Driven by boredom and/or a pathetic need for validation I decided to see which celebrities in IMDB shared my birthday. Oldest to youngest, here are the ones I thought were interesting:
Charles Baudelaire--French poet and consummate sour puss.
Efrem Zimbalist Sr.--Daddy to Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Airport 75, Wait Until Dark, Hotel, The FBI) and grandad to Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele).
Ward Bond--One of my favorite character actors and authentic badass (Rio Bravo, The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Hondo). A contemporary of The Duke.
King Faisal I of Saudi Arabia
Hugh Hefner
Cheeta--Chimp from 1930's Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller.
Marty Krofft--Produced Land of the Lost, HR Pufnstuff, Bugaloos, Donnie and Marie and more.
Hal Ketchum--Country music artist/troubadour.
Dennis Quaid--Not as cool as his brother Randy, but cool.
Joe Scarborough--Former Florida congressman, now news show host.
Lisa Guerrero--Tuff sidelines correspondent of Monday Night Football fame.
Mark "Where's the Money" Pellegrino--Prolific character actor who's appeared in numerous movies (Spartan, Capote, Big Lebowski) and TV shows (The Unit, NYPD Blue, CSI, Dexter). You'll recognize him when you see him.
Paulina Porizkova--Aside from being the 80's hottest supermodel, she's the reason Rick Ocaseck knows there is a God.
Cynthia Nixon--Miranda from Sex and the City.
Jay Chandrasekhar--Member of the Broken Lizard comedy team (Super Troopers, Beerfest).
Jenna Jameson--I have no idea who this is. Honest honey.
Keshia Knigt Pulliam--Of course, Rudy Huxtable's all growns up now.
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Ward Bond and his favorite director, John Ford, had an odd relationship. According to Ford's biographer, the director thought Bond was stupid, snobbish and a "horse's ass," though he reportedly was quite fond of him. Ford was a WWII veteran, and somewhat resented Bond (and John Wayne, for that matter) for their self-proclaimed super-patriot acts, even though neither actor ever enlisted. Politically, Bond made Pat Buchanan look like Warren Beatty, and Ford, who was somewhat conservative, refused to attend a party Bond was throwing in honor of Joseph McCarthy.
For a guy who constantly invokes the memory of HUAC you sure spend a lot of time criticizing great actors for political affiliation.
No criticism intended. That all came from Ford's biography by Joseph McBride. The Buchanan/Beatty thing is the only editorial comment, but it really is true. Bond was way out on the right.
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