Today's Birthdays 10/1 - Julie Andrews, Walter Matthau, Tom Bosley, Richard Harris

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Posted: 10/1/03 at 2:35pm

Stanley Holloway 10/01/1890 - Jan 30, 1982 writer, performer - 1954 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; orig MY FAIR LADY; LAUGHS & OTHER EVENTS

George Coulouris 10/01/1903 - Apr 25, 1989 performer - JULIUS CESAER (Orson Wells, Joseph Cotton, Joseph Holland); THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY; 1938 HEARTBREAK HOUSE (Geraldine Fitzgerald, Vincent Price, Orson Wells); RICHARD III (John Ireland); BEEKMAN PLACE (Arlene Francis, Fernand Gravet, Laurence Luckinbill); THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA (Louis Zorich)

Vladimir Horowitz 10/1/903 - 11/5/1989 - Russian-born pianist considered one of the most accomplished players of the 20th century

Richard Loo 10/01/1903 - Nov 20, 1983 performer - origs SOUTH PACIFIC; WHO WAS THAT LADY I SAW YOU WITH? (Ray Walston, Larry Storch)

Everett Sloane 10/01/1909 - Aug 6, 1965 Composer, Lyricist, Director, Performer - HOW I WONDER (Raymond Massey); 1953 ROOM SERVICE (Jack Lemon, Stanley Prager); FROM A TO Z (Hermione Gingold, Stuart Damon, Virginia Vestoff, bk by Woody Allen, costume/scenic/light design by Fred Voelpel (sweet guy)); film's Citizen Kane, Marjorie Morningstar

Dort Clark 10/01/1917 - Mar 30, 1989 performer - orig play SWEET CHARITY; WONDERFUL TOWN; BELLS ARE RINGING; LET IT RIDE (Sally Kirk, Same Levene); 1970 HARVEY (Jimmy Stewart, Helen Hayes, Peggy Pope (great gal), Jessie White, Mariclare Costello)

Walter Matthau 10/01/1920 -Jul 1, 2000 ([love his real name: Walter Matuschanskayasky] performer - FANCY MEETING YOU AGAIN (Margaret Hamilton, Leueen MacGrath); IN ANY LANGUAGE (Uta Hagen, Eileen Heckart); WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER; A SHOT IN THE DARK; THE ODD COUPLE (Art Carney, John Fiedler (I did MUSIC IN THE AIR w/JF, a real pro), Monica Evans & Carole Shelley as the Pigeon Sisters; Louis Zorich s/b for Matthau); film's CHARADE; FAIL-SAFE; GRUMPY OLD MEN; PLAZA SUITE

James Whitmore 10/01/1921 Husband of Audra Lindley (1972 - 1979) divorced, performer - COMMAND DECISION (Paul Kelly, John Randolph); WINESBURG, OHIO (Leon Ames); INQUEST (George Grizzard, Anne Jackson); WILL ROGERS' USA; BULLY; film's Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma!

Tom Bosley 10/01/1927 performer - FIORELLO; NATURAL AFFECTION (Harry Guardino, Monica May, Kim Stanley); CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Dan Dailey); THE EDUCATION OF HYMAN KAPLAN (Dick Latessa; Donna McKechnie); BEAUTY & THE BEAST; tv's Mr. C. in HAPPY DAYS, Father Dowling Mysteries; Murder, She Wrote

Laurence Harvey 10/01/1928 - Nov 25, 1973 Husband of Margaret Leighton (1957 - 1961) divorced, performer - ISLAND OF GOATS (Uta Hagen); 1958 THE COUNTRY WIFE (Julie Harris, Colleen Dewhurst); 1958 HENRY V (Joss Ackland, Judi Dench, Margaret Courtenay); film's Room at the Top, Butterfield 8, The Manchurian Candidate, Of Human Bondage

George Peppard 10/1/1928 - 5/8/1994 Elizabeth Ashley's ex, performer - tv's & film's The A-Team, Banacek, The Carpetbaggers, The Blue Max, Pork Chop Hill, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, How the West was Won, Night of the Fox, Bang the Drum Slowly, The Executioner; died May 8, 1994

Ed Setrakian 10/01/1928 performer - THE LOVERS (Morris Carnovsky, Joanne Woodward, Pernell Roberts, Hurd Hatfield, Wm. Bramley); 2003 SALOME

Richard Harris 10/01/1930 - Oct 25, 2002 performer - 1981 CAMELOT (Meg Bussert, Richard Muenz, Richard Backus); film's Camelot, The Guns of Navarone, Hawaii, A Man Called Horse, Mutiny on the Bounty, Unforgiven

Julie Andrews 10/01/1935 Mother of Emma Walton, wife of Blake Edwards (1969 - present), wife of Tony Walton (1959 - 1967), performer - THE BOY FRIEND; MY FAIR LADY; CAMELOT; VICTOR/VICTORIA; film's Academy Award-winning actress: Mary Poppins [1964]; The Sound of Music, Victor/Victoria, 10, Hawaii; Emmy Award-winner: Victoria Regina: Hallmark Hall of Fame [1961-62]

Edward Villella 10/01/1936 performer - 1963 BRIGADOON(Sally Ann Howes); PAL JOEY (replaced in previews)

Richard Council 10/01/1947 performer - 1973 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Rosemary Harris, Roberta Maxwell, Philip Bosco); 1975 THE ROYAL FAMILY; 1980 THE PHILA STORY (Blythe Danner, Frank Converse, Edward Herrmann, Mary Louise Wilson, Cynthia Nixon)

Raul Aranas 10/01/1947 performer - 2002 FLOWER DRUM SONG

Randy Quaid 10/1/1950 performer - The Last Picture Show, Dead Solid Perfect, The Paper, Bye Bye Love, Caddyshack 2, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Vegas Vacation, Independence Day; IMHO hasn't lived up anywhere near to the potential he showed in LAST PIC SHOW

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DAY:

1928 Mae West's controversial play Pleasure Man opens at the Biltmore Theatre. It's the story of an actor who has impregnated so many women that the brother of one of them takes up a knife to put a permanent end to the culprit's love life. Police shut it down after 2 performances.

Best Foot Forward 10/01/1941 - June Allyson, Nancy Walker (bway debut)

Look Back in Anger 10/01/1957 - Alan Bates, Vivienne Drummond, Mary Ure, Jack Livesey,star in John Osborne's searing drama, Look Back in Anger, which wins the 1958 Tony Award as Best Play.

Moon Over Buffalo 10/01/1995 - Carol Burnette, Philip Bosco, Randy Graff, Jane Connell,

ON THIS DATE IN:

1959 It is announced today that Warren Beatty will be making his Broadway debut soon in A Loss of Roses, in which he will play Shirley Booth's son. "[Beatty] paid for his acting lessons at Stella Adler's school by working as a sandhog on the Lincoln Tunnel," reports the New York Post.

1962 - “From New York ... heeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” Ed McMahon introduced the new host of NBC’s Tonight Show for the first time. Johnny Carson entertained late-night America for nearly three decades, give or take 20 years for vacations...

(sources: IBDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)

Milla Updated On: 10/1/03 at 02:35 PM