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1895 – John Boles, actor (Frankenstein)

1902 – Elsa Lanchester, actress (Bride of Frankenstein)

Elsa Lanchester in The Bride of Frankenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1932 – Suzy Parker, actress died 3 May 2003 (Twilight Zone)

Suzy Parker (right) in The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You

1936 – Joe Spinell, actor, d @ 51 (Starcrash)

1937 – George ‘Buck’ Flower, actor, d @ 66 (Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II, They Came from Outer Space (TV), Back to the Future Parts I & II, They Live, Mac and Me, Sorority Babes in the Starman, Escape from New York, The Fog, The Time Machine (TV), The Invisible Man (1975 TV))

1939 – Jane Alexander, actress (Terminator Salvation)

1941 – John Hallam, actor (Moonbase 3, The People That Time Forgot, Flash Gordon, Lifeforce, Doctor Who) d. November 14, 2006 (age 65)

 

 

 

 

1944 – Ian Marter, actor (Doctor Who)

Ian Marter in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1951 – Joe R. Lansdale, writer (Jonah Hex)

1952 – Annie Potts, actress (The Man Who Fell to Earth (TV), Twilight Zone (85))

1961 – Jonathan Mostow, director (Terminator 3)

1962 – Daphne Zuniga, actress (Spaceballs, The Fly II)

Daphne Zuniga in Spaceballs

1963 – Lauren Holly, actress (Alphas)

1965 – Jami Gertz, actress (Solarbabies)

1966 – Chris Bauer, actor (Tomorrowland, Fringe)

1967 – Julia Roberts, actress (Mart Reilly, Flatliners)

1970 – Greg Eagles, actor (The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

1974 – Michael Dougherty, writer (Superman Returns, X2)

1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, actor (Space Camp, Signs, Superboy)

1980 – Leon Janney, actor, d @ 63 (Tom Corbett: Space Cadet)

 

1982 – Matt Smith, actor (Doctor Who, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Terminator: Genisys, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Clone)

Matt Smith as The Doctor

1982 – Michael Stahl-David, actor (Cloverfield)

1986 – Ian Marter, actor, d @ 48 (Doctor Who)

1994 – Stargate released

2006 – Tina Aumont, actress, d @ 60 (Diosaur from the Deep)

2010 – James MacArthur, actor, d @ 72 (Time Express, Superboy)

2011 – In Time released

2012 – Merry Anders, actress, d @ 80 (Women of the Prehistoric Planet, The Time Travelers)