Archive for December, 2015

posted by admin on Dec 31

1896 – Ronald Adam, actor (The Man Who Could Cheat Death)
1897 – Rhys Williams, actor (The Invaders, Adventures of Superman)

1906 – Theresa Harris, actress (I Walked with a Zombie)

1910 – Dick Kollmar, actor (Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man)
1917 – Paul Christian, actor (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)

1920 – Richard Hamilton, actor (The Visitor (1997 TV), Men in Black)

1931 – Bob Shaw, sci-fi author (Light of Other Days, The Ragged Astronauts)
1933 – Edward Bunker, actor (The Running Man)
1937 – Anthony Hopkins, actor (Westworld (2015 TV), Slipstream, Freejack)
1938 – Rosalind Cash, actress (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Omega Man, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde)

1941 – Sean S. Cunningham, director (Terminal Invasion, DeepStar Six)
1943 – Ben Kingsley, actor (Our Robot Overlords, Ender’s Game, What Planet Are You From?, Species, Slipstream, A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
1945 – Vernon Wells, actor (Innerspace, Alien Hunger, Cowboys vs Dinosaurs, Jurassic Block, The Sector, Rise of the Dinosaurs, 100,000 Zombie Heads, The Dead Undead, World’s End, Silent Night, Zombie Night, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Saurian, The Man with No Eyes, Starforce, Space Truckers, Manosaurus, T-Force, Circuitry Man, Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II, Weird Science)
1945 – Connie Willis, sci-fi author (Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of a Dog, Blackout/All Clear)
1946 – Barbara Carrera, actress (The Island of Dr. Moreau, Embryo)
1947 – Tim Matheson, actor (Solar Crisis)
1948 – Joe Dallesandro, actor (Flesh For Frankenstein

1952 – Elizabeth Norment, actress (Runaway, Twilight Zone)
1953 – Jane Badler, actress (V, Sky Trackers, The Lost World)

Jane Badler in V.

Jane Badler in V.

1953 – James Remar, actor (FlashForward, Battlestar Galactica, Blade: Trinity, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Robo Warriors, Judge Dredd, Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
1955 – Day the World Ended released
1957 – Peter Williams, actor (Stargate: SG-1, Earthsea, The Chronicles of Riddick, The X-Files)
1957 – The Monolith Monsters released
1958 – Fiend Without a Face released
1958 – The Lost Missile released
1958 – The Strange World of Planet X released

 

 

 

 

1958 – The Crawling Eye released

The Crawling Eye

The Crawling Eye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1959 – Bebe Neuwirth, actress (Star Trek: TNG)

1959 – Val Kilmer, actor (The Thaw, Red Planet, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Real Genius)

Val Kilmer in Red Planet

Val Kilmer in Red Planet

1961 – Joanna Johnson, actress (The Twilight Zone)
1963 – Amelia Kinkade, actress (Misfits of Science)
1963 – Roberto Lombardi, actor (Perfect: Android Rising, Zombie eXs, The Happening)
1964 – Michael McDonald, actor (The Unborn II, Carnosaur 2, Carnosaur 3: Primal Species

 

1965 – Gaston Glass, production manager, d @ 65 (Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
1965 – Geoff Meed, actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Resident Evil: Extinction, Star Trek: Enterprise, Babylon 5)
1965 – Li Gong, actor (2046)
1966 – Bruce Ramsay, actor (Continuum, Riverworld, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, Island of the Dead)
1969 – Martha Byrne, actress (Anna to the Infinite Power)

1970 – Chandra West, actress (Universal Soldier II and III, Earth: Final Conflict)
1973 – Jennifer Hill, actress (Mutant X)
1974 – Kenny Morrison, actor (Star Trek: Voyager)
1976 – Steve Byers, actor (Alphas, Total Recall (2012), Immortals, Smallville, The Dresden Files)
1977 – Nora Marlowe, actress, d @ 62 (Westworld, Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)
1979 – G. Michael Gray, actor (Fringe, Smallville, Stargate: Atlantis, Blade: The Series, Terminal City, A Wrinkle in Time)

1986 – Lloyd Haynes, actor, d @ 54 (Star Trek)
1986 – Bronson Pelletier, actor (Dinosapien)
1987 – G Randall P D Garrett, sci-fi author, d @ 60 (Lord Darcy, Takeoff 1 & II)

1990 – Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting

Sci-fi channel begins broadcasting.

