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1892 – Edmund Cobb, actor (The Atomic Submarine, The Amazing Colossal Man, The She-Creature)

1896 – Paul Orban, artist

1912 – Maurice Dallimore, actor (Twilight Zone)

1915 – Dennis Price, actor (Computer Killers, Drácula contra Frankenstein, The Horror of Frankenstein, The Earth Dies Screaming, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1925 – Miriam Karlin, actress (A Clockwork Orange, Jekyll & Hyde)

1925 – Larry Blyden, actor (The Twilight Zone)

Larry Blyden in Twilight Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1942 – James Marcus, actor (A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Who, UFO)

James Marcus in Doctor Who

1946 – Jerry Ahern, sci-fi author (Survivalist)

1946 – Ted Shackleford, actor (Space Precinct, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone)

1947 – Bryan Brown, actor (Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, On the Beach)

1951 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes Ray Bradbury’s “The Fog Horn,” which will provide the basis for the 1953 monster film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.

1953 – Russell Mulcahy, director (Resident Evil: Extinction, Mysterious Island, Perversions of Science)

1957 – Frances McDormand, actress, (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Æon Flux, The Twilight Zone

 

1962 – Billy Wirth, actor (Space Marines, Starlight, Body Snatchers)

1964 – Joss Whedon, writer (Dollhouse, Serenity, Firefly, Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

1967 – Terri Ivens, actor (Piranhaconda, They Came from Outer Space, The Munsters Today)

1969 – Stanley Andrews, actor, d @ 77 (Science Fiction Theatre, Superman and the Mole-Men, Space Patrol, Adventures of Superman)

1969 – Martin Klebba, actor (Jurassic World, Men in Black II, Planet of the Apes)

1972 – Selma Blair, actress (Hellboy I & II)

1974 – Joel Edgerton, actor (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones)

1975 – William Hansen, actor, d @ 64 (The Terminal Man, Fail-Safe)

1976 – Emmanuelle Vaugier,actress (Unearthed)

1980 – John Laurie, actor, d @ 83 (Devil Girl from Mars)

1994 – Connor Jessup, actor (Falling Skies)

2001 – Corinne Calvet, actress, d @ 76 (Dr. Heckle and Mr. Hype)

2011 – Peter Falk, actor, d @ 83 (The Lost World, Twilight Zone)

2013 – Richard Matheson, sci-fi author/screenwriter, d @ 87 (I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man / Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)

2015 – Dick Van Patten, actor, d @ 86 (Spaceballs, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Six Million Dollar Man, Soylent Green, Westworld, Beware! The Blob)