Born 1940-1944 Still Among Us
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1. Martin Shakar
Actor | Saturday Night Fever
Martin Shakar was born on January 1, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Saturday Night Fever (1977), Invasion U.S.A. (1985) and Uptown Girls (2003). He is married to Diane R Stern. They have two children.
2. Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor | The Departed
Thelma Schoonmaker was born on January 3, 1940 in Algiers, Algeria. She is an editor and producer, known for The Departed (2006), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and The Irishman (2019). She was previously married to Michael Powell.
3. John Castle
Actor | The Lion in Winter
Sardonic-looking English character actor, often seen in sullen or nefarious roles. John Michael Frederick Castle was born one of four siblings in Croydon, Surrey, and educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Dublin. He did not, at first, pursue acting as his chosen profession. Instead, he ...
4. James Cromwell
Actor | L.A. Confidential
Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from ...
5. Katharine Ross
Actress | The Graduate
Katharine Juliet Ross was born January 29, 1940, in Hollywood, CA, to Katherine (née Mullen) and Dudley Tying Ross. Her father, who had also worked as a reporter for the Associated Press, was a commander in the US Navy when she was born. His navy career shuttled the family around to Virginia, then ...
6. David Jason
Actor | Only Fools and Horses
David Jason was born in Edmonton, London, in 1940. He has become one of Britain's most famous, versatile and respected actors, who is most famous for his role in Only Fools and Horses (1981) as Del Boy. He made his debut in the series in 1981 and was still playing the same role up to the Christmas ...
7. Kent Broadhurst
Actor | Léon
Kent Broadhurst was born on February 4, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Léon: The Professional (1994), Silver Bullet (1985) and The Verdict (1982).
8. Judd Omen
Actor | Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Judd Omen was born on February 4, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Dune (1984) and Red Dawn (1984).
9. John Schuck
Actor | MASH
Of English and German heritage, lumbering, oval-faced John Schuck was born Conrad John Schuck, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts on February 4, 1940, the son of an English professor who taught at, among others, both Princeton College and SUNY Buffalo while John was growing up. Following graduation from ...
10. Dick Warlock
Actor | Firestarter
Dick Warlock was born on February 5, 1940 in Oakley, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Firestarter (1984), Escape from New York (1981) and Innerspace (1987). He has been married to Cathy M Coleman since February 25, 1990. He was previously married to Elizabeth A Phillips, Sally L Swann and Janet...
11. Tom Brokaw
Self | NBC Nightly News
Tom Brokaw was born on February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970), Dateline NBC (1992) and Toots (2006). He has been married to Meredith Lynn Auld since August 17, 1962. They have four children.
12. Russell Streiner
Producer | Night of the Living Dead
Russsell Streiner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is still his hometown. He has three children who live nearby. He continues to work in the film business as an independent producer, director and filmmaking instructor at John A. Russo's Movie Academy in Pittsburgh. Although Night of the ...
13. Ted Koppel
Producer | Koppel on Discovery
Ted Koppel was born on February 8, 1940 in Lancashire, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Koppel on Discovery (2006), ABC News Nightline (1980) and CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979). He has been married to Grace Anne Koppel since May 17, 1963. They have four children.
14. James Laurenson
Actor | Boney
James Laurenson was born on February 17, 1940 in Marton, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for Boney (1972), One Day (2011) and State of Play (2003).
15. Smokey Robinson
Soundtrack | Big Time
Multi-talented performer/writer/producer Smokey Robinson's career, and life, is inextricably tied up with Motown Records' founder Berry Gordy (his first two children are named Tamla, for the Gordy-owned label Smokey recorded for, and Berry, for Gordy himself). He and Gordy have had a professional ...
16. Judy Cornwell
Actress | Santa Claus: The Movie
Most famous for her supporting role as Daisy, the sister of Patricia Routledge's Hyacinth Bucket in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990), Judy Cornwell's grandmother was the music hall singer Sarah Bonner. The London-born actress grew up in England, where she attended a ...
17. E.J. Peaker
Actress | Hello, Dolly!
E.J. (short for Edra Jean) portrayed the role of Minnie Fay in the motion picture Hello, Dolly! (1969). Originally from Oklahoma, E.J. had numerous experience in high school plays, and studied drama at the University of New Mexico as well as experiencing Drama training in Vienna. She also played ...
