Shecky Greene (Fred Sheldon Greenfield)

Shecky is known for his nightclub performances in Las
Vegas since 1953. He has appeared in several films,
including the Mel Brooks 1981 film History of the World,
Part l and Ron Howard’s Splash (1984). Greene  also
guest starred on TV shows like Made about you, Love,
American Style, Laverne & Shirley and Combat.

May 5, 1963

1932 

 
   Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule, Jr.) (September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014)

According to reports,Rooney had been "in ill health for quite some time," 
and died Sunday. At the time of his death, he was working on a film called
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

1942

High School

 
Robert John Downey, Jr.

Robert made his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father
Robert Downey, Sr.‘s film Pound (1970). He appeared in Weird Science
(1985) and starred in Air America (1990), and Soapdish (1991). Downey
starred as Charlie Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin,
earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He 
played the title character in Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes (2009),
and again in 2011’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Most recently, Robert Downey, Jr. played the role of Marvel superhero
Tony Stark / Iron Man in the live action film Iron Man (2008), a role he
reprised in Iron Man 2 (2010), and Iron Man 3 (2013).

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

The “Martin & Lewis” radio show premiered on the NBC network. Their guest on 
the inaugural program was Bob Hope. It drew lackluster reviews in the April 30
issue of Billboard magazine. The series ran until 1952.