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1882 – Edward Van Sloan, actor (Frankenstein)

Edward Van Sloan in Frankenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1901 – Max Adrian, actor (Terrornauts, Doctor Who)

Max Adrian in Doctor Who: Myth Makers

1910 – Malcolm Smith, artist

1917 – Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, sci-fi author (Anything Box)

1923 – Gordon R[upert] Dickson, sci-fi author (Genetic General)

1926 – Betsy Palmer, actress (Out of This World)

1928 – Emmaline Henry, actress (The Munsters)

1939 – Barbara Bosson, actress (The Last Starfighter, Star Trek: DS9, Capricorn One)

1941 – Robert Foxworth, actor (Frankenstein, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Enterprise,, Stargate: SG-1, Babylon 5, SeaQuest 2032, Beyond the Stars,The Questor Tapes)

1942 – Marcia Wallace, actress (Small Wonder, ALF)

1942 – Michael Zaslow, actor (Star Trek, Meteor, Star Trek: First Contact)

Michael Zaslow in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1946 – Dennis Muren, special effects artist (Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, E.T., Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Super 8, The Abyss, Innerspace, Hulk, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Flesh Gordon, Rocketship X-M)

1958 – Rachel Ticotin, actress (Total Recall, )

Rachel Ticotin in Total Recall

 

 

 

 

 

 

1959 – Susanna Clarke, sci-fi author (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)

1959 – Jaymes Butler, actor (Night of the Living Dorks, Resident Evil, Ice Planet)

1976 – Logan Marshall-Green b. 1976 (Prometheus)

Logan Marshall-Green in Prometheus

1976 – Oscar Beregi Jr, actor, d @ 58 (Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Young Frankenstein)

1976 – Chad Lindberg, actor (Rise of the Zombies, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The X Files)

1977 – Martin Copping, actor (Zombie Hunter)

1978 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, actress (Infection: The Invasion Begins)

1979 – Jordan Johnson-Hinds, actor (Robocop)

1982 – James Broderick, actor, d @ 55 (Twilight Zone)

1986 – Penn Badgley, actur (Parts Per Billion)

1995 – George McCowan, director, d @ 68 (War of the Worlds (TV), The Shape of Things to Come, The Starlost, Frogs, The Invaders)

1999 – Noel Johnson, actor, d @ 82 (Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown, Doomwatch, A for Andromeda, The Andromeda Breakthrough)

2005 – Michael Piller, writer, d @ 57 (Star Trek, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

2013 – Ender’s Game released

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1906 – Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)

1913 – Eddie Constantine, actor (Frankenstein’s Aunt)

1925 – Ben Chapman, actor (Creature from the Black Lagoon)

1925 – Geraldine Brooks, actress (The Outer Limits)

Geraldine Brooks in The Outer Limits: Architects of Fear

Geraldine Brooks in The Outer Limits: Cold Hands Warm Heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1925 – Robert Hardy, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Frankenstein)

1926 – Margaret Sheridan, actress (The Thing from Another World)

Margaret Sheridan in The Thing From Another World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1935 – Michael Jayston, actor (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Doctor Who, UFO)

1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, actor (Coma, Piranha 3D, Tin Man, Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

1957 – Dan Castellaneta, actor (Super 8, Stargate: SG-1, ALF)

Dan Castellaneta in Super 8

1963 – Adolphe Menjou, actor, d @ 73(Science Fiction Theatre)

1963 – Tim Minear, producer & writer (Dollhouse, Firefly, The X-Files, Lois and Clark)

1967 – Joely Fisher, actress (Something is Out There)

1968 – Grayson McCouch, actor (Armageddon)

1970 – Michael Daingerfield, actor (Smallville, The 4400, The Time Tunnel, Stargate SG-1, Earth: Final Conflict)

 

1971 – Winona Ryder, actress (Edward Scissorhands, Star Trek, Alien Resurrection, S1m0ne)

Winona Ryder in Alien Resurrection

1972 – Gabrielle Union, actress (Star Trek: DS9, FlashForward)

