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1894 – Ken Tyrell, actor (Master of the World, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Brain from Planet Arous, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Indestructible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Zombies of the Stratosphere, Radar Men from the Moon, Flying Disc Man from Mars, The Invisible Monster)

1908 – Jack Williamson, actor (author, The Legion of Time, Starchild, The Man from Outside)

1912 – Richard Carlson, actor (The Magnetic Monster, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space, Riders to the Stars, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush in It Came from Outer Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1923 – Irvin Kershner, director (SeaQuest 2032, RoboCop 2, The Empire Strikes Back)

1934 – Akira Takarada, actor (Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, King Kong Escapes, Godzilla 2014, Godzilla 1977, Godzilla 1954], Invasion of Astro-Monster)

Akira Takarada acted in many of the Godzilla movies

1936 – Lane Smith, actor, d @ 69 13 June 2005 (Lois & Clark, Duplicates, V)

1946 – Wayne Robson, actor (The Timekeeper, The Incredible Hulk, Lexx, Cube, RoboCop, The Twilight Zone)

1948 – Reb Brown, actor (Space Mutiny, Robowar, Yor, the Hunter from the Future, Brave New World, Strange New World, The Six Million Dollar Man, Ssssss)

 

 

 

 

1951 – The Thing from Another World, based on a story by John W. Campbell, Jr. and directed by Christian Nyby (with uncredited direction by Howard Hawks), opens in the U.S., helping to initiate a cycle of popular science fiction monster movies. It will later be remade in 1982 and in 2011.

The Thing from Another World released in US

1951 – Ellen Crawford, actress (The Man From Earth, Soldier, The Invisible Kid)

1952 – Robert Towers, actor (Star Trek: TNG, Masters of the Universe)

1952 – Nora Dunn, actress (What Planet Are You From?, The X Files)

1954 – Gavin O’Herlihy, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Superman III, The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1955 – Kate Mulgrew, actress (Warehouse 13, Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Trek: Voyager)

1955 – Leslie Jordan, actress (Undead or Alive: A Zombedy, Weird Science, Star Trek: Voyager, Lois & Clark, JasonFrankenstein General Hospital)

1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, actress (Stardust)

1958 – Eve Plumb, actress (Lois & Clark)

1960 – Robert J. Sawyer, sci-fi author (The Terminal Experiment, Hugo for Homonids)

 

 

1963 – Bruce Harwoord, actor (The X-Files, Alienated, Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, The Lone Gunmen, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Fly II, Earth Star Voyager)

1966 – Vincent Ventresca, actor (Dollhouse, Mammoth, The Invisible Man [TV])

1970 – Uma Thurman, actress (Gattaca)

1972 – Derek Mears, actor (Predators, Star Trek: Enterprise, Men in Black II)

1973 – David Belle, actor (Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Babylon A.D.)

1975 – April Telek, actress (Strange Empire, Tin Man, Stargate SG-1, Replicant, First Wave, Millennium, Sliders)

1977 – David Sullivan, actor (The Astronaut Farmer)

1978 – Tyler Labine, actor (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Invasion, Jake 2.0, Evil Alien Conquerors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The X-Files)

1984 – Firass Dirani, actor (Pitch Black)

1984 – Taylor Cole, actor (Heroes, Surrogates)

1992 – Mae Clarke, actress, d @ 81 (Frankenstein)

2005 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe released

2008 – Julie Ege, actress, d @ 64 (The Last Days of Man on Earth, Creatures the World Forgot)

2011 – Joanna Russ, sci-fi author, d @ 74 (Female Man, Alyx)

2014 – Bob Hoskins, actor, d @ 71 (Brazil, The Lost World, Doomsday)