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1892 – Cameron Prud’Homme, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1903 – Hardie Albright, actor (Twilight Zone)

1910 – Hollingworth Morse, director (Ark II, Rocky Jones Space Ranger, Crash of Moons, Duel in Space)

1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood’s End)

Nicholas Courtney (second from left) in Doctor Who

1927 – G Randall P D Garrett, sci-fi writer (Lord Darcy, Takeoff 1 & 2)

1927 – Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, sci-fi author (Heartsease)

1928 – Philip K[indred] Dick, sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner)

1928 – Terry Carter, actor (Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)

1929 – Nicholas Courtney, actor (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, Doomwatch, Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, Lust in Space, Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures)

1934 – Peter Schrum, actor (Quantum Leap, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Trancers, Galaxina)

1937 – Joyce Bulifant, actress (Weird Science)

1946 – Charles Dennis, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: TNG)

 

1946 – Terence Knox, actor (Gila!, Space Banda, The Burning Zone, SeaQuest 2032, The Invaders, The Twilight Zone, V)

1947 – Ben Cross, actor (Star Trek, Ice, Species: The Awakening, S.S. Doomtrooper, The Invader, The Twilight Zone, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

1949 – Allan Graf, actor (Revolution, Universal Soldier, Total Recall, RoboCop, Space Rage, Misfits of Science)

1951 – Bill Johnson, actor (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Future-Kill)

1955 – Xander Berkeley, actor (ETXR, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Twilight Zone [2003]. Universal Soldier: The Return, NetForce, Superman, Gattaca, The Outer Limits. Roswell, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, The X-Files, Super Force, Not of This World, The Twilight Zone [1986], V, The Incredible Hulk)

1959 – Alison La Placa, actress (Voyage of the Rock Aliens)

1961 – Sam Robards, actor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

1962 – Jon Tenney, actor (The Outer Limits, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)

1962 – Melanie Smith, actress (Trancers III, Star Trek: DS9)

1963 – Benjamin Bratt, actor (Red Planet, The Andromeda Strain, Demolition Man)

1964 – Gail Harris, actress (Alien Escape)

1967 – Miranda Otto, actress (War of the Worlds, I Frankenstein)

1968 – Paul Scherrer, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Quantum Leap, Running Against Time)

1969 – Christina Cabot, actor (The Incredible Hulk [2008])

1975 – Jonathan Scarfe, actor (Smallville, Level 9, TekWar: TekLab, The Outer Limits

1981 – Kristen Ritter, actress (Mission Control)

1984 – Theo James, actor (Allegiant, Insurgent, Divergent, Underworld: Awakening)

1988 – Anna Popplewell, actress (Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn)

1989 – Silvana Mangano, actress, d @ 59 (The Flying Saucer , Dune)

1989 – Lee Van Cleef, actor, d @ 64 (Space Patrol, Twilight Zone, Escape from New York)

1991 – Fred D Scott, actor, d @ 83 (Weird Science, Manimal, Galaxina, Abar, the First Black Superman)

1993 – Moses Gunn, actor, d @ 64 (Salvage 1)

2001 – Roy Brocksmith, actor, d @ 56 (Babylon 5, Kull the Conqueror, Star Trek: DS9, Lois & Clark, Total Recall, Martians Go Home, Star Trek: TNG)

2003 – Madlyn Rhue d @ 68 (Land of the Giants, Star Trek)

2005 – John Spencer, actor, d @ 58 (The Outer Limits, Meteor)

2010 – Angela Clarke, actress, d @ 101 (The Outer Limits)

2011 – Robert Easton, actor, d @ 81 (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Stingray, Lost in Space, The Bionic Woman, Star Trek VI)

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1907 – Gordon Douglas, director (Them!)

1909 – Jack Gwillim, actor (A for Andromeda)

1921 – Bob Todd, actor (Superman III)

1925 – Kasey Rogers, actress (The Invisible Man, When Worlds Collide)

1935 – Rueven Bar-Yotam, actor (The Invisible Man, Small Wonder)

1937 – John [Thomas] Sladek, sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs)

1944 – Morgan Paull, actor (Blade Runner, Beyond Westworld, The Swarm, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)

1945 – Thaao Penghlis, actor (Altered States)

1948 – David Gwillim, actor (The Invisible Man)

1948 – Melanie Chartoff, actress (Weird Science)

1948 – Cassandra Harris, actress (Space: 1999)

1949 – Don Johnson, actor (A Boy and His Dog, Revenge of the Stepford Wives)

1952 – Marta DuBois, actress (Star Trek: TNG, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, Starman (TV), Voyagers!)

