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1858 – Frederick Kerr, actor (Frankenstein)

Frederick Kerr as Baron Frankenstein

1884 – Sig Ruman, actor (Way… Way Out)

1911 – Russell Collins, actor (Lights Out, Out There, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)

1912 – Guy Deghy, actor (The Mouse on the Moon)

1925 – Robert Patten, actor (Project U.F.O., Westworld, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1937 – Ron Liebman, actor (Slaughterhouse-Five)

 

 

1940 – Caroline John, actress (Doctor Who)

Caroline John in Doctor Who

1946 – Felton Perry, actor (Automan, Robocop 1, 2, 3)

1950 – Catlin Adams, actress (Underworld: Awakening)

1953 – David Morse, actor (Prototype, Contact, World War Z)

1954 – Tim Choate, actor, d @ 49 (Babylon 5, Def-Con 4)

1956 – Stephen Spinella, actor (Heroes, Virtuosity)

1957 – Eric Keenleyside, actor (Godzilla, Fringe, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, The X-Files, Cloned, The Twilight Zone, War of the Worlds)

 

1960 – Nicola Bryant, actress (Doctor Who)

Nicola Bryant in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964 – Michael J. Nelson (Mystery Science Theater 3000)

Michael J Nelson

1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, actor (Savage Planet, Stargate SG-1)

1965 – Luke Perry, actor (Supernova, Clone High, The Fifth Element, Invasion)

1965 – Lennie James, actor (Lost in Space)

1970 – Constance Zimmer, actress (The X Files, Babylon 5)

1971 – Chester Conklin, actor, d @ 85 (The Beast with a Million Eyes)

1972 – Claudia Black (Farscape, Pitch Black, Stargate SG-1)

1974 – Kane Kosugi, actor (Godzilla: Final Wars, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero)

1976 – Holly Fields, actress (Seedpeople, The Munsters Today, ALF, Communion, Quantum Leap)

1977 – Matt Bomer (In Time, Space Station 76)

1978 – Trevor Donovan, actor (Surrogates)

1979 – Doona Bae b. 1979 (Sense8, Doomsday Book, The Host)

 

1982 – Kristy Wu, actress (Future Tense)

1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, actress (Meego)

1988 – Bonita Granville, actress, d @ 65 (Science Fiction Theatre)

1988 – Morgan Farley, actor, d @ 90 (Star Trek, Soylent Green)

1989 – Paul Shenar, actor, d @ 53 (The Invisible Man (TV), Gemini Man, The Bionic Woman, Logan’s Run (TV))

1990 – Robert Tessier, actor, d @ 56 (Starcrash, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV), The Incredible Hulk, Manimal, Future Force)

1998 – Richard Denning, actor d @ 84 (Target Earth, Creature With the Atom Brain, Day the World Ended, The Black Scorpion, Creature from the Black Lagoon)

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1902 – Charles Lloyd Pack, actor (Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, The Reptile, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Enemy from Space)

1917 – Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II)

1919 – Janos Prohaska, actor (Star Trek, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Outer Limits)

Janos Prohaska as the Thetan in my favorite Outer Limits episode, “The Architects of Fear.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – Ed Wood, Jr. , director (Plan 9 From Outer Space, Bride of the Monster)

1926 – Richard Jaeckel, actor (The Outer Limits, Time Tunnel, Starman, The Green Slime, Latitude Zero, Gemini Man, Day of the Animals, The Fantastic Journey, The Dark, Salvage 1)

Richard Jaeckel in The Outer Limits: Specimen Unknown

1927 – Dana Elcar, actor (Way Out, The Invaders, The 6 Million Dollar Man, The Incredible Hulk, Galactica 1980, Voyagers)

1927 – Alice Nunn, actress (Misfits of Science)

1932 – Ron Feinberg, actor (A Boy and His Dog, It’s About Time)

1937 – Peter White, actor (The X-Files, Armageddon, Star Trek: DS9, Superboy)

