On This Day in Film & TV for July 31

Events in Film & TV

Birthdays in Film & TV

1874 Clarence Kolb, American actor and performer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1964)
1875 Harry Northrup [Henri N.], French-born American poet and actor (The Heart of Maryland, The Unchastened Woman), born in Paris, France (d. 1936)
1886 Fred Quimby, American film producer (Tom and Jerry), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1965)
1889 Donald Foster, American actor (Hazel, Lord Love A Duck), born in Oil City, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
1912 Irv Kupcinet, TV host (Tonight! America After Dark), born in Chicago, Illinois
1914 Louis De Funes, French actor and writer (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), born in Courbevoie, France (d. 1983)
1916 Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), born in London, England
1919 Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (ABC), born in Green River, Wyoming (d. 2006)
1929 Don Murray, American actor (Bus Stop, Advise & Consent, Endless Love), born in Hollywood, California

Ted Cassidy

1932 Ted Cassidy, American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1932 Sam Coppola, US actor (Saturday Night Fever), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2012)
1935 Geoffrey Lewis, actor (Earl-Flo, Gun Shy), born in Plainfield, New Jersey
1935 Yvon Deschamps, French-Canadian author and humorist, born in Montreal, Canada
1939 France Nuyen, Vietnamese-French actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head), born in Marseilles, France
1943 Susan Flannery, American actress (Leslie Stewart-Dallas), born in NYC, New York
1943 Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor (Jackie Chan Adventures), born in Sacramento, California

Charlie Chaplin

1944 Geraldine Chaplin, American-born actress (Doctor Zhivago, 3 Musketeers) daughter of Charlie Chaplin, born in Santa Monica, California

1944 Sherry Lansing, actress (China Syndrome, Black Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 Richard Griffiths, British actor (Withnail & I, Harry Potter), born in Thornaby-on-Tees
1950 Lane Davies, American actor (Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts), born in Dalton, Georgia
1951 Barry Van Dyke, actor (Battlestar Galactica, Diag Murder), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1951 Gerald Anthony, American actor (Marco Dane-General Hospital, One Life to Live), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1953 James Read, American actor (North and South), born in Buffalo, New York

Michael Biehn

1956 Michael Biehn, American actor (Rampage, Hog Wild, Aliens, Abyss), born in Anniston, Alabama

1957 Dirk Blocker, American actor (Ryan's Four, Brooklyn Nine Nine), born in Los Angeles, California
1957 Victoria E Cooke, playmate (Aug, 1980), born in Hollywood, California
1958 Wallace Kurth, American actor (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital), born in Billings, Montana
1962 Kym Malin, playmate (May, 1982), born in Dallas, Texas
1962 Wesley Snipes, American actor (Passenger 57, Money Train, Blade trilogy), born in Orlando, Florida
1965 Julian Richards, British film director (Queen Sacrifice), born in Newport, Wales
1966 Dean Cain, actor (Clark-Lois & Clark), born in Mt Clemens, Michigan
1966 Tylin John, Encino CA, playmate (Mar, 1992)
1967 Elizabeth Wurtzel, American actress (Prozac Nation), born in NYC, New York
1967 Rodney Harvey, actor (Salsa)
1967 Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese voice actor and singer, born in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
1967 Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress, born in Itabashi, Tokyo (d. 2005)
1969 Loren Dean, actor (Billy Bathgate, Say Anything), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1969 Rudolf Martin, German actor (Anton-All My Children), born in Berlin, Germany
1969 David Cash [David Tyler Cash], American professional wrestler, born in Waynesboro, Virginia
1972 Tami Stronach, Iranian actress (Neverending Story), born in Tehran, Iran
1973 Chandra North, American supermodel
1974 Emilia Fox, English actress (The Pianist), born in London
1978 Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
1979 B. J. Novak, American actor (Inglourious Basterds), born in Newton, Massachusetts
1980 Harry Potter, fictional character portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe, born in Godric's Hollow, England
1981 Eric Lively, American actor (The Butterfly Effect 2), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1981 J.Son Dinant, American comedian, born in Syracuse, New York
1987 Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress (Oberon), born in New South Wales, Australia

Weddings in Film & TV

Wedding of Interest

1940 Actress Loretta Young (27) weds advertising executive Tom Lewis at the chapel of St. Paul's Church in Westwood

Wedding of Interest

1954 "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" guest host Steve Allen (32) weds actress Jayne Meadows (33)

TV Personality, Comedian and Composer Steve Allen — TV Personality, Comedian and Composer
Steve Allen

Wedding of Interest

1999 Actor Patrick Dempsey (33) weds makeup artist Jillian Fink

2004 "Ed" actor Tom Cavanagh (35) weds "Sports Illustrated" photo editor Maureen Grise (33) at a 19th-century, cedar-shingled Roman Catholic church in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Wedding of Interest

2018 Actor David Hasselhoff (66) marries third wife Hayley Roberts (38) in Italy

Deaths in Film & TV

1948 Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70
1964 Jim Reeves, American country singer and actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim), dies in air crash at 39
1965 James Rennie, actor (Wilson, Skylark, Illicit), dies at 75
1968 Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66
1978 Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80
1979 Beatrix Lehmann, British actress (Candles at Nine, Staircase), dies at 76
1980 Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49
1984 Bill Raisch, American one armed actor (The Fugitive, Spartacus, Sweet Smell of Success), dies from lung cancer at 79
1995 Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83
2004 Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
2004 Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
2009 Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2013 Michael Ansara, American actor (Broken Arrow, Centennial), dies at 91
2015 Gerald S O'Loughlin, American actor and director (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels), dies at 93
2017 Jeanne Moreau, French actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim), dies at 89

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