Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982)

Actor Warren Oates was best known for his roles in several films directed
by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the
Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). He starred in numerous films during the
early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including The Hired
Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) and Race with the Devil
(1975). Oates also portrayed Sergeant Hulka in Stripes (1981).

Gunsmoke episode, "Circus Trick" from 1965

Warren Oates in Stripes

Topps football card, 1967

 
Benjamin Earl "Ben" Davidson (June 14, 1940 – July 3, 2012)

Ben Davidson, a fierce defensive end for the Oakland Raiders of the
1960s who later worked as an actor and TV pitchman for Miller Lite beer,
died Monday from prostate cancer. His former Raiders coach, John
Madden, made the announcement on his KCBS morning radio show
in San Francisco.

The career of Eva Marie Saint spans seven decades, starring in films,
on Broadway, and television. She won an Academy Award for Best 
Supporting Actress for her performance in the film On the Waterfront 
(1954), and later starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller North by
Northwest (1959). Saint received Golden Globe and BAFTA award
nominations for the drama film A Hatful of Rain (1957) and won an
Emmy Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (1990). Her
film career also includes roles in Exodus (1960), and Superman
Returns (2006).

 
Marlon Brando & Eva Marie Saint, “On the Waterfront”

 
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in "North by Northwest"

    Andrew Samuel "Andy" Griffith (June 1, 1926–July 3, 2012) 

Andy Griffith was a television icon, best known as the sage town
sheriff in the ’60s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and as a defense
attorney on 1980s-’90s drama Matlock. He died today in Roanoke
Island, N.C.

1958

Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) has been nominated for three
Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards for the same
movies: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996),
Magnolia (1999).

“Risky Business” (1983) launched Cruise to stardom

Tom Cruise (holding flag) played Vietnam war veteran Ron Kovic