1941 – Peter Coyote actor (ET, FlashForward, The 4400, Return of the Living Dead, Sphere, The Twilight Zone, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann)

1946 – Charles Dance, actor (Alien 3, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Space Truckers, Underworld: Awakening)

Charles Dance in Aliens 3

1946 – Ben Vereen, actor (Lois & Clark, Star Trek: TNG)

1947 – Larry Lamb, actor (Superman, Superman III)

1949 – Jessica Harper, actress (Minority Report, Starman)

1958 – Karen Kopins, actress (Creator)

1959 – Julia Sweeney, actress (Clockstoppers, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Coneheads, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1959 – Bradley Whitford, actor (Bicentennial Man, Cloned, The X-Files)

1961 – Bonita Friedericy, actress (Alien Raiders, Star Trek: Enterprise, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1961 – Martin Kemp, actor (The Outer Limits, Waxwork II; Lost in Time)

1965 – Chris Penn, actor (Future Kick)

1966 – Bai Ling (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Jake 2.0)

1968 – Barbarella released

1971 – Christopher Dark, actor, d @ 51 (Science Fiction Theatre, Men Into Space, The Green Hornet, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants)

1971 – Chad Willett, actor (Category 6: Day of Destruction, The X Files)

1975 – Majan Neshat, actress (RoboCop, Fringe)

1978 – Trevor Eyster, actor (Babylon 5, Alligator II: The Mutation, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1979 – Fred Graham, actor, d @ 70 (The Giant Gila Monster)

1982 –  Dan Stevens, actor (Frankenstein)

1983 – Kassem Gharaibeh, actor (Transformers: Age of Extinction)

1983 – Ralph Richardson, actor, d @ 80 (Time Bandits, Frankenstein: The True Story)

1985 – Yul Brynner, actor, d @ 65 (Westworld, Futureworld)

1985 – Orson Welles, writer / actor, d @ 70 (War of the Worlds (radio))

1989 – Aimee Teegarden, actress (Star-Crossed)

1992 – James Seay, actor, d @ 78 (Amazing Colossal Man, Killers From Space, The Flying Missle, When Worlds Collide, Day the Earth Stood Still, Phantom From Space, War of the Worlds, Science Fiction Theatre, The Amazing Colossel Man, World of Giants, Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Invaders)

2004 – Christopher Reeve d@ 52 (Superman, Smallville)

2011 – Alan Fudge, actor, d @ 67 (Man From Atlantis, Edward Scissorhands, Brainstorm, Galaxis, M.A.N.T.I.S., Quantum Leap, Alien Nation, The Twilight Zone, Chiller, Capricorn One)

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1888 – Hank Patterson, actor (Twilight Zone, Earth vs. the Spider, Tarantula, The Amazing Colossal Man, Beginning of the End)

Hank Patterson as Hugo the Janitor is about to be lunch in Tarantula.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1893 – Heinrich George, actor (Metropolis, She)

1914 – Edward Andrews, actor (The Starlost, Twilight Zone, The Invaders)

Edward Andrews in The Twilight Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 – Jason Wingreen, actor (The Outer Limits, Starman, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, The Man with the Power, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Terminal Man, Star Trek, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone)

Jason Wingreen in The Outer Limits: O.B.I.T.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Brian Blessed, actor (Doctor Who, Flash Gordon, Blakes 7, Space: 1999, The Day After Tomorrow)

Brian Blessed in Blakes 7

1943 – Lorna Raver, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)

1951 – Richard Chaves, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, War of the Worlds, Predator)

1951 – Robert Wuhl, actor (Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde)

1951 – Richard Chaves, actor (Predator)

1953 – Tony Shalhoub, actor (Men in Black, Galaxy Quest, Gattaca, The X-Files)

1954 – Scott Bakula, actor (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Invaders)

1954 – John O’Hurley, actor (Race to Space, The X Files, Weird Science)

1958 – Michael Pare, actor (The Philadelphia Experiment, Lunarcop, Moon 44, Space Rage, Space Fury, StarHunter)

