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1899 – George Macready, actor (The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, The Alligator People, The Monster and the Ape)

George Macready in The Outer Limits: The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

1907 – Lurene Tuttle, actress (Voyagers!, My Favorite Martian, The Clonus Horror, My Living Doll, The Munsters, Twilight Zone)

1912 – Barry Sullivan, actor (The Bionic Woman, The Invisible Man [1975], The Sixth Sense, The Immortal, Planet of the Vampires, Pyro… The Thing Without a Face)

1922 – Lane Bradford, actor (Land of the Giants, Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian, The Adventures of Superman, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, Zombies of the Stratosphere)

1923 – Richard Attenborough, actor (Jurassic Park)

1927 – Daniel Keyes, sci-fi author (Flowers for Algernon)

1928 – Charles Gray, actor (Out of this World, Man in the Moon, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, Firestar, First Contact, The Beast Must Die)

1928 – Dick O’Neill, actor (Timecop, The Incredible Hulk, The UFO Incident, Gammera the Invincible)

1935 – William Friedkin, director (Bug, Twilight Zone)

1938 – Elliot Gould, actor (Contagion, Lois & Clark, Frogs!, Frog, The Twilight Zone)

Elliott Gould at Dr. Ian Sussman in Contagion

1939 – Joel Schumacher, director (Flatliners, The Incredible Shrinking Woman)

1941 – Ellen Geer, actress (Star Trek: TNG, Beauty and the Beast, Creator, The Bionic Woman)

1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, actress (Star Trek: DS9, Quantum Leap)

1954 – Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, sci-fi author (Enigma, Empery)

1958 – The 16th annual World Science Fiction Convention is held in South Gate, California, drawing over 320 attendees. Fritz Leiber wins the best novel award for The Big Time, and The Incredible Shrinking Man, with a screenplay by Richard Matheson based on his novel, wins “outstanding movie.”

1958 – The Fly, with a screenplay by James Clavell based on George Langelaan’s 1957 Playboy story, is released; spawning two sequels and a 1986 remake by David Cronenberg.

The Fly released

1968 – Victor Sutherland, actor, d @ 79 (Donovan’s Brain, Them!)

1971 – Carla Gugino, actress (Threshold, Quantum Leap, ALF)

1973 – Michael Dunn, actor d @ 38 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, The Mutations)

1975 – Dante Basco, actor (Alien Nation: Body and Soul)

1977 – Jean Hagen, actress, d @ 54 (Panic in Year Zero!)

1981 – Jay Ryan, actor (Terra Nova)

1981 – Emily Hampshire, actress (Earthsea, Mutant X, Earth: Final Conflict)

 

1983 – Simon Oakland, actor, d @ 68 (The Starlost, The Satan Bug, The Outer Limits, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

1985 – Evelyn Ankers, actress, d @ 67 (The Invisible Man’s Revenge, The Ghost of Frankenstein)

1987 – Lee Marvin, actor, d @ 63 (Twilight Zone)

1991 – Dallas Adams, actor, d @ 44 (Doctor Who, Space 1999, Frankenstein: The True Story)

2000 – Shelagh Fraser, actress, d @ 79 (Star Wars)

2002 – Alan MacNaughtan, actor, d @ 82 (Frankenstein Created Woman, Journey to the Unknown, Out of this World)

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1891 – Stanley Andrews, actor (Science Fiction Theatre, Superman and the Mole-Men, Space Patrol, Adventures of Superman)

1897 – Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, From the Earth to the Moon, Giant from the Unknown, Beginning of the End, The Giant Claw, Invaders from Mars, Red Planet Mars, Rocketship X-M)

Morris Ankrum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Simon Oakland, actor (The Starlost, The Satan Bug, The Outer Limits, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

Simon Oakland in The Outer Limits: Second Chance

1916 – Jack Vance, sci-fi author (The Dying Earth, Dirdir, Pnume)

1921 – Nancy Kulp, actress (Quantum Leap, Moon Pilot, Twilight Zone)

1925 – Donald O’Connor, actor (The Bionic Woman)

1925 – Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)

1930 – Ben Gazzara, actor(The Neptune Factor)

1940 – Ken Jenkins, actor (The X Files, Sliders, Babylon 5, Star Trek: TNG, The Abyss, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

 

 

1943 – David Soul, actor (Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, World War III, Star Trek)

David Soul in Star Trek

1947 – Alice Playten, actress (Pioneer 12, Legend, The Lost Saucer)

1948 – Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, sci-fi author (1979 Hugo and Nebula for Dreamsnake & 1998 Nebula for The Moon and the Sun, Star Trek II, III, IV)

1956 – Luis Guzman, actor (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, SeaQuest 2032, *batteries not included)

1957 – Daniel Stern, actor (SeaQuest 2032, Leviathan, C.H.U.D.)

