posted by admin on Dec 24

1886 – Michael Curtiz, director (Doctor X)
1889 – Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Twilight Zone, Beyond the Time Barrier, Monster from Green Hell)

Vladimir Sokoloff in Beyond the Time Barrier

Vladimir Sokoloff in Beyond the Time Barrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1902 – Ava Gardner, actress (On The Beach)

Ava Gardner in On The Beach.

Ava Gardner in On The Beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1910 – Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Jr, sci-fi author (Bazaar of the Bizarre, Bigtime, Wanderer)

1926 – Thelma Pelish, actress (The Incredible Hulk)

1940 – Sharon Farrell, actress (Night of the Comet, My Favorite Martian, The Six Million Dollar Man, Man from Atlantis, Small & Frye)

Sharon Farrell in Man From Atlantis

Sharon Farrell in Man From Atlantis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1941 – David Arkin, actor (Whitney and the Robot)
1941 – John Levene, actor (UFO, Doctor Who, Planetfall, Automatons)

John Levene in Doctor Who.

John Levene in Doctor Who.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1943 – Christiane Schmidtmer, actress (The Giant Spider Invasion)

Christiane Schmidtmer in The Giant Spider Invasion

Christiane Schmidtmer in The Giant Spider Invasion

1945 – Nicholas Meyer, director (Time After Time, Star Trek II, The Day After, Star Trek VI)

1953 – Timothy Carhart, actor (Strange World, The X Files, Star Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap)
1955 – Grand L. Bush, actor (Demolition Man, The Visitor, The Incredible Hulk)
1956 – Stephanie Hodge, actress (Evolution)
1957 – Scott Spiegel, actor (Robot Ninja)

1961 – Wade Williams, actor (Astronauts, Star Trek: Enterprise, The X Files, What Planet Are You From?, Seven Days, Star Trek: Voyager)

1964 – Mark Valley, actor (Fringe, The 4400, The Lone Gunman)
1966 – Deidrich Bader, actor (Evil Alien Conquerors, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: TNG)
1969 – Mark Millar , writer (Superman: Red Son)

1970 – Amuary Nolasco, actor (Transformers)
1972 – Carmen Moore, actress (Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, The 4400, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Eureka, Flash Gordon (TV), Caprica, Kyle XY, Stargate: Atlantis, Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 TV), Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, The 4400, The Robinsons: Lost in Space, Seven Days, First Wave)
1975 – Bernard Herrmann, composer/conductor, d @ 64 (It’s Alive, Fahrenheit 451, Lost in Space, Twilight Zone, Mysterious Island, The Day the Earth Stood Still)
1977 – James Komack, writer, d @ 53 (My Favorite Martian)

1984 – Ian Hendry, actor, d @ 53 (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

2007 – Cheeta, chimpanzee actor, d @ 79 (07 Spaceys)
2012 – Charles Durning, actor, d @ 89 (Solarbabies, The Final Countdown, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)
2012 – Jack Klugman, actor, d @ 90 (Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)

posted by admin on Dec 23

1852 – Arthur Dudley Vinton, sci-fi author (Looking Further Backward)

1893 – Ann O’Neal, actress (Twilight Zone)

1909 – Maurice Denham, actor (Doctor Who, Blood Beast from Outer Space, Out of This World, Project M7)

1911 – James Gregory, actor (Twilight Zone, Star Trek)

James Gregory in Star Trek: Dagger of the Mind

James Gregory in Star Trek: Dagger of the Mind

1919 – Robert McCall, artist (LIFE magazine, 2001: A Space Odyssey)

1920 – Alan North, actor (The Powers of Matthew Star)

1921 – Gerald S. O’Loughlin, actor (Automan, The Powers of Matthew Star, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)

 

 

 

 

1925 – Harry Guardino, actor (Goldengirl, The Outer Limits)

Harry Guardino in The Outer Limits episode, The Human Factor.

Harry Guardino in The Outer Limits episode, The Human Factor.

