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1917 – Glenn Langan, actor (The Return of Doctor X, Mutiny in Outer Space, Women of the Prehistoric Planet , The Andromeda Strain, The Amazing Colossal Man)

1918 – Craig Stevens, actor (The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O., The Invisible Man, The Deadly Mantis, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

Craig Stevens (left) in The Deadly Mantis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1933 – Marty Feldman, actor (Slapstick (Of Another Kind), Young Frankenstein)

Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – William Cort, actor (Quantum Leap, Small Wonder, Galactica 1980)

1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, actor (Paul, Hellboy, Muppets From Space, Max Headroom, The Twilight Zone)

Jeffrey Tambor in Hellboy

1947 – Kim Darby, actress (The X-Files, Star Trek)

1949 – Keith Carradine Dollhouse, Star Trek: Enterprise)

1951 – Angelica Huston, actress (The Ice Pirates)

1958 – Kevin Bacon, actor (Hollow Man, Flatliners, Tremors)

1959 – Robert Knepper, actor (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, SGU Stargate Universe, Heroes, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Species III, Seven Days, E.A.R.T.H. Force, Star Trek: TNG, The Twilight Zone)

1960 – Battle In Outer Space released

1963 – Rocky Carroll, actor (Invasion)

1965 – Lee Tergesen, actor (The 4400, Weird Science, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show)

1967 – Michael B. Silver, actor (Heroes, The X-Files, Virtuosity, Star Trek: DS9)

1969 – Marcus Chong, actor (The Matrix, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

1968 – Michael Weatherly, actor (Asteroid)

1971 – Amy O’Neill, actress (Honey I Blew Up the Kid, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Twilight Zone)

1971 – Amanda Peterson, actress (Explorers)

1973 – Kathleen Robertson, actress (Tin Man)

1973 – Gene L. Coon, writer, d @ 49 (Star Trek)

1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, actor (Heroes)

1978 – Eve Myles, actress (Doctor Who)

1984 – Alexis Dziena, actor (Invasion)

1985 – Phil Foster, actor, d @ 71 (Conquest of Space)

1990 – Howard Duff, actor, d @ 76 (Spaceways, Science Fiction Theatre, Twilight Zone, Monster in the Closet)

1994 – Dick Sargent, actor, d @ 64 (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Beast with a Million Eyes, The Clonus Horror)

1998 – Jaden Smith, actor (After Earth, The Day the Earth Stood Still)

2007 – Jack B. Sowards, writer, d @ 78 (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

2011 – Roberts Blossom, actor, d @ 87 (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Twilight Zone, Slaughterhouse-Five, Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

2012 – Ernest Borgnine, actor, d @ 95 (Escape from New York, Gattaca, Future Cop, The Neptune Factor, Captain Video and His Video Rangers)

2014 – Vanna Bonta, actress, d @ 56 (Time Walker)