July 10th Birthdays

If you were born on July 10th you share a birthday with these famous people:

William Smithers is 92

American actor of stage, TV (Lieutenant Flagler on Young Dr. Malone; David Schuster on Peyton Place; Stanley Norris on Guiding Light; Jeremy Wendell on Dallas; Executive Suite; The Witness; Mod Squad; Ironside), movies (Scorpio; Papillon), born July 10, 1927. (William Smithers 1964 Peyton Place)

Alice Munro is 88 (nee Alice Ann Laidlaw)

Canadian short story writer (Dance of the Happy Shades; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Bear Came Over the Mountain; Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage), prize winner of the 2013 Nobel in Literature & 2009 Man Booker International, born July 10, 1931. (Alice Munro 2013 Photo: Wolf Gang)

Mavis Staples is 80

Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American R&B, soul, and gospel singer solo and with her father & sisters in The Staple Singers (Respect Yourself; I’ll Take You There; If You’re Ready [Come Go With Me]; Let’s Do It Again), and septuagenarian born July 10, 1939. (Mavis Staples 1973 Photo)

Lawrence Pressman is 80 (nee David M. Pressman)

American actor of TV (Doogie Howser, M.D.; The Edge of Night; Judging Amy; General Hospital; Crossing Jordan; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Cannon; McMillan & Wife; The Bob Newhart Show; Dynasty; Law & Order) and movies (Shaft), born July 10, 1939. (Lawrence Pressman 1980 Ladies Man Photo: CBS TV)

Robert Pine is 78 (nee Granville Pine)

American actor of TV (Sgt. Joseph Getraer on CHiPs; Stephen Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful; Dynasty; Magnum, P.I.; Days of Our Lives; The F.B.I.; Broadside; Charlie’s Angels; Gunsmoke) and movies (Munster, Go Home! Red Eye; The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again) born July 10, 1941. (Robert Pine 1976 Photo: ABC)

Virginia Wade is 74 (nee Sarah Virginia Wade)

International Tennis Hall of Fame English 3-time Grand Slam Women’s Tennis Champion (Singles – 1977 Wimbledon, 1968 US  Open, 1972 Australian Open) & 4-time Doubles (1973 Australian, French & US Open; 1975 US Open), born July 10, 1945. (Virginia Wade 1977 Photo: AM/Keystone) 

Arlo Guthrie is 72

American blues and folk musician, songwriter & singer (City of New Orleans; Alice’s Restaurant Massacre; Massachusetts), actor of movies (Alice’s Restaurant; Renaldo and Clara) and TV (The Byrds of Paradise), and septuagenarian born July 10, 1947. (Arlo Guthrie 1979 Photo: Warner / Reprise)

Mark Shera is 70

American actor of stage, TV (Jedediah Romano “J.R.” Jones on Barnaby Jones; Officer Dominic Luca on S.W.A.T.; Lt. Ted Byrnes on Blacke’s Magic; Murder, She Wrote; The Love Boat; Kojak; Gunsmoke; Matt Houston), and movies (Ladies on Sweet Street), born July 10, 1949. (Mark Shera 1976 Barnaby Jones Photo: CBS)

Phyllis Smith is 68

American actress of TV (Phyllis Vance on The Office; The OA), movies (The 40 Year Old Virgin; Bad Teacher; Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked; Inside Out), TV casting associate (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Spin City), and senior born July 10, 1951. (Phyllis Smith 2014 Photo: Vsculley) 

Kim Mitchell is 67 (nee Joseph Kim Mitchell)

Canadian musician, guitar player, singer solo (Patio Lanterns; America; Some Folks; Rock and Roll Duty; Go For Soda; Rockland Wonderland; Pure as Gold; Rainbow) and with Max Webster (Let Go the Line), and Classic Rock Q107 radio DJ born July 10, 1952. (Kim Mitchell 2008 Photo: Alert Music)

Rik Emmett is 66 (nee Richard Gordon Emmett)

Juno Award-winning Canadian musician, guitarist, songwriter, and singer solo (When a Heart Breaks; Saved By Love; World of Wonder), and with Triumph (All The Way; Hold On; Lay it on the Line; A World of Fantasy; Spellbound), born July 10, 1953. (Rik Emmett 2002 Photo: Mykal Burns!) 

