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1904 – Pat J O’Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Lights Out)

1904 – George Brent, actor (Science Fiction Theatre)

1907 – Paul Maxey, actor (Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man)

1913 – MacDonald Carey, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, End of the World, The Outer Limits, Science Fiction Theatre)

MacDonald Carey in The Outer Limits episode, The Special One.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Richard Ward, actor (The Immortal)

1915 – Joe E. Ross, actor (It’s About Time, The Lost Saucer)

Joe E. Ross in It’s About Time

1919 – Lawrence Tierney, actor (Armageddon, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: TNG)

1924 – Walter Gotell, actor (The X-Files, Star Trek: TNG, The Boys from Brazil, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, 1984)

1935 – Judd Hirsch, actor (Independence Day, Sharknado, Warehouse 13)

1943 – David Cronenberg, director (eXistenZ, Naked Lunch, The Fly, Videodrome, Scanners, They Came from Within)

1945 – Henry Victor, actor, d @ 52 (King of the Zombies)

1949 – John Duttine, actor (Day of the Triffids)

1949 – Brad Blaisdell, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Dark Skies, Evolver, Small Wonder, World War III)

1950 – The Mutual Radio network debuts 2000 Plus, the earliest effort at an adult-oriented science fiction anthology radio drama, which will run until January 1952.

2000 Plus radio show began

1954 – Craig Wasson, actor (The Tomorrow Man, Star Trek: DS9, Trapped in Space)

1956 – Forbidden Planet, directed by Fred Wilcox, is released, becoming one of the most popular of all science fiction films, with its elaborate special effects, unusually sophisticated plot, and pioneering use of electronic music.

1957 – Joaquim de Almeida, actor (Revolution, Robosapien: Rebooted)

1958 – Laura Carrington, actress (Max Headroom)

1959 – Renny Harlin, director (T.R.A.X., Deep Blue Sea)

1964 – Paul Cavanagh, actor, d @ 75 (Adventures of Superman, She Devil, Space Patrol, The Son of Dr. Jekyll)

1966 – Chris Bruno, actor (The Cell 2)

1969 – Kim Raver, actress (Revolution)

1969 – Miles Malleson, actor, d @ 80 (First Men in the Moon, The Brain)

1970 – J. Brennan Smith, actor (Testament)

1972 – Anne Bedian, actress (Meteor, Lost, Android Apocalypse)

1975 – Tak Sakaguchi, actor (Mutant Girls Squad, Samurai Zombie, Godzilla: Final Wars)

1977 – Brian Tee, actor (The Invisible Man, Jurassic World, Roswell FM)

1983 – Sean Biggerstaff, actor (Doctor Who)

1985 – Kellan Lutz, actor (Heroes)

1985 – Eva Amurri Martino, actress (Animals)

1986 – Jai Courtney, actor (Terminator Genisys, Insurgent, Divergent, I Frankenstein)

1996 – George Alexis Milkomanov Milkomane aka George Borodin, sci-fi author, d @ 92

2003 – Thora Hird, actress, d @ 91 (The Quatermass Xperiment)

2007 – Stuart Rosenberg, director, d @ 79 (Twilight Zone)

2009 – Ron Silver, actor, d @ 62 (Timecop, The Entity, Xenophobia, The Arrival, Lifepod)

2001 – Ann Sothern, actress, d @ 92 (The Manitou)

2002 – Race to Space released