1960 – Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, actor (The X Files, Circuitry Man)

1964 – Guillermo Del Toro, director (The Strain, Pacific Rim, Hellboy,Blade II, Mimic)

1973 – Steve Burns, actor (Christmas on Mars)

1979 – Chris O’Dowd, actor (Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel)

1979 – Brandon Routh, actor (Superman Returns)

1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, actor (Meteor, Smallville)

1994 – Jodelle Ferland, actor (Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, The Lone Gunmen)

1996 – Harvey Vernon, actor, d @ 69 (Star Trek: DS9, The Twilight Zone)

1997 – Arch Johnson, actor, d @ 75 (The Invisible Man (1975),Land of the Giants, The Invaders, The Munsters, Twilight Zone)

1998 – Robert (Bob) Allen, actor, d @ 92 (Raiders of the Living Dead, Out There, Tales of Tomorrow)

2000 – David Dukes, American actor d @ 54 (Space, Time Trax)

2005 – Louis Nye, actor, d @ 92 (The Munsters)

2014 – Jan Hooks, actress, d @ 57 (3rd Rock from the Sun, Coneheads)

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1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, director (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1910 – Kirk Alyn, actor (Superman, When Worlds Collide, Beginning of the End, Superman 1978, Battlestar Galactica, Time Warp)

1920 – Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune)

1922 – Eileen Essell, actress (Torchwood, Clone)

1930 – James Olsen, actor (Andromeda Strain, Project U.F.O., Battlestar Galactica, The Bionic Woman, Strange New World, The Andromeda Strain, Moon Zero Two)

1935 – Sue Randall, actress (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

1943 – Chevy Chase, actor (Hot Tub Time Machine, Memoirs of an Invisible Man)

1944 – William Broyles, writer (Planet of the Apes)

1948 – James Harper, actor (Armageddon, Star Trek: DS9, Quantum Leap)

1949 – Sigourney Weaver, actress (Alien series, Galaxy Quest, Avatar)

Sigourney Weaver in Alien

1951 – Terry Hayes, writer (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior)

1954 – Michael Dudikoff, actor (TRON, Zombie Break Room, Cyberjack)

1955 – Darrell Hammond, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun)

1959 – Brad Greenquist, actor (Heroes, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Mutants in Paradise)

1961 – Simon Burke, actor (Pitch Black)

1965 – Burr Steers, director (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

1965 – Igor Jijikine, actor (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

1965 – Peter Greene, actor (Earthling)

1965 – Ardal O’Hanlon, actress (Doctor Who)

Ardal O’ Hanlon in Doctor Who

1968 – Emily Proctor, actress (Lois & Clark)

1969 – Jeremy Davies, actor (Solaris)

1969 – Dylan Neal, actor (Smallville, Stargate: Atlantis, Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, War of the Worlds)

 

 

 

 

 

1970 – Matt Damon, actor (Interstellar, The Zero Theorem, Elysium, Contagion, The Adjustment Bureau, The Martian)

Matt Damon in The Martian

 

 

 

 

 

1979 – Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines, Sliders, Star Trek: Voyager, Lois & Clark, Aliens in the Family, Conquest)

Kristanna Loken in Terminator 3

1979 – Emmaline Henry, actress, d @ 50 (The Munsters)

1982 – Fernando Lamas, actor, d @ 67 (Lost World)

1983 – Joan Hackett, actress, d @ 49 (The Terminal Man, Twilight Zone)

1985 – Theresa Harris, actress, d @ 78 (I Walked with a Zombie)

1986 – Michael Obiora, actor (Doctor Who)

1993 – Demolition Man released

1996 – William Prince, actor, d @ 83 (Spontaneous Combustion, The Cat from Outer Space, The Invisible Man, Tales of Tomorrow)

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1905 – Andy Devine, actor (Twilight Zone)

Andy Devine in The Twilight Zone

1943 – Austin Stoker, actor (Time Walker, The Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, Gemini Man, Battle for the Planet of the Apes)