18. James Sloyan
Actor | The Sting
James Joseph Sloyan was born on February 24, 1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana; his family moved to Europe when he was a young boy, living in Rome, Capri, Milan, Switzerland, and Ireland.
When he was 17, his family moved back to the United States and settled in upstate New York, where he managed a ...
19. Harvey Jason
Actor | The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Popular stage, film and TV actor Harvey Jason was born on Leap Year's Day, 1940 in London, England. From childhood he aspired to a career as an actor. His efforts, and his substantial talent, paid off. At 19 he was in New York, ready to go. A year later, he was appearing in Joseph Papp's ...
20. Kaz Garas
Actor | Mean Creek
Kaz Garas was born on March 4, 1940 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He is an actor, known for Mean Creek (2004), Strange Report (1969) and Most Wanted (1976).
21. Joanna Miles
Actress | Judge Dredd
Joanna Miles, the Emmy Award-winning American actress, was born on March 6, 1940 in Nice, France to expatriate American abstract painter Jeanne Miles and French painter-museum curator Johannes Schiefer. Escaping the war, she was relocated to the United States in 1941. She graduated from the ...
22. Daniel J. Travanti
Actor | Hill Street Blues
The highly regarded actor Daniel J. Travanti was born Danielo Giovanni Travanty in the southeastern part of Wisconsin on March 7, 1940, but raised for a time in Iowa before returning to his native state. The youngest son of an American Motors auto worker, he showed both athletic and academic ...
23. Chuck Norris
Actor | Walker, Texas Ranger
Chuck Norris is familiar to fans worldwide as the star of action films such as The Hitman (1991), The Delta Force (1986) and Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990). He also starred in Missing in Action (1984) and its sequels, Firewalker (1986) and Sidekicks (1992). He was an executive ...
24. Austin Pendleton
Actor | What's Up, Doc?
Actor Austin Pendleton was born March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio to Frances and Thorn Pendleton. He graduated from Yale University. He later became an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, and acted in several of the theater's productions. His first film appearance was in Petulia (...
25. Penelope Keith
Actress | The Good Life
Early in her career she worked in repertory in Manchester and while there obtained occasional television roles. When offered scripts she can usually tell within 5 pages if it is suitable for her. When it came to 'To the Manor Born' which was intended for a radio series, she considered it one of the...
26. Wolf Kahler
Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark
Wolf Kahler is a German born character actor who, thanks to his height (6'2") and blue eyes was often cast as a Nazi or unsympathetic German characters in his career. He has appeared in several successful franchises (Indiana Jones, The Dirty Dozen), both playing a Nazi officer named Dietrich, and ...
27. Herbie Hancock
Soundtrack | 'Round Midnight
Herbie Hancock is an American actor that was born. Herbert Jeffery Hancock, on April 12, 1940, Chicago, IL. He is best known as a piano player, jazz star, and a composer. He has won many Grammy Awards and has performed with many famous musicians beginning with Miles Davis in the 1960s. He achieved ...
28. Julie Christie
Actress | Doctor Zhivago
Julie Christie, the British movie legend whom Al Pacino called "the most poetic of all actresses," was born in Chabua, Assam, India, on April 14, 1940, the daughter of a tea planter and his Welsh wife Rosemary, who was a painter. The young Christie grew up on her father's plantation before being ...
29. Julie Sommars
Actress | Matlock
Julie Sommars was born in Fremont, Nebraska to a government grain inspector and schoolteacher. She attended schools in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. While a student in Onawa, Iowa, her father, without her knowledge, entered her name in a worldwide talent hunt. Fifteen-year-old Julie found ...
30. Richard Balin
Actor | Graduation Day
Richard Balin was born on April 22, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Graduation Day (1981), Through a Veil of Knowledge: The Legacy of Paul Maxwell (2007) and The 2007 Palm Dog Awards (2008). He has been married to Rochelle Balin since October 10, 1971. They ...
31. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
32. Steve Lander
Actor | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Steve Lander was born on April 28, 1940 in Oslo, Norway. He is an actor, known for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963), The Gallant Men (1962) and Combat! (1962). He was previously married to Ellie Shkolnik and Theresa Lander.
