BIRTHDAYS

Ray Brooks, British actor, 80; Sebastian Faulks CBE, British writer, 66; Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE, British conductor, 76; Paul Heiney, British writer and broadcaster, 70; Louise Jameson, British actress, 68; Nicholas Lyndhurst, British actor, 58; Brian Marchbank, golfer, 61; Ryan O’neal, US actor, 78; Leslie Phillips CBE, British actor, director and producer, 95; Peter Snow CBE, British broadcaster, 81; George Takei, US actor, 82; Rachel Whiteread CBE, British sculptor, 56; Crispin Glover, US actor, 55