November 5th Birthdays
If you were born on November 5th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Chris Robinson is 82 (aka Christopher Robinson)
American actor of television (Dr. Rick Webber on General Hospital; Sandy on 12 O’Clock High; Another World; The Bold and the Beautiful) and movies (Shoot Out at Big Sag; Because They’re Young; The Hawaiians; Savannah Smiles; The Long Rope), born November 5, 1938. (Chris Robinson 1967 12 O’Clock High)
Elke Sommer is 80 (nee Elke von Schletz)
German model (Playboy), actress of television and movies (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!; A Shot in the Dark; The Prize; The Art of Love; The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz; The Wrecking Crew; Carry on Behind; The Venetian Affair), born November 5, 1940. (Elke Sommer 1965 Photo: NBC TV)
Art Garfunkel is 79 (nee Arthur Ira Garfunkel)
Grammy Award-winning American actor (Carnal Knowledge; Catch-22), singer solo (All I Know; Brooklyn Bridge theme song), and as Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo Simon & Garfunkel (The Sound of Silence,; Mrs. Robinson; Cecilia; The Boxer; America), born November 5, 1941. (Art Garfunkel 1968 Photo: GAC)
Peter Noone is 73 (nee Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone; aka Peter Novac)
English-American actor (As the World Turns; Coronation Street; Hold On!), and musician, lead singer-songwriter for Herman’s Hermits (Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter; I’m Into Something Good; Dandy; I’m Henry VIII, I Am), born November 5, 1947. (Peter Noone 1968 Photo: NBC TV)
Bill Walton is 68 (nee William Theodore Walton III)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American basketball player, NBA center, 1978 NBA MVP, 2-time NBA champion (Portland Trail Blazers 1977; Boston Celtics 1986), and 3-time College Player of the Year (UCLA Bruins), born November 5, 1952. (Bill Walton Photo)
Nestor Serrano is 65
American actor of TV (24; Revenge; 90210; The Hat Squad; Dexter; Blue Bloods; Bosch) and movies (Brenda Starr; Falling Awake; The Indian in the Cupboard; Secretariat; Runaway Jury; City by the Sea; City Hall; Lethal Weapon 2), born November 5, 1955. (Nestor Serrano 2014 Photo: Richard Sandoval)
Robert Patrick is 62
American actor of TV (Cabe Gallo on Scorpion; Colonel Tom Ryan on The Unit; John Doggett on The X-Files; True Blood) and movies (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Safe House; Fire in the Sky; Cop Land; Ladder 49; Walk the Line), born November 5, 1958. (Robert Patrick 2007 Photo: Wendy Lopez)
Bryan Adams is 61
Grammy Award-winning Canadian fashion photographer, producer, musician, singer & songwriter (Cuts Like a Knife; [Everything I Do] I Do It For You; Run to You; Summer of ’69; Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?; All for Love), born November 5, 1959. (Bryan Adams 2007 Photo: Marco Maas)
Tilda Swinton is 60 (nee Katherine Matilda Swinton)
Academy Award-winning English movie actress (Michael Clayton; We Need to Talk About Kevin; The Chronicles of Narnia films; Young Adam; Orlando; The Beach; Burn After Reading; The Deep End; Hail, Caesar!; Constantine; Julia; Vanilla Sky), born November 5, 1960. (Tilda Swinton 2007 Photo: Strevo)
Tatum O’Neal is 57
Academy Award-winning American actress of TV (Maggie Gavin on Rescue Me; Blythe Hunter on Wicked Wicked Games) and movies (Paper Moon; Little Darlings; The Bad News Bears; International Velvet; Nickelodeon; Certain Fury), born November 5, 1963. (Tatum O’Neal 2014 Photo: Mingle Media TV)
Famke Janssen is 56
Dutch American actress of TV (How to Get Away with Murder; The Blacklist; Nip/Tuck) and movies (Taken films; X-Men movies; Goldeneye; The Wolverine; I Spy; House on Haunted Hill; Deep Rising; The Gingerbread Man), born November 5, 1964. (Famke Janssen 2008 Photo: Nancy Campbell)
Sam Rockwell is 52
Academy Award-winning American actor (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Matchstick Men; Iron Man 2; Heist; The Green Mile; Galaxy Quest), born November 5, 1968. (Sam Rockwell 2009 Photo: David Shankbone)
Seth Gilliam is 52
American actor of TV (Father Gabriel Stokes on The Walking Dead; Sgt. Ellis Carver on The Wire; Teen Wolf; Oz; Law & Order: Criminal Intent) and movies (Starship Troopers; Jefferson in Paris; Police State; Courage Under Fire; Still Alice), born November 5, 1968. (Seth Gilliam 2016 Photo: Beckyabwitz)
(Sea Turtle Photo: Derek Oyen via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 5th!
