July in History  
 July 12
Milton Berle [Milton Berlinger] - Comedian
Uncle Miltie, Mr Television
Jul. 12, 1908Born: Harlem, New York, NY,

Keith Andes [John Charles Andes] - Actor
Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats
Jul. 12, 1920Born: Ocean City, NJ

'Bill' [William Henry] Cosby - Actor/comedian
I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6
Jul. 12, 1937Born: Philadelphia, PA,

[Donna] Denise Nicholas - Actress
Room 222, Baby I'm Back
Jul. 12, 1944Born: Detroit, MI,

Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell - DJ/actor
Mork & Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown
Jul. 12, 1948Born: Kermit, Tx,

Richard Simmons - Exercise guru
Deal-a-Meal
Jul. 12, 1948Born: New Orleans, LA,

Cheryl Ladd [Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor] - Actress
Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts
Jul. 12, 1951Born: Huron, SD.

'Mel' [Mary Ellen] Harris - Actress
Hope on '30 Something', Stargate SG-1
Jul. 12, 1957Born: Bethlehm, Pa.

Buddy Foster - Actor
Hondo, Mayberry RFD
Jul. 12, 1957Born: Los Angeles, CA,

Lisa Pelikan - Actress
Ghoulies, Jennifer, Studs Lonigan
Jul. 12, 1964Born: Paris, France

Milburn Stone - actor
Doc on 'Gunsmoke'
Jul. 12, 1980Died of a heart attack at 75

 July 11
Carleton G. Young - Actor
The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery
Jul. 11, 1971Died of cancer at 64

John Wayne [Marion Robert Morrison] - Actor
The Quiet Man, True Grit, The Shootist
Jul. 11, 1979Died of stomach cancer at 72

Robert the Bruce - Scotland, King
1306-1329
Jul. 11, 1274Born: Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire

Gene Evans - Actor
My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo
Jul. 11, 1922Born: Hollbrook, Az,

Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston] - Actress
Blanche on 'Odd Couple', 'Siress Belloby' on Battlestar Ga
Jul. 11, 1924Born: New Brunswick, Canada,

Tab Hunter [Arthur Andrew Kelm] - Actor
Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry
Jul. 11, 1931Born: New York, NY

Jay Johnson - Ventriloquist
Chuck on 'Soap'
Jul. 11, 1949Born: Abernathy, Texas

Peter Bergman - Actor
Starland Vocal Band
Jul. 11, 1953Born: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Sela [Ann] Ward - Actres
Hilary on 'Emerald Point NAS', Sisters
Jul. 11, 1956Born: Meridian, Mississippi

Mark Lester - Actor
Oliver, Prince & the Pauper
Jul. 11, 1958Born: Oxford, England

Ray [Bidwell] Collins - Actor
Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason
Jul. 11, 1965Dies at 75

Laurence [Kerr] Olivier - Acto
Hamlet, Richard III
Jul. 11, 1989Died at 82

Barnard [Aloysius Kiernan] Hughes - Actor
Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends
Jul. 11, 2006Died at 91

 July 10
Nikola Tesla
Physicist, developed alternating current
Jul. 10, 1856Born: Smiljan, Austrian Empire

'Fred' [Frederick Hubbard] Gwynne - Actor
Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters
Jul. 10, 1926Born: New York, NY.

William Smithers - Actor
Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!
Jul. 10, 1927Born: Richmond, Va,

Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock] - Actor
Johnny Yuma on 'The Rebel'
Jul. 10, 1931Born: Nanticoke, Pa.

Lawrence Pressman - Actor
Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle
Jul. 10, 1939Born: Cynthiana, Kentucky

'Robert' [Granville Whitelaw] Pine - Actor
Joe Getraer on 'CHiPs'
Jul. 10, 1941Born: Scarsdale, NY,

Ron Glass - Actor
Sgt Harris on 'Barney Miller', Frank's Place, Firefly
Jul. 10, 1945Born: Evansville, Indiana

Sue Lyon - Actress
Lolita, Evel Knievel
Jul. 10, 1946Born: Davenport, Iowa

Arlo [Davy] Guthrie - Singer
Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans
Jul. 10, 1947Born: Brooklyn, NY.

