1950s

The year Mark Hamill came into this world was 1951. This is a timeline of occurrences during the 1950s that have a connection to Star Wars.

Births

1950

February 21 saw the arrival of Larry Drake.
March 6 marked the birth of Allen Milgrom.
March 26 is the birthdate of K. W. Jeter.
April 5 is when A. C. Crispin was born.
April 13 is the day Ron Perlman was born.
May 7 is the birthdate of Rick Veitch.
May 13 marked the birth of Joe Johnston.
May 28 is the day Denny Delk was born.
June 6 is the birthdate of John Byrne.
June 13 marked the birth of Stellan Skarsgård.
June 26 is the birthdate of Tom DeFalco.
July 6 is when Geraldine James was born.
July 10 marked the birth of Nick Jameson.
September 14 is the birthdate of Michael Reaves.
September 24 is the day Harriet Walter was born.
September 27 is the birthdate of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
October 1 is the day Natalia Nogulich was born.
October 4 marked the birth of Alan Rosenberg.
October 4 is when Tom Spackman was born.
October 7 is the day Howard Chaykin was born.
October 18 is when Gerald Home was born.
November 7 is the birthdate of Lindsay Duncan.
November 30 is when Chris Claremont was born.
December 8 marked the birth of Rick Baker.
December 10 is the birthdate of Gregg Berger.
Ken Wheat was born sometime in 1950.

1951

February 5 is the birthdate of Robin Sachs.
April 10 is the day Peter Bernstein was born.
April 11 is the birthdate of Jay Benedict.
April 17 marked the birth of Olivia Hussey.
June 24 is the day Mark Klastorin was born.
July 9 is the birthdate of David Anthony Pizzuto.
July 19 is the day Mark Capri was born.
July 25 is when Anthony Forrest was born.
August 6 is the birthdate of Ed Hannigan.
August 6 is when Jack Klaff was born.
August 13 is the day Gene Day was born.
August 20 is the birthdate of Greg Bear.
August 24 is the day Tony Amendola was born.
August 28 is the birthdate of Barbara Hambly.
September 1 is the day Timothy Zahn was born.
September 25 is the birthdate of Mark Hamill.
September 26 is the day Tom Veitch was born.
September 27 marked the birth of Jim Shooter.
October 30 is the day P. Craig Russell was born.
December 1 is the birthdate of Treat Williams.
December 15 is the day David Bischoff was born.
December 22 is the birthdate of Tony Isabella.

1952

January 20 is when Dave Fennoy was born.
January 23 is the birthdate of Klaus Janson.
January 27 is when Steve Leialoha was born.
March 1 is the birthdate of Steven Barnes.
March 2 is the day Mark Evanier was born.
April 17 is when Joe Alaskey was born.
May 30 is the birthdate of Mike W. Barr.
July 1 is the day Brian George was born.
June 7 is when Liam Neeson was born.
June 7 is the day Rick Hoberg was born.
July 15 is when Celia Imrie was born.
July 16 is the birthdate of Stewart Copeland.
July 21 is the day Kathy Tyers was born.
August 4 is when Kristoffer Tabori was born.
August 23 is the birthdate of Terry Austin.
August 27 is the day Paul Reubens was born.
October 11 is when Jim Woodring was born.
October 18 is the birthdate of Jeff Moon.
November 3 is the day Jim Cummings was born.
November 17 is when Duwayne Dunham was born.
December 2 is the birthdate of Keith Szarabajka.
December 19 is the day Linda Woolverton was born.
December 23 is when Elaine Baker was born.
December 27 is the birthdate of Tovah Feldshuh.
Rick Carter was born sometime in 1952.
Steve Gawley was born sometime in 1952.
Terry Madden was born sometime in 1952.
Jim Wheat was born sometime in 1952.

1953

January 27 is the day Richard Bremmer was born.
March 21 is the birthdate of Taborah Johnson.
March 27 is when Patricia C. Wrede was born.
April 18 is the birthdate of Howard Roffman.
April 26 is the day Andrew Secombe was born.
May 18 is when Alan Kupperberg was born.
May 24 is the birthdate of Alfred Molina.
May 25 is the day Stan Sakai was born.
June 2 is when Rick Berry was born.
June 5 is the birthdate of Kathleen Kennedy.
June 12 is the day Michael Donovan was born.
July 14 is when Dorothée was born.
August 6 is the birthdate of Valerie Wildman.
October 26 is the day Jennifer Roberson was born.
October 27 is when Peter Firth was born.
October 29 is the birthdate of Adam Bareham.
November 2 is the day Tom Lyle was born.
November 18 is when Alan Moore was born.
November 23 is the birthdate of Carl Gafford.
December 15 is the day J. M. DeMatteis was born.
Walter Jon Williams was born sometime in 1953.

1954

February 9 is the day Mary Jo Duffy was born.
February 9 is when Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff was born.
March 1 is the birthdate of Ron Howard.
April 10 is the day Peter MacNicol was born.
April 14 is when Chuck Dixon was born.
April 26 is the birthdate of Kerry Gammill.
April 27 is the day John Cygan was born.
June 19 is when Anthony Phelan was born.
August 29 is the birthdate of Michael P. Kube-McDowell.
August 30 is the day David Paymer was born.
September 7 is when Doug Bradley was born.
September 26 is the birthdate of Craig Chaquico.
October 27 is the day Jan Duursema was born.
November 2 is when Brian Augustyn was born.
December 12 is the birthdate of Stephanie Steele.
December 14 is the day James Horan was born.
December 17 is when Beau Smith was born.
December 22 is the birthdate of Hugh Quarshie.
Terry Moore was born sometime in 1954.
Simon Templeman was born sometime in 1954.

