June 4th Birthdays
If you were born on June 4th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Bruce Dern (ex of Diane Ladd; father of Laura Dern)
American actor of movies (Coming Home; The War Wagon; Hang ‘Em High; The Cowboys; The Great Gatsby, Family Plot; Black Sunday; Nebraska; Middle Age Crazy, The ‘Burbs) and TV (Stoney Burke; Big Love; The Big Valley; 12 O’Clock High), born June 4, 1936. (Bruce Dern 1973 The Laughing Policeman)
Michelle Phillips (nee Holly Michelle Gilliam)
American songwriter & singer with The Mamas & The Papas (I Saw Her Again; Monday, Monday; California Dreamin’), actress of movies & TV (Anne Sumner on Knots Landing; Beverly Hills, 90210), born June 4, 1944. Ex of John Phillips, Dennis Hopper; mother of Chynna Phillips. (Michelle Phillips 1973 Dillinger)
Sandra Post
Canadian Golf & Sports Halls of Fame ladies professional golfer with 8 LPGA Tour wins, 1968 LPGA Rookie of the Year, first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour, and member of the Canada Golf Hall of Fame, born June 4, 1948. (Sandra Post Photo: Courtesy Sandra Post Golf School)
Bob Champion (nee Robert Champion)
English senior, horse trainer, former race horse jockey, and testicular cancer survivor (founder Bob Champion Cancer Trust), who went on to win the 1981 Grand National (aboard Aldaniti) and inspire the film Champions (1984), born June 4, 1948. (Bob Champion 2008 Photo: Magic Foundry)
Parker Stevenson (nee Richard Stevenson Parker Jr.)
American actor of TV (Frank Hardy on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries; Falcon Crest; Melrose Place; Baywatch; Greenhouse Academy; North and South, Book II) and movies (Lifeguard; Stroker Ace; A Separate Peace), born June 4, 1952. Ex of Kirstie Alley. (Parker Stevenson 1977: ABC)
Keith David (nee Keith David Williams)
Emmy Award-winning American voice artist & actor of movies (Platoon; The Thing; Dead Presidents; Bird; Executive Target; Always; Men at Work; Final Analysis; Agent Cody Banks), stage & TV (Greenleaf; Community; ER; 7th Heaven; The Cape), born June 4, 1956. (Keith David 2010 Photo: Brad Bethell)
El DeBarge (nee Eldra Patrick DeBarge)
American music producer, keyboardist, songwriter, & singer with DeBarge (Rhythm of the Night; Who’s Holding Donna Now; All This Love; Time Will Reveal; I Like It) and solo (Who’s Johnny; Love Always; Real Love; You Know What I Like; Lay With You), born June 4, 1961. (El DeBarge 2011 Lay With You Screenshot)
Michael Greyeyes
Canadian First Nations dancer (National Ballet of Canada) and actor of movies (Passchendaele; Dance Me Outside; Firestorm; The New World) and TV (Fear the Walking Dead; Rough Riders; Walker, Texas Ranger; Klondike; True Detective), born June 4, 1967. (Michael Greyeyes 2017 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Scott Wolf
American actor of TV (Bailey Salinger on Party of Five; Dr. Clemmens on The Night Shift; Dr. Hartman on Everwood; Perception; V; The Nine; Spin City; Saved by the Bell) and movies (Emmett’s Mark; The Evening Star; White Squall; Double Dragon), born June 4, 1968. (Scott Wolf 2009 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
American actor of TV (John Carter on ER; Tom Mason on Falling Skies; The Red Line; The Librarians) & films (Pirates of Silicon Valley; The World Made Straight; An American Affair; A Few Good Men; Enough; There Goes My Baby; Swing Kids), born June 4, 1971. (Noah Wyle 2009 Photo: CODEPINK Women For Peace)
(Rosalind Russell 1937 | Lane Chandler 1928: Eugene Robert Richee)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 4th!
