TV producer with Goodson-Todman Productions (Match Game; Beat the Clock; Philip Marlowe; The Name's the Same; Family Feud; I've Got a Secret; The Richard Boone Show; Tattletales; The Price is Right; To Tell the Truth; Call My Bluff) (born Jan. 14, 1915 - died Dec. 18, 1992; age 77). Mark Goodson died of pancreatic cancer. (Mark Goodson 1962 What's My Line?)
Hal Roach (nee Harold Eugene Roach)
American TV and movie director & producer (Hal Roach Studios) of Laurel and Hardy films, Our Gang/The Little Rascals shorts, and other movies (On the Loose; Lonesome Luke; One Million Years B.C.; Saps at Sea; Topper; Black Cyclone; Nobody's Baby; Hook, Line and Singer) (born Jan. 14, 1892 - died Nov. 2, 1992; age 100). Hal Roach died of pneumonia. (Hal Roach 1920 Photo)
Frank Aletter
American actor of stage, TV (General Hospital; Bringing Up Buddy; The Cara Williams Show; It's About Time; Capitol; The Banana Splits Adventure Hour; Lassie; Marcus Welby, M.D.; The F.B.I.; Ironside; Perry Mason), and movies (Tora! Tora! Tora!) (born Jan. 14, 1926 - died May 13, 2009; age 83). Frank Aletter died of cancer. (Frank Aletter 1966 12 O'Clock High)
Vonetta McGee
American actress in "blaxpoitation" films (Shaft in Africa; Melinda; Blacula; The Eiger Sanction; Thomasine & Bushrod; Brothers; Detroit 9000; Johnny B Good; Faustina; Foxbat) and on TV (L.A. Law; Bustin' Loose; Hell Town; Cagney & Lacey) (born Jan. 14, 1945 - died July 9, 2010; age 65). Vonetta McGee died of cardiac arrest. (Vonetta McGee 1968 The Great Silence Trailer)
Allen Toussaint
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American record producer (Lady Marmalade), musician, and songwriter (I like It Like That; Working in the Coal Mine; Southern Nights; Lipstick Traces [on a Cigarette]; Play Something Sweet) (born Jan. 14, 1938 - died Nov. 10, 2015; age 77). Cause of death for Allen Toussaint was a heart attack. (Allen Toussaint 2008 Photo: Bryan Ledgard)
Barry Jenner
American TV actor (Dr. Jerry Kenderson on Dallas; Tony Cooper on Somerset; Evan Webster on Another World; Knots Landing; Lt. Lieu Murtaugh on Family Matters; Sheldon Kramer on Something so Right; Admiral Ross on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) (born Jan. 14, 1941 – died August 8, 2016; age 75). Barry Jenner died of acute myeloid leukemia. (Barry Jenner 1980s Dallas Photo)
Hugh Lofting
British civil engineer and children's literature writer (The Story of Doctor Dolittle; The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle; Doctor Dolittle's Post Office; The Story of Mrs. Tubbs; Doctor Dolittle's Circus; Porridge Poetry; Doctor Dolittle's Return) (born Jan. 14, 1886 - died Feb. 3, 1947; age 95). Cause of death for Hugh Lofting is unknown. (Hugh Lofting Pre-1923 Photo: Puddleby.Tripod.com)
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