Nancy Frangione is 66 

American actress of TV (Cecile Frame Cory DePoulignac on Another World; Tara Martin Brent on All My Children; Tina Clayton Lord Roberts on One Life to Live; Cousin Marsha on The Nanny; Matlock; Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour), born July 10, 1953. (Nancy Frangione 1984 Another World Promo: NBC)

Andre Dawson is 65

Baseball Hall of Fame American MLB baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos; Chicago Cubs; Boston Red Sox; Florida Marlins), 8x MLB All-Star & Gold Glove winner, 1977 NL Rookie of the Year, 1987 NL MVP, & 4x Silver Slugger, born July 10, 1954. (Andrew Dawson 2009 Photo: Barbara moore) 

Donna Dixon is 62

Former Miss Virginia USA 1976, Miss Washington D.C. World 1977, American model, actress of TV (Sonny Lumet on Bosom Buddies; Berrenger’s; Charmed Lives) and movies (Spies Like Us; Doctor Detroit; The Couch Trip; It Had to Be You; Nixon; Exit to Eden), born July 10, 1957. (Donna Dixon Photo: nioik)

(Blue Stellars Jay Bird Photo: Josh Vuong via Unsplash)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 10th!

And remembering

Sue Lyon (nee Suellyn Lyon)

American actress of TV (The Virginian; Love, American Style) and films (Lolita; The Night of the Iguana; The Flim-Flam Man; 7 Women; Tony Rome; Four Rode Out; Evel Knievel; Crash!; To Love, Perhaps to Die; End of the World; The Astral Factor; The Magician) (born July 10, 1946 – died Dec. 26, 2019; age 73). Cause of death for Sue Lyon is unknown. (Sue Lyon 1970 Four Rode Out)

Nikola Tesla

Serbian/Croatian-American electrical & mechanical engineer, physicist, and inventor (induction motor; Tesla coil; remote control vehicle), co-designer of the AC electricity supply system, futurist (1893 predicted wireless communication) (born July 10, 1856 – died Jan. 7, 1943; age 86). Nikola Tesla died of coronary thrombosis. (Nikola Tesla 1890 Photo: Napoleon Sarony)

Jake LaMotta (nee Giacobbe LaMotta; “The Bronx Bull“; “The Raging Bull“)

International Boxing Hall of Fame American professional boxer, 1949-1951 World Middleweight Boxing Champion, stand-up comedian, actor of TV (Car 54, Where Are You?) and movies (Rebellion in Cuba; The Hustler), and author (Raging Bull) (born July 10, 1922 – died Sept. 19, 2017; age 95). Jake LaMotta died of pneumonia complications. (Jake LaMotta 1952 Postcard Photo)

Ron Glass (nee Ronald Earle Glass)

American actor of TV (Det. Ron Harris on Barney Miller; The New Odd Couple; Rhythm & Blues; Mr. Rhodes; Teen Angel; Shepherd Derrial Book on Firefly & Serenity; 227; Dirty Sexy Money) and movies (Deep Space; Houseguest; Back in Business; It’s My Party; Deal of a Lifetime) (born July 10, 1945 – died Nov. 25, 2016; age 71). Ron Glass died of respiratory failure. (Ron Glass 1978 Photo)

Terry-Thomas (nee Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens)

English movie actor (School for Scoundrels; The Mouse on the Moon; How to Murder Your Wife; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies; Date With a Dream) (born July 10, 1911 – died Jan. 8, 1990; age 78). Terry-Thomas was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1971. (Terry-Thomas 1966 Strange Bedfellows Trailer: Universal)

Fred Gwynne (nee Frederick Hubbard Gwynne)

