Birthdays
| Creig Flessel 1912, comic book artist, an illustrator and cartoonist for magazines ranging from Boys' Life to Playboy. Flessel drew the covers of many of the first American comic books, including the pre-Batman Detective Comics #2-19 (April 1937 - September 1938). Flessel, who drew many early adventures of the Golden Age Sandman, through the 1950s, including Superboy stories in both that character's namesake title and in Adventure Comics; and anthological mystery and suspense tales in American Comics Group (AGC's) Adventures into the Unknown. |
| Bonita Granville 1923, actress, Welcome Kilgore - The Lone Ranger (1956), Barbara Cameron - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "Killer Tree", 1957), Woman - The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981). |
| Brent Spiner 1949, actor, Draft Dodger - The Twilight Zone (segment 'Dead Run') (1 episode, 1986), Lt. Commander Data/Lore/Dr. Ira Graves/Dr. Noonien Soong - Star Trek: The Next Generation (176 episodes, 1987-1994), Lt. Commander Data - Star Trek: Generations (1994), Professor Trent Davis - The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1996), Puck - Gargoyles (4 episodes, 1995-1996), Dr. Brackish Okun - Independence Day (1996), Lt. Commander Data -Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Lt. Commander Data - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Conan O'Brien - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) (voice), Lt. Commander Data / B-4 - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Dr. Arik Soong / Lt. Commander Data - Star Trek: Enterprise (4 episodes, 2004-2005), Dr. Nigel Fenway - Threshold (13 episodes, 2005-2006), Dr. Strom - Superhero Movie (2008). |
| David Sharpe 1910, actor, Agent Ron Merton - Dick Tracy Returns (1938), Kane Pilot/Hidden City Sentry/Saturnian Lieutenant - Buck Rogers (1939), Cave Henchman - The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) (Chapt.4), The Green Hornet (1940) [stunts] (uncredited) , Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) [stunt double: Robert Wilcox/The Copperhead], Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) [stunt double: Tom Tyler & Carleton Young], Jungle Girl (1941) [stunt director], [stunt double: Tom Neal & Frances Gifford], Pier Heavy 1 - Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941) [stunt double: Forrest Taylor [Ch. 2], Michael Owen & Jack Mulhall [Ch. 5] Actor .... [Chs. 7-8]], Sinbad the Sailor (1947) [stunt coordinator], Henchman Blears/Cliff/Stark - King of the Rocket Men (1949) [stunt double: Tristram Coffin in Rocket Man suit/Don Haggerty [Ch. 6]/I. Stanford Jolley [Ch. 12]], Mighty Joe Young (1949) [stunts] [second unit director], Luke - Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949) [stunt double: Arthur Lake], Cliff, Laundry Heavy [Ch. 3] - Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949) [stunt double: George J. Lewis], 3rd Garage Watchman [Chs. 3-4]/2nd Armored Car Guard [Ch. 11] - The Invisible Monster (1950) (stunts also), Technician [Ch. 1] - Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) [stunt double: Richard Irving], Lost Planet Airmen (1951) [stunt double], Radar Men from the Moon (1952) [stunts], Looter - The War of the Worlds (1953) [stunts], The Lone Ranger: The Globe (#4.17) (1954) TV Episode [stunt double: Clayton Moore], The Time Tunnel: Raiders from Outer Space (4 eps.) (1966 - 1967, TV) [stunts], Security Officer - Star Trek:TOS " Day of the Dove" (1968) & "Requiem for Methuselah" (Stunt double: James Daly)(1969), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) [stunts]. |
| Alden McWilliams 1916, comic book artist, McWilliams started in pulp magazines. McWilliams worked on titles such as Captain Frank Hawk, Crimebusters, Space Cadets, Stratosphere Jim, Flash Gordon, Spitfire, Captain Flag, Steve Wood, Sergeant Spook and Skid Davis. In 1952 McWilliams began working on the science-fiction daily 'Twin Earths', which was written by Oskar Lebeck. In 1963, McWilliams moved onto Davy Jones (a sea adventure strip then in 1968 "Dateline: Danger!" which he drew until 1974. McWilliams drew the 'Star Trek' and 'Buck Rogers' newspapers strips, and assisted on Rip Kirby. Other comics he was created for was work on Man from UNCLE and I Spy. |
| Robert Mandan 1932, actor, Kotan Pa'Dar - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, 1993), Principal Farber - Weird Science (1 episode, 1998). |
| Tony Jay 1932, actor, Supreme Being - Time Bandits (1981) (voice), Council Chief - My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Alf Mason - Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990) TV series (voice), Shere Khan - TaleSpin (3 episodes, 1990), Grim Reaper - Darkwing Duck (1 episode, 1991), Monsieur D'Arque - Beauty and the Beast (1991) (voice), Third Minister Campio - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, 1992), Nigel St. John - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (7 episodes, 1993-1995), he is also credited for volumes of voice work on animated series over the past 20 years. |
| D.C. Douglas 1966, actor, Zepht - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, 2003), Imperial Guard #3 - Family Guy (1 episode, "Something, Something, Something Dark Side", 2009). |
| Michael T Weiss 1962, actor, Joe Haskell - Dark Shadows (1990) (TV), Joe Haskell / Peter Bradford - Dark Shadows (11 episodes, 1991), Dr. Winhelm - The