Archive for November, 2015

posted by admin on Nov 29

1888 – Konstantin Shayne, actor (The Outer Limits)

Konstantin Shayne in The Outer Limits. He played in episodes, O.B.I.T. and The Duplicate Man

Konstantin Shayne in The Outer Limits. He played in episodes, O.B.I.T. and The Duplicate Man

1898 – C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], sci-fi author (Silver Chair)

1906 – Luis Van Rooten, actor (Tales of Tomorrow, One Step Beyond, Curse of the Faceless Man)

1916 – Fran Ryan, actress (Salvage 1, Manimal, Quantum Leap)
1918 – Madeleine L’Engle, [Franklin], US, sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters, A Wrinkle in Time)

1932 – Diane Ladd, actress (Embryo, Carnosaur)

1947 – John Calvin, actor (Quantum Leap, V, The Six Million Dollar Man)

 

1949 – Gary Shandling, actor (The X Files, What Planet Are You From?)

1950 – Kevin O’Donnell Jr, sci-fi author (Caverns, Reefs, Lava)
1952 – Jeff Fahey, actor (The Lawnmower Man, Planet Terror, The Eden Formula, Scorpius Gigantus, Absolute Zero, Locusts: The 8th Plague, Johnny 2.0, Perversions of Science, Under the Dome)

Jeff Fahey (right) in The Lawnmower Man

Jeff Fahey (right) in The Lawnmower Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1956 – Hinton Battle, actor (Quantum Leap, Red Dwarf)

1961 – Kim Delaney, actress (Mission to Mars, Project: Metalbeast, Something is Out There)

1961 – Tom Sizemore, actor (The Relic, Red Planet, Strange Days, Dreamcatcher)

Tom Sizemore in Red Planet

Tom Sizemore in Red Planet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1962 – Andrew McCarthy, actor (The Twilight Zone)

1964 – Don Cheadle, actor (Mission to Mars)

Don Cheadle in Mission to Mars

Don Cheadle in Mission to Mars

1964 – Kris Kamm, actor (Quantum Leap)
1955 – Yvonne Suhor, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)
1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, actress (Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe, Armageddon)
1967 – Theo Marcuse, actor, d @ 47 (Lights Out, Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, The Invaders, Star Trek)

1970 – Larry Joe Campbell, actor (Pacific Rim)
1971 – Naoko Mori, actor (Torchwood, Doctor Who)

 

 

1972 – David No,  1972, actor (The Matrix Reloaded)

David No in Matrix Reloaded

David No in Matrix Reloaded

1972 – Brian Baumgartner, actor (Astronaut: The Last Push)
1972 – Larry Joe Campbell, actor (Pacific Rim)
1976 – Godfrey Cambridge, actor, d @ 43 (Beware! The Blob)

1977 – Beatrice Rosen, actress (2012, Smallville)
1979 – Timo Vuorensola, director (Iron Sky)
1976 – Anna Faris, actress (Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, Scary Movie 3-5)
1980 – Janina Gavankar, actress (Code Academy, Dollhouse, Stargate: Atlantis)
1981 – Natalie Wood, actress, d @ 43 (Meteor, Brainstorm)
1982 – Lucas Black, actor (The X-Files)

1986 – Herb Vigran, actor, d @ 76 (World Without End, Adventures of Superman, One Step Beyond, The Reluctant Astronaut, Galactica 1980, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, Amazon Women on the Moon)
1987 – Irene Handl, actress, d @ 85 (H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1991 – Ralph Bellamy, actor, d @ 87 (The Invaders, The Immortal, The Clone Master, The Twilight Zone, Amazon Women on the Moon)
1992 – Robert F Simon, actor, d @ 83 (Tales of Tomorrow, Twilight Zone, Science Fiction Theatre, The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Six Million Dollar Man)
1992 – Robert Shayne, actor, d @ 92 (Invaders from Mars, The Neanderthal Man , Adventures of Superman, Space Patrol, Tobor the Great, Indestructible Man, Kronos, The Giant Claw, Land of the Giants)
1995 – Laura Marano, actress (FlashForward, Heroes)
2002 – Solaris released
2003 – Harry Clement, sci-fi author, d @ 81 (Mission of Gravity, Star Light, Needle, Iceworld)
2003 – Norman Burton, actor, d @ 79 (Deep Space, Project U.F.O., Planet of the Apes (TV), The Terminal Man, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Land of the Giants, Planet of the Apes)
2004 – John Drew Barrymore, actor, d @ 72(The Clones)
2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, actress, d @ 47 (Back to the Future I, II, III)

posted by admin on Nov 27

1907 – L[yon] Sprague de Camp, sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei, A Gun For Dinosaur, Conan, Gavagan’s Bar, Viagens Interplanetarias)

