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1866 – H. G. Wells, sci-fi author (War of the Worlds, The Time Machine)

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds featuring Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) on vocals including the great song, “Forever Autumn” and Richard Burton as the narrator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1906 – Derrick De Marney, actor (Projected Man, Things to Come)

Derrick De Marney having a bad day in The Projected Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

1907 – Lloyd Gough, actor (The Invaders, The Outer Limits)

Lloyd Gough with William Shatner in The Outer Limits: Cold Hands Warm Heart

1918 – Rand Brooks, actor (The Munsters, Men into Space, Rocky Jones: Space Ranger, Space Patrol)

1919 – Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Doctor Who)

1930 – Dawn Addams, actress (Riders to the Stars, Star Maidens)

1931 – Larry Hagman, director/actor (Beware! the Blob / Fail-Safe, Superman)

1935 – Henry Gibson, actor (Stargate SG-1, Total Recall 2070, Star Trek: DS9, Cyber Bandits, Eerie, Indiana, Twilight Zone, Small & Frye, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, My Favorite Martian)

1942 – Tracy Reed, actress, d @ 69 2 May 2012 (Dr. Strangelove, UFO, Out of the Unknown, Journey to the Unknown)

 

1943 – Jerry Bruckheimer, producer (Armageddon)

1947 – Stephen King, sci-fi/horror author

1950 – Bill Murray, actor (Zombieland

1953 – Sunny Johnson, actress (Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype)

1955 – Rebecca Balding, actress (The Bionic Woman)

1959 – David Coulier, actor (Lois & Clark)

1963 – Angus Macfadyen, actor (Equilibrium)

1970 – Rob Benedict, actor (Threshold)

1970 – James Lesure, actor (Space: Above & Beyond)

1971 – Luke Wilson, actor (The X-Files)

1973 – Diana Sands, actress, d @ 39 (The Outer Limits)

1979 – John McQuade, actor, d @ 67 (Tales of Tomorrow)

1980 – Robert Hoffman, actor (Aliens in the Attic)

1980 – Aleksa Palladino, actress (Spectropia

1980 – Autumn Reeser, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)

1981 – Maggie Grace (Creature Unknown)

1983 – Joseph Mazzello, actor (Coma, Star Kid, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park)

1991 – Angelo Rossitto, actor, d @ 83 (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Galaxina, Jason of Star Command, Invasion of the Saucer Men)

1990 – Allison Scagliotti, actress (Warehouse 13)

1990 – Christian Serratos, actress (The Walking Dead)

1992 – Billy Williams, actor, d @ 77 (A Fire in the Sky, Night of the Zombies, The Giant Spider Invasion, Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space, Men into Space, Space Master X-7, Science Fiction Theatre)

2003 – Pamela Gordon, actress, d @ 66 (The X Files, My Favorite Martian (1999), Alien Nation: Body and Soul, The Twilight Zone, Weird Science)

2007 – Resident Evil: Extinction

2007 – Alice Ghostley, actress, d @ 83 (Small Wonder)

2009 – Robert Ginty, actor, d @ 60 (Project U.F.O., Programmed to Kill)