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1904 – Lyle Latell, actor, (Beginning of the End, The Night The World Exploded, Not of this Earth)

Lyle Latell in Not of this Earth

1909 – Michael Ward, actor, d @ 88 8 November 1997 (Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell)

1917 – Brad Dexter, actor (The Incredible , Project U.F.O.)

1921 – Frankie Thomas, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)

 

 

 

 

1928 – Aubrey Woods, actor (Blakes 7, Doctor Who)

Aubrey Woods as Controller in Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks.

1932 – Cheeta, chimpanzee actor (07 Spaceys)

1935 – Avery Schreiber, actor (Galaxina, The Twilight Zone)

1937 – Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, sci-fi author (Collision Course)

1937 – Marty Krofft, producer (Land of the Lost,Wonderbug, Dr, Shrinker, Far Out Space Nuts, The Lost Saucer)

 

 

 

 

1941 – Hannah Gordon, actress (Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown)

Hannah Gordon as Kristi McLaren in Doctor Who: The Highlander.

1942 – Brandon De Wilde, actor (Journey to the Unknown)

1950 – Nathan Cook, actor (The Astronauts)

1954 – Dennis Quaid, actor (The Day After Tomorrow, Innerspace)

1959 – Fred Dekker writer (Star Trek: Enterprise, RoboCop 3)

1965 – Mark Pellegrino, actor (The Tomorrow People, NYPD 2069, Astronauts, The X-Files, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Astronauts)

1966 – Cynthia Nixon, actress (The Outer Limits)

1968 – Jay Chandrasekhar, actor (Warehouse 13)

1968 – Matthew Bennett, actor (The Strain, Orphan Black, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Seven Days, Total Recall 2070, Earth: Final Conflict, The X-Files)

1979 – Keith Nobbs, actor (Fringe)

 

 

1981 – Arlen Escarpeta, actor (Extant)

1981 – Superman II released in UK

1982 – Jay Baruchel, actor (RoboCop, This is the End)

1984 – Lili Mirojnick, actress (Cloverfield)

1986 – Leighton Meester, actor (Surface)

1990 – Kristen Stewart b. 1990 (Jumper, Zathura: A Space Adventure)

1988 – Elle Fanning, actress (Super 8, Taken)