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1903 – Esther Ralston, actress (Tales of Tomorrow)
1916 – Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author (Crystal Cave)
1917 – Ib Melchoir, director / writer (Angry Red Planet / Reptilicus, Death Race, Planet of the Vampires, The Outer Limits, The Time Travelers, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Angry Red Planet, Men Into Space)

Ib Melchoir, director of "The Angry Red Planet"

Ib Melchoir, director of “The Angry Red Planet”

Ib Melchoir, writer of The Outer Limits episode "The Premonition."

Ib Melchoir, writer of The Outer Limits episode “The Premonition.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1928 – Roddy McDowall, actor (Twilight Zone, The Invaders, Planet of Apes 1, 3, 4, 5 & TV, The Alien Within, Quantum Leap, Earth Angel, Doin’ Time on Planet Earth, Small& Frye, The Martian Chronicles, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Cat from Outer Space, Laserblast, The Fantastic Journey, Embryo, Journey to the Unknown, It!)
1930 – David Huddleston, actor (Star Trek: TNG, Capricorn One)
1938 – Paul Benedict, actor (The Electric Grandmother, The Man with Two Brains, The Twilight Zone, Attack of the 50ft Woman)

1945 – Bruce Spence, actor (Halfway across the Galaxy and Turn Left, The Matrix Revolutions, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, I Frankenstein, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Farscape, The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas)
1948 – John Ritter, actor (It Came From the Sky)

1955 – Tim Burd, actor (Repo! The Genetic Opera, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Mutant X, Odyssey 5, TekWar)
1956 – Aaron Lustig, actor (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Day After Tomorrow, Star Trek: Enterprise, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Relic, Star Trek: Voyager, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Quantum Leap, Edward Scissorhands, ALF, Alien Nation)

1962 – Dustin Nguyen, actor (VR.5, SeaQuest 2032)

1963 – James Urbaniak, actor (Futuremanity, Futurestates, The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
1963 – William Shockley, actor (Quantum Leap, Alien Nation, RoboCop)

1965 – Kyle Chandler, actor (Super 8, The Day the Earth Stood Still)
1965 – Bryan Singer, director (Superman Returns)
1966 – Tracy Dali, actress (Space Girls in Beverly Hills, Encino Man, Back to the Future Part II)
1967 – Malik Yoba, actor (Alphas)

1971 – Ian Whyte, actor (Aliens vs. Predator I & II, Prometheus)

1979 – Neill Blomkamp, director (District 9, Elysium)
1984 – Richard Basehart, actor d @ 70 (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)

1993 – James Griffith, actor, d @ 77 (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Amazing Transparent Man)

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