Today in Science Fiction History. Our past’s view of the present/future. #scifi #sciencefiction #doctorwho #startrek #starwars #scifichat – Draft

1890 – Herbert Marshall, actor (The Fly, Gog, Riders to the Stars)

1900 – Ralph Dunn, actor (Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man)

1908 – Linda Watkins, actress (From Hell it Came)

1910 – Scatman Crothers, actor, d @ 76 22 November 1986 (Twilight Zone: The Movie, Zapped!, The Incredible Hulk)

1912 – Marius Goring, actor (Doctor Who)

1919 – Betty Garrett, actress (Trail of the Screaming Forehead)

1920 – Sid Melton, actor (The Munsters, The Atomic Submarine, Adventures of Superman, Captain Midnight, Lost Continent)

1921 – James Blish, sci-fi author (A Case Of Conscience)

1924 – Ted Jordan, actor (Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1924 – Bill McCutcheon, actor (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Johnny Jupiter)

1928 – Nigel Davenport, actor (The Island of Dr. Moreau, Phase IV)

1931 – Laura Devon, actress (The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

1931 – Barbara Barrie, actress (The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

1933 – Joan Collins, actress (Star Trek, Future Cop, The Fantastic Journey, Space: 1999)

Joan Collins in the Star Trek episode, The City on the Edge of Forever.

 

 

 

 

 

1942 – Zalman King, actor (Galaxy of Terror, Land of the Giants)

1945 – Andrew Burt, actor (Super Gran, Doctor Who, Blakes 7)

Andrew Burt in Blakes 7

 

 

 

 

 

1950 – O-Lan Jones, actor (Mars Attacks!, TheX Files, Edward Scissorhands, Martians Go Home)

O-Lan Jones in Mars Attacks!

1950 – Linda Thompson, actress (RoboCop 2, Mars: Base One

1951 – Cyb Barnstable, actress (Quark)

1951 – Patricia Barnstable, actress (Quark)

1957 – Mark Arnold, actor (Alien Encounter, Trancers 4: Jack of Swords, Trancers 5: Sudden Deth

1958 – Drew Carey, actor (Lois & Clark, Coneheads)

1959 – Linden Ashby, actor (Resident Evil: Extinction

1960 – Linden Ashby, actor (Resident Evil: Extinction)

1965 – Melissa McBride, actress (The Mist, Mutant Species, The Walking Dead)

1967 – Philip Coolidge, actor, d @ 58 (Tinglerj, Twilight Zone)

1968 – John Ortiz, actor (Aliens vs. Predator:Requiem)

1970 – Nydia Westman, actress, d @ 68 (The Reluctant Astronaut, My Favorite Martian, The Munsters, The Invisible Ray)

1972 – Sebastina Cordero, director (Europa Report)

1980 – Lane Garrison, actor (The Event)

1984 – Adam Wylie, actor (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Species: The Awakening, Sliders, Weird Science)

1986 – Sterling Hayden, actor, d @ 70 (The Last Days of Man on Earth, The Starlost)

1989 – Devin Douglas Drewitz, actor (Smallville, Taken)

1993 – James Millhollin, actor, d @ 77 (Lost in Space, It’s About Time, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

2001 – Harry Townes, actor, d @ 86 (Voyagers!, The Incredible Hulk, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Ark II, Planet of the Apes, The Immortal, The Invaders, Star Trek, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Men Into Space)

2011 – Tom Hennesy, actor, d @ 87 (Revenge of the Creature)