American actor of stage, TV (Officer Francis Muldoon on Car 54, Where Are You?; Herman Munster on The Munsters) and movies (Munster, Go Home!; So Fine; The Cotton Club; Shadows and Fog; My Cousin Vinny) (born July 10, 1926 – died July 2, 1993; age 66). Fred Gwynne died of pancreatic cancer complications. (Fred Gwynne 1961 Car 54, Where Are You? Photo: NBC TV) 

David Brinkley

Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American television reporter & news anchor for NBC (The Huntley-Brinkley Report; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt; David Brinkley’s Journal) and ABC (This Week with David Brinkley) (born July 10, 1920 – died June 11, 2003; age 82). David Brinkley died after a fall. (David Brinkley 1962 Photo: NBC Television)

Jeff Donnell (nee Jean Marie Donnell)

American actress of movies (Gidget Goes Hawaiian; Gidget Goes to Rome; Flight Nurse; My Man Godfrey; Tora! Tora! Tora!; In a Lonely Place; Cowboy Blues; The Blue Gardenia; A Night to Remember) and TV (The George Gobel Show; Julia; Dr. Kildare; The Jimmy Stewart Show) (born July 10, 1921 – died Apr. 11, 1988; age 66). Jeff Donnell died of a heart attack. (Jeff Donnell 1953 Flight Nurse)

Earl Hamner Jr.

American novelist (Spencer’s Mountain), The Waltons narrator, producer & screenwriter of movies (Palm Springs Weekend; Where the Lilies Bloom) and TV (The Waltons; Falcon Crest; The Twilight Zone; Gentle Ben; Apple’s Way; Nanny and the Professsor; Tactic) (born July 10, 1923 – died Mar. 24, 2016; age 92). Earl Hamner Jr. died of cancer. (Earl Hamner Jr. 1976 The Waltons Photo: CBS) 

Jean Kerr (nee Bridget Jean Collins)

Best-selling American writer, Tony Award-winning playwright (The Song of Bernadette; Mary, Mary; Golidlocks; King of Hearts; Jenny Kissed Me; Touch-and-Go; Poor Richard) and novelist (Please Don’t Eat the Daisies), wife of drama critic Walter Kerr (born July 10, 1922 – died Jan. 5, 2003; age 80). Jean Kerr died of pneumonia. (Jean Kerr 1958 Photo: George Cserna / Doubleday & Co.)

Mary O’Hara Alsop (nee Mary O’Hara)

American novelist (My Friend Flicka; Thunderhead; Green Grass of Wyoming; Wyoming Summer; Flicka’s Friend), silent movie screenwriter (The Prisoner of Zenda; Framed; The Age of Desire; Black Oxen), and composer (The Catch Colt; May God Keep You) (born July 10, 1885 – died Oct. 14, 1980; age 95). Cause of death for Mary O’Hara was arteriosclerosis. (Mary O’Hara c 1940s Photo)

Sam Wood (nee Samuel Grosvenor Wood)

American movie producer and director (Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Kings Row; The Pride of the Yankees; Kitty Foyle; For Whom the Bell Tolls; The Stratton Story; Saratoga Trunk; Command Decision; Our Town; Raffles; Madame X; A Night at the Opera; A Day at the Races; Peck’s Bad Boy) (born July 10, 1883 – died Sept. 22, 1949; age 66). Sam Wood died of a heart attack. (Sam Wood 1922)

Mildred Benson / Carolyn Keene (nee Mildred Augustine)

American columnist, ghostwriter for many early Nancy Drew mysteries under the Carolyn Keene pen name (The Secret of the Old Clock; The Hidden Staircase), and other mystery series (Penny Parker; Kay Tracey; Dana Girls) (born July 10, 1905 – died May 28, 2002; age 96). Mildren Benson died of lung cancer.

Jake Eberts

Canadian movie financier and producer (Dances With Wolves; Chariots of Fire; Gandhi; Local Hero; The Killing Fields) (born July 10, 1941 – died Sept. 6, 2012; age 71). Cause of death for Jake Eberts was cancer.

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