1953 – Robert Charles Wilson, sci-fi author (2006 Hugo for Spin)

1954 – Alex Cox, director (Repo Chick, Repo Man)

1959 – Heidi Bohay, actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1960 – Don Franklin, actor (Seaquest 2032, The Outer Limits, Asteroid)

1963 – Helen Slater, actress (Supergirl, Smallville)

1965 – Anjul Nigam, actor (Terminator Salvation, Cloverfield, NetForce)

1966 – Molly Price, actress (Bionic Woman (2007))

1966 – Walt Disney, producer, d @ 65 (The Black Hole, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber)

1968 – Garrett Wang, actor (Star Trek Voyager, The Crypto-Historians, Unbelievable!!!!!, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men)

1969 – Ralph Ineson, actor (Guardians of the Galaxy)

1970 – Michael Shanks, actor (Stargate, Elysium, Smallville, Eureka, Andromeda)

1972 – Stuart Townsend, actor (AEon Flux)

1972 – Edward Earle, actor, d @ 90 (The She-Creature, Science Fiction Theatre, Flight to Mars)

1977 – Geoff Stults, actor (The Chronicle)

1978 – Superman released

1979 – Bern Hoffman, actor, d @ 66 (Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian)

1979 – Adam Brody, actor (Smallville)

1981 – Victoria Summer, actress (Terrordactyl, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Zombie Diaries)

1981 – Brendan Fletcher, actor (13 Eerie, Defying Gravity, Ogre, Smallville, Jake 2.0, Millennium)

1982 – Charlie Cox, actor (A for Andromeda)

1983 – Jessica Borden, actress (Dark Skies)

1984 – Sonalii Castillo, actress (Heroes)

1986 – John Zaremba, d @ 78 (Earth vs. Flying Saucers, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel)

1989 – Edward Underdown, actor, d @ 81 (Day the Earth Caught Fire, Doctor Who)

1989 – Arnold Moss, actor, d @ 79 (The Time Tunnel, Star Trek, The 27th Day, Tales of Tomorrow)

1998 – Chandler Canterbury, actor (The Host (2013), Fringe, Repo Men, )

2007 – John Berg actor, d @ 58 (Star Trek: Nemesis)

2013 – Peter O’Toole, actor, d @ 81 (Phantoms, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Creator, Supergirl)

2013 – Joan Fontaine, actress, d @ 96 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

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1902 – Frances Bavier, actress (Day the Earth Stood Still)

1907 – Guy Middleton, actor (Doctor Who)

1908 – Laurence Naismith, actor (The Invaders)

1908 – Morey Amsterdam, actor (Project U.F.O.)

1918 – Stubby Kaye d @ 79 (Doctor Who)

Stubby Kaye in Doctor Who

1923 – Joe Brooks, actor (Exo-Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Munsters)

1923 – Sully Boyar, actor (The Manhatten Project)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1926 – Margaret John, actress (Doctor Who, Tardisodes, Blakes 7, Doomwatch)

Margaret John in Doctor Who

1932 – George Furth, actor (Megaforce, The Man With Two Brains, Salvage 1, Megaforce, Sleeper)

1935 – Lewis Arquette, actor (FreakyLinks, Hypernauts, Babylon 5, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Seaquest 2032, Quantum Leap, Syngenor, Down To Earth, The Incredible Hulk, Man from Atlantis)

1935 – Stanley G Weinbaum, sci-fi writer, d @ 33 (Martian Odyssey)

1938 – Janette Scott, actress (Day of the Triffids)

1938 – Stewart Brand, writer (Space Colonies, The Media Lab)

1946 – Patty Duke, actress (Journey to the Unknown, 4D Man)

1946 – Lynn Marie Stewart, actress (Here Come the Munsters

1948 – Dee Wallace Stone, actress (The Eden Formula, Zombie Killers: Robocroc, Aliens from Uranus, Warehouse 13, Alligator II: The Mutation, The Twilight Zone (TV), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Man from Atlantis, The Stepford Wives)

1950 – Vicki Michelle, actress (Space: 1999, Time Travel Gangster)

