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Date: 18 October 1947
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
CENSORSHIP: Govt approves emergency law to suspend newspapers fostering Communist strife; sues Athens Rizospastis and Eleftheri Ellada
Michael McKean Birthday, Date of Birth
Michael John McKean (; born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician. Over his career he has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
McKean started his career as Lenny Kosnowski in the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983. He was briefly a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for its 19th and 20th seasons from 1994 to 1995, and played Gibby Fiske in HBO series Dream On (1990–1996). He has acted in films such as Used Cars (1980), Clue (1985), and The Big Picture (1989), the latter of which he also co-wrote.
He is also known for having collaborated with Christopher Guest acting in his films such as This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). He co-wrote the song "A Mighty Wind" (for the Guest film A Mighty Wind), for which he won a Grammy Award, as well as "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from the same film, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2019 for his role as Chuck McGill on the AMC series Better Call Saul (2015–2018; 2022). Since 2020, he has voiced Lou Pickles in Nickelodeon's Rugrats franchise. He has acted in shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, Grace and Frankie, Breeders, and The Diplomat.
On stage, McKean made his Broadway debut as Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray (2004). He took on dual roles portraying J. Edgar Hoover and Robert Byrd in the political epic play All the Way (2014). He has acted in Broadway plays such as the Tracy Letts play Superior Donuts (2009), the Gore Vidal revival The Best Man (2012), and the Lillian Hellman revival The Little Foxes (2017).
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Friday, October 17, 1947
- Place of Birth
- New York City
- Age
- 77
- Star Sign
- ♎
The October 17, 1947 was a Friday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 289 day of the year. President of the United States was Harry S. Truman.
If you were born on this day, you are 77 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, October 17, 2024, 355 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, October 17, 2025, in 9 days. You have lived for 28,480 days, or about 683,541 hours, or about 41,012,518 minutes, or about 2,460,751,080 seconds.
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17th of October 1947 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 17, 1947
Advertising News
Date: 18 October 1947
Annual meeting; election; P L Thomson reelected pres
Allies Bar News of Party For Japanese Statesmen
Date: 17 October 1947
By The Associated Press
War Crimes prosecutor Keenan hon 5 statesmen; news story barred from Jap press
Advertising News and Notes; To Manage Advertising Of Air King Products Co.
Date: 17 October 1947
News of Food; Ample Supplies of Meat Are Now Arriving With Week-End Prices 2 to 8 Cents Lower
Date: 17 October 1947
Article 6 -- No Title
Date: 18 October 1947
733 new cases, 308 deaths reptd; USSR cancels Russian moslems Mecca trip; Haffkine Inst, Bombay, to send serum to Egypt; Greek Govt cancels flights to Cairo for 30 days
St. Bonaventure to Honor Editor
Date: 18 October 1947
To get St Bonaventure Coll '47 Cath Action Medal Award