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1892 – Cameron Prud’Homme, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1903 – Hardie Albright, actor (Twilight Zone)

1910 – Hollingworth Morse, director (Ark II, Rocky Jones Space Ranger, Crash of Moons, Duel in Space)

1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood’s End)

Arthur C Clarke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1927 – G Randall P D Garrett, sci-fi writer (Lord Darcy, Takeoff 1 & 2)

1927 – Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson, sci-fi author (Heartsease)

1928 – Philip K[indred] Dick, sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner)

Philip K Dick

 

 

 

 

 

 

1928 – Terry Carter, actor (Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)

1929 – Nicholas Courtney, actor (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, Doomwatch, Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, Lust in Space, Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Nicholas Courtney in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Peter Schrum, actor (Quantum Leap, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Trancers, Galaxina)

Peter Schrum in Terminator 2

1937 – Joyce Bulifant, actress (Weird Science)

1946 – Charles Dennis, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: TNG)

1946 – Terence Knox, actor (Gila!, Space Banda, The Burning Zone, SeaQuest 2032, The Invaders, The Twilight Zone, V)

1947 – Ben Cross, actor (Star Trek, Ice, Species: The Awakening, S.S. Doomtrooper, The Invader, The Twilight Zone, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)

1949 – Allan Graf, actor (Revolution, Universal Soldier, Total Recall, RoboCop, Space Rage, Misfits of Science)

 

1951 – Bill Johnson, actor (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Future-Kill)

1955 – Xander Berkeley, actor (ETXR, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Twilight Zone [2003]. Universal Soldier: The Return, NetForce, Superman, Gattaca, The Outer Limits. Roswell, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, The X-Files, Super Force, Not of This World, The Twilight Zone [1986], V, The Incredible Hulk)

1959 – Alison La Placa, actress (Voyage of the Rock Aliens)

1961 – Sam Robards, actor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)

1962 – Jon Tenney, actor (The Outer Limits, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)

1962 – Melanie Smith, actress (Trancers III, Star Trek: DS9)

1963 – Benjamin Bratt, actor (Red Planet, The Andromeda Strain, Demolition Man)

Benjamin Bratt in Red Planet

1964 – Gail Harris, actress (Alien Escape)

1967 – Miranda Otto, actress (War of the Worlds, I Frankenstein)

1968 – Paul Scherrer, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Quantum Leap, Running Against Time)

1969 – Christina Cabot, actor (The Incredible Hulk [2008])

1975 – Jonathan Scarfe, actor (Smallville, Level 9, TekWar: TekLab, The Outer Limits

1981 – Kristen Ritter, actress (Mission Control)

1984 – Theo James, actor (Allegiant, Insurgent, Divergent, Underworld: Awakening)

 

1988 – Anna Popplewell, actress (Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn)

Anna Popplewell in Halo 4

1989 – Silvana Mangano, actress, d @ 59 (The Flying Saucer , Dune)

1989 – Lee Van Cleef, actor, d @ 64 (Space Patrol, Twilight Zone, Escape from New York)

1989 – Silvana Mangano, actress, d @ 59 (Dune, The Flying Saucer)

1991 – Fred D Scott, actor, d @ 83 (Weird Science, Manimal, Galaxina, Abar, the First Black Superman)

1993 – Moses Gunn, actor, d @ 64 (Salvage 1)

 

2001 – Roy Brocksmith, actor, d @ 56 (Babylon 5, Kull the Conqueror, Star Trek: DS9, Lois & Clark, Total Recall, Martians Go Home, Star Trek: TNG)

2003 – Madlyn Rhue d @ 68 (Land of the Giants, Star Trek)

2005 – John Spencer, actor, d @ 58 (The Outer Limits, Meteor)

2010 – Angela Clarke, actress, d @ 101 (The Outer Limits)

2011 – Robert Easton, actor, d @ 81 (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Stingray, Lost in Space, The Bionic Woman, Star Trek VI)