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1882 – Bela Lugosi, actor (The Invisible Ray, Son of Frankenstein, The Phantom Creeps, The Ghost of Frankenstein, The Ape Man, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Return of the Ape Man, Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, Bride of the Monster, Plan 9 From Outer Space)

Bela Lugosi in Plan 9 From Outer Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

1887 – Addison Richards, actor (Science Fiction Theatre)

1913 – Barney Phillips, actor (The Invaders, Twilight Zone, Science Fiction Theatre)

1918 – Anton Diffring, actor (Doctor Who, The Beast Must Die, Fahrenheit 451, H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man)

Anton Diffring in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – John Anderson, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Starman, Project U.F.O, The Incredible Hulk, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, My Favorite Martian, Star Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap, Voyagers!, The Satan Bug)

John Anderson as Ebonite Interrogator in The Outer Limits episode, “Nightmare.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Michael Dunn, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, The Mutations)

1935 – Jerry Ohrbach, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, Universal Soldier)

1941 – Anneke Wills, actress (Doctor Who)

Anneke Wills in Doctor Who

1945 – George Wyner, actor (Spaceballs, Stargate SG-1, Quantum Leap)

1948 – Alan Ackles, actor (Benji Zax & the Alien Prince)

1949 – George Harris, actor (Flash Gordon)

1949 – George Harris, actor (Starhunter, Flash Gordon)

1950 – William Russ, actor (Stargate SG-1, SeaQuest 2032, V)

1956 – Danny Boyle, director (28 Days Later)

1965 – William Zabka, actor (Hot Tub Time Machine, Mindstorm, Interceptor Force, To the Ends of Time)

1970 – Patrick Wymark, actor, d @ 44 (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)

1971 – Kenneth Choi, actor (Heroes, Roswell, Deep Core)

1977 – Sam Witwer, actor (Battlestar Galatica, Star Trek:Enterprise, Smallville, The Mist, The Walking Dead)

1980 – Niall Matter, actor (Primeval: New World, Eureka, Warehouse 13, Stargate: Atlantis)

1983 – Alona Tal, actor (Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D)

1987 – Rose McIver, actress (iZombie)

1988 – Adam Butcher, actor (ReGenesis)

1990 – Freda Jackson, actress, d @ 82 (Blakes 7, The Valley of Gwangi, Monster of Terror)

1994 – Burt Lancaster, actor, d @ 80 (Island of Dr. Moreau, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)

1995 – Christopher Stone, actor, d @ 53 (Manimal, Galactica 1980, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Bionic Woman, Logan’s Run)

2003 – Jack Elam, actor, d @ 82 (Twilight Zone, The Aurora Encounter)

2006 – Jane Wyatt, actress, d @ 96 (Star Trek, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Gemini Man)

2008 – John Ringham, actor, d @ 80 (Doctor Who)

2009 – John Hart, actor, d @ 91 (Blackenstein, The Astral Factor, World of Giants)

2014 – Ox Baker, actor, d @ 80 (Escape from New York)