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1898 – Joyce Carey, actress (Journey into the Unknown)

1918 – Joseph Allen Jr, actor (Lights Out)

1922 – Turhan Bey, actor (Babylon 5, VR.5, SeaQuest 2032)

1929 – Richard Dysart, actor (The Thing, Gemini Man, The Terminal Man, Back to the Future III)

Richard Dysart as Dr Copper in The Thing

1929 – Shirley Stoler, actress (The Powers of Matthew Star, Frankenhooker)

1930 – John Astin, actor (Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses, Homeboys from Outer Space, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!, They Came from Outer Space, The Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Otherworld, Twilight Zone)

1937 – Jay W Macintosh, actress (Logan’s Run)

1942 – Kenneth Welsh, actor (Bionic Woman, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, Category 7: The End of the World, The Fog, The Day After Tomorrow, The X-Files, The Twilight Zone)

1944 – Gabrielle Drake, actress (UFO)

 

1950 – Robbie Coltrane, actor (Krull, Flash Gordon)

Robbie Coltrane in Flash Gordon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1956 – Lisa Harrison, actress (Superman Returns, Invasion)

1957 – Paul Reiser, actor (Aliens)

Paul Reiser in Aliens

1962 – Bil Dwyer, actor (Re-Animated, What Planet are You From)

1964 – Ian Ziering, actor (Sharknado, Lava Storm, Tyrannosaurus Azteca)

1965 – Juliet Landau, actress (Millennium)

1968 – Roland Kickinger, actor (Terminator Salvation)

1971 – Selmer Jackson, actor, d @ 82 (The Lost Missile, Adverntures of Superman, Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere)

1972 – Peter Whitney, actor, d @ 55 (Adventures of Superman)

1972 – Mili Avatal, actress (Minotaur, Stargate)

1976 – Matt Doran, actor (Star Wars II: The Attack of the Clones, Farscape, The Matrix)

1977 – Rupert Evans, actor (Hellboy, Lexx)

1979 – Jose Pablo Cantillo, actor (The Walking Dead, Elysium)

1980 – Lindsay Parker, actress (Critters 2)

1982 – Jason Dohring, actor (Deep Impact, The Tomorrow People, Roswell)

1984 – Helena Mattson, actress (Surrogates)

1986 – Tessa Ferrer, actress (Extant)

1986 – Simon Baker, actor (Journey to the Center of the Earth, I, Robot)

1987 – Marley McClean, actress (Serenity, Star Trek: Voyager)

1989 – Dort Clark, actor, d @ 71 (Time Travelers, The Invaders, The Munsters)

1990 – Cassie Scerbo, actress (Sharknado, Bering Sea Beast)

1999 – Terry Wilson, actor, d @ 75 (Westworld)

2003 – Michael Jeter, actor (Waterworld, Jurassic Park III)

2014 – Kate O’Mara, actress, d @ 74 (Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, The Horror of Frankenstein)