33. Joy Harmon
Actress | Cool Hand Luke
Born in Flushing, New York, the impressively endowed Patty Jo Harmon was discovered as a guest on You Bet Your Life (1950) by Groucho Marx and later was invited to work with him on Tell It to Groucho (1961). The TV exposure parlayed into roles in such obscure films as Village of the Giants (1965) ...
34. Jo Ann Pflug
Actress | MASH
Jo Ann Pflug was born on May 2, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for M*A*S*H (1970), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) and The Fall Guy (1981). She has been married to Charles Stuck Young since May 14, 1988. She was previously married to Chuck Woolery.
35. Lance Henriksen
Actor | Aliens
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch...
36. John Irvin
Director | Raw Deal
John Irvin is a British director who has made more than thirty motion pictures in his career so far.
Born in England, Irvin began his career working for British Movietone News. He directed his first film "Gala Day" a documentary financed by the British Film Institute which was bought by the BBC. ...
37. James L. Brooks
Writer | Broadcast News
James L. Brooks was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), As Good as It Gets (1997) and Terms of Endearment (1983). He was previously married to Holly Holmberg Brooks and Marianne Catherine Morrissey.
38. Harvey J. Goldenberg
Actor | Vibes
Born in The Bronx, New York, the youngest child of Ruth and Abraham Harry Goldenberg (his sisters Gilda and Lael were six and four years his senior, respectively). He attended P.S. 90 in New York before his family moved to Fair Lawn, New Jersey, when he was 12. He attended Fair Lawn High, where he ...
39. Jennifer Billingsley
Actress | The Thirsty Dead
Pretty, appealing and energetic blonde actress Jennifer Billingsley was born in Honolulu in 1940. An army brat who grew up all over the world, she graduated with honors from Fort Smith (Arkansas) Senior High School in 1958. Her initial claim to fame was her striking resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. ...
40. Victor Miller
Writer | All My Children
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, raised in Lloyd Neck, Long Island, graduated from Yale University in 1962 (BA, English) and Tulane University in 1967, (MA, Theatre and Speech). He was co-founder of The American Shakespeare Theatre's Center for Theatre Techniques in Education, attended ...
41. Peter Gerety
Actor | Flight
Peter Gerety was born on May 17, 1940 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is an actor, known for Flight (2012), Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and Public Enemies (2009). He has been married to Natalie Burton since November 27, 2000.
42. David Ackroyd
Actor | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Veteran stage and TV actor David Ackroyd was born on May 30, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of Arthur, an insurance adjuster, and Charlotte (nee Henderson) Ackroyd. He studied at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he received his BA in 1962 as a ROTC student. Following his graduation he...
43. Tom Jones
Soundtrack | This Is Tom Jones
Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, South Wales, to a traditional coal-mining family, the son of Freda (Jones) and Thomas Woodward. His father was of English descent and his mother was of Welsh and English ancestry. He began singing at an early age in church and in the school ...
44. Nancy Sinatra
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Nancy Sandra Sinatra was born the first child of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato Sinatra on June 8, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her first television appearance was with her father and Elvis Presley in 1959. She first appeared as a film actress in For Those Who Think Young (1964) and Get ...
45. Carole Ann Ford
Actress | The Day of the Triffids
Carole Ann Ford was born in June 1940 and first appeared in a film at the age of eight. Following acting and elocution lessons, she started doing commercials and walk-on work, and her first proper role was in the play "Women of the Streets." She continued working in theatre, film (including The Day...
46. Mariette Hartley
Actress | The Incredible Hulk
Mariette Hartley was born Mary Loretta, a name she dislikes, in Weston, Connecticut. She was raised in accordance with the principles espoused by her behavioral psychologist grandfather, John B. Watson, who believed that children should never be held or cuddled. She says that the lack of warmth at ...
47. Víctor Erice
Director | Cerrar los ojos
Víctor Erice was born on June 30, 1940 in Karrantza, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Close Your Eyes (2023), El Sur (1983) and The Spirit of the Beehive (1973).
48. Inga Neilsen
Actress | Funny Girl
Inga Neilsen was born on July 1, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Funny Girl (1968), In Like Flint (1967) and The Invisible Man (1975). She was previously married to Dick Orr.
