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1880 – Frank Orth, actor (Adventures of Superman)

1889 – Felix Aylmer, actor (The Hands of Orlac, Out of the Unknown)

1896 – Charles Wagenheim, actor (Ark II, The Six Million Dollar Man, Science Fiction Theatre)

1897 – Celia Lovsky, actress (Soylent Green, Star Trek, Twilight Zone)

Celia Lovsky in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900 – Sydney Arnold, actor (Doctor Who)

Sydney Arnold (left) as Perkins in Doctor Who

1905 – George Mitchell, actor (The Andromeda Strain, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone, Invasion of the Animal People)

1912 – Arline Judge, actress (The Crawling Hand)

1914 – Zachary Scott, actor (Science Fiction Theatre, Tales of Tomorrow)

1925 – Al Fann, actor (ALF, The Incredible Hulk)

1934 – Rue McClanahan, actress (Starship Troopers)

 

 

1937 – Gary Lockwood, actor (Star Trek Equinox: The Night of Time, Unbelievable!!!!!, Spacelift: Transporting Trek Into the 21st Century, Dark Skies, Birth of a Timeless Legacy, Superboy, The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Earth II, Star Trek)

Gary Lockwood in Star Trek

1939 – Richard Beymer, actor (The X-Files, Star Trek: DS9)

1946 – Anthony Daniels, actor (C3P0 – Star Wars)

1946 – Tyne Daly, actress (Swamp Thing, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

1946 – Alan Rickman, actor (Galaxy Quest, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

1949 – Frank Brunner, illustrator

1950 – Larry Drake, actor (Gryphon, Firefly, Stargate SG-1, Timequest, Star Trek: Voyager, Prey)

1952 – Mimi Kuzyk, actress (The Day After Tomorrow, Total Recall 2070, Seaquest 2032, Quantum Leap)

1953 – Christine Ebersole, actress (Mac and Me, My Favorite Martian)

1953 – William Petersen, actor (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Twilight Zone)

1955 – Kelsey Grammer, actor (Star Trek: TNG)

1956 – Woody Brown, actor (Roswell, Alligator II: The Mutation)

1958 – Jack Coleman, actor (Heros, Polar Storm, Trapped in Space)

1958 – Kim Coates, actress (Mutant World, Robosapien: Rebooted, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Smallville, The Dresden Files, Thoughtcrimes, Earth: Final Conflict, Battlefield Earth, Total Recall 2070, Waterworld, RoboCop (TV), War of the Worlds (TV))

1961 – Martha Hackett, actress (Star Trek: Voyager, The Last Man on Planet Earth, Star Trek: DS9, Carnosaur, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1963 – William Baldwin, actor (Virus, Flatliners)

1964 – Huw Higginson, actor (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

1967 – Charles Beaumont, writer, d @ 48 (Queen of Outer Space, Twilight Zone)

1971 – Jose Solano, actor (4:44 Last Day on Earth)

1985 – Louis Hayward, actor, d @ 75 (The Son of Dr. Jekyll)

1989 – Corbin Bleu, actor (Galaxy Quest)

1987 – Ellen Page, actress (Inception, ReGenesis)

1987 – Tuppence Middleton, actress (Jupiter Ascending)

1989 – Corbin Bleu, actor (Galaxy Quest)

1996 – Sophie Turner, actress (Mary Shelley’s Monster)

1996 – H.L. Gold, editor, d @ 81 (Galaxy Science Fiction 1950-1961)

2008 – Ben Chapman, actor, d @ 82 (Creature from the Black Lagoon)