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1912 – Donald Barry, actor, d @ 68 (The Swarm, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Immortal, Land of the Giants, Frankenstein – 1970)

1935 – Donald Sutherland, actor (The Hunger Games, Frankenstein (2004), Space Cowboys, Virus, The Lifeforce Experiment, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1944 – Catherine Schell, actress (Doctor Who, Space: 1999, Moon Zero Two)

Catherine Schell in Doctor Who episode City of Death as Countess Scarlioni

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1950 – P.J. Soles, actress (Alienator)

P. J. Soles in Alienator

1952 – David Hasselhoff, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Starcrash, Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!)

1952 – Robert R[ick] McCammon, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk)

1954 – J. Michael Straczynski, writer (World War Z, Thor, Babylon 5, The Twilight Zone)

1956 – Tim Rose, actor (voice of General Ackbar & Howard the Duck, Wizards vs. Aliens)

1956 – Margot Rose, actress (Hollow Man, Star Trek: DS9, Lois & Clark, Star Trek: TNG)

1962 – Bill Sage, actor (Shockwave Darkside)

1963 – John Ventimiglia, actor (Level 9)

1964 – Heather Langenkamp, actress (Star Trek: ID, Perversions of Science)

1965 – Santiago Segura, actor (Pacific Rim, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Hellboy, Blade II)

1965 – Alex Winter, actor (Ben 10, Saul of the Molemen)

1968 – Bitty Schram, actress (Roswell)

1969 – Jason Clarke, actor (Terminator: Genesis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Death Race, Farscape)

1979 – Mike Vogel, actor (Under the Dome, Cloverfield)

1981 – Melanie Thierry, actress (The Zero Theorem, Babylon A.D.)

1985 – Tom Cullen, actor (Last Days on Mars)

1988 – Thayer David, actor, d @ 51 (The Invisible Man, Journey to the Center of the Earth)

1992 – Billie Lourd, actress (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens)

1993 – Cazi Greene, actress (The Maze Runner)

1994 – Jessica Amlee b. 1994 (Absolute Zero, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda, Smallville)

1995 – Harry Guardino, actor, d @ 69 (Goldengirl, The Outer Limits)

1995 – Austin Macdonald, actor (ReGenesis)

2004 – Pat Roach, actor, d @ 64 (Starhunter, Kull the Conqueror, Space Precinct, Unidentified Flying Oddball)

2008 – Paul Sorensen, actor, d @ 82 (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Salvage 1, Westworld, Land of the Giants, The Invaders, My Favorite Martian, The Satan Bug)

2012 – Morgan Paull, actor, d @ 67 (Blade Runner, Beyond Westworld, The Swarm, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)