1951 – Celia Weston, actress (Under the Dome, The Invasion, K-PAX, Hulk)

1954 – James Horan, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG, Scanner Cop)

1959 – Debbie Lee Carrington, actress (Total Recall, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Invaders From Mars, Perversions of Science, Men in Black, Mom and Dan Save the World, Spaced Invaders, Howard the Duck, Earthlings)

1960 – Don Franklin, actor (Seven Days, Asteroid, SeaQuest 2032)

1962 – Charles Laughton, actor, d @ 63 (Island of Lost Souls)

1963 – Cindy Gibb, actress (Short Circuit 2)

1964 – Rebecca Gibney, actress (Farscape, The Lost World, Time Trax)

1965 – Peter Murnik, actor (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Armageddon, Quantum Leap)

1965 – Ted Raimi, actor (Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader, Planet Raptor, The Man with the Screaming Brain, Odyssey 5, SeaQuest 2032, Army of Darkness, ALF, Alien Nation, Shocker)

1969 – Natascha McElhone, actress (Solaris)

1970 – Michael Stoyanov, actor (Space Station 76, Mom and Dad Save the World, Quantum Leap, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1971 – Natascha McElhone, actress (Solaris)

1972 – Miranda Hart, actress (Hyperdrive)

1975 – KaDee Strickland, actress (The Stepford Wives (2004))

1977 – Martin Christopher, actor (Fringe, Stargate, Sanctuary)

1984 – Dune released

Dune released

1989 – Jock Mahoney, actor, d @ 70 (The Land Unknown)

1989 – Max Topplin, actor (Fringe, The Incredible Hulk (2008))

1991 – Robert Eddison, actor, d @ 83 (Out of the Unknown)

1997 – Stubby Kaye, actor, d @ 79 (Doctor Who)

1998 – Norman Fell, actor, d @ 74 (C.H.U.D. II, Out of This World, The Twilight Zone, The Bionic Woman, The Invaders)

2006 – Mike Evans, actor, d @57 (Far Out Space Nuts)

2007 – I Am Legend released

2010 – Neva Patterson, American actress, d @ 90 (V, V: The Final Battle, Logan’s Run)

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1902 – Frances Bavier, actress (Day the Earth Stood Still)

1907 – Guy Middleton, actor (Doctor Who)

1908 – Laurence Naismith, actor (The Invaders)

1908 – Morey Amsterdam, actor (Project U.F.O.)

1918 – Stubby Kaye d @ 79 (Doctor Who)

Stubby Kaye in Doctor Who

1923 – Joe Brooks, actor (Exo-Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Munsters)

1923 – Sully Boyar, actor (The Manhatten Project)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1926 – Margaret John, actress (Doctor Who, Tardisodes, Blakes 7, Doomwatch)

Margaret John in Doctor Who

1932 – George Furth, actor (Megaforce, The Man With Two Brains, Salvage 1, Megaforce, Sleeper)

1935 – Lewis Arquette, actor (FreakyLinks, Hypernauts, Babylon 5, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Seaquest 2032, Quantum Leap, Syngenor, Down To Earth, The Incredible Hulk, Man from Atlantis)

1935 – Stanley G Weinbaum, sci-fi writer, d @ 33 (Martian Odyssey)

1938 – Janette Scott, actress (Day of the Triffids)

1938 – Stewart Brand, writer (Space Colonies, The Media Lab)

1946 – Patty Duke, actress (Journey to the Unknown, 4D Man)

1946 – Lynn Marie Stewart, actress (Here Come the Munsters

1948 – Dee Wallace Stone, actress (The Eden Formula, Zombie Killers: Robocroc, Aliens from Uranus, Warehouse 13, Alligator II: The Mutation, The Twilight Zone (TV), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Man from Atlantis, The Stepford Wives)

1950 – Vicki Michelle, actress (Space: 1999, Time Travel Gangster)

1951 – Celia Weston, actress (Under the Dome, The Invasion, K-PAX, Hulk)

1954 – James Horan, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG, Scanner Cop)

1959 – Debbie Lee Carrington, actress (Total Recall, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Invaders From Mars, Perversions of Science, Men in Black, Mom and Dan Save the World, Spaced Invaders, Howard the Duck, Earthlings)

1960 – Don Franklin, actor (Seven Days, Asteroid, SeaQuest 2032)