Mark Shera - Actor
SWAT, Barnaby Jones
Jul. 10, 1949Born: Bayonne, NJ,

'Mel' [Melvin Jerome] Blanc - Voice of cartoon characters
Bugs Bunny
Jul. 10, 1989Dies at 81

 July 9
Jester [Joseph] Hairston - Actor
Thats My Mama, Rolly on 'Amen'
Jul. 9, 1901Born: Forsyth County, North Carolina

Ed Ames [Edmund Dantes Urick] - Actor
Mingo on 'Daniel Boone'
Jul. 9, 1927Born: Malden, Mass.

James Hampton - Actor
F Troop,Teen Wolf, Amazing Howard Hughes, Hawmps
Jul. 9, 1936Born: Oklahoma City, OK.

Brian [Mannion] Dennehy - Actor
Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants
Jul. 9, 1938Born: Bridgeport, Connecticut

Richard Roundtree - Actor
Shaft, Roots
Jul. 9, 1942Born: New Rochelle, NY.

'OJ' [Orenthal James] Simpson - Murderer/ Actor/ NFL running back
Buffalo Bills
Jul. 9, 1947Born: San Francisco, CA

John [Frank] Tesh - TV host
Entertainment Tonight
Jul. 9, 1952Born: Garden City, NY.

Jimmy Smits - Actor
Victor on 'LA Law', Running Scared, Believers
Jul. 9, 1955Born: New York, NY

'Tom' [Thomas Jeffrey] Hank - Actor
Bossom Buddies, Big, Punchline
Jul. 9, 1956Born: Concord, Calif,

'Dick' [Richard Wagstaff] Clark - Host
American Bandstand
Jul. 9, 19561st appearance

Kelly [Ann] McGillis - Actress
Top Gun, Accused, Witness
Jul. 9, 1957Born: Newport Beach, Ca,

'Fred' [Frederick Aaron] Savage - Actor
Kevin on 'Wonder Years', Vice Versa
Jul. 9, 1976Born: Glencoe, Illinois

'Rod' [Rodney Stephen] Steiger - Actor
Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker, Chosen
Jul. 9, 2002Died from pneumonia

'Isabel' [Eloise Gwendolyn] Sanford - Actress
Louise on 'Jeffersons' / 'All in the Family'
Jul. 9, 2004Died at 87

 July 8
Faye [Margaret] Emerson - Actress
I've Got a Secret
Jul. 8, 1917Born: Elizabeth, La.

Glenn Langan - Actor
Amazing Colossal Man, Margie
Jul. 8, 1917Born: Denver, CO,

Craig Stevens [Gail Shikles, Jr] - Actor
Craig on 'Dallas', Peter Gunn
Jul. 8, 1918Born: Liberty, Mo.

'Marty' [Martin Alan] Feldman - Comedian
Young Frankenstein
Jul. 8, 1933Born: London, England,

Steve Lawrence [Sidney Liebowitz] - Singer/actor
Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy
Jul. 8, 1935Born: Brooklyn, NY,

Jeffrey [Michael] Tambor - Actor
Jeffrey on 'Ropers', Hill Street Blues
Jul. 8, 1944Born: San Francisco, CA,

Kim Darby - Actres
True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man
Jul. 8, 1947Born: Los Angeles, CA,

Anjelica Huston - Actress
Prizzi's Honor, Ice Pirates
Jul. 8, 1951Born: Los Angeles, CA,

Kevin [Norwood] Bacon - Actor
Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby
Jul. 8, 1958Born: Philadelphia, PA,

Vivian Leigh [Vivian Mary Hartley]
Scarlet in Gone with the Wind
Jul. 8, 1967Dies at 53

Michael Wilding - Actor
Derby Day
Jul. 8, 1979Died at 66

Phil Foster [Michael Feldman] - Comedian
Frank De Fazio on 'Laverne & Shirley'
Jul. 8, 1985Dies at 72

Howard [Green] Duff
Actor
Jul. 8, 1990Dies at 76 of a heart attack

James [Grover] Franciscus
Actor
Jul. 8, 1991Dies at 57 of emphysema

Ernest Borgnine [Ermes Effron Borgnino] - Actor
Ice Station Zebra, McHales Navy, Airwolf
Jul. 8, 2012Died at the age of 95

