October 10th Birthdays
If you were born on October 10th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Peter Coyote is 81 (nee Robert Peter Cohon)
Emmy Award-winning American actor & narrator of stage, TV (The Inside; The 4400; Commander In Chief; Law & Order: LA; Perception; Brothers & Sisters) and movies (E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Jagged Edge; A Walk to Remember; Southern Comfort), born October 10, 1941. (Peter Coyote 2011 Photo: Vaclav Dejcmar)
Ben Vereen is 76 (nee Benjamin Augustus Middleton)
Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, & dancer of stage (Pippin; Jesus Christ Superstar; Wizard of Oz), TV (Roots; Ben Vereen…Comin’ At Ya; Zoobilee Zoo; Silk Stalkings; Sneaky Pete; Star), and movies (All That Jazz; Funny Lady), born October 10, 1946. (Ben Vereen 2007 Photo: Phil Konstantin)
Charles Dance is 76 (nee Walter Charles Dance)
English actor of TV (Tywin Lannister on Game of Thrones, The Jewel in the Crown; Bleak House), in movies (For Your Eyes Only; White Mischief; Alien 3; Plenty; The Golden Child; Gosford Park; Michael Collins) born October 10, 1946. (Charles Dance 2017 Fallen Angel Screenshot: Simon Richards)
Nora Roberts is 72 (nee Eleanor Marie Robertson; aka J. D. Robb)
Best-selling American author of mystery novels (Survivor in Death and In Death series) and Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame romances (Carolina Moon; Angels Fall; Montana Sky; Midnight Bayou; Brazen Virtue; The Witness), born October 10, 1950. (Nora Roberts 2007 Photo: Dev Librarian)
David Lee Roth is 68 (“Diamond Dave“)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American rock musician, songwriter, solo artist (California Girls; Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody; Just Like Paradise), and lead singer of Van Halen (Jump; [Oh] Pretty Woman; Panama; You Really Got Me), born October 10, 1954. (David Lee Roth 1979 Photo: Warner / Reprise)
Melissa Belote is 66 (aka Melissa Belote Ripley)
International Swimming Hall of Fame 60+ American backstroke swimmer, 1972 Munich Olympics 3-time gold medalist (100m & 200m backstroke; 4 x 100m medley relay) at the age of 15, and swimming coach born October 10, 1956. (Melissa Belote 1974 Photo: Keystone New York)
Tanya Tucker is 64 (ex partner of Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, etc.)
Grammy-winning American country music singer-songwriter (Delta Dawn; Texas [When I Die]; Would You Lay with Me [In a Field of Stone]; Here’s Some Love; What’s Your Mama’s Name; Blood Red and Goin’ Down; Just Another Love; One Love at a Time), born October 10, 1958. (Tanya Tucker 1973: Columbia)
J. Eddie Peck is 64 (nee John Edward Peck)
American actor of TV (Cole Howard on The Young and the Restless; Dr. Jake Martin on All My Children; Dallas; Dynasty; Kyle XY; Days of Our Lives; Wildside) and movies (Mexican Gold; Divorce Texas Style; Blind Heat; Lambada; Curse II: The Bite), born October 10, 1958. (J. Eddie Peck 1985 Wildside Promo: ABC)
Bradley Whitford is 63 (married Amy Landecker; ex of Jane Kaczmarek)
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Josh Lyman on The West Wing; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; NYPD Blue) and movies (My Life; Red Corner; Scent of a Woman; Kate & Leopold; Saving Mr. Banks), born October 10, 1959. (Bradley Whitford 2006 Photo: Aviva Perlman / Clark Gregor)
Bai Ling is 56
Chinese-American actress of TV & movies (The Crow; Anna and the King; Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow; Red Corner; A Perfect World; Wild Wild West; The Beautiful Country; Man About Town; Magic Man; Shanghai Baby; Crank: High Voltage), born October 10, 1966. (Bai Ling 2014 Photo: Lloyd Klein)
Pro Football Hall of Fame American NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers – 1996 Super Bowl Champions), 11-time Pro Bowls, 1995-1997 Associated Press NFL MVP, and 2007 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, born October 10, 1969. (Brett Favre 2009 Photo: MN National Guard)
Mario Lopez is 49 (ex of Ali Landry)
American dancer, actor & host of films & TV (A.C. Slater on Saved By the Bell & sequels; Dr. Christian Ramirez on The Bold and the Beautiful; Officer Bobby Cruz on Pacific Blue; Stitches on The Chica Show; Nip/Tuck; Kids Incorporated), born October 10, 1973. (Mario Lopez 2014 Photo: Richard Sandoval)
(Helen Hayes 1932: McClelland Barclay | Tanya Tucker 1973: Columbia Records)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 10th!