1962 – Charles Laughton, actor, d @ 63 (Island of Lost Souls)

1963 – Cindy Gibb, actress (Short Circuit 2)

1964 – Rebecca Gibney, actress (Farscape, The Lost World, Time Trax)

1965 – Peter Murnik, actor (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Armageddon, Quantum Leap)

1965 – Ted Raimi, actor (Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader, Planet Raptor, The Man with the Screaming Brain, Odyssey 5, SeaQuest 2032, Army of Darkness, ALF, Alien Nation, Shocker)

1969 – Natascha McElhone, actress (Solaris)

1970 – Michael Stoyanov, actor (Space Station 76, Mom and Dad Save the World, Quantum Leap, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1971 – Natascha McElhone, actress (Solaris)

1972 – Miranda Hart, actress (Hyperdrive)

1975 – KaDee Strickland, actress (The Stepford Wives (2004))

1977 – Martin Christopher, actor (Fringe, Stargate, Sanctuary)

1984 – Dune released

Dune released

1989 – Jock Mahoney, actor, d @ 70 (The Land Unknown)

1989 – Max Topplin, actor (Fringe, The Incredible Hulk (2008))

1991 – Robert Eddison, actor, d @ 83 (Out of the Unknown)

1997 – Stubby Kaye, actor, d @ 79 (Doctor Who)

1998 – Norman Fell, actor, d @ 74 (C.H.U.D. II, Out of This World, The Twilight Zone, The Bionic Woman, The Invaders)

2006 – Mike Evans, actor, d @57 (Far Out Space Nuts)

2007 – I Am Legend released

2010 – Neva Patterson, American actress, d @ 90 (V, V: The Final Battle, Logan’s Run)

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1915 – Curd Jurgens, actor (Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen, Goldengirl)

1915 – Mark Stevens, actor (Frozen Alive)

1917 – John Hart, actor (Blackenstein, The Astral Factor, World of Giants, Atlantis: The Lost Continent, Atom Man vs. Superman)

1920 – Don Taylor, director (Island of Dr. Moreau, The Final Countdown, Escape from the Planet of the Apes)

1929 – Albert Paulsen, actor (Automan, Manimal, Galactica 1980, Search for the Gods)

1929 – Christopher Plummer, actor (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Dreamscape, Twelve Monkeys, Prototype, Starcrash)

1930 – Robert Prosky, actor (World War III)

1934 – Richard D. Zanuck, producer (Planet of the Apes (2001), Cocoon 1 & 2)

1939 – Eric Flynn, actor (Out of the Unknown, Doctor Who)

Eric Flynn in the Doctor Who episode, The Wheel in Space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1941 – Anouska Hempel, actress (Cosmic Princess, Space: 1999, UFO)

Anouska Hempel in Space: 1999.

1949 – Robert Lindsay, actor (Atlantis)

1949 – R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano’s Lute, Raphael)

1950 – Afemo Omilami, actor (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

1950 – Wendie Malick, actress (The X-Files, Strange Frequency 1 & 2)

1957 – Steve Buscemi, actor (Armageddon)

1958 – Lynn-Holly Johnson, actress (Hyper Space, Alien Predator)

1961 – The Phantom Planet released

1962 – Karen Witter, actress (Sliders, The X-Files)

1969 – Tony Curran, actor (Doctor Who, Blade II, Gemini Division, Underworld: Evolution)

1971 – Jeffrey Pierce, actor (The Tomorrow People, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, S1m0ne)

1975 – Cyril Delevanti, actor, d @ 88 (Soylent Green, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Adventures of Superman, Science Fiction Theatre)

1977 – Bart Johnson, actor (Tremors (TV), Babylon 5)

1979 – Jon Hall, actor, d @ 64 (The Invisible Man’s Revenge, Invisible Agent)

1983 – Tanya Van Graan, actress (Starship Troopers 3: Marauder)

1987 – Michael Socha, actor (Paradox)

2002 – Shirley O’Hara, actress, d @ 78 (The Outer Limits, Future Cop, The Incredible Hulk, The Invisible Man, Twilight Zone)

2007 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman, actor, d @ 71 (The X-Files)

2011 – Russell Hoban, sci-fi author, d @ 86 (Riddley Walker)

2002 – Star Trek: Nemesis released

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1893 – Edward G Robinson, actor (Soylent Green)

1918 – Eugene Burdick, sci-fi author (author, Fail-Safe, The 480)

