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1915 – Sir Fred Hoyle, scientist/author (A for Andromeda, The Molecule Men)

1919 – Al Molinaro, actor (It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman!)

1923 – Jack Carter, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Time Trax, Lois & Clark, They Came From Outer Space, Alligator, Beyond Westworld, Tales of Tomorrow)

1932 – Scott Marlowe, actor (The Outer Limits, Star Trek: TNG, Automan, The Powers of Matthew Star, The Unknown, The Time Tunnel)

Scott Marlowe in The Outer Limits

1935 – Robert Downey Sr., actor (From Other Worlds, The Twilight Zone)

1936 – Paul L. Smith, actor (Dune)

1937 – Carol Byron, actress (Dimension 5, Twilight Zone)

1943 – George Sanford Brown, actor (Colossus: The Forbin Project)

 

 

 

1947 – Peter Weller, actor (Star Trek: ID, Fringe, Star Trek: Enterprise, Odyssey 5, Screamers, RoboCop. Leviathan, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension)

Peter Weller as RoboCop

 

 

 

 

 

 

1950 – Nancy Allen, actress (RoboCop I – III, The Outer Limits, Strange Invaders, My Apocalypse, The Philadelphia Experiment)

Nancy Allen in Strange Invaders

1950 – Mercedes Lackey, sci-fi writer (Valdemar, The Ship Who Searched)

1956 – Joe Penny, actor (Threshold, The Twilight Zone)

1958 – Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, actor (The Lazarus Papers, , Star Trek: Enterprise, The Fifth Element, The Meteor Man, Universal Soldier)

1959 – Dan Gilroy, writer (Real Steel, Freejack)

1961 – Iain Glen, actor (Doctor Who, Resident Evil)

1969 – Jensen Daggett, actor (Asteroid, Project: ALF)

1969 – Willy Ley, sci-fi author, d @ 62 (Adventure in Space)

1979 – Mindy Kaling, actress (This is the End)

 

1980 – Liane Balaban, actor (Alphas)

1985 – Valentine Dyall, actor, d @ 77 (Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Stranger from Space)

1986 – Kaitlin Cullum, actress (Galaxy Quest)

1987 – Spaceballs released

1994 – Nicole Munoz, actress (Defiance, Chupacabra vs. the Alamo, Stargate Atlantis)

2009 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen released

2012 – James Grout, actor, d @ 84 (Cyberzone)