1956 – James Van Patten, actor (Hyper Space)

1958 – Frank Deal, actor (Fringe)

 

 

 

1958 – Judy Landers, actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, ALF, Out of this World, Dr. Alien)

Judy Landers in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1958 – Rosalyn Landor, actress (Star Trek: TNG)

1959 – 4D Man released

4D Man released

1959 – Dylan Baker, actor (The Invisible Man, The Cell)

1960 – Warrington Gillette, actor (Timewalker)

1964 – Fail-Safe Released

1970 – Sabrina Grdevich b. 1970 (Jeremiah, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Total Recall 2070, starThe Adventures of Sinbad)

1975 – Jamie Hector, actress (The Strain, Heroes)

1976 – Rachel McAdams, actress (Earth: Final Conflict)

 

 

 

 

1978 – Tony Way, actor (Doctor Who, Edge of Tomorrow)

Tony Way in Doctor Who

1978 – Joe Cobden, actor (Source Code, I Heart Doomsday, The Day After Tomorrow)

1979 – Shawn Ashmore, actor (Fringe, The Day, Smallville, Earthsea, The Outer Limits, Earth: Final Conflict, Flash Forward, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

1979 – Aaron Ashmore, actor (Smallville, Warehouse 13)

1982 – Jake McLaughlin, actor (Super 8, Heroes, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Cloverfield)

1993 – Cyril Cusack, actor, d @ 82 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, 1984, Fahrenheit 451)

1993 – Kenneth Nelson, actor, d @ 63 (Captain Video and His Video Rangers)

1915 – Peter Copley, actor, d @ 83 (Doctor Who, Five Million Miles to Earth, The Cosmic Monster)

2011 – George Baker, actor, d @ 80 (Curse of the Fly, Doomwatch, Doctor Who)

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1897 – Jerome Cowan, actor (The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Visit to a Small Planet, Have Rocket — Will Travel)

1942 – Britt Ekland, actress (6 Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Superboy)

1950 – David Brin, sci-fi author (Sundiver, Postman)

1953 – Wendy Robie, actress (Dark Skies, Star Trek: DS9, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, Quantum Leap)

Wendy Robie in Star Trek DS9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960 – Douglas Spencer, actor, d @ 60 (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, Twilight Zone)

Douglas Spencer, the Monitor of Metaluna in This Island Earth

1963 – Elisabeth Shue, actress (Back to the Future 2 & 3, Hollow Man)

1963 – Jsu Garcia a.k.a. Nick Corri, actor (Babylon 5, Predator 2)

1970 – Shauna MacDonald, actress (Warehouse 13, ReGenesis, Earth: Final Conflict)

1973 – Dennis Price, actor, d @ 58 (Computer Killers, The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, Drácula contra Frankenstein, The Horror of Frankenstein, The Earth Dies Screaming, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, actor (Forever)

1973 – Sidney Blackmer, actor, d @ 78 (The Lady and the Monster, Tales of Tomorrow, The Outer Limits)

1977 – Wes Ramsey, actor (The Event, Heroes)

 

1978 – Tommy Campbell, actor (Edge of Tomorrow, Doctor Who)

Tommy Campbell in Doctor Who

1980 – Ray Walker, actor, d @ 76 (Superman, The Atomic Kid, The Space Children)

1982 – Michael Arden, actor (Source Code)

1986 – Olivia Thirlby, actress (Dredd)

1990 – Scarlett Byrne, actress (Falling Skies)

1992 – Denholm Elliot, actor, d @ 70 (The Boys from Brazil, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

2000 – Richard Farnsworth, actor (Space Rage) d @ 80

 

2011 – Shirley Prestia, actress, d @ 64 (Babylon 5, Species, ALF)

2011 – Diane Cilento, actress, d @ 78 (Z.P.G.)

