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Celebrating David Wayne today, born Jan 30, in 1914 - Over 125 roles incl Portrait of Jennie, Adam's Rib, My Blue Heaven, The Tender Trap, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Three Faces of Eve - and of course The Mad Hatter on TV's Batman! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/david-wayne/

Celebrating Martita Hunt born Jan 30, in 1899 - Over 100 roles including Anastasia, Anna Karenina, Great Expectations, Anna Karenina 1948, Becket, The Brides of Dracula, The Unsinkable Molly Brown... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/martita-hunt

Happy 95th Birthday Gene Hackman! Born Jan 30, 1930... 100+ roles over 40+ years incl Downhill Racer, The Poseidon Adventure, Young Frankenstein, Superman, Reds, Unforgiven, The Birdcage, Hoosiers, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Conversation - & of course The French Connection! #botd

Born Jan 30, in 1920, Director Delbert Mann - Over 65 credits incl Lover Come Back, That Touch of Mink, Fitzwilly, A Gathering of Eagles, Mister Buddwing, Separate Tables, Desire Under the Elms - & of course Marty! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/delbert-mann/

Victoria Mature, daughter of Victor Mature, talking about her dad's dangerous stunt work, his TV appliance store, and special memories from her childhood :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AfEvKUenZU

Celebrating John Forsythe today, born Jan 29, in 1918 - Over 100 roles incl Destination Tokyo, The Trouble with Harry, In Cold Blood, It Happens Every Thursday, The Ambassador's Daughter - & TV's Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels & Dynasty! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/john-forsythe/

Born Jan 29, in 1891, Director Archie Mayo - Over 85 films/shorts incl The Petrified Forest, The Adventures of Marco Polo, Black Legion, Charley's Aunt, Crash Dive, Orchestra Wives, A Night in Casablanca, Angel on My Shoulder... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/archie-mayo/

Born Jan 28, in 1896, Kurt Katch - Over 95 roles including Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, The Mask of Dimitrios, Watch on Rhine, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/kurt-katch/

how could I not :) Oh, l'amour, l'amour, how it can let you down. Hmm. How it can pick you up again. -Mary Boland as Countess DeLave in The Women 1939 http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/the-women-1939/

"I see nothing! I know nothing" Born Jan 28, in 1910, John Banner - Over 130 roles, lots of TV - & of course Sgt Schultz on Hogan's Heroes! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/john-banner/

Born Jan 28, in 1880, Mary Boland - Over 55 roles including Ruggles of Red Gap, People Will Talk 1935 - & of course Countess DeLave in The Women 1939 and Mrs Bennet in Pride and Prejudice 1940... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/mary-boland/

Composer Jerome Kern, born today, Jan 27, in 1885 - Over 700 songs including Ol' Man River, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, A Fine Romance, Pick Yourself Up, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight... Fun Fact: Jerry Garcia was named after him :) #botd

Born Jan 27, in 1907, Joyce Compton - Over 150 roles, many uncredited; played Dennis Morgan's fiancée in Christmas in Connecticut and Dixie Belle Lee in The Awful Truth... Fun Fact: Was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926 #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/joyce-compton/

Troy Donahue born Jan 27, in 1936 - Over 100 roles incl A Summer Place, Parrish, Rome Adventure, Palm Springs Weekend - & TV's Surfside 6 & Hawaiian Eye... Fun Fact: Used his real name, Merle Johnson, for his character in The Godfather Part II #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/troy-donahue/

Born Jan 27, in 1924, Sabu Dastagir - Over 20 roles including Elephant Boy (debut role), The Thief of Bagdad, Jungle Book, Arabian Nights, Black Narcissus... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/sabu-dastagir/

Born Jan 27, in 1895, Buddy DeSylva - Fox and Paramount Producer & Tin Pan Alley Songwriter... Fun Fact: Co-founded Capitol Records with Johnny Mercer and Glen Wallichs #botd

Celebrating Donna Reed today, born Jan 27, in 1921, - 50+ roles incl From Here to Eternity, They Were Expendable, The Benny Goodman Story, The Caddy - & of course The Donna Reed Show, TV's Dallas and It's a Wonderful Life! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/donna-reed/

how could I not :) Well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand. -Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/cool-hand-luke-1967/

just because... Paul & Joanne :)

Born Jan 26, in 1925, Joan Leslie - Over 65 roles including High Sierra, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Male Animal, The Sky's the Limit, Cinderella Jones... Fun Fact: During WWII, she was a regular volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/joan-leslie/

I'm Eddie Felson. I shoot straight pool. -Paul Newman as Fast Eddie in The Hustler #classicmovies http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/the-hustler-1961/

Born Jan 26, in 1918, Vito Scotti - Over 230 roles incl Cactus Flower, The Boatniks, The Aristocats, The Godfather - & painter Vito Giotto on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Sam Picasso on The Addams Family and Capt Gaspar Fomento on The Flying Nun! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/vito-scotti/

Celebrating Paul Newman today! Born Jan 26, 1925 -So many great performances + race car driver, entrepreneur, humanitarian! 80+ roles incl Long Hot Summer, Cat on Hot Tin Roof, Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, Sting, Absence of Malice http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/paul-newman/

Dean Jones, Elvis Presley and Judy Tyler in Jailhouse Rock, 1957...

thoroughly enjoy this movie every time :) Tony Curtis, Linda Cristal and King Donovan, The Perfect Furlough...