1931 – Ronnie Schell, actor (Phil of the Future, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Mork & Mindy)
1937 – Peter Medak, director (Species II, The Twilight Zone, Otherworld, The Changeling, Space: 1999)

1943 – Harry Shearer, actor (The Visitor, Sliders, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, Godzilla 1998)
1948 – Charles Herbert, actor (The Fly, Men Into Space, Twilight Zone, The Colossus of New York, The Monster That Challenged the World)

 

1953 – John Callahan, actor (Bone Eater, Dinocroc vs. Supergator)
1955 – Stefan Arngrim, actor (Land of the Giants, The X Files, Battlestar Galactica:Razor, V, Caprica, Fringe, Flash Gordon)
1958 – Joan Severence, actress (Max Headroom)
1958 – Nej Adamson, actor (Doctor Who)

1967 – Karen Verne, actress, d @ 49 (Twilight Zone)
1969 – Donald Foster, actor, d @ 80 (Twilight Zone)
1969 – Martha Byrne, actress (Anna to the Infinite Power)

1970 – Charlie Ruggles, actor, d @ 84 (The Munsters)

1978 – Josh Cowdery, actor (Godzilla 2014)
1978 – Estella Warren, actress (Planet of the Apes)

1982 – Jack Webb, actor, d @ 62 (Project U.F.O.)
1984 – Adnan Haskovic, actor (Snowpiercer)

1992 – Spencer Daniels, actor (Star Trek (2009))
1993 – James Ellison, actor, d @ 93 (I Walked with a Zombie, The Undying Monster)
1994 – Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor, d @ 89 (Chimera, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Out of the Unknown)
1995 – Patric Knowles, actor, d @ 84 (From the Earth to the Moon)
1998 – Conor Carroll, actor (Ender’s Game)

Conor Carroll in Ender's Game

Conor Carroll in Ender’s Game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000 – Billy Barty, American actor, d @ 76 (The Lost Saucer, Bride of Frankenstein, Lobster Man from Mars, Masters of the Universe)

posted by admin on Dec 22

1902 – Noel Howlett, actor ( Quatermass and the Pit aka Five Million Miles to Earth)

Noel Howlett in Five Million Miles to Earth.

Noel Howlett in Five Million Miles to Earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1906 – Fred Wilcox, director (Forbidden Planet)
1909 – Patricia Hayes, actress (The Tomorrow People, The Terrornauts)

1914 – Emil Sitka, actor (My Favorite Martian, Flying Saucer Daffy, Outer Space Jitters, Space Ship Sappy, Space Patrol)

Emil Sitka (second from left) in The Three Stooges in Orbit.

Emil Sitka (second from left) in The Three Stooges in Orbit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Barbara Billingsley, actress (Mysterious Ways, Invaders from Mars, Mork & Mindy)

Barbara Billingsley in Invaders From Mars

Barbara Billingsley in Invaders From Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1917 – Frankie Darro, actor (Phantom Empire, Forbidden Planet)

Frankie Darro in Forbidden Planet

Frankie Darro (right) in Forbidden Planet

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – Ruth Roman, actress (The Day of the Animals, The Outer Limits)

Ruth Roman in The Outer Limits episode, Moonstone.

Ruth Roman in The Outer Limits episode, Moonstone.

1926 – Peggy Castle, actress (Beginning of the End, Invasion Earth, World of Giants)

1936 – Bill Saito, actor (The Six Million Dollar Man)

1947 – Brian C Daley, sci-fi author (Exploits of Han Solo, Tron)
1948 – Lynne Thigpen, actress (Bicentennial Man)
1949 – Graham Beckel, actor (Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, The Astronaut Farmer, C.H.U.D.)

1951 – Charles de Lint, sci-fi author (Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow)
1952 – Dan Stanton, actor (Lois & Clark, Mom and Dad Save the World, Eerie Indiana, Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

 

1953 – Jay Brazeau, actor (Eureka, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, First Wave, Seven Days, Sliders, The Odyssey, The X Files)
1953 – Gregor Fisher, actor (1984)
1954 – Hugh Quarshie, actor (The Tomorrow People, Star Wars: Episode I, Doctor Who, Wing Commander)

Hugh Quarshie in Doctor Who

Hugh Quarshie in Doctor Who

1958 – Lenny Von Dohlen, actor (World’s End, Red Dwarf)
1958 – David Heavener, actor (Deadly Reactor, Guns of El Chupacabra, Crimes of the Chupacabra)

1965 – David S. Goyer, actor (writer, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Man of Steel, FlashForward, Threshold, Blade, Blade II, Perversions of Science)
1966 – Robert Keith, actor, d @ 68 (Twilight Zone)
1967 – Lee Krieger, actor, d @ 48 (The Reluctant Astronaut, My Favorite Martian)
1968 – Dina Meyer, actress (Piranha 3D, Star Trek: Nemesis, Bats, Starship Troopers, The Outer Limits, Alien Seduction, Johnny Mnemonic)

