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1909 – Andre Morell, actor (Doctor Who, Quatermass and the Pit, The Giant Behemoth, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

Andre Morell in Quatermass and the Pit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1916 – Bernard Archard, actor (Krull, Doctor Who, The Horror of Frankenstein)

Bernard Archard in Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

1932 – Anthony Ainley, actor (Doctor Who, The Land Time Forgot)

1943 – Sylvester McCoy, actor (Doctor Who, Starstrider, Roberts Robots)

Sylvester McCoy

1947 – Ray Wise, actor (Big Ass Spider!, Nuclear Family, Dollhouse, Pandemic, Cyxork 7, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG, RoboCop, Swamp Thing)

1948 – John Noble, actor (Fringe, Stargate SG-1, The Lost World, Time Trax)

1949 – Patrick Kilpatrick, actor (The Zombinator, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Minority Report, Roswell, The X Files, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: DS9, Timecop (TV), Babylon 5, The Stand, Lois & Clark, Time Trax, Class of 1999, The Toxic Avenger)

1951 – Greg[ory Dale] Bear, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity)

1953 – Peter Horton, actor (Thoughtcrimes, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous)

1955 – Jay Acavone, actor (InAlienable, Stargate SG-1, Terminated 3, The X Files, The Invisible Man, Sliders, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Dark Skies, Independence Day)

1956 – Joan Allen, actress (The Twilight Zone)

1962 – James Marsters, actor (Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Warehouse 13, Smallville, Caprica, Moonshot, Torchwood, Strange Frequency)

1962 – Sophie Aldred, actress (Doctor Who)

1962 – Geoffrey Blake, actor (The Event, Contact, Star Trek: DS9, Critters 3, Alien Nation (TV), ALF, The Last Starfighter)

1966 – Colin Cunningham, actor (Centigrade, Falling Skies, Stargate, The 4400, Elektra, Andromeda, Smallville, Strange Frequency, The 6th Day, The X-Files)

1968 – George Gamow, sci-fi author, d @ 64 (Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, One, Two, Three… Infinity)

1971 – Jonathan Ke Quan, actor (Encino Man)

`971 – David Walliams, actor (Doctor Who, Stardust)

1974 – Amy Adams, actress (Man of Steel, Smallville)

1975 – Moon Bloodgood, actress (Terminator Salvation)

1981 – Ben Barnes, actor (Stardust)

1981 – Ali Liebert, actress (Fringe, Kyle XY, The 4400)

1983 – Andrew Garfield, actor (Doctor Who)

2001 – Sir Fred Hoyle, scientist/author, d @ 86 (A for Andromeda, The Molecule Men)

2001 – Walter Reedm actor, d @ 85 (The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone, World of Giants, How to Make a Monster, Adventures of Superman, Flying Disc Man from Mars)

2013 – Ted Post, director, d @ 95 (Ark II, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone)