November 30th Birthdays
If you were born on November 30th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
American actor of TV (The Eleventh Hour; Riptide; Mannix; Tales of Wells Fargo; The F.B.I.; The A-Team; Perry Mason; Bat Masterson; Barnaby Jones) and movies (Mosby’s Marauders; Sniper’s Ridge; Play Misty For Me; High Plains Drifter; Where the Red Fern Grows), born November 30, 1931. (Jack Ging 1960 Black Saddle)
Sir Ridley Scott is 83
Emmy Award-winning English producer & director of TV (The Good Wife; Numb3rs; The Pillars of the Earth) and movies (Black Hawk Down; Alien; Thelma & Louise; Black Rain; Gladiator; Blade Runner; The Martian; The Duellists), born November 30, 1937. (Ridley Scott 2015 Photo: Bill Ingalls / NASA)
Terrence Malick is 77
American movie producer (Amazing Grace; Awaken; The Beautiful Country), film director and screenwriter (Badlands; Days of Heaven; The Thin Red Line; The New World; To the Wonder; Knight of Cups; The Tree of Life), born November 30, 1943. (Terrence Malick Photo: Hadean-mind)
Mandy Patinkin is 68 (nee Mandel Bruce Patinkin)
Emmy and Tony Award-winning American singer and actor of stage, TV (Saul Berenson on Homeland; Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope; Criminal Minds; Dead Like Me) and movies (The Princess Bride; Yentl; Alien Nation; Ragtime), born November 30, 1952. (Mandy Patinkin 2012 Photo: Barian)
Billy Idol is 65 (nee William Michael Albert Broad)
British-American punk rock songwriter & singer (Dancing With Myself; White Wedding; Eyes Without a Face; To Be a Lover; Rebel Yell; Mony Mony; Sweet Sixteen; Flesh For Fantasy), and actor of TV and movies (The Wedding Singer), born November 30, 1955. (Billy Idol 2005 Photo: Mandy Coombes)
Colin Mochrie is 63
Scottish-Canadian stand-up comedian, improv, character and voice over actor of stage (Second City), commercials, movies, and TV (Whose Line is It Anyway?; Blackfly; She’s the Mayor; The Drew Carey Show), born November 30, 1957. (Colin Mochrie 2006 Photo: Jordan Kalilich)
Gary Lineker is 60
British Football Hall of Fame English professional soccer player, 1986 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team, 1990 FIFA Fair Play Award-winner, TV football commentator & host (Match of the Day; They Think It’s All Over; The Premier League Show), born November 30, 1960. (Gary Lineker 2010 Photo: Liton Ali)
Bo Jackson is 578 (nee Vincent Edward Jackson)
College Football Hall of Fame American pro football player, 1985 Heisman winner, UPI & Sporting News Player of the Year, NFL running back (Los Angeles Raiders), and MLB player (Kansas City Royals), born November 30, 1962. (Bo Jackson 2011 Photo: Chris Putman, HQAMC / US Army)
Ben Stiller is 55 (nee Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller)
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, & actor of TV and movies (There’s Something About Mary; Meet the Parents; Along Came Polly; Night at the Museum; Meet the Fockers; Zoolander), born November 30, 1965. (Ben Stiller 2010 Photo: Gordon Correll)
(Aquarium Life Photo: Sneha via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 30th!
