June 2nd Birthdays
If you were born on June 2nd you share a birthday with these famous people:
American actress of movies (MASH; Brewster McCloud; The Last of the Red Hot Lovers; The Player; Lost Horizon; Back to School; It’s My Party; Welcome to L.A.; Foxes; Night Club; The Boynton Beach Club) and TV (Chemistry; The Young and the Restless; 90210), born June 2, 1937. (Sally Kellerman 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Stacy Keach Jr. is 79 (nee Walter Stacy Keach Jr.)
American-Polish narrator & actor of stage, TV (The New Mike Hammer; Mike Hammer, Private Eye; Titus; Prison Break; Man with a Plan; Blue Bloods), movies (The New Centurions; The Long Riders; That Championship Season; The Bourne Legacy), born June 2, 1941. (Stacy Keach 1978 Gray Lady Down Trailer)
Charlie Watts is 79 (nee Charles Robert Watts)
English septuagenarian jazz musician (The Charlie Watts Quintet) and drummer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Rolling Stones (It’s All Over Now; The Last Time; Satisfaction; Get Off of My Cloud; Little Red Rooster), born June 2, 1941. (Charlie Watts 1986 Photo: Entertainment News Service)
Otis Williams is 79 (nee Otis Miles Jr.; “Big Daddy“)
Septuagenarian American songwriter, singer and founding member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vocal group The Temptations (My Girl; I Can’t Get Next to You; Just My Imagination; Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone; Happy People; Get Ready; Masterpiece) born June 2, 1941. (Otis Williams 1968 Photo: Motown Records)
Maree Cheatham is 78 (aka Marie Cheatham)
American character actress of TV (General Hospital; Search for Tomorrow; Knots Landing; Days of Our Lives; Sam and Cat), movies (A Night at the Roxbury; The Bachelor; America’s Sweethearts), and septuagenarian born June 2, 1942. (Maree Cheatham Photo: David Alley / MareeCheatham.Com)
Charles Haid is 77 (nee Charles Maurice Haid III; “Charlie” Haid)
American producer, director (NYPD Blue; Nip/Tuck; ER; Criminal Minds; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Delvecchio; Third Watch) and actor of TV (Officer Andrew Renko on Hill Street Blues; Third Watch; Delvecchio) and movies (The Choirboys; Who’ll Stop the Rain) born June 2, 1943. (Charles Haid 1974 Movin’ On)
Jerry Mathers is 72 (nee Gerald Patrick Mathers)
American former child model & actor of stage, TV (Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver & The New Leave it to Beaver), movies (The Trouble With Harry; That Certain Feeling; The Shadow on the Window), and senior born June 2, 1948. (Jerry Mathers 1958 Leave It to Beaver Photo: ABC Television)
NHL Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian NHL defenceman (Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings), 2-time James Norris Trophy winner (1977, 1980), 1978 Conn Smythe Trophy winner, and NHL coach (New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings) born June 2, 1951. (Larry Robinson 2008 Photo: Horge)
Dennis Haysbert is 66
American producer & actor of TV (President Palmer on 24; The Unit; Now and Again; The Young and the Restless), movies (Major League films; Love Field; Absolute Power; Navy Seals; Mr. Baseball; Random Hearts), and Allstate Insurance ads, born June 2, 1954. (Dennis Haysbert 2007 Photo: Siebbi)
Dana Carvey is 65
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor of TV (Church Lady & George Bush on Saturday Night Live; First Impressions with Dana Carvey; Blue Thunder; One of the Boys) & movies (Waynes World films; This is Spinal Tap; Opportunity Knocks), born June 2, 1955. (Dana Caravey 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Gary Grimes is 65
Retired American actor of movies (Summer of ’42; The Culpepper Cattle Co.; Class of ’44; Cahill U.S. Marshal; The Spikes Gang; Gus; The Prize) and television (Jack Devlin on Once an Eagle; Gunsmoke; The Brady Bunch; My Three Sons), born June 2, 1955. (Gary Grimes 1971 Summer of ’42 Photo)
Charlie Huddy is 61
Retired Canadian professional hockey player, former NHL defenceman (Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues) with 5 Stanley Cups (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990), 1982-1983 NHL Plus/Minus Award winner, and NHL coach (New York Rangers; Winnipeg Jets), born June 2, 1959.
