On This Day
13 April 2018
Births
| 1951 Peter Davison Age 67 |
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Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett)is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He became famous as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories. His subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort and Sink or Swim, the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice and Albert Campion in Campion. He later played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites, "Dangerous" Davies in The Last Detective and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK. |
| 1954 Jimmy Destri Age 64 |
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Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica) is an American musician. He played keyboards in the rock band Blondie, and was one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Deborah Harry. Destri ceased touring with the band in 2004, but remained an official member for several more years. |
| 1970 Gerry Creaney Age 48 |
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Gerard Thomas "Gerry" Creaney is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a striker. Creaney played 69 times for Portsmouth scoring 36 goals between 1994 – 1995 |
| 1977 Leonardo Biagini Age 41 |
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Leonardo Ángel Biagini is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker. Biagini played 8 times for Portsmouth scoring 2 goals in 2002 |
| 1993 Hannah Marks Age 25 |
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Hannah Gayle Marks is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the television series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. |
| 1994 Ariane Rinehart Age 24 |
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Ariane Rinehart is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in The Sound of Music Live! as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production. |
| 2003 Olivia Sanabia Age 15  |
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Olivia Sanabia is a young actress who landed the starring role of Kelly Quinn in the Amazon Studios television pilot Just Add Magic. She has previously guest-starred in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and Sam & Cat. |
Deaths
| 1984 Richard Hurndall (Born: 03 Nov 1920) Died Aged 73 |
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Richard Gibbon Hurndall was an English actor. In 1983, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BBC television series Doctor Who, producer John Nathan-Turner planned a special event, The Five Doctors, a 90-minute episode to feature the four of the five actors who had played the role of the Doctor. William Hartnell, the actor who originated the role, had died in 1975. Hurndall eventually won the role of the First Doctor, playing him as acerbic and temperamental but in some ways wiser than his successors. |