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1905 – Ted de Corsia, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Science Fiction Theatre, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea)

Ted de Corsia in The Outer Limits: It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1910 – Virginia Bruce, actress (Science Fiction Theatre, The Invisible Woman)

1913 – Trevor Howard, actor (Superman, Who?)

1931 – Anita Ekberg, actress (Abbott and Costello Go to Mars)

1936 – James Frawley, actor (The Outer Limits, Smallville, Earth 2)

James Frawley in The Outer Limits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Jerry Weintraub, producer, d @ 77 (Westworld (TV), My Stepmother Is an Alien)

1939 – Larry Linville, actor (Lois & Clark, C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud, Misfits of Science)

1942 – Madeline Kahn, actress (Young Frankenstein, Slapstick [of Another Kind}, Simon)

1942 – Ian McShane, actor (Babylon 5: The River of Souls, The Fantastic Journey, Space: 1999)

Ian McShane in Space 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1944 – Isla Blair, actress (The Quatermass Experiment, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Alien Attack, Space: 1999)

Isla Blair in Space: 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1945 – Reggie Bannister, actor (Phantasm, Zombie Family)

Reggie Bannister in Phantasm

 

 

 

 

 

 

1946 – Patricia Hodge, actress (The Cloning of Joanna May)

1946 – Donovan Scott, actor (Babylon 5, Homeboys in Outer Space, Back to the Future Part III, The Lost Satellite, The Incredible Shrinking Woman)

1947 – Martin Ferrero, actor (The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Mark and Mindy, Jurasic Park, X Files)

1953 – Drake Hogestyn, actor (Otherworld)

1954 – Cindy Morgan, actress (Tron, Amanda and the Alien, Galaxis)

1955 – Mark Mitchell, actor (On The Beach (2000), Farscape)

1961 – Nicholas Briggs, actor (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood)

1962 – Roger Bart, actor (The Event, The Stepford Wives)

1967 – Ludwig Donath, actor, d @ 67 (Twilight Zone, Space Patrol)

1968 – Luke Goss, actor (Lost Time, Tekken, Annihilation Earth, Fringe, Frankenstein, Blade II)

1969 – Erika Eleniak, actress (Absolute Zero, The Blob, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)

1970 – Russell Peters, actor (Source Code)

1970 – Emily Lloyd, actress (Riverworld)

1970 – Natasha Gregson Wagner, actress (The 4400)

1970 – Edward Everett Horton, actor ,d @ 82 (2000 Years Later, Down to Earth, Lost Horizon)

1974 – Alexis Cruz, actor (Stargate)

1981 – Shay Astar, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: TNG)

1993 – Gordon Douglas, director, d @ 85 (Them!)

2001 – Gloria Foster d @ 67 (The Matrix)

2010 – Tony Curtis, actor, d @ 85 (Stargames, Lois & Clark, Lobster Man From Mars, BrainWaves, The Manitou)