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1828 – Jules Verne, sci-fi author (From the Earth to the Moon)

1884 – Burt Mustin, actor (The Reluctant Astronaut, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Science Fiction Theatre)

Burt Mustin in The Outer LImits episode, The Guests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1886 – Charlie Ruggles, actor (The Munsters)

1902 – Lyle Talbot, actor (Amazon Women on the Moon, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Science Fiction Theatre, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, Tobor the Great, Mesa of Lost Women, Space Patrol, Atom Man vs. Superman)

Lyle Talbot in Plan 9 From Outer Space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1905 – Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater)

Truman Bradley narrator on Science Fiction Theatre

1908 – Myron McCormick, actor (‘Way Out)

1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay released

1921 – Lana Turner, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1928 – Jack Larson, actor (Superman Returns, Lois & Clark, Superboy, Advnetures of Superman)

1930 – Alejandro Rey, actor (Terrorvision, The Swarm, The Bionic Woman, Satan’s Triangle, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

 

1932 – John Williams, composer (Star Wars, Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, E.T., Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space)

1934 – Nick Nolte, actor (Hulk)

1942 – Robert Klein, actor (The Twilight Zone)

1944 – Roger Lloyd Pack, actor (Doctor Who, U.F.O.)

1946 – Alex Diakun, actor (The X Files, Eureka, Andromeda, EarthSea, Stargate SG-1, Millennium, Firebird 2015 AD)

1949 – Brooke Adams, actress (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Shock Waves)

1953 – Cliff Clark, actor, d @ 63 (War of the Worlds)

1953 – Mary Steenburgen, actress (Time After Time, Back to the Future, Back to the Future III)

1955 – Ethan Phillips, actor (Star Trek Voyager, The Island, The Adventures of RoboRex, Cerebral Print: The Secret Files, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Lost World, Star Trek: First Contact, Homeboys in Outer Space, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek: TNG, Space Command Redemption)

1964 – Larry Clarke, actor (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)

1965 – Mathilda May, actress (Lifeforce)

1967 – Ladislav Beran, actor (Hellboy, Blade II)

1968 – Gary Coleman, actor (Homeboys in Outer Space, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1969 – Mary McCormack, actress (K-Pax, Deep Impact)

1971 – Susan Misner, actress (Fringe)

1972 – Brendan Wayne, actor (Cowboys and Aliens)

1974 – Seth Green, actor (Seaquest 2032, The X Files, My Stepmother Is an Alien)

1975 – Marc Wooton, actor (Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel)

1981 – Dawn Olivieri, actress (Heroes, Stargate:Atlantis)

1981 – Jim Parrack, actor (Battle Los Angeles)

1982 – Danny Tamberelli, actor (Space Cases)

1985 – Marvin Miller, actor, d @ 71 (Empire of the Ants, Fantastic Planet, Fantastic Voyage, Invasion of Astro-Monster, The Phantom Planet, The Invisible Boy, The Deadly Mantis, Forbidden Planet, King Dinosaur, Godzilla Raids Again, Space Patrol, Red Planet Mars)

1985 – Tom Greenway, actor, d @ 75 (The Deadly Mantis)

1988 – Allan Cuthbertson, actor, d @ 67 (UFO, The Body Stealers, Journey to the Unknown, The Brain, The Mouse on the Moon)

1992 – Baruch Lumet, actor, d @ 93 (Killer Shrews)

2004 – Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor, d @ 88

2012 – Phil Bruns, actor, d @ 80 (Digital Man, Amazon Women on the Moon, The Twilight Zone, The Six Million Dollar Man)

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