1925 – Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog, Science Fiction Theatre, Fiend Without a Face, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, First Man Into Space, World of Giants, Men Into Space, Ark II)
1925 – Michael Tolan, actor (The Outer Limits, The Invaders, Journey to the Unknown)

Michael Tolan in The Outer Limits episode, The Zanti Misfits.

Michael Tolan in The Outer Limits episode, The Zanti Misfits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1937 – Rodney Bewes, actor (Doctor Who, Unidentified Flying Oddball)
1937 – Stewart Moss, actor (Beyond Westworld, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Invaders, Star Trek)

Stewart Moss in Star Trek

Stewart Moss in Star Trek

1939 – Ann Prentiss, actress (My Stepmother Is an Alien, Quark)

1940 – John Alderton, actor (Zardoz)
1944 – Gregory Hoblit, director (NYPD 2069, Frequency)

 

 

 

 

 

1945 – Barbara Anderson, actress (Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Invisible Man)

Barbara Anderson in Star Trek

Barbara Anderson in Star Trek

1948 – James Avery, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise, Epoch, Timestalkers,)
1949 – Gerrit Graham (Star Trek: Voyager, Weird Science (TV), The Wasp Woman (TV), Lois & Clark, Philadelphia Experiment II, Star Trek: DS9, Babylon 5, C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud, The Twilight Zone, The Creature Wasn’t Nice, Future Cop, Brave New World (TV), Beware! The Blob)

1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, director (Strange Days)
1953 – Curtis Armstrong, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Lois & Clark, M.A.N.T.I.S.)
1954 – Patricia McPherson, actress (Star Trek: TNG, Aftershock, Warehouse 13)
1954 – Kimmy Robertson, actress (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
1956 – William Fichtner, actor (Armageddon, Contact, Elysium, Invasion, Equilibrium, Virtuosity, Ultraviolet, Strange Days)
1956 – Rick Rockwell, writer (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes)

1961 – Steve Oedekerk, writer (Cowboys and Aliens)
1961 – Samantha Bond, actress (The Sarah Jane Chronicles)

Samantha Bond in Doctor Who

Samantha Bond in Doctor Who

1963 – Fisher Stevens, actor (My Science Project, Short Circuit, The Brother From Another Planet)
1967 – Cameron Prud’Homme, actor, d @ 74 (Tales of Tomorrow)
1969 – Chin Han (Fringe, Contagion, 2012, Blindness)
1965 – Harry Harvey Sr, actor, d @ 64 (Day the Earth Stood Still, Lost in Space)

1970 – Brooke Langton, actress (Sliders)
1971 – Kirk Acevedo, actor (12 Monkeys (TV), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Collision Earth, Fringe)

1973 – Tadanobu Asano (Battleship)
1973 – Sharlto Copley (District 9, Elysium, Europa Report)
1974 – Todd Giebenhain, actor (The 4400, Galaxy Quest)

Todd Giebenhain in Galaxy Quest

Todd Giebenhain in Galaxy Quest

1983 – Arjay Smith, actor (The Day After Tomorrow, The Journey of Allen Strange)
1983 – Aubrey Peeples, actor (Sharknado)

1988 – Angela Aames, actress, d @ 32 (Mork and Mindy, Automan)

 

 

 

1988 – John Carradine, actor, d @ 82 (Lights Out, Twilight Zone, The Unearthly, The Incredible Petrified World, Half Human, The Cosmic Man, Invisible Invaders, Invasion of the Animal People, The Wizard of Mars, The Astro-Zombies, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Blood of Ghastly Horror, Moodchild, Young Frankenstein, Stowaway to the Moon, Shock Waves, Young Frankenstein, Monster,The Ice Pirates, The Twilight Zone, Monster in the Closet, Evil Spawn)

1990 – David White, actor, d @ 74 (Lights Out, One Step Beyond, Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping)