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1902 – Larry Fine, actor (The Three Stooges in Orbit, Have Rocket – Will Travel, Flying Saucer Daffy, Outer Space Jitters, Space Ship Sappy)

Larry Fine in Have Rocket, Will Travel

 

 

 

 

 

 

1905 – John Hoyt, actor (The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, Planet of the Apes, The Time Tunnel, The Munsters, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Outer Limits, The Time Travelers, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes)

John Hoyt in The Outer Limits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1919 – Donald Pleasance, actor (The Outer Limits, Escape from New York, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie, The Mutations, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, THX 1138, Fantastic Voyage, Twilight Zone, The Hands of Orlac)

Donald Pleasence in The Outer Limits episode, “The Man With the Power.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – Woodrow Parfrey, actor (Time Express, Planet of the Apes, The Girl with Something Extra, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian, The Munsters, ‘Way Out)

1924 – Barbara Kelly, computer voice (Space 1999, Alien Attack)

1930 – Skip Homeier, actor (Star Trek, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Project U.F.O., The Six Million Dollar Man, The Outer Limits)

Skip Homeier in The Outer Limits: Expanding Human

1933 – Diane Cilento, actress (Z.P.G.)

1935 – Peter Brown, actor (Babylon 5, The Aurora Encounter, Manimal, Project U.F.O., Salvage 1, Piranha)

1948 – Sal Viscuso, actor (Lois & Clark, Spaceballs)

1950 – Jeff Conaway, actor (Babylon 5)

1951 – Karen Allen, actress (Starman, Terminus)

1952 – Duncan Regehr, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Flying Virus, Timemaster, Star Trek: TNG, Earth Star Voyager, V)

1957 – Bernie Mac, actor (Transformers)

 

1960 – Daniel Baldwin, actor (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Invader)

1967 – Jenna Russell, actress (Doctor Who)

Jenna Russell in Doctor Who

1967 – Guy Pierce, actor (Prometheus, The Time Machine)

1970 – Josie Bissett, actress (The Sky’s on Fire, Quantum Leap)

1972 – Ehren Kruger, writer (Transformers, Tin Man)

1974 – Douglas Emerson, actor(The Blob, Small Wonder, Twilight Zone)

1975 – Kate Winslet, actress (Insurgent, Divergent, Contagion)

1976 – Barbara Nichols, actress, d @ 47 (The Human Duplicators, The Power, Twilight Zone)

1981 – Gloria Grahame, actress, d @ 57 (The Outer Limits)

1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, actor (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zombieland)

1983 – Noah Segan, actor (Looper, The Visitation)

1984 – Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001: A Space Odyssey)

1990 – Wesley Morgan, actor (Falling Skies)

 

1997 – Andrew Keir, actor, d @ 71 (Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Quatermass and the Pit aka Five Million Years to Earth, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

2003 – Denis Quilley, actor, d @ 75 (Timeslip, Undermind)

2008 – Kim Chan, actress, d @ 90 (The Fifth Element, Robot in the Family)

2012 – Frankenweenie released

2014 – David Watson, actor, d @ 74 (Project U.F.O., The Bionic Woman, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Time Tunnel)

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1900 – Robert Shayne, actor (Invaders from Mars, The Neanderthal Man , Adventures of Superman, Space Patrol, Tobor the Great, Indestructible Man, Kronos, The Giant Claw, Land of the Giants)

Robert Shayne in Neanderthal Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1923 – Charlton Heston, actor (Soylent Green, The Omega Man, Planet of the Apes, SeaQuest 2032)

Charlton Heston in “Planet of the Apes.”

