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1904 – WilliamChallee, actor (The Invaders, Twilight Zone, Adventures of Superman)

William Challee in The Invaders episode, Nightmare.

1916 – Phil Leeds, actor (Alf, Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie)

1918 – Karen Verne, actress (Twilight Zone)

1928 – Joi Lansing, actress (The Atomic Submarine, Adventures of Superman)

 

 

 

 

 

1931 – Ivan Dixon, actor (The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

Ivan Dixon as Sgt James Conover in The Outer Limits Episode, The Human Factor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Billy Dee Williams, actor (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)

1938 – Roy Thinnes, actor (The Invaders, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, War of the Worlds, The Invaders TV movie, Spectropia, The X-Files)

Roy Thinnes in The Invaders

1942 – Barry Levinson, director (Sphere)

1947 – John Ratzenberger, actor (Timestalkers, Outland, Superman, Superman II, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Warlords of the Deep, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)

1948 – Patrika Darbo, actress (Lois & Clark, Spaced Invaders)

1949 – Jane Actman, actress (The Invisible Man, Planet of the Apes)

1949 – Janet Agren, actress (Hands of Steel, City of the Living Dead)

1952 – Judith McConnell, actress (Virus, Sliders, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Star Trek)

1953 – Patrick Doyle, composer (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Frankenstein)

1953 – Abbott and Costello Go to Mars released

1954 – Judi Bowker, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Worlds Beyond)

1955 – Michael Rooker, actor (The 6th Day, Guardians of the Galaxy, Atlantis Down, Skeleton Man, Stargate SG-1, Tremors (TV), Replicant, The Outer Limits, Meteor, Repo! The Genetic Opera)

1959 – Mark Strickson, actor (Doctor Who)

1969 – Paul Rudd, actor (Ant-Man, This is the End, Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem)

1971 – Alasdair Gillis, actor (UFO Kidnapped)

1972 – Jason Hervey, actor (Back to the Future, Frankenweenie)

1974 – Paul Orban, artist, d @ 77

1975 – Zach Braff, actor (Clone High)

1978 – Cecily Fay, actress (Starhyke, Intergalactic Combat, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

1980 – Matthew Thomas Carey, actor (Creature)

1982 – Sofia Boutella, actress (Monster: Dark Continent)

1982 – Bret Harrison, actor (V)

1983 – Diora Baird, actress (Brain Blockers, Star Trek, Hot Tub Time Machine)

1990 – Charlie McDermott, actor (ImagiGARY, Hot Tub Time Machine, The Village)

1992 – Isaac Asimov, sci-fi author, d @ 72

1998 – Spencer List, actor (Fringe)

2003 – Susan French, actress, d @ 91 (Star Trek: TNG, Flatliners, Quantum Leap)

2007 – Sunshine released

2010 – Corin Redgrave, actor, d @ 70 (Ultraviolet)

2014 – Mickey Rooney, actor, d @ 93 (The Atomic Kid, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Twilight Zone)