1999 – Lois Collier, actress, d @ 80 (Flying Disc Man from Mars)

2002 – Billie Bird, actress, d @ 94 (Max Headroom, Starman)
2005 – Jocelyn Brando, actress, d @ 86 (One Step Beyond, Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land)
2005 – Marc Lawrence, actor, d @ 95 (Doctor Who, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: TNG)
2010 – Irvin Kershner, director, d @ 87 (SeaQuest 2032, RoboCop 2, The Empire Strikes Back)
2014 – P.D. James, sci-fi author, d @ 94 (author, Children of Men)
2011 – Ken Russell, actor, d @ 84 (Altered States)

posted by admin on Nov 23

1887 – Boris Karloff, actor (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Ray, The Man Who Lived Again, Son of Frankenstein, The Man They Could Not Hang, The Man with Nine Lives, Before I Hang, The Devil Commands, House of Frankenstein, Lights Out, Tales of Tomorrow, Frankenstein (1970), Monster of Terror, Alien Terror)

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein

Boris Karloff as Frankenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1902 – Victor Jory, actor (The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Science Fiction Theatre, Cat-Women of the Moon)

Victor Jory in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Fires of Death

Victor Jory in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Fires of Death

1914 – [Arthur] Wilson “Bob” Tucker, sci-fi author (Time Masters)
1914 – Roger Avon, actor (Quatermass and the Pit, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Doctor Who)
1915 – John Dehner, actor (The Flying Missile , Twilight Zone, The Day of the Dolphin, The Immortal, Creator, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Boys from Brazil)

1916 – Michael Gough, actor (Doctor Who, They Came From Beyond Space, Blakes 7, The Boys from Brazil, Moonbase 3)
1917 – George O’Hanlon, actor (The Jetsons, Kronos)

 

 

1917 – John Newland, director/actor/producer/host (One Step Beyond, The Next Step Beyond, Star Trek / One Step Beyond, The Next Step Beyond, Lights Out, Tales of Tomorrow / Timestalkers / One Step Beyond, The Next Step Beyond)

John Newland, Host of One Step Beyond

John Newland, Host of One Step Beyond

1924 – Paul Richards, actor (Men Into Space, Way Out, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Space Patrol, The Unknown Terror)
1924 – Paula Raymond, actress (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Flight That Disappeared)

 

 

 

 

1930 – Robert Easton, actor (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Stingray, Lost in Space, The Bionic Woman, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Adventures of Superman, The Giant Spider Invasion)

Robert Easton as the Klingon Magistrate in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Robert Easton as the Klingon Magistrate in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1934 – Robert Towne, writer (The Outer Limits)
1935 – Tom Neyman, actor (Manos: The Hands of Fate)

1941 – Franco Nero, actor (The War of the Planets, The Visitor, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

 

 

 

1944 – Peter Maloney, actor (K-PAX, Robot in the Family, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Revenge of the Stepford Wives)

Peter Maloney in John Carpenter's The Thing

Peter Maloney in John Carpenter’s The Thing

1951 – David Rappaport, actor (Time Bandits)
1952 – Carl Gabriel Yorke, actor (Sliders, Ghost in the Machine)
1953 – Sue Giosa, actress (America 3000)
1955 – Steven Brust, [Karl Zoltan], sci-fi author (Yendi, Jhereg)
1959 – Maxwell Caulfield, actor (Nightmare City 2035, Oblivion 2: Backlash, Waxwork II: Lost in Time, The Powers of Matthew Star)

 

 

 

1963 – Doctor Who, British sci-fi series debuts

Doctor Who debuts in 1963

Doctor Who debuts in 1963

 

 

 

 

 

 

1965 – Don Frye, actor (Godzilla: Final Wars)

Don Frye in Godzilla: Final Wars

Don Frye in Godzilla: Final Wars

1967 – Salli Richardson-Whitfield, actress (Eureka, I Am Legend, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: DS9, Space Rangers)

1970 – Oded Fehr, actor (V, Resident Evil)
1971 – Lisa Arch, actress (The X Files)
1971 – Chris Hardwick, actor (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
1973 – Paul Newlan, actor, d @ 70 (Twilight Zone)

 

