June 13th Birthdays
If you were born on June 13th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Malcolm McDowell (nee Malcolm John Taylor)
English actor of TV (Franklin & Bash; Mozart in the Jungle; The Mentalist) & movies (A Clockwork Orange; Royal Flash; Voyage of the Damned; Star Trek: Cat People; Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius), born June 13, 1943. Ex of Margot Bennett, Mary Steenburgen. (Malcolm McDowell 1979 Time After Time Trailer)
Richard Thomas (son of Richard Thomas & Barbara Fallis)
American actor of movies (Winning; The Todd Killings) and TV (Chris Austen on A Flame in the Wind; John-Boy on The Waltons; The Americans; The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson; The Edge of Night; As the World Turns; From These Roots; Just Cause), born June 13, 1951. (Richard Thomas 1965 Seaway)
Stellan Skarsgård (father of Alexander Skarsgård)
Swedish movie actor (Good Will Hunting; Amistad; Ronin; The Glass House, Pirates of the Caribbean films; Mamma Mia!; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; The Hunt for Red October; Deep Blue Sea; Avengers; Thor; Amistad) born June 13, 1951. (Stellan Skarsgård 2009 Photo: Jonas Nilsson / Daniel Case)
Mike Weaver (nee Michael Dwayne Weaver; “Hercules“)
Retired American professional boxer, WBA heavyweight title holder (1980-1982), formerly a sparring partner for Muhammad Ali & Ken Norton, US Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, and senior citizen born June 13, 1951. (Mike Weaver 1985 Photo: HBO)
Tim Allen (nee Timothy Alan Dick)
American stand-up comedian, producer, screenwriter, & actor of TV (Tim Taylor on Home Improvement; Mike Baxter on Last Man Standing) and movies (The Santa Clause films; Galaxy Quest; Wild Hogs; Meet Wally Sparks; Toy Story movies), born June 13, 1953. (Tim Allen 1993 Photo: Alan Light)
American former teen idol, songwriter, singer, and founding member of Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods (Billy Don’t Be a Hero; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Heartbreak Kid; Our Last Song Together), born June 13, 1954. (Bo Donaldson 1976)
Ally Sheedy (nee Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy)
American “Brat Pack” actress of stage, movies (Maid to Order; Betsy’s Wedding; St. Elmo’s Fire; The Breakfast Club; WarGames; Oxford Blues; Only the Lonely; Short Circuit), TV (Psych; Kyle XY), & author (She Was Nice to Mice), born June 13, 1962. (Ally Sheedy 2003 Photo: Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards)
Jamie Walters (nee James Leland Walters Jr.)
American singer (How Do You Talk to an Angel?; Hold On) & actor of TV (Beverly Hills, 90210; The Heights; The Young Riders; As the World Turns; Quantum Leap; To Serve and Protect) and movies (Shout; The Mumbo Jumbo; Bed & Breakfast), born June 13, 1969. (Jamie Walters 1996 Photo: Vicioso1)
Valeri Bure (son of Vladimir Bure; brother of Pavel Bure)
Russian-American professional hockey player, WHL All-Star & NHL right winger (Montreal Canadiens; Calgary Flames; Florida Panthers; St. Louis Blues; Dallas Stars), co-owner of Bure Family Wines, born June 13, 1974. Married Candace Cameron Bure. (Valeri Bure 2010: Movieguide®)
(Ian Hunter 1937: Scotty Welbourne [colorized] | Basil Rathbone 1936 [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 13th!
