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1897 – J Carrol Naish, actor (Dracula vs Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, The Monster Maker)

1915 – Alan Hewitt, actor (Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian)

1921 – John Doucette, actor (The Time Machine, The Time Tunnel, Science Fiction Theatre, Adventures of Superman, The Flying Missile)

1922 – Telly Savalas, actor (Twilight Zone, Capricorn One)

1923 – Judith Merril, [Josephine Juliet Grossman], sci-fi writer

1924 – Dean Fredericks, actor (The Phantom Planet, Them!)

1925 – Charles Aidman, actor (Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Invaders, The Invisible Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, Alien Zone, Innerspace, The Twilight Zone)

1934 – Audrey Dalton, actress (The Monster that Challenged the World, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1934 – Ann Wedgeworth, actress (The Twilight Zone, My Science Project)

1938 – John Savident, actor (Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Doomwatch)

John Savident in Bla.kes 7

1938 – Georges Méliès, director, d @ 76(A Trip to the Moon, The Hallucinated Alchemist, Under The Sea)

1942 – Mac Davis, songwriter / actor (Smallville / Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)

1950 – George Orwell, whose 1984 established a new standard in dystopian fiction only two years earlier, dies.

1957 – Geena Davis, actress (The Fly, Coma (2012), Earth Girls are Easy)

1958 – Michael Wincott, actor (Alien: Resurrection)

1964 – Joseph Schildkraut, actor, d @ 67 (Twilight Zone)

1969 – John Ducey, actor (Deep Impact)

1969 – Karina Lombard, actress (The 4400)

1970 – Ken Leung, actor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

1971 – Luigia Zucaro, actor (Dawn of the Dead)

1975 – Paul Anthony, actor (Tomorrowland, Stargate: Atlantis, Blade: Trinity, Jake 2.0, Stargate SG-1, Strange Frequency)

1977 – Jerry Trainor, actor (Evolution, Donnie Darko)

1981 – Izabella Miko, actress (Mr. Blob in the Universe)

1987 – Jeff Ballard, actor (nowmageddon, Kyle XY, Smallville, Zolar, A Wrinkle in Time, Mission to Mars)

1988 – Abraham Sofaer, actor, d @ 91 (Star Trek, Journey to the Center of Time, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

1990 – Jacob Smith, actor (Evolution’s Child, Meego)

1992 – Keely Purvis, actor (The Time Tunnel (2006), Taken)

1994 – Chanelle Peloso, actress (Zapped (2014))

1994 – Booboo Stewart, actor (Space Warriors)

1997 – Owen Best, actor (TRON: Legacy, Smallville, Impact)

1998 – Jack Lord, actor, d @ 77 (The Invaders)

1999 – Susan Strasberg, actress, d @ 60 (The Invaders)