Lex Barker

Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr., known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May's novels, notably as Old Shatterhand in a film series by the West German studio Constantin Film. At the height of his fame, he was one of the most popular actors in German-speaking cinema, and received Bambi Award and Bravo Otto nominations for the honor.

8 May 1919

Born on the same birth day (8 May): Adrián González • Akebono Tarō • Ali Hassan Mwinyi • Andrea Barzagli • André Michel Lwoff • Chris Frantz • Gary Snyder • H. Robert Horvitz • Jean Giraud • João Havelange • Korey Stringer • Mary Lou Williams • Red Nichols • Roberto Rossellini • Stephen Amell

Born in the same month (May 1919): Betty Garrett • Ella Grasso • George Gobel • George P. Mitchell • Georgie Auld • Georgios Papadopoulos • Gustav Naan • Jacques Genest • Manna Dey • Margot Fonteyn • Mitja Ribičič • Mohammed Karim Lamrani • Paul Vanden Boeynants • Ramon Margalef • René Barrientos • Robert Bernstein (comics) • Robie Macauley • Rubén González (pianist)