1937 – Alfred Abel, actor, d @ 57 (Metropolis)

1938 – Leslie Schofield, actor (Star Wars: A New Hope, Doctor Who, Blakes 7)

Leslie Schofield (center) in Doctor Who

1943 – Phyllis Somerville, actress (Fringe)

1945 – Kevin Coughlin, actor, (The Invaders)

1945 – Karl Edward Wagner, sci-fi author (Bloodstone, Night Winds)

1947 – Wings Hauser, actor (Space Rangers, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time)

1949 – Bill Nighy, actor (I Frankenstein, Total Recall (2012), Doctor Who, Astro Boy, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005), About Time, Shawn of the Dead)

1952 – Sarah Douglas, actress (Superman I & II, Displacement, Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5, The Return of Swamp Thing, Solarbabies, V: The Final Battle, Space: 1999, The Last Days of Man on Earth)

1952 – Cathy Rigby, actress (The Six Million Dollar Man)

1956 – Ana Alicia, actress (Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1962 – Holly Gagnier, actress (Seaquest 2032, Alligator II: The Mutation)

 

1964 – Romano Orzari, actor (The Colony, Mutant X, Level 9)

1970 – Madchen Amick, actress (Star Trek: TNG)

1970 – Jennifer Connelly, actress (Hulk, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Rocketeer)

1971 – Frank Wolff, actor, d @ 43 (Trasplante de un cerebro, The Wasp Woman, Twilight Zone)

1972 – Missy Francis, actress (Mork & Mindy, Galactica 1980)

1977 – Josh Heald b. 1977 writer (Hot Tub Time Machine)

1978 – Gbenga Akinnagbe, actor (Fringe)

1982 – Fabrizio Santino, actor (Gangsters Guns & Zombies)

1987 – Kate Todd, actress (Lost Girl)

1991 – Daniel Magder, actor (Earth: Final Conflict)

1991 – Dyllan Christopher, actor (Phil of the Future, Armageddon)

2000 – George Montgomery, actor, d @ 84 (The Six Million Dollar Man)

2002 – Brad Dexter, actor, d @ 85 (The Incredible , Project U.F.O.)

2006 – Peter Boyle, actor d @ 71 (Young Frankenstein, Outland)

Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein.

2013 – Audrey Totter, actress, d @ 94 (Science Fiction Theatre)

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1874 – Paul Wegener, actor (The Golem)

1910 – David McMahon, actor (The Deadly Mantis, It Conquered the World, The Creature Walks Among Us, The War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Thing from Another World, The Monster That Challenged the World)

1911 – Val Guest, director (Space: 1999, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Enemy from Space, The Quatermass Xperiment)

1914 – Robert Ayres, actor (Time Slip, First Man Into Space, Battle Beneath the Earth)

1919 – Marie Windsor, actress (The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O., The Day Mars Invaded Earth, Science Fiction Theatre, Cat-Women of the Moon)

1920 – Eddy Firestone, actor (Conquest of the Earth, Galactica 1980, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Project U.F.O., Logan’s Run, The Astral Factor, The Invisible Man)

1921 – Maila Nurmi [Vampira], actress (Plan 9 From Outer Space)

1926 – Richard Tufeld, voice actor (Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Dick Tufeld, the voice of the Robot in Lost in Space.

1931 – Anne Heywood, actress (What Waits Below, The Brain)

1931 – Richard Devon, actor (Quark, Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, War of the Satellites, Space Patrol)

1932 – Wynn Irwin, actor (Manimal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Bill Hart, actor (The Outer Limits)

Bill Hart

Bill Hart in The Outer LImits episode, Tourist Attraction.

Bill Hart in The Outer LImits episode, Fun and Games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Tom Fuccello, actor (Mac and Me, V)

1940 – Donna Mills, actress (The Six Million Dollar Man, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle)

1944 – Lynda Day George, actress (The Amazing Captain Nemo, Day of the Animals, The Immortal, The Invaders)

1944 – Teri Garr, actress (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Young Frankenstein, Aliens for Breakfast, Doctor Franken, Star Trek)

1945 – Zenia Merton, actress (Wizards vs. Aliens, The Sarah Jane Chronicles, Dinotopia, Space: 1999, Doctor Who)

1953 – Bess Armstrong, actress (Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again)

1954 – Peter Isacksen, actor (Earthbound)

1958 – Tom Shadyac, director (Dragonfly, Frankenstein: The College Years)

1958 – Isabella Hoffman, actress (Alphas, Firefly, Atomic Dog)

1961 – Kimberly Scott, actress (K-PAX, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Flatliners, The Abyss)

1962 – Ben Browder, actor (Farscape, The Adventures of RoboRex, Stargate: Continuum, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Stargate SG-1, Farscape: The Peacekeeper War, Martian Law)

1966 – Gary Dourdan, actor (Alien Resurrection, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)

1969 – Max Martini, actor (Contact, Pacific Rim, Zombie Basement, Taken, Level 9)

1971 – Harry Jay Knowles, actor (Ghosts of Mars)

1973 – Mos Def, actor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

1974 – Reed Hadley, actor, d @ 63 (Brain of Blood)

1979 – Rider Strong, actor (Time Trax)

1988 – Ashley Hinshaw, actress (Chronicle, Fringe)

1992 – Michael Robbins, actor, d @ 62 (Doctor Who, Dimensions of Fear)

1996 – Hailee Steinfeld, actress (Ender’s Game)

1998 – Star Trek: Insurrection released

2000 – David Lewis, actor, d @ 84 (The Wide World of Mystery: Alien Lover, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lights Out: The Martian Eyes)

2005 – Norman Leavitt, actor, d @ 92 (Lost in Space, Twilight Zone, The Three Stooges in Orbit)

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1824 – George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie)

1889 – Ray Collins, actor (Science Fiction Theatre)

1890 – George Merritt, actor (I Monster, The Day the Earth Caught Fire , Quatermass II: Enemy from Space)

1895 – Moyna MacGill, actress (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

1913 – Harry Locke, actor (The Creeping Flesh)

1918 – Anne Gwynne, actress (Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, House of Frankenstein, Teenage Monster)

Anne Gwynne in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.

1918 – Hal Baylor, actor (A Boy and his Dog, Planet of the Apes (TV), Star Trek, The Invaders, My Favorite Martian, Tobor the Great)

1919 – Alexander Courage, composer (Star Trek, Deep Rising, Congo, Jurassic Park, Superman IV, Lost In Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants)

1923 – Harold Gould, actor (The Outer Limits, Lois & Clark, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Project X, The Invaders, The Satan Bug, Twilight Zone, The Man from Planet X)

1925 – Jean Byron, actress (Invisible Invaders, Science Fiction Theatre, The Magnetic Monster, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes)

1926 – Harry Fowler, actor (Doctor Who)

1928 – John Colicos, actor (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: DS9, Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming, War of the Worlds, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Starlost, Star Trek)

1928 – Dan Blocker, actor (Outer Space Jitters)

1928 – Barbara Nichols, actress (The Human Duplicators, The Power, Twilight Zone)

1933 – Mako, actor (Salvage 1, The Incredible Hulk, RoboCop 3, Voyagers!, The Island at the Top of the World, The Time Tunnel)

Mako in The Time Tunnel episode, Kill Two-by-Two.

1941 – John Ashley, actor (2001: A Space Odyssey)

1941 – Peter Michael Goetz, actor (Twilight Zone)

1941 – Tim Considine, actor (Frankenfish)

1941 – Tommy Kirk, actor (Blood of Ghastly Horror, ‘It’s Alive!’, Moon Pilot)

1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, actress (Star Trek: TNG, , Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Enterprise, Voyagers!, The Bionic Woman)

1943 – Theodore Wilson, actor (Quantum Leap, Alien Nation, The Twilight Zone, The Bionic Woman

1944 – Tisha Sterling, actress (The Space-Watch Murders, The Immortal, Village of the Giants)

1950 – Tom Towles, actor (Night of the Lawyers, Star Trek: Voyager, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Star Trek: DS9, Firefly)

1952 – Invasion U.S.A. released

1952 – Susan Dey, actress (Looker)

1953 – Jack Scalia, actor (Nuclear Hurricane, Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep, T-Force)

 

1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, actor, (Planet of the Apes, The Island, Armageddon, Weird Science)

1958 – David-Paul Grove, actor (Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda)

1960 – Kenneth Branagh, actor/director (Frankenstein)

1981 – Nia Peeples, actres (Andromeda, Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14, DeepStar Six)