Remember These June 4th Famous Birthdays
Ruth Westheimer (nee Karola Ruth Siegel; “Dr. Ruth“)
German-American-Israeli psychologist, sex therapist & educator, TV & Radio Hall of Fame host (Sexually Speaking / Dr. Ruth Show; Ask Dr. Ruth; Hollywood Squares; The All New Dr. Ruth Show; What’s Up, Dr. Ruth?), author (Sex for Dummies), and Israeli War of Independence veteran (born June 4, 1928 – died July 12, 2024; age 96). (Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1988: Harald Bischoff)
Freddy Fender (nee Baldemar Garza Huerta; “El Bebop Kid“)
American Grammy Award-winning rockabilly & country music singer (Wasted Days and Wasted Nights; Before the Next Teardrop Falls; Secret Love; You’ll Lose a Good Thing; Vaya con Dios; Living It Down; The Rains Came; Since I Met You Baby; Que Paso) (born June 4, 1937 – died Oct. 14, 2006; age 69). Freddie Fender died of lung cancer. (Freddie Fender 1981 Photo: ABC / Dot Records)
Dennis Weaver (nee William Dennis Weaver)
American actor of TV (Chester on Gunsmoke; Tom Wedloe on Gentle Ben; McCloud; Kentucky Jones; Emerald Point N.A.S.; Centennial; Stone; Buck James; Lonesome Dove: The Series; Dragnet) and movies (Dragnet; Gentle Giant; War Arrow) (born June 4, 1924 – died Feb. 24, 2006; age 81). Dennis Weaver died of cancer complications. (Dennis Weaver 1977 McCloud Photo: NBC)
Rosalind Russell (nee Catherine Rosalind Russell; aka C.A. McKnight)
Tony Award-winning American actress of stage and movies (Auntie Mame; Gypsy; His Girl Friday; Hired Wife; No Time For Comedy; They Met in Bombay; My Sister Eileen; Picnic; The Trouble With Angels; The Women; Mrs. Pollifax-Spy; Design for Scandal; Rosie!) (born June 4, 1907 – died Nov. 28, 1976; age 69). Rosalind Russell died of breast cancer. (Rosalind Russell c 1940 Photo)
Lane Chandler (nee Robert Chandler Oakes)
American actor of TV (Gunsmoke; Cheyenne; Maverick; Have Gun – Will Travel; Lawman; The Lone Ranger; Mr. & Mrs. North; 77 Sunset Strip) and movies (Firebrand Jordan; Guns for Hire; Wild Horse Rustlers; Winds of the Wasteland) (born June 4, 1899 – died Sept. 14, 1972; age 73). Lane Chandler died of heart disease. (Lane Chandler 1927 Open Range Photo: Paramount Pictures)
John Drew Barrymore (nee John Sidney Blyth Barrymore Jr.)
American actor of TV & movies (High Lonesome; Thunderbirds; The Big Night; Quebec; The Shadow on the Window; High School Confidential; Never Love a Stranger; The Trojan Horse) (born June 4, 1932 – died Nov. 29, 2004; age 72). Son of John Barrymore & Dolores Costello; ex of Cara Williams; father of Drew Barrymore. (John Barrymore Jr. 1956 While the City Sleeps Trailer)
Tom Longboat (nee Thomas Charles Longboat; aka Cogwagee)
Indian and Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Onondaga First Nations long distance marathon runner, winner of the 1907 Boston Marathon in record time, and WWI Canadian Army dispatch runner in France (twice wounded and declared dead) (born June 4, 1887 – died Jan. 9, 1949; age 61). Tom Longboat died of pneumonia. (Tom Longboat 1907 Photo: Charles Aylett)
Gordon Waller
English singer & songwriter solo & in the duo Peter and Gordon (A World Without Love; Lady Godiva; True Love Ways; Woman; I Go to Pieces; Knight in Rusty Armour; To Know You is to Love You; Nobody I Know; I Don’t Want to See You Again) (born June 4, 1945 – died July 17, 2009; age 64). Gordon Waller died of a heart attack. (Gordon Waller 1966 Photo: Capitol Records / Billboard)
Mad King George III (nee George William Frederick)
King of Great Britain and of Ireland & King of Hanover; son of Frederick, Prince of Wales & Princess August of Saxe-Gotha; grandson of King George II; married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; father of King George IV (Prince of Wales / Prince Regent), & Ernest Augustus King of Hanover (born June 4 1738 – died Jan. 29, 1820; age 81). (King George III c. 1765: Allan Ramsay)
Vinton Hayworth (aka Vincent Haworth; aka Jack Arnold)
American actor of radio, TV (I Dream of Jeannie; Zorro; Perry Mason; Green Acres; Gunsmoke; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Petticoat Junction; Alfred Hitchcock Presents) & films (Night Waitress; China Passage; Tarnished Angel), (born June 4, 1906 – died May 21, 1970; age 63) Uncle of Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Phyllis Fraser. (Vinton Hayworth 1964 Quick, Let’s Get Married)
Hank Brandt (nee Henry Brandt)
American actor of movies & TV (Julia; Generations; Santa Barbara; Dynasty; Barnaby Jones; Cannon; Combat!; The F.B.I.; Quincy M.E.; Wagon Train; Perry Mason; The Rockford Files; Police Woman; The Rookies; Here’s Lucy; The Streets of San Francisco) (born June 4, 1934 – died Dec. 4, 2004; age 70). Cause of death for Hank Brandt is unknown. (Hank Brandt 1968 Daniel Boone)
Albert E. Smith (nee Albert Edward Smith; married Hazel Neason)
Academy Award-winning English-American documentary & silent movie producer, cinematographer, director & presenter, Vitagraph Company of America co-founder (The Show Girl; Elsa’s Brother; A Virgin’s Sacrifice; Boer & Spanish-American War), & magician (born June 4, 1875 – died Aug. 1, 1958; age 83). Ex of Jean Paige. (Albert E. Smith 1911: Vitagraph | Nickelodeon)
American actor & director of films (Blues in the Night; Till the Clouds Roll By; Luxury Liner; Blonde Fever; Yankee Doodle Dandy; Strange Confession; The Groom Wore Spurs; Assignment in Brittany; Midnight) & TV shows (The Beverly Hillbillies; Mona McCluskey; My Three Sons; The Ann Sothern Show; Gunsmoke) (born June 4, 1906 – died Dec. 14, 1966; age 60). (Richard Whorf 1943)
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