1977 – Brendan Fehr, actor (Guardians of the Galaxy, Roswell)

1980 – Ben Foster, actor (30 Days of Night, FlashForward)

1982 – Chelan Simmons, actor (Kyle XY, Ogre, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville)

1983 – Johnny Lewis, actor (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)

1990 – Carlson Young, actor (Heroes)

1993 – India Eisley, actress (Underworld: Awakening)

1995 – Terry Southern, writer, d @ 71 (Barbarella)

1998 – Ted Hughes, sci-fi author, d @ 68 (The Iron Giant)

2005 – Lloyd Bochner, actor, d @ 80 (Superboy, Millennium, Manimal, Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Starlost, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone)

2006 – Nigel Kneale, sci-fi author, d @ 84 (Quatermass)

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1895 – John Boles, actor (Frankenstein)

1902 – Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein)

Elsa Lanchester in The Bride of Frankenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1932 – Suzy Parker, actress died 3 May 2003 (Twilight Zone)

Suzy Parker (right) in The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You

1936 – Joe Spinell, actor, d @ 51 (Starcrash)

1937 – George ‘Buck’ Flower, actor, d @ 66 (Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II, They Came from Outer Space (TV), Back to the Future Parts I & II, They Live, Mac and Me, Sorority Babes in the Starman, Escape from New York, The Fog, The Time Machine (TV), The Invisible Man (1975 TV))

1939 – Jane Alexander, actress (Terminator Salvation)

1941 – John Hallam, actor (Moonbase 3, The People That Time Forgot, Flash Gordon, Lifeforce, Doctor Who) d. November 14, 2006 (age 65)

 

 

 

 

1944 – Ian Marter, actor (Doctor Who)

Ian Marter in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1951 – Joe R. Lansdale, writer (Jonah Hex)

1952 – Annie Potts, actress (The Man Who Fell to Earth (TV), Twilight Zone (85))

1961 – Jonathan Mostow, director (Terminator 3)

1962 – Daphne Zuniga, actress (Spaceballs, The Fly II)

Daphne Zuniga in Spaceballs

1963 – Lauren Holly, actress (Alphas)

1965 – Jami Gertz, actress (Solarbabies)

1966 – Chris Bauer, actor (Tomorrowland, Fringe)

1967 – Julia Roberts, actress (Mart Reilly, Flatliners)

1970 – Greg Eagles, actor (The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

1974 – Michael Dougherty, writer (Superman Returns, X2)

1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, actor (Space Camp, Signs, Superboy)

1980 – Leon Janney, actor, d @ 63 (Tom Corbett: Space Cadet)

 

1982 – Matt Smith, actor (Doctor Who, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Terminator: Genisys, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Clone)

Matt Smith as The Doctor

1982 – Michael Stahl-David, actor (Cloverfield)

1986 – Ian Marter, actor, d @ 48 (Doctor Who)

1994 – Stargate released

2006 – Tina Aumont, actress, d @ 60 (Diosaur from the Deep)

2010 – James MacArthur, actor, d @ 72 (Time Express, Superboy)

2011 – In Time released

2012 – Merry Anders, actress, d @ 80 (Women of the Prehistoric Planet, The Time Travelers)

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1891 – Parker Fennelly, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1908 – John Sutton, actor (Return of the Fly, Men Into Space)

John Sutton in Return of the Fly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908 – John Zaremba, actor (Earth vs. Flying Saucers, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, The Time Machine)

John Zaremba in The Time Tunnel

1914 – William F. Claxton, director (The Night of the Lepus, Twilight Zone)

1916 – Sidney Miller, director (My Favorite Martian, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock)

1917 – Joan Fontaine, actress (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1919 – Doris Lessing, sci-fi author (Children of Violence, Canopus in Argos)

1927 – James Grout, actor (Cyberzone)

1932 – Barboura Morris, actress (Wasp Woman, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes)

1936 – Gary Vinson, actor (The Incredible Hulk, The Munsters’ Revenge, Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Invisible Boy)

 

1938 – Derek Jacobi, actor (Doctor Who)

Derek Jacobi in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1938 – Christopher Lloyd, actor (Back to the Future 1, 2, 3, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Piranha 3DD, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension)

Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future

1942 – Annette Funicello, actress (Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine)

1943 – Jim Baen, founder, publisher and editor (Baen Books)

1948 – Christopher Curry, actor (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek: Voyager, Starship Troopers, Babylon 5, Quantum Leap, C.H.U.D.)