Sci-fi channel begins broadcasting.

1993 – Bob Johnson, actor, d @ 73 (Star Trek, The Outer Limits)
1994 – Leo Fuchs, actor, d @ 83 (The Six Million Dollar Man)
1994 – Woody Strode, actor, d @ 80 (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

2001 – Eileen Heckart, actress, d @ 82 (Out There)
2003 – Paula Raymond, actress, d @ 79 (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Flight That Disappeared)
2007 – Bill Idelson, writer / actor, d @ 88 (The Crawling Hand, Twilight Zone / My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

 

2013 – James Avery, actor, d @ 68 (Star Trek: Enterprise, Epoch, Timestalkers,)
2014 – Edward Herrmann, actor, d @ 71 (Day of the Dolphin, The Electric Grandmother, Here Comes the Munsters)

posted by admin on Dec 30

1892 – John Litel, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Flight to Mars)

John Litel in Flight to Mars.

John Litel in Flight to Mars.

1896 – Tom Keene, actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, Red Planet Mars)

1911 – Jeanette Nolan, actress (The Reluctant Astronaut, The Invaders, Twilight Zone, The Incredible Hulk, The Manitou)
1917 – Nancy Coleman, actress (Tales of Tomorrow)

 

 

 

 

1920 – Jack Lord, actor (The Invaders)

Jack Lord in The Invaders

Jack Lord in The Invaders

1934 – Russ Tamblyn, actor (Babylon 5, Invisible Mom, The War of the Gargantuas, Quantum Leap, Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Aftershock)
1934 – Joseph Bologna, actor (Alligator II: The Mutation, Not Quite Human)
1935 – Jack Riley, actor (Spaceballs, C.H.U.D. II, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, ALF, The Girl With Something Extra)

 

 

 

 

1942 – Fred Ward, actor (Tremors 1 & 2, Invasion: Earth, UFOria, Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, The Incredible Hulk)

Fred Ward in Tremors

Fred Ward in Tremors

1945 – Concetta Tomei, actress (Deep Impact, Star Trek: Voyager, Max Headroom)
1947 – Michael Burns, actor (The Bionic Woman, Twilight Zone)

1950 – Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
1956 – Sheryl Lee Ralph, actress (V)
1957 – Patricia Kalember, actress (Signs, Limitless)

1960 – Kelli Maroney, actress (Gila!, Not of This Earth, Night of the Comet)
1964 – George Newbern, actor (Perversions of Science)
1964 – Sophie Ward, actress (Dinotopia, Waxwork II: Lost in Time)

 

1968 – Bryan Burk, producer (Cloverfield, Star Trek, Fringe, Revolution, Westworld (2015), Star Wars: Episode VII, Super 8, Future Shock)
1969 – Meredith Monroe, actress (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Minority Report)

1971 – C.S. Lee, actor (Toxin, The Stepford Wives (2004))
1972 – Maureen Flannigan, actress (Out of This World, Star Trek: DS9)
1973 – Jason Behr, actor (Roswell. Alien Nation: Millennium)
1975 – Zahf Paroo, actor (Polaris, Continuum, Fringe, 10.5, Battlestar Galactica, Andromeda, Stargate SG-1)
1977 – Lucy Punch, actress (Dinotopia)
1978 – Tyrese Gibson, actor (Death Race, Transformers)

