Michael "M." Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) is an American character actor and comedian who has appeared in over 200 films and television series.
 He is arguably most known for his work in the Coen Brothers' first film, "Blood Simple" (1984).
 Walsh has also appeared in a number of other films including Carl Reiner's comedy "The Jerk" (1979), Ridley Scott's science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982), and Brad Bird's animated film "The Iron Giant" (1999).
James Thomas Patrick Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American actor.
 He appeared in many well-known films, including "Nixon", "Hoffa", "A Few Good Men", "The Grifters", "Backdraft", "Miracle on 34th Street", "Outbreak", "Sling Blade", "Breakdown", "Pleasantville", "The Negotiator", and "Good Morning, Vietnam".
 According to Leonard Maltin, he was known for portraying "quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs" in numerous films, and was described as "everybody's favorite scumbag" by "Playboy" magazine.
Stephen Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor, known for portraying PK in "The Power of One", Stuart Sutcliffe in "Backbeat", Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere", and for his roles in "Blade" (as self-styled vampire-overlord Deacon Frost), "Cecil B. DeMented", "The Motel Life", "S.F.W." and "Space Truckers".
John Dayton Cerna, often credited as J. D. Cerna, is an American actor and a writer.
 He appeared in the 1988-89 horror film "The Dead Come Home".
 In the 1995 coming-of-age short film "Alkali, Iowa", which is part of "Boys Life 2", the 1997 compilation of short films about gay males, Cerna portrayed Jack Gudmanson, a leading character who is coming to terms of his sexuality and learns about his father's secret past.
 He was a columnist for the LGBT-related newspaper "Washington Blade" in 2002–05.
 He wrote and performed a leading role of his semi-autobiographical play "Not as Cute as Picture", whose story focuses on a "young gay man's pursuit of purpose[,] often obstructed by [crisis] of AIDS," set in 1994.
 The play was nominated in the 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2003) for Outstanding Theatre: Washington D. C.
 He wrote another play "Problem Cat: A Love Story".
Harrison Ford is an American actor and voice actor who has appeared in numerous films.
 He is known for portraying Han Solo in "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Return of the Jedi" (1983), and "" (2015); Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "The Temple of Doom" (1984), "The Last Crusade" (1989) and "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008); and Rick Deckard in "Blade Runner" (1982).
 He also played Jack Ryan in "Patriot Games" (1992) and again in "Clear and Present Danger" (1994).
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor and film producer.
 He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" film series and as the title character of the "Indiana Jones" film series.
 Ford is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982); John Book in the thriller "Witness" (1985), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor; and Jack Ryan in the action films "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Clear and Present Danger" (1994).
James Hong (; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director.
 He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, playing a variety of Asian roles, including Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.
 He is known for his roles in various Hollywood films, such as Hannibal Chew in "Blade Runner" (1982), David Lo Pan in "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986), Jeff Wong in "Wayne's World 2" (1993), and Chi-Fu in "Mulan" (1998).
 Hong is also known for playing Daolon Wong on the television series "Jackie Chan Adventures" and Mr. Ping in the "Kung Fu Panda" franchise.
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor.
 His career has spanned more than 60 years, and he has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors and "one of the greatest actors in American history."
 Since his Broadway debut in 1957, Jones has won many awards, including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in "The Great White Hope".
 Jones has won three Emmy Awards, including two in the same year in 1991, and he also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the film version of "The Great White Hope".
 He is also known for his voice roles as Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" film series and Mufasa in Disney's "The Lion King", as well as many other film, stage and television roles.
The Bushido Blade is a 1981 film, directed by .
 Sonny Chiba, Toshiro Mifune, Mako, Laura Gemser and James Earl Jones appear in this movie.
 This was Richard Boone's last film appearance.
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor and director.
 Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica", Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in "Miami Vice", teacher Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver", patriarch Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the film "Selena", Detective Gaff in "Blade Runner", and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of "Zoot Suit".
 In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film "Stand and Deliver".

Question: When was the American actor who appeared in The Bushido Blade born  
Answer: January 17, 1931