 

1971 – Pat Mastroianni, actor (Godzilla 1998, War of the Worlds (1990))
1971 – Deborah Twiss, actress (School of Rock: Zombie Etiquette, Fringe)
1972 – Ivan Kamaras, actor (World War Z, Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
1973 – Traci Dinwiddie, actress (Zombies VS. Ninjas: The Web Series, Target Earth)
1974 – Heather Donahue, actress (Manticore)

1980 – Chris Carmack, actor (The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, Smallville)
1982 – Brooke Nevin, actress (Smallville)
1983 – Charles Lloyd Pack, actor, d @ 81 (Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, The Reptile, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Enemy from Space)
1984 – Greg Finley, actor (Starcrossed, Hypothermia)
1987 – Gustav Frohlich, actor, d @ 85 (Metropolis)
1989 – Logan Huffman, actor (V (2011))

1993 – Don DeFore, actor, d @ 76 (Science Fiction Theatre)

2001 – Lance Fuller, actor, d @ 73 (This Island Earth, Twilight Zone, The She-Creature, The Bride and the Beast)
2002 – Kenneth Tobey, actor, d @ 85 (The Naked Monster, The Thing from Another World, Star Trek: DS9, Innerspace, Starman, The Twilight Zone, Strange Invaders, Galactica 1980, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Science Fiction Theatre, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Flying Missile)
2012 – Cliff Osmond, actor, d @ 75 (The Invisible Man [1975], The Six Million Dollar Man, Invasion of the Bee Girls, Land of the Giants, My Living Doll, Twilight Zone)
2014 – Joseph Sargent, director/actor, d @ 90 (Tomorrow’s Child, Colossus: The Forbin Project, The Immortal, Star Trek / Twilight Zone)
2014 – Christine Cavanaugh, actress, d @ 51 (The X-Files)

posted by admin on Dec 21

1899 – Guy Wilkerson, actor (Moon Pilot, Twilight Zone)

Guy Wilkerson (right) in The Twilight Zone

Guy Wilkerson (right) in The Twilight Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1917 – Ivor Dean, actor (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde)

1928 – Ed Nelson, actor (Salvage 1, Logan’s Run (TV), Gemini Man, The Bionic Woman, The Outer Limits, The Brain Eaters, Night of the Blood Beast, Invasion of the Saucer Men, The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything, Twilight Zone, mTeenage Cave Man, Attack of the Crab Monster)

Ed Nelson in The Outer Limits episode, Nightmare.

Ed Nelson in The Outer Limits episode, Nightmare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 – Rudy Solari, actor (The Outer Limits, The Powers of Matthew Star, The Incredible Hulk, The Bionic Woman, Star Trek, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Rudy Solari in The Outer Limits episode, Production and Decay of Strange Particles.

Rudy Solari in The Outer Limits episode, Production and Decay of Strange Particles.

Rudy Solari in The Outer Limits: The Invisible Enemy

Rudy Solari in The Outer Limits: The Invisible Enemy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Jane Fonda, actress (Barbarella)
1943 – Jack Nance, actor (Dune, The Blob)
1944 – Jared Martin, actor (Fantastic Voyage, War of the Worlds, The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O., The Six Million Dollar Man, Logan’s Run)

Jared Martin in The Fantastic Journey

Jared Martin in The Fantastic Journey

1946 – Josh Mostel, actor (Brother from Another Planet)
1948 – Barry Gordon, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: DS9, Superman, Time Warp, Warp Speed, The Incredible Hulk)
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, actor (Jurassic Park, RoboCop, Star Wars: Episode I, Star Wars: Episode II, Star Wars: Episode III, Deep Blue Sea, Sphere)

1952 – Devon Ericson, actor (Night of the Comet, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
1952 – Dennis Boutsikaris, actor (*batteries not included, The X-Files, The Crawl)

1962 – Sid Saylor, actor, d @ 67 (The Crawling Hand, Adventures of Superman)
1963 – Larry Day, actor (Recon 2023: The Gaudi Prime Conspiracy, Superstorm, WW 3, Arrival II, Laserhawk, Sci-fighters)

 

 

1964 – Fabiana Udenio, actress (Babylon 5, RoboCop 2, Journey to the Center of the Earth)

Fabiana Udenio in Robocop 2

Fabiana Udenio in RoboCop 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

1966 – Karri Turner, actress (The X-Files)

1966 – Kiefer Sutherland, actor (Dark City, Flatliners)

Kiefer Sutherland in Flatliners

Kiefer Sutherland in Flatliners

1966 – Michelle Hurd, actress (FlashForward)
1967 – Nicola Cowper, actress (Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988), Transmutations, Dreamchild)
1968 – Khrystyne Haje, actress (Cyborg III, Scanner Cop II, Stepsister from Planet Weird)
1969 – Julie Delpy, actress (Frankenstein (2004))

1974 – Richard Long, actor, d @ 47 (Twilight Zone)
1977 – Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, actress (Men in Black II)
1977 – AJ Bowen, actor (The Signal)
1979 – Jack Noseworthy, actor (Surrogates, Event Horizon, Encino Man)

1979 – The Black Hole released

1981 – Eve Mauro, actress (Cyborg X, The Vortex, Osombie, Torchwood)
1983 – Rod Cameron, actor, d @ 73 (Project U.F.O.)
1984 – Jackson Rathbone, actor (Zombie Hamlet, No Ordinary Family, S. Darko)
1987 – Ralph Nelson, director, d @ 71 (Twilight Zone)
1987 – Robert Paige, actor, d @ 77 (Out There)
1988 – Bob Steele, actor, d@ 81 (The Atomic Submarine, Giant from the Unknown)

1998 – Roger Avon, actor, d @ 84 (Quatermass and the Pit, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Doctor Who)

2004 – Richard Hamilton, actor, d @ 83 (The Visitor (1997 TV), Men in Black)
2005 – Myron Healey, actor, d @ 82 (RoboCop, V, The Incredible Hulk, The Incredible Melting Man, Land of the Giants, Varan the Unbelievable, Men Into Space, Adventures of Superman)
2014 – Billie Whitelaw, actress, d @ 82 (The Cloning of Joanna May, Space: 1999, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

posted by admin on Dec 20

1838 – Edwin A. Abbott, sci-fi author (Flatland)

1904 – Albert Van Dekker, actor (Dr Cyclops, She Devil, Gammera the Invincible, Lights Out: The Perfect Servant)

Albert Van Dekker as Dr. Cyclops

Albert Van Dekker as Dr. Cyclops

1906 – Lowell Gilmore, actor (Science Fiction Theatre)

1918 – Audrey Totter, actress (Science Fiction Theatre)

1921 – George Roy Hill, director (Slaughterhouse-Five)
1924 – Errol John, actor (Journey to the Unknown)
1925 – Nicole Maurey, actress (Day of the Triffids)
1929 – John ‘Bud’ Cardos, director (Gor II, The Day Times Ended, Kingdom of the Spiders)

 

1931 – Mala Powers, actress (The Colossus of New York, The Unknown Terror, Doomsday Machine)

1939 – Kathryn Joosten, actress (Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, The X-Files, Prey, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1941 – Pamela Austin, actress (Twilight Zone)

Pamela Austin in The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You

Pamela Austin in The Twilight Zone: Number 12 Looks Just Like You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1943 – Jacqueline Pearce, actress (Doctor Who, Moondial, Blakes 7, The Reptile, The Plague of the Zombies)

Jacqueline Pearce in Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

Jacqueline Pearce in Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1943 – Angel Tompkins, actress (Amazon Women on the Moon, Not of this Earth, The Starlost, Probe)
1946 – John Spencer, actor, (The Outer Limits, Meteor, Lois & Clark, Wargames)
1949 – Claudia Jennings, actress (Deathsport, The Man Who Fell to Earth)

1952 – Jenny Agutter, actress (Logan’s Run, Red Dwarf, The Twilight Zone, Amazon Women on the Moon, The Six Million Dollar Man)

Jenny Agutter in Logan's Run

Jenny Agutter in Logan’s Run

1963 – Karen Moncrieff, actress (Xtro 3)
1963 – Iqbal Theba, actor (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ghosts/Aliens, Frankenhood, The Tomorrow Man, Homeboys in Outer Space, Space: Above and Beyond)
1963 – Joel Gretsch, actor (Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse, V (2011), The 4400, Taken, Minority Report)
1969 – Brian O’ Halloran, actor (The Happening, Dogma)

1970 – Nicole de Boer, actress (Star Trek: DS9, Cube, Metal Tornado, Iron Invader, Stargate: Atlantis, The Outer Limits, TekWar, Iron Golem, Phil the Alien)
1971 – Carlos Moreno, actor (Transformers)

1975 – William Lundigan, actor, d @ 61 (Men into Space, Riders to the Stars, Science Fiction Theatre)
1976 – Walter Fitzgerald, actor, d @ 80 (Doctor Who, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, Project M7)
1979 – Ramon Rodriguez, actor (Battle Los Angeles, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Day Break)

1983 – Biljana Misic, actress (Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge)
1983 – John Vivyan, actor, d @ 68 (Men into Space)
1983 – Jonah Hill, actor (This Is The End)
1984 – Bob Morley, actor (The 100)
1985 – Enemy Mine released

Enemy Mine released

Enemy Mine released

1989 – Christopher Bertolini, writer (Battle Los Angeles)

1991 – Helene Heigh, actress, d @ 86 (Voyagers!)
1995 – Madge Sinclair, actress, d @ 57 (Star Trek IV, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starman)

1995 – Madge Sinclair, actress, d @ 57 (Star Trek IV, Star Trek: TNG, Starman)
1996 – Carl Sagan, d @ 62, sci-fi author

2009 – Brittany Murphy, actress, d @ 32 (MegaFault, Seaquest 2032)

posted by admin on Dec 19

1902 – Ralph Richardson, actor (Time Bandits, Frankenstein: The True Story)

Ralph Richardson in Time Bandits

Ralph Richardson in Time Bandits

 

 

 

 

 

1923 – Gordon Jackson, actor (The Quatermass Xperiment , The Medusa Touch)

Gordon Jackson in The Quatermass Xperiment

Gordon Jackson in The Quatermass Xperiment

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – Edmund Purdom, actor (2019: After the Fall of New York)
1924 – Jack DeLeon, actor (The Lost Saucer)
1927 – James Booth, actor (Deep Space, Programmed to Kill, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1945 – Elaine Joyce, actress (The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O.)
1946 – Robert Urich, actor (Invasion Earth, The Ice Pirates, Endangered Species)

Robert Urich in The Ice Pirates.

Robert Urich in The Ice Pirates.

1949 – Nancy Kyes, actress (The Twilight Zone)

1951 – Barton Yarbrough, actor, d @ 51 (The Ghost of Frankenstein)

1960 – Mike Lookinland, actor (The Stand)

 

 

 

1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, actor (Doctor Who)

Matthew Waterhouse in Doctor Who

Matthew Waterhouse in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 
1963 – Jennifer Beals, actress (The Outer Limits, The Bride, The Book of Eli)

Jennifer Beals in The Outer Limits Bodies of Evidence Extract

Jennifer Beals in The Outer Limits Bodies of Evidence Extract

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1965 – Jessica Steen, actress (Earth II, Armageddon, Stargate: SG1, Mutant X, The Outer Limits, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Captain Power: The Beginning, The Rocket Boy)

Jessica Steen in Stargate: SG1

Jessica Steen in Stargate: SG1

1966 – Robert MacNaughton, actor (ET, The Electric Grandmother, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy (2014))
1968 – Ken Marino, actor (Gattaca)
1969 – Kristy Swanson, actress (Swamp Shark, The Black Hole (2006), Not Quite Human)
1969 – Lauren Sanchez, actress (The Day After Tomorrow, Babylon 5)

1971 – Amy Locane, actress (Alien Express)
1972 – Alyssa Milano, actress (The Outer Limits)
1973 – Blake Lindsley, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Starship Troopers)
1976 – Bindu De Stoppani, actor (28 Days Later…)

 

1978 – Patrick Casey, actor (Smallville, Perversions of Science, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, actor (Donnie Darko, Source Code, The Day after Tomorrow)

Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko

Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko

1980 – Marla Sokoloff, actress (Meteor, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Strange Frequency)
1988 – Irina Voronina, actress (Piranha 3DD, Saul of the Mole Men)

1990 – Basil Henson, actor, d @ 71 (The Final Programme, Out of the Unknown, The Frozen Dead)
1991 – Earnest K Gann, sci-fi author, d @ 81
1991 – Paul Maxwell, actor, d @ 70 (Aliens, Out of the Unknown, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds are GO, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons)
1999 – Desmond Llewelyn, actor, d @ 85 (Doomwatch, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

 

2001 – Jeffrey Alan Chandler, actor, d @ 57 (Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Twilight Zone)

2001 – Arkie Whiteley, actress, d @ 37 (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior)
2003 – Les Tremayne, actor, d @ 90 (The War of the Worlds, The Naked Monster, Creature of Destruction, Il pianeta errante, My Favorite Martian, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Slime People, The Monster of Piedras Blancas, The Angry Red Planet, From the Earth to the Moon, The Monolith Monster, Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers, Forbidden Planet)

posted by admin on Dec 18

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

Kam Tong in The 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.

