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Happy Birthday, John Travolta! Celebrate His 67th with These Amazing Throwback Photos

He's still the one that we want ... to celebrate today!

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February 18, 2021 08:00 AM
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Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino in a 1975 promotional shot for Welcome Back, Kotter.

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Hitting his mark as dancer Tony Manero in 1983's Staying Alive.

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Kissing wife Kelly Preston in 1997 at the 12th Annual Moving Picture Ball American Cinematheque Award ceremony in his honor.

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Glowing in gray during a promotional shoot in London in 1981.

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Travolta and Preston days after their 1991 wedding, keeping cozy in Deauville, France.

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As Danny Zuko in his 1978 fan favorite, Grease.

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With his best performance in a motion picture – musical or comedy statue in L.A. at the 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1996.

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Posing with Preston and daughter Ella Bleu at a press conference to announce that he would become "Ambassador-At-Large" for Qantas Airlines at LAX in 2002.

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In a still from his 1977 breakout,Ā Saturday Night Fever.

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In an undated headshot.Ā 

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Travolta and Preston at the 2010 Hollywood premiere of The Last Song.

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Smiling in a photograph taken in the late 1970s.

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At the 1998 Cannes Film Festival in France.

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VisitingĀ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles in 1991.

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With Preston at the 2003 Hollywood premiere of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat.

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