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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