Born on this day – Alfie Wise:

Alfie Wise

Actor

November 17, 1943 – July 23, 2025

Credits:

Ark II (1976); B.L. Stryker (1989–1990); Call Her Mom (1972); Catherine's Grove (1997); City Heat (1984); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Detective Extralarge (1993); Evening Shade (1991); Heat (1986); Hooper (1978); Hot Stuff (1979); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); Legends of the Superheroes (1979); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1983); Midway (1976); Paternity (1981); Rad (1986); S Club 7 - It's an S Club Thing (1999); S Club 7 in Miami (1999–2000); Smoke n Lightnin (1995); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Starting Over (1979); Stroker Ace (1983); Stunts Unlimited (1980); Swashbuckler (1976); The Cannonball Run (1981); The End (1978); The Fall Guy (1982–1983); The Jeffersons (1978); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1983 / 1984); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); Tour of Duty (1987); Trauma Center (1983); Uncle Croc's Block (1975); We Are Angels (1997); Young Guy Christian (1979).

Born on this day – Fenella Fielding:

Fenella Fielding

Actress

November 17, 1927 – September 11, 2018

Born on this day – Rock Hudson:

Rock Hudson

Actor

November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985

Born on this day – Les Clark:

Les Clark

Animator

Director

November 17, 1907 - September 12, 1979

Born on this day – Betty Bronson:

Betty Bronson

Actress

November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971

Credits:

A Kiss for Cinderella (1925); A Modern Sappho (1929); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); American Masters (2008); Anna Ascends (1922); Are Parents People? (1925); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Brass Knuckles (1927); Companionate Marriage (1928); Compression (2023–2024); Dr. Kildare (1962); Evel Knievel (1971); Everybody's Acting (1926); Grindl (1964); His Children's Children (1923); Java Head (1923); Lover Come Back (1931); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); My Three Sons (1960–1963); Not So Long Ago (1925); One Stolen Night (1929); Open Range (1927); Paradise (1926); Paradise for Two (1927); Peter Pan (1924); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); Ritzy (1927); Run for Your Life (1965); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Shannon (1962); Sonny Boy (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Cat's Pajamas (1926); The Eternal City (1923); The Go-Getter (1923); The Golden Princess (1925); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Human Mill (1923); The Locked Door (1929); The Medicine Man (1930); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Midnight Patrol (1932); The Naked Kiss (1964); The Singing Fool (1928); The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971); Twenty-One (1923); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937).

Born on this day – Lee Strasberg:

Lee Strasberg

Actor

Director

Acting coach

Drama teacher

November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982

Credits:

Skokie (1981); Going in Style (1979); And Justice for All (1979); Boardwalk (1979); The Last Tenant (1978); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Three Sisters (1966); Tempo (1965); China Venture (1953); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Story with Two Endings (1945); Winged Victory (1944).

Born on this day – Crane Wilbur:

Crane Wilbur

Writer

Actor

Director

November 17, 1886 – October 18, 1973