October 4th Birthdays
If you were born on October 4th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Felicia Farr (nee Olive Dines; married Jack Lemmon; ex of Lee Farr)
American actress of TV & films (3:10 to Yuma; The Last Wagon; Charlie Varrick; Kotch; Kiss Me, Stupid; That’s Life!; Jubal; Hell Bent for Leather; Time Table; Reprisal!; the First Texan; Onionhead), born October 4, 1932. Step-mother of Chris Lemmon; mother-in-law of Don Gordon. (Felicia Farr 1959: Libra Photo)
Lori Saunders (nee Linda Marie Hines)
American actress of movies (So Sad About Gloria) and television (Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction, The Beverly Hillbillies, & Green Acres; Dusty’s Trail; The Young and the Restless; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), born October 4, 1941. (Lori Saunders 1968 Petticoat Junction Photo: CBS TV)
Clifton Davis
American pastor, actor of television (Rev. Reuben Gregory on Amen; That’s My Mama; Ephraim Ware on Madam Secretary; Iron Fist), movies (The Painting; Max Keeble’s Big Move), and singer-songwriter (Never Can Say Goodbye), born October 4, 1945. (Clifton Davis 2007 Photo: Cherishthemoment)
Susan Sarandon (nee Susan Abigail Tomalin; ex of Chris Sarandon)
Oscar-winning American actress of TV (Search For Tomorrow; Feud: Bette and Joan) & films (Dead Man Walking; The Rocky Horror Picture Show; Thelma & Louise; The Client; Bull Durham), born October 4, 1946. Ex partner of Tim Robbins. (Susan Sarandon 1974 F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles)
Armand Assante
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (John Gotti in Gotti; Rage of Angels; The Doctors; How to Survive a Marriage; NCIS; ER) and movies (Private Benjamin; Little Darlings; The Mambo Kings; Hoffa; Fatal Instinct; Trial By Jury), born October 4, 1949. (Armand Assante 2015 Photo: Webmaster2323)
Brynn Thayer (ex of Gerald Anthony)
American actress of movies & TV (Jenny Wolek Vernon Janssen on One Life to Live; Leanne on Matlock; Island Son; TV 101; General Hospital; Pensacola: Wings of Gold; Suits; The Fosters; Suits), co-founder ZazAngels ALS charitable foundation, born October 4, 1949. (Brynn Thayer 2008 Photo: NoHoDamon)
Alan Rosenberg (ex of Marg Helgenberger, Robin Bartlett)
American actor of television (Ira Woodbine on Cybill; Alvin Masterson on The Guardian; Civil Wars, L.A. Law; Chicago Hope; Shameless; Luck; Bosch; Suits; Barnaby Jones) and movies (Reaching Normal; Frankie and Johnny Are Married), born October 4, 1950. (Alan Rosenberg 2007 Sundance Photo: sagindie)
Christoph Waltz
Academy Award-winning German-Austrian director & actor of stage, television (The Gravy Train), and movies (Inglourious Basterds; Water for Elephants; The Three Musketeers; Django Unchained; Horrible Bosses 2; Spectre), born October 4, 1956. (Christoph Waltz 2010s Photo: Philipp von Ostau)
Jon Secada (nee Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez)
Grammy Award-winning Cuban-American actor, singer, and songwriter (Just Another Day; If You Go; If I Never Knew You; ; It Only Took a Minute; Coming Out of the Dark; The Best is Yet to Come [Frank Sinatra Duet]; Too Late Too Soon; Angel), born October 4, 1962. (Jon Secada 2016 Photo: Michael Raveney)
Liev Schreiber (nee Isaac Liev Schreiber; ex partner of Naomi Watts)
American producer, director, writer & actor of stage, TV (Ray Donovan; RKO 281), and movies (Scream films; Salt; The Omen; Ransom; Kate & Leopold; The Manchurian Candidate; X-Men Origins: Wolverine; The Hurricane; A Walk on the Moon), born October 4, 1967. (Liev Schreiber 2012 Photo: Joella Marano)
(Charlton Heston 1961 El Cid Trailer | Buster Keaton 1920 [colorized])
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Meg Bennett (nee Helen Bennett; married Robert Guza Jr.)
