William Whitney Talman, Jr. (February 4, 1915 – August 30, 1968)

Bill Talman was a television and movie actor, who played Los Angeles District
Attorney Hamilton Burger in the long-running CBS-TV series Perry Mason
(1957-1966). He is also known for being the first actor in Hollywood to film
an anti-smoking public service announcement for the American Cancer
Society. A lifelong heavy smoker, Talman was diagnosed with lung cancer,
and knew he was dying when he filmed the commercial.

SANDY KOZEL

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is 60 today.

During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of  
the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. Dowling’s urged
Hanks to become an intern at the festival. That internship stretched into
a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production,
including lighting, set design, and stage management, prompting Hanks
to drop out of college.

Forrest Gump, 1994

Apollo 13, 1995

Saving Private Ryan, 1998

Cast Away, 2000

2015

Kevin Norwood Bacon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Actor and musician Kevin Bacon’s films include musical-drama film Footloose
(1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller JFK (1991), the
legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), the historical docudrama Apollo 13
(1995), and the mystery drama Mystic River (2003).

Kevin Bacon formed a band in 1995 called The Bacon Brothers with his brother,
Michael. They have released six albums.

1990

2000

The Bacon Brothers are Kevin (left) and Michael

The Platters version of “My Prayer” reached number one on the charts and
was featured in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as well
as the 1985 film Mischief and the 1999 film October Sky.Billboard ranked
this version as the number-four song for 1956.

ROSS SIMPSON

Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)