October 1st Birthdays
If you were born on October 1st, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Julie Andrews is 86 (nee Julia Wells)
Grammy, Emmy & Academy Award-winning English singer & actress of stage, TV & film (The Sound of Music; Mary Poppins; Hawaii; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Victor/Victoria; Hawaii; The Princess Diaries; A Fine Romance; That’s Life!), born October 1, 1935. (Julie Andrews 1965 Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Stella Stevens is 83 (nee Estelle Eggleston)
American Playboy model, actress of TV (Luta-Mae on Flamingo Road; Phyllis on Santa Barbara; Jake on General Hospital) and movies (The Nutty Professor; Girls! Girls! Girls!; The Courtship of Eddie’s Father; The Poseidon Adventure; The Long Ride Home), born October 1, 1936. (Stella Stevens 1960 Bonanza)
Rod Carew is 76 (nee Rodney Cline Carew)
National Baseball Hall of Fame retired Panamanian-American Major League Baseball first baseman (Minnesota Twins; California Angels), American League 1967 Rookie of the Year & 1977 MVP, 18-time MLB All-Star (1967-1984), born October 1, 1945. (Rod Carew 1975 Photo: RickiDikeman)
Stephen Collins is 74
American musician, actor of TV (Eric Camden on 7th Heaven; Revolution; No Ordinary Family; Sisters; Tattinger’s) and films (Jumpin’ Jack Flash; All the President’s Men; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; The Three Stooges; Brewster‘s Millions), born October 1, 1947. (Stephen Collins 2014 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Randy Quaid is 71
American actor of movies (Independence Day; National Lampoon’s Vacation; Hard Rain; Brokeback Mountain; Parents; Kingpin; Bye Bye Love; The Slugger’s Wife; The Paper; The Last Detail; Midnight Express; Real Time) and TV (Davis Rules), born October 1, 1950. (Randy Quaid 2008 Photo: James Jeffrey)
Richard Schlesinger is 67
Emmy Award-winning American TV correspondent & CBS News broadcast news journalist (CBS Evening News; 48 Hours; CBS News Sunday Morning; 48 Hours on ID; Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel; special reports) born October 1, 1954.
Elizabeth Dennehy is 61
American actress of stage, TV (Christine Blake Bauer Lindsey Thorpe on Guiding Light; Charmed; The Agency; Gideon’s Crossing; Star Trek: The Next Generation), movies (Red Dragon; Welcome to Paradise; The Game; The Waterdance), and children’s acting coach, born October 1, 1960.
Esai Morales is 59 (nee Esai Manuel Morales Jr.)
Puerto-Rican American actor of movies (La Bamba; Rapa Nui; Bad Boys; The Principal) and TV (Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue; American Family; Vanished; Resurrection Blvd; Jericho; Criminal Minds; Ozark; Caprica; NCIS: Los Angeles), born October 1, 1962. (Esai Morales 2009 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
Mark McGwire is 58
American Major League Baseball first baseman (Oakland Athletics – 1989 World Series Champs; St. Louis Cardinals), 1987 MLB Rookie of the Year, 1990 Gold Glove Award winner, 12-time All-Star, 3-time Silver Slugger, and MLB Coach, born October 1, 1963. (Mark McGwire 1989 Photo: Nikki)
Beth Chamberlin is 58
American actress of TV (Beth Raines Bauer Spaulding on Guiding Light; Nancy Trent on Days of Our Lives; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), movies (The Big Picture; Best Shots; The Right Way), and fitness trainer, born October 1, 1963.
Ted King is 56 (nee Theodore William King; aka T. W. King)
American actor of TV (Lorenzo Alcazar on General Hospital; Tomas Delgado on One Life to Live; Charmed; Prison Break; Ron Nettles on Another World; Danny Roberts on Loving & The City; Timecop) and movies (The X Files; Impostor; Hoodlum & Son; Shouting Secrets; Wrong Swipe; The Good Neighbor), born October 1, 1965.
Zach Galifianakis is 52 (nee Zachary Knight Galifianakis)
American comedian, screenwriter, & actor of TV (Baskets; Tru Calling; Boston Common; Comedy Central Presents; Late World with Zach; Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis; Bored to Death) and movies (The Hangover films; Due Date), born October 1, 1969. (Zach Galifianakis 2012 Photo: CleftClips)
(1960s Red Oldsmobile 442 Convertible Automobile Photo: wallerdog)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 1st!