1928 – Alvin Toffler, sci-fi author, Future Shock

1930 – James T. Callahan, actor (Return of the Living Dead III, Automan, Holmes and Yo-Yo, The Invaders, The Time Tunnel, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

1932 – Edward Judd, actor (First Men in the Moon)

1942 – Christopher Stone, actor (Manimal, Galactica 1980, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Bionic Woman, Logan’s Run)

1943 – Mick Jackson, director (Strange World)

1946 – Susan Sarandon, actress (Children of Dune)

1949 – Armand Assante, actor (Judge Dredd)

1953 – Christopher Fairbank, actor (The Fifth Element, Alien3, Guardians of the Galaxy)

Christopher Fairbank in Guardians of the Galaxy

1956 – Christoph Waltz, actor (The Zero Theorem)

1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, actor (Heroes, The Stand)

1961 – David Labiosa, actress (Mega Piranha, The Powers of Matthew Star)

1964 – Sarah Lancashire, actress (Doctor Who)

1967 – Liev Schreiber, actor (The Last Days on Mars, Sphere)

1968 – Jennifer Gatti, actress (Millennium Man, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG)

1969 – Abraham Benrubi, actor (Once Upon a Time, The X Files)

 

 

 

 

1971 – Trond Espen Seim, actor (The Thing)

Trond Espen Seim in The Thing

1972 – Colin Gordon, actor, d @ 61 (UFO, Doctor Who, H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man, The Man in the White Suit)

1978 – Dana Davis, actress (Heroes)

1979 – Caitrona Balfe, actress (H+, Super 8)

1996 – Ryan Lee, actor (Super 8)

 

 

 

 

 

2013 – Gravity released

Gravity released

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1874 – Charles Middleton (Flash Gordon)

1898 – Morgan Farley, actor (Star Trek, Soylent Green)

Morgan Farley (middle) in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1911 – Michael Hordern, actor (Man in the Moon)

1919 – Boyd Bradfield Upchurch, [John Boyd], US, sci-fi author (IQ Merchant)

1924 – Larry Ward, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Land of the Giants, The Invaders, Lost in Space, The Outer Limits)

Larry Ward in The Outer Limits: Counterweight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1925 – Gore Vidal, author / actor (Visit to a Small Planet / Gattaca)

1935 – Madlyn Rhue, actress (Land of the Giants, Star Trek)

Madlyn Rhue in Star Trek: Space Seed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1942 – Alan Rachinsk, actor (Stargate SG-1, Lois & Clark, Time Walker)

1948 – Niall Buggy, actor (Alien³, Zardoz)

Niall Buggy in Alien 3

1950 – Pamela Hensley, actress (Buck Rogers in 25th Century, The Six Million Dollar Man, Rollerball)

1951 – Joel Polis, actor (The Thing, Stargate: Atlantis, The Invisible Man, Star Trek: Voyager, Alien Nation, Misfits of Science, Twilight Zone)

1956 – Peter Frechette, actor (M.A.N.T.I.S., The Hills Have Eyes Part II)

1956 – Hart Bochner, actor (Supergirl)

1959 – Jack Wagner, actor (Lois & Clark, Trapped in Space)

1964 – Clive Owen, actor (Children of Men)

1965 – Zachary Scott, actor, d @ 51 (Science Fiction Theatre, Tales of Tomorrow)

1967 – Rob Liefeld, sci-fi author (Deadpool, X-Force)

1973 – Keiko Agena, actor (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)

1973 – Richard Ian Cox, actor (Fringe, Eureka, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Sliders)

1973 – Lena Headey, actress (The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Ultra)

1975 – Alanna Ubach, actress (Revolution, Jekyll, Virtuosity)

1981 – Seth Gabel, actor (Fringe)

1981 – Amanda Walsh, actress (Smallville)

1983 – Tessa Thompson, actress (Heroes)

1983 – Meghan Heffern, actress (Monster Warriors, The Fog, Insecticidal)

1984 – Chris Marquette, actor (Aliens in the Family)

1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy, actress (In Time, Collision Earth, Behemoth, Smallville, V)

1994 – Dub Taylor, actor, d @ 87 (Back to the Future III, Starman, Salvage 1, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Them!)

