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1905 – Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (Chimera, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Out of the Unknown)

1912 – Iris Adrian, actress (The Munsters)

1921 – Clifton James, actor (Superman II, The Six Million Dollar Man)

Clifton James in Superman II

1928 – Frederick Jaeger, actor (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Doctor Who, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing)

1934 – Nanette Newman, actress (The Stepford Wives, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City)

 

 

1942 – Kevin Conway, actor (Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Star Trek: TNG)

Kevin Conway in Star Trek: TNG

1942 – John Barrymore, actor, d @ 60 (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)

1947 – Anthony Geary, actor (Project U.F.O., The Amazing Captain Nemo, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1947 – Julie Cobb, actress (Lois & Clark, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Starman (TV), Brave New World (TV), The Incredible Hulk, Star Trek)

1948 – Nick Mancuso, actor (Mutant X, Total Recall 2070, Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension)

1949 – Cotter Smith, actor (Invasion, Invader (1996), The Twilight Zone)

 

 

1949 – Robert Axelrod, actor (The Blob (1988), Alien Private Eye)

Robert Axelrod in The Blob

1956 – Tony Randel, director (Hybrids, Power Rangers in Space, Ticks)

1957 – Ted Levine, actor (Evolution)

1957 – James Whale, director, d @ 67 (The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein)

1958 – Wayne Duvall, actor (Evolution, Seven Days, Timecop, The X-Files)

1958 – Annette Bening, actress (What Planet Are You From?, Mars Attacks!)

1959 – Adrian Paul, actor (Eyeborgs, War of the Worlds (TV))

1959 – Rupert Everett, actor (Stardust)

 

1960 – Neil Crone, actor (The Strain, Warehouse 13, Cube³: Hypercube, Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension, RoboCop (TV))

1962 – John D. LeMay, actor (The Twilight Zone)

1964 – Carlton Wilborn, actor (Demolition Man)

1981 – Chris Violette, actor (Diary of the Dead)

1981 – Justin Chon, actor (Detention of the Dead)

1982 – Mark Hapka, actor (Parallels)

1982 – Anita Briem, actress (Journey to the Center of the Earth, Doctor Who)

1983 – Ben Mansfield, actor (Primeval)

1989 – Riley Keough, actor (Mad Max: Fury Road)

1992 – Gregg Sulkin, actor (The Sarah Jane Adventures, Man on the Moon (TV))

1993 – Maika Monroe, actress (The Fifth Wave)

1996 – Jeremy Sinden, actor, d @ 45 (Star Wars)

1997 – George Fenneman, actor, d @ 77 (The Thing from Another World)

2005 – Dennis Hopper, actor, d @ 74 (Land of the Dead, Space Truckers, Waterworld, My Science Project, The Time Tunnel, Twilight Zone)

2008 – Harvey Korman, actor, d @ 81 (Perversions of Science, The Invisible Woman, The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Munsters)