 July 7
Robert [Anson] Heinlein - Sci-fi author
Stranger in a Strange Land
Jul. 7, 1907Born: Butler, Missouri

'Yul' [Yuliy Borisovich] Brynner - Actor
King & I, West World
Jul. 7, 1915Born: Vladivostok, Russia

Vincent Edwards [Vincent Edward Zoino III] - Actor
Dr Ben Casey, Death Stalk, Firehouse
Jul. 7, 1928Born: Brooklyn, NY,

Arthur [Ignatius] Conan Doyle - Author
Sherlock Holmes
Jul. 7, 1930Died of a heart attack at the age of 71

'Ringo Starr' [Richard Starkey] - Beatles drummer/actor
Magic Christian
Jul. 7, 1940Born: Liverpool, England

'Joe' [Joseph Peter] Spano - Actor
Henry Goldblume on 'Hill St Blues', NCIS
Jul. 7, 1946Born: San Francisco, CA,

Shelley [Alexis] Duvall - Actress
Popeye, Faery Tale Theater
Jul. 7, 1949Born: Houston, TX,

'Bill' [William O.] Campbell - Actor
Star Trek TNG, The Rocketeer
Jul. 7, 1959Born: Charlottesville, Virginia

Jessica Hahn - Model
playboy/actress
Jul. 7, 1959Born: Massapequa, New York

Cree Summer [Francks] - Actress
Freddie on 'Different World'
Jul. 7, 1969Born: Los Angeles, CA,

Veronica Lake [Constance Frances Marie Ockelman] - Actress
I Wanted Wings, Hold Back the Dawn
Jul. 7, 1973Dies at 58

 July 6
Sebastian Cabot - Actor
Mr French on 'Family Affair'
Jul. 6, 1918Born: London, England

William Schallert - Actor
Martin on 'Patty Duke Show', Star Trek TOS and DS9
Jul. 6, 1922Born: Los Angeles, CA,

'Merv [Mervyn Edward] Griffin - TV host
Merv Griffin Show
Jul. 6, 1925Born: San Mateo, Calif

Janet Leigh [Jeanette Helen Morrison] - Actres
Psycho, Harper, mother to Jamie Lee Curtis
Jul. 6, 1927Born: Merced, California

'Pat' [Patrick Layton] Paulsen - Comedian, presidential candidate
Smothers Bros Show
Jul. 6, 1927Born: South Bend, Washington

Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early] - Singer/actress
Della Reese Show, Royal Family
Jul. 6, 1931Born: Detroit, MI,

Ned [Thomas] Beatty - Actor
Deliverance, Repossed, Network
Jul. 6, 1937Born: Louisville, KY.

Burt Ward [Bert John Gervis] - Actor
Robin on 'Batman'
Jul. 6, 1945Born: Los Angeles, CA,

'Fred' [John Frederick] Dryer - NFLer
NY Giants, LA Rams/actor (Hunter
Jul. 6, 1946Born: Hawthone, Calif,

Sylvester [Gardenzio] Stallone - Actor/director
Rocky, Rambo, Cobra
Jul. 6, 1946Born: New York, NY,

Shelly [Marie] Hack - Actress
Tiffany on 'Charlie's Angel'
Jul. 6, 1952Born: Greenwich, Ct,

Allyce Beasley [Alice Tannenbaum] - Actress
Agnes Dipesto on 'Moonlighting'
Jul. 6, 1954Born: Brooklyn, NY,

Alaska
Becomes the 49th state
Jul. 6, 1958

Glenn [Christopher] Scarpelli - Actor
Alex on 'One Day At a Time', Fantasy
Jul. 6, 1965Born: Staten Island, NY.

'Satchmo' [Louis Daniel] Armstrong - Jazz musician
Hello Dolly
Jul. 6, 1971Died of a heart attack at 69

Barry Sullivan - Actor
Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man
Jul. 6, 1994Died at 82

'Buddy' [Christian Ludolf] Ebsen - Actor
Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones
Jul. 6, 2003Died of pneumonia at age 95

 July 5
Ben Alexander [Nicholas Benton Alexander IV] - Actor
Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off, Felony Squad
Jul. 5, 1969Died at the age of 58

Milburn Stone - actor
Doc on 'Gunsmoke'
Jul. 5, 1904Born: Bruton, Ks,

Warren [Mercer] Oates - actor
East of Eden, Stoney Burke
Jul. 5, 1928Born: Depoy, Ky,

