Today in Science Fiction History. Our past’s view of the present. #scifi #sciencefiction #doctorwho #startrek #starwars #scifiactor #ASMSG

1917 – John Raitt, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Out There)

1918 – John Forsythe, actor (Marooned)

1918 – Donald Murphy, actor (Frankenstein’s Daughter)

1923 – Paddy Chayefsky, sci-fi writer (Altered States)

1928 – Peter Byrne, actor (Blakes 7)

Peter Byrne in Blakes 7.

1930 – John Junkin, actor (Journey into the Unknown, The Brain)

1940 – Katharine Ross, actress (Donnie Darko, The Final Countdown, The Stepford Wives)

1942 – Robin Morgan, actress (Tales of Tomorrow)

1943 – Robert Random, actor (Time Walker, Village of the Giants)

1945 – Tom Selleck, actor (Runaway, Coma)

 

 

 

1948 – Marc Singer, actor (V, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: TV Series, Planet of the Apes (TV), Droid Gunner, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Dead Space, The Twilight Zone)

Marc Singer in V. Don’t you just love the cheesy 80s pub photos.

1950 – Ann Jillian, actress (Twilight Zone)

1953 – Paul Fusco, actor/writer (ALF)

1954 – Terry Kinney, actor (Body Snatchers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1956 – Warning from Space released

Warning from Space released. Who knew!

1958 – Judy Norton-Taylor, actress (Stargate SG-1, Millennium)

1960 – Matthew Ashford, actor (Species, Quantum Leap)

1960 – Louis Jean Heydt, actor, d @ 54 (Men Into Space, Science Fiction Theatre, Adventures of Superman)

1961 – Michael Ferris, writer (Terminator Salvation, Terminator 3)

1962 – Nicholas Turturro, actor (Super Cyclone, Tremors, The Twilight Zone, Cosmic Slop

1965 – John Larkin, actor, d @ 52 (The Satan Bug)

1968 – Bobbie Phillips, actress (Seven Days, TChameleon I and II, Stargate SG-1, The X-Files, TC 2000, The Came from Outer Space)

1969 – Sam Trammell, actor (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)

1970 – Heather Graham, actress (Lost in Space)

1973 – Ludwig Stossel, actor, d @ 89 (From the Earth to the Moon, Tales of Frankenstein, Science Fiction Theatre)

1975 – Kelly Packard, actress (And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird)

1975 – Sharif Atkins, actor (Guardians of the Galaxy, The 4400)

1976 – Michael Gwynn, actor, d @ 59 (The Revenge of Frankenstein)

1977 – Justin Hartley, actor (Smallville)

1979 – Andrew Keegan, actor (Independence Day, Teenage Caveman)

1980 – Jason James Richter, actor (Laserhawk)

1985 – Isabel Lucas, actress (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

1986 – Drew Tyler Bell, actor (Jake 2.0)

1986 – Leif Erickson, actor, d @ 74 (Invaders from Mars, Project U.F.O., Twilight’s Last Gleaming, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)

1993 – Taylor McPherson, actor (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, The Walking Dead)

1994 – Nick Cravat actor, d @ 81 (Twilight Zone, The Island of Dr. Moreau)

2005 – Ron Feinberg, actor d @ 72 (A Boy and His Dog, It’s About Time)

 

And may all your futures be happy ones!