1995 – Haily McCann, actress (The Time Traveler’s Wife)

1996 – Adair Tischler, actress (Heroes, Dollhouse)

1998 – Roddy McDowall, actor d @ 70 (Planet of the Apes)

1999 – Aramis Knight, actor (Ender’s Game, Invasion)

2004 – Janet Leigh, actress, d @ 77 3 October 2004 (The Twilight Zone, Starman)

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1892 – Henry Victor, actor (King of the Zombies)

1900 – Barton Yarbrough, actor (The Ghost of Frankenstein)

1906 – Willy Ley, sci-fi author (Adventure in Space)

1907 – George Grizzard, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Twilight Zone)

1909 – Alex Raymond, artist (Flash Gordon)

1911 – Jack Finney, sci-fi author (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

1917 – Charles Drake, actor (Land of the Giants, Star Trek, The Invaders, Tobor the Great, It Came from Outer Space)

Charles Drake in Star Trek

1925 – Rock Hudson, actor, d @ 85 (Martian Chronicles, Embryo)

1929 – Moses Gunn, actor (Salvage 1, Rollerball)

1933 – David Somerville, actor (Star Trek)

1936 – David Gale, actor (Guyver, Re-Animator, Bride of Re-Animator, The Brain)

1944 – Larry Ward, actor (voice of Jabba the Hutt and Greedo, both uncredited)

1944 – Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (Witling, True Names, Hugos for A Fire on the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky, Rainbow’s End)

 

 

1948 – Persis Khambatta (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Lois & Clark)

Persis Khambatta in Star Trek The Motion Picture

1948 – Avery Brooks, actor (Star Trek: DS9)

1950 – Ian McNiece, actor (Doctor Who, Day of the Dead, White Noise, Frankenstein, Children of Dune, Dune, Bugs, The Tomorrow People, The Cloning of Joanna May, Time Riders, Whoops Apocalypse)

 

 

 

 

 

1950 – Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, loosely inspired by Robert A. Heinlein’s 1948 novel Space Cadet, debuts on CBS television, and will continue on various networks until 1955.

Tom Corbett Space Cadet

1951 – Sting, [Gordon Sumner] (Dune)

1952 – Robin Riker, actress (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Sliders, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Misfits of Science)

1958 – Jeffrey Weissman, actor (Flying Saucer Rock ‘N’ Roll, 2001: A Space Travesty, Back to the Future II & III, Max Headroom, Twilight Zone: The Movie)

 

 

 

1959 – The Twilight Zone debuts on CBS with Rod Serling as host and chief writer; it will feature scripts and adaptations by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, and others, and become among the most influential of science fiction/fantasy TV series.

1962 – Joe Lara, actor (Doomsdayer, Warhead, American Cyborg: Steel Warrior)

1965 – Richard Ashton, actor (Space Precinct, The Fifth Element)

1967 – Suki Kaiser, actress (Category 7: The End of the World, Cyberjack, M.A.N.T.I.S., The Girl from Mars)

1967 – Lew Temple, actor (Zombex, The Walking Dead, Futurestates, Zombie Night)

1968 – Joey Slotnick, actor (Hollow Man)

1973 – Danny Smith, actor (Warehouse 13)

1973 – Paul Hartmann, actor, d @69 (The Reluctant Astronaut, Twilight Zone)

1974 – Michelle Krusiec, actress (Fringe, Star Trek: DS9)

1979 – Adam O’Byrne, actor (Extant)

1979 – Brianna Brown, actress (Night of the Living Dead 3D, Smallville)

1980 – Michele Nordin, actress (Alien Arsenal)

1981 – Milan Todorovic, director (Wrath of the Dead, Zone of the Dead)

1986 – Camilla Belle, actress (Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)

1987 – James Dobson, actor (Mutiny in Outer Space)

1987 – Christopher Larkin, actor (The 100)

1994 – Brendan Meyer, actor (The 100, Girl vs. Monster, Dinosapien)

2005 – Hamilton Camp, actor d @ 70 (Starcrash, The Incredible Hulk, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, The Zeta Project)

2006 – Tamara Dobson, actress, d @ 59 (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Jason of Star Command)