Top 10 February 16 Birthdays
10. February 16, 1974: Mahershala Ali. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2017, for Moonlight , making him the 1st Muslim to win an Oscar; and again in 2019, for Green Book . He now plays Blade, the half-vampire vampire hunter, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Somewhat Honorable Mention: February 16, 1903: Edgar Bergen. A ventriloquist... on radio? Well, he was still funny, with his dolls, the stuck-up Charlie McCarthy and the well-meaning moron Mortimer Snerd. Even during his lifetime, his fame was outstripped by that of his model-turned-actress daughter, Candice Bergen, who said that her father treated Charlie better than he treated her. Honorable Mention: February 16, 1909: Hugh Beaumont. He played Ward Cleaver, the father on Leave It to Beaver . Honorable Mention: February 16, 1951: William Katt. He played Ralph Hinkley, a teacher who finds a superhero's costume and its powers, but loses its instruction manual, on Th...