49. Joshua Bryant
Actor | Night Gallery
Joshua Bryant is an American actor, director, author and speaker and the founder, in 1995, of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival and Media Forum in Taos, New Mexico. After attending the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA) and ...
50. Kelly Jean Peters
Actress | Little Big Man
Kelly Jean Peters was born on July 2, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Little Big Man (1970), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Quincy M.E. (1976). She was previously married to Tim McIntire.
51. Michael Cole
Actor | It
Michael Cole was born on July 3, 1940 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for It (1990), Mr. Brooks (2007) and Police Story (1973). He has been married to Shelley Funes since 1996. He was previously married to Paula Kelly Jr..
52. Karolyn Grimes
Actress | It's a Wonderful Life
At age 6, Karolyn Grimes played the role of Zuzu Bailey in the holiday film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Her childhood film career spanned 16 movies, but she is best remembered for playing the daughter of George and Mary Bailey (James Stewart and Donna Reed). The petals from her rose symbolize the...
53. Ringo Starr
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
Ringo Starr is a British musician, actor, director, writer, and artist best known as the drummer of The Beatles who also coined the title 'A Hard day's Night' for The Beatles' first movie.
He was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in a small two-storey house in the working class area of Liverpool...
54. Carlton J. Albright
Writer | Luther the Geek
Carlton J. Albright was born on July 8, 1940 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Luther the Geek (1989), The Children (1980) and Dreams Come True (1984). He is married to Patricia Albright. They have three children.
55. Mills Watson
Actor | Cujo
Mills Watson was born on July 10, 1940 in Oakland, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Cujo (1983), Up in Smoke (1978) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He is married to Sue. He was previously married to Caroline Mary Mason.
56. Brian Avery
Actor | Sleeper
Brian Avery is a native of Los Angeles, California and attended Loyola High School where he was awarded the Bing Crosby Drama Medal at Graduation and then attended Loyola University on scholarship. He received a B.A. from the Liberal Arts College of Loyola University majoring in English with minors...
57. Jim Danforth
Special_effects | They Live
Jim Danforth was born on July 13, 1940 in the USA. He is known for They Live (1988), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) and The Prophecy (1995).
58. Patrick Stewart
Actor | Logan
Sir Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, to Gladys (Barrowclough), a textile worker and weaver, and Alfred Stewart, who was in the army. He was a member of various local drama groups from about age 12. He left school at age 15 to work as a junior reporter on a local paper; he ...
59. James Brolin
Actor | Traffic
James Brolin is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.
He is best known for his TV roles such as Stephen Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969-1976), Peter McDermott on ...
60. Dan Hedaya
Actor | The Usual Suspects
Dan Hedaya is a familiar face from his work in films and on TV, where he often plays a villain (although he had a good comic turn as the charmingly sleazy Nick Tortelli, Carla's ex-husband, in Cheers (1982) and its short-lived spin-off The Tortellis (1987)). He has also done much stage work, ...
61. Phil Proctor
Actor | Monsters, Inc.
Member of 1970's comedy troupe Firesign Theater, along with Peter Bergman, David Ossman, and Phil Austin. LPs include All Hail Marx and Lennon (or, How Can You Be In Two Places at Once, When You're Not Anywhere at All), featuring on side two The Further Adventures of Nick Danger (third eye). ...
62. Sandra Ellis Lafferty
Actress | The Hunger Games
Sandra Ellis Lafferty is best known for her roles in Walk the Line (2005), Hunger Games (2012), Prisoners (2013) Self/Less (2015) and A Walk in the Woods (2015). Over the past three decades, she has received national and international acclaim for playing pivotal characters in film and television. ...
63. Martin Sheen
Actor | The Departed
Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish ...
64. Louise Sorel
Actress | Days of Our Lives
A flashy, aggressive, cold and calculating villainess and eternally hopeless meddler on a number of daytime soap operas, Louise Sorel has given her opulent, show-stopping characters major doses of humor and grit that have allowed her to become one of daytime's more popular figures for over six ...
65. Marlyn Mason
Actress | Model Rules
Bright, vivacious leading lady Marlyn Mason was born on August 7, 1940, in San Fernando, California, and began performing at the age of 5. Encouraged and inspired by her parents, she was given singing and piano lessons while young and appeared on the local "Doye O'Dell Show" at age 9. As a young ...
