October 30th Birthdays
If you were born on October 30th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Grace Slick is 81 (nee Grace Barnett Wing)
American songwriter, lead singer of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Jefferson Airplane, Starship, and solo artist (White Rabbit; We Built This City; Somebody to Love; Sara; Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now; Count on Me; Runaway), born October 30, 1939. (Grace Slick 1977 Photo: C. J. Strauss & Co.)
Otis Williams is 79 (nee Otis Miles Jr.; “Big Daddy“)
American songwriter, record producer, and baritone singer with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vocal group The Temptations (Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone; My Girl, I Can’t Get Next to You; I Ain’t Got Nothing; Cloud Nine; This Guy’s in Love With You), born October 30, 1941. (Otis Williams 1971 Photo: Gordy Records)
Henry Winkler is 75
Emmy Award-winning American author, producer (MacGyver) and actor of TV (Fonzie on Happy Days; Arrested Development; Sy Mittleman on Children’s Hospital; Hank Zipzer; Royal Pains; Barry; Another World), and movies (Night Shift; Heroes), born October 30, 1945. (Henry Winkler 1975 Katherine)
Chris Slade is 74 (nee Christopher Rees)
Welsh rock musician and drummer for Tom Jones, Uriah Heep, David Gilmour, The Firm, Manfred Mann‘s Earth Band, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band AC/DC (Thunderstruck; Moneytalks; Are You Ready) born October 30, 1946. (Chris Slade 2008 Photo: Philip Nelson)
Harry Hamlin is 69
American actor of TV (Michael Kuzak on L.A. Law; Veronica Mars; Movie Stars; Mad Men; Shameless; Army Wives; Space; Graves) and movies (Clash of the Titans; Making Love; Under Investigation; Strange Wilderness; Save Me; Blue Skies Again; Ebbtide), born October 30, 1951. (Harry Hamlin 1987 Photo: Alan Light)
Charles Martin Smith is 67
American movie screenwriter, director (Dolphin Tale; The Snow Walker), and actor (Never Cry Wolf; American Graffitti; The Untouchables; The Buddy Holly Story; Starman; Fifty/Fifty; The Final Cut; Fuzz), born October 30, 1953. (Charles Martin Smith Photo: Farrah Aviva / Courtesy Charles Martin Smith)
Shanna Reed is 65 (nee Shanna Herron)
American actress of TV (Polly Cooper McGillis on Major Dad; Terry Decker on Texas; The Colbys; For Love and Honor; 1st and Ten: The Championship; I Had Three Wives; The Trouble With Larry; Heartbeat) and movies (The Banker; The Night Caller), born October 30, 1955. (Shanna Reed 1963 Photo)
Juliet Stevenson is 64
English actress of stage, TV (The Legends of Treasure Island; The Village), and movies (Bend It Like Beckham; Mona Lisa Smile; Emma; Truly Madly Deeply; The Secret Rapture; Infamous; Being Julia; Nicholas Nickleby), born October 30, 1956. (Juliet Stevenson 2008 Photo: Liam Daniel / Kindle Entertainment)
Kevin Pollak is 62
American impressionist, comedian, producer, screenwriter, host & actor of movies (A Few Good Men; Hostage; Grumpy Old Men; The Usual Suspects; House Arrest; She’s All That) and TV (Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show; Mom; The Drew Carey Show, born October 30, 1958. (Kevin Pollak 2008 Photo: Amy Puzia)
Kristina Wagner is 57 (nee Kristina Kay Crump; aka Kristina Malandro)
American actress of TV (Felicia Jones Scorpio on General Hospital since 1983; When Calls the Heart), movies (The Storyteller; A Low Down Dirty Shame), film producer, screenwriter & director (Children of Internment), born October 30, 1962. (Kristina Wagner 1986 General Hospital Promo: ABC)
Gavin Rossdale is 55
English songwriter, singer solo (Love Remains the Same; Adrenaline), with Bush (Comedown; Glycerine; Swallowed; Baby Come Home; The Chemicals Between Us; Afterlife), and actor of movies (Constantine; The Game of Their Lives) born October 30, 1965. (Gavin Rossdale 2016 Photo: Justin Higuchi)
Franky G is 55 (nee Frank Gonzales)
American producer and actor of television (Poncho on Power; Jonny Zero; Smith) and films (Saw II; The Italian Job; Wonderland; The Devil’s Tomb; Confidence; Dead Man Down; 36 Saints; Manito; Fists of Love; Gun Hill Road; Lost Cat Corona), born October 30, 1965.