Remember These June 13th Famous Birthdays
American singer, songwriter, and founding member of rock group Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (Sylvia’s Mother; The Cover of Rolling Stone; Sharing the Night Together; Only Sixteen; When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman, A Little Bit More, Better Love Next Time) (born June 13, 1949 – died May 16, 2026; age 76). (Dennis Locorriere Painting: A. Hamilton)
Bob McGrath (nee Robert Emmet McGrath)
American children’s book author (OOPS! Excuse ME Please!), musician, singer (Sing Me a Story; Sesame Street Theme), & actor of TV (Bob on Sesame Street; Sing Along With Mitch; Show of Hearts), movies (Follow That Bird; The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland) (born June 13, 1932 – died Dec. 4, 2022; age 90). (Bob McGrath 1970 Meet Bob McGrath:TV Scout)
Siegfried Fischbacher (partner of Roy Horn)
German-American exotic animal (white lions & tigers) trainer and magician of Las Vegas stages (Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Resort and Casino), movies, & TV (Father of the Pride; The Art of Magic; Siegfried and Roy: The Magic Box) (born June 13, 1939 – died Jan. 13, 2021; age 81). (Siegfried Fischbacher 1984 Photo: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous)
Basil Rathbone (nee Philip St. John Basil Rathbone; married Ouida Bergere)
South African-English Shakespearean film actor (The School for Scandal; David Copperfield; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Frenchman’s Creek; We’re No Angels; Crossroads; The Black Cat; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Romeo and Juliet; The Last Days of Pompeii; The Mark of Zorro) (born June 13, 1892 – died July 17, 1967; age 75). (Basil Rathbone 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles)
Mary Wickes (nee Mary Isabella Wickenhauser)
American actress of TV (The Halls of Ivy; Make Room for Daddy; Doc; Father Dowling Mysteries; The Gertrude Berg Show) and movies (White Christmas; The Trouble With Angels; Sister Act; Too Much Johnson; On Moonlight Bay; The Man Who Came to Dinner; Now, Voyager; Blondie’s Blessed Event) (born June 13, 1910 – died Oct. 22, 1995; age 85). (Mary Wickes 1975 Doc: CBS Television)
Red Grange (nee Harold Edward Grange; “The Galloping Ghost“)
American charter member of both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame, NFL football halfback player (Chicago Bears; New York Yankees), 3-time All American (1923, 1934, 1925) and NFL 1920s All-Decade Team (born June 13, 1903 – died Jan. 28, 1991; age 87). Red Grange had Parkinson’s Disease before he died. ( Harold Grange 1925 Photo: LoC)
Paul Lynde
American actor of stage, TV (The Hollywood Squares; Uncle Arthur on Bewitched; Donny and Marie; The Paul Lynde Show; The New Temperatures Rising Show), and movies (Bye Bye Birdie; The Glass Bottom Boat; For Those Who Think Young; Charlotte’s Web) (born June 13, 1926 – died Jan. 11, 1982; age 55). Paul Lynde died of a heart attack. (Paul Lynde 1970 Photo)
Tom Cheek (nee Thomas F. Cheek)
American radio broadcaster, MLB baseball sports radio broadcaster “Voice of the Toronto Blue Jays” from 1977-2004, and broadcast team member for ABC Sports (1980 & 1984 Winter Olympics), and author (Road to Glory) (born June 13, 1939 – died Oct. 9, 2005; age 66). Tom Cheek had a brain tumor before he died. (Tom Cheek 1990s Photo: By Permission of Shirley Cheek)
Percy Rodrigues (aka Percy Rodriguez)
Canadian actor of stage, TV (Dr. Harry Miles on Peyton Place; Executive Suite; Somerset; Arthur Hailey’s the Moneychangers; Mission: Impossible; The Silent Force; Medical Center; Tomahawk), and movies (Come Back Charleston Blue; The Plainsman; The Sweet Ride; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; Rhinoceros) (born June 13, 1918 – died Sept. 6, 2007; age 89). (Percy Rodriguez 1967)
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1994 Economic Sciences Nobel Prize-winning American mathematician (game theory; partial differential equations; differential geometry; Nash-Moser theorem), inspiration for the book and movie A Beautiful Mind (2001) (born June 13, 1928 – died May 23, 2015; age 86). John Forbes Nash Jr. was killed in a car crash. (John Forbes Nash Jr. 2006 Photo: Elke Wetzig / Elya)
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish Olympic athlete who set middle and long-distance world records, winner of 9 Olympic gold medals (1920 – 10k, Indiv. & Team cross country; 1924 Paris – 1500m, 5000m, Indivi. & Team Cross country, 3000m Team; 1928 – 10k), (born June 13, 1897 – died Oct. 2, 1973; age 76). Paavo Nurmi had a heart attack and stroke before he died. (Paavo Nurmi 1924 Photo)