Katherine [Marie] Helmond - Actress
Soap, Mona on 'Who's the Boss'
Jul. 5, 1929Born: Galveston, Tx,

Shirley [Enola] Knight - Actress
Endless Love, Secrets
Jul. 5, 1936Born: Goessei, Kansas

Claudia Wells - Actress
Off the Rock, Fast Times, Back to the Future
Jul. 5, 1966Born: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 July 4
Today is The Fourth of July
Indepence Day
Jul. 4Celebrate the Freedom

James Anthony Bailey [McGuiness] - Circus impresario
Barnum & Bailey
Jul. 4, 1847Born: Detroit, MI,

'Mitch' [Mitchell William] Miller - Sing along with Mitch
Yellow Rose of Tx
Jul. 4, 1911Born: Rochester, NY,

Eva Marie Saint - Actress
On the Waterfront, North by Northwest
Jul. 4, 1924Born: Newark, NJ,

Mary Stuart [Houchins] - Actress
Jo-Search for Tomorrow
Jul. 4, 1926Born: Miami, FL,

'Gina' [Luigina] Lollobrigida - Actress
Trapeze, Falcon Crest
Jul. 4, 1927Born: Subiaco, Italy

[Marvin] Neil Simon - Playwright
Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues
Jul. 4, 1927Born: Bronx, NY,

Stephen Boyd [William Millar] - Actor
Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur
Jul. 4, 1928Born: Glengormley, County Antrim, Ireland

'Geraldo' [Gerald Michael] Rivera - News personality
20/20, Geraldo
Jul. 4, 1943Born: New York, NY,

Ronny Graham [Ronald Montcrief Stringer] - Actor
Bob Crane Show, Chico & the Man
Jul. 4, 1999Died of liver disease at 79

June Haver [Beverly Jane Stovenour] - Actress
Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door
Jul. 4, 2005Died from respiratory failure at 79

 July 3
George [Henry] Sanders - Acto
All about Eve, Academy Award in 1950
Jul. 3, 1906Born: Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia

Kurtwood [Larson] Smith - Actor
Renegades
Jul. 3, 1943Born: New Lisbon, Wisc,

Betty [Lynn] Buckley - Actress
Abby on '8 is Enough', 1776, Cats
Jul. 3, 1947Born: Big Springs, Tx,

[Karin] Jan Smithers - Actress
Bailey on 'WKRP'
Jul. 3, 1949Born: N Hollywood, Calif,

'Tom Cruise' [Thomas Cruise Mapother IV] - Actor
Risky Business, Color of Money, Rainman, MI
Jul. 3, 1962Born: Syracuse, NY.

'Jim' [James Douglas] Morrison - Rocker
Doors
Jul. 3, 1971Dies of heart failure in Paris

James Daly - Actor
Medical Center, Star Trek TOS, Mission Impossible, The Twilight Zone
Jul. 3, 1978Dies at 59

Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt] - Actor
Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West
Jul. 3, 1981Dies at 61

'Jim' [James Gilmore] Backus - Actor
Magoo, Gilligan's Island
Jul. 3, 1989Dies at 76 of pneumonia

Harold Nicholas - US actor
Tap, 5 Heartbeats, Stormy Weather
Jul. 3, 2000Died at the age of 79 from heart failure

Anna [Raymond] Massey - Actress
De Sade, Doll's House
Jul. 3, 2011Died from cancer at 73

Andy [Samuel] Griffith - Actor
Andy Griffith Show, Matlock
Jul. 3, 2012Died from a heart attack at 86

 July 2
[Michel de] Nostradamus
French astrologer/physician/prophet
Jul. 2, 1566Dies in Salon at 63

Ken Curtis [Curtis Wain Gates] - Actor
Ripcord, Festus on 'Gunsmoke'
Jul. 2, 1916Born: Lamar, Colo

Brock Peters [George Fisher] - Actor/singer
Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jul. 2, 1927Born: New York, NY,

Robert Ito - Actor
Sam on 'Quincy ME', Star Trek TNG, VOY
Jul. 2, 1931Born: Vancouver, BC,

Polly [Dean] Holliday - Actress
Flo on 'Alice', Flo on 'Flo'
Jul. 2, 1937Born: Jasper, Ala,

Amelia [Mary] Earhart - Pilot
first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Jul. 2, 1937Died when her and her navigator disappeared during a tran pacific flight

'Ron' [Ronald Arthur] Silver - Actor
Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends
Jul. 2, 1946Born: New York, NY,

'Larry' [Lawrence Gene] David - Comedian
Fridays, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jul. 2, 1947Born: Brooklyn, NY,

Wendy Schaal - Actress
It's a Living, Julie on 'Fantasy Island', Star Trek VOY
Jul. 2, 1954Born: Chicago, Ill.