Emmy-winning American screenwriter, actress of Broadway (Grease) and daytime television soap operas (Liza on Search for Tomorrow; Julia Newman on The Young and the Restless; Santa Barbara; General Hospital; Sunset Beach; The Bold and the Beautiful; Generations; General Hospital: Night Shift) (born Oct. 4, 1950 – died Apr. 11, 2024; age 75). (Meg Bennett 1977: CBS)
Anne Rice (nee Howard Allen Frances O’Brien; aka A. N. Roquelaure)
American writer of erotica (Exit to Eden; Beauty’s Release) and gothic fiction (Interview with the Vampire; The Vampire Lestat; The Witching Hour; Merrick; Blackwood Farm; Prince Lestat; Servant of the Bones; The Witching Hour; The Wolf Gift; Pandora) (born Oct. 4, 1941 – died Dec. 11, 2021; age 80). Anne Rice died of stroke complications. (Anne Rice 2006 Photo: Anne Rice)
Charlton Heston (nee John Charles Carter or Charlton John Carter)
Academy Award-winning American actor of movies (Ben-Hur; Planet of the Apes; El Cid; The Greatest Story Ever Told; The Ten Commandments; Hawaii; Earthquake; The Greatest Show on Earth) and TV (The Colbys; Dynasty) (born Oct. 4, 1923 – died Apr. 5, 2008; age 84). Charlton Heston had Alzheimer’s Disease and died of pneumonia. (Charlton Heston 1961 El Cid Trailer)
Buster Keaton (nee Joseph Frank Keaton; aka “The Great Stone Face“)
American comedian & silent film actor who transitioned to sound movies (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; L’il Abner; The General; Sherlock Jr.; The Stolen Jools; Sunset Boulevard; Limelight; The Invader) & TV (born Oct. 4, 1895 – died Feb. 1, 1966; age 70). Ex of Natalie Talmadge. Buster Keaton died of lung cancer. (Buster Keaton 1952 I’ve Got a Secret)
Edward Stratemeyer (nee Edward L. Stratemeyer)
American juvenile fiction writer, publisher of children’s book serials, and creator of popular children’s fiction characters (The Bobbsey Twins; The Hardy Boys; Tom Swift; Nancy Drew; The Rover Boys; Baseball Joe; The Dana Girls; Honey Bunch; Campfire Girls) (born Oct. 4, 1862 – died May 10, 1930; age 67). Edward Stratemeyer died of pneumonia. (Edward L. Stratemeyer 1903 Photo)
John Larch (aka Harry Larch; married Vivi Janiss)
American actor of TV (Arrest and Trial; Convoy; Dynasty; Dallas; The Virginian; Wagon Train; You Are There; The Twilight Zone; The Restless Gun; Gunsmoke), and movies (The Careless Years; Hail, Hero!; Play Misty For Me; Dirty Harry; Miracle of the White Stallions; 7 Men from Now; The Killer is Loose) (born Oct. 4, 1914 – died Oct. 16, 2005; age 91). (John Larch 1960 Johnny Ringo)
Damon Runyon (nee Alfred Damon Runyan)
American newspaper reporter, sports journalist, playwright (A Slight Case of Murder), short story writer & novelist (Guys and Dolls; Little Miss Marker; The Bloodhounds of Broadway; Butch Minds the Baby; The Lemon Drop Kid; More Than Somewhat; Blue Plate Special) (born Oct. 4, 1880 – died Dec. 10, 1946; age 66). Damon Runyon died of throat cancer. (Damon Runyon Photo)
Jackie Collins (nee Jacqueline Jill Collins; married Oscar Lerman)
British-American screenwriter (Yesterday’s Hero; The Stud), romance novelist (Chances; Hollywood Wives; Lucky; The World is Full of Married Men; Lady Boss; Hollywood Husbands; Lethal Seduction; The Santangelos), and younger sister of actress Joan Collins (born Oct. 4, 1937 – died Sept. 19, 2015; age 77). Jackie Collins died of breast cancer. (Jackie Collins 2012 Photo: Cyotethndr)
Christopher Stone (nee Thomas Edward Bourassa; married Dee Wallace)
American actor of TV (Bill Horton on Days of Our Lives; The New Lassie; The Interns; The Bionic Woman; Here Come the Brides; Dallas; Barnaby Jones; The Streets of San Francisco; The F.B.I.) and movies (Cujo; The Howling; Love Me Deadly) (born Oct. 4, 1942 – died Oct. 20, 1995; age 53). Christopher Stone died of a heart attack. (Christopher Stone 1976 Spencer’s Pilots Photo: CBS)
