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1903 – George Orwell, sci-fi author (1984)

1903 – Anne Revere, actress (The Six Million Dollar Man)

1911 – Reed Hadley, actor (Brain of Blood)

1915 – Peter Lind Hayes, actor (The Outer Limits)

1918 – Ken Mayers, actor (Space Patrol, Lost in Space, Adventures of Superman)

1925 – June Lockhart, actress (Zombie Hamlet, Lost in Space (original & remake), Babylon 5, C.H.U.D.II – Bud the Chud, Strange Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

June Lockhart as Dr. Maureen Robinson in Lost in Space

1930 – George Murdoch, actor (Torchwood, Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files, Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II, Lois & Clark, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Small Wonder, Battlestar Galactica, The Invisible Man (TV), The Six Million Dollar Man, Twilight Zone)

1937 – Colin Clive, actor, d @ 37 (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein)

 

 

 

 

1941 – Roy Marsden, actor (Doctor Who, Mysterious Island, Space: 1999)

Roy Marsden in Space 1999

1947 – Jimmie Walker, actor (Super Shark)

1949 – Kene Holliday, actor (The Philadelphia Experiment, The Incredible Hulk)

1953 – Robot Monster released

1955 – Michael McShane, actor (Love in the Time of Monsters, Evil Alien Conquerors, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show)

1959 – Paris Themmen, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)

1961 – Ricky Gervais, actor (Stardust)

1963 – John Benjamin Hickey, actor (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1964 – Erica Gimpel, actress (Babylon 5)

1971 – Angela Kinsey, actress (Zombie Basement)

1975 – Linda Cardellini, actress (3rd Rock from the Sun)

1975 – Rollerball released

1979 – Busy Philipps, actor (The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

1979 – La La Anthony, actor (Monster Island)

1982 – Blade Runner released

1986 – Megan Burns, actress (28 Days Later)

1987 – Scott Terra, actor (Eight Legged Freaks)

1997 – Brian Keith, actor, d @ 75 (Tales of Tomorrow, Moon Pilot, Way… Way Out, Meteor, Star Trek: DS9)

2005 – John Fiedler, actor, d @ 80 (They Came from Outer Space, Ark II, Star Trek, My Favorite Martian, The Munsters, Twilight Zone, Tom Corbett Space Cadet)

2006 – Mckenna Grace, actress (Frankenstein (2015))

2009 – Farrah Fawcett, actress, d @ 62 (Saturn 3, Logan’s Run, The Six Million Dollar Man)

2011 – Shelby Grant, actress, d @ 74 (Fantastic Voyage)

2011 – Margaret Tyzack, actress, d @ 79 (2001)

2011 – Alice Playten, actress, d @ 63 (Pioneer 12, Legend, The Lost Saucer)