Wednesday, April 02, 2008

BRBTV birthdays for April

- Jordan Charney, who is a BRBTV triple-shot as Lt. Sutton on "Dallas," Bill Cochran on "Dynasty" and Dr. Renfro on "Santa Barbara," turned 71 yesterday, April 1.
- Hunter von Leer, who was B.D. Calhoun on "Dallas," turns 64 tomorrow, April 3.
- Billy Dee Williams, our own Brady Lloyd of "Dynasty," turns 71 on April 6.
- Judith McConnell, second and longtime Sophia Capwell on "Santa Barbara," turns 64 on April 6.
- Jane Rogers, the lovely Heather Donnelly on "SB," turns 48 on April 6.
- Marilu Henner, who voiced vivacious redheaded socialite Veronica Vreeland on "Batman: The Animated Series," turns 56 on April 6.
- John Schneider, the unstoppable Bo Duke of "The Dukes of Hazzard," turns 48 on April 8.
- Robin Wright Penn, the lovely original Kelly Capwell on "SB," is still such a young'un at 42, also with an April 8 birthday.
- Lee Bergere, the long-suffering and perhaps twisted Joseph Aynders of "Dynasty," was born April 10, 1918 and died on January 31, 2007.
- Joel Grey, the unforgettable Adam who taunted J.R. in the series finale of "Dallas," turns 76 on April 11.
- Michele Scarabelli, who was the menacing and highly psycho Connie Hall on "Dallas," turns 53 on April 11.
- Buck Young, who was Seth Stone and Sen. Cawley on "Dallas," was born on April 12, 1920 and died February 9, 2000.
- Howard Keel, the ever-responsible Clayton Farlow of "Dallas," was born on April 13, 1919 and died on November 7, 2004.
- Terry Lester, who was the second Mason Capwell on "Santa Barbara," was born on April 13, 1950 and died on November 28, 2003.
- Ron Perlman, voice of Clayface on "Batman: The Animated Series," turns 58 on April 13.
- Loretta Lynn, who gets some credit with BRBTV even though her time on "The Dukes of Hazzard" was brief, turns 73 on April 14.
- Randolph Powell, who portrayed Alan Beam on "Dallas," turns 58 on April 14.
- Lois Chiles, that slinky ole Holly Harwood on "Dallas" (we always wanted her hair; it was so fluffy and cool), turns 61 on April 15.
- Michael Ansara, the voice of Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze on "Batman: The Animated Series, turns 86 on April 15.
- Peter Mark Richman, one of our favorites and certainly an amazing BRBTV quadruple-shot for his time as Andrew Laird on "Dynasty," Maynard Anderson on "Dallas," the first C.C. Capwell on "SB" and even the voice of Charles Baxter on "Batman: TAS," turns 81 on April 16.
- Byron Cherry, who stepped in as Coy Duke in the fifth season of "The Dukes of Hazzard," turns a very nice-lookin' 53 on April 17.
- Timothy Gibbs, our own Dash Nichols of "Santa Barbara, turns a very young 41 on April 17.
- John James, our Jeff Colby of "Dynasty," turns 52 on April 18.
- Bob Hastings, who voiced Commissioner James Gordon in "Batman: The Animated Series," turns 83 on April 18.
- Dick Sargent, who stepped in as Sheriff Grady Byrd on "The Dukes," filling in for Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, was born on April 19, 1930 and died on July 8, 1994.
- Christopher Mayer, our other replacement Duke as Vance in "The Dukes," and a BRBTV double-shot as T.J. Daniels on "SB," turns 53 on April 21.
- Steve Bond, our own Mack Blake on "SB," turns 55 on April 22.
- Ryan O'Donohue, the voice of Terry's little bro Matt on "Batman Beyond," turns 24 April 26.
- Hilary Bader, writer for "The New Batman Adventures" and "Batman Beyond," was born on April 27, 1952 and died on November 7, 2002.
- Nancy Lee Grahn, our own Julia Wainwright of "Santa Barbara" who's now turning in good time as Alexis Davis on ABC's "General Hospital," turns 52 on April 28.

Happy birthday!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Billie.. lots of Duke Boy Birthdays this month!
But.. I thought Byron told us LAST YEAR that he was 51!? That would make his 52 this year.

Cousin Don

BRBTV.com said...

Hmmm ... thanks for the note. In checking back (because I know he was very forthcoming and gracious about his age at Hair Dare last year), I found a note in this post:

http://brbtv.blogspot.com/2007/08/hair-dare-dukes-days-byron-cherry.html

And I do recall him talking back then about the IMDb being wrong about his birth year. It's evidently been corrected since then. But what this all means is that he's actually 53 on April 17, which I'm correcting in this new post in a second ...