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1906 – Walter Sande, actor, d @ 65 (Red Planet Mars, The War of the Worlds, Invaders from Mars, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters)

1912 – John McQuade, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1927 – Susan Cabot, actress (The Wasp Woman, The War of the Satellites)

Susan Cabot in The Wasp Woman

1928 – Vince Edwards, actor, d @ 67 (Space Raiders)

1835 – John Mastin, sci-fi author, d @ 69

1936 – James Hampton, (Superboy, Otherworld, World War III, The Cat from Outer Space)

1938 – Brian Dennehy, Ct, actor (The 4400, Category 6: Day of Destruction, NetForce, Cocoon)

 

 

1942 – Edy Williams, actress (Bad Girls from Mars, Dr. Alien, Lost in Space, Twilight Zone)

Edy Williams in the Lost in Space episode, Two Weeks in Space.

1945 – Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild)

1948 – Ray Baker, actor (Heroes, Path of Destruction, Alien Siege, Holes, Area 52, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Tomorrow Man, Freaked, Total Recall, C.H.U.D.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1953 – Kim Hector, actress (The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone)

Kim Hector in The Outer Limits episode, The Inheriters.

1955 – Jimmy Smits (Star Wars, The Tommyknockers)

1956 – Tom Hanks, actor (Cloud Atlas)

1957 – Tim Kring, producer/writer (Touch, Heroes)

1965 – David O’Hara, actor (Cowboys & Aliens, Doomsday)

1971 – Scott Grimes, actor (Frogs!, Star Trek: TNG, Twilight Zone)

1976 – Fred Savage, actor (The Twilight Zone)

1978 – Linda Park, actress (Infestation, Star Trek: Enterprise, Jurassic Park III)

1982 – Toby Kebbell, actor (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

 

1996 – Melvin Mouron Belli, actor, d @ 88 (Star Trek)

1996 – Christopher Casson, actor, d @ 84 (Zardoz)

2002 – Rod Steiger, actor, d @ 77 (Illustrated Man, Mars Attacks!, Out There, Tales of Tomorrow)

2005- Kevin Hagen, actor, d @ 77 (Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Twilight Zone)

2007 – Charles Lane, actor, d @ 102 (Otherworld, Strange Invaders, The Munsters, Twilight Zone)

2010 – Predators released

2010 – Vonetta McGee, actress, d @ 65 (Brother Future, Repo Man)