Happy birthday Larry Hankin, born December 7, 1937

Larry Michael Hankin is an American character actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. He is known for his major film roles as Charley Butts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Ace in Running Scared (1986), and Carl Alphonse in Billy Madison (1995). He had smaller roles as Doobie in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Sergeant Larry Balzak in Home Alone, Mr. Heckles in Friends and Joe in Breaking Bad.

His first notable supporting role was as Pt. Romero in Viva Max! in 1969.

Hankin is known for his roles in Seinfeld (as Tom Pepper). He also acted in How Sweet It Is! (1968). He had a cameo appearance in She’s Having a Baby (1988).

He had brief appearances in Pretty Woman as the landlord (1990), as well as minor roles in Loose Shoes (1980), The Sure Thing (1985). Hankin also appeared in Married… with Children, as well as one of the Halloween specials of Home Improvement. Hankin also appeared in three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager as Gaunt Gary and one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Hankin and Curtis Armstrong played the hippie entrepreneurs who purchased “Buy the Book” (the bookstore where the titular character works at) on Ellen.

He portrayed a homeless man in season 5 of Malcolm in the Middle. He reprised his old role from Breaking Bad in the Netflix sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

In 2021, he appeared in Friends: The Reunion.

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Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, which led to the United States declaring war on Japan the next day and thus entering World War II.

In 1994, the United States Congress designated December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The joint resolution was signed by President Bill Clinton on August 23, 1994. It became 36 U.S.C. § 129 (Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies) of the United States Code. On November 29, Clinton issued a proclamation declaring December 7, 1994, the first National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

On Pearl Harbor Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset to honor those who died as a result of the attack on U.S. military forces in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor Day is not a federal holiday – government offices, schools, and businesses do not close. Some organizations may hold special events in memory of those killed or injured at Pearl Harbor.

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Happy birthday Orli Shoshan, born December 7, 1976

She is known for her work on Order of the Sith: Downfall (2006), Hell Night (2001) and FedCon XVI: Drone Heart (2007).

She played Togruta Jedi Master Shaak Ti in the 1999–2005 Star Wars prequel trilogy.

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Happy birthday Jeffrey Wright, born December 7, 1965

Jeffrey Wright is an American actor. He is best known for his Tony- and Emmy-winning role as Belize in the Broadway production and HBO miniseries Angels in America.

He starred as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat, Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and No Time to Die, Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, and Beetee in The Hunger Games films and plays Bernard Lowe in the HBO series Westworld.

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Remembering Eli Wallach, born December 7, 1915 and passed away June 24, 2014

Eli Herschel Wallach was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940’s.

Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed doing most, he became “one of the greatest ‘character actors’ ever to appear on stage and screen”, with over 90 film credits.

For his debut screen performance in Baby Doll (1956), he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Among his other most famous roles are Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco (“The Ugly”) in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Wallach appeared as DC Comics’ supervillain Mr. Freeze in the 1960s Batman television series.

Other notable portrayals include outlaw Charlie Gant in How the West Was Won (1962), Hitman Leon B. Little in Tough Guys (1986), Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Cotton Weinberger in The Two Jakes (both 1990), and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday (2006).

One of America’s most prolific screen actors, Wallach remained active well into his nineties, with roles as recently as 2010 in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and The Ghost Writer.

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Happy birthday Kenneth Colley, born December 7, 1937

Kenneth Colley is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

Unlike the other ill-fated officers who appeared alongside him in The Empire Strikes Back, Colley was the only actor to play an Imperial officer in more than one Star Wars film. Colley reprises his role as Piett in the Cartoon Network animated special Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

Coincidentally, Colley and David Prowse had a part in the 1977 fantasy film Jabberwocky.

Colley was born in Manchester, Lancashire. He played Jesus in The Life of Brian, having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production Ripping Yarns episode “The Testing of Eric Olthwaite” alongside Michael Palin.

As a Shakespearean actor he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure for Measure in 1979.

Colley also held an important role in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox, where he played a Soviet Colonel tasked with the protection of the Firefox and its secrets.

Colley went on to play SS-Standartenführer Paul Blobel in the World War II drama War and Remembrance.

He directed Greetings, a 2007 horror film starring Kirsty Cox, Henry Dunn and Ben Shockley.

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Happy birthday Ellen Burstyn, born December 7, 1932

Ellen Burstyn is an American actress. Her career began in theater during the late 1950’s, and over the next decade included several films and television series.

Burstyn’s performance in the acclaimed 1971 ensemble drama The Last Picture Show brought her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination, after which she moved from supporting to leading film and stage roles.

Burstyn received a second Academy Award nomination for her lead performance in The Exorcist (1973), and won the Academy Award for Best Actress the following year for her work in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.

In 1975, she won the Tony Award for her lead performance in the Broadway production of Same Time, Next Year, and received a Golden Globe Award and a fourth Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1978 film version of the play.

Burstyn has worked consistently in film, television and theater since, receiving multiple awards and nominations along the way, including seven additional Golden Globe Award nominations, five Emmy Award nominations (two wins), and two more Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in the films Resurrection (1980) and Requiem for a Dream (2000).

Burstyn is one of the few actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

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Remembering Ted Knight, Born December 7, 1923 and passed away on August 26, 1986

Ted Knight was an American actor and voice artist well known for playing the comedic roles of Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush in Too Close for Comfort, and Judge Elihu Smails in Caddyshack.

Ted Knight played the voice of Carter Winston in the Star Trek The Animated Series episode “The Survivor”. He received no screen credit, however.

In 1966, he appeared in an episode of The F.B.I., entitled “The Assassin”.

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Happy birthday Kimberly Arland, born December 6, 1966

Kimberly Arland is an actress who portrayed Madeline, an alien Enterprise officer in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. She is also featured as Madeline in the 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness.

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Happy birthday Noel Clarke, born December 6, 1975

Noel Anthony Clarke is an English actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer from London. He is known for playing Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Mickey Smith in Doctor Who.

Clarke appeared in and wrote the screenplay for Kidulthood and wrote, directed and starred in the sequels, Adulthood and Brotherhood.

Clarke studied Media at the University of North London before going on to take acting classes at London’s Actors Center.

Clarke won the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer in 2003 and was awarded a BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award in 2009.

He also starred in the Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire: The Fearless.

His other television work includes appearances in Casualty and Metrosexuality.

He has also acted on the stage, and won the Laurence Olivier Award for “Most Promising Newcomer” in 2003 for his performance in the play Where Do We Live at the Royal Court Theater.

Clarke starred in the film Doghouse, directed by Jake West and produced by Carnaby Films International.

He also participated in Neil Marshall’s film Centurion.

His other writing credits include “Combat” which is an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, and West 10 LDN.

In 2008, he starred in the video for The Prodigy single “Invaders Must Die”.

He also played the role of A.J.,opposite Jim Sturgess, in Philip Ridley’s cult film, Heartless.

His next project, 4.3.2.1., a heist movie, was released on 2 June 2010.

He has also played an uncredited role in 2012’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as a priest. The scene was cut from the movie, but can be seen in the Deleted Scenes in the Special Features of the DVD.

He played Thomas Harewood in Star Trek Into Darkness, a family man with a wife and a young daughter.

In 2015, Clarke created short-lived superhero series The Troop for Titan Comics. The first issue of which was released in December 2015.

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