1959 – Brian Thompson, actor (Otherworld, The Terminator, Star Trek: Enterprise, The X-Files, Flight of the Living Dead, Epoch: Evolution, Star Trek: DS9, Weird Science, Star Trek: Generations, Superboy, Star Trek: TNG, Alien Nation)

1961 – Jennifer Coolidge, actress (Not of this Earth)

1962 – David Fincher, director (Alien³)

1969 – Jack Black,actor (Mars Attacks, The X-Files, Waterworld, Demolition Man)

1969 – Jason Priestley, actor (Day of the Triffids, Termination Point, Quantum Leap)

1971 – Stephanie Belding, actress (Eureka, Earth: Final Conflict, eXistenZ)

1973 – J. August Richards, actor (Warehouse 13, The 4400, Sliders, Space: Above and Beyond)

1974 – Kristin Booth, actress (ReGenesis, Total Recall 2070)

1975 – Amanda Tapping, actress (Stargate, Sanctuary, Earthsea, The X Files, Flash Forward)

1975 – Nick Tarabay, actor (Star Trek: ID)

1975 – Eugene Byrd, actor (Eureka)

1978 – Kelly Overton, actress (Tekken)

1980 – Carly Pope, actress (The Tomorrow People, Elysium, The 4400, 10.5: Apocalypse, Jake 2.0)

1987 – John Huston, actor, d @ 81 (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Tentacles, The Bermuda Triangle)

1990 – Katie Findlay, actress (Continuum, Crash Site, SGU Stargate Universe, Fringe)

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1894 – Charles Meredith, actor (Adventures of Superman, Them!, Rocky Jones: Space Ranger, Science Fiction Theatre)

Charles Meredith in Rocky Jones, Space Ranger: Crash of the Moons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1916 – George Montgomery, actor (The Six Million Dollar Man)

1929 – Hoke Howell, actor (Alien Species, Alienator, Humanoids from the Deep, Project U.F.O., Kingdom of the Spiders, Lost in Space, The Munsters, My Living Doll)

Hoke Howell in Kingdom of the Spiders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929 – Ira Levin, writer (The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil)

1944 – G. W. Bailey, actor (Short Circuit, Runaway)

G. W. Bailey in Short Circuit

1947 – Barbara Bach, actress (The Great Alligator, The Humanoid, Screamers)

1948 – Captain Kidd Brewer Jr., actor (The Abyss, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning)

1950 – Charles Fleischer, actor (Lois & Clark, Back to the Future Part II, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1952 – Gary Imhoff, actor (The Powers of Matthew Star)

1952 – Paul Rubens, actor (Area 57)

1953 – Peter Stormare, actor (Armageddon, Minority Report, The Zero Theorem, Jurassic Park: The Lost World)

1955 – Diana Scarwid, actress (Heroes, From the Earth to the Moon, The X Files, Strange Invaders)

1958 – Priscilla Lawson, actress, d @ 44 (Flash Gordon)

1962 – Dean Devlin, producer (Eight Legged Freaks, Godzilla 1998, Independence Day, Stargate)

1964 – Clare Stansfield, actress (Steel, The X Files)

1969 – Reece Shearsmith, actor (An Adventure in Space and Time, The First Men in the Moon, Shaun of the Dead)

1969 – Journey to the Far Side of the Sun released

1977 – George Merritt, actor, d @ 86 (I Monster, The Day the Earth Caught Fire , Quatermass II: Enemy from Space)

1979 – Aaron Paul, actor (The X Files, K-PAX, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1981 – Patrick J. Adams, actor (FlashForward)

1984 – Billy Sands, actor, d @ 73 (The Munster’s Revenge, The Reluctant Astronaut)

1988 – Alexa Vega, actress (The Tomorrow People, Repo! The Genetic Opera, NetForce)

1990 – Raymond St Jacques, actor, d @ 60 (They Live, The Powers of Matthew Star, Starman, Voyagers!, The Bionic Woman, Gemini Man, The Invaders)

1995 – Cainan Wiebe, actor (Falling Skies, Tin Man, Sanctuary, The 4400)

1996 – Greg Morris, actor, d @ 65 (Superboy, War of the Worlds, The Six Million Dollar Man, Twilight Zone)

2011 – Eve Brent, actress, d @ 81 (Roswell, Weird Science, BrainWaves, Adventures of Superman)

2011 – Nico Minardos, actor, d @ 81 (The Immortal, Twilight Zone)

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1909 – Jim Davis, actor (The Day Time Ended, Project U.F.O., Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Time Tunnel, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter, Monster from Green Hell)

Jim Davis in Project U.F.O.

