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1915 – Victor Sen Yung, (Captain Midnight)

1923 – Boris Sagal, director (World War III, The Omega Man, Twilight Zone)

1926 – Klaus Kinski, actor (Timestalkers, Creature, Android, Lifespan)

1927 – George C. Scott, actor (Day of the Dolphin)

1934 – Inger Stevens, actress (Twilight Zone)

Inger Stevens in The Twilight Zone: The Hitchhiker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Calvin Lockhart, actor (Predator 2)

Calvin Lockhart losing his head in Predator 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

1935 – Peter Boyle, actor (Young Frankenstein, Outland, Species II, The X-Files, Los & Clark, Solar Crisis)

Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1938 – Dawn Wells, actress (Meego, ALF, The Invaders)

Dawn Wells in The Invaders: Dark Outpost

1944 – Katherine Kurtz, sci-fi author (Deryni Rising, Saint Camber)

1946 – Howard Shore, composer (eXistenZ)

1947 – Joe Morton, actor (Brother from Another Planet, Terminator 2, Eureka, Coma, Warehouse 13, Thoughtcrimes, Smallville, Dragonfly, The X-Files, The Astronaut’s Wife)

1951 – Pam Dawber, actress (Mork and Mindy, The Twilight Zone)

1954 – Arliss Howard, actor (The Incredible Hulk, The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Twilight Zone, The Day After)

1955 – David Twohy, director (Riddick, The Chronicles of Riddick, Pitch Black, Disaster in Time)

1958 – Corinne Bohrer, actress (Star Kid, The Powers of Matthew Star, Zapped!)

1960 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor (Universal Soldier, U.F.O., Cyborg, Timecop)

1960 – Erin Moran, actress (Galaxy of Terror)

1968 – Lee Tracy, actor, d @ 70 (Doctor X, Lights Out)

1974 – Joy Bryant, actress (Virtuality)

1984 – Tod Fennell, actor (The 4400, Brainscan)

1984 – Frieda Pinto, actress (Rise from the Planet of the Apes)

1984 – Jon Eric Hexum, actor, d @ 26 (Voyager from the Unknown, Voyagers!)

1987 – Zac Efron, actor (Firefly)

Zac Efron in Firefly

1991 – Tyler Posey, actor (Smallville)

2000 – Gwen Verdon, actress, d @ 75 (Cocoon I & II)

2002 – Kam Fong, actor, d @ 84 (The Lost Missile)

2005 – John Hollis, actor, d @ 74 (Superman I, II and IV, The Day of the Triffids (TV), Flash Gordon, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Blakes 7, The Tomorrow People, Doctor Who, Creatures the World Forgot, A for Andromeda)

 

2013 – Mary Carver, actress, d @ 89 (Star Trek: Enterprise, The Visitor, Beyond Westworld, Twilight Zone)