1967 – Arnold Pinnock, actor (Alphas, Riverworld, Warehouse 13, The Incredible Hulk (2008), Category 6: Day of Destruction, Cypher, Odyssey 5, Total Recall 2070)

1973 – Earle Foxe, actor, d @ 81 (The Last Man on Earth)

1974 – Paul Richards, actor, d @ 50 (Men Into Space, Way Out, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Space Patrol, The Unknown Terror)

1977 – Emmanuelle Chiriqui, actress (Jake 2.0, Futuresport, Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County)

1978 – Summer Phoenix, actress (Swamp Thing (TV))

1978 – Ed Wood, Jr. d @ 54 (Plan 9 From Outer Space, Bride of the Monster)

1979 – Erik A. Williams, actor (The Apocrypha, Zombie Epidemic)

1980 – Philip MacDonald, sci-fi author, d @ 80 (Forbidden Planet)

1983 – Patrick O’Moore, actor, d @ 74 (The Son of Dr. Jekyll, The Unknown Terror, Twilight Zone, Adventures of Superman, The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler)

1983 – Patrick Flueger, actor (Warehouse 13, The 4400)

1983 – Xavier Samuel, actor (Frankenstein (2015))

1985 – Raven-Symone, actress (Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century)

1986 – Susan Cabot, actress, d @ 59 (The Wasp Woman)

2000 – Marie Windsor, actress, d @ 80 (The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O., The Day Mars Invaded Earth, Science Fiction Theatre, Cat-Women of the Moon

2003 – Sean McClory, actor, d @ 79 (Them!, Battlestar Galactica, Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian, The Outer Limits)

2005 – Mary Jackson, actress, d @ 95 (Space, The Bionic Woman, The Invaders, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

2005 – Richard Pryor, actor, d @ 65 (Superman III)

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1902 – Margaret Hamilton, actress (The Invisible Woman)

Margaret Hamilton in The Invisible Woman. She’s better known for her role in The Wizard of Oz.

1911 – Broderick Crawford, actor (Land of the Giants)

1912 – Bartlett Robinson, actor (Sleeper, The Invaders, The Munsters, My Living Doll, Twilight Zone, Men into Space, Toward the Unknown)

1914 – Frances Reid, actress (The Andromeda Strain, Project U.F.O.)

1916 – Kirk Douglas, actor (The Final Countdown, Saturn 3, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)

1928 – Dick Van Patten, actor (Spaceballs, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Six Million Dollar Man, Soylent Green, Westworld, Beware! The Blob)

1929 – John Cassavetes, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1930 – Buck Henry, writer (Quark)

1931 – William Reynolds, actor (Project U.F.O., The Thing That Couldn’t Die, Twilight Zone, The Land Unknown)

 

1933 – Morton Downey, Jr., actor (Predator 2)

1934 – Judi Dench, actress (Chronicles of Riddick)

1937 – Darwin Joston, actor (Time Walker)

1941 – Beau Bridges, actor (The Outer Limits, Stargate: SG1, Statis, Stargate: Continuum, Stargate: The Arc of Truth, Stargate: Atlantis, 10.5, 10.5: Apocalypse, Space, Village of the Giants)

1945 – Michael Nouri, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Terminal Error, Hologram Man)

1952 – Robert Winley, actor (Sliders, Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

1952 – Michael Dorn, actor (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Star Trek: TNG series and movies, Star Trek: DS9, Unbelievable!!!!!, The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space, The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space, Timemaster, Amanda & the Alien, Galaxy Beat)

1953 – John Malkovich, actor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, The Mutant Chronicles, Mary Reilly, Making Mr. Right)

1954 – John Paragon, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid)

1961 – Joe Lando, Los Angeles California, actor (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Meteor Apocalypse, Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, Earth Fall, A.I. Assault)

1962 – Richard Brooks, actor (Firefly, Shocker)

1962 – Felicity Huffman, actress (The X-Files)

1965 – Brad Savage, actor (Mork & Mindy)

1966 – Toby Huss, actor (Cowboys & Aliens)

1969 – Allison Smith, actress (The X-Files)

1969 – Sebastian Spence, actor (First Wave, Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Mutant X, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Continuum, Smallville)

1972 – Reiko Aylesworth, actress (Alien vs Predater: Requiem, SGU Stargate Universe, Revolution)

1975 – Joshua Rudoy, actor (Flatliners)

1976 – Kevin Daniels, actor (Smallville, The Island)

