* 1955 – Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist

* 1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer

* 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian

* 1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

* 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist

* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou

* 1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer

* 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

* 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet ( d. 1955 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician

* 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver

* 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver

* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director

* 1865 – John Radecki, Australian artist ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian

* 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor

* 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer

* 1955 – Peter Gallagher, American actor, singer, and writer

Peter ( born 1951 ), Roberta ( born 1955 ,) Katherine ( born 1958 ).

Disney continued making animated films, notably ; Cinderella ( 1950 ), Peter Pan ( 1953 ), Lady and the Tramp ( 1955 ), and Sleeping Beauty ( 1959 ).

* 1955 – Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director

* 1955 – Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player

* 1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor ( d. 1991 )

* 1955 – Peter Reckell, American actor

Despite his having died at the age of 32, Richard is often depicted as being considerably older: Basil Rathbone, in the Tower of London, and Peter Cook were both 46 when they played him, Laurence Olivier was 47 ( in his 1955 film ), Vincent Price was 51, Ian McKellen was 56 as was Pacino in his 1996 film ( although Pacino was 39 when he played him on Broadway in 1979, and Olivier was 37 when he played him on stage in 1944 ).

* 1955 – Peter Scolari, American actor

** Kevin Peter Hall, American actor ( b. 1955 )

" In 1955 and 1956, she received, first, a Tony Award for Peter Pan, and then an Emmy for appearing in the same role on television.

* Producers ' Showcase: Peter Pan ( twice, in 1955 and 1956 )

* Performers Playing Opposite Sex: While several performers have won Tonys for roles that have involved cross dressing, only two have won for playing a character of the opposite sex: Mary Martin in the title role of Peter Pan ( 1955 ) and Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray ( 2003 ).

* Montez was portrayed by Martine Carol in the film Lola Montès ( 1955 ), based on the novel La Vie Extraordinaire de Lola Montès by Cecil Saint-Laurent, directed by Max Ophüls and co-starring Peter Ustinov and Oskar Werner.

< center > In Daddy Long Legs ( 1955 )</ center > However, he soon returned to the big screen to replace the injured Kelly in Easter Parade opposite Judy Garland, Ann Miller and Peter Lawford, and for a final reunion with Rogers in The Barkleys of Broadway ( 1949 ).

Peter Hall worked with Barker at Oxford and gave him his break, casting him as the Chantyman and Joe Silva in his production of Mourning Becomes Electra at the Arts Theatre in London's West End in 1955.

Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas ( born 1947 ), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas ( born 1955 ) and Eric Douglas ( 1958 – 2004 ), from stepmother Anne Buydens.

Back in France he directed and collaborated on the adaptation of Schnitzler's La Ronde ( 1950 ), which won the 1951 BAFTA Award for Best Film, and Lola Montès ( 1955 ) starring Martine Carol and Peter Ustinov, as well as Le Plaisir and The Earrings of Madame de ... ( 1953 ), the latter with Danielle Darrieux and Charles Boyer, which capped his career.

* Peter Quennell, Hogarth's Progress ( London, New York 1955 )

" Pop art " as a moniker was then used in discussons by IG members in the Second Session of the IG in 1955, and the specific term " pop art " first appeared in published print in an article by IG members Alison and Peter Smithson in Arc, 1956.

Offutt was brought to popular attention during its SAC period when the command was depicted in the 1955 film Strategic Air Command starring Jimmy Stewart, the 1963 film A Gathering of Eagles starring Rock Hudson, and 1964's Fail-Safe starring Henry Fonda ( which not only claimed to show portions of the base but also a nearby Omaha neighborhood ) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb starring Peter Sellers ( which depicts a nuclear first strike from a mad general at the fictional Burpelson Air Force Base ).

* Peter Douglas ( born November 23, 1955 ), American television and film producer, son of Kirk Douglas

Todd's career received a boost when 20th Century-Fox signed him to a non-exclusive contract and cast him as the United States Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall in the film version of Catherine Marshall's best selling biography, A Man Called Peter ( 1955 ).