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1901 – Maurice Evans, actor (Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)

1911 – Ellen Corby, actress (My Living Doll, Visit to a Small Planet)

1924 – Colleen Dewhurst, actress (The Twilight Zone)

1925 – Tony Curtis, actor (Stargames, Lois & Clark, Lobster Man From Mars, BrainWaves, The Manitou)

1929 – Joan Camden, actress (The Outer Limits)

Joan Camden in The Outer Limits episode, It Crawled Out of the Woodwork.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Edward Winter, actor (Weird Science, Project U.F.O., Superboy, Misfits of Science, Salvage 1)

1942 – Frank McRae, actor (Asteroid (TV), Twilight Zone)

1945 – Bill Paterson, actor (Doctor Who)

Bill Paterson in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

1946 – Penelope Wilton, actress (Doctor Who, Shaun of the Dead)

Penelope Wilton in Doctor Who

1947 – John Dykstra, special effects wizard (Godzilla,My Stepmother is an Alien, Invaders from Mars, Lifeforce, Firefox, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars: Episode IV, Silent Running)

1949 – John Rothman, actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dark Matter)

1950 – Robert Z’Dar, actor (Frogtown II, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, Cherry 2000)

1950 – Melissa Mathison, writer (Twilight Zone: The Movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)

1953 – Erland van Lidth, actor (The Running Man)

1957 – Clive Mantle, actor (Alien³)

1958 – Suzie Plakson, actress (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG, My Stepmother is an Alien)

1958 – Scott Valentine, actor (Fallout, Mars, Carnosaur 3: Primal Species, Lois & Clark)

1961 – Greg Thirloway, actor (Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, First Wave, The X Files, Sliders)

1963 – Paul Maxey, actor, d @ 56 (Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man)

1964 – Jame Purefoy, actor (John Carter, Frankenstein (TV), Resident Evil, The Cloning of Joanna May)

1973 – Jason Jones, actor (Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Phil the Alien, Mutant X, Terminal Invasion)

1985 – Sean Sullivan, actor, d @ 63 (The Starlost, Dr. Frankenstein on Campus, 2001: A Space Odyssey)

1986 – Brenden Jefferson, actor (Holes, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century)

1989 – Imogen Poots, actress (28 Weeks Later)

1990 – Tom Brown, actor, d @ 77 (Men Into Space, World of Giants, Rocky Jones Space Ranger)

1992 – Robert Morley, actor, D @ 84 (Way…Way Out0

2001 – Anthony Quinn, actor, d @ 86 (Treasure Island in Outer Space)

2009 – David Carradine, actor, d @ 72 (Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Light Speed, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Future Zone, Future Force, Death Sport, Death Race 2000)

2010 – Rue McClanahan, actress, d @ 76 (Starship Troopers)

2011 – James Arness, actor, d @ 88 (Them!, The Thing from Another World, Two Lost Worlds)

2011 – Miriam Karlin, actress, d @ 85 (A Clockwork Orange, Jekyll & Hyde)