November 24th Birthdays
If you were born on November 24th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Oscar Robertson is 83 (“The Big O“)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American professional basketball player, NBA 12-time All-Star point guard (Cincinnati Royals; Milwaukee Bucks – 1971 NBA champs), and 1964 NBA MVP, born November 24, 1938. (Oscar Robertson c. 1960s Photo)
Eric Wilson is 81 (aka Eric Hamilton)
Canadian youth adventure fiction writer, author of the Tom and Liz Austen mystery series (Murder on the Canadian; Vampires of Ottawa; The Case of the Golden Boy; The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor), adult detective fiction novels (Paris ’97), born November 24, 1940. (Eric Wilson Photo: Courtesy Eric Wilson)
Pete Best is 80 (nee Randolph Peter Scanland)
British Indian musician (The Pete Best Band), first drummer (1960-1962) for the Quarrymen / Beatles (My Bonnie), sometimes called the Fifth Beatle, documentary writer & producer (Best of the Beatles), born November 24, 1941. (Pete Best 1964 I’ve Got a Secret)
Billy Connolly is 79 (nee William Connolly; “The Big Yin“)
Scottish comedian and actor of stage, TV (Head of the Class; Billy; Parkinson), movies (Mrs. Brown; Timeline; Water; The Last Samurai; Crossing the Line; The Boondock Saints; Beautiful Joe; Gulliver’s Travels; What We Did on Our Holiday), born November 24, 1942. (Billy Connolly 2006 Photo: followsean)
Lee Michaels is 76 (nee Michael Olsen)
American session musician, record producer, rock singer and songwriter (Do You Know What I Mean; Can I Get a Witness; Heighty Hi; Rock Me Baby; If I Lose You; Same Old Song; Stormy Monday; Mad Dog), and restaurateur (Killer Shrimp) born November 24, 1945. (Lee Michaels 1973 Photo: A & M Records)
Denise Crosby is 64
American actress of stage, TV (Lisa Davis on Days of Our Lives; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Ray Donovan; The Walking Dead; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and movies (Pet Sematary; Relative Fear), born November 24, 1957. (Denise Crosby 2003 Photo: Sonlui-commonswiki)
Garret Dillahunt is 57
American actor of TV (Burt Chance on Raising Hope; John Dorie on Fear the Walking Dead; One Life to Live; The Mindy Project; Deadwood; Justified; The 4400) and films (The Last House on the Left; No Country for Old Men; Looper), born November 24, 1964. (Garret Dillahunt 2008 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
(Winter Snow Covered Trees & Stars Photo: Alessandro Viaroo via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 24th!
Remember These November 24th Famous Birthdays
Howard Duff
Blacklisted American actor of radio (Sam Spade), TV (The Felony Squad; Mr. Adams and Eve; Flamingo Road; Knots Landing; Police Story; Kung Fu; East of Eden), & films (The Naked City; Jennifer; Boy’s Night Out; The Broken Star; Kramer vs. Kramer) (born Nov. 24, 1913 – died July 8, 1990; age 76). Howard Duff died of a heart attack. (Howard Duff 1969 Photo: 20th Century Fox TV)
Garson Kanin
American theatre, film & TV actor, playwright (Born Yesterday), screenwriter (Pat and Mike; Adam’s Rib; A Double Life; Mr. Broadway; The Rat Race; Some Kind of a Nut), director (The Diary of Ann Frank; Funny Girl), and novelist (Smash; Moviola) (born Nov. 24, 1912 – died Mar. 13, 1999; age 86). Cause of death for Garson Kanin is unknown. (Garson Kanin 1939 Photo: RKO Pictures)
Spencer Johnson (nee Patrick Spencer Johnson)
American doctor, author of the ValueTale children’s fiction series (The ValueTale of Elizabeth Fry; The value of humor: the story of Will Rogers) & management self-help books (The One Minute Manager; Who Moved My Cheese?) (born Nov. 24, 1938 – died July 3, 2017; age 78). Spencer Johnson died of pancreatic cancer. (Spencer Johnson 1984 Photo: Elliot Kamenitz)
Harry Kemelman
American short story writer (The Nine Mile Walk & Professor Nicky Welt stories) and novelist, author of the Edgar Award-winning Rabbi David Small mystery series (Friday the Rabbi Slept Late; Monday the Rabbi Took Off) (born Nov. 24, 1908 – died Dec. 15, 1996; age 88). Cause of death for Harry Kemelman is unknown. (Harry Kemelman 1967 Photo: William Charles Studio)
Rene Enriquez
Nicaraguan-American actor of TV (Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues; Benson; Quincy M.E.; Chico and the Man; Police Story; Dream West) and movies (Under Fire; The Evil That Men Do; Bulletproof; Bananas; Harry and Tonto; Girl of the Night)(born Nov. 24, 1933 – died Mar. 23, 1990; age 56). Rene Enriquez died of AIDS complications. (Rene Enriquez 1975 Katherine)
Dale Carnegie (nee Dale Harbison Carnagey)
American self-improvement lecturer, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People; How to Stop Worrying and Start Living), and developer of the Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations (born Nov. 24, 1888 – died Aug. 3, 1955; age 77). Cause of death for Dale Carnegie was Hodgkin’s disease & uremia complication. (Dale Carnegie Photo: Unknown)
American producer & assistant director of TV & films (Iron Horse; The Outcasts; Harry and Tonto; Cactus Flower; The Liberation of L.B. Jones; The Rose; Blume in Love), and actor of TV (The Twilight Zone) and movies (War Hunt; We Shall Return; Shadows) (born Nov. 24, 1937 – died June 29, 2018; age 80). Anthony Ray died after a long illness. (Anthony Ray 1960 Tombstone Territory)
Daytime Emmy-winning American Theater Hall of Fame Irish actress of stage, TV (Our Private World), & films (Wuthering Heights; Dark Victory; Watch on the Rhine; Shining Victory; Nobody Lives Forever; So Evil My Love; Ten North Frederick; Rachel, Rachel) (born Nov. 24, 1913 – died July 17, 2005; age 91). Geraldine Fitzgerald died of Alzheimer’s disease. (Geraldine Fitzgerald 1940)
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