 

 

 

1952 – Jeff Goldblum, actor (Fly, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Earth Girls are Easy, The Fly, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Threshold, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

Jeff Goldblum in The Fly

1952 – John Howard, actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Girl from Tomorrow)

1962 – Suzanne Snyder, actress (Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Return of the Living Dead II, Weird Science, The Last Starfighter)

1965 – Valeria Golino, actress (Escape from L.A.)

1968 – Jay Johnston, actor (Men in Black II, Bicentennial Man)

1972 – Saffron Burrows, actress (Deep Blue Sea, Perfect Creature, Wing Commander)

 

1974 – Layla Roberts , actress (Armageddon)

1981 – Michael Fishman, actor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

1981 – Michael Granger, actor, d @ 58 (Creature with Atom Brain, Science Fiction Theatre)

1981 – John Boyd, actor (Fringe)

1986 – Kyle Gallner, actor (The Walking Dead, Smallville)

1990 – Jonathan Lipnicki, actor (Meego)

1992 – Cleavon Little, actor, d @ 53 (ALF)

1995 – Mary Wickes, actress, d @ 85 (ALF Loves a Mystery)

1918 – Ivor Francis, actor, d @ 77 (Alien Zone, Man From Atlantis, The Six Million Dollar Man)

2006 – Arthur Hill, actor d @ 84 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Invaders, The Andromeda Strain, Futureworld, Murder in Space, Prototype)

2006 – Richard Mayes, actor, d @ 83 (Doctor Who, A for Andromeda)

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1904 – Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, sci-fi author (Danger Planet)

1926 – Leonard Rossiter (2001: A Space Odyssey)

1929 – Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, sci-fi author (Tombs of Atuan)

1933 – Georgia Brown, actress (Star Trek: TNG)

1936 – Jack Taylor, actor (Horror of the Zombies, Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Loco)

1940 – Julie Parrish, actress (Star Trek, The Next Step Beyond, The Time Machine)

Julie Parrish in Star Trek

1943 – Paula Kelly, actress (Soylent Green, The Andromeda Strain)

1945 – Everett McGill, actor (Dune, Jekyll Island)

1948 – Tom Everett, actor (Automan, Quantum Leap, Eerie Indiana, Space: Above and Beyond, Journeyman, FlashForward, Max Headroom)

 

 

 

 

 

1956 – Carrie Fisher, actress (Star Wars, Smallville, The Time Guardian, Frankenstein)

Carrie Fisher in Star Wars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1959 – Tamara De Treaux, actress (ET)

1959 – Ken Watanabe, actor (Godzilla, Inception, Space Travelers)

Ken Watanabe in Godzilla

1960 – Melora Walters, actress (The Butterfly Effect, Twice Upon a Time)

1971 – Raymond Hatton, actor, d @ 84 (Day the World Ended)

1973 – Sasha Roiz, actress (The Day After Tomorrow, Warehouse 13, Caprica, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Land of the Dead, Mutant X)

1978 – Will Estes, actor (Meego)

1982 – Matt Dallas, actor (Life Tracker, Kyle XY)

1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, actress (The Colony, Smallville)

1986 – Alex Kew, actor (My Parents are Aliens)

1988 – Mark Rendall, actor (30 Days of Night, Time Warp Trio, ReGenesis)

1992 – Bob Todd, actor, died @ 70 (Superman III)

2001 – Robert Winley, actor, d @ 48 (Sliders, Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

2005 – Doom released

2007 – Don Fellows, actor, d @ 84 (Superman II, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Destination Moonbase-Alpha, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, Alien Attack, Space: 1999)