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JOHN GAVIN IS 83 TODAY

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John Gavin
(John Anthony Golenor)

Gavin played roles in the 1960 films, Psycho and Spartacus. He
co-starred with Doris Day in Midnight Lace. He was the first U.S.
Ambassador to Mexico
(1981-1986) under President Ronald
Reagan.

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BUDDY EBSEN BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908

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Buddy Ebsen was in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War ll

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Buddy Ebsen and Fess Parker in Davy Crockett


          
    

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Buddy Ebsen (Christian Ludolf Ebsen, Jr.)

(April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003)

Character actor and dancer Buddy Ebsen performed for seven 
decades, he had starring roles as
Jed Clampett in the long-
running
CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies and as the
title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones. He
also co-starred with Fess Parker in Walt Disney‘s Davy Crockett
miniseries (1953–54), and was originally cast as the Tin Man in
The Wizard of Oz (1939) until he fell ill from an allergy when
wearing the makeup.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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David Janssen (David Harold Meyer) 

(March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980)

Janssen is best remembered for starring in the ABC-TV series, The
Fugitive from 1963-1967 and for title roles in Richard Diamond, Private
Detective
on CBS television from 1957 to 1960 and O’Hara, U.S. Treasury
on CBS from 1971 to 1972..

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Fugitive - David Jansen, Fred Johnson
Bill Raisch played the one-armed man

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R. LEE ERMEY IS 70 TODAY

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Ronald Lee Ermey 

Ermey is best known for his 1987 role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 
Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination
for Best Supporting Actor. He is a retired U.S. Marine and an honorary
Gunnery Sergeant; during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps he served
as a drill instructor. 


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FORMER CHILD ACTOR IS 64 TODAY

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Jon Provost with Lassie

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Jon Provost (Jonathan Bion Provost)

Provost is best known for his role as young Timmy Martin in the CBS
series, Lassie (1957-1964). His acting career began at age two when
cast as Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden’s son in the 1953 film So Big.


At 14 years of age Provost decided to end his career in show business,
but made a decision to return to do some television work in 1990. His
Career has taken variety of directions since. 

According to his website, the check shirt and jeans he wore for seven
years on Lassie hang in The Smithsonian next to Archie Bunker’s chair.

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