posted by admin on Apr 27
1922 – Jack Klugman, actor (Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits)
1931 – Robert Donner, actor (Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Starman, Mork & Mindy, The Incredible Hulk, Damnation Alley, Six Million Dollar Man)
1942 – John Shrapnel, actor (Alien Autopsy, Invasion: Earth, Space: 1999)
1951 – The Man From Planet X released
1955 – Devil Woman from Mars released in US
1956 – Godzilla, King of the Monsters is released. Considerably re-edited from Ishiro Honda’s 1954 Japanese original Gojira, and with new material added, it begins a new spate of giant-monster films.
1956 – Kevin McNally, actor (Doctor Who)
1962 – James Le Gros, actor (Phantasm II, *batteries not included, Solarbabies)
1963 – Russell T. Davies, showrunner (Wizards vs. Aliens, Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures)
1964 – Lisa Wilcox, actress (Star Trek: TNG, Something is Out There)
1965 – Anna Chancellor, actress (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Jupiter Moon)
1966 – Matt Reeves, writer (Future Shock)
1970 – Arthur Shields, actor, d @ 74 (Daughter of Dr Jekyll)
1973 – Elle Downs, actress (Cybergeddon, Earth: Final Conflict)
1976 – Sally Hawkins, actress (Godzilla)
1977 – Stanley Adams, actor, d @ 62 (Star Trek, Lost in Space, Twilight Zone)
1983 – Ari Graynor, actor (Fringe)
1986 – Jenna Coleman, actress (Doctor Who)
1998 – Godfrey Kenton, actor, d @ 96 (Out of the Unknown)
2002 – George Alec Effinger, sci-fi author, d @ 55 (Nick of Time)
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