1973 – Robert Ellis, actor, d @ 40 (Space Master X-7)
1977 – Lateef Crowder, actor (Tekken, The Book of Eli, Heroes)
1979 – Kelly Brook, actress (Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Piranha 3D, Smallville)

1981 – Ricky White, actor (The 100)

1991 – Klaus Kinski d @ 74 (Android, Timestalkers)

2002 – Lin McCarthy, actor, d @ 84 (The Day After, Project U.F.O., The Invaders)
2003 – Patricia Burke, actress, d @ 86 (The Day the Fish Came Out, H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)
2006 – The Fountain released
2010 – Ingrid Pitt, actress, d @ 63, (Doctor Who)
2012 – Larry Hagman, actor, d @ 81 (Fail-Safe, Beware! the Blob, Superman)

posted by admin on Nov 6

1914 – Jonathan Harris, actor, (Lights Out, Twilight Zone, Lost In Space, Land of the Giants, My Favorite Martians, Space Academy, Battlestar Galactica)

Jonathan Harris in Lost in Space

Jonathan Harris in Lost in Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1917 – Harlan Warde, actor (The Invaders, The Monster That Challenged the World)

Harlan Warde in The Monster That Challenged the World. This was one of the better sci-fi movies to come out of the fifties despite the hokey title.

Harlan Warde in The Monster That Challenged the World. This was one of the better sci-fi movies to come out of the fifties despite the hokey title.

1918 – Ronnie Brody, actor (Superman III, Cosmo and Thingy)
1931 – Mike Nichols, director (Day of the Dolphin, What Planet are You From?)
1946 – Sally Field, actress (The Girl with Something Extra, Moon Pilot)
1947 – Carolyn Seymour, actress (Space:1999, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek:TNG, Quantum Leap)
1949 – Brad Davis, actor (Twilight Zone)
1949 – Nigel Havers, actor (The Sarah Jane Chronicles)
1953 – Ron Underwood, director (Tremors, Heroes)
1955 – Catherine Asaro, sci-fi author (2002 Nebula for The Quantum Rose)
1957 – Lori Singer, actress (VR.5)
1958 – Trace Beaulieu, actor (MST3K)

Trace Beaulieu on MST3K

Trace Beaulieu on MST3K

1958 – From the Earth to the Moon released
1960 – Lance Kerwin, actor (Outbreak, Enemy Mine, The Bionic Woman)
1960 – Michael Cerveris, actor (Quantum Leap, Fringe)
1964 – Arkie Whiteley, actress (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior)
1964 – Brad Grunberg, actor (Future Shock)
1964 – H[enry] Beam Piper, sci-fi author, d @ 60 (4 Day Planet, Little Fuzzy, Flight from Tomorrow)
1966 – Peter DeLuise, actor (Seaquest 2032, Stargate: SG1, SGU Stargate Universe, Sanctuary, The Outer Limits, 3rd Rock from the Sun)
1968 – Vidal Peterson, actor (Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: TNG, Mork & Mindy)

 

 

1970 – Ethan Hawke, actor (Gattica, Predestination, Total Recall)

Ethan Hawke in Total Recall

Ethan Hawke in Total Recall

1972 – Rebecca Romijn, actress (S1m0ne, Rollerball)
1972 – Thandie Newton, actress (Westworld, 2012, The Chronicles of Riddick)
1972 – George Hertzberg, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun)
1973 – Susan Levin Downey, producer (The Book of Eli, Gothika)
1974 – Zoe McLellan, actress (The Invisible Man, Star Trek: Voyager, Sliders)
1978 – Flora Campbell, actress, d @ 67 (Tales of Tomorrow)
1978 – Casey Nelson, actor (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
1978 – Taryn Marring, actress (Zombie Apocalypse, The Speed of Thought)

1984 – Patina Miller, actress (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay)

1990 – Will Kuluva, actor, d @ 73 (Tales of Tomorrow, Twilight Zone, Johnny Quest, Voyager from the Unknown, Voyagers!)
1995 – Aneta Corsaut, actress, d @ 62 (The Blob)

2000 – L[yon] Sprague de Camp, sci-fi author, d @ 92 (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei)
2001 – Gray Morrow, illustrator, d @ 67

