1950s

The year Mark Hamill entered the world was 1951. The following is a compilation of occurrences during the 1950s that have a connection to Star Wars.

Births

1950

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

1951

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

1952

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

1953

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

1954

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

1955

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

1956

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

1957

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

1958

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

1959

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

– Greg Proops . - October 13 – Wayne Pygram . - October 23 – "Weird Al" Yankovic . - December 14 – Debbie Lee Carrington . ## Events - On June 23 , 1953, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures was established. - The year 1955 saw the opening of Disneyland. - The company Galoob was established during 1957. ## Sources - Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle - Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (updated edition) - 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