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1911 – Vincent Price, actor, (The Invisible Man Returns, Lights Out, Science Fiction Theatre, The Tingler, The Fly, Return of the Fly, The Last Man on Earth, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bomb, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Edward Scissorhands)

Vincent Price in The Tingler

 

 

 

 

 

 

1919 – Kam Fong, actor (The Lost Missile)

1922 – Wilfred Greatorex, writer (1990)

1922 – Christopher Lee, actor (Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith , Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, The Tomorrow People, Cyber Eden, Starship Invasions, End of the World, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The Man Who Could Cheat Death, She, I Monster, Space: 1999)

Christopher Lee in Star Wars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1926 – John Miranda, actor (The Invisible Kid, ALF, Innerspace, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Mork & Mindy)

1934 – Harlan [Jay] Ellison, sci-fi author (Doomsman, Babylon 5, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Starlost)

1935 – Lee Meriwether, actress (The Munsters Today, Time Express, The Immortal, Land of the Giants, Star Trek, The Time Tunnel, 4D Man)

Lee Meriwether in Star Trek

1936 – Louis Gossett Jr, actor (Half-Life 2, Enemy Mine, Extant, Solar Attack, Stargate SG-1, The Powers of Matthew Star, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Invaders)

1943 – Bruce Weitz, actor (Deep Impact, Dinocroc, The X-Files, Lois & Clark, The Twilight Zone)

1948 – Ken Lerner, actor (They Crawl, Godzilla 1998, RoboCop2, Project X, Twilight Zone)

1949 – Michelan Sisti, actor (Star Trek: TNG)

1953 – Greg Hicks, actor (Bugs)

1955 – Richard Schiff, actor (Man of Steel, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Roswell, Deep Impact, Special Report: Journey to Mars, Tank Girl, Ghost in the Machine )

 

1958 – Linnea Quigley, actress (The Naked Monster, The Monster Man, Horrorvision, The Killer Eye, Creepozoids, Dr. Alien)

1961 – Cathy Silvers, actress (Encino Woman)

1961 – Candice Silvers, actress (My Science Project)

1962 – Steven Brill, actor (Edward Scissorhands)

1967 – Eddie McClintock, actor (Warehouse 13)

1969 – Dondre Whitfield, actor (The X-Files, Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion)

1969 – Jeffrey Hunter, actor, d @ 42 (Star Trek, Dimension 5)

1970 – Joseph Fiennes, actor (FlashForward)

1971 – Monika Schnarre, actress (Andromeda, Mutant X, Code Name: Eternity, First Wave, Total Recall 2070, Earth: Final Conflict

1971 – Paul Bettany, actor (Transcendence, Legion)

1980 – Ben Feldman, actor (Cloverfield, Them (2007))

1987 – Bella Heathcote, actress (In Time, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

1992 – John Myhers, actor, d @ 70 (The Twilight Zone, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Far Out Space Nuts)

1995 – Severn Darden, actor, d @ 65 (Conquest Battle for the Planet of the Apes, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Beyond Westworld, Probe)

2001 – Ramon Bieri, actor, d @ 71 (The Andromeda Strain, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

2006 – Paul Gleason, actor, d @ 67 (Dark Skies, Digital Man, Lois & Clark, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, The Invaders, Panic in Year Zero!)

2007 – Gretchen Wyler, actress, d @ 75 (Probe)

2011 – Jeff Conaway d @ 60 (Babylon 5)