2011 – Margaret Field, actress, d @ 89 (Twilight Zone, The Man from Planet X)

posted by admin on Nov 5

1899 – Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas)
1900 – Philip MacDonald, sci-fi author (Forbidden Planet)
1910 – General Sir John Hackett, author (The Third World War: August 1985)
1913 – John McGiver, actor (Way Out, Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
1916 – Willoughby Gray, actor (Solarbabies)
1918 – Alan Tilvern, actor (Superman, UFO, The Frozen Dead, Out of the Unknown, Doctor Who, H.G. Wells’ Invisible Man)
1925 – Robert Fortier, actor (The Outer Limits, Star Trek)

Robert Fortier in The Outer Limits: The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

Robert Fortier in The Outer Limits: The Production and Decay of Strange Particles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1927 – Kenneth Waller, actor (Doctor Who)
1932 – Jan Shutan, actress (Star Trek, The Outer Limits)

Jan Shutan in Star Trek

Jan Shutan in Star Trek

1933 – Herb Edelman, actor (Out of This World, It’s About Time)
1934 – Victor Argo, actor (The Terminal Man, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
1935 – Dick Davalos, actor (Battle Beyond the Stars)
1935 – David Battley, actor (Krull)
1937 – Harris Yulin, actor (Star Trek: DS9, The X-Files, Multiplicity)

 

 

 

1938 – Chris Robinson, actor (Beast from Haunted Cave, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)

Chris Robinson in The Invaders: The Organization

Chris Robinson in The Invaders: The Organization

1940 – Elke Summer, actress (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Astral Factor)
1943 – Sam Shepard, actor (Stealth)
1949 – Armin Shimerman, actor (Sliders, Star Trek: DS9, Warehouse 13, Invasion, Tremors, The Invisible Man, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: TNG, The Lost World)
1955 – Nestor Serrano, actor (Fringe, The Day After Tomorrow, The X-Files)
1956 – Eugene Lipinski, actor (Fringe, Year of the Creature, Rollerball (2002), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Outland, Superman II)
1957 – Jon Eric Hexum, actor (Voyager from the Unknown, Voyagers!)

 

1958 – Robert Patrick, actor (Terminator II, Stargate: Atlantis, The X-Files, The Outer Limits)

Robert Patrick in Terminator II

Robert Patrick in Terminator II

1960 – Tilda Swinton, actress (The Zero Theorum, Possible Worlds
1962 – Michael Gaston, actor (Inception, Fringe)
1964 – Famke Janssen, actress (Star Trek: TNG)
1966 – Leni Parker, actor (Helix, Gallidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, Earth: Final Conflict)
1967 – Judy Reyes, actress (Godzilla 1997)
1968 – Robert Ayres, actor, d @ 54 (Time Slip, First Man Into Space, Battle Beneath the Earth)
1968 – J.D. Evermore, actor (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Mysterious Island, Hell Swarm)
1968 – Seth Gilliam, actor (Starship Troopers)
1968 – Estelle Hemsley, actress, d @ 81 (Leech Woman)
1968 – Sam Rockwell, actor (Galaxy Quest, Moon,Hithchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Cowboys and Aliens)
1969 – David Mattey, actor (The Toxic Avenger IV, Alien Hunger, Star Trek: Enterprise)
1969 – Pat Kilbane, actor (Day of the Dead, Evolution, Star Patrol)
1970 – Tamzin Outhwaite, actress (Doctor Who
1971 – Corin Nemec, actor (Star Trek: Renegades, Robocroc, Nuclear Family, RoboDoc, The Sea Beast, My Apocalypse, S. S. Doomtrooper, Mansquito, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, The Stand, Solar Crisis)
1971 – Chris Addison, actor (Doctor Who, Apocalypse 2012)
1975 – Stafford Repp, actor, d @ 56 (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)
1984 – Mario Yedidia, actor (The Invaders)
1990 – Herbert Berghof, actor, d @ 81 (Out There, Red Planet Mars)
1991 – Fred MacMurray, actor, d @ 83 (The Swarm, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle)

1995 – Madison McLaughlin, actress (Meteor Apocalypse)

2003 – The Matrix Revolutions released

2008 – Michael Higgins, actor, d @ 88 (The Outer Limits)
2010 – Jill Clayburgh, actress, d @ 66 (The Terminal Man)
2014 – Interstellar released

posted by admin on Nov 4

1896 – Ian Wolfe, actor (THX-1138, Creator, The Terminal Man, Star Trek, The Invaders, Twilight Zone)

