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1891 – Stanley Andrews, actor (Science Fiction Theatre, Superman and the Mole-Men, Space Patrol, Adventures of Superman)

1897 – Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, From the Earth to the Moon, Giant from the Unknown, Beginning of the End, The Giant Claw, Invaders from Mars, Red Planet Mars, Rocketship X-M)

Morris Ankrum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Simon Oakland, actor (The Starlost, The Satan Bug, The Outer Limits, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

Simon Oakland in The Outer Limits: Second Chance

1916 – Jack Vance, sci-fi author (The Dying Earth, Dirdir, Pnume)

1921 – Nancy Kulp, actress (Quantum Leap, Moon Pilot, Twilight Zone)

1925 – Donald O’Connor, actor (The Bionic Woman)

1925 – Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)

1930 – Ben Gazzara, actor(The Neptune Factor)

1940 – Ken Jenkins, actor (The X Files, Sliders, Babylon 5, Star Trek: TNG, The Abyss, Hard Time on Planet Earth)

 

 

1943 – David Soul, actor (Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, World War III, Star Trek)

David Soul in Star Trek

1947 – Alice Playten, actress (Pioneer 12, Legend, The Lost Saucer)

1948 – Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, sci-fi author (1979 Hugo and Nebula for Dreamsnake & 1998 Nebula for The Moon and the Sun, Star Trek II, III, IV)

1956 – Luis Guzman, actor (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, SeaQuest 2032, *batteries not included)

1957 – Daniel Stern, actor (SeaQuest 2032, Leviathan, C.H.U.D.)

1959 – Brian Thompson, actor (Otherworld, The Terminator, Star Trek: Enterprise, The X-Files, Flight of the Living Dead, Epoch: Evolution, Star Trek: DS9, Weird Science, Star Trek: Generations, Superboy, Star Trek: TNG, Alien Nation)

1961 – Jennifer Coolidge, actress (Not of this Earth)

1962 – David Fincher, director (Alien³)

1969 – Jack Black,actor (Mars Attacks, The X-Files, Waterworld, Demolition Man)

1969 – Jason Priestley, actor (Day of the Triffids, Termination Point, Quantum Leap)

1971 – Stephanie Belding, actress (Eureka, Earth: Final Conflict, eXistenZ)

1973 – J. August Richards, actor (Warehouse 13, The 4400, Sliders, Space: Above and Beyond)

1974 – Kristin Booth, actress (ReGenesis, Total Recall 2070)

1975 – Amanda Tapping, actress (Stargate, Sanctuary, Earthsea, The X Files, Flash Forward)

1975 – Nick Tarabay, actor (Star Trek: ID)

1975 – Eugene Byrd, actor (Eureka)

1978 – Kelly Overton, actress (Tekken)

1980 – Carly Pope, actress (The Tomorrow People, Elysium, The 4400, 10.5: Apocalypse, Jake 2.0)

1987 – John Huston, actor, d @ 81 (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Tentacles, The Bermuda Triangle)

1990 – Katie Findlay, actress (Continuum, Crash Site, SGU Stargate Universe, Fringe)