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1893 – Cecil Kellaway, actor (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Destination Space, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)

1920 – Ray Bradbury, sci-fi author

1925 – Honor Blackman, actress (Cockneys vs Zombies, Doctor Who, H. G. Wells’ Invisible Man)

Honor Blackman in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Diana Sands, actress (The Outer Limits)

Diana Sands in The Outer Limits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1958 – Colm Feore, actor (Revolution, Battlestar Galactica, The Chronicles of Riddick, Creature, War of the Worlds)

1959 – Mark Williams, actor (Doctor Who, Frankenstein’s Wedding… Live in Leeds, Stardust, Red Dwarf)

Mark Williams in Doctor Who

1962 – Lara Harris, actress (Demolition Man)

1965 – Courtney Gains, actress (Mimesis, Alien Encounter, Superboy, Starman, Misfits of Science, Back to the Future, Children of the Corn)

1967 – Pamella D’Pella, actress (Alien Nation: Millennium, ALF)

1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, actor (The Thing, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)

1967 – Ty Burrell, actor (The Incredible Hulk, Evolution, Dawn of the Dead)

1971 – Richard Armitage, actor (Star Wars: Episode I)

1973 – Kristen Wiig, actress (Paul)

1973 – Heidi Lenhart, actress (Crocodile 2: Death Swamp)

1977 – Sebastian Cabot, actor, d @ 59 (The Time Machine, The Twilight Zone)

1978 – James Corden, actor (Doctor Who)

James Corden in Doctor Who

1979 – Brandon Quintin Adams, actor (Ghost in the Machine, Quantum Leap)

1980 – George R. Stewart, sci-fi author, d @ 85 (Earth Abides)

1982 – 1990: The Bronx Warriors released

1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, actress, d @ 67 (The Twilight Zone)

1997 – Event Horizon released in UK

1999 – Dakota Goyo, actress (Dark Skies, Real Steel, Ultra)

2000 – Toru Tanaka, actor, d @ 70 (Last Action Hero, Alligator II: The Mutation, Darkman, The Running Man)

2004 – Daniel Petrie, director, d @ 83 (Cocoon: The Return, The Neptune Factor)

2005 – Serenity released