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1912 – Walt Gorney, actor (Day of the Animals)

1912 – Eric Feldary, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Men Into Space)

1915 – Emil [Theodore] Petaja, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)

1927 – Jane Withers, actress (The Munsters)

1929 – Elspet Gray, actress (Doctor Who)

Elspet Gray in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Charles Napier, actor (The 4400, Dinocroc, Roswell, Alien Species, Star Trek: DS9, Lois & Clark, Future Zone, Alien from the Deep, The Incredible Hulk Returns, The Incredible Hulk, Deep Space, Star Trek, Alien Attack)

Charles Napier in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1946 – Ed O’Neill, actor (W.E.I.R.D. World)

1947 – Dan Lauria, actor (Alien Trespass, Contagion , Independence Day, Misfits of Science)

1951 – Tom Noonan, actor (The Astronaut’s Wife The X-Files, RoboCop 2, 12 Monkies (2015), Eight Legged Freaks)

1957 – The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold with a screenplay by Richard Matheson from his novel, is released.

The Incredible Shrinking Man is released.

1959 – Tracy Torme, writer (Sliders, Star Trek: TNG, Odyssey 5)

1959 – Elissa Leeds, actress (Earthbound

1961 – Magda Szubanski, actress (Farscape)

1961 – Jay Baker, actor (Star Trek: DS9, The Incredible Hulk Returns)

1964 – Mark Camacho, actor (10.5: Apocalypse, Space Cases, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde)

1965 – Tom O’Brien, actor (Alien Incursion, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, The Astronaut’s Wife, Strange World, Timecop, The X-Files, Dark Skies, The Twilight Zone)

1967 – Michael Wiseman, actor (The X-Files, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: Voyager, Perversions of Science, Predator 2)

 

1968 – Alicia Coppola, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)

1968 – Tracy Vilar, actress (K-PAX)

1971 – Nicholas Brendon, actor (Coherence)

1971 – Shannen Doherty, actress (Voyagers!, Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys, Category 7: The End of the World)

1973 – Amr Waked, actor (Lucy)

1974 – Marley Shelton, actress (Planet Terror)

1974 – Carl Jaffe, actor, d @ 72 (First Man in Space, Battle Beneath the Earth, The Electronic Monster, Satellite in the Sky, The Atomic Man)

1976 – Jade Calegory, actress (Alien Nation, Mac and Me)

1976 – Paul Ford, actor, d @ 74 (Tales of Tomorrow)

1978 – Riley Smith, actor (Eight Legged Freaks, Alien Arsenal)

1978 – Jared Turner, actor (30 Days of Night)

1979 – Amy Kerr, actress (Outlander, Lexx)

1979 – Claire Danes, actress (Stardust, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)

1979 – Jennifer Morrison, actress (Star Trek (2009), Star Trek: ID, The Chronicle, The Zeros)

1980 – Diana Marshall-Green, actress (Infestation)

1987 – Brooklyn Decker, actor (Battleship)

1989 – Gerald Flood, actor, d @ 61 (Doctor Who, Secret Beneath the Sea, City Beneath the Sea, Pathfinders to Venus, Pathfinders in Space)

1994 – Saoirse Ronan, actress (The Host)

2000 – Christopher Pettiet, actor, d @ 24 (Seaquest 2032, Star Trek: TNG)

2002 – Stranded released

2003 – Peter DaCunha, actor (Alphas)