November 4th Birthdays
If you were born on November 4th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Loretta Swit is 83
Emmy Award-winning American singer, actress & game show contestant of stage, TV (Hot Lips Houlihan on M*A*S*H; The $10,000 Pyramid; Match Game; Gunsmoke; The Love Boat; Mannix), movies (Race With the Devil; S.O.B.; Beer; Beach Movie), born November 4, 1937. (Loretta Swit 1972 M*A*S*H Photo)
Markie Post is 70 (nee Marjorie Armstrong Post)
American television game show producer (Double Dare), actress of TV (Christine Sullivan on Night Court; Terri Michaels on The Fall Guy; Georgie on Hearts Afire; The Gangster Chronicles) and movies (There’s Something About Mary), born November 4, 1950. (Markie Post 1988 Photo: Alan Light)
Jacques Villeneuve Sr. is 67 (“Uncle Jacques“)
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame World Championship Snowmobile Derby winner (1980, 1982, 1986), Formula One and CART race car driver, uncle of Jacques Villeneuve (1995 Cart & 1997 Formula One champion), born November 4, 1953. (Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve 2015 Photo: Veilleux79)
Kathy Griffin is 60 (nee Kathleen Mary Griffin)
Grammy & Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, producer, screenwriter, hostess,& actress of TV (Vicki Groener on Suddenly Susan; Kathy; Jimmy Kimmel Live; Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List; The Mole), born November 4, 1960. (Kathy Griffin 2010 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
Ralph Macchio is 59 (nee Ralph George Macchio Jr.)
American actor of movies (The Karate Kid films; My Cousin Vinny; The Outsiders; Teachers; Crossroads; Beer League; Distant Thunder; Naked in New York; Can’t Be Heaven) and TV (Eight is Enough; Ugly Betty; The Deuce; Cobra Kai), born November 4, 1961. (Ralph Macchio 2013 Photo: Rob DiCaterino)
Jeff Probst is 59
Emmy Award-winning American producer, screenwriter, director, actor & host of TV (Survivor host since 2000; The Jeff Probst Show; Emmy Awards; Backchat; MADtv; Jeopardy!; Bow Madness), and movies (Kiss Me; Finder’s Fee), born November 4, 1961. (Jeff Probst 2008 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
American actor of TV (True Detective) and movies (Dallas Buyers Club; A Time to Kill; Interstellar; Contact; U-571; The Wedding Planner; How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; We Are Marshall; The Lincoln Lawyer; The Paperboy; Magic Mike), born November 4, 1969. (Matthew McConaughey 2011 Photo: David Torcivia)
Sean Combs is 51 (aka P. Diddy; aka Puff Daddy)
Grammy Award-winning American record producer, songwriter, singer (Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down; I’ll Be Missing You; It’s All About the Benjamins), and actor & producer of movies and TV, born November 4, 1969. (Sean Combs 2000 Photo: John Matthew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com)
American model and actress of TV (Mary Winchester on Supernatural; Profiler; Two of a Kind; Nash Bridges; Time of Your Life; Rizzoli & Isles; Con Man; Family Law) & movies (The Truth About Juliet; Transformers; The Chosen One), born November 4, 1969. (Samantha Smith 2016 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
(City Lights at Sunset Photo: Dmitry Sytnik via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 4th!
And remembering
Howie Meeker (nee Howard William Meeker)
Canadian NHL right-winger (Toronto Maple Leafs – 1947, 1948 & 1949 Stanley Cups), 1947 Calder Memorial Trophy winner, Hockey Hall of Fame sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada; Howie Meeker’s Hockey School) (born Nov. 1923 – died Nov. 8, 2020; age 97). Cause of death for Howie Meeker is unknown. (Howie Meeker 1947 Photo)
Walter Cronkite (nee Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.)
