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1888 – Hank Patterson, actor (Twilight Zone, Earth vs. the Spider, Tarantula, The Amazing Colossal Man, Beginning of the End)

Hank Patterson as Hugo the Janitor is about to be lunch in Tarantula.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1893 – Heinrich George, actor (Metropolis, She)

1914 – Edward Andrews, actor (The Starlost, Twilight Zone, The Invaders)

Edward Andrews in The Twilight Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 – Jason Wingreen, actor (The Outer Limits, Starman, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, The Man with the Power, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Terminal Man, Star Trek, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone)

Jason Wingreen in The Outer Limits: O.B.I.T.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Brian Blessed, actor (Doctor Who, Flash Gordon, Blakes 7, Space: 1999, The Day After Tomorrow)

Brian Blessed in Blakes 7

1943 – Lorna Raver, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)

1951 – Richard Chaves, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, War of the Worlds, Predator)

1951 – Robert Wuhl, actor (Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde)

1951 – Richard Chaves, actor (Predator)

1953 – Tony Shalhoub, actor (Men in Black, Galaxy Quest, Gattaca, The X-Files)

1954 – Scott Bakula, actor (Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Invaders)

1954 – John O’Hurley, actor (Race to Space, The X Files, Weird Science)

1958 – Michael Pare, actor (The Philadelphia Experiment, Lunarcop, Moon 44, Space Rage, Space Fury, StarHunter)

1960 – Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, actor (The X Files, Circuitry Man)

1964 – Guillermo Del Toro, director (The Strain, Pacific Rim, Hellboy,Blade II, Mimic)

1973 – Steve Burns, actor (Christmas on Mars)

1979 – Chris O’Dowd, actor (Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel)

1979 – Brandon Routh, actor (Superman Returns)

1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, actor (Meteor, Smallville)

1994 – Jodelle Ferland, actor (Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, The Lone Gunmen)

1996 – Harvey Vernon, actor, d @ 69 (Star Trek: DS9, The Twilight Zone)

1997 – Arch Johnson, actor, d @ 75 (The Invisible Man (1975),Land of the Giants, The Invaders, The Munsters, Twilight Zone)

1998 – Robert (Bob) Allen, actor, d @ 92 (Raiders of the Living Dead, Out There, Tales of Tomorrow)

2000 – David Dukes, American actor d @ 54 (Space, Time Trax)

2005 – Louis Nye, actor, d @ 92 (The Munsters)

2014 – Jan Hooks, actress, d @ 57 (3rd Rock from the Sun, Coneheads)