Today's Famous Birthdays

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Richard Stanford Cox
(April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994),

known professionally as Dick Sargent, was an American actor, notable as the second actor to
portray Darrin Stephens on ABC's fantasy situation comedy Bewitched. He took the name
Dick Sargent from a Saturday Evening Post illustrator/artist of the same name.








Jayne Mansfield
(born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967)

was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the
1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Mansfield was known for her
well-publicized personal life and publicity stunts. Her film career was short-lived, but she had several
box-office successes and won a Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe Award. Mansfield took her
professional name from her first husband, public relations professional Paul Mansfield. She married
three times, each marriage ending in divorce, and had five children. She was allegedly intimately
involved with numerous men, including Robert and John F. Kennedy, her attorney Samuel S. Brody,
and Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli. On June 29, 1967, she died in an automobile crash in
New Orleans at the age of 34










Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE
(19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002)

was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. Moore first came to prominence in the
UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four
writer-performers in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe from 1960 that created a boom in
satiric comedy, and with a member of that team, Peter Cook, collaborated on the BBC television
series Not Only... But Also. As a popular double act, Moore’s buffoonery contrasted with Cook’s
deadpan monologues. They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for
Best Entertainment Performance. They worked together on other projects until the mid 1970s,
by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles to concentrate on his film acting.









Timothy James Curry
(born 19 April 1946)

is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in
the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973
London and 1974 Los Angeles musical stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show. Curry's other
stage work includes various roles in the original West End production of Hair,
Tristan Tzara in the 1975 West End and Broadway productions of Travesties, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart in the 1980 Broadway production of Amadeus, Alan Swann in the Broadway production
of My Favourite Year, and King Arthur in Broadway and West End productions of Spamalot from
2005 to 2007. His theatre accolades include three Tony Award nominations and two
Laurence Olivier Award nominations. Curry received further acclaim for his film and television roles,
including Rooster Hannigan in the film adaptation of Annie (1982), Darkness in Legend (1985),
Wadsworth in Clue (1985), Pennywise in the miniseries It (1990), the Concierge in Home Alone 2:
Lost in New York (1992), Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1993), and Long John Silver
in Muppet Treasure Island (1996). He has also gained acclaim for his voice acting roles, including
his Daytime Emmy Award-winning performance as Captain Hook on Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991),
Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Sir Nigel Thornberry on The Wild Thornberrys
(1998–2004), and Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious on Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–2014).










Jesse Gregory James
(born April 19, 1969)

is an American entrepreneur, automotive mechanic, and television personality. He is the founder of
West Coast Choppers and former partner of Austin Speed Shop and current CEO of Jesse James
Firearms Unlimited, both based in Austin, Texas. He was the focus of a show chronicling some of the
custom motorcycle builds in his TV series Jesse James: Monster Garage, which ran a shortened single
season in 2012 on the Discovery Channel before being canceled. James was the host of the reality
TV shows Jesse James Is a Dead Man on Spike TV and Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel,
and the focus of the documentary Motorcycle Mania, also on Discovery. He also appeared in the
2004 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2.










Kate Garry Hudson
(born April 19, 1979)

is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and
a nomination for an Academy Award. Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson
made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which was followed by supporting roles in
several films. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's musical
drama Almost Famous (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and
received an Oscar nomination in the same category.










Roger Sherman
(April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793)

was an American statesman, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person
to sign four of the great state papers of the United States related to the founding:
the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and U.S. Constitution.
He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King.








Erastus "Deaf" Smith
(April 19, 1787 – November 30, 1837),

who earned his nickname due to hearing loss in childhood, was an American frontiersman noted for
his part in the Texas Revolution and the Army of the Republic of Texas. He fought in the Grass Fight
and the Battle of San Jacinto. After the war, Deaf Smith led a company of Texas Rangers. Smith died
in Richmond, Texas, aged 50, at the home of Randall Jones. The Episcopal churchyard has a modest
marker, "Deaf Smith, the Texas Spy, Died Nov. 30, 1837", but his exact burial site is unknown.








Eliot Ness
(April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957)

was an American Prohibition agent known for his efforts to bring down Al Capone and enforce
Prohibition in Chicago. He was the leader of a team of law enforcement agents, nicknamed
The Untouchables. His co-authorship of an autobiography, The Untouchables, which was released
shortly after his death, launched several television and motion picture portrayals establishing
Ness's posthumous fame as an incorruptible crime fighter.









Hugh O'Brian
(born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016)

was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC Western
television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television
series Search (1972–1973). His notable films included the adaptation of Agatha Christie's
Ten Little Indians (1965); he also had a notable supporting role in John Wayne's last film,
The Shootist (1976).








Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr.
(born April 19, 1965)

is an American former record executive, convicted felon, and the co-founder and former CEO of
Death Row Records. Knight was a central figure in gangsta rap's commercial success in the 1990s.
This feat is attributed to the record label's first two album releases: Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992
and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993. In 1995, Tupac Shakur began serving a prison sentence of
up to four and a half years. Knight struck a deal with Shakur that October, paying his bail and
freeing him from prison pending an appeal of his conviction, while signing him to Death Row Records.
In 1996, the label released Shakur's greatest commercial success, All Eyez on Me. That September,
after departing a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas, a group that included Knight and Shakur
assaulted Orlando Anderson, a Southside Compton Crips gang member. Three hours later, someone
shot into the car that Knight was driving and fatally wounded Shakur, injuring Knight in the process.
Dr. Dre left Death Row Records shortly before Shakur's death, followed by Snoop Dogg two years later.
The label rapidly declined. Meanwhile, allegations mounted that Knight, beyond employing gang members,
had often employed intimidation and violence in his business dealings. From the late 1990s into the
early 2000s, Knight spent a few years incarcerated for assault convictions and associated violations
of probation and parole. In September 2018, Knight pled no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a
fatal 2015 hit-and-run, and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. Knight's conviction, along with his
previous felonies (stealing a camera, and also sending a harassing text message to Straight Outta Compton
director F. Gary Gray), triggered California's three-strikes law. He is eligible for parole in November 2034.
Knight is a prime suspect in orchestrating the murder of the Notorious B.I.G.