American actor of TV (Rawhide) & movies (Someone to Remember; Alaska Highway; Witness to Murder; Citizen Kane; The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair; The Saint in Palm Springs; Mary Ryan, Detective; Executive Suite; High Noon; Gypsy; Man or Gun; The Lonely Man) (born June 13, 1890 – died July 27, 1964; age 74). (Harry Shannon 1940 Too Many Girls: Gaston Longet)
South African-English actor of stage, TV (The Adventures of Robin Hood) and movies (The Little Princess; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Strange Cargo; That Certain Woman; A Yank at Eton; Edward, My Son; Bitter Sweet; Maisie; Comet Over Broadway; Confession; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Ziegfeld Girl) (born June 13, 1900 – died Sept. 22, 1975; age 75). (Ian Hunter 1940 Gallant Sons Trailer)
Larry Keating (nee Lawrence Keating)
American actor of TV (Harry Morton on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show; Roger Addison on Mister Ed) and movies (Something for the Birds; Above and Beyond; Inferno; Gypsy Colt; The Mating Season; Follow the Sun; When Worlds Collide) (born June 13, 1899 – died Aug. 26, 1963; age 64). Larry Keating had leukemia before he died. (Larry Keating 1957 The Wayward Bus)
British actor of stage, radio, TV, and movies (Great Expectations; Sin of Esther Waters; Paper Orchid; Sally in Our Alley; Sleeping Car; Love, Life & Laughter; The Village Squire; Someday; I Married a Spy; What a Man!; Vacation From Marriage; Sea Devils; Hot Ice) (born June 13, 1887 – died June 30, 1953; age 66). Cause of death for Ivor Barnard is unknown. (Ivor Barnard 1953 Beat the Devil)
Kristine Miller (nee Jacqueline Olivia Eskesen)
Argentinian-American actress of TV & films (Jungle Patrol; Domino Kid; Young Daniel Boone; Thunder Over Arizona; The Persuader; The Steel Fist; Tropical Heat Wave; I Walk Alone; Shadow on the Wall; Desert Fury; High Lonesome; Geraldine; The Heart is a Rebel; Hell’s Outpost; Flight Nurse; High Lonesome; ) (born June 13, 1924 – died 2015; age 90). (Kristine Miller 1949 Too Late For Tears)
English poet, translator (Dante’s Divine Comedy), and crime fiction mystery novelist, creator of the Lord Peter Wimsey character (Whose Body?; Clouds of Witness; Unnatural Death; Strong Poison; The Floating Admiral; Murder Must Advertise) (born June 13, 1893 – died Dec. 17, 1957; age 64). Dorothy Sayers died of a coronary thrombosis. (Dorothy L. Sayers 1935: The Evening Star)
Bobby Freeman (nee Robert Thomas Freeman)
American record producer, songwriter, R&B and soul singer of the Top 5 hit singles Do You Want to Dance (1958) and C’mon and Swim (1964), and other songs (Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes; S-W-I-M; Shimmy Shimmy; Big Fat Woman; Mary Ann Thomas; Need Your Love) (born June 13, 1940 – died Jan. 23, 2017 age 76). (Bobby Freeman 1977)
Ben Johnson (nee Ben Johnson Jr.; “Son“)
World champion American rodeo cowboy, stuntman & Academy Award-winning actor (Rio Grande; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; War Drums; The Rare Breed; The Undefeated; The Last Picture Show; Chisum; Breakheart Pass; Grayeagle) (born June 13, 1918 – died Apr. 8, 1996; age 77). Ben Johnson died of a heart attack. (Ben Johnson 1950 Wagon Master Photo: RKO Radio)
Lois Weber (nee Florence Lois Weber; ex of Phillips Smalley)
American pioneering filmmaker (split screens; sound; 1st American woman studio owner, full-length film director) & actress of silent movies (Suspense; White Heat; The Merchant of Venice; Hypocrites; Where Are My Children?; Tarzan of the Apes; The Picture of Dorian Gray; The Hand That Rocks the Cradle; The Blot) (born June 13, 1879 – died Nov. 13, 1939; age 60). (Lois Weber 1914)
Tay Garnett (nee William Taylor Garnett; married Mari Aldon)
American WWI pilot, producer, writer & director of radio (Three Sheets to the Wind), TV (Death Valley Days), & movies (The Postman Always Rings Twice; China Seas; Bataan; Seven Sinners; Up in Mabel’s Room; Destination Unknown; The Strong Man; Trade Winds; Mrs. Parkington; Skyscraper) (born June 13, 1894 – died Oct. 3, 1977; age 83). Ex of Patsy Ruth Miller. (Tay Garnett 1929)
Karyl Norman (nee George Francis Peduzzi)
American female impersonator, singer, actor & performer of vaudeville, nightclub, and Broadway stages (Greenwich Village Follies of 1924) billed as “The Creole Fashion Plate“, songwriter (Nobody Lied [When They Said That I Cried Over You]; I’m Through [Shedding Tears Over You]; Beside a Babbling Brook) (born June 13, 1897 – died July 23, 1947; age 50). (Karyl Norman 1923)
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