July 29th Birthdays
If you were born on July 29th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Robert Fuller is 87 (nee Leonard Leroy Lee; “Buddy” Lee)
American actor of TV (Jess Harper on Laramie; Dr. Kelly Brackett on Emergency & Adam-12; Cooper Smith on Wagon Train) and movies (Return of the Magnificent Seven; Incident at Phantom Hill; Mustang Country; The Gatling Gun), born July 29, 1933. (Robert Fuller 1971 Dan August)
David Warner is 79
Emmy Award-winning English TV and movie actor (Time After Time; The Omen; The Disappearance; The Island; Time Bandits; The French Lieutenant’s Woman; TRON; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; Scream 2; Wing Commander), born July 29, 1941. (David Warner 1988 Waxwork Trailer)
Tony Sirico is 78 (nee Genaro Anthony Sirico Jr.)
Reformed convicted criminal, and American actor of TV (Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos) and movies (Goodfellas; 29th Street; Mighty Aphrodite; Dead Presidents; Cop Land), born July 29, 1942. (Tony Sirico 2000 Photo: Patrick McMullan / Peabody Awards)
Geddy Lee is 67 (nee Gary Lee Weinrib)
Canadian guitarist, songwriter & lead singer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Rush (Closer to the Heart; New World Man; Fly by Night; In the Mood; Show Don’t Tell; Dreamline; Stick It Out; Test for Echo; Tom Sawyer), born July 29, 1953. (Geddy Lee 2011 Photo: Vtpeters at English Wikipedia)
Ken Burns is 67 (nee Kenneth Lauren Burns)
Emmy Award-winning American producer, screenwriter, & director of documentary movies (The Central Park Five; Huey Long; Brooklyn Bridge) and TV miniseries (The Civil War; Baseball; The Roosevelts; The Dust Bowl), born July 29, 1953. (Ken Burns 2002 Photo: Jim Wallace / Smithsonian Institution)
Nellie Kim is 63
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame 60+ Soviet Russian gymnast, 5x Olympic gymnastics gold medalist (1976 Montreal – Team, Vault, & Floor; 1980 Moscow – Floor), born July 29, 1957. (Nellie Kim 1980 Photo: RIA Novosti archive, image #497574 / Vladimir Fedorenko / CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Kevin Spirtas is 58
American actor of TV (Dr. Craig Wesley on Days of Our Lives; Tim Burke on Valley of the Dolls; Tom Gallagher on Rituals; One Life to Live; The Young and the Restless; Hustling; Winterthorne) and movies (Friday the 13th Part VII), born July 29, 1962. (Kevin Spirtas Photo: Courtesty KevinSpirtas.com)
Alexandra Paul is 57
American model & actress of TV (Stephanie Holden on Baywatch; Melrose Place; L.A. Firefighters; Amy Hastings in Perry Mason TV films), movies (The Paper Boy; Christine; American Flyers; Dragnet), and health coach born July 29, 1963. (Alexandra Paul Photo: By permission of Alexandra Paul)
Lisa Peluso is 56
American actress of TV (Ava Rescott on Loving; Wendy Wilkins on Search For Tomorrow; Lila Hart Winthrop on Another World & As the World Turns; Somerset; One Life to Live) & movies (Saturday Night Fever), born July 29, 1964. (Lisa Peluso 1989 Loving Promo: ABC)
Martina McBride is 53 (nee Martina Mariea Schiff)
American country-pop record producer, songwriter & singer (My Baby Loves Me; Wild Angels; A Broken Wing; Wrong Again; I Love You; Blessed; This One’s for the Girls; Still Holding On; Happy Girl; Whatever You Say; In My Daughter’s Eyes), born July 29, 1966. (Martina McBride 2010 Photo: salva1745)
Sally Gunnell is 54
English track & field athlete, 400m hurdler and 2-time Olympic medalist at the 1992 Barcelona, Spain Summer Olympic Games (Gold – 400m hurdles; Bronze – 4x400m relay), and 1993 400m Hurdles World Champion, born July 29, 1966. (Sally Gunnell 1995 Photo: Electric Tapir)
American actor of TV (Carlton Lassiter on Psych; Sean Potter on Judging Amy; Galavant; Jericho; Xena: Warrior Princess; Deadwood) and movies (Down With Love; Swordfish; Carter & June; Wild Honey; Mission: Impossible III; Crazy), born July 29th, 1969. (Timothy Omundson 2013 Photo: Sue Lukenbaugh)
(Kananaskis, Alberta Photo: © 2020 Anita Hamilton)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 29th!
