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1904 – Peter Lorre, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea)

Peter Lorre in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – Dick Smith, make-up artist (Starman, Scanners, Altered States, Stepford Wives, ‘Way Out, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV), The Alligator People)

1924 – Richard Bull, actor (The Andromeda Strain, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Satan Bug, Men Into Space)

Richard Bull in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

1925 – Richard X. Slattery, actor, d @ 71 27 January 1997 (Space, Monster Squad, The Invaders)

Richard X. Slattery as Riley in The Invaders episode, Moonshot.

1934 – Josef Sommer, actor (Strange Days, Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, D.A.R.Y.L., Iceman, The Henderson Monster, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Stepford Wives)

1935 – Edwin Hodgeman, actor (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)

1943 – John Beasley, actor (The Lost Room, Millennium (TV))

1946 – Clive Francis, actor (A Clockwork Orange, Journey to the Unknown)

1946 – Leo Rossi, actor (The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, Mutant Species)

1950 – Michael Paul Chan, actor (The Invisible Man (TV), Lois & Clark, Babylon 5, Alien Nation, Max Headroom)

 

1951 – Robert Davi, actor (Lost Time, Asteroid vs. Earth, Swamp Shark, Stargate: Atlantis, VR.5, Predator 2, The Powers of Matthew Star, The Incredible Hulk)

1952 – David Brisbin, actor (Dark Skies)

1955 – Gedde Watanabe, actor (Armageddon)

1958 – Lela Ivey, actress (Quantum Leap, ALF)

1959 – Mark McKinney, actor (Space Riders: Division Earth, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1961 – Terri Nunn, actress (Time Express)

1964 – Ian Tracy, actor(Continuum, Man of Steel, Sanctuary, Smallville, Elektra, Taken, Stargate SG-1, The X-Files, Timecop)

1969 – Steven Brand, actor (Hellraiser: Revelations, Jurassic Attack, Alien Express)

1970 – Matt Letscher, actor (Her, Radio Free Albemuth)

1978 – Tory Mussett, actor (The Matrix Reloaded)

1979 – Moonraker released

1980 – Jason Schwartzman, actor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, S1m0ne)

1988 – Katie Cockrell, actress (Star Trek ID)

1988 – Kelly Cockrell, actress (Star Trek ID)

1992 – Phil Rubenstein, actor, d @ 51 (RoboCop 2, ALF, Mannequin, Star Trek IV)