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1901 – Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Adventures of Superman)

1905 – John Emery, actor, (Rocketship X-M, Kronos, Lights Out)

1915 – Peter Copley, actor (Doctor Who, Five Million Miles to Earth, The Cosmic Monster)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1919 – George Gobel, actor (The Invisible Woman, The Day It Came to Earth)

George Gobel in The Day It Came To Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1927 – David Hedison, actor (Project U.F.O., Wonder Woman, The Cat Creature, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Lost World, The Fly)

David Hedison in The Fly

1930 – James McEachin, actor (2010, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Invisible Man)

1936 – Anthony Zerbe, actor (Veritas, Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions, Total Recall 2070, Star Trek: Insurrection, Asteroid (TV), The Omega Man)

1940 – Joan Staley, actress (The Munsters)

1942 – David Proval, actor (The Relic, Quantum Leap)

1948 – Jon Amiel, director (The Core)

1949 – Dave Thomas, actor (Coneheads)

 

1958 – Frank Medrano, actor (Torchwood)

1958 – Matt McCoy, actor (The Apocalypse, Star Trek: TNG, DeepStar Six)

1959 – The World, the Flesh and the Devil released

1959 – Bronson Pinchot, actor (Meego, 3rd Rock From the Sun)

1960 – John Billingsley, actor (2012, The Man from Earth, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, The X-Files)

1960 – Tony Goldwyn, actor (Divergent, The 6th Day)

1961 – Owen Teale, actor (Torchwood, Doctor Who)

1967 – Stephanie Niznik, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise, Spiders II: Breeding Ground, Star Trek: Insurrection, Sliders)

1968 – Timothy Olyphant, actor (I am Number Four, Dreamcatcher)

1975 – Tahmoh Penikett, actor (Continuum, Man of Steel, Riverworld, Dollhouse, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Strange Empire)

1977 – Matt Czuchry, actor (Jake 2.0, Eight Legged Freaks)

1977 – Jason Cermak, actor (Mutant World)

1983 – Chad Connell, actor (Warehouse 13, ReGenesis)

1983 – Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone released

1989 – Anton Diffring, actor d @ 70 (Doctor Who, The Beast Must Die, Fahrenheit 451, H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man)

1996 – Jon Pertwee, actor, d @ 76 (3rd Doctor Who)

1994 – Dorothy Newman, actress, d @ 80 (Twilight Zone, The Day the Earth Stood Still)