1945

Ray Milland (Alfred Reginald Jones) January 3, 1907–10 March 10, 1986

Milland’s screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is best remembered for his
Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend
(1945), He was the first Welsh actor to win an Oscar and gave the shortest
acceptance speech of any Oscar winner. Milland was also the leading man
opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), and played
the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder (1954),

 
Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy

Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his
portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran in Coming Home (1978). He
gained popularity in 1969 with his performance as a would-be-gigolo in the
movie Midnight Cowboy. Voight was also in Deliverance (1972). He is the
biological father of film actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.

Jon Voight with daughter Angelina Jolie

On the Beach is a post-apocalyptic drama film directed by Stanley Kramer
and written by John Paxton. Kramer won the 1960 BAFTA for best director
and Ernest Gold won the 1960 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Score.

Stanley Kramer

1959

Anna Marie "Patty" Duke won a Oscar at age 16 in 1963 for Best
Actress in a Supporting Role in “The Miracle Worker” (1962).

Danville High School class of 1944

Dick Van Dyke is 87 today. He is scheduled to receive the
The Life Achievement Award at the annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards ceremony in January 2013. 

     
              This CBS sitcom aired from 1961 to 1966.