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1906 – Gale Gordon, actor (The Thirty Foot Bride of Candy Rock)

1907 – Malcolm Atterbury, actor (The Invaders, Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, How to Make a Monster)

1908 – Leon Lontoc, actor (Adventures of Superman, The Flying Missile)

1912 – Pierre Boulle, sci-fi author (Planet of the Apes)

1915 – Philip Friend, actor (H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1925 – Robert Altman, director (Quintet)

1926 – Richard Matheson, sci-fi author/screenwriter (I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man / Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)

1930 – Patricia Smith, actress (Planet Earth, My Favorite Martian, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

1936 – Marj Dusay, actress (Galactica 1980, The Fantastic Journey, The Bionic Woman, The Immortal, Star Trek)

Marj Dusay in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Larry Hovis, actor (Holmes & Yo-Yo, My Living Doll)

1936 – Larry Hovis, actor (Holmes & Yo-Yo, My Living Doll)

1942 – Peter Strauss, actor (Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone)

Peter Strauss in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

1945 – Brion James, actor (Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills, Cyberjack, M.A.N.T.I.S., Future Shock, Time Runner, Nemesis, Mutator, Cherry 2000, Annihilator,Galactica 1980, The Incredible Hulk)

1946 – Sandy Duncan, actress (The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1947 – Jennifer O’Neill, actress (Scanners, Time Changer)

1950 – John Voldstad, actor (Space: Above and Beyond)

1951 – Edward Albert, actor (Galaxy of Terror, Space Marines, Star Trek: DS9, Invasion America, The Girl From Mars)

 

 

1953 – George Pal’s movie adaptation of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds premieres in Hollywood (though not in general release until autumn), becoming the most successful science fiction film of the year.

1954 – Anthony Stewart Head, actor (Warehouse 13, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest, Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, Doctor Who, VR.5

1960 – Joel Hodgson, comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000, Honey We Shrunk Ourselves)

Joel Hodgson of MST3K fame.

1963 – William Baldwin, actor (Flatliners)

1964 – French Stewart, actor (3rd Rock From the Sun, Stargate, Rise of the Zombies, Clockstoppers, Space: Above and Beyond)

1964 – Rodney Rowland, actor (The 6th Day, Space: Above and Beyond, FlashForward, Seven Days, The X-Files)

1964 – Willie Garson, actor (Stargate SG-1, What Planet Are You From?, The X-Files, Star Trek: Voyager, Mars Attacks!, Quantum Leap, VR-5, Taken)

1965 – Ron Eldard, actor (Super 8, Deep Impact)

1966 – Kimiko Gelman, actress (The Hunger Games, Minority Report)

1966 – Cindy Crawford, actress (3rd Rock from the Sun)

1967 – Lili Taylor, actress (The X-Files)

1969 – Jack Ingram, actor, d @ 66 (Superman, Atom Man vs. Superman, The Monster and the Ape, Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere)

1969 – Angelica Lisk-Hahn, actress (Warehouse 13, Jumper, Odyssey 5, Earth: Final Conflict)

1971 – Peter James Smith, actor (Serenity)

1973 – Kimberly Davies, actress (The Invisible Man (2001))

1973 – Maurice Dallimore, actor, d @ 60 (Twilight Zone)

1974 – Ophelie Winter, actor (2001: A Space Travesty)

1975 – Robert Strauss, actor, d @ 61 (The Munsters, 4D Man, The Atomic Kid)

1978 – Jay Hernandez, actor (Quarantine)

1978 – Lauren Ambrose, actress (Torchwood)

1981 – Majandra Delfino, actress (Ultra, Roswell)

1983 – Ray Vitte, actor, d @ 33 (The Powers of Matthew Star)

1987 – Cortney Palm, actress (Zombeavers, Alien Rising)

1987 – Miles Teller, actor (Divergent, Insurgent)

1988 – Rihanna, actress (This Is The End, Battleship)

1992 – Dick York, actor, d @ 63 (Twilight Zone)

2001 – Rosemary DeCamp, actress, d @ 90 (The Time Machine, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

2005 – John Raitt, actor, d @ 88 (3rd Rock from the Sun, Out There)

2009 – Robert Quarry, actor, d @ 83 (Droid Gunner, Mind Twister, Alienator, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Lost Saucer, Far Out Space Nuts)