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1904 – Rodd Redwing, actor (The Mole People, Creature from the Black Lagoon)

1914 – E.G. Marshall, actor, d @ 84 (The Tommyknockers, Superman II, The Phoenix)

1915 – Ronald Ibbs, actor (Out of the Unknown)

1915 – Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful)

1920 – Helena Carter, actress (Invaders from Mars)

Helena Carter in Invaders from Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – Jimmy Gardner, actor (Doctor Who)

Jimmy Gardner in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1932 – William Morgan Sheppard, actor (Star Trek, Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager, Timecop, Transformers, Mysterious Island, SeaQuest 2032, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: TNG, Max Headroom, The Day of the Triffids)

1933 – Robert Ellis, actor (Space Master X-7 )

1934 – Kenny Baker, actor (Star Wars, U.F.O, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon)

1937 – Allyson Ames, actress (The Phantom Planet, The Outer Limits)

Allyson Ames in The Outer Limits: The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

1945 – Castulo Guerra, actor (Invasion, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Lois & Clark, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starman)

1945 – Ronnie Blakley, actor (Beyond Westworld)

1949 – Charles Rocket, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Star Patrol, The X-Files, Star Trek: Voyager, Lois & Clark, Quantum Leap, Max Headroom)

1951 – Orson Scott Card, sci-fi author (Ender’s Game, Speaker for the Dead)

1956 – Kevin Dunn, actor (Transformers, NYPD 2069, Godzilla 1998)

1957 – Stephen Fry, actor (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time)

 

1958 – Steve Guttenberg, actor (Short Circuit, Cocoon 1 & 2, The Day After, The Boys from Brazil)

1961 – Mark Protosevich, writer (I Am Legend, The Cell)

1961 – Jared Harris b. 1961 (Fringe, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Lost in Space)

1966 – Eric Edwards, actor (Blade)

1973 – Billy Greene, actor, d @ 76 (The Cape Canaveral Monsters, My Favorite Martian, Captain Video and His Video Rangers)

1973 – Barret Oliver, actor (Cocoon, D.A.R.Y.L, The Twilight Zone)

1974 – Jennifer Lien, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)

1975 – Kwesi Ameyaw, actor (Continuum, Man of Steel, Riverworld, Fringe, Stargate, Kyle XY, Blade: Trinity, Jake 2.0, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Strange Frequency, The Lone Gunmen, The 6th Day)

1975 – James D’Arcy, actor (Jupiter Ascending, Them)

1976 – Alex O’Loughlin, actor (The Invisible, Man-Thing)

2001 – Ghosts of Mars released

2014 – Richard Attenborough, actor, d @ 90 (Jurassic Park)