Ian Wolfe in Star Trek

Ian Wolfe in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908 – Anthony Warde, actor (Buck Rogers, The War of the Worlds, Mysterious Island)

1913 – Gig Young, actor (Twilight Zone)
1917 – Virginia Field, actress (The Earth Dies Screaming)

Virginia Field in The Earth Dies Screaming

Virginia Field in The Earth Dies Screaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1917 – Leonardo Cimino, actor (V, Dune, Waterworld, M.A.N.T.I.S., ‘Way Out)
1918 – Cameron Mitchell, actor (Autopsia de un fantasma, Death in Space, Project U.F.O., The Incredible Hulk, Frankenstein Island, Space Mutiny , Flight to Mars)

Cameron Mitchell in Space Mutiny

Cameron Mitchell in Space Mutiny

1919 – Martin Balsam, actor (‘Way Out, Twilight Zone, The Six Million Dollar Man, Space, Murder in Space, The Brother from Space)

1925 – Doris Roberts, actress (Aliens in the Attic, ‘Way Out)
1929 – Shaike Ophir, actor (America 3000)

1930 – Kate Reid, actress (The Andromeda Strain, Plague)
1932 – Noam Pitlik, actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Invaders, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, The Satan Bug)

 

1937 – Loretta Swit, actress (Whoops Apocalypse, It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman)

1950 – Markie Post, actress (VR.5, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Incredible Hulk)

Markie Post in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Markie Post in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1959 – Ken Kirzinger, actor (Fringe, Smallville, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Stargate, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Andromeda, Futuresport, The X Files)

1961 – Annabelle Gurwitch, actress (Encino Woman, Alien Nation)
1965 – Kiersten Warren, actress (Fringe, The Astronaut Farmer, Bicentennial Man, Independence Day)
1969 – Samantha Smith, actress (Transformers, Dragonfly, What Planet Are You From?)
1969 – Matthew McConaughey, actor (Contact, Interstellar, Star Trek: TNG)

 

1975 – Sheila Ryan, actress, d @ 54 (Captain Midnight)
1975 – Warren Christie, actor (Alphas, Apollo 18, Battlestar Galactica, Andromeda, 10.5)

1982 – Travis Van Winkle, actor (The Last Ship, Transformers)
1986 – Alexz Johnson, actor (Smallville, So Weird)

1990 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, actor (Piranha 3DD, No Ordinary Family, Kyle XY)
1992 – Regina Carrol, actress, d @ 49 (Brain of Blood, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Blood of Ghastly Horror)
1992 – Regina Carrol, actress, d @ 49 (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Brain of Blood)
2002 – Jerry Sohl, screenwriter, d @ 89 (Star Trek, Twilight Zone)
2005 – Sheree North, actress, d @ 73 (Future Cop)
2008 – Michael Crichton, novelist, d @ 66 (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker)
2014 – Richard Schaal, actor, d @ 86 (Slaughterhouse-Five)

posted by admin on Nov 3

1831 – Ignatius Donnelly, sci-fi author (Caesar’s Column, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World)

1919 – Bert Freed, actor ( Invaders from Mars, The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Bert Freed in Invaders from Mars

Bert Freed in Invaders from Mars

 

 

 

 

 

 

1921 – Charles Bronson, actor (Twilight Zone)

Charles Bronson in The Twilight Zone

Charles Bronson in The Twilight Zone

 

 

 

 

 

 
1923 – Leonard Stone, actor (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Soylent Green)

Leonard Stone in Lost in Space

Leonard Stone in Lost in Space

1925 – Robert Quarry, actor (Droid Gunner, Mind Twister, Alienator, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Lost Saucer, Far Out Space Nuts)
1928 – Osamu Tezuka, writer (Astro Boy, Metropolis)

1930 – Lois Smith, actress (Minority Report, Way Out!)
1930 – Larry Gelman, actor (Weird Science, Mork & Mindy)

 

 

1933 – Aneta Corsaut, actress (The Blob)

Aneta Corsaut in The Blob

Aneta Corsaut in The Blob

1933 – Ken Berry, actor (Small Wonder, The Cat from Outer Space, Hello Down There)
1933 – Jeremy Brett, actor (Galactica 1980, The Incredible Hulk)

