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1879 – Alfred Abel, actor (Metropolis)

1905 – Takashi Shimura, actor (Godzilla 1954 & 1977, Kwaidan, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Mothra, The Mysterians, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Godzilla Raids Again )

1907 – Arthur Hewlett, actor (Moondial, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Quatermass and the Pit)

Arthur Hewlett in the Doctor Who episode State of Decay as Kalmar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1918 – Frank Overton, actor, d @ 49 24 April 1967 (Star Trek, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

Frank Overton in the Star Trek episode, This Side of Paradise.

1919 – Frank Campanella, actor (Salvage 1, Captain Video)

1925 – Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy, Make Room! Make Room! (Basis for Solent Green))

1947 – Laura Waterbury, actress (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Mac and Me, Innerspace, The Twilight Zone)

1950 – Jon Provost, actor (The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes)

1951 – Caren Kaye, actress (Out of the Unknown)

1956 – Lesley Manville, actor (An Adventure in Space and Time)

 

1957 – Philip K. Dick’s novel Eye in the Sky is published by Ace

Philip K Dick’s novel, An Eye in the Sky was published.

1960 – Courtney B Vance, actor (FlashForward, Space Cowboys)

1960 – Jason Beghe, actor (The X-Files, Quantum Leap, Alien Nation)

1961 – Titus Welliver, actor (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Star Trek: Voyager, Total Recall 2070, The X-Files)

1963 – Julia Campbell, actress (Heroes, Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics)

1966 – Estelita Rodriguez, actress, d @ 37 (Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter )

1968 – Aaron Eckhart, actor (Battle Los Angeles, I, Frankenstein)

1971 – The Andromeda Strain released

1982 – Samm Levine, actor (Warehouse 13)

1982 – Aaron Farb, actor (Powers, Revolution)

1984 – Arnold Ridley, actor, d @ 88 (Out of the Unknown)

1984 – Jaimie Alexander, actress (Ultradome, Kyle XY)

1988 – Karen Steele, actress, d @ 56 (Star Trek, Cyborg 2087, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1989 – Maurice Evans, actor, d @ 87 (Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)

1992 – Barbara Morrison, actress, d @ 84 (Project Moonbase)

1994 – Tanveer K. Atwal, actress (The Matrix Revolutions)

1995 – Juanin Clay, actress, d @ 45 (Wargames, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1999 – Wing Commander released

2001 – Morton Downey, Jr., actor, d @ 67 (Predator 2)

2003 – Lynne Thigpen, actress, d @ 54 (Bicentennial Man)

2014 – Richard Coogan, actor as Captain Video, d @ 99 (Captain Video and His Video Rangers)