WWII war correspondent, CBS Evening News TV broadcast journalist “And that’s the way it is“, TV series host & documentary narrator (CBS Up to the Minute; You Are There; The Twentieth Century), and author (A Reporter’s Life) (born Nov. 4, 1916 – died July 17, 2009; age 92). Walter Cronkite died of cerebrovascular disease. (Walter Cronkite Photo: theNerdPatrol)
Doris Roberts (nee Doris May Green)
Emmy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond; Mildred Krebs on Remington Steele; Angie; Dream On; Barney Miller) & movies (Rabbit Test; A New Leaf; The Honeymoon Killers; The Rose; Once in Paris) (born Nov. 4, 1925 – died Apr. 17, 2016; age 90). Doris Roberts died of a stroke. (Doris Roberts 2010 Photo: Angela George)
Art Carney (nee Arthur William Matthew Carney)
Academy Award-winning American comedic singer-actor on stage, radio (Pot o’ Gold), TV (Ed Norton on The Jackie Gleason Show & The Honeymooners; The Morey Amsterdam Show; Lanigan’s Rabbi), and movies (Harry and Tonto; House Calls; Firestarter) (born Nov. 4, 1918 – died Nov. 9, 2003; age 85). Art Carney died of natural causes. (Art Carney c 1940s Photo: Ray Lee Jackson)
Academy Award-winning American actor of movies (A Thousand Clowns; 12 Angry Men; Psycho; Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Cape Fear; The Carpetbaggers; The Delta Force; Al Capone) & TV (Murray Klein on Archie Bunker’s Place) (born Nov. 4, 1919 – died Feb. 13, 1996; age 76). Cause of death for Martin Balsam was a stroke. (Martin Balsam 1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf)
Gig Young (nee Byron Elsworth Barr)
Academy Award-winning American actor of movies (They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?; Teacher’s Pet; That Touch of Mink; Young at Heart; Come Fill the Cup; The Hindenburg; Strange Bedfellows; Kid Galahad; Desk Set; Wake of the Red Witch) and TV (The Rogues) (born Nov. 4, 1913 – died Oct. 19, 1978; age 64). Gig Young ended his life by gunshot. (Gig Young 1953 Photo: Talbot Photography)
Will Rogers (nee William Penn Adair Rogers; “The Cowboy Philosopher“)
American humorist, New York Times columnist, cowboy, lariat expert, actor of vaudeville stages & movies (A Connecticut Yankee; Lightnin; State Fair; Judge Priest; Jubilo; The Ropin’ Fool; A Poor Relation; The Headless Horseman; Life Begins at 40; Doubting Thomas) (born Nov. 4, 1879 – died Aug. 15, 1935; age 55). Will Rogers died in a plane crash. (Will Rogers c. 1920s Photo; LoC)
Kate Reid (nee Daphne Katherine Reid)
British-Canadian actress of stage, TV (Encounter; Dallas; Gavilan; Morningstar / Eveningstar; The Whiteoaks of Jalna; On Camera), & movies (Atlantic City; This Property is Condemned; The Andromeda Strain; Sweet Hearts Dance; Death Ship; Plague) (born Nov. 4, 1930 – died Mar. 27, 1993; age 62). Kate Reid died of brain cancer. (Kate Reid 1963 Photo: Stratford Shakespearean Festival)
Cameron Mitchell (nee Cameron McDowell Mitzell)
American actor of TV (Buck Cannon on The High Chaparral; The Beachcomber; Swiss Family Robinson) and movies (Carousel; Leather Gloves; Hombre; Smuggler’s Gold; All Mine to Give; Les Miserables; How to Marry a Millionaire; Desiree; Hombre) (born Nov. 4, 1918 – died July 7, 1994; age 75). Cameron Mitchell died of lung cancer. (Cameron Mitchell 1966 Daniel Boone)
Ruth Handler (nee Ruth Marianna Mosko)
American businesswoman married to Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, inventor of the “Barbie” doll in 1959, inspired by the limitations of the paper dolls her daughter Barbara played with, later Mattel Inc. President (born Nov. 4, 1916 – died Apr. 27, 2002; age 85). Ruth Handler died of colon cancer surgery complications. (Ruth Handler Photo: Courtesy Mattel.com)
American actor of TV (Colonel Humphrey Flack; Perry Mason), and movies (The Westland Case; Strange Faces; Prescription for Romance; The Last Warning; There Goes My Girl; The Lady in the Morgue; Christmas in Connecticut; Thousands Cheer) (born Nov. 4, 1902 – died May 13, 1962; age 59). Cause of death for Frank Jenks is unknown. (Frank Jenks 1946 That Brennan Girl)
American actor of TV (The F.B.I.; Soap; WKRP in Cincinnati; The Facts of Life) and movies (The Magnificent Yankee; Houdini; Saboteur; Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House; They Live By Night; Witness For The Prosecution; Seven Brides For Seven Brothers; Foreign Correspondent) (born Nov. 4, 1896 – died Jan. 23, 1992; age 95). Ian Wolfe died of natural causes. (Ian Wolfe 1960 Bonanza)
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Comments
Anita Hamilton November 4th, 2019 at 9:12pm
Thank you Neil.
Neil Hyland November 4th, 2019 at 7:57pm
You have amazing talents Anita and I am proud to be related to you.
Anita Hamilton November 4th, 2019 at 9:12pm
Thank you Neil.