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1896 – Arnold Ridley, actor (Out of the Unknown)

1903 – Alan Napier, actor (Twilight Zone, The Mole People)

Alan Napier as Elinu in The Mole People

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908 – Philip Bourneuf, actor (The Wide World of Mystery: Frankenstein, The Immortal)

1913 – Francis De Wolff, actor (The Tomorrow People, Doctor Who, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The Man Who Could Cheat Death)

Francis de Wolff in Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus, episode 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 – Vincent Gardenia, actor (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

1924 – Gene L. Coon, writer (Star Trek)

Gene L Coon

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929 – Buck Rogers, 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres

Buck Rogers comic strip debuts

1929 – Terry Moore, actress (Death Dimension)

1949 – Steven Williams, actor (Stargate SG-1, The X Files, SeaQuest 2032, Twilight Zone: The Movie)

1949 – Anne Schedeen, actress (Alf, Embryo, The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O., Exo-Man, The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man)

 

 

 

1950 – Erin Gray, actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, In-World War, Nuclear Hurricane, T-Force, Superboy, Starman, Star Trek Continues)

Erin Gray as Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

1953 – Robert Longo, director (Johnny Mnemonic)

1957 – Kristen Meadows, actress (Evolution, Automan)

1960 – David Marciano, Newark NJ, actor (SeaQuest 2032, Superboy)

1960 – Tierre Turner, stunts/actor (Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Earth 2, Predator 2 / Earth 2, Alien Nation, Ark II, The Six Million Dollar Man)

1961 – Mark Allen Shepherd, actor (Star Trek: DS9)

1962 – Hallie Todd, actress (Star Trek: TNG)

1963 – Lester Speight, actor (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)

1967 – Irrfan Khan, actor (Jurassic World)

1970 – Doug E Doug, actor (Eight Legged Freaks)

1970 – Robert Barrat, actor, d @ 81 (Flight to Mars)

1971 – Jeremy Renner, actor (28 Weeks Later)

 

1976 – Tyron Leitso, actor (House of the Dead, Dinotopia, Mysterious Ways, First Wave)

1977 – Dustin Diamond, actor (Star Trek: TNG, The Munsters Today, Purple People Eater)

1980 – Sarah Selby, actress, d @ 74 (Twilight Zone, Moon Pilot)

1980 – Merritt Wever, actor (Signs)

1982 – Lauren Cohan, actress (The Walking Dead)

1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, actress (Hot Tub Time Machine, Heroes, Phil of the Future)

1988 – Robert Sheehan, actor (Summer of the Flying Saucer, Misfits)

1988 – Trevor Howard, actor, d @ 71 (Superman, Who?)

1988 – Haley Bennett, actress (The Hole)

1991 – Max Morrow, actor (Warehouse 13, Mutant X)

2002 – Avery Schreiber, actor, d @ 66 (Galaxina, The Twilight Zone)