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

T K Carter in The Thing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Brad Pitt in World War Z

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

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

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

posted by admin on Dec 17

1911 – William Roerick, actor (Not of This Earth , Wasp Woman, Day of the Dolphin)

William Roerick in Not of This Earth

William Roerick in Not of This Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Joan Woodbury, actress (The Time Travelers)

1927 – Richard Long, actor (Twilight Zone)

Richard Long (rear) in the Twilight Zone episode, Number 12 Looks Just Like You.

Richard Long (rear) in the Twilight Zone episode, Number 12 Looks Just Like You.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929 – Jacqueline Hill, actress (Doctor Who, Out of This World)

Jacqueline Hill in Doctor Who

Jacqueline Hill in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, actor (The X-Files, The Thirteenth Floor, Mission to Mars)

Armin Mueller-Stah in Mission to Mars

Armin Mueller-Stah in Mission to Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1935 – George Lindsey, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone)

George Lindsey in Twilight Zone: I am the Night, Color Me Black

George Lindsey in Twilight Zone: I am the Night, Color Me Black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1943 – Marilyn Eastman, actress (Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead)
1944 – Jack L[aurence] Chalker, sci-fi author (Saga of Well World)
1944 – Bernard Hill, actor (Outpost 11)
1945 – Ernie Hudson, actor (Wizardream, Stasis, Meteor, Stargate SG-1, Interceptor Force, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, The Incredible Hulk, Man from Atlantis)

Ernie Hudson in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Ernie Hudson in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1946 – Eugene Levy, actor (Repli-Kate, Multiplicity, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Splash)
1946 – Jayne Eastwood, actress (Annedroids, Lost Girl, Dawn of the Dead, Code Name: Eternity, Videodrome, War of the Worlds)
1947 – Wes Studi, actor (Avitar, Ice Planet, Deep Rising)
1949 – Joel Brooks, actor (The Twilight Zone, Star Trek: DS9, Lois & Clark, Babylon 5: The River of Souls, Phil of the Future, Homeboys in Outer Space, Here Come the Munsters, The Powers of Matthew Star)

 

 

1953 – Bill Pullman, actor (Independence Day, SpaceBalls, Alien Autopsy)

Bill Pullman (left) in Spaceballs

Bill Pullman (left) in Spaceballs

1959 – Hattie Hayridge, actress (Lexx, Red Dwarf)

1962 – Thomas Mitchell, actor, d @ 70 (Tales of Tomorrow)
1965 – Leah Lail, actress (They Came from Outer Space)
1967 – Jack Perrin, actor, d @ 71 (Twilight Zone, Adventures of Superman)
1968 – Matthew Harrison, actor (Continuum, Chupacabra vs. the Alamo, The 4400, Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville, Jake 2.0, Alienated, Stargate SG-1, Seven Days)
1969 – Laurie Holden, actress (The Walking Dead, The Mist, The X Files, TekWar: TekLab, The Martian Chronicles)
1973 – Rian Johnson, director (Looper, Star Wars Episode VIII & IX)

 

1974 – Sarah Paulson, actress (Serenity)
1974 – Giovonni Ribisi, actor (Avatar, The X-Files)
1975 – Steve Zissis, actor (Her, Prototype)
1975 – Milla Jovovich, actress (The Fifth Element, Resident Evil, Ultraviolet)
1976 – Kate Hewlett, actress (Debug, Stargate: Atlantis)
1977 – Katheryn Winnick, actress (Biohazardous)
1978 – Douglas Tait, actor (Alien Outpost, Star Trek (2009), Zathura: A Space Adventure, Star Trek: DS9)

1985 – Brittany Gray, actress (Lost Girl)
1986 – Emma Bell, actress (Dollhouse)

1990 – Don Draper, actor, d @ 61 (Hard Time on Planet Earth)
1992 – Dana Andrews, actor, d @ 83 (Twilight Zone, Crack in the World, The Satan Bug, The Frozen Dead)
1992 – Thomas Law, actor (The World’s End)
1993 – Janet Margolin, actress, d @ 50 (Planet Earth)

