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1890 – Karel Capek, sci-fi author (Rossum’s Universal Robots)

1913 – Steve Plytas, actor, d @ 81 December 1994 (Superman 4, Doctor Who)

1915 – Fernando Lamas, actor (The Lost World)

1917 – Herbert Lom, actor (The Dead Zone, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, Mysterious Island, Project M7)

1925 – Lee Van Cleef, actor (Space Patrol, Twilight Zone, Escape from New York, It Conquered the World, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)

Lee Van Cleef in It Conquered The World

1931 – Paul Mantee, actor d @ 82 7 November 2013 (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Logan’s Run, The Six Million Dollar Man, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Invaders, The Time Tunnel, Robinson Crusoe on Mars)

1931 – Algi Budrys, sci-fi author (Man of Earth)

1935 – Bob Denver, actor (The Invisible Woman, ALF, Far Out Space Nuts)

1939 – Susannah York, actress (Superman I, II & IV, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

1940 – Jimmy Boyd, actor (Brainstorm, Space Force, Space Patrol)

1942 – K Callan, actress (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Star Trek: DS9, The Unborn, Quantum Leap)

Kathryn Walker b. 1943 (D.A.R.Y.L., )

1945 – John Doman, actor (Star Trek: DS9)

1955 – J. K. Simmons, actor (Dark Skys, The Astronaut Farmer

1956 – Kimberly Beck Hilton, actress (Independence Day, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Land of the Giants)

1956 – Imelda Staunton, actress (Doctor Who)

1961 – Anthony Harrison, actor (Fringe, Aliens vs, Predator: Requiem, The 4400, Smallville, The Core, Strange World, The Sixth Day, The X-Files)

1963 – Joseph Culp, actor (Cyxork 7, Star Trek: DS9, Cyxork 7)

1965 – Joely Richardson, actress (Event Horizon, The Day of the Triffids)

1965 – Rhoda Griffis, actress (The Hunger Games, Surface)

1969 – Joey Lauren Adams, actor (Coneheads)

1970 – Marco Sanchez, actor (Star Trek ID, Dollhouse, Star Trek: Enterprise, SeaQuest 2032, Super 8)

1973 – Angela Bettis, actress (Sliders)

1975 – Patrick Sabongui, actor (TRON: Legacy, Stargate: Atlantis, Caprica)

1979 – Joshua Harto, actor (Invasion)

1981 – Julia Dietze, actress (Iron Sky)

1983 – David Ellison, producer (World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness)

1995 – Nicola Peltz, actress (Transformers: Age of Extinction)

1992 – Steve Brodie, actor, d @ 72 (Science Fiction Theatre, The Giant Spider Invasion, Frankenstein Island, MST3K)

1995 – Madge Ryan, actress, d @ 75 (A Clockwork Orange)

1995 – Peter Cook, actor, d @ 57 (Whoops Apocalypse, Supergirl)

1996 – Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, sci-fi author, d @ 72 (Hugo, View from Stars)

1997 – Jesse White, actor, d @ 80 (The Reluctant Astronaut, Monster in the Closet, The Cat From Outer Space, Twilight Zone)

2004 – Lyndon Brook, actor, d @ 77 (Invasion, 1990, Who?)

2006 – Don Stewart, actor, d @ 70 (Future Zone, The X-Files)