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1905 – John Abbott, actor, d @ 90 24 May 1996 (Slapstick (Of Another Kind), Holmes and Yo-Yo, 2000 Years Later, Land of the Giants, Star Trek, Lost in Space, The Munsters)

John Abbott in the Lost in Space episode, The Dream Monster.

1909 – Tom Greenway, actor (The Deadly Mantis)

1910 – Herb Vigran, actor (World Without End, Adventures of Superman, One Step Beyond, The Reluctant Astronaut, Galactica 1980, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Amazon Women on the Moon)

1914 – Estelle Reiner, actress, d @ 94 25 October 2008 (The Man with Two Brains)

1923 – Peggy Stewart, actress (Flashforward, Terror in the Wax Museum, Twilight Zone, The Vampire’s Ghost)

 

 

 

1928 – Robert Lansing, actor (4D Man, Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Journey to the Unknown, The Astronaut, Empire of the Ants, Automan, Bionic Showdown)

Robert Lansing as Mister Seven in Star Trek.

1946 – John Bach, actor (Farscape, The Lost World, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mysterious Island (TV), Time Trax)

1949 – George Orwell’s 1984 published

1950 – Daniel von Bargen, actor (S1mOne, Universal Soldier: The Return, The X-Files, The Postman, RoboCop 3)

1951 – A.E. van Vogt’s The Weapon Shops of Isher is published in book form by Greenberg

1951 – Mark Harelik, actor (TIMER, Heroes, Star Trek: Voyager)

 

 

 

1953 – Kathleen Kennedy, producer (Star Wars: Episodes VII, VIII, IX, War of the Worlds, Jurassic Park, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Congo, Back to the Future, *batteries not included, Innerspace, Twilight Zone: The Movie, E.T. the Extraterrestrial)

1954 – Gog released

1954 – Nancy Stafford, actress (Babylon 5, Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare, Quantum Leap, Q)

1962 – Jeff Garlin, actor (Wizards of Waverly Place, Dead Last, Robocop 3)

1962 – Ken Hudson Campbell, actor (Armageddon)

Ken Hudson Campbell in Armageddon

1963 – David H. Hickey, actor (Serum)

1966 – Douglas O’Keeffe, actor (The Andromeda Strain, Smallville, Mutant X, Andromeda, Seven Days, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Specimen, Johnny Mnemonic)

1967 – Ron Livingston, actor (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Timecop)

1969 – Christian Boeving, actor (Apocalypse Z)

1971 – Mark Walberg, actor (Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Happening, Planet of the Apes)

1974 – Chad Allen, actor (Star Trek: TNG, Total Recall 2070)

 

1976 – Mark Worden, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, 10.5, StargateSG-1, Star Trek: DS9, Space: Above and Beyond)

1977 – Liza Weil, actress (Dragonfly)

1977 – Navi Rawat, actress (FlashForward, Undead or Alive: A Zombedy, Thoughtcrimes, Roswell)

1980 – Mike Fisher, actor (Transformers)

1984 – Jonathon Trent, actor (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

1986 – Amanda Crew, actress (Smallville)

1989 – Ellary Porterfield (Video Game High School)

1992 – Laurence Naismith, actor, d @ 83 (The Invaders)

1998 – Jeanette Nolan, actress, d @ 86 (The Reluctant Astronaut, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

1996 – Vito Scotti, actor, d @ 78 (Ark II, The Lost Saucer, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Conquest of Space)

2009 – Del Monroe, actor, d @ 73 (The Incredible Hulk, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel)

2012 – Ray Bradbury, d @ 91, sci-fi author

2012 – Caroline John, actress, d @ 71 (Doctor Who)