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1895 – Blossom Rock, actress (She Devil)

1908 – Kurt Neumann, director (The Fly, Rocketship X-M)

1911 – Anthony Boucher, editor (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

1919 – Bill Idelson, writer / actor (The Crawling Hand, Twilight Zone / My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

1924 – Jack Weston, American actor (Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, The Twilight Zone)

Jack Weston (second from left) in Rod Brown and the Rocket Rangers

1927 – Tony Steedman, actor (Babylon 5)

1927 – Barry Foster, actor (Doomwatch)

1939 – Clarence Williams III, actor (Star Trek: DS9)

1943 – A[braham P] Merritt, sci-fi author, d @ 58 (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)

1945 – Basil Poledouris b. d @ 61 8 November 2006 ,Composer (RoboCop 3, Starship Troopers, The Twilight Zone)

1946 – Walter Williamson, actor (The Omega Code, Babylon 5)

1947 – Lucius Shepard, sci-fi author (Barnacle Bill The Spacer)

 

1956 – Kim Catrall (Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, The Incredible Hulk, Logan’s Run)

Kim Catrall in Star Trek VI

1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Red Planet)

1969 – Nathan Jones, actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, Doom Runners)

1981 – Eddie Byrne, actor, d @ 70 (Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Journey to the Unknown)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1985 – Laura Haddock, actress (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Laura Haddock in Guardians of the Galaxy

1989 – Hayden Panettiere, actor (Heroes)

1999 – Maxim Knight, actor (Falling Skies)

2005 – Michael Sheard, actor, d @ 67 (Doctor Who, Space, The Invisible Man, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Blakes 7, The Tomorrow People, Space: 1999)