January 18th Birthdays
If you were born on this day January 18th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
John Boorman
American TV & film screenwriter, producer & director (Deliverance; Hope and Glory; Excalibur; Where the Heart Is; The General; The Tailor of Panama; Point Blank; Hell in the Pacific; The Hard Way; The General; Queen & Country), born January 18, 1933. (John Boorman 1974 Photo: Punt / Dutch National Archives)
Bobby Goldsboro
American guitarist, singer-songwriter (Honey; See the Funny Little Clown; Little Things; It’s Too Late; Autumn of My Life; Watching Scotty Grow; Summer [The First Time]; Goodbye Marie; Today) and TV host (The Bobby Goldsboro Show), born January 18, 1941. (Bobby Goldsboro Photo: Fernstachit)
Brett Hudson (brother of Mark & Bill Hudson)
American TV producer (Cloud 9), director, screenwriter, & singer-actor (The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show; The Rock ‘n’ Fun Magic Show; The Hollywood Squares; Hysterical; Zero to Sixty), born January 18, 1953. Uncle of Oliver & Kate Hudson. (Brett Hudson 1975 Captain Kangaroo: CBS TV)
Kevin Costner (ex-partner of Elle Macpherson)
Academy Award-winning American movie director, producer, & actor (Dances With Wolves; Silverado; The Postman; No Way Out; Field of Dreams; Mr. Brooks; The Untouchables; The Bodyguard; JFK; Wyatt Earp; Tin Cup), born January 18, 1955. (Kevin Costner 2003 Photo: SSgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr. / USAF)
Tom Bailey
English musician, songwriter & lead singer of The Thompson Twins (Hold Me Now; Lies; Doctor! Doctor!; Lay Your Hands on Me; King for a Day; Sugar Daddy; You Take Me Up; If You Were Here), born January 18, 1956. (Tom Bailey 1986 Photo: (c) 1986 by Nancy J Price / Andwhatsnext at English Wikipedia)
Mark Messier (“The Messiah“; “The Moose“)
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame NHL (Edmonton Oilers; New York Rangers; Vancouver Canucks) & WHA (Indianapolis Racers; Cincinnati Stingers) hockey player, 1984 Conn Smythe Trophy & Hart Trophy Winner (1990, 1992), born January 18, 1961. (Mark Messier 1996 Photo: Bcavis545)
Jane Horrocks (nee Barbara Jane Horrocks)
English voice artist, singer, narrator, and actress of TV (Absolutely Fabulous; Zoo Days; The Rubbish World of Dave Spud; Little Princess; Trollied) & films (Little Voice; The Dressmaker; The Witches; Memphis Belle; Life is Sweet; Corpse Bride), born January 18, 1964. (Jane Horrocks Waxwork Model: richiiebam)
Jesse L. Martin (nee Jesse Lamont Watkins)
American actor of TV (Ed Green on Law & Order & Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Joe West on The Flash; Quincy on One Life to Live; Ally McBeal; Smash; 413 Hope St.; The Philanthropist), and movies (Rent; Joyful Noise; Puncture), born January 18, 1969. (Jesse L. Martin 2014 Photo: Dominick D)
(Cary Grant 1938: Modern Screen | Oliver Hardy 1929 Cine-Mundial)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 18th!
Remember These January 18th Famous Birthdays
Cary Grant (nee Archibald Leach; ex of)
British-American movie star (An Affair to Remember; Father Goose; The Philadelphia Story; Arsenic and Old Lace; Notorious;, To Catch a Thief; North by Northwest; That Touch of Mink; Charade; Topper; Suspicion; Houseboat) (born Jan. 18, 1904 – Nov. 29, 1986; age 82). Ex of Dyan Cannon, Betsy Drake, Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton. (Cary Grant 1959 Operation Petticoat)
A. A. Milne (nee Alan Alexander Milne; father of Christopher Robin Milne)
English writer, essayist & poet (When We Were Very Young; Now We Are Six), novelist (The Red House Mystery; Chloe Marr) children’s book author (Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner), playwright & screenwriter (Toad of Toad Hall; Mr. Pim Passes By; The Dover Road; The Bump) (born Jan. 18, 1882 – died Jan. 31, 1956; age 74). (A. A. Milne 1922 Photo: E.O. Hoppé)
Oliver Hardy (nee Norvell Hardy; aka Babe Hardy)
American comedic actor (solo and with his comedy partner Stan Laurel) starting in silent movies (Another Fine Mess; Me and My Pal; Babes in Toyland; Way Out West; A Chump at Oxford; The Battle of the Century; Saps at Sea) (born Jan. 18, 1892 – Aug. 7, 1957; age 65). Oliver Hardy died of cerebral thrombosis after some strokes. (Oliver Hardy c. 1932 Photo: Stuart Axe)
Lilian Bond (married Michael Fessier; 1932 WAMPAS Baby Star)
English film actress (Pick-Up; Sued For Libel; Rider of the Plains; The Westerner; The Trial of Vivienne Ware; The Old Dark House Double Harness; Air Mail; Just a Gigolo; Hot Saturday; Fireman, Save My Child!; A Tragedy at Midnight; The Maze; Blonde Cheat; A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen; Hot Pepper; Hell Bent for Love) (born Jan. 18, 1908 – died Jan. 25, 1991; age 83). (Lilian Bond 1932)
American singer-actress of radio (Hollywood Mystery Time), TV (The Young Marrieds; Window on Main Street), & movies (Buy Me That Town; Buck Rogers; Earl Carroll Sketchbook; Hit Parade of 1947; In Old Sacramento; Ma! He’s Making Eyes at Me; Delightfully Dangerous; Hawaiian Nights) (born Jan. 18, 1921 – died Sept. 16, 2005; age 84). (Constance Moore 1941: Engstead Higgins)
David Ruffin (ex-fiance of Tammi Terrell)
American soul singer with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vocal group The Temptations (Ain’t Too Proud to Beg; You’re My Everything; My Girl; I Wish it Would Rain; Beauty is Only Skin Deep), and solo artist (Walk Away From Love; Hurt the One You Love) (born Jan. 18, 1941 – died June 1, 1991; age 50). Cause of death for David Ruffin was cocaine use. (David Ruffin Photo: Karen)
Danny Kaye (nee David Daniel Kaminsky; married Sylvia Fine)
Emmy Award-winning American singer-dancer, comedian, and actor of movies (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; White Christmas; The Court Jester; The Inspector General; It’s a Great Feeling; Hans Christian Andersen) & TV (The Danny Kaye Show) (born Jan. 18, 1911 – died Mar. 3, 1987; age 76). Danny Kaye had hepatitis C and died of heart failure. (Danny Kaye Photo)
Ray Dolby (father of Tom Dolby)
American electrical engineer with a PH.D in physics, inventor of the Dolby Sound System (Dolby B noise-reduction) for audio signal processing (used in sound recording for music and movies), founder of Dolby Laboratories, and philanthropist (born Jan. 18, 1933 – died Sept. 12, 2013; age 80). Ray Dolby died of leukemia. (Ray Dolby 2004 Photo: USPTO)
Lucille Wall (aka Polly Preston; sister of Geraldine Wall)
American actress of stage, radio (Portia Blake Manning on Portia Faces Life; Belle Jones on Lorenzo Jones; Winifred Wilbur on Your Family and Mine; The Adventures of Barbara Wayne; True Confessions; The First Nighter), and TV (Lucille Weeks R.N. on General Hospital; Dennis the Menace) (born Jan. 18, 1898 – died July 11, 1985; age 88). (Lucille Wall 1949 Photo)
Gilles Villeneuve (father of Jacques Villeneuve)
Canadian Formula One race car driver(McLaren; Scuderia Ferrari), 6X Grand Prix race winner, US & Canadian Formula Atlantic Champion, & Skiroule Snowmobile racer (1974 World Championship Snowmobile Derby) (born Jan. 18, 1950 – died May 8, 1982; age 32). Gilles Villeneuve died in Belgian Grand Prix qualifying race car crash. (Gilles Villeneuve 1979: ideogibs)
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