July 31st Birthdays
If you were born on July 31st you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
France Nuyen (nee France Nguyễn-vân-Nga; ex of Robert Culp)
Vietnamese-French psychologist, model & actress of stage, TV (Dr. Paulette Kiem on St. Elsewhere; Dr. Chen on Generations & Santa Barbara; Knots Landing) & movies (Diamond Head; A Girl Named Tamiko; Battle for the Planet of the Apes), born July 31, 1939. (France Nuyen 1958 Photo: CBS Television)
Susan Flannery (ex of Fannie Flagg)
American Emmy Award-winning actress of TV (Stephanie Douglas Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful & The Young and the Restless; Dallas; Days of Our Lives), movies (Guns of Diablo), and TV director (Venice the Series; Guiding Light), born July 31, 1939. (Susan Flannery 1966 The Time Tunnel)
Geraldine Chaplin (daughter of Charlie Chaplin & Ona O’Neill)
American actress of stage, TV, and movies (Doctor. Zhivago; The Hawaiians; The Three Musketeers, Nashville; Chaplin; The Age of Innocence; Cousin Bette; To Walk With Lions; Heidi; Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; Cop-Out; Bolero), born July 31, 1944. (Geraldine Chaplin 1977 Welcome to L. A. Photo)
Sherry Lansing (nee Sherry Lee Duhl; married William Friedkin)
American philanthropist, music & film company executive (Universal Music Group; Paramount Pictures; 20th Century Fox), and movie producer (Fatal Attraction; The Accused; Black Rain; School Ties; Indecent Proposal; Firstborn), born July 31, 1944. (Sherry Lansing 1980: Mary Frampton, LA Times)
Gary Lewis (nee Gary Harold Lee Levitch; son of Jerry Lewis)
American lead singer and drummer of Gary Lewis and Playboys (This Diamond Ring; Count Me In; Save Your Heart for Me; She’s Just My Style; Everybody Loves a Clown; Green Grass; Sure Gonna Miss Her; My Heart’s Symphony), born July 31, 1946. (Gary Lewis 1964 Photo: Liberty Records)
American director & actor of stage, TV (Mason Capwell on Santa Barbara; General Hospital; Days of Our Lives; The Bay; The Practice), and movies (The Magic of Lassie; Body Double), born July 31, 1950. (Lane Davies: Stanislav Callas | Man of La Mancha Prague Shakespeare Company, by permission)
Barry Van Dyke (son of Dick Van Dyke; nephew of Jerry Van Dyke)
American TV actor (Det. Steve Sloan on Diagnosis Murder; Mike Bryant in Murder 101 TV movies; Airwolf; The Van Dyke Show; The New Dick Van Dyke Show; The Harvey Korman Show; Galactica 1980; Gun Shy; The Redd Foxx Show), born July 31, 1951. (Barry Van Dyke 1980 Photo: ABC Television)
Evonne Goolagong (aka Evonne Goolagong Cawley)
International Tennis Hall of Fame Australian World No. 1 tennis player, winner of 7 Grand Slam singles (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon) and 7 Grand Slam doubles & mixed doubles (Australian Open, Wimbledon, French Open), born July 31, 1951. (Evonne Goolagong 1971: W. Punt)
James Read
American actor of TV (Clyde Weston on Days of Our Lives; Murphy Michaels on Remington Steele; North and South; Ken Davis on Wildfire; Charmed; American Dreams; General Hospital) & films (Beaches; Eight Men Out; Legally Blonde films), born July 31, 1953. (James Read 1986 North and South, Book II: ABC)
Michael Biehn
American producer & actor of movies (The Terminator; Aliens; Navy Seals; The Abyss; The Fan; The Rock; Clockstoppers; The Art of War; The Night Visitor films; The Shadow Effect) and TV (The Magnificent Seven; The Runaways; Hill Street Blues), born July 31, 1956. (Michael Biehn 2014 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Dirk Blocker (nee Dennis Dirk Blocker; son of Dan Blocker)
American character actor of TV (Hitchcock on Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Jerry Bragg on Black Sheep Squadron; Ryan’s Four; Pacific Palisades) and movies (Born to Race; Night of the Scarecrow; Raise the Titanic; The Border), born July 31, 1957. (Dirk Blocker 1974 Little House on the Prairie Photo: NBC)
Wally Kurth (nee Wallace Kurth; ex of Cynthia Ettinger, Rena Sofer)
American narrator, host & actor of video games, TV (Justin Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives since 1987; Ned Ashton Quartermaine on General Hospital; As The World Turns; 1 Day With), movies (Final Embrace), and singer with Kurth & Taylor, born July 31, 1958. (Wally Kurth 1989 Days of Our Lives NBC Promo)
Wesley Snipes
American martial artist, film producer, and actor of movies (Blade films; Major League; Passenger 57; Rising Sun; White Men Can’t Jump; Murder at 1600; One Night Stand; U.S. Marshals; New Jack City; The Art of War, Drop Zone; Money Train; The Fan), born July 31, 1962. (Wesley Snipes 2009 Photo: Nicolas Genin)
J. K. Rowling (nee Joanne Rowling; aka Robert Galbraith)
Hugo Award-winning British novelist, author of adult fiction, mysteries (The Casual Vacancy; Career of Evil), and children’s fantasy fiction books (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), born July 31, 1965. (J. K. Rowling Photo: © Mary McCartney 2015 / J. K. Rowling)
Dean Cain (nee Dean George Tanaka; ex-fiance of Mindy McCready)
American host & actor of TV (Clark Kent / Superman on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!; Pete Davenport on Hit the Floor; Masters of Illusion) and movies (Out of Time), born July 31, 1966. Ex-partner of Brooke Shields, Gabrielle Reece. (Dean Cain 1993: Alan Light)
Loren Dean (nee Loren Dean Jovicic)
American actor of TV (As the World Turns) & films (Mumford; Billy Bathgate; 1492: Conquest of Paradise; War Bride; The Passion of Darkly Noon; Enemy of the State; Mrs. Winterbourne; Rosewood; Space Cowboys; Ad Astra; Reservations; Say Anything), born July 31, 1969. (Loren Dean Painting: A. Hamilton)
(Don Murray 1957 | Dean Cain 1993: Alan Light)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 31st!