1977 – Saskia Garel, actress (Earth: Final Conflict)

1978 – Jesse Metcalfe, actor (Smallville)

1982 – Joey Forman, actor, d @ 53 (The Incredible Hulk, Earthbound, The Atomic Kid)

1983 – Jolene Purdy, actress (Under the Dome, Donnie Darko)

1987 – Joshua Sasse, actor (Frankenstein’s Army)

1990 – Mike Mazurski, actor, d @ 82 (Land of the Giants, Alligator, Amazon Women on the Moon)

1992 – Vincent Gardenia, actor, d @ 71 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1991 – Cody Kennedy b. 1991 (Superpowerless, Piranha 3DD)

1992 – Vincent Gardenia, actor, d @ 71 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1995 – Vivian Blaine, actress, d @ 74 (The Dark, Parasite)

2009 – Gene Barry, actor, d @ 90 (Science Fiction Theatre, The Twilight Zone, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds (2005))

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1861 – Georges Méliès, director (A Trip to the Moon, The Hallucinated Alchemist, Under The Sea)

1888 – Paul Cavanagh, actor (Adventures of Superman, She Devil, Space Patrol, The Son of Dr. Jekyll)

1899 – John Qualen, actor (My Favorite Martian, Science Fiction Theatre)

1911 – Lee J Cobb, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1916 – Richard Fleischer, director (Soylent Green, Fantastic Voyage)

1921 – Terence Morgan, actor (Out of the Unknown)

1923 – Dewey Martin, actor (The Thing From Another World, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

Dewey Martin in The Outer Limits episode, The Premonition.

1930 – John Morressy, sci-fi author (Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane)

1930 – Maximilian Schell, actor (The Black Hole, Deep Impact)

1936 – David Carradine, actor (Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Light Speed, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Future Zone, Future Force, Death Sport, Death Race 2000)

1937 – James MacArthur, actor (Time Express, Superboy)

1937 – Julian Curry, actor (Out of the Unknown)

1939 – Jennie Linden, actress (Dr Who & the Daleks)

1940 – Nick Nolte, actor (Hulk)

1943 – Mary Woronov, actress (Death Race 2000, Invisible Mom II, Babylon 5, TerrorVision, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Logan’s Run, Superboy, Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader, Here Come the Munsters, TerrorVision, Night of the Comet)

1946 – John Rubinstein, actor (Project: SERA, Boys from Brazil, Jeykll, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Robocop, No Ordinary Family)

1947 – Belinda Balaski, actor (Piranha, The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy, Eerie, Indiana, Amazon Women on the Moon, Food of the Gods)

1950 – Rick Baker, Make-Up artist (Men in Black, Tron: Legacy,Planet of the Apes, Escape From L.A., Starman, Star Wars)

1953 – Kim Basinger, actress (My Stepmother Is an Alien, The Six Million Dollar Man, Gemini Man)

1955 – Kevin McNulty, actor (Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, Andromeda, Millenium, The X-Files, Timecop, Kyle XY, Tin Man, The 4400, Strange Frequency 1&2, Meteor Storm, M.A.N.T.I.S., Earth Star Voyager)

1959 – Tony Griffin, actor (Spaceballs)

1964 – Teri Hatcher, actress (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: TNG, Lois & Clark, Smallville)

1965 – David Harewood, acror (Frankenstein’s Wedding… Live in Leeds, Doctor Who)

1966 – Matthew Laborteaux, actor (Deadly Friend, The Aliens Are Coming)

1966 – Matt Adler, actor (Chronicle, Smallville)

1966 – Tyler Mane, actor (Starfighters)

1969 – Steve Van Wormer, actor (Timecop: The Berlin Decision)

1976 – Jarvis George, actor (Heroes, Gamer, StargateSG-1)

1976 – Dominic Monaghan, actor (FlashForward)

1978 – Ian Somerhalder, actor (Pulse, Smallville)

1983 – Slim Pickins, actor, d @ 64 (The Black Hole)

1984 – Luther Adler, actor, d @ 81 (Twilight Zone)

1988 – Anne Seymour, actress, d @ 79 (Planet of the Apes, Trancers)

1990 – Martin Ritt, actor, d @ 70 (The Rocket)

1993 – Anna Sophia Robb, actress (Jumper)

2003 – Battlestar Galactica debuted on Sci Fi Channel