And remembering
Ted Lindsay (nee Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay; “Terrible Ted“)
Retired Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian hockey player, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings – 4 Stanley Cups 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955; Chicago Black Hawks) with over 800 points, 1950 Art Ross Trophy, NHLPA co-founder (born July 29, 1925 – died Mar. 4, 2019; age 93). Cause of death for Ted Lindsay is unknown. (Ted Lindsay 1959 Topps Gumm Cards Photo)
William Powell
American actor in The Thin Man movies and other films (Desert Gold; The Canary Murder Case; Rendezvous; The Great Ziegfeld; My Man Godfrey; After the Thin Man; Life With Father; Mister Roberts) (born July 29, 1892 – died Mar. 5, 1984; age 91). William Powell died of heart failure. (William Powell 1936 Photo: George Hurrell for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Lloyd Bochner
Canadian actor of radio, stage, TV (CI Neil Campbell on Hong Kong; Cecil Colby on Dynasty; The Richard Boone Show; Folio; Encounter), and movies (Harlow; Point Blank; Tony Rome; The Detective; The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit; The Lonely Lady; Millenium) (born July 29, 1924 – died Oct. 29, 2005; age 81). Lloyd Bochner died of cancer. (Lloyd Bochner 1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre)
Peter Jennings
Canadian-American documentary screenwriter, broadcast journalist and anchor of ABC World News Tonight (1983-2005), previously local Ottawa, Ontario newscaster with CJOH-TV, and Saturday Date dance show host (born July 29, 1938 – Aug. 7, 2005; age 67). Cause of death for Peter Jennings was lung cancer complications. (Peter Jennings 1968 Photo: ABC News)
Theda Bara (nee Theodosia Burr Goodman; “The Vamp”)
American silent film actress and sex symbol who popularized the term “vamping” to describe calculating, sexy women (A Fool There Was; Cleopatra; The Unchastened Woman; Romeo and Juliet; Carmen; Salome; When a Woman Sins) (born July 29, 1885 – died Apr. 7, 1955; age 69). Theda Bara died of stomach cancer. (Theda Bara 1928 Picture Play Magazine)
Robert Horton (nee Meade Howard Horton Jr.)
American singer & actor of musical theater, TV (Flint McCullough on Wagon Train; A Man Called Shenandoah; Whit McColl on As the World Turns; Drake McHugh on Kings Row) and movies (Prisoner of War; Apache War Smoke; The Green Slime) (born July 29, 1924 – died Mar. 9, 2016; age 91). Robert Horton died of natural causes. (Robert Horton 1968 The Green Slime)
Stephen McNally (nee Horace Vincent McNally)
American actor of TV (Target: The Corruptors) & movies (Magnificent Doll; Johnny Belinda; Winchester ’73; Woman in Hiding; No Way Out; Air Cadet; Iron Man; The Lady Pays Off; Split Second; Requiem for a Gunfighter) (born July 29, 1911 – died June 4, 1994; age 82). Stephen McNally died of a heart attack. (Stephen McNally 1951 Air Cadet)
Richard Egan
American actor of TV (Jim Redigo on Empire & Redigo; Samuel Clegg II on Capitol) and movies (The View from Pompey’s Head; Tension at Table Rock; Love Me Tender; A Summer Place; Pollyanna; Esther and the King; The 300 Spartans) (born July 29, 1921 – died July 20, 1987; age 65). Richard Egan died of prostate cancer. (Richard Egan 1956 Tension at Table Rock Trailer)
Charles Hallahan
American actor of TV (Capt. Charles Devane on Hunter; The Paper Chase; Grace Under Fire) and movies (Going in Style; Nightwing; Fatal Beauty; Twilight Zone: The Movie; Silkwood; Vision Quest; Dante’s Peak) (born July 29, 1943 – died Nov. 25, 1997; age 54). Charles Hallahan died of a heart attack. (Charles Hallahan 1987 Fatal Beauty Trailer Screenshot)
Clara Bow (The “It” Girl)
American silent movie starlet and actress in talking films (Hoopla; It; Wings; True to the Navy; Children of Divorce; Kid Boots; Call Her Savage; No Limit; Her Wedding Night; Paramount on Parade; The Runaway; Dangerous Curves; The Wild Party) (born July 29, 1905 – died Sept. 27, 1965; age 60). Clara Bow died of a heart attack. (Clara Bow 1921 Photo: Nicholas Murray)
American actor of movies & TV (Cavalcade of Stars; The F.B.I.; The Dirty Dozen; Gunsmoke; The Young and the Restless; Hogan’s Heroes; Cannon; The Big Valley; Quincy M.E.; Barnaby Jones; The Six Million Dollar Man; The Streets of San Francisco) (born July 29, 1922 – died Jan. 12, 2014; age 91). Cause of death for Frank Marth is unknown. (Frank Marth 1973 Satan’s School for Girls)
Alice Terry (nee Alice Frances Taafe; aka Mrs. Rex Ingram)
American silent film actress (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Alimony; The Conquering Power; The Prisoner of Zenda; The Arab; The Garden of Allah; The Great Divide; Mare Nostrum; The Magician; Confessions of a Queen; Scaramouche) (born July 29, 1900 – died Dec. 22, 1987; age 87). Alice Terry had Alzheimer’s Disease before she died. (Alice Terry 1925 Photo: Cine-Mundial)
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