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1913 – Richard Simmons, actor (The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler, The Munsters)

1921 – Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek franchise, Andromeda, Planet Earth, The Questor Tapes, Genesis II)

Gene Roddenberry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – William Marshall, actor (Dinosaur Valley Girls, Amazon Women on the Moon, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, Star Trek)

William Marshall in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1926 – Angus Scrimm, actor (Phantasm I – IV, Mindwarp, Subspecies, Salvage 1, Project U.F.O.)

Angus Scrimm in Phantasm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1930 – D[avid] G[uy] Compton, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays)

1927 – L. Q. Jones, actor (Timerider: The Adventures of Lyle Swann, The Incredible Hulk, A Boy and His Dog, My Favorite Martian)

1938 – Diana Muldaur (Star Trek: TNG, The Incredible Hulk, PlanetEatth, Star Trek, The Invaders)

Diana Muldaur in Star Trek

1940 – Jill St. John, actress (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Lost World)

1946 – Christopher Malcolm, actor (Whoops Apocalypse, Superman III, The Empire Strikes Back)

1947 – Gerald McRaney, actor (The Incredible Hulk, The Aliens Are Coming, Logan’s Run, The Brain Machine, The Fantastic Journey, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1948 – Jim Carter, actor (Flash Gordon)

1952 – Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: TNG, Roswell, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Lois & Clark, Twilight Zone)

1956 – Adam Arkin, actor (Perversions of Science, Hard Time on Planet Earth, The Twilight Zone)

1961 – Tony Longo, actor (They Came from Outer Space, The X-Files)

1965 – Kevin Dillon, actor (Remote Control, The Blob (remake filmed in my hometown))

 

1966 – Hermione Baddeley, actress, d @ 79 (C.H.O.M.P.S., The Bionic Woman, Journey to the Unknown)

1973 – Ahmed Best (Star Wars)

1975 – Tracie Thomas b. 1975 (Looper)

1977 – Callum Blue, actor (Smallville, The Sarah Jane Adventures)

1978 – Michelle Borth, actor (Timer, Komodo vs. Cobra)

1983 – Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn released

1983 – Tammin Sursok, actor (Airship Dracula, Aquamarine)

1983 – Tania Nolan, actress (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans)

1987 – Hayden Rorke, actor d @ 76 (When Worlds Collide, Project Moon Base, Twilight Zone, I Dream of Jeannie)

1992 – John Sturges, director, d @ 82 (Marooned, The Satan Bug)

2011 – Jimmy Sangster, screenwriter, d @ 83 (The Crawling Eye, X: The Unknown)

2010 – Ahna Capri, actress, d @ 66 (Man from Atlantis, Piranha, The Invaders)

2013 – Lee Thompson Young, actor, d @ 29 (Smallville, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jake 2.0)