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1910 – Ken Lynch, actor (Battlestar Galactica, Galactica 1980, The Invaders, Star Trek, The Munsters, Men into Space, Twilight Zone, I Married a Monster from Outer Space)

1911 – Robert H Harris, actor, (Tales of Tomorrow, How to Make a Monster, Science Fiction Theatre, The Invisible Boy, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Invaders, Land of the Giants, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1918 – D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus)

1925 – Philip Carey, actor, d @ 83 6 February 2009 (Monster, The Bionic Woman)

1927 – Nan Martin, actress (The Invisible Man, Star Trek: TNG, The Twilight Zone, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

1927 – Joe Turkel, actor (The Dark Side of the Moon, Blade Runner, Land of the Giants, Village of the Giants, Visit to a Small Planet)

1936 – Steven Gilborn, actor (Evolution, Lois & Clark)

1939 – Patrick Wayne (They Came from Outer Space, Beyond Atlantis, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Patrick Wayne (left) in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode Killers of the Deep

1942 – Gregory Casparian, sci-fi author, d @ 65

1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent (Damnation Alley, Jurassic Women, Lethal Orbit, Xtro II, Alienator)

1951 – Jesse Ventura (Predator, Running Man, The X-Files, Demolition Man, Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe)

1952 – Terry O’Quinn (The X-files, Lost, Star Trek, Falling Skys, Roswell, Earth 2, The Rocketeer, SpaceCamp, The Twilight Zone)

 

 

1952 – Celia Imrie, actress (Doctor Who, Star Wars Episode I, Frankenstein)

Celia Imrie in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1956 – It Conquered the World released

1960 – Willie Aames, actor (Zapped!)

1961 – Forest Whitaker, actor (Repo Men, The Twilight Zone, Battlefield Earth)

Forest Whitaker in Repo Men

1963 – Brigitte Nielsen, actress (Galaxis)

1966 – Amanda Foreman, actress (Star Trek ID, Super 8, Star Trek, Future Shock)

1968 – Stan Kirsch, actor (Invincible)

1971 – Guy Wilkerson, actor, d @ 71 (Moon Pilot, Twilight Zone)

1973 – Brian Austin Green, actress (Smallville, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Small Wonder)

1976 – Diane Kruger, actress (The Host, Fringe)

1977 – Lana Parilla, actress (Once Upon a Time, Spiders)

1979 – James Devoti, actor (White Space, Heroes)

1986 – Benny Rubin, actor, d @ 87 (The Munsters, Science Friction, Space Ship Sappy)

1987 – Alfie Bass, actor, d @ 71 (Moonraker)

1990 – Alison Leggatt, actress, d @ 86 (The Day of Triffids)

1996 – Dana Hill, actress, d @ 32 (Mork & Mindy)