Remember These July 31st Famous Birthdays
Don Murray (nee Donald Patrick Murray; ex of Hope Lange)
American actor of TV (Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing; The Outcasts; Sons and Daughters; Twin Peaks) & movies (Bus Stop; The Bachelor Party; A Hatful of Rain; Advise & Consent; Justin Morgan Had A Horse; Baby the Rain Must Fall; Peggy Sue Got Married) (born July 31, 1929 – died Feb. 2, 2024; age 94). Father of Christopher Murray. (Don Murray c 1960s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Lynne Reid Banks
English children’s & youth author (The Indian in the Cupboard series; My Darling Villain; Harry the Poisonous Centipede series; The Fairy Rebel; Broken Bridge; One More River), adult fiction novelist (The L-Shaped Room; An End to Running; The Backward Shadow; Fair Exchange) (born July 31, 1929 – died Apr. 4, 2024; age 94). (Lynne Reid Banks: by permission of Watson, Little Ltd)
Bryan Hextall
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian professional hockey player, NHL New York Ranger right-wing forward who scored the 1940 Stanley Cup winning overtime goal, NHL All-Star, and father of NHL players Dennis Hextall & Bryan Hextall Jr. (born July 31, 1913 – died July 25, 1984; age 70). Bryan Hextall died of a heart attack. (Bryan Hextall 1938 Photo: Wide World Studios)
Geoffrey Lewis (father of Juliette Lewis)
Prolific American character actor of TV (Flo; Land’s End; Falcon Crest; Gun Shy) and movies (The Culpepper Cattle Co.; Dillinger; Thunderbolt and Lightfoot; High Plains Drifter; Any Which Way You Can; Pink Cadillac; Maverick; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; My Name is Nobody; Bad Company) (born July 31, 1935 – died Apr. 7, 2015; age 79). (Geoffrey Lewis: Bruce Chianese)
Bill Todman (nee William Selden Todman)
TV Academy Hall of Fame American producer with Mark Goodson, as Goodson-Todman Productions (Beat the Clock; The Match Game; The Price is Right; Family Feud; Password; To Tell the Truth; The Richard Boone Show; Tattletales) (born July 31, 1916 – died July 29, 1979; age 62). Bill Todman died of heart condition complications. (Bill Todman 1962 What’s My Line?)
Gerald Anthony (nee Gerald Anthony Bucciarelli; ex of Brynn Thayer)
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Marco Dane on One Life to Live & General Hospital; Father Peter Terranova on Wiseguy; Ross Burnett on L.A. Law; Another World; As the World Turns) and movies (Crackdown; She Hate Me) (born July 31, 1951 – died May 28, 2004; age 52). (Gerald Anthony 1979 One Life to Live Promo: ABC)
Chet Stratton (nee Chester B. Stratton)
American singer & actor of radio (The O’Neill’s; Amanda of Honeymoon Hill; Pepper Young’s Family) , TV (Perry Mason; Hogan’s Heroes; The Twilight Zone; The Munsters; The Beverly Hillbillies; Have Gun, Will Travel), and films (Advise & Consent; Those Calloways; The Greatest Story Ever Told) (born July 31, 1910 – died July 7, 1970; age 59). (Chet Stratton 1962 Thriller)
American actor of films (Road to Alcatraz; The Night of January 16th; Impact; Beloved Rogues; Five Little Peppers at Home; The Amazing Mr. Williams; Beware Spooks; I Was a Convict; His Girl Friday; The Toast of New York) & TV (George Honeywell on My Little Margie) (born July 31, 1874 – died Nov. 25, 1964; age 90). (Clarence Colb 1947 Lost Honeymoon Photo: Eagle-Lion Films)
Ted Cassidy (nee Theodore Crawford Cassidy)
Tall (6′ 9″) American screenwriter (The Harrad Experiment), voice-over (Godzilla) & character actor of radio, TV (Lurch on The Addams Family), and films (The Limit; The Slams; Poor Pretty Eddy; Mackenna’s Gold; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) (born July 31, 1932 – died Jan. 16, 1979; age 46). Ted Cassidy died of heart surgery. complications (Ted Cassidy 1969 NBC)
Brett Halliday (nee Davis Dresser; ex of Helen McCloy)
Edgar Award-winning American writer of westerns, romances, & author of detective fiction mysteries (The Private Practice of Michael Shayne; Call for Michael Shayne; This is It, Michael Shayne; Dividend on Death; The Homicidal Virgin; Framed in Blood), & Mystery Writers of America founding member (born July 31, 1904 – died Feb. 4, 1977; age 72). (Brett Halliday 1959)
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