Actors and Actresses Born on April 9

April 9 Calendar
  • 1891 John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1958)
  • 1895 Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1975)

American bass-baritone singer ("Old Man River"), actor and civil rights activist, born in Princeton, New Jersey

  • 1900 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 1974)
  • 1901 Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack, Little Kaintuck), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1960)
  • 1901 Sharon Lynn [D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay], American silent and sound screen actress (Way Out West; The Big Broadcast), born in Weatherford, Texas (d. 1963)
  • 1903 Ward Bond, American actor (Wagon Train, It's a Wonderful Life), born in Benkelman, Nebraska (d. 1960)
  • 1904 Lyle Latell, American actor (Not of This Earth; Dick Tracy's Dilemma; Sky Dragon), born in Alma, Iowa (d. 1967)
  • 1906 Rafaela Aparicio [Rafaela Díaz Valiente], Spanish actress, born in Málaga, Spain (d. 1996)
  • 1909 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), born in Mount Gambier, South Australia (d. 1986)
  • 1915 Albert Rémy, French actor (Grand Prix, The 400 Blows, The Train), born in Sèvres, Seine, France (d. 1967)
  • 1917 Brad Dexter [Boris Milanovich], American actor (Macao, The Magnificent Seven), born in Goldfield, Nevada (d. 2002)
  • 1920 William Raynor, American screenwriter (Gomer Pyle; Get Smart; McDuff, The Talking Dog; Dukes of Hazzard), born in Queens, New York (d. 1994)
  • 1921 Frankie Thomas, American actor and author (Tom Corbett Space Cadet), born in New York City (d. 2006)
  • 1923 Dann Cahn, American film editor (I Love Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2012)
  • 1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, American TV host (Candid Camera, 1974-75; Treasure Island, 1967-68), and author, born in Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
  • 1932 Cheetah [Cheeta, Cheta, Chita], chimpanzee actor (1930s Tarzan franchise), is born (d. 2011)
  • 1932 Jim Fowler, American naturalist, zoologist and Emmy Award-winning TV presenter (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), born in Albany, Georgia (d. 2019)
  • 1933 Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994)

French actor (Breathless; Casino Royale; Magnifique), born in Paris, France

  • 1935 Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
  • 1936 Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer and conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 1983-93), born in Grodno, Poland
  • 1937 Marty Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Sid (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2023) [1]
  • 1937 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster (Blue Peter), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1939 Michael Learned, American actress (Olivia in The Waltons, Nurse), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1941 Chu Song-woong, South Korean stage actor, born in Goseong, South Gyeongsang, South Korea (d. 1985)
  • 1941 Hannah Gordon, British actress (Oh Alfie), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1942 (Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
  • 1948 Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician, born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • 1950 Nathan Cook, American actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
  • 1952 Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek artist pop singer ("Charlie Chaplin"), and staged and screen actress, born in Drama, Greece

1954 American actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff), born in Houston, Texas

  • 1963 Joe Scarborough, American television personality, born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1965 Jeff Zucker, American television executive (CEO of NBC Universal), born in Homestead, Florida
  • 1965 Mark Pellegrino, American actor (Lucifer-Supernatural), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1965 Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish American supermodel (Sports Illustrated), born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia

1966 American actress (Sex and the City), born in New York City

  • 1970 Josh Todd [Gruber], American musician, singer (Buckcherry), and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1970 Mike Barz [Michael Barszcz], American meteorologist and TV anchor (WFOX-TV, WJAX-TV), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1971 Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1975 David Gordon Green, American filmmaker (George Washington), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 1979 Keith Nobbs, American actor (Phone Booth), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress (The Cosby Show - "Rudy"; Tyler Perry's House of Payne - "Miranda"), born in Newark, New Jersey
  • 1982 Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman), born in Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1984 Linda Chung, Chinese-Canadian actress and singer, born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1985 Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer and actor, born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
  • 1986 Leighton Meester, American actress (Gossip Girl-Blair Waldorf), born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1987 Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer, born in Ardsley, New York

1990 American actress (Bella Swan-The Twilight Saga), born in Los Angeles, California

1998 American actress (We Bought a Zoo), born in Conyers, Georgia



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