I'm still always on the edge of my seat when I watch this one lol! This isn't just an ordinary body, is it? -King Donovan as Jack Belicec in Invasion of the Body Snatchers http://www.classicmoviehub.com/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956/

Born Jan 25, in 1901, Mildred Dunnock - Over 80 roles incl Death of a Salesman, Baby Doll, The Trouble with Harry, The Nun's Story, Butterfield 8, Sweet Bird of Youth... Fun Fact: Was a schoolteacher before becoming an actress #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/mildred-dunnock/

yep, seriously :) Happy #NationalOppositeDay!

Celebrating Dean Jones today, born Jan 25, in 1931 - Over 85 roles incl Jailhouse Rock, That Darn Cat, The Love Bug, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Ugly Dachshund, The Shaggy DA, The Million Dollar Duck, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Beethoven #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/dean-jones/

Born Jan 24, in 1927, Marvin Kaplan - Over 100 roles incl I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Angels in the Outfield, A New Kind of Love, The Great Race, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, TV's Meet Millie, TV's Alice - & voice of Choo-Choo on Top Cat! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/marvin-kaplan/

Born Jan 24, in 1883, Estelle Winwood - Over 60 roles incl The Misfits, The Glass Slipper, The Swan, Camelot, The Producers... Fun Fact: Her first husband, Arthur Chesney, was Edmund Gwenn's brother and Cecil Kellaway's cousin #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/estelle-winwood/

Celebrating Ernest Borgnine today, born Jan 24, in 1917 - 200+ roles incl Marty (Best Actor Oscar), From Here to Eternity, The Dirty Dozen, The Wild Bunch, SpongeBob SquarePants (Mermaid Man) -& of course Lt Commander McHale on McHale's Navy! #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/ernest-borgnine/

Adolphe Menjou, Franklin Pangborn and Gail Patrick in Stage Door, 1937...

Western Roundup shares some of her favorite Universal Westerns including Ride Clear of Diablo starring 'birthday boy' Dan Duryea as gunslinger Whitey Kincaid... http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/western-roundup-universal-gems/

Born Jan 23, in 1900, David Hand - Disney Legend; Supervising Director for Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & Bambi... Fun Fact: Began his animation career working on Max Fleischer's Out of the Inkwell cartoons in the 1920s #botd

Born Jan 23, in 1895, Raymond Griffith - 70+ films/shorts 1915-1930 incl Hands Up; Associate Producer for Seventh Heaven, Drums Along the Mohawk, The Mark of Zorro Fun Facts: Worked as gagman, writer & assistant director for Mack Sennett #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/raymond-griffith/

Born Jan 23, in 1919, Comedian Ernie Kovacs - Over 20 roles incl Operation Mad Ball (feature film debut), Bell Book & Candle, It Happened to Jane - & TV's The Ernie Kovacs Show! Fun Fact: His daughter Kippie was married to Burt Lancaster's son, screenwriter Bill Lancaster #botd

Born Jan 23, in 1889, Franklin Pangborn - 235+ roles incl The Bank Dick, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Sullivan's Travels, Fifth Avenue Girl, Hail the Conquering Hero Fun Fact: Friends with Edna May Oliver and Edward Everett Horton #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/franklin-pangborn

"my aversion to Duryea’s characters is what makes me love him so." - Noir Nook celebrates of some of her favorite actors behind the great #noir characters including 'birthday boy' Dan Duryea... http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/noir-nook-favorite-actors-of-noir/

Celebrating Dan Duryea born Jan 23, in 1907 - 110+ roles incl The Little Foxes, Ball of Fire, Pride of the Yankees, Sahara, Along Came Jones, Scarlett Street, Criss Cross, Winchester '73, None But the Lonely Heart - & TV's China Smith & Peyton Place! http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/dan-duryea/

just love this movie :) "Make up your mind old man. You’re not allowed to have two wives, you know.” http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/the-cary-grant-blogathon-my-favorite-wife-1940/

Celebrating Randolph Scott born Jan 23, in 1898 - 105+ roles incl Virginia City, Abilene Town, My Favorite Wife, Follow The Fleet, Roberta, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Last of the Mohicans, Belle of the Yukon, Spoilers, Ride the High Country #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/randolph-scott/

A 1928 Porter, that's my mother dear :) #AnnSothern starred as 'my mother the car' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3jcDKUBtQ

Lea from Silent-ology takes 'A Closer Look at The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)' starring 'birthday boy' Conrad Veidt for Silents are Golden... #silentfilm http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/silents-are-golden-a-closer-look-at-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920/

Paul Newman and Piper Laurie, The Hustler...

Celebrating John Hurt today, born Jan 22, in 1940 - Over 210 roles including A Man for All Seasons, BBC's I Claudius, Midnight Express, The Elephant Man, Heaven's Gate, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alien, Watership Down, 1984, Contact... #botd

Celebrating Piper Laurie today, born Jan 22, in 1932 - Over 110 credits including Francis Goes to the Races, Son of Ali Baba, The Hustler, Carrie, Children of a Lesser God - & Catherine Martell on TV's Twin Peaks... #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/piper-laurie/

Celebrating Bill Bixby today, born Jan 22, in 1934 - Over 75 roles incl Clambake, Speedway and lots of TV including The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Magician - & of course My Favorite Martian and The Incredible Hulk! Fun Fact: Directed 30 episodes of TV's Blossom #botd

Ann Sothern and Lucille Ball filming "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" for The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour...

Celebrating Ann Sothern today born Jan 22, in 1909 - Over 100 roles incl A Letter to Three Wives, Maisie, Lady Be Good, The Whales of August, The Ann Sothern Show, TV's Private Secretary - & of course My Mother the Car :) #botd http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/ann-sothern/