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1887 – Leonard Carey, actor (Adventures of Superman, The Invisible Man’s Revenge, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1894 – Howard Wendell, actor (The Munsters, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1907 – Shimen Rushkin, actor (Donovan’s Brain)

1909 – Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy)

1912 – Richard Wattis, actor (Egghead’s Robot)

1913 – Jim Backus, actor (C.H.O.M.P.S., Ark II)

1917 – Anthony Burgess, sci-fi author (A Clockwork Orange)

1925 – Bert Remsen, actor (Humanoids from the Deep, TerrorVision, Star Trek: DS9, The Phoenix, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Outer Limits, Moon Pilot)

Burt Remsen in Star Trek DS9

 

 

 

 

 

 

1931 – Christopher George, actor (Day of the Animals, Project X, The Immortal)

Christopher George in The Immortal

1934 – Bernard Bresslaw, actor (Krull, Doctor Who)

1934 – Michael Fairman, actor (Firefly, The X-Files, Quantum Leap, The Powers of Matthew Star, World War III)

1937 – Tom Courtenay, actor (The Day the Fish Came Out)

 

 

 

 

1938 – Diane Baker, actress (The Invaders, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Mann & Machine)

Diane Baker as Kathy Adams in The Invaders episode. Beachhead. Better known as Silence of the Lambs’ Senator Ruth Martin

1948 – Joe Mays, actor (Spontanious Combustion, Future Kick, Alien Nation, ALF)

1952 – H. L. Gold publishes The Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction, highlighting that magazine’s growing prominence in satirical and social science fiction.

1954 – John Doe, actor (Zombex, Roswell, Liquid Dreams)

1955 – Leann Hunley, actress (Lois & Clark, Battlestar Galactica)

1958 – Barclay Hope, actor (Eureka, Fringe, Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, War of the Worlds (TV), The Twilight Zone)

1959 – Carl Marotte, actor (TekWar)

1958 – James C. Burns, actor (Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Transformers)

1964 – Lee Evans, actor (Doctor Who, The Fifth Element)

1966 – Samantha Phillips, actress (Phantasm II)

 

1966 – Alexis Denisof, actor (H+, Dollhouse)

1966 – Stacey Cortez, actress (Quantum Leap, They Came from Outer Space)

1966 – Tea Leoni, actress (Deep Impact, Jurassic Park III, The X-Files)

1971 – Christien Anholt, actress (Doctor Who)

1971 – Sean Astin, actor (The Strain, Alphas, Masters of Science Fiction)

1973 – Anson Mount, actor (Dollhouse, Smallville)

1973 – Anson Mount, actor (Dollhouse, Smallville)

1973 – Daniel Boileau, actor (The Tomorrow People, Eve of Destruction, Fringe, Smallville, Eureka, Stargate: Atlantis)

1979 – David Hoflin, actor (The Lost World)

1979 – Jennifer Ferrin, actress (Falling Skies)

1982 – Tara Wilson, actress (Almost Human, V, Smallville, Tin Man)

1986 – Justin Berfield, actor (The Kid with X-ray Eyes)

1987 – James Coco, actor, d @ 58 (The Stepford Children, The Twilight Zone, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

1988 – Amapola Del Vando, actress, d @ 78 (The Bionic Woman)

1992 – Guy Deghy, actor, d @ 79 (The Mouse on the Moon)

1993 – Eddie Constantine, actor, d @ 79 (Frankenstein’s Aunt)

1997 – Isabelle Fuhrman, actress (The Hunger Games)

1997 – Leprechaun 4: In Space released

2006 – Darren McGavin, actor, d @ 83 (The X-Files, Firebird 2015 AD, Hanger 18, The Martian Chronicles, The Six Million Dollar Man, Mission Mars, Tales of Tomorrow)

2009 – Philip Jose Farmer, sci-fi writer, d @ 91 (Riverworld)

2014 – Ed Vassallo, actor, d @ 42 (Fringe, War of the Worlds)