June 29th Birthdays

Gary Busey, American actor, was born on this day in 1944 as William Gary Busey. Gary was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as rock and roller Buddy Holly in 1978’s “The Buddy Holly Story”. Here is Gary on the Arsenio Hall Show with Buddy Holly’s guitar.

Also born on June 29th:

• 1941
  John Boccabella, American baseball player
• 1947
  Michael Carter, British actor
• 1948
  Fred Grandy, American actor, politician
  Ian Paice, English drummer
• 1954
  Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player
• 1956
  Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1957
  María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer, actress
  Robert Forster, Australian singer, songwriter
• 1958
  Jeff Coopwood, American actor, singer
• 1961
  Kimberlin Brown, American actress
  Greg Hetson, American guitarist
  Sharon Lawrence, American actress
• 1962
  Amanda Donohoe, British actress
• 1964
  Stedman Pearson, British singer
• 1965
  Tripp Eisen, American guitarist
• 1967
  Murray Foster, Canadian musician
  Melora Hardin, American actress, singer
• 1968
  Judith Hoag, American actress, acting teacher
• 1969
  Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
• 1970
  Emily Skinner, American actress, singer
• 1971
  Matthew Good, Canadian singer
• 1977
  Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
• 1978
  Sam Farrar, American bassist
  Nicole Scherzinger, American singer, actress
• 1979
  Abz Love (aka. Abs Breen), English DJ, singer
• 1981
  Joe Johnson, American basketball player
• 1982
  Lily Rabe, American actress
• 1983
  Aundrea Fimbres, American singer
• 1984
  Christopher Egan, Australian actor
  Derek Lee Rock, American drummer
• 1985
  Quintin Demps, American football player
• 1987
  Ana Free, Portuguese singer, songwriter
• 1988
  Riva Taylor, English singer, songwriter
• 1992
  Adam Sevani, American actor, dancer
• 1993
  George Sampson, English dancer, actor
• 2008
  Prince Aristides Stavros of Greece and Denmark, Greek royalty

June Birthday Calendar

Died on June 29th:

• 1852
  Henry Clay, 9th U.S. Secretary of State (age 75)
• 1861
  Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet, translator (age 55)
• 1940
  Paul Klee, Swiss painter, illustrator (age 60)
• 1967
  Primo Carnera, Italian boxer, actor (age 60)
  Jayne Mansfield, American actress (age 34)
• 1978
  Bob Crane, American actor (age 49)
• 1982
  Henry King, American actor, director (age 96)
• 1990
  Irving Wallace, American author, screenwriter (age 74)
• 1995
  Lana Turner, American actress (age 74)
• 1997
  William Hickey, American actor (age 69)
• 1999
  Allan Carr, American screenwriter, producer (age 62)
• 2000
  Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director (age 77)
• 2002
  Rosemary Clooney, American singer, actress (age 74)
• 2003
  Katharine Hepburn, American actress (age 96)
• 2018
  Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (age 90)
• 2020
  Johnny Mandel, American songwriter (age 94)
  Benny Mardones, American pop singer, songwriter (age 73)
  Carl Reiner, American film director (age 98)
• 2023
  Alan Arkin, American actor (age 89)
• 2021
  Stuart Damon, American actor (age 84)