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1917 – Davis Roberts, actor (Westworld, Demon Seed, Ark II, Star Trek)

Davis Roberts in Star Trek, The Empath

1921 – Eleanor Summerfield, actress (UFO)

1925 – Richard Vernon, actor (Journey to the Unknown, UFO, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

1926 – Alan Sues, actor (Time Express, Twilight Zone)

1927 – James Broderick, actor (Twilight Zone)

1934 – Gray Morrow, illustrator, d @ 67

 

 

 

1940 – Daniel J Travanti, actor (The Wasp Woman, The Outer Limits, Millennium, Lost in Space)

Daniel J. Travanti in the Lost in Space episode, Collision of the Planets

1942 – Paul Preuss, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)

1945 – Elizabeth Moon, sci-fi author (2004 Nebula for The Speed of Dark)

1945 – John Heard, actor (C.H.U.D., Sharknado, Battlestar Galactica, Locusts, The Outer Limits)

1947 – Richard Lawson, actor (Mars and Beyond, V, The Fantastic Journey)

1950 – Mark Pinter, actor (Futurestates

1955 – Tom Dugan, actor, d @ 66 (Hypernauts)

 

 

 

1956 – Bryan Cranston, actor (Godzilla 2014, Total Recall, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, The X-Files, Babylon 5, Amazon Women on the Moon, Dead Space)

Bryan Cranston in Godzilla 2014

1958 – Rik Mayall, actor (Errors of the Human Body, Whoops Apocalypse)

1959 – Donna Murphy, actress (The Fountain, The Edison Death Machine, Star Trek: Insurrection, The Astronaut’s Wife)

1959 – Nick Searcy, actor (Seven Days, Roswell)

1963 – Bill Brochtrup, actor (Space Marines, ALF)

1965 – Cameron Daddo, actor (Category 7: The End of the World, Riverworld, Anthrax, The Outer Limits, Earth: Final Conflict, Andromeda,

1966 – Joy Tanner, actress (ReGenesis, Mutant X, Earth: Final Conflict)

1966 – Jonathan Del Arco, actor (Dollhouse, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG)

 

1970 – Rachel Weisz, actress (The Fountain, The Lobster, Chain Reaction, Death Machine)

Rachel Weisz as Dr Lily Sinclair in Chain Reaction

1971 – Matthew Vaughn, director (Stardust)

1971 – Josh Stolberg, writer (Piranha 3D, Piranha 3DD, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show)

1972 – Maxim Roy, actress (ReGenesis, CAT. 8, Infected, WarGames: The Dead Code)

1974 – Larry Bagby, actor (L.I.N.X., Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here)

1974 – Tobias Menzies, actor (Doctor Who, The Deep)

1974 – Jolie Jenkins, actor (The X-Files)

1974 – Jenna Fischer, actress (Apocalypse Slough, Slither [2006])

 

1975 – Ben Blue, actor, d @ 73 (Land of the Giants)

1975 – Audrey Marie Anderson, actress (The Walking Dead)

1982 – Aaron Diaz, actor (Dinoshark)

1983 – Robert Bray, actor, d @ 65 (Twilight Zone, Rocky Jones Space Ranger, The Thing from Another World)

1984 – Brandon T. Jackson, actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

1992 – Justin Kelly, actor (Warehouse 13)

1999 – Stanley Kubrick, director, d @ 76 (A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey)

2000 – Charles Gray, actor, d @ 71 (Out of this World, Man in the Moon, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

2004 – Paul Winfield, actor, d @ 64 (Terminator, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Damnation Alley, Mars Attacks!, Babylon 5, Star Trek: TNG, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)

2006 – John Junkin, actor, d @ 76 (Journey into the Unknown, The Brain)

2009 – Jimmy Boyd, actor, d @ 70 (Brainstorm, Space Force, Space Patrol)