1980 – Eliza Dushku, actress (Dollhouse, Torchwood)
1982 – Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville, Space Milkshake)
1983 – Ashley Bashioum, actress (Flight of the Living Dead)
1986 – Faye Marsay, actress (Doctor Who)
1988 – Jena Sims, actress (Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader)

1996 – Jack Nance, actor, d @ 53 (Dune, The Blob)
1996 – Lew Ayres, actor, d @ 88 (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, End of the World, Battlestar Galactica, The Fantastic Journey, The Bionic Woman, The Questor Tapes, Earth II)

2006 – Frank Campanella, actor, d @ 87 (Salvage 1, Captain Video)

posted by admin on Dec 27

1888 – Thea von Harbou, writer (Metropolis)
1901 – Irene Handl, actress, (H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)

1911 – Guy Rolfe, actor (The Bride, Space: 1999)

Guy Rolfe in Space 1999

Guy Rolfe in Space 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

1938 – Jean Hale, actress (My Favorite Martian)
1939 – John Amos, actor (The Outer Limits, Hologram Man, Future Cop)

John Amos in The Outer Limits episode, Zig Zag.

John Amos in The Outer Limits episode, Zig Zag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1945 – Ciaran Madden, actress (Star Maidens, The Beast Must Die)
1948 – Gérard Depardieu, actor (Glenn, the Flying Robot, Babylon A.D., The Machine)

Gerard Depardieu in The Machine

Gerard Depardieu in The Machine

1950 – Kent Williams, actor (WarGames)
1951 – Charles Band, producer/director (Re-Animator, Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Parasite)
1951 – Aharon Ipale, actor (Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight, Salvage 1)
1958 – Barbara Crampton, actress (Space Truckers, Robot Wars, Trancers II, From Beyond, Re-Animator)

1960 – Maryam D’Abo, actress (Xtro, Timelock, Space Precinct, Something Is Out There)
1961 – Shashawnee Hall, actress (M.A.N.T.I.S., Lois & Clark, Manimal)

1964 – Ian Gomez, actor (Heros)
1966 – Eva LaRue, actress (RoboCop III, They Came from Outer Space (1991 TV))
1967 – Mitzi Martin, actress (The Island, S1m0ne)
1969 – John Henry Canavan, actor (Odyssey 5)
1969 – Chyna, actress (Illegal Aliens, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion)

1972 – Thomas Wilson Brown, actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
1972 – Alex Skuby, actor (Pandemic)
1973 – Wilson Cruz, actor (Supernova)
1974 – Masi Oka, actor (Heros)
1975 – Aaron Stanford, actor (12 Monkeys (2015 TV))
1977 – Noah Cappe, actor (The Fifth Quadrant)
1977 – Jacqueline Pillon, actress (Starhunter)
1978 – Lisa Jakub, actress (Independence Day, War of the Worlds (1990 TV), The Twilight Zone)

1981 – Emilie de Ravin, actress (Roswell)
1983 – Marek Oravec, actor (Torchwood)
1985 – Jessica Harmon, actress (Chupacabra vs. the Alamo, Kyle XY, Battlestar Galactica)
1988 – Fox Harris, actor, d @ 52 (Alienator, Repo Man, Mutant / aka Forbidden World, Deep Space, Warlords)

1993 – Casey Campbell, actor (10,000 Days, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World)
1993 – Olivia Cooke, actress (The Signal)
1995 – Laurence Belcher, actor (Doctor Who)
2002 – George Roy Hill, director, d @ 81 (Slaughterhouse-Five)
2003 – Alan Bates, actor, d @ 69 (The Ray Bradbury Theatre)
2005 – Dee Pollock, actor, d @ 68 (The Outer Limits)

2012 – Harry Carey, Jr., actor, d @ 91 (Back to the Future III, Cherry 2000, UFOria, Cyborg 2087, Men into Space)
2014 – Bridget Turner, actress, d @ 75 (Doctor Who)

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)

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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)

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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