Today I've gone off the track a bit further than usual when it comes to birthdays by posting the fact that it's Nolan Bushnell's birthday. Who? You say. Why none other than the founder of Atari and the creator of Pong. If it wasn't for him there would be a lot less of us geeks in the world and no one wants that to happen. So happy birthday Nolan and thanks for all those hours of fun.
On another note I want to say a happy birthday to comic book writer and FB friend, Dale Wilson. Without your fine words all we'd have is pictures. Have a great day Dale !!
Finally, I want to point out that H.R. Giger is having a birthday. Thanks for scaring me as a young man. I've never been able to think of alien creatures as benign ever since.
Oh and as for that weird space in the middle of the birthdays.... haven't a clue as to how to remove it. :)
Birthdays
| George Evans 1920, comic book artist, His work for EC Comics in the early 1950s included powerful covers and crime stories for Crime SuspenStories and memorable WWI aviation stories for Aces High. After EC, he contributed to Gilberton's Classics Illustrated, Dell and Gold Key. His books for Classics Illustrated included Lord Jim, The Oregon Trail, Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers and the award-winning Rough Riders. |
| Sam Gilman 1915, actor, Doc Holliday - Star Trek (1 episode, "Spectre of the Gun", 1968). |
| Stefan Gierasch 1926, actor, Monty Logan - Holmes and Yo-Yo (1 episode, "The Last Phantom", 1976), Karpov - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "It's All Downhill from Here", 1982), Russian Diplomat - The Twilight Zone (segment "A Small Talent for War") (1 episode, 1986), Prof. Michael Woodard - Dark Shadows (1990) (TV), Joshua Collins - Dark Shadows (11 episodes, 1991), Dr. Hal Moseley - Star Trek: The Next Generation" .... (1 episode, "A Matter of Time", 1991). |
| Eddie Paskey 1934, actor, Lt. Leslie/Connors/Lt. Ryan - Star Trek (59 episodes, 1966-1968), Admiral Leslie - Star Trek: New Voyages (1 episode, "Come What May", 2004). |
| Robin Sachs 1951, actor, Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer - Fantastic Four (3 episodes, 1994), Mr. Paul Bowman - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Coplann - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV), Hedronn/Na'Tok/Warleader Na'Kal - Babylon 5 (6 episodes, 1994-1998), Sarris - Galaxy Quest (1999), General Valen - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, 2001), Peter Brazier - Megalodon (2002) (V), Sergeant Roderick - SpongeBob SquarePants (1 episode, 2006). |
| Marcus Redman 1971, actor, Rhomboid - Project: ALF (1996) (TV). |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh 1958, actress, Tempest - Hercules (3 episodes, 1998), Cetea - Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode, 1999), Lilly - Spawn (2 episodes, 1999), Lilly - Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999) (V) (voice), Bridget - Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) (voice). |
| Charlotte Rampling 1946, actress, Julia Lambert - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 episode, 1967), Consuella - Zardoz (1974), Irene Adler - Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) (TV), High Priestess - Babylon A.D. (2008). |
| Michael Mann 1943, actor/Producer, Hancock (2008) (producer), Executive #2 - Hancock. |
| Nolan Bushnell 1943, founder of Atari, creator of Pong. |
| Dale Wilson 1974, comic book writer and the co-owner of DWAP Productions, an emerging comic book publisher. |
| David Selby 1941, actor, Quentin Collins / Charles Collins - Dark Shadows (307 episodes, 1968-1971), Quentin Collins / Charles Collins - Night of Dark Shadows (1971), Fletcher Odermatt - Larva (2005) (TV), General Ryker - The Black Hole (2006) (TV). |
| H R Giger 1940, artist, special effects designer, Alien (designed, among other things, the Alien itself, The Derelict and the Space Jockey). Giger is often referred to in pop culture, especially in science fiction and cyberpunk. |
| Stuart Damon 1937, actor, Howard Byrne - UFO (1 episode, 1971), Guido Verdeschi/Parks - Space: 1999 (3 episodes, 1976-1977), Guido Verdeshi - Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978) (TV). |
| Red Buttons 1919, actor, Ashley Norman / Carl - Wonder Woman (1 episode, 1975), Hoagy - Pete's Dragon (1977), Milton - Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) (TV) (voice), The White Rabbit - Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV). |
| Tim Holt 1918, actor, Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger - The Monster That Challenged the World (1957). |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917, actress, Talleah - Queen of Outer Space (1958), The Queen of Hearts - Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) (TV) (voice), Minerva - Batman (2 episodes, "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires", "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra", 1968), Blossom - Happily Ever After (1993) (voice). |
| Willard Parker 1912, actor, Jeff Nolan - The Earth Dies Screaming (1964). |
| John Carradine 1906, actor, Villager Suggesting Ink - The Invisible Man (1933), Doctor Drury - The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), Prof. Millard Wyman - The Incredible Petrified World (1957), Dr. Charles Conway - The Unearthly (1957), Dr. John Rayburn - Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958), Cosmic Man - The Cosmic Man (1959), Dr. Karol Noymann - Invisible Invaders (1959), Abel Banton - Tarzan the Magnificent (1960), Brother Jerome - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1960), Wizard of Mars - The Wizard of Mars (1965), James Rancourt / The Scarf - The Green Hornet (1 episode, 1967), Arcon - Lost in Space (1 episode, 1967), Egor Crull - Land of the Giants (1 episode, 1969), Ruler - Far Out Space Nuts (1 episode, 1975), Gault - Wonder Woman (1 episode, 1978), Professor Alexander Stottel - The Twilight Zone (segment "Still Life") (1 episode, 1986). |
Events
| 1929, "They'll Do It Every Time" comic strip debuted. Created by Jim Hatlo. |
| 1973, Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted |
| 1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Deja Q" airs. |
| 1996, Babylon 5 Episode 50 - "Dust to Dust" first aired |
| 1996, Star Trek:DS9: "Return to Grace" airs. |
| 1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "Meld" airs. |
| 1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Blood Fever" airs. |
| 2000, The Others airs on NBC. |
| 2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Stigma" airs. |
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