Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (09/29/26)

Nicholas Galitzine is 32. Mantastic heartthrob who plays He-Man in the new “Masters of the Universe” remake.  Some of you might also remember him in a pivatol role in that Hugh Jackman movie “Sheep Detectives”.

Halsey is 32.  “Bad at Love“.  Her biggest hit is “Closer“ with the Chainsmokers.

Kevin Durant is 38.  Former Oklahoma City Thunder forward who’s won four NBA scoring titles.  He’s with the Houston Rockets now.

Calvin Johnson is 41.  Former Detroit Lions wide receiver who holds the record for most receiving yards in a season.

Zachary Levi is 46.  “Shazam!” star.  He was also Kurt Warner in “American Underdog”, Flynn Rider in “Tangled”, Thor’s buddy Fandral in “Thor: The Dark World”, and Chuck Bartowski on NBC’s spy comedy “Chuck”.

Chrissy Metz is 46.  Kate Pearson on “This Is Us”.

Mackenzie Crook is 55.  The guy in the “Pirates of the Caribbean“ movies who keeps losing his fake eye.  He was also one of the wildlings Jon Snow met on the other side of The Wall on “Game of Thrones“.

Erika Eleniak is 57.  Shauni McClain on “Baywatch” . . . and Elly May Clampett in the horrendous movie version of “The Beverly Hillbillies”.

Les Claypool is 63.  Singer and bassist for Primus.

Andrew “Dice” Clay is 69.

Mark Farner is 78.  The original singer for Grand Funk Railroad.  You know their classic hits “We’re an American Band“ and “Some Kind of Wonderful“.  Mark left the band in 1998, but they replaced him and moved on.

Bryant Gumbel is 78.

Mike Post is 82.  Genius who wrote the theme songs to “Magnum P.I.”, all three “Law & Order” series, “The A-Team”, “Hill Street Blues”, “Quantum Leap”, “The Rockford Files”, “Doogie Howser M.D.”, and “The Greatest American Hero”.

Ian McShane is 84.  Winston in the “John Wick” movies, Al Swearengen on “Deadwood”, Blackbeard in the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, “On Stranger Tides”, and Brother Ray in the sixth season of “Game of Thrones“.

Jerry Lee Lewis  (1935 – 2022)  Rock pioneer immortalized by the jams “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On“ and “Great Balls of Fire“.

His career was derailed by scandal after he married his 13-year-old cousin at the age of 22.  Winona Ryder played her in the Dennis Quaid movie.

Gene Autry  (1907 – 1998)  The Singing Cowboy.  He’s the only person with FIVE STARS on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . . . one for each of the five categories:  Radio, TV, Movies, Records and Live Performances.

He’s been in the Country Hall of Fame since 1969.

Madeline Kahn  (1942 – 1999)  Very saucy minx from many Mel Brooks comedy classics including “Blazing Saddles”, “High Anxiety”, and “Young Frankenstein”.

Larry Linville  (1939 – 2000)  Major Frank Burns on “M*A*S*H”.

Miguel de Cervantes  (1547 – 1616)  Spanish genius who wrote “Don Quixote”.

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