American actress of TV (Third Watch; NCIS: Los Angeles; House of Lies; The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Guiding Light; The Cleveland Show; Judging Amy; Empire) and movies (The Best Man; Made in America; Love Jones; Soul Food; Big Momma’s House), born October 30, 1970. (Nia Long 2009 The Heart Truth)
(Sunset Mirror Ball Reflection Photo: Holger Link via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 30th!
And remembering
Diego Maradona (“The Golden Boy“)
Argentinian retired pro soccer (football) player (Argentinos Juniors; Barcelona; Napoli; Argentina national team captain – 1986 & 1990 World Cup Champs), FIFA Player of the 20th Century (tied with Pele), and football team manager (born Oct. 30, 1960 – died Nov. 25, 2020; age 60. Diego Maradona died of a heart attack a few weeks after brain surgery. (Diego Maradona 1987-1988 Photo)
Dick Gautier (nee Richard Gautier)
American caricature artist, comedian, singer, character & voice over actor of stage, TV (Hymie on Get Smart; When Things Were Rotten; Mr. Terrific; Here We Go Again; Honeymoon Suite; Love, American Style), and movies (Ensign Pulver; The Naked Truth) (born Oct. 30, 1931 – died Jan. 13, 2017; age 85). Cause of death for Dick Gautier is unknown. (Dick Gautier 1972 Photo: ABC TV)
Ruth Gordon (nee Ruth Gordon Jones; aka Mrs. Garson Kanin)
Emmy & Academy Award-winning American playwright, screenwriter (The Actress; Pat & Mike; Adam’s Rib), and actress (Rosemary’s Baby; Maxie; Inside Daisy Clover; Harold and Maude; Every Which Way But Loose; The Trouble With Spies) (born Oct. 30, 1896 – died Aug. 28, 1985; age 88). Ruth Gordon died after a stroke. (Ruth Gordon 1946 Photo: Eileen Darby / Graphic House)
Ed Lauter (nee Edward Matthew Lauter Jr.)
American actor of TV (ER; How the West Was Won; BJ and the Bear; Shameless; Streets of San Francisco) and movies (The Longest Yard; Trouble With the Curve; Farewell, My Love; French Connection II; Breakheart Pass; Death Wish 3; Under Investigation; Cujo; Seabiscuit) (born Oct. 30, 1938 – died Oct. 16, 2013; age 74). Ed Lauter died of mesothelioma. (Ed Lauter 1975 Photo: MGM)
Charles Atlas (nee Angelo Siciliano)
Italian-American exercise and body-building expert, the ‘97-pound weakling‘ commercial spokesperson, “The World’s Most Perfectly Developed Man” and founder of Charles Atlas Ltd. “Dynamic Tension” fitness programs (born Oct. 30, 1892 – died July 17, 1972; age 80). Charles Atlas had diabetes before he died. (Charles Atlas c 1920 Photo)
French movie producer, screenwriter, and director (Pretty Baby; Atlantic City; Crackers; Alamo Bay; Viva Maria!; The Lovers; A Very Private Affair; Damage; The Thief of Paris; My Dinner With Andre; Vanya on 42nd Street; Lacombe, Lucien; Au revoir les enfants) (born Oct. 30, 1932 – died Nov. 23, 1995; age 63). Louis Malle died of lymphoma. (Louis Malle 1966 Photo; Camera Press)
American actor of movies (The Painted Hills; Ambush; The Battle at Apache Pass; A Lady Without Passport; The Stratton Story; To Hell and Back; Battleground; Gun Belt; Song of the Thin Man; Devil’s Doorway) and TV (The Loretta Young Show) (born Oct. 30, 1919 – died Aug. 22, 1986; age 66). Cause of death for Bruce Cowling is unknown. (Bruce Cowling 1951 Cause for Alarm!)
American actor of TV (Jerry Austin on Cannonball; Perry Mason; The Loretta Young Show; Combat!; Star Trek; Emergency!; Gunsmoke; Adam-12; Medical Center) and movies (Running Wild; Portrait in Terror; Backlash; Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte) (born Oct. 30, 1923 – died Apr. 28, 2011; age 87). Cause of death for William Campbell is unknown. (William Campbell 1963 Dementia 13)
American film actress (I, Jane Doe; The Philadelphia Story; The Uninvited; The Lady Wants Mink; The Great Gatsby; Flight Command; Tennessee Johnson; Northwest Passage; H.M. Pulham, Esq.; The Facts of Life; Susan and God; Louisa; Tender Comrade; The Women) (born Oct. 30, 1911 – died Apr. 19, 2005; age 93). Ruth Hussey died after an appendectomy. (Ruth Hussey 1943 Photoplay)
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