66. Lou Wagner
Actor | Planet of the Apes
Lou Wagner was born on August 14, 1940 in San Jose, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Planet of the Apes (1968), Airport (1970) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).
67. Jill St. John
Actress | Diamonds Are Forever
An incredible piece of 1960s eye candy, Jill St. John absolutely smoldered on the big screen, a trendy presence in lightweight comedy, spirited adventure and spy intrigue who appeared alongside some of Hollywood's most handsome male specimens. Although she was seldom called upon to do much more ...
68. Tony Bill
Director | Flyboys
He graduated in 1962 from the University of Notre Dame with majors in English and Art. Tony began his career in the film industry as an actor. His acting years were distinguished by the quality of the directors who chose him for their films, including Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola. Tony...
69. Richard Sanders
Actor | WKRP in Cincinnati
Richard Sanders was born on August 23, 1940 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), Men of Honor (2000) and Day of the Tentacle (1993). He is married to Marilynn Marko-Sanders.
70. Ken Jenkins
Actor | Scrubs
A versatile veteran of film, television and theater, Ken Jenkins began his acting career performing in high school theater productions in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "I was fortunate to discover the world through the words of William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Miller and Tennessee ...
71. Hugo Stiglitz
Actor | No se aceptan devoluciones
Hugo Stiglitz was born on August 28, 1940 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for Instructions Not Included (2013), Code... Death: Frontera Sur (1993) and Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada (1973).
72. Anthony D. Call
Actor | Star Trek
Graduate of Pomfret School, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1958, where Tony not only acted on the school's stage, but was, also, the star quarterback on the football team. Among his fellow classmates was Jeffrey Paul Hopkins, who went on to learn the Tibetan language while following severe Buddhist monastic...
73. Jack Thompson
Actor | 'Breaker' Morant
Australian actor Jack Thompson was born John Hadley Payne on August 31, 1940 in Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Outside of Oz, he is best known for his appearances in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Breaker Morant (1980), The Man from Snowy River (1982), Midnight in the Garden of...
74. Lois Red Elk
Actress | Skins
Lois Red Elk was born on September 1, 1940 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Skins (2002), Christmas in the Clouds (2001) and Bigfoot (1970).
75. Judee Morton
Actress | The Slime People
Though she was born in Detroit, Michigan, Judee Morton's family moved a great deal, living in Shawnee, Oklahoma; Dallas, Texas; Akron, Ohio; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Los Angeles, California. Her mother was a waitress, telephone operator and radio parts technician, who worked overtime to provide...
76. Adriana Shaw
Actress | Altered States
Adriana Shaw was born on September 1, 1940 in the USA. She is an actress and executive, known for Altered States (1980), Blue Sunshine (1977) and The New Centurions (1972).
77. Harry Northup
Actor | Taxi Driver
Harry E. Northup has made a living as an actor for 30 years, acting in 37 films, including Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976) (1976 Palme d'Or winner at Cannes), Fighting Mad (1976) (starring role), Citizens Band (1977), Blue Collar (1978), Over the Edge...
78. Pauline Collins
Actress | Shirley Valentine
Collins entered motion pictures as a stripper in the exploitation film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966), and television, as a maid in the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971). In 1988, she starred in the one-woman play 'Shirley Valentine' in London, and soon after, brought the role to...
79. Macha Méril
Actress | Profondo rosso
Macha Méril was born on September 3, 1940 in Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. She is an actress and producer, known for Deep Red (1975), Belle de Jour (1967) and Vagabond (1985). She was previously married to Michel Legrand and Gian Vittorio Baldi.
80. Joseph Stern
Producer | Dad
Joseph Stern is a veteran of film, television, and stage. He has produced over 250
episodes of television, as well as numerous long form specials and films. He has had
several overall deals and has worked for four studios and six networks. His development
for them amounted to over twenty pilot scripts...
81. Dario Argento
Writer | Profondo rosso
Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his parents and other ...
82. Murray MacLeod
Actor | Borderline
Murray MacLeod was born on September 9, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Borderline (1980), The Strawberry Statement (1970) and Stingray (1978). He has been married to Stephanie Edwards since June 14, 1975.