1921 – William Preston, actor (Waterworld)

1928 – Yvette Vickers, actress (Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, Attack of the Giant Leeches)

1941 – Jane Merrow, actress (The Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, UFO)

 

 

 

 

1952 – Michael Jeter, actor (Waterworld, Jurassic Park III)

Michael Jeter in Waterworld

1953 – War of the Worlds released

1956 – Brett Cullen, actor (Under the Dome, From the Earth to the Moon, Star Trek: DS9, Prehysteria!, V, The Incredible Hulk)

1958 – Randy Stone, actor (Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium)

1963 – Larry Keating, actor, d @ 67 (When Worlds Collide)

1967 – Oleg Taktarov, actor (Predaters, Rollerball)

1976 – Mike Colter, actor (Men in Black 3)

1978 – Amanda Schull, actress (12 Monkeys)

1980 – Chris Pine, actor (Star Trek re-boot)

Chris Pine as James T. Kirk

1982 – Nanzeen Contractor, actress (Star Trek Into Darkness, Starhunter)

1984 – Jennifer Higham, actress (Metamorphosis)

1986 – Ted Knight, actor, d @ 62 (Twilight Zone, Countdown, The Invaders, The Immortal)

1986 – Warner Anderson, actor, d @ 85 (Destination Moon, The Immortal)

2006 – Joseph Stefano, producer/writer, d @ 84 (Swamp Thing, Star Trek: TNG, The Outer Limits)

2013 – Gerard Murphy, actor, d @ 64 (Waterworld, Doctor Who)

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1908 – Walter Burke, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Munsters, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

Walter Burke in The Outer Limits: The Invisibles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908 – Philip Coolidge, actor (Tinglerj, Twilight Zone)

1909 – Michael Rennie (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Invaders, Cyborg 2087, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, The Lost World)

Michael Rennie in The Day the Earth Stood Still

1913 – Don DeFore, actor (Science Fiction Theatre)

1917 – Mel Ferrer, actor (Eaten Alive, The Great Alligator, The Visitor, Screamers, The Amazing Captain Nemo, Logan’s Run)

1930 – Graham Jarvis Graham Jarvis, actor (Strange World, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The X Files, Star Trek: TNG, The Munsters Today)

1930 – Sean Connery, actor (Zardoz, Outland)

1931 – Bryan Mosley, actor (Out of the Unknown, Doctor Who)

 

 

1931 – Peter Gilmore, actor (Doctor Who, Warlords of the Deep)

Peter Gilmore in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1933 – Tom Skerritt, actor (The Time Tunnel, My Favorite Martian, Alien, Ted, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Category 7: The End of the World, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, Contact, The Twilight Zone, SpaceCamp, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Tom Skerritt in Alien

1939 – John Badham, director (Heroes, Short Circuit, WarGames)

1947 – Michael Kaluta, artist

1949 – John Savage, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files, Bermuda Tentacles, Alien Rising, Dreamkiller, Fringe, Alien Lockdown, Carnosaur 2)

1949 – Gene Simmons, actor (Runaway)

1958 – Tim Burton, director (Frankenweenie, Planet of the Apes, Mars Attacks, Edward Scissorhands)

1960 – Ashley Crow, actress (Heroes, Minority Report, Probe)

1961 – Ally Walker, actress (Universal Soldier)

1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, actor (Sharknado 2)

1964 – Marti Noxon, writer (I Am Number Four)

1964 – Blair Underwood, actress (The Event, Deep Impact, Gattaca)

1967 – Brad Dryborough, actor(Falling Skies, Fringe,Battlestar Galactica, Alien Trespass, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, Alien Incursion)

1967 – Tom Hollander, actor (The Invisible Woman, About Time)

1968 – David Alan Basche, actor (Real Steel, The Adjustment Bureau, War of the Worlds)

1976 – Donavon Stinson, actor (Snowmageddon, Eureka, The X Files: I Want to Believe)

1976 – Alexander Skarsgard, actor (Battleship)

1980 – Toni Wynne, actress (Zombie Roadkill, 2095)

1981 – Rachel Bilson, actress (Jumper)

2005 – Terence Morgan, actor, d @ 83 (Out of the Unknown)

2012 – Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker, d @ 82 (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)

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