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1904 – Douglas Evans, actor (King of the Rocket Men, Beginning of the End, The Munsters, Moon Pilot, Twilight Zone, The Magnetic Monster, The Invisible Monster)
1905 – Charles Lane, actor (Otherworld, Strange Invaders, The Munsters, Twilight Zone)

1913 – William Prince, actor (Spontaneous Combustion, The Cat from Outer Space, The Invisible Man, Tales of Tomorrow)
1914 – Dorothy Newman, actress (Twilight Zone, The Day the Earth Stood Still)
1915 – William Hopper, actor (20 Million Miles to Earth, The Deadly Mantis, Conquest of Space)

William Hopper in 20 Million Miles to Earth.

William Hopper in 20 Million Miles to Earth.

 

 

 

 

 
1918 – Vito Scotti, actor (Ark II, The Lost Saucer, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone, Conquest of Space)

Vito Scotti in Conquest of Space.

Vito Scotti in Conquest of Space.

1920 – Derek Bond, actor (H.G.Wells’ Invisible Man)
1923 – Anne Jeffreys, actress (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Battlestar Galactica)
1925 – Paul Newman, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)
1925 – Joan Leslie, actress (The Incredible Hulk)

1927 – William Redfield, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Tales of Tomorrow, Conquest of Space)
1928 – Philip Jose Farmer, sci-fi writer (Riverworld)
1928 – Roger Vadim, director (Barbarella)

 

 

 

 

1931 – Mary Murphy, actress (The Outer Limits, The Electronic Monster)

Mary Murphy in The Outer Limits Episode, The Premonition.

Mary Murphy in The Outer Limits Episode, The Premonition.

1943 – Kathryn Leigh Scott, actress (Star Trek: TNG, The Incredible Hulk, Space: 1999)
1946 – Michael McManus, actor (The Munsters’ Revenge, The Six Million Dollar Man)
1949 – David Strathairn, actor (Godzilla 2014, Alphas, Iceman, The Brother from Another Planet)

1952 – Mimi Leder, director (Deep Impact)
1952 – The John C. Winston publishing company announces the first five titles in its new series of juvenile science fiction novels which, later under the imprint Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, will extend to 35 novels before ending in 1961, including titles by Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke, Lester del Rey, Donald A. Wollheim, and others.
1958 – Ellen DeGeneres, actress (Coneheads)

 

1964 – Paul Johansson, actor (Andromeda, First Wave, Earth: Final Conflict, They Came from Outer Space)
1965 – Allison Hossack, actress (The Philadelphia Experiment, Fringe, Sanctuary, Eureka, Masters of Science Fiction, Stargate: Atlantis, The Twilight Zone, Stargate: SG-1, Anthrax, First Wave, Escape from Mars, The Outer Limits, Sliders)

1971 – Bryan Callen, actor (Scary Movie 4)
1971 – Dorian Gregory, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Apocalypse
1973 – Edward G Robinson, actor, d @ 79 (Soylent Green)
1977 – Hae-il Park, actor (The Host)
1978 – Leo Genn, actor, d @ 72 (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1984 – Jacob Blair, actor (Underworld: Awakening, SGU Stargate Universe, V (2011), Hot Tub Time Machine, Fringe, 2012, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Andromeda Strain (2008), Battlestar Galactica: Razor, Bionic Woman)
1986 – Leif Erickson, actor, d @ 74 (Invaders from Mars, The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping, Project U.F.O.)

1991 – Glenn Langan, actor, d @ 73 (The Return of Doctor X, Mutiny in Outer Space, Women of the Prehistoric Planet , The Andromeda Strain, The Amazing Colossal Man)
1992 – José Ferrer, actor, d @ 80 (Dune, The Being, The Swarm, Exo-Man)
1993 – Cameron Bright, actor (Earth’s Final Hour, Stargate SG-1, The 4400

2000 – A.E. van Vogt, sci-fi author, d @ 87 (The World of Null-A, The Book of Ptath, The Voyage of the Space Beagle)
2002 – Dimitra Arliss, actress, d @ 79 (Firefox)
2006 – Len Carlson, actor, d @ 68 (Cypher)

2012 – Ian Abercrombie, actor, d @ 77 (Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000, Otherworld, Voyagers!, Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, Young Frankenstein, The Questor Tapes)

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