Remember These October 1st Famous Birthdays
Walter Matthau
Tony & Academy Award-winning American actor of stage, TV (Tallahassee 7000) & films (The Odd Couple; The Front Page; Grumpy Old Men; Cactus Flower; Hello, Dolly!; A New Leaf; The Bad News Bears; Hopscotch; The Couch Trip; I.Q.; Dennis the Menace; House Calls) (born Oct. 1, 1920 – died July 1, 2000; age 79). Walter Matthau died of heart disease. (Walter Matthau 1961 Charade)
Richard Harris (nee Richard St. John Harris)
Irish singer-actor of stage & movies (Camelot; This Sporting Life; Hawaii; Caprice; The Cassandra Crossing, The Heroes of Telemark; Cromwell; A Man Called Horse; Harry Potter and the Sorcer’s Stone) (born Oct. 1, 1930 – died Oct. 25, 2002; age 72). Richard Harris had pneumonia and Hodgkin’s Disease before he died. (Richard Harris 1970 The Molly MaGuires Trailer)
George Peppard (nee George Peppard Jr.)
American actor of TV (Banacek; The A-Team; Doctor’s Hospital) and movies (Breakfast at Tiffany’s; The Carpetbaggers; How the West Was Won; The Blue Max; The Groundstar Conspiracy; Newman’s Law) (born Oct. 1, 1928 – died May 8, 1994; age 65). George Peppard had lung cancer and died of pneumonia. (George Peppard Screenshot: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Trailer)
Tom Bosley (nee Thomas Edward Bosley)
Tony Award-winning American actor of stage, movies, & TV (Howard Cunningham on Happy Days; Father Dowling Mysteries; Murder, She Wrote; The Sandy Duncan Show; The Debbie Reynolds Show; Streets of San Francisco) born Oct. 1, 1927 – died Oct. 19, 2010; age 83). Tom Bosley died of staph infection complications. (Tom Bosley 1965 Profiles in Courage Photo: NBC TV)
James Whitmore (nee James Allen Whitmore Jr.)
Grammy, Emmy, & Tony Award-winning American actor of stage, TV (The Law and Mr. Jones; Gunsmoke; The Virginian; My Friend Tony; The Big Valley), and movies (Where the Red Fern Grows; Because You’re Mine; The Majestic; Guns of the Magnificent Seven) (born Oct. 1, 1921 – died Feb. 6, 2009; age 87). James Whitmore died of lung cancer. (James Whitmore 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Vladimir Horowitz
Russian-American composer, Grammy Hall of Fame classical “Romantic” pianist and recording artist (Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23) (born Oct. 1, 1903 – died Nov. 5, 1989; age 86). Vladimir Horowitz died of a heart attack. (Vladimir Horowitz c. 1930s Photo: Bain News Service / Library of Congress)
Everett Sloane (nee Everett H. Sloane)
American actor of stage, radio, TV (The Dick Tracy Show; Official Detective; Zorro; Climax! Rawhide; Wagon Train) & movies (Citizen Kane; The Lady from Shanghai; Journey Into Fear; Marjorie Morningstar; Bird of Paradise; Lust For Life; The Blue Veil) (born Oct. 1, 1909 – died Aug. 6, 1965; age 55). Everett Sloane died by suicide (barbiturate overdose). (Everett Sloane 1960 Bonanza)
Joe Kirk (nee Ignazio Curcuruto)
American comedian, character & voice over actor of vaudeville stages, radio, TV (Mr. Bacciagalupe on The Abbott and Costello Show; Circus Boy), and movies (Abbott and Costello Go to Mars; Pistol Packin’ Mama; Fort Algiers; Blonde Ransom; Sweethearts of the USA) (born Oct. 1, 1903 – died Apr. 16, 1975; age 71). Cause of death for Joe Kirk is unknown. (Joe Kirk 1949 Impact)
American actor and director of TV (Peter Gunn; Naked City; The Richard Boone Show; Have Gun – Will Travel; Dr. Kildare; Route 66; 12 O’Clock High) and films (The Stratton Story; An American Dream; A Dangerous Profession; Jigsaw; One Minute to Zero) (born Oct. 1, 1917 – died May 21, 1998; age 80). Cause of death for Robert Gist is unknown. (Robert Gist 1958 Zane Grey Theater)
Alice Joyce (“The Madonna of the Silent Screen“)
American silent film star (The Green Goddess; The Squall; The Noose; Sorrell and Son; So’s Your Old Man; The Ace of Cads; Beau Geste; Dancing Mothers; Mannequin; Stella Dallas; The Home Maker; Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting; White Man) (born Oct. 1, 1890 – died Oct. 9, 1955; age 65). Alice Joyce died of a blood & heart illness. (Alice Joyce 1926 Photo: Paramount Pep Club Year Book)
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