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1903 – Tor Johnson, actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, The Unearthly, The Beast From Yucca Flats, Rocky Jones Space Ranger)

Tor Johnson (center) in Plan 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1909 – Robert Beatty, actor (Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Martian Chronicles, Unidentified Flying Oddball, Blakes 7, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Doctor Who, Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, Project M7, Devil’s Plot, Captain Video and His Video Rangers)

Robert Beatty in Blake’s 7 The Way Back

1910 – Dan Tobin, actor (Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian)

1916 – David Lewis, actor (The Wide World of Mystery: Alien Lover, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lights Out: The Martian Eyes, The Girl with Something Extra)

1918 – Bob Sweeney, director (Starman, Misfits of Science)

1921 – George Nader, actor (Beyond Atlantis, The Great Space Adventure, Robot Monster, The Human Duplicators)

1932 – Robert Reed, actor (Galactica 1980)

1936 – Shelby Grant, actress (Fantastic Voyage)

1936 – Tony Lo Bianco, actor (Endangered Species, Twilight Zone)

1940 – Michael Gambon, actor (Doctor Who, Mary Reilly)

1941 – Simon Ward, actor (Supergirl, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed)

Simon Ward (left) in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1945 – John Lithgow (Third Rock from the Sun, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Day After, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2010, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Interstellar)

John Lithgow in Buckaroo Banzai

 

 

 

 

 

 

1946 – Kenneth Washington, actor (Westworld, Star Trek)

Kenneth Washington (left) in Star Trek

1949 – Jim Starlin, artist (Guardians of the Galaxy)

1951 – Annie Golden, actress (The American Astronaut, Twelve Monkeys)

1955 – John Hodiak, actor, d @ 41 (On the Threshold of Space)

1958 – Tiriel Mora, actor (Stepsister from Planet Weird, Farscape, Time Trax, Future Schlock)

1966 – Roger R. Cross, actor (Continuum, Eureka, The X-Files, The Strain, Fringe, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Bionic Woman, The 4400, The Chronicles of Riddick, Star Trek: Enterprise, Taken, Andromeda, Stargate SG-1, First Wave, Sliders, M.A.N.T.I.S.)

 

1966 – Jon Favreau, director / actor (Revolution, Cowboys & Aliens, Zathura: A Space Adventure / John Carter, Deep Impact)

1966 – Amy Linker, actress (D.A.R.Y.L.)

1969 – Anna Galvin, actress (SGU Stargate Universe, Caprica, Smallville, Kyle XY, The Andromeda Strain, Tin Man, Eureka, Timecop)

1970 – Chris Kattan, actor (Undead or Alive: A Zombedy)

1972 – Tony Crane, actor (S1m0ne, Out of This World)

1976 – Desmond Harrington, actor (Taken)

1978 – Gig Young, actor, d @ 64 (Twilight Zone)

1980 – Benjamin Salisbury, actor (S1m0ne)

1982 – Gillian Jacobs, actor (Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Fringe)

1991 – Kevin Alves, actor (How to Build a Better Boy, Warehouse 13)

2003 – Guy Rolfe, actor, d @ 91 (The Bride, Space: 1999)

2006 – Phyllis Kirk, actress, d @ 78 (Twilight Zone)

2009 – Joseph Wiseman, actor, d @ 91 (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Twilight Zone)

2010 – Tom Bosley, actor, d @ 73 (Out of This World)

2014 – Lynda Bellingham, actress, d @ 66 (Doctor Who, Blakes 7)