2002 – James Hazeldine, actor, d @ 55 (The Medusa Touch)
2003 – Alan Tilvern, actor, d @ 85 (Superman, UFO, The Frozen Dead, Out of the Unknown, Doctor Who, H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man)
2009 – Dan O’Bannon, writer, d @ 63 (Alien, Aliens, Total Recall, Dark Star)
2010 – Tron Legacy released

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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

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

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

Nicholas Courtney in Doctor Who

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Peter Schrum in Terminator 2

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

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

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)

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1907 – Gordon Douglas, director (Them!)
1909 – Jack Gwillim, actor (A for Andromeda)

1921 – Bob Todd, actor (Superman III)
1925 – Kasey Rogers, actress (The Invisible Man, When Worlds Collide)

Kasey Rogers in When Worlds Collide

Kasey Rogers in When Worlds Collide

1935 – Rueven Bar-Yotam, actor (The Invisible Man, Small Wonder)
1937 – John [Thomas] Sladek, sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs)

1944 – Morgan Paull, actor (Blade Runner, Beyond Westworld, The Swarm, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)
1945 – Thaao Penghlis, actor (Altered States)
1948 – David Gwillim, actor (The Invisible Man)
1948 – Melanie Chartoff, actress (Weird Science)

 

 

1948 – Cassandra Harris, actress (Space: 1999)

Cassandra Harris in Space 1999

Cassandra Harris in Space 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1949 – Don Johnson, actor (A Boy and His Dog, Revenge of the Stepford Wives)

Don Johnson in A Boy and His Dog

Don Johnson in A Boy and His Dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1952 – Marta DuBois, actress (Star Trek: TNG, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, Starman (TV), Voyagers!)

Marta DuBois in Star Trek TNG

Marta DuBois in Star Trek TNG

1953 – Robert Charles Wilson, sci-fi author (2006 Hugo for Spin)
1954 – Alex Cox, director (Repo Chick, Repo Man)
1959 – Heidi Bohay, actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

1960 – Don Franklin, actor (Seaquest 2032, The Outer Limits, Asteroid)
1963 – Helen Slater, actress (Supergirl, Smallville)
1965 – Anjul Nigam, actor (Terminator Salvation, Cloverfield, NetForce)
1966 – Molly Price, actress (Bionic Woman (2007))
1966 – Walt Disney, producer, d @ 65 (The Black Hole, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber)
1968 – Garrett Wang, actor (Star Trek Voyager, The Crypto-Historians, Unbelievable!!!!!, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men)
1969 – Ralph Ineson, actor (Guardians of the Galaxy)

 

1970 – Michael Shanks, actor (Stargate, Elysium, Smallville, Eureka, Andromeda)
1972 – Stuart Townsend, actor (AEon Flux)
1972 – Edward Earle, actor, d @ 90 (The She-Creature, Science Fiction Theatre, Flight to Mars)
1977 – Geoff Stults, actor (The Chronicle)
1978 – Superman released
1979 – Bern Hoffman, actor, d @ 66 (Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian)
1979 – Adam Brody, actor (Smallville)

1981 – Victoria Summer, actress (Terrordactyl, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Zombie Diaries)
1981 – Brendan Fletcher, actor (13 Eerie, Defying Gravity, Ogre, Smallville, Jake 2.0, Millennium)
1982 – Charlie Cox, actor (A for Andromeda)
1983 – Jessica Borden, actress (Dark Skies)
1984 – Sonalii Castillo, actress (Heroes)
1986 – John Zaremba, d @ 78 (Earth vs. Flying Saucers, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel)
1989 – Edward Underdown, actor, d @ 81 (Day the Earth Caught Fire, Doctor Who)
1989 – Arnold Moss, actor, d @ 79 (The Time Tunnel, Star Trek, The 27th Day, Tales of Tomorrow)

1998 – Chandler Canterbury, actor (The Host (2013), Fringe, Repo Men, )

2007 – John Berg actor, d @ 58 (Star Trek: Nemesis)

2013 – Peter O’Toole, actor, d @ 81 (Phantoms, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Creator, Supergirl)
2013 – Joan Fontaine, actress, d @ 96 (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
2014 – Booth Colman, actor, d @ 91 (Star Trek: Voyager, Galactica 1980, Project U.F.O., Time Travelers, Planet of the Apes (TV), The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Outer Limits, Moonfleet, Them!)