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1902 – Anthony Nicholls, actor (Space: 1999)

1910 – Douglas Walton, actor (The Bride of Frankenstein)

1912 – Maidie Norman, actress (The Incredible Hulk, Twilight Zone)

1912 – Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed, Young Frankenstein, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Atlantis, the Lost Continent, The Time Travelers, World of Giants)

1917 – Alice Pearce, actress (Twilight Zone)

1921 – Michael Conrad, actor (Way Out, Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian, The Incredible Hulk, Lost In Space, The Immortal, The 6 Million Dollar Man)

Michael Conrad (Right) in Lost in Space

1921 – Robert Urquhart, actor, d @ 72 (The Curse of Frankenstein, Doomwatch)

1926 – Ed Valigursky, artist (Pulp magazines such as Saga, Amazing, etc)

1940 – Barry Corbin, actor (Alien Express, Race to Space, Timequest, Virus, The Twilight Zone, My Science Project, WarGames)

1943 – Christopher Mitchum, actor (Aftershock, The Day Time Ended)

1943 – Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi author, d @ 54

1946 – Suzanne Somers, actress (The Six Million Dollar Man)

 

1947 – Guy Siner, actor (Bug, Star Trek: Enterprise, Babylon 5, Doctor Who)

Guy Siner in Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

1949 – David Greenwalt, writer (Eureka, Surface, Jake 2.0, The X Files)

1951 – Daniel Gerroll, actor (Mann & Machine)

1952 – Martha Smith, actress (They Came from Outer Space, Swamp Thing)

1952 – Ron Taylor, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Quantum Leap, The Ice Pirates)

1958 – Tim Robbins, actor (Mission To Mars, War of the Worlds, Howard the Duck, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1962 – Flea, actor (Back to the Future: Part II & III, Stranded)

1963 – Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, actress (Superboy, Otherworld)

1963 – The Outer Limits debuted on ABC

The Outer Limits debuted on ABC

1968 – Randall Batinkoff, actor (The Stepford Children)

1968 – Todd Stashwick, actor (Warehouse 13, Revolution, Heroes, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Star Trek: Enterprise)

1968 – Ron Rogge, actor (A Zombie Next Door, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1972 – Leo G. Carroll, actor, d @ 85 (Tarantula)

1975 – Kellie Martin, actress (SeaQuest 2032, Doin’ Time on Planet Earth)

1978 – Daniel Kountz, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun)

1981 – Brea Grant, actress (Heroes, Battle Planet)

1981 – Caterina Scorsone, actress (Flash Forward)

1984 – Trevor Blumas, actor (Warehouse 13, Earth: Virtual Mom, Final Conflict)

1984 – Peggy Ann Garner, actress, d @ 52 (The Outer Limits)

1989 – Jack Salvatore Jr., actor (Donnie Darko, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

2000 – Rick Jason, actor, d @ 77 (Automan, Manimal)

2006 – Jack DeLeon, actor, d @ 81 (The Lost Saucer)

2010 – Barbara Billingsley, actress, d @ 94 (Mysterious Ways, Invaders from Mars)

2013 – Ed Lauter, actor, d @ 74 (The Clone Master, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, Manimal, Automan, The Rocketeer, Star Trek: TNG, The X-Files, Millennium, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation)