Born in Houston, he dropped out of college and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career after his older brother Randy found success as a movie actor. Actor Dennis Quaid is 53.
Also celebrating:
- Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 81.
- Naturalist Jim Fowler (“Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom”) is 75.
- Actress Michael Learned (“The Waltons”) is 68.
- Country singer Margo Smith is 65.
- Country singer Hal Ketchum is 54.
- Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 52.
- Country guitarist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 48.
- Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 42.
- Actress Cynthia Nixon (“Sex and the City”) is 41.
- Singer Kevin Martin of Candlebox is 38.
- Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam (“The Cosby Show”) is 28.
- Guitarist Albert Hammond Junior of The Strokes is 27.
- Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) is 20.
- Actress Kristen Stewart (“Panic Room”) is 17.
- Actress Elle Fanning (“Because of Winn-Dixie”) is 9.
Birthdays from the past:
- 1821, Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, poet, died 1867
- 1888, Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario, died 1974
- 1898, Paul Robeson, actor and singer, died 1976
