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1921 – Richard Deacon, actor (Piranha, The Lost Saucer, The Munsters, Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, This Island Earth, Invaders form Mars)

Richard Deacon as a MP in Invaders from Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1933 – Sian Phillips, actress (Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, Dune)

1933 – Laszlo Kovacs, cinematographer (Multiplicity, Slither)

1944 – George Lucas, writer/director ( Star Wars, THX-1138)

1947 – Tamara Dobson, actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Jason of Star Command)

Tamara Dobson in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1950 – Mark Blum, actor (Fringe)

1951 – Robert Zemeckis, writer/director (Back to the Future)

1955 – Robert G. Tapert, writer (Alien Apocalypse, Cleopatra 2525)

1959 – Brett Leonard, director (Man-Thing, Virtuosity, The Lawnmower Man)

1961 – Tim Roth, actor (The Incredible Hulk, Planet of the Apes, Metamorphosis)

1962 – Danny Huston, actor (Children of Men, Timecode)

 

 

 

1969 – Cate Blanchett, actress (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

1970 – Natasha Ryan, actress (The Day Time Ended, Kingdom of the Spiders)

1971 – Sofia Coppola, actress (Star Wars: Episode I)

1973 – Indira Varma, actress (Torchwood, Sci-Fright)

1977 – Ada Nicodemou, actress (The Matrix)

1980 – Hugh Griffith, actor, d @ 77 (The Last Days of Man on Earth)

1982 – Hugh Beaumont, actor, d @ 73 (The Mole People, The Human Duplicators, Science Fiction Theatre, Adventures of Superman, Lost Continent)

1997 – Riley Griffiths, actor (Super 8)

2003 – Robert Stack, actor, d @ 84 (Butt-Ugly Martians)

 

2005 – Alyce Andrece, actress, d @ 68 (Star Trek)