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1884 – Edgar Stehli, actor (Atlantis the Lost Continent, Twilight Zone, 4D Man)

1890 – Cheerio Meredith, actress (The Three Stooges in Orbit)

1906 – Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told, The Alligator People, The Cyclops, Indestrutible Man, Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Man Made Monster)

1909 – Curly JoeDeRita, actor (Three Stooges in Orbit, Have Rocket — Will Travel)

Curley Joe DeRita in The Three Stooges in Orbit

1923 – James E[dwin]Gunn, writer/sci-fi author (The Immortal, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: Man in Orbit aka The Cave of Night, A History of Science Fiction from 1938 / This Fortress World, Station in Space)

1928 – Kathy Staff, actress (Mary Reilly)

1930 – Gordon Pinsent, actor (Ray Bradbury Theatre, Colossus: The Forbin Project)

1945 – Edwin Neal, actor (Future-Kill)

1948 – Jay Thomas, actor (C.H.U.D.)

1951 – Jamey Sheridan, actress (The Stand)

1951 – Cheryl Ladd, actress (Millennium, The Fantastic Journey)

1956 – Mel Harris, actress (Stargate SG-1)

1959 – Charlie Murphy, actor (Frankenhood, Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe)

1966 – Tamsin Greig, actor (Doctor Who, Shaun of the Dead)

Tamsin Greig as Nurse in the Doctor Who episode, The Long Game.

1970 – Byung-hun Lee, actor (Terminator: Genisys)

1970 – Jaason Simmons, actor (Sharknado, Frankenstein & the Werewolf Reborn!, Frankenstein Reborn!)

1973 – Topher Grace, actor (Predators, Interstellar)

1975 – Phil Lord, director/writer (Clone High)

1976 – Anna Friel, actress (Land of the Lost (2009))

1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, actress (Avatar, Battle Los Angeles, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Retribution)

1980 – Kristen Connolly, actress (The Happening)

1984 – Mikaela Hoover, actress (Guardians of the Galaxy)

 

Mikaela Hoover Nova Prime’s Assistant in Guardians of the Galaxy

1984 – Natalie Martinez, actress (Under the Dome, Death Race)

1985 – Explorers released

1988 – Melissa O’Neil, actress (Dark Matter)

1991 – Erik Per Sullivan, actor (Armageddon)

2002 – Fred D Scott, actor (Weird Science, Manimal, Galaxina, The First Black Superman)

2013 – Pacific Rim released