And remembering
L. M. Montgomery (nee Lucy Maud Montgomery)
Canadian author of the Anne of Green Gables novels (Anne of Avonlea; Rilla of Ingleside) and other fiction (Emily of New Moon; Pat of Silver Bush; The Story Girl; Jane of Lantern Hill; Anne’s House of Dreams; Rainbow Valley) (born Nov. 30, 1874 – died Apr. 24, 1942; age 67). Lucy Maud Montgomery died of a coronary thrombosis. (L. M. Montgomery Photo: KindredSpirit Michael)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
American actor of stage, TV (The F.B.I.; 77 Sunset Strip; Concerning Miss Marlowe; Maverick; Remington Steele; Hotel; Zorro; Scruples; Who is the Black Dahlia) & movies (By Love Possessed; The Chapman Report; Wait Until Dark) (born Nov. 30, 1918 – died May 2, 2014; age 95). Efrem Zimbalist Jr. died of natural causes. (Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 1969 The F.B.I. Photo: ABC TV)
Winston Churchill (aka Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill)
British Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) during WWII “We shall never surrender“, non-fiction author awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature (The Second World War series; The World Crisis series; Blood, Sweat and Tears) (born Nov. 30, 1874 – died Jan. 24, 1965; age 90). Winston Churchill died after a stroke. (Sir Winston Churchill 1941 Photo: J. Russell & Sons)
Dick Clark (nee Richard Wagstaff Clark)
American Emmy Award-winning radio & TV producer (American Dreams), actor & host TV and movies (American Bandstand; The Dick Clark Show; The $10,000 Pyramid; New Year’s Rockin’ Eve; Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll & Remember; Because They’re Young) (born Nov. 30, 1929 – died Apr. 18, 2012; age 82). Dick Clark died of a heart attack. (Dick Clark 1974 Photo: ABC TV)
Virginia Mayo (nee Virginia Clara Jones)
American dancer-actress of TV (Santa Barbara) & movies (Fort Dobbs; The Proud Ones; Fort Utah; The Tall Stranger; The Silver Chalice; The West Point Story; The Best Years of Our Lives; A Song is Born) (born Nov. 30, 1920 – died Jan. 17, 2005; age 84). Virginia Mayo died of pneumonia & heart failure complications. (Virginia Mayo 1954 King Richard and the Crusaders Trailer)
Richard Crenna
Emmy Award-winning American director & actor of movies (First Blood & Rambo films; Wait Until Dark; The Sand Pebbles; Made in Paris; Breakheart Pass; Summer Rental) and TV (The Real McCoys; Our Miss Brooks; Slattery’s People; The Rape of Richard Beck) (born Nov. 30, 1926 – died Jan. 17, 2003; age 76). Richard Crenna died of heart failure. (Richard Crenna 1961 Photo)
Martin E. Brooks (nee Martin Baum)
American actor of stage, movies, & TV (Dr. Rudy Wells on The Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman; The Secret Storm; Search for Tomorrow; Love of Life; General Hospital; Dallas; Hunter; McMillan & Wife; Knots Landing; The Doctors; The F.B.I.) (born Nov. 30, 1925 – died Dec. 7, 2015; age 90). Martin E. Brooks died of natural causes. (Martin E. Brooks 1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf)
Robert Guillaume (nee Robert Peter Williams)
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning American singer-actor of TV (Benson; Soap; Sports Night; The Robert Guillaume Show) and movies (The Lion King [voice of Rafiki]; Seems Like Old Times; Wanted: Dead or Alive; Lean on Me; Spy Hard) (born Nov. 30, 1927 – died Oct. 24, 2017; age 89). Robert Guillaume died of prostate cancer. (Robert Guillaume 1977 SOAP Photo: ABC TV)
June Pointer
Grammy Award-winning American country music and R&B singer solo (Respect Yourself), and as the youngest of The Pointer Sisters (Fire; He’s So Shy; Slow Hand; Jump [For My Love]; So Excited; Neutron Dance; Automatic; Black & White; Fairytale) (born Nov. 30, 1953 – died Apr. 11, 2006; age 52). June Pointer died of cancer. (June Pointer 1983 Photo: RCA Records and Tapes)
American actor of TV (Perry Mason; Ben Casey; Peyton Place; Hazel; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Daniel Boone; Lights Out; The Tall Man) and movies (The Adulteress; Flight That Disappeared; The New Interns; Bye Bye Birdie; Panic in the City) (born Nov. 30, 1911 – died Jan. 28, 1986; age 74). Cause of death for Gregory Morton is unknown. (Gregory Morton 1963 Johnny Cool)
John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, & Robert Fairbairn)
American mystery author of the Henri Bencolin series (It Walks by Night; Castle Skull), Dr. Gideon Fell books (Hag’s Nook; The Hollow Man), and Sir Henry Merrivale series(The White Priory Murders; The Plague Court Murders) (born Nov. 30, 1906 – died Feb. 28, 1977; age 70). Cause of death for John Dickson Carr was lung cancer. (John Dickson Carr 1977 Photo: AP Wirephoto)
Mark Twain (nee Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
American humorist, lecturer, short story writer, and novelist (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; The Prince and the Pauper; The Gilded Age; A Tale of Today; Pudd’nhead Wilson) (born Nov. 30, 1835 – died Apr. 21, 1910; age 74). Mark Twain died of a heart attack. (Mark Twain 1871 Photo: Mathew Brady)
Academy Award-winning blacklisted American humorist author (Algonquin Round Table) and movie screenwriter (The Philadelphia Story; Love Affair; Life With Father; Holiday; Tarnished Lady; The Barretts of Wimpole Street; No More Ladies; Marie Antoinette; That Uncertain Feeling; The White Sister; Without Love) (born Nov. 30, 1894 – died Aug. 2, 1980; age 85). (David Ogden Stewart 1930)
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