1955

February 1 is the day Diana Schutz was born.
February 8 is when Ethan Phillips was born.
February 14 is the birthdate of James Eckhouse.
February 22 is the day Mark Boudreaux was born.
March 7 is when Michael Jan Friedman was born.
March 17 is the birthdate of Mark Boone Junior.
May 12 is the day John Chapman was born.
June 1 is when Ralph Morse was born.
June 15 is the birthdate of Brent Anderson.
July 9 is the day Jimmy Smits was born.
July 19 is when Tudi Roche was born.
July 27 is the birthdate of Roger Guenveur Smith.
August 3 is the day Corey Burton was born.
September 3 is when Tim Landry was born.
September 9 is the birthdate of Edward Hibbert.
September 16 is the day Dirk Yohan Beer was born.
September 17 is when Charles Martinet was born.
October 24 is the birthdate of Françoise Mouly.
December 16 is the day Xander Berkeley was born.
December 28 is when Janice Chiang was born.
Clem Robins was born sometime in 1955.

1956

January 1 is the day Michael Gough was born.
February 9 is when Timothy Truman was born.
February 28 is the birthdate of Lloyd Sherr.
March 4 is the day Randy Stradley was born.
March 11 is when Rob Paulsen was born.
April 26 is the birthdate of Koo Stark.
May 13 is the day Kirk Thornton was born.
June 18 is when Alan Davis was born.
June 30 is the birthdate of David Alan Grier.
July 1 is the day Matt Jacobs was born.
July 13 is when Roger Jackson was born.
July 17 is the birthdate of Tim Rose.
August 30 is the day Adam Arkin was born.
September 11 is when Tony Gilroy was born.
September 23 is the birthdate of Peter David.
September 25 is the day Jamie Hyneman was born.
September 28 is when Kiran Shah was born.
October 21 is the birthdate of Carrie Fisher.
December 3 is the day Michael Gough was born.
Jerome Blake was born sometime in 1956.

1957

January 17 is the day Ann Nocenti was born.
January 24 is when Adrian Edmondson was born.
January 27 is the birthdate of Frank Miller.
February 1 is the day Gilbert Hernandez was born.
February 7 is when Dave Cooper was born.
March 17 is the birthdate of Iain McCaig.
March 29 is the day Elizabeth Hand was born.
May 5 is when Richard E. Grant was born.
June 12 is the birthdate of Glynnis Talken Campbell.
June 18 is the day Ralph Brown was born.
July 30 is when Victor Slezak was born.
August 7 is the birthdate of Paul Dini.
August 9 is the day Rick Leonardi was born.
August 12 is when Elaine Cunningham was born.
August 13 is the birthdate of Kathleen Gati.
August 27 is the day Jeff Grubb was born.
September 26 is when Roger MacBride Allen was born.
October 10 is the birthdate of David Lodge.
October 30 is the day Miguel A. Fuertes was born.
October 30 is when Kevin Pollak was born.
November 6 is the birthdate of Cam Clarke.
November 19 is the day Tom Virtue was born.
November 27 is when Michael A. Stackpole was born.
December 1 is the birthdate of Deep Roy.
December 11 is the day Peter Bagge was born.
Paul Chadwick was born sometime in 1957.
Lawrence Holland was born sometime in 1957.
Kathryn Hunter was born sometime in 1957.

1958

January 6 is the day Wayne Douglas Barlowe was born.
February 7 is when Kevin Schon was born.
February 7 is the day Alastair Duncan was born.
February 13 is when Pernilla August was born.
March 21 is the birthdate of Gary Oldman.
March 23 is the day Michael Sorich was born.
March 27 is when Adrian Rawlins was born.
March 30 is the birthdate of Maurice LaMarche.
March 31 is the day Tony Cox was born.
April 26 is when Giancarlo Esposito was born.
May 27 is the birthdate of Daniel Mindel.
June 4 is the day Josef Rubinstein was born.
June 9 is when John Dukakis was born.
June 25 is the birthdate of Joyce Kurtz.
June 29 is the day Jeff Coopwood was born.
July 2 is when Jasper Jacob was born.
July 2 is the day Stephen Rashbrook was born.
August 1 is when Adrian Dunbar was born.
September 3 is the birthdate of Kevin Kiner.
September 25 is the day Derek Lyons was born.
October 8 is when Troy Denning was born.
October 13 is the birthdate of Charity James.
October 22 is the day Michael Price was born.
November 3 is when Tracy Eddon was born.
November 19 is the birthdate of Terrence Carson.
Chris Corbould was born sometime in 1958.
Dave Dorman was born sometime in 1958.
Ron James was born sometime in 1958.

1959

January 5 is the day Clancy Brown was born.
January 7 is when Karl Kesel was born.
January 20 is the birthdate of R. A. Salvatore.
February 3 is the day Jimmy Vee was born.
February 8 is when Aaron McClellan was born.
April 20 is the birthdate of Clint Howard.
May 19 is the day Jim Ward was born.
June 24 is when John Gilroy was born.
June 24 is the day Dan Gilroy was born.
July 5 is when Pablo Helman was born.
July 8 is the birthdate of Stan Woch.
July 19 is the day Luke McDonnell was born.
July 22 is when Nigel D. Findley was born.
October 3 is the birthdate of Greg Proops.
October 13

– Wayne Pygram . - October 23 – "Weird Al" Yankovic . - December 14 – Debbie Lee Carrington . ## Events - On June 23 of 1953, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures was established. - The year 1955 saw the opening of Disneyland. - The company Galoob came into existence during 1957. ## Sources - Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle - An updated version of Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle - Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition - Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition ## External links - Visit the 1950s page on Wikipedia