83. Tom Ligon
Actor | The Young and the Restless
Handsome, chameleon character actor and sometimes lead, best known for his performances in Paint Your Wagon (1969), the TV series The Young and the Restless (1973), and Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) in which he also sang the title song. Ligon created the role of Orson in the prize-winning ...
84. Brian De Palma
Director | Body Double
Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...
85. Linda Gray
Actress | Dallas
Linda Gray was born on September 12, 1940 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Dallas (1978), Oscar (1991) and Star of Jaipur (1998). She was previously married to Ed Thrasher.
86. Judy Lang
Actress | Count Yorga, Vampire
Judy Lang was born on September 14, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), Get Smart (1965) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). She was previously married to Keith Wegeman.
87. Frankie Avalon
Soundtrack | Grease
One of a spate of teen idols to come out of Philadelphia in the 1950s and 1960s, Frankie Avalon--unlike many of the others--actually had a musical background, having been taught to play the trumpet at a very young age by his father. As a youth Avalon performed in local clubs and theaters. He won a ...
88. Paul Williams
Soundtrack | Phantom of the Paradise
Known for timeless classics such as "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "Evergreen," "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song," and "Rainbow Connection," Paul Williams is responsible for what will remain part of our popular culture for many years to come. His music has been recorded by some ...
89. Jesse Vint
Actor | Chinatown
Jesse Lee Vint III was born and raised in Tulsa. While at Oklahoma University he decided that the film business is where he should be, so he left for NYC to study acting. Within a year after arriving in L.A. he was on location for the film "Little Big Man", about Custer's last stand. He also played...
90. Jean Peloquin
Actor | The Virginian
Jean Peloquin was born on September 29, 1940 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. He is an actor, known for The Virginian (1962), My friend Joe (1971) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961).
91. Jeannine Riley
Actress | Electra Glide in Blue
Blonde bombshell Jeannine Brooke Riley was born in Madera, California on October 1, 1940 and started her movie and TV career in 1962 with an unbilled movie part in the Rosalind Russell drama Five Finger Exercise (1962) and roles on the TV shows "Father of the Bride" and "Route 66," not to mention ...
92. Thom Christopher
Actor | One Life to Live
Thom Christopher was born on October 5, 1940 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for One Life to Live (1968), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) and Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988). He was previously married to Judith Leverone.
93. Cliff Richard
Soundtrack | Rocketman
Cliff Richard burst onto the rock'n'roll world in 1958 with his hit single 'Move It'. He was then known as Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. His first film was Serious Charge (1959) followed by Expresso Bongo (1959), Wonderful to Be Young! (1961) and Summer Holiday (1963).
The latter two films were...
94. Christopher Timothy
Actor | Doctors
Christopher Timothy was born on October 14, 1940 in Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Doctors (2000), Othello (1965) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978). He has been married to Annie Veronica Swatton since 1982. They have one child. He was previously ...
95. Barry Corbin
Actor | Tulsa King
Barry's full given name is Leonard Barrie Corbin, and he was born on October 16, 1940 in Lamesa, Texas, to Kilmer Blain Corbin, an attorney & TX State Senator, and Alma Corbin, an elementary school teacher. Barry and his wife Jo share a ranch in Fort Worth, Texas. He says when he isn't working, he ...
96. Diana Lorys
Actress | O.K. Yevtushenko
Diana Lorys was born on October 20, 1940 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for O.K. Yevtushenko (1967), Proceso a Jesús (1974) and Residencia para espías (1968).
97. Rhoda Gemignani
Actress | The Man Who Wasn't There
Rhoda Gemignani was born on October 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Ghostbusters (1984) and Who's the Boss? (1984).
98. Rudolph Willrich
Actor | Nine 1/2 Weeks
Rudolph Willrich was born on October 26, 1940 in New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for 9½ Weeks (1986), Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) and Because I Said So (2007).
99. Toby Michaels
Actress | The Little Shop of Horrors
Toby Michaels was born on November 2, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Bonanza (1959) and Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961).
100. Marlène Jobert
Actress | Le passager de la pluie
Jobert was born in 1940 in Algeria. She studied drama and fine art in Paris, made her acting debut on the stage in 1963 and secured her first film role in Louis Malle's The Thief of Paris (1967) in 1966. Her big break came with her casting as "Elisabeth" in Jean-Luc Godard's Masculine Feminine (...
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