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Russell Harty
Russell Harty born 5 September 1934 (d. 1988)Frederic Russell Harty was an English television presenter with a distinctly camp turn of phrase; his name has been used as Cockney rhyming slang for party...
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry born 24 August 1957Stephen Fry is an English comedian, author, actor and filmmaker, who initially came to prominence in collaboration with fellow comic and actor, Hugh Laurie.He is also su...
Peter Wyngarde
Peter Wyngarde born 23 August 1933Peter Paul Wyngarde is a British actor best known for playing the character Jason King in two television series in the late 1960s early 1970s: Department S (1969–70...
Anthony 'ANT' Kalloniatis
Anthony 'ANT' Kalloniatis born 22 August 1967Anthony Steven Kalloniatis, known professionally as ANT, is an American stand-up comedian and actor.A native of Londonderry, New Hampshire, ANT performed a...
Hugh Paddick
Hugh Paddick born 22 August 1915 (d. 2000)Hertfordshire-born Hugh Paddick was a comedy actor with a successful career on radio, television, stage and in films - mostly from the late-1950s to the early...
Mart Crowley
Mart Crowley born 21 August 1935Mart Crowley is an American playwright.Crowley was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After graduating from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1967,...
Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel born 14 August 1972Jay Manuel was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to an Italian mother and South African father, and is a make-up artist and fashion photographer, most recognisable as the...
David Crane
David Crane born 13 August 1957David Crane is an American writer and producer, born in Philadelphia. He was one of the creators of the hugely successful TV sitcom Friends in 1994, along with his long...
Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond born 13 August 1908 (d. 1998)Gene Raymond, leading man of stage, film, and TV, singer, composer, writer, director, producer, decorated military pilot, and, for twenty-eight years, the fir...
John Glover
John Glover born 7 August 1944John Glover is an American actor best known for his usually villanous roles in films and television. Currently to be seen as Lionel Luthor in TV series Smallville, he has...
Antony Cotton
Antony Cotton born 5 August 1975Antony Cotton (born Antony Dunn in Bury, Greater Manchester) is an English actor best known for his roles in Coronation Street and the original UK version of Queer as F...
Richard Newman
Richard Newman born 28 July 1972Richard Newman was a contestant on Channel 4's seventh series of Big Brother in 2006.He is a former-waiter from London who moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at an earl...
Danny La Rue
Danny La Rue born 25 July 1927Born Daniel Patrick Carroll in County Cork, Eire, young Danny followed in his father's footsteps and served in the Royal Navy, but his career was to take a quite differen...
John Partridge
John Partridge born 24 July 1971John Partridge is a Manchester-born English actor, who has worked predominantly as a singer and dancer in musical theatre, and was best known for his portrayal of the c...
Alan Carr
Alan Carr born 14 July 1976...
Eric Portman
Eric Portman born 13 July 1901 (d. 1969)Eric Portman was a distinguished English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Press...
Mathew Bose
Mathew Bose born 3 July 1973Mathew Bose is an English actor, best known for his role as Paul Lambert in the television series Emmerdale.Mathew Bose was born in south east London. He is half Indian. Wh...
John Inman
John Inman born 28 June 1935 (d. 2007) Frederick John Inman was an English actor who was best known for his role as Mr Humphries in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? in the 1970s and 1980s. In...
Kristian Digby
Kristian Digby born 24 June 1977Kristian Digby is an English television presenter and director who is best known for presenting To Buy or Not to Buy on BBC One.Kristian Digby was born in Torquay, Devo...
David Marshall Grant
David Marshall Grant born 21 June 1955David Marshall Grant is an American actor and playwright.Grant was born in Westport, Connecticut. Immediately after graduating from the Yale University School of ...