Ernest [Miller] Hemingway - Autho
The Old Man and the Sea
Jul. 2, 1961Died at age 61. Committed suicide.

George Macready - Actor
Martin Peyton on 'Peyton Place'
Jul. 2, 1973Died from emphysema at 65

'Betty' [Elizabeth Ruth] Grable - Actress
The Girl With The Million Dollar Legs
Jul. 2, 1973Died at 57

Lee [Ann] Remick - Actress
Anatomy of a Murder
Jul. 2, 1991Dies at 55 from cancer

'Fred' [Frederick Hubbard] Gwynne - Actor
Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters
Jul. 2, 1993Died of pancreatic cancer at 66

'Jimmy' [James Maitland] Stewart - Actor
Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life
Jul. 2, 1997Died from a pulmonary embolism at 89

Jan Murray [Murray Janofsky] - Comedian
Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear
Jul. 2, 2006Died at the age of 89

 July 1
Charles Laughton - Actor
Mutiny on the Bounty
Jul. 1, 1899Born: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

Olivia [Mary] de Havilland - Actress
Adventures of Robin Hood
Jul. 1, 1916Born: Tokyo, Japan

Constance Ford - Actress
Ada Hobson on 'Another World'
Jul. 1, 1923Born: Bronx, NY,

Florence Stanley [Florence Schwartz] - Actress
Bernice on 'Barney Miller' & 'Fish'
Jul. 1, 1924Born: Chicago, Ill,

Farley [Earle] Granger - Actor
Arnold, Rope
Jul. 1, 1925Born: San Jose, Calf.

Jamie Farr [Jameel Joseph Farah] - Actor
Klinger on 'M*A*S*H', AfterMASH
Jul. 1, 1934Born: Toledo, Oh.

Jean [Lyndsay Torren] Marsh - Actress
Dark Places, Eagle has Landed
Jul. 1, 1934Born: London, England,

Karen Black [Karen Blanche Ziegler] - Actress
5 Easy Pieces, Trilogy of Horror, Pyx
Jul. 1, 1939Born: Park Ridge, Ill,

Genevieve Bujold - Actress
King of Hearts, Choose Me
Jul. 1, 1942Born: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Deborah [Ann] Harry - Rocker
Blondie - 'Heart of Glass'
Jul. 1, 1945Born: Miami, FL,

Shirley [Ann] Hemphill - Actress
What's Happening
Jul. 1, 1947Born: Asheville, NC,

Trevor [John] Eve - Actor
Shadow Chasers
Jul. 1, 1951Born: Wales, UK

'Dan' [Daniel Edward] Aykroyd - Comedian/actor
SNL, Dragnet
Jul. 1, 1952Born: Ottawa, Canada

Barbara Whinnery - Actress
Cathy Martin on 'St Elsewhere'
Jul. 1, 1953Born: Berkeley, Calif,

Lorna Patterson - Actress
Airplane, Pvt Benjamin
Jul. 1, 1956Born: Whittier, Calif,

Pamela [Denise] Anderson - Playmate
Feb, 1990 (Home Improvement
Jul. 1, 1967Born: Ladysmith, BC,

Michael Landon [Eugene Maurice Orowitz] - Actor
Bonanza
Jul. 1, 1991Dies at 54 from cancer

Robert [Charles Durman] Mitchum - Actor
Winds of War, North & South
Jul. 1, 1997Died at 80

Sylvia Sidney [Sophia Kosow] - Actress
WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon
Jul. 1, 1999Died from throat cancer at the age of 88

Walter [John] Matthau - Actor
Odd Couple, Bad News Bears
Jul. 1, 2000Died of full cardiac arrest at 79


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