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1906 – Kam Tong, actor (Women of the Prehistoric Planet, Dimension 5, Time Tunnel)

Kam Tong in The Time Tunnel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1913 – Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Hugo for The Demolished Man)

1913 – Lynn Bari, actress (Science Fiction Theatre), d @ 71

1917 – Ossie Davis, actor (The Android Affair, The Stand)

1920 – Norma McCarty, actress (Plan 9 From Outer Space, Adventures of Superman)

Norma McCarty in Plan 9 from Outer Space. Also the wife of Ed Wood.

1921 – John Myhers, actor (The Twilight Zone, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Far Out Space Nuts)

1922 – Larry D Mann, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian)

1938 – Roger E. Mosley, actor (RoboCop, Terminal Island)

1939 – Michael J Moorcock, sci-fi author (Alien Heat, Bull & Spear)

1942 – Harvey Atkin, actor (RoboCop, Swamp Thing)

1946 – Steven Spielberg, director (War of the Worlds, Minority Report, A.I., Jurassic Park, E.T., War of the Worlds, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

 

1950 – Su Elliot, actress (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

1951 – Candice Rialson, actress (Logan’s Run)

1953 – Jeff Kober, actor (V, Alien Nation, The X-Files, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Walking Dead, Seven Days, Earth 2, The X Files, The Twilight Zone)

1956 – T K Carter, actor (My Favorite Martian, The Thing (1982))

T K Carter in The Thing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1963 – Brad Pitt, actor (World War Z, Twelve Monkies)

Brad Pitt in World War Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964 – Robson Green, actor (Rocket Man)

1966 – Len J. Phillips, actor (Zombie #1)

1968 – Casper Van Dien, actor (Starship Troopers, Sharktopus vs. Mermantula, Dracula 3000, The Time Shifters, The Omega Code)

Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers

1970 – Victoria Pratt, actress (Mutant X, Cleopatra 2525, Journey to the Center of the Earth)

1972 – Julian Arahanga, actor (The Matrix)

1976 – Erin Simms, actress (Eureka, Fringe)

1978 – Katie Holmes, actress (Muppets from Space)

1980 – Baron Vaughn, actor (Cloverfield)

1980 – Anna Walton, actress (Hellboy II, Mutant Chronicles)

1981 – Josh Dallas, actor (Doctor Who)

Josh Dallas in Doctor Who

1989 – Ashley Benson, actress (Time Warrior)

1993 – Sam Wanamaker, actor, d @ 74 (The Day the Fish Came Out, The Outer Limits, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace)

1994 – Lilia Skala, actress, d @ 98 (Probe, Tales of Tomorrow)

1997 – Chris Farley, actor, d @ 33 (Coneheads)

 

 

2008 – Majel Barrett, actress / producer, d @ 76 (Star Trek, Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II, Star Trek: Nemesis, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: First Contact, Mars and Beyond, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Next Step Beyond, Planet Earth, The Questor Tapes, Westworld, Genesis II)

2009 – Avatar released