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1912 – James Craig, actor (Doomsday Machine, Venus Flytrap, Science Fiction Theatre)

1915 – William Talman, actor (The Invaders, Science Fiction Theatre)

1918 – Ida Lupino, actress (Twilight Zone)

1922 – William Phipps, actor (Twilight Zone, Cat-Women of the Moon, War of the Worlds, Invaders from Mars, Space Force, The Munsters, The Evil of Frankenstein, Time Express, Men into Space)

William Phipps in War of the Worlds.

1923 – Conrad Bain, actor (C.H.O.M.P.S.)

1925 – Russell Hoban, sci-fi author, d @ 86 13 December 2011 (Riddley Walker)

1928 – Dave Ketchum, actor (Mork & Mindy, The Munsters)

1929 – Jerry Adler, actor (Quantum Leap)

1935 – Collin Wilcox Paxton, actor (The Immortal, Twilight Zone)

 

 

 

1936 – Gary Conway, actor (I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, How to Make a Monster, Land of the Giants)

Gary Conway in Land of the Giants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Collin Wilcox Paxton, actress (The Immortal, Twilight Zone)

1940 – John Schuck, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Project: ALF, Babylon 5, Star Trek: DS9, Time Trax, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home, Misfits of Science, Earthbound, Holmes and Yoyo)

John Schuck in Star Trek.

1940 – George A Romero, director (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Survival of the Dead, Diary of the Dead)

1943 – Cheryl Miller, actress (The Six Million Dollar Man, Gemini Man)

1947 – Jeannie Wilson, actress (The Bionic Woman, Gemini Man)

1949 – Michael Beck, actor (Megaforce, Babylon 5)

1951 – Patrick Bergin, actor (Smallville, The Lost World, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Frankenstein, Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics)

1952 – Richard Lineback, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, The Stand, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: TNG, Max Headroom, Death Ray 2000)

1952 – Lisa Eichhorn, actress (Swamp Thing, Moon 44)

1958 – Mitchell Kosterman, actor (Stargate SG-1, Smallville, The X-Files, Sliders)

 

1959 – Una O’Connor, actress, d @ 78 (Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, Tales of Tomorrow)

1960 – Pamelyn Ferdin, actress (Project U.F.O., Space Academy, Star Trek, The Reluctant Astronaut,

1960 – Jenette Goldstein, actress (Aliens, Clockstoppers, Star Trek: Generations, Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

1962 – Michael Riley, actor (Race to Mars, The Outer Limits)

1962 – John Gordon Sinclair, actor (World War Z)

1962 – Jim O’Heir, actor (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Star Trek: Voyager, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1965 – Stig Henrik Hoff, actor (The Thing (2011))

1968 – Ed Baker, actor, d @ 70 (Adventures of Superman)

1969 – Brandy Ledford, actress (Demolition Man, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda, Stargate: SG-1, Smallville, The Invisible Man, First Wave, The Outer Limits)

1970 – Gabrielle Anwar, actress (Mysterious Island, Flying Virus, Body Snatchers)

1971 – Rob Corddry, actor (Hot Tub Time Machine, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)

1972 – Vincent Walsh, actor (ReGenesis, Mutant X, Space Truckers)

1976 – Dina Rosenmeir, actress (The Gene Generation)

1985 – Bug Hall, actor (Arachnoquake, The Day the Earth Stopped, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas

1992 – John Dehner, actor, d @ 76 (The Flying Missile , Twilight Zone, The Day of the Dolphin, The Immortal, Creator, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Boys from Brazil)

1996 – Willard Parker, actor, d @ 84 (The Earth Dies Screaming)

2001 – Tony Steedman, actor, d @ 73 (Babylon 5)

2002 – George Nader, actor, d @ 80 (Beyond Atlantis, The Great Space Adventure, Robot Monster)

2005 – Ossie Davis, actor, d @ 87 (The Android Affair, The Stand)

 

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