Kenny Baker (English actor)

Kenneth George Baker was an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and Labyrinth.

24 August 1934

Born on the same birth day (24 August): Alain Daigle • Carlo Gambino • Danny Joe Brown • Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin • Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen • Ferdinand I of Romania • Griffin Gluck • Heini Otto • J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist) • Jackie Brenston • Jennifer Lien • Jimmy Soul • John Bush (singer) • Ken Hensley • Marlee Matlin • Meg Munn • Mildred Maldonado • Per Gade • Rocío Igarzábal • Ronnie Grieveson • Steve Guttenberg

Born in the same month (August 1934): Derek Birdsall • Gulzar • John Standing • Ketty Lester • Paul Panhuysen • Pierre Richard • Rafer Johnson • Renée Richards • Robin Nicholson (metallurgist) • Sonny Jurgensen • Wendell Berry