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1904 – Raymond Bailey, actor (The Incredible Shrinking Man, Twilight Zone, The Space Children, Science Fiction Theatre, Tales of Tomorrow)

Raymond Bailey as Dr Thomas Silver in The Incredible Shrinking Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Orson Welles, writer / actor (War of the Worlds (radio))

1923 – Gordon C. Davies, artist (many sci-fi covers)

Gordon C Davies art

1931 – Jack Sharkey, sci-fi author, d @ 61 (Ultimatum in 2050 A.D.)

1936 – Joanna Dunham, actress (Space: 1999, The Day After Tomorrow, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1945 – Richard Eyer, actor (The Invisible Boy, Invasion U.S.A.)

1947 – Alan Dale, actor (Dominion, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Star Trek: Nemesis, The X-Files, The Lost World (TV), Space: Above and Beyond, Time Trax)

1948 – Paul Linke, actor (K-PAX, Smart House, Lois & Clark, Quantum Leap, Space Rage)

 

 

 

 

1950 – Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles is published by Doubleday

The Martian Chronicles

1952 – Michael O’Hare, actor (Babylon 5, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, C.H.U.D.)

1952 – Gregg Henry, actor (Dollhouse, Slither (2006), Star Trek: Enterprise, Firefly, Star Trek: Insurrection, M.A.N.T.I.S.)

1961 – George Clooney, actor (Gravity, Solaris, Tomorrowland)

1961 – Carlos Lauchu, actor (Stargate)

1964 – Dana Hill, actress (Mork & Mindy)

1965 – Leslie Hope, actress (The Strain, Revolution, RoboCop: Prime Directives, Star Trek: DS9, SeaQuest 2032)

1967 – Robert Floyd, actor (Sliders, Godzilla 1998)

1970 – Kavan Smith, actor (Eureka, Stargate (TV), The 4400, Battlestar Galactica, Blade: The Series, The Time Tunnel (2006), Smallville, Mission to Mars, Escape from Mars)

1976 – Kyle Cassie, actor (Fringe, Andromeda, Jake 2.0, Stargate SG-1)

 

1981 – Will Blagrove, actor (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Divergent)

1983 – Adrianne Palicki, actress (The Robinsons: Lost in Space, Smallville)

1986 – Tyler Hynes, actor (Warehouse 13)

1989 – Mark Daugherty, actor (No Ordinary Family)

1993 – Naomi Scott, actress (The Martian, Terra Nova)

1996 – Dominic Scott Kay, actor (Minority Report)

2012 – George Lindsey, actor, d @ 83 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone)