Frederick Hugh Herbert (May 29, 1897 - May 17, 1958) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and infrequent film director.
 Born in Vienna, Austria, Herbert was educated at the University of London.
 He began his film career in 1926 with two projects starring Conrad Nagel, "The Waning Sex" and "There You Are!"
, the latter adapted from his play of the same title.
 His screenwriting credits included "Vanity Fair", "Fashions of 1934"; "Smarty" in 1934, adapted from his own play; "Sitting Pretty"; "Dark Command"; "Our Very Own"; "The Little Hut"; "Scudda Hoo!
 Scudda Hay!
" and "The Girls of Pleasure Island", the last two of which he also directed.
 He co-wrote a few films in which the similarly named, but unrelated actor Hugh Herbert appeared: "Fashions of 1934" (1934), "We're in the Money" (1935) and "Colleen" (1936).
Victor Hugo Halperin (August 24, 1895 in Chicago, Illinois – May 17, 1983 in Bentonville, Arkansas) was an American stage actor, stage director, film director, producer, and writer.
 The majority of his works involved romance and horror.
Mel Lawrence (May 17, 1935 - November 5, 2016) was a film director and producer and former concert and festival promoter.
 He is best known for his role as the Director of Operations at the Woodstock Festival, his work on the "Qatsi" Trilogy, and for directing and producing the Emmy-nominated documentary "".
Malcolm St. Clair (May 17, 1897 – June 1, 1952), also known as Mal St Clair, was a Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor.
Tony Randall (born Aryeh (Arthur) Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920May 17, 2004) was an American actor, producer, and director, best known for his role as Felix Unger in the television adaptation of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple".
Resistance is a 2003 Dutch/American World War II film, directed by Todd Komarnicki and starring Bill Paxton, Julia Ormond, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Victor Reinier.
 It was written by Komarnicki and Anita Shreve, based on Shreve's 1995 novel of the same name.
 "Resistance", with a 16 million euro budget, was the most expensive Dutch production ever.
 Its theatrical run lasted for just one week.
William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and film director.
Wang Leehom (born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is a Chinese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and film director.
 He is currently based in Taiwan.
 Formally trained at the Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his musical style is known for fusing Chinese elements (such as Beijing opera, traditional styles of ethnic minorities, Chinese classical orchestra) with hip-hop and R&B.
 Wang debuted in 1995 and since then has released over 25 albums, with sales of over 50 million copies.
 He is also a four-time winner and 19-time nominee of Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards, the "Grammys" of Chinese music.
 His sold-out concert at the 90,000 seat Beijing Bird's Nest on April 14, 2012 was the first solo pop concert to be held at the iconic venue.
 He holds honorary doctoral degrees from both Williams College and Berklee.
 With over 60 million followers on social media, he is one of the most followed celebrities in China (peaked as #1 most followed person in China's social media in 2014).
Tahj Dayton Mowry ( ; born May 17, 1986) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and dancer.
 Mowry is the brother of identical twins Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry.
 He is known for his show "Smart Guy" as the main character TJ on The WB, though the show gained later notoriety on the Disney Channel.
 Mowry was later cast as a ten year old super genius Wade Load on Kim Possible as a nod to this role.
 He is also known for his role on "Full House" playing Michelle's best friend, Teddy.
 Tahj also played Tucker Dobbs on Freeform's hit comedy TV show Baby Daddy.
Robert Skotak (born May 17, 1945) is an American film director, producer, artist, actor, film editor.
 He has won two Academy Awards, both for Best Visual Effects.
 The first was in 1987 for "Aliens", while the second was in 1992 for "".

Question: Resistance stars an American actor and film director that was born on May 17 of what year?
Answer: 1955