WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 9th December 1916 Died: 5th February 2020 (aged 103) Issur Danielovitch was born one of seven children in Amsterdam, New York to Russian-Jewish immigrants Bryna and Herschel Danielovitch. As a child he worked many jobs to put food and drink on the table of his family as his …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 7th February 1946 Died: 2nd January 2011 (age 64) The fourth child of Mary and William Postlethwaite, Peter William Postlethwaite, was born in Warrington, Lancashire.  He attended West Park Grammar School in Merseyside before retaking his O-Levels (precursors to GCSEs for you youngsters) then continued on to study …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 24th March 1930 Died: 7th November 1980 (aged 50) Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to William McQueen, a flying circus stunt pilot, and Julianne Crawford. He was raised by his grandparents and Great Uncle on a in Missouri until the age of eight when his mother, and her …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 26th January 1925 Died: 26th September 2008 (aged 83) Paul Leonard Newman was born to Theresa Garth and Arthur Newman Snr. in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. From an early age he showed an interest in acting but did not get pursue his interest because of the onset of World …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 29th August 1923 Died: 24th August 2014 (age 90) Lord Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-Upon-Thames was born plain old Richard Samuel Attenborough to Mary and Frederick Attenborough in Cambridge. His mother was a founder of the Marriage Guidance Council and his father was a scholar who was …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 22nd May 1907 Died: 11th July 1989 (aged 82) Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking to the Reverend Gerard Kerr Olivier and his wife Agnes.  You could say that Olivier had it a lot easier than most of his contemporises when it came to becoming an actor …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 6th July 1937 Died: 13th June 2021 (age 83) Ned Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Charles and Margaret Beatty. He grew up singing in gospel choirs and Barbershop quartets and attended Transylvania University on a scholarship to sing in their acapella choir – he did not …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 26th October 1942 Died: 29th April 2014 Robert William Hoskins was born to a nursery teacher and bookkeeper in Bury St Edmunds but was raised and educated in London. He left school at the age of 15 with one O-Level and went on to do various jobs, including …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 16th April 1921 Died: 28th March 2004 (aged 82) Born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov in Belsize Park, London, to Jona Freiherr von Ustinov, a German diplomat and journalist (who worked for MI5 during the German Reich), and Nadezhda Leontievna Benois, an artist and theatrical designer. His heritage …

WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 9th May 1936 Died: 7th February 2019 (aged 82) Albert Finney Jnr (officially) was born in Salford, Lancashire, to Albert and Alice Finney. He was awarded a scholarship to RADA from which he qualified with a RADA Diploma at the age of 20. After RADA he joined the …