Happy Birthday to Graham Colborne (Spud) who celebrates a big one, ie, one with a zero on it. He shares his big day with: actor Geoffrey Bayldon (91), yes Catweazel; author of the Exorcist William Peter Blatty (87); Ian La Frenais (79) is a screenwriter of The Likely Lads, Porridge and Lovejoy among others; singer/songwriter Kenny Loggins (67); American actress Erin Gray is 65; former Newcastle, Arsenal and England footballer Malcolm Macdonald is 65; actress Helen Worth (64) has been in Coronation St for 40 years; actress Linda Kozlowski (57) is best known for the film Crocodile Dundee; Oscar winning actor Nicolas Cage is 51; Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is 48; Mark Lamarr (48) is a TV presenter; Formula 1 Champion Lewis Hamilton is 30; also 30 is Swansea and England U21 footballer Wayne Routledge and finally another footballer Eden Hazard (24) plays for Chelsea and Belgium. Others born on this date who have gone to meet their maker include: Arnold Ridley (b1896) a writer and actor, he played Pte Godfrey in Dad’s Army and in real life was a soldier in the First World War where he was wounded several times; Gerald Durrell (1925) was the founder of Jersey Zoo and he wrote My Family and other Animals, and John Charles de Menezes (1978) shot by the Met Police at Stockwell Tube Station in 2005.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 08:57:35 +0000