1946 – Tom Savini, actor (The Monster Man, Planet Terror,Unearthed, Dawn of the Dead, Heartstopper)
1949 – Mike Evans, actor (Far Out Space Nuts)

1952 – Roseanne Barr, actress (3rd Rock from the Sun)
1953 – Kate Capshaw, actress (Spacecamp)
1954 – Kathy Kinney, actress (Lois & Clark)

 

1956 – Kevin Murphy, actor (MST3K)

Kevin Murphy in MST3K

Kevin Murphy in MST3K

1956 – Gary Ross, director (The Hunger Games)
1959 – Dolph Lundgren, actor (Universal Soldier, Johnny Mnemonic)
1959 – Claudia Barrett, actress (Robot Monster)

1964 – Marjean Holden, actress (Ghosts of Mars, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, Star Trek: DS9, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Philadelphia Experiment II)

1971 – Dylan Moran, actor (Shaun of the Dead)
1977 – Adam Faraizl, actor (RoboCop 2)
1977 – Greg Plitt, actor (Terminator: Salvation)

1980 – Gino Anthony Pesi, actor (Battle Los Angeles)
1986 – Antonia Thomas, actor (The Hybrid)
1986 – Nellie Burt, actress, d @ 86 (The Outer Limits, It’s About Time, The Invaders
1993 – William Lanteau, actor, d @ 70 (Twilight Zone, Hard Time on Planet Earth, They Came from Outer Space) November 12, 1922
1994 – Dennis C Ott, actor, d @ 36 (Star Trek)
1995 – John Orchard, actor, d @ 66 (The Time Tunnel)
1999 – Allyson Ames, actress, d @ 62 (The Phantom Planet, The Outer Limits)
1999 – Ian Bannen, actor, d @ 71 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV))
2002 – Jonathan Harris, actor, d @ 87 (Lights Out, Twilight Zone, Lost In Space, Land of the Giants, My Favorite Martians, Space Academy, Battlestar Galactica)
2009 – Star Quest: The Odyssey released
2011 – Sid Melton, actor, d @ 94 (The Munsters, The Atomic Submarine, Adventures of Superman, Captain Midnight, Lost Continent)

posted by admin on Nov 2

1901 – Paul Ford, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)
1913 – Burt Lancaster, actor (The Island of Dr. Moreau, Twilight’s Last Gleaming)

Burt Lancaster in The Island of Dr. Moreau

Burt Lancaster in The Island of Dr. Moreau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1919 – Warren Stevens, actor (Forbidden Planet, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, Cyborg 2087, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, On the Threshold of Space, Men in Space, Science Fiction Theatre)

"Monsters from the Id" Warren Stevens in Forbidden Planet.

“Monsters from the Id” Warren Stevens in Forbidden Planet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 – Lewis Charles, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)
1929 – Rachel Ames, actress (When Worlds Collide, Science Fiction Theatre)

Rachel Ames in When Worlds Collide

Rachel Ames in When Worlds Collide

1932 – Terry Richards, actor (Space Precinct, Flash Gordon, Blakes 7)

1945 – Jerry Wasserman, actor (I Robot, The X-Files, Alien Trespass, Battlestar Galactica, The Butterfly Effect 2, Final Days of Planet Earth, Smallville, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14, Cyberjack, M.A.N.T.I.S., The Fly II)
1949 – Lois McMaster Bujold, Sci-fi author (Falling Free, The Vor Game, Barrayar, Mirror Dance, Paladin of Souls)
1952 – David Andrews, actor (World War Z, Revolution, Stargate SG-1, Surface, Star Trek: Enterprise, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, From the Earth to the Moon, Mann & Machine, Cherry 2000)

1956 – Dale Brown, writer (Sky Masters, Day of the Cheetah, Shadow Command)
1957 – Michael Bailey Smith, actor (Men in Black II, The X-Files, Star Trek: Voyager, The Hills Have Eyes I and II, Monster Man, Roswell, Seven Days, My Favorite Martian, Space Marines, Babylon 5)
1959 – Peter Mulan, actor (Children of Men)

Peter Mulan in Children of Men

Peter Mulan in Children of Men

1961 – Janet Gunn, actress (Carnosaur 3: Primal Species, Space: Above and Beyond, Super Force)
1966 – David Schwimmer, actor (John Carter)
1968 – Jaume Balaguero, writer ([Rec], Quarantine, Fragile)

