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1888 – Thea von Harbou, writer (Metropolis)

1901 – Irene Handl, actress, (H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1911 – Guy Rolfe, actor (The Bride, Space: 1999)

1938 – Jean Hale, actress (My Favorite Martian)

1939 – John Amos, actor (The Outer Limits, Hologram Man, Future Cop)

John Amos in The Outer Limits episode, Zig Zag.

1945 – Ciaran Madden, actress (Star Maidens, The Beast Must Die)

1948 – Gérard Depardieu, actor (Glenn, the Flying Robot, Babylon A.D., The Machine)

1950 – Kent Williams, actor (WarGames)

1951 – Charles Band, producer/director (Re-Animator, Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Parasite)

1951 – Aharon Ipale, actor (Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight, Salvage 1)

1958 – Barbara Crampton, actress (Space Truckers, Robot Wars, Trancers II, From Beyond, Re-Animator)

 

1960 – Maryam D’Abo, actress (Xtro, Timelock, Space Precinct, Something Is Out There)

1961 – Shashawnee Hall, actress (M.A.N.T.I.S., Lois & Clark, Manimal)

1964 – Ian Gomez, actor (Heros)

1966 – Eva LaRue, actress (RoboCop III, They Came from Outer Space (1991 TV))

1967 – Mitzi Martin, actress (The Island, S1m0ne)

1969 – John Henry Canavan, actor (Odyssey 5)

1969 – Chyna, actress (Illegal Aliens, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion)

1972 – Thomas Wilson Brown, actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)

1972 – Alex Skuby, actor (Pandemic)

1973 – Wilson Cruz, actor (Supernova)

1974 – Masi Oka, actor (Heros)

1975 – Aaron Stanford, actor (12 Monkeys (2015 TV))

1977 – Noah Cappe, actor (The Fifth Quadrant)

1977 – Jacqueline Pillon, actress (Starhunter)

1978 – Lisa Jakub, actress (Independence Day, War of the Worlds (1990 TV), The Twilight Zone)

1981 – Emilie de Ravin, actress (Roswell)

1983 – Marek Oravec, actor (Torchwood)

1985 – Jessica Harmon, actress (Chupacabra vs. the Alamo, Kyle XY, Battlestar Galactica)

1988 – Fox Harris, actor, d @ 52 (Alienator, Repo Man, Mutant / aka Forbidden World, Deep Space, Warlords)

1993 – Casey Campbell, actor (10,000 Days, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)

1993 – Olivia Cooke, actress (The Signal)

1995 – Laurence Belcher, actor (Doctor Who)

2003 – Alan Bates, actor, d @ 69 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

2005 – Dee Pollock, actor, d @ 68 (The Outer Limits)

Dee Pollock in The Outer Limits episode, The Inheritors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012 – Harry Carey, Jr., actor, d @ 91 (Back to the Future III, Cherry 2000, UFOria, Cyborg 2087, Men into Space)