And remembering
Sam Shepard (nee Samuel Shepard Rogers III)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright (Buried Child), actor of TV (Bloodline) & movies (The Right Stuff; Raggedy Man; Frances; The Pelican Brief; Country; The Notebook; Thunderheart; Baby Boom; August: Osage County; Country; Safe Passage) (born Nov. 5, 1943 – died July 27, 2017; age 73). Sam Shepard died of ALS complications. (Sam Shepard c 1964 Photo: Jimaize)
Vivian Leigh (nee Vivian Mary Hartley)
Tony and Academy Award-winning English actress of stage & movies (Gone With the Wind; A Streetcar Named Desire; That Hamilton Woman; Fire Over England; A Yank at Oxford; Storm in a Teacup; The Roman Spring of Mrs.Stone; Ship of Fools) (born Nov. 5, 1913 – died July 8, 1967; age 53). Vivian Leigh died of tuberculosis. (Vivian Leigh 1939 Gone With the Wind Trailer)
Roy Rogers (nee Leonard Franklin Slye; “King of the Cowboys“)
Sons of the Pioneers singer-actor of radio, TV (The Roy Rogers Show), & western films (Son of Paleface; Heart of the Rockies; The Golden Stallion; My Pal Trigger; Don’t Fence Me In; The Far Frontier; Heldorado) who married Dale Evans (born Nov. 5, 1911 – died July 6, 1998; age 86). Roy Rogers died of congestive heart failure. (Roy Rogers 1948 Photo: Insomnia Cured Here)
Joel McCrea
American actor of radio, TV (Wichita Town) and movies (The Virginian; The Great Man’s Lady; Kept Husbands; Bird of Paradise; Gambling Lady; Barbary Coast; Foreign Correspondent; Internes Can’t Take Money; The Palm Beach Story; Sullivan’s Travels; Lightnin’) (born Nov. 5, 1905 – died Oct. 20, 1990; age 84). Joel McCrea died of pneumonia. (Joel McCrea 1931 Kept Husbands)
Natalie Schafer
American actress on stage, TV (Lovey Howell on Gilligan’s Island; Search for Tomorrow) and in movies (Molly and Me; The Girl Next Door; Dishonored Lady; Susan Slade; Callaway Went Thataway; Forever, Darling; Anastasia; 40 Carats; Back Street; Bernardine) (born Nov. 5, 1900 – died Apr. 10, 1991; age 90). Natalie Schafer died of liver cancer. (Natalie Schafer 1961 Thriller)
Ike Turner (nee Izear Luster Turner Jr.)
American session musician, songwriter (Rocket 88) & performer with (wife) Tina Turner as Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Ike & Tina Turner Revue (Proud Mary; It’s Gonna Work Out Fine) (born Nov. 5, 1931 – died Dec. 12, 2007; age 76). Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose. (Ike Turner 1971 Photo: Rob Mieremet / Dutch National Archives)
American actor of TV (The Jimmy Stewart Show; Many Happy Returns; Mr. Terrific; The Patty Duke Show) and movies (The Glass Bottom Boat; Made in Paris; Fitzwilly; The Spirit is Willing; Man’s Favorite Sport?; The Manchurian Candidate; Love in the Afternoon) born Nov. 5, 1913 – died Sept. 9, 1975; age 61). John McGiver died of a heart attack. (John McGiver 1963 Johnny Cool)
Herb Edelman (nee Herbert Edelman)
American actor of TV (The Good Guys; The Golden Girls; Big John, Little John; St. Elsewhere; Murder, She Wrote; Knots Landing; Cagney & Lacey; The Love Boat) and movies (The Odd Couple; California Suite; Barefoot in the Park; The Front Page; In Like Flint) (born Nov. 5, 1933 – died July 21, 1996; age 62). Herb Adelman died of emphysema. (Herb Adelman 1982 Nine to Five Photo: ABC)
Richard Davalos (aka Dick Davalos)
American actor of TV (The Americans; Hawaiian Eye) & films (East of Eden; The Cabinet of Caligari; Pit Stop; All the Young Men; Kelly’s Heroes; Something Wicked This Way Comes; Cool Hand Luke; Hot Stuff; The Sea Chase; I Died a Thousand Times) (born Nov. 5, 1930 – died Mar. 8, 2016; age 85). Cause of death for Richard Davalos is unknown. (Richard Davalos 1955 Photo: Modern Screen)
American actor of movies & TV (Bonanza; The Rifleman; Gunsmoke; Dragnet; The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin; Perry Mason; Broken Arrow; The Lone Ranger; Circus Boy; Death Valley Days; Dangerous Assignment; Zane Grey Theater; Daniel Boone; Ben Casey; Johnny Ringo; Cheyenne; Black Saddle) (born Nov. 5, 1886 – died Sept. 16 [or 6th], 1971; age 84). (Ralph Moody 1962 Thriller)
Baby Marie Osborne (nee Helen Alice Myres; aka Marie Osborne Yeats)
American child actress in silent movies (Little Mary Sunshine; Should a Wife Forgive?; Shadows and Sunshine; Joy and the Dragon; Twin Kiddies; Told at Twilight; Sunshine and Gold; When Baby Forgot; Daddy’s Girl) (born Nov. 5, 1911 – died Nov. 11, 2010; age 99). Baby Marie Osborne died of natural causes. (Baby Marie Osborne 1917 Photo: The Photo-Play Journal)
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