(Coffee and Flower Pen Photo: Carli Jeen via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 2nd!
And remembering
Johnny Weissmuller (nee Johann Peter Weißmüller)
International Swimming Hall of Fame Hungarian-American childhood polio survivor, 5-time Olympic gold medal freestyle swimmer (1924 & 1928), TV & movie actor (Tarzan the Ape Man; Jungle Jim; The Great Masquerade) (born June 2, 1904 – died Jan. 20, 1984; age 79). Johnny Weissmuller died of pulmonary edema. (Johnny Weissmuller 1939 Tarzan Finds a Son Trailer)
Max Showalter (aka Casey Adams)
American actor of stage, TV (The Swift Show; Perry Mason) and movies (Niagara; Dangerous Crossing; Vicki; Night People; Naked Alibi; The Return of Jack Slade; Indestructible Man; Bus Stop; My Six Loves; Move Over, Darling; It Happened to Jane; Sixteen Candles) (born June 2, 1917 – died July 30, 2000; age 83). Max Shoalter died of cancer. (Max Showalter 1961 Stagecoach West)
Marvin Hamlisch
Grammy, Tony, Emmy, 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and Academy Award-winning American composer (A Chorus Line; The Way We Were; Nobody Does It Better; Through the Eyes of Love; I Finally Found Someone; The Girl Who Used to Be Me) (born June 2, 1944 – died Aug. 6, 2012; age 68). Marvin Hamlisch died of respiratory arrest. (Marvin Hamlisch 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
American producer & character actor of stage, movies & TV (Shannon; Barney Miller; Hill Street Blues; Lou Grant; St. Elsewhere The Untouchables; The Lawless Years; Scarecrow and Mrs. King; Days of Our Lives; Santa Barbara; Life Goes On; The Detectives; Port Charles) (born June 2, 1924 – died Nov. 12, 2013; age 89). Cause of death for Al Ruscio is unknown. (Al Ruscio 1960 Bonanza)
Charlie Sifford (nee Charles Luther Sifford)
World Golf Hall of Fame American golfer, the first black pro golfer on the PGA tour, 6-time winner of the United Golf Association’s National Negro Open, winner of the 1975 PGA Seniors Championship, and 2007 Old Tom Morris Award (born June 2, 1922 – died Feb. 3, 2015; age 92). Charlie Sifford had a stroke a month before he died. (Charlie Sifford 1961 Photo)
Milo O’Shea
Irish character actor of stage, TV (Me Mammy; QB VII), and movies (Carry On Cabby; Romeo and Juliet; The Angel Levine; The Verdict; The Purple Rose of Cairo; Only the Lonely; Never Put It in Writing; Anyone for Sex?; Ulysses) (born June 2, 1926 – died Apr. 2, 2013; age 86). Cause of death for Milo O’Shea is unknown. (Milo O’Shea 1967 Ulysses Photo: Continental Distributing)
Johnny Carter (nee John E. Carter)
American R&B doo-wop singer and founding member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame groups The Dells (Oh What a Night; Stay in My Corner) and The Flamingos (Golden Teardrops; I Only Have Eyes For You) (born June 2, 1934 – died Aug. 21, 2009; age 75). Cause of death for Johnny Carter was lung cancer. (Johnny Carter 1967 Photo: Cadet Records)
June Callwood
Canadian writer & journalist (Brantford Expositor; The Globe and Mail; Maclean’s), ghostwriting biographer, Vision TV & CBC TV journalist & host (The Fraynes; In Touch; National Treasure), social and human rights activist (born June 2, 1924 – died Apr. 14, 2007; age 82). June Callwood died of cancer. (June Callwood 1977 Canadian Living Photo: Jamie)
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