Spanish-American movie character actor (The Count of Monte Cristo; Easy Living; Svengali; Under Suspicion; The Great Garrick; Men in Her Life; Trick for Trick; Cock of the Air; I Was a Criminal; The Gilded Lily; Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant; They Met in Bombay; Two Wise Maids; Metropolitan; Let’s Live Tonight) (born Oct. 4, 1886 – died Dec. 23, 1962; age 76). (Luis Alberni 1937)
American child actor of Broadway, radio, TV (Rocky Jones, Space Ranger), & films (Life of St. Paul Series; The Happy Years; Gasoline Alley; The Jolson Story; Our Gang Follies of 1936; Dante’s Inferno; My Favorite Wife; Whom The God’s Destroy; Mama’s Little Pirate) (born Oct. 4, 1929 – died May 10, 1968; age 38). Scotty Beckett died of a barbiturate overdose. (Scotty Beckett 1934)
George Sidney (son of L.K. Sidney & Hazael Mooney)
Oscar-winning American child actor of films (The Littlest Cowboy), producer & Screen Director’s Guild President (Merry Wives of Windsor; Scaramouche; The Three Musketeers; The Harvey Girls; Anchors Aweigh; Kiss Me Kate; Annie Get Your Gun; Quicker’n a Wink; Alfalfa’s Aunt; The Eddy Duchin Story; Show Boat; Pepe) (born Oct. 4, 1916 – died May 5, 2002; age 85). (George Sidney 1927)
Jimmy Ritz (nee Samuel Joachim; brother of Al & Harry Ritz)
American singer, dancer, comedian & actor of vaudeville & Broadway stages, TV, and movies (On the Avenue; Never a Dull Moment; Argentine Nights; Sing, Baby, Sing; Kentucky Moonshine; Straight Place and Show; Behind the Eight Ball; Hi’Ya Chum; Life Begins in College; Hotel Anchovy) (born Oct. 4, 1904 – died Nov. 17, 1985; age 81). Ex of Ruth Hilliard. (Jimmy Ritz Photo)
American western artist (sculptures – The Broncho Buster; pen & ink, watercolors, oil paintings – The Smoke Signal), Spanish-American war correspondent & illustrator of newspapers (New York Journal), magazines (Harper’s Weekly; Collier’s), & books (The Way of an Indian) (born Oct. 4, 1861 – died Dec. 26, 1909; age 48). (Frederic Remington c. 1890s-1900s)
Jan Murray (nee Murray Janofsky)
American comedian, host & actor of stage, TV (Blind Date; The Jan Murray Show; The Hollywood Squares; Treasure Hunt; Your Big Moment; Meet Your Match; Go Lucky), & films (Who Killed Teddy Bear; Thunder Alley; The Day of the Wolves; The Busy Body; Tarzan and the Great River; A Man Called Dagger) (born Oct. 4, 1916 – died July 2, 2006; age 89). (Jan Murray 1961 Zane Grey Theater)
James T. Callahan (nee James Thomas Callahan)
American actor of TV (Walter Powell on Charles in Charge; Convoy; Wendy and Me; The Governor & J.J.; The Runaways; Dr. Kildare; The Jim Backus Show; Quincy M.E.; Perry Mason; Lou Grant; The F.B.I.) & films (Tropic of Cancer; Mosby’s Marauders) (born Oct. 4, 1930 – died Aug. 3, 2007; age 76). James T. Callahan died of esophageal cancer. (James T. Callahan 1966 12 O’Clock High)
John B. Kelly Sr. (nee John Brendan Kelly; father of John B. Jr. & Grace Kelly)
American football player, boxer, U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame 3X gold medalist (1920 Antwerp single & double scull; 1924 Paris double scull) & National Rowing Champion (1916-1920), WWI officer, bricklayer, construction owner, & politician (born Oct. 4, 1889 – died June 20, 1960; age 70). Brother of George & Walter Kelly; cousin of Paul Costello. (Jack Kelly 1920)
Frankie Crosetti (nee Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti; “The Crow”)
American pro baseball player, 2X MLB All-Star shortstop for the New York Yankees for 17 years (1932-1948) with 8 World Series Championships; MLB third base coach (New York Yankees (1947-1968 – 9X World Series Championships; Seattle Pilots 1969; Minnesota Twins 1970-1971) (born Oct. 4, 1910 – died Feb. 11, 2002; age 91). (Frankie Crosetti 1933: Goudey)
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