People (Births)

• 1931 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012).
• 1943 – Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer.
• 1960 – David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor and director.
• 1963 – Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor and screenwriter.

Larry Hagman

Larry Martin Hagman (21 September 1931 to 23 November 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1978-1991 primetime television soap opera Dallas and the befuddled astronaut US Air Force Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965-1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Hagman had supporting roles in numerous films, including Fail-Safe, Harry and Tonto, S.O.B., Nixon, and Primary Colours. His television appearances also included guest roles on dozens of shows spanning from the late 1950s until his death, and a reprise of his signature role on the 2012 revival of Dallas. Hagman also worked as a television producer and director. He was the son of actress Mary Martin. Hagman underwent a life-saving liver transplant in 1995. He died on 23 November 2012, from complications of acute myeloid leukaemia.

I Dream of Jeanie

I Dream of Jeannie is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon, starring Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as a US Air Force astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired for 139 episodes over five seasons, from 18 September 1965 to 26 May 1970, on NBC.

Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born 21 September 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, fantasy, and science fiction.

His films include Flashdance, Top Gun (1986), The Rock (1996), Crimson Tide (1995), Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Black Hawk Down (2001), Pearl Harbour (2001), Kangaroo Jack, and the Beverly Hills Cop, Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the National Treasure franchises. Many of his films have been co-produced by Paramount and Disney, while many of his television series have been co-produced by Warner Bros. and CBS Studios. In July 2003, Bruckheimer was honoured by Variety as the first producer in Hollywood history to produce the top two highest-grossing films of a single weekend, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Bad Boys II.

His best known television series are CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, Without a Trace, Cold Case, and the American version of The Amazing Race. At one point, three of his TV series ranked among the top 10 in the US ratings – a unique feat in television.

He is also the co-founder and co-majority owner (along with David Bonderman) of the Seattle Kraken, the 2021 expansion team of the National Hockey League.

David James Elliot

David James Elliott (born 21 September 1960) is a Canadian actor who was the star of the series JAG, playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr. from 1995 to 2005.

In 1995, Elliott landed the role he would hold for 10 years, the role of naval aviator-turned JAG lawyer Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the NBC/CBS television drama JAG. His tenure on JAG ended in 2005 with the series finale.

Angus Macfadyen

Angus Macfadyen (born 21 September 1963) is a Scottish actor. His roles include Robert the Bruce, both in Braveheart (1995) and Robert the Bruce (2019), Komodo in Warriors of Virtue, Vice-Counsel Dupont in Equilibrium, Jeff Denlon in the Saw franchise, Robert Rogers in the AMC historical drama Turn: Washington’s Spies, McCreedy in Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo, and biologist James Murray in The Lost City of Z. He has made appearances on several television series such as Californication, Criminal Minds and the final season of Chuck.