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1906 – Robert E[rvin] Howard, US, sci-fi author

1909 – Ann Sothern, actress (The Manitou,)

1920 – George Breakston, writer (The Manster)

1922 – Robert Halmi Sr., producer (Riverworld, Flash Gordon, Dinotopia, )

1923 – Diana Douglas, actress (A Fire in the Sky, Science Fiction Theatre)

1931 – Jon Cedar, actor (Asteroid, The Incredible Hulk, Capricorn One, The Manitou, Day of the Animals, Time Travelers, The Invisible Man (1975))

1932 – Piper Laurie, actress (The Twilight Zone)

1934 – Bill Bixby, actor (Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian, The Incredible Hulk)

Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk

1935 – Seymour Cassel, actor (Star Trek: TNG, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Hurt (when he is not incubating aliens) as Doctor Who.

1940 – John Hurt, actor (Alien, Doctor Who, Masters of Science Fiction, Contact, Frankenstein Unbound, Spaceballs)

1955 – John Wesley Shipp, actor (The Sector, Sensory Perception, The Outer Limits)

1956 – Michael Kospa, actor (Fringe, Apollo 18, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Watchmen, Eureka, The 4400, Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits, The X-Files)

1959 – Tyrone Power Jr., actor (Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return)

1965 – Diane Lane, actress (Batman vs Superman, Man of Steel, Judge Dredd)

1966 – Herbert Marshall, actor, d @ 75 (The Fly, Gog, Riders to the Stars)

1969 – Qing Xu, actor (Looper)

1969 – Olivia d’Abo, actress (Nuclear Family, Eureka, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Star Trek: TNG, The Twilight Zone)

1971 – Karen Finneran, actress (Night of the Living Dead (1990))

1974 – Rebekah Elmalogou, actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)

1974 – Leon Lontoc, actor, d @ 64 (Adventures of Superman, The Flying Missile)

1975 – Balthazar Getty, actor (Judge Dredd)

1977 – Jennifer Spence, actress (Continuum, SGU Stargate Universe, Eureka, The 4400, The Core)

1977 – Matthew Newton, actor (Farscape)

1980 – Christopher Masterson, actor (Electric Sleep, Strange Frequency, Millennium)

1981 – Beverley Mitchell, actress (Quantum Leap, White Dwarf)

1988 – Parker Fennelly, actor, d @ 96 (Tales of Tomorrow)

1994 – Telly Savalas, actor, d @ 72 (Twilight Zone, Capricorn One)

2007 – Liz Renay, actress, d @ 80 (Mark of the Astro-Zombies)

2010 – Jean Simmons, actress, d @ 80 (Star Trek: TNG)

2012 – Richard Tufeld, California, voice actor, d @ 85 (Lost in Space, Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)