Remember These October 10th Famous Birthdays
Helen Hayes (married Charles MacArthur; mother of James MacArthur)
Tony, Emmy, Grammy, & Academy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Ernesta Snoop on The Snoop Sisters; Murder With Mirrors), and movies (A Farewell to Arms; Anastasia; Candleshoe; Herbie Rides Again; Airport; Jean and the Calico Doll) (Oct. 10, 1900 – Mar. 17, 1993; age 92). Helen Hays died of congestive heart failure. (Helen Hayes Photo: Bain News Service)
Richard Jaeckel
American actor of TV (Lt. Martin Quirk on Spenser: For Hire; Baywatch; Frontier Circus; Banyon; Gunsmoke) & movies (Sometimes a Great Notion; Flaming Star; The Gunfighter; The Lineup; Come Back, Little Sheba; Starman; The Dirty Dozen; Sands of Iwo Jima; The Sea Hornet) (born Oct. 10, 1926 – died June 14, 1997; age 70). Richard Jaeckel died of cancer. (Richard Jaeckel 1968 The Green Slime)
Dana Elcar (nee Ibsen Dana Elcar)
American character actor on TV (Pete Thornton on MacGyver; Black Sheep Squadron; The Guiding Light; A Time to Live; Dark Shadows; Baretta; The Doctors and the Nurses; The F.B.I.; Cannon; Ironside; Mannix) & movies (Violent Journey; Baby Blue Marine; The Nude Bomb; Buddy Buddy) (born Oct. 10, 1927 – died June 6, 2005; age 77). Dana Elcar died of pneumonia. (Dana Elcar 1966 Hawk)
Janis Carter (nee Janis Elinore Dremann)
American film actress (The Power of the Whistler; Night Editor; I Love Trouble; The Missing Juror; The Ghost That Walks Alone; The Fighting Guardsman; The Notorious Lone Wolf; Slightly French; Miss Grant Takes Richmond; The Woman on Pier 13; Flying Leathernecks; Santa Fe) (born Oct. 10, 1913 – died July 30, 1994; age 80). Janis Carter died of a heart attack. (Janis Carter 1947 Framed)
James Clavell (nee Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell)
Australian-British-American WWII POW, producer, director, & screenwriter of TV and movies (The Great Escape; To Sir, With Love; The Fly; Five Gates to Hell; Watusi) and novelist (Tai-Pan, Shogun, Noble House; King Rat; Whirlwind; Gai-Jin; The Children’s Story) (born Oct. 10, 1921 – died Sept. 7, 1994; age 72). James Clavell died of a stroke. (James Clavell 1980 Photo: NBC)
Ed Wood (nee Edward Davis Wood Jr.; aka Daniel Davis; aka Ann Gora)
American actor, screenwriter, director & producer (Plan 9 from Outer Space; Glen or Glenda; Necromania; Jail Bait; Bride of the Monster; Outlaw Queen; Night of the Ghouls; Orgy of the Dead; The Beach Bunnies; Take it Out in Trade; The Lawless Rider; The Young Marrieds) (born Oct. 10, 1924 – died Dec. 10, 1978; age 54). Ed Wood died of a heart attack. (Ed Wood 1953 Glen or Glenda)
Gregory Gaye (nee Gregory de Gay)
Russian-American actor of TV (The Roaring 20’s; Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe; The F.B.I.; 77 Sunset Strip; Sea Hunt; Judge Roy Bean) & films (King of the Carnival; Charge of the Lancers; The Magic Carpet; Tovarich; Peking Express; Ninotchka; Dodsworth; High Society Blues; Young as You Feel) (born Oct. 10, 1900 – died Aug. 23, 1993; age 92). (Gregory Gaye 1962 Thriller)
Johnny Downs (nee John Morey Downs)
American actor, singer & dancer of TV (Around the Town) and movies (Johnny in Our Gang / Hal Roach’s Rascals shorts; Coronado; Bad Boy; The First Baby; Freckles Comes Home; Algiers; Hawaiian Nights; The Arizona Raiders; Parents on Trial; Laugh It Off; The Virginia Judge) (born Oct. 10, 1913 – died June 6, 1994; age 80). Johnny Downs died of cancer. (Johnny Downs 1936 College Holiday)
American actor of classic & silent films (The Live Ghost; The Singing Fool; Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch; No More Orchids; The Girl of the Golden West; Riff Raff; The Bat; Manhandled; Braveheart; Partners in Crime; The Coast of Folly; Early to Wed; Night Life of New York; Wife in Name Only; The Fighter) (born Oct. 10, 1889 – died Apr. 8, 1942; age 52). (Arthur Housman 1916)
Helen Dunbar (nee Katheryn Burke Lackey)
American silent movie actress (Dear Old Girl; Graustark; A Million a Minute; Cyclone Higgins, D.D.; Venus in the East; The Squaw Man; The Great Moment; Beyond the Rocks; The Impossible Mrs. Bellew; The Call of the Canyon; New Lives For Old; Rose of the World; Stranded in Paris) (born Oct. 10, 1863 – died Aug. 28, 1933; age 69). (Helen Dunbar 1915 Photo: Picture-Play Weekly)
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