1971 – Martha Vickers, actress, d @ 49 (Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman)
1972 – Gabe Khouth, actor (Fringe, Andromeda, It)
1975 – Danny Cooksey, actor (Mom and Dad Save the World, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Mac and Me, Twilight Zone)

1977 – Jason Cerbone, actor (Cloverfield)
1978 – Whit Hertford, actor (Twilight Zone, Jurassic Park, The Munsters Today)

1981 – Katharine Isabelle, actress (Eve of Destruction, Stargate SG-1, Earthsea, Smallville, Meteors, First Wave, The X Files, The Ray Bradbury Theatre)
1981 – Wally Wood, artist, d @ 54
1983 – Christopher Fennell, actor (The X Files)
1988 – Lindze Letherman, actress (Clockstoppers, Bicentennial Man, Seven Days)
1989 – Katelyn Tarver, actress (No Ordinary Family)

1991 – Irwin Allen, producer / director / writer, d @ 75 (Aliens from Another Planet, The Swarm, City Beneath the Sea, Land of the Giants, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Lost World)
1994 – Noah Beery Jr, actor, d @ 81 (Rocketship X-M, The 6 Million Dollar Man)
1995 – Brandon Soo Hoo (Ender’s Game)
1998 – Vincent Winter, actor, d @ 50 (Superman)

2005 – Jean Carson, actress, d @ 82 (Twilight Zone, I Married a Monster from Outer Space)
2011 – Leonard Stone, actor, d @ 87 (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Soylent Green)

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1882 – Edward Van Sloan, actor (Frankenstein)

Edward Van Sloan in Frankenstein

Edward Van Sloan in Frankenstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1901 – Max Adrian, actor (Terrornauts, Doctor Who)

Max Adrian in Doctor Who: Myth Makers

Max Adrian in Doctor Who: Myth Makers

1910 – Malcolm Smith, artist
1917 – Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, sci-fi author (Anything Box)
1923 – Gordon R[upert] Dickson, sci-fi author (Genetic General)
1926 – Betsy Palmer, actress (Out of This World)
1928 – Emmaline Henry, actress (The Munsters)
1939 – Barbara Bosson, actress (The Last Starfighter, Star Trek: DS9, Capricorn One)
1941 – Robert Foxworth, actor (Frankenstein, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Enterprise,, Stargate: SG-1, Babylon 5, SeaQuest 2032, Beyond the Stars,The Questor Tapes)
1942 – Marcia Wallace, actress (Small Wonder, ALF)

1942 – Michael Zaslow, actor (Star Trek, Meteor, Star Trek: First Contact)

Michael Zaslow in Star Trek

Michael Zaslow in Star Trek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1946 – Dennis Muren, special effects artist (Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, E.T., Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Super 8, The Abyss, Innerspace, Hulk, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Flesh Gordon, Rocketship X-M)
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, actress (Total Recall, )

Rachel Ticotin in Total Recall

Rachel Ticotin in Total Recall

 

 

 

 

 

 

1959 – Susanna Clarke, sci-fi author (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
1959 – Jaymes Butler, actor (Night of the Living Dorks, Resident Evil, Ice Planet)

1976 – Logan Marshall-Green b. 1976 (Prometheus)

Logan Marshall-Green in Prometheus

Logan Marshall-Green in Prometheus

1976 – Oscar Beregi Jr, actor, d @ 58 (Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Young Frankenstein)
1976 – Chad Lindberg, actor (Rise of the Zombies, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The X Files)
1977 – Martin Copping, actor (Zombie Hunter)
1978 – Mary Kate Schellhardt, actress (Infection: The Invasion Begins)
1979 – Jordan Johnson-Hinds, actor (Robocop)

1982 – James Broderick, actor, d @ 55 (Twilight Zone)

1986 – Penn Badgley, actur (Parts Per Billion)

1995 – George McCowan, director, d @ 68 (War of the Worlds (TV), The Shape of Things to Come, The Starlost, Frogs, The Invaders)
1999 – Noel Johnson, actor, d @ 82 (Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown, Doomwatch, A for Andromeda, The Andromeda Breakthrough)
2005 – Michael Piller, writer, d @ 57 (Star Trek, Hard Time on Planet Earth)
2013 – Ender’s Game released