Today Matthew Settle is 50, and Neill Blomkamp is 40. Today is also the birthday of Kyle Chandler, Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark), Baz Luhrmann, Bryan Singer, Paul Feig, Bobby Lee, Rita Rudner, Bruce Spence, Pat Crowley, Sam Esmail, Kevin Clash, Nate Berkus, Mark Osborne, Narendra Modi, and the late Hank Williams, Anne Bancroft, John Ritter, Roddy McDowall, Lupe Ontiveros, David Huddleston, Ken Kesey, Paul Benedict, Dolores Costello, Jerry Colonna, Harold Bennett, George Cleveland, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Richard Basehart died 35 years ago in 1984 at age 70. Grady Sutton died 24 years ago in 1995 at age 89. Red Skelton died 22 years ago in 1997 at age 84.
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