1950s

The year Mark Hamill was born was 1951. Here is a compilation of happenings within the 1950s era that are linked to the Star Wars universe. ## Births ### 1950 - On February 21, Larry Drake was born. - On March 6, Allen Milgrom was born. - On March 26, K. W. Jeter was born. - On April 5, A. C. Crispin was born. - On April 13, Ron Perlman was born. - On May 7, Rick Veitch was born. - On May 13, Joe Johnston was born. - On May 28, Denny Delk was born. - On June 6, John Byrne was born. - On June 13, Stellan Skarsgård was born. - On June 26, Tom DeFalco was born. - On July 6, Geraldine James was born. - On July 10, Nick Jameson was born. - On September 14, Michael Reaves was born. - On September 24, Harriet Walter was born. - On September 27, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was born. - On October 1, Natalia Nogulich was born. - On October 4, Alan Rosenberg was born. - October 4 saw the birth of Tom Spackman. - On October 7, Howard Chaykin was born. - On October 18, Gerald Home was born. - On November 7, Lindsay Duncan was born. - On November 30, Chris Claremont was born. - On December 8, Rick Baker was born. - On December 10, Gregg Berger was born. - Ken Wheat's birthdate is unknown. ### 1951 - Robin Sachs was born on February 5. - Peter Bernstein was born on April 10. - Jay Benedict was born on April 11. - Olivia Hussey was born on April 17. - Mark Klastorin was born on June 24. - David Anthony Pizzuto was born on July 9. - Mark Capri was born on July 19. - Anthony Forrest was born on July 25. - Ed Hannigan was born on August 6. - Jack Klaff was born August 6. - Gene Day was born on August 13. - Greg Bear was born on August 20. - Tony Amendola was born on August 24. - Barbara Hambly was born on August 28. - Timothy Zahn was born on September 1. - Mark Hamill was born on September 25. - Tom Veitch was born on September 26. - Jim Shooter was born on September 27. - P. Craig Russell was born on October 30. - Treat Williams was born on December 1. - David Bischoff was born on December 15. - Tony Isabella was born on December 22. ### 1952 - Dave Fennoy was born on January 20. - Klaus Janson was born on January 23. - Steve Leialoha was born on January 27. - Steven Barnes was born on March 1. - Mark Evanier was born on March 2. - Joe Alaskey was born on April 17. - Mike W. Barr was born on May 30. - Brian George was born on July 1. - Liam Neeson was born on June 7. - Rick Hoberg was born June 7. - Celia Imrie was born on July 15. - Stewart Copeland was born on July 16. - Kathy Tyers was born on July 21. - Kristoffer Tabori was born on August 4. - Terry Austin was born on August 23. - Paul Reubens was born on August 27. - Jim Woodring was born on October 11. - Jeff Moon was born on October 18. - Jim Cummings was born on November 3. - Duwayne Dunham was born on November 17. - Keith Szarabajka was born on December 2. - Linda Woolverton was born on December 19. - Elaine Baker was born on December 23. - Tovah Feldshuh was born on December 27. - Rick Carter's birthdate is unknown. - Steve Gawley's birthdate is unknown. - Terry Madden's birthdate is unknown. - Jim Wheat's birthdate is unknown. ### 1953 - Richard Bremmer was born on January 27. - Taborah Johnson was born on March 21. - Patricia C. Wrede was born on March 27. - Howard Roffman was born on April 18. - Andrew Secombe was born on April 26. - Alan Kupperberg was born on May 18. - Alfred Molina was born on May 24. - Stan Sakai was born on May 25. - Rick Berry was born on June 2. - Kathleen Kennedy was born on June 5. - Michael Donovan was born on June 12. - Dorothée was born on July 14. - Valerie Wildman was born on August 6. - Jennifer Roberson was born on October 26. - Peter Firth was born on October 27. - Adam Bareham was born on October 29. - Tom Lyle was born on November 2. - Alan Moore was born on November 18. - Carl Gafford was born on November 23. - J. M. DeMatteis was born on December 15. - Walter Jon Williams's birthdate is unknown. ### 1954 - Mary Jo Duffy was born on February 9. - Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff was also born on February 9. - Ron Howard was born on March 1. - Peter MacNicol was born on April 10. - Chuck Dixon was born on April 14. - Kerry Gammill was born on April 26. - John Cygan was born on April 27. - Anthony Phelan was born on June 19. - Michael P. Kube-McDowell was born on August 29. - David Paymer was born on August 30. - Doug Bradley was born on September 7. - Craig Chaquico was born on September 26. - Jan Duursema was born on October 27. - Brian Augustyn was born on November 2. - Stephanie Steele was born on December 12. - James Horan was born on December 14. - Beau Smith was born on December 17. - Hugh Quarshie was born on December 22. - Terry Moore's birthdate is unknown. - Simon Templeman's birthdate is unknown. ### 1955 - Diana Schutz was born on February 1. - Ethan Phillips was born on February 8. - James Eckhouse was born on February 14. - Mark Boudreaux was born on February 22. - Michael Jan Friedman was born on March 7. - Mark Boone Junior was born on March 17. - John Chapman was born on May 12. - Ralph Morse was born on June 1. - Brent Anderson was born on June 15. - Jimmy Smits was born on July 9. - Tudi Roche was born on July 19. - Roger Guenveur Smith was born on July 27. - Corey Burton was born on August 3. - Tim Landry was born on September 3. - Edward Hibbert was born on September 9. - Jim Novak was born on September 14. - Dirk Yohan Beer was born on September 16. - Charles Martinet was born on September 17. - Françoise Mouly was born on October 24. - Xander Berkeley was born on December 16. - Janice Chiang was born on December 28. - Clem Robins's birthdate is unknown. ### 1956 - Michael Gough was born on January 1. - Timothy Truman was born on February 9. - Lloyd Sherr was born on February 28. - Randy Stradley was born on March 4. - Rob Paulsen was born on March 11. - Koo Stark was born on April 26. - Kirk Thornton was born on May 13. - Alan Davis was born on June 18. - David Alan Grier was born on June 30. - Matt Jacobs was born on July 1. - Roger Jackson was born on July 13. - Tim Rose was born on July 17. - Adam Arkin was born on August 30. - Tony Gilroy was born on September 11. - Peter David was born on September 23. - Jamie Hyneman was born on September 25. - Kiran Shah was born on September 28. - Carrie Fisher was born on October 21. - Michael Gough was born on December 3. - Jerome Blake's birthdate is unknown. ### 1957 - Ann Nocenti was born on January 17. - Adrian Edmondson was born on January 24. - Frank Miller was born on January 27. - Gilbert Hernandez was born on February 1. - Dave Cooper was born on February 7. - Iain McCaig was born on March 17. - Elizabeth Hand was born on March 29. - Richard E. Grant was born on May 5. - Glynnis Talken Campbell was born on June 12. - Ralph Brown was born on June 18. - Victor Slezak was born on July 30. - Paul Dini was born on August 7. - Rick Leonardi was born on August 9. - Elaine Cunningham was born on August 12. - Kathleen Gati was born on August 13. - Jeff Grubb was born on August 27. - Roger MacBride Allen was born on September 26. - David Lodge was born on October 10. - Miguel A. Fuertes was born on October 30. - Kevin Pollak was born October 30. - Cam Clarke was born on November 6. - Tom Virtue was born on November 19. - Michael A. Stackpole was born on November 27. - Deep Roy was born on December 1. - Peter Bagge was born on December 11. - Paul Chadwick's birthdate is unknown. - Lawrence Holland's birthdate is unknown. - Kathryn Hunter's birthdate is unknown. ### 1958 - Wayne Douglas Barlowe was born on January 6. - Kevin Schon was born on February 7. - Alastair Duncan was also born on February 7. - Pernilla August was born on February 13. - Gary Oldman was born on March 21. - Michael Sorich was born on March 23. - Adrian Rawlins was born on March 27. - Maurice LaMarche was born on March 30. - Tony Cox was born on March 31. - Giancarlo Esposito was born on April 26. - Daniel Mindel was born on May 27. - Josef Rubinstein was born on June 4. - John Dukakis was born on June 9. - Joyce Kurtz was born on June 25. - Jeff Coopwood was born on June 29. - Jasper Jacob was born on July 2. - Stephen Rashbrook was born July 2. - Adrian Dunbar was born on August 1. - Kevin Kiner was born on September 3. - Derek Lyons was born on September 25. - Troy Denning was born on October 8. - Charity James was born on October 13. - Michael Price was born on October 22. - Tracy Eddon was born on November 3. - Terrence Carson was born on November 19. - Chris Corbould's birthdate is unknown. - Dave Dorman's birthdate is unknown. - Ron James's birthdate is unknown. ### 1959 - Clancy Brown was born on January 5. - Karl Kesel was born on January 7. - R. A. Salvatore was born on January 20. - Jimmy Vee was born on February 3. - Aaron McClellan was born on February 8. - Clint Howard was born on April 20. - Jim Ward was born on May 19. - John Gilroy was born on June 24. - Dan Gilroy was also born on June 24. - Pablo Helman was born on July 5. - Stan Woch was born on July 8. - Luke McDonnell was born on July 19. - Nigel D. Findley was born on July 22. - October 3

– Greg Proops was born on October 13. - Wayne Pygram's birthdate is October 23. – The birthday of "Weird Al" Yankovic is December 14. – Debbie Lee Carrington was born on a certain day, October 23. ## Events - On June 23, 1953, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures came into being. - The year 1955 saw the opening of Disneyland. - The company Galoob was established in 1957. ## Sources - A book titled Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle is a source. - Another source is Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (updated edition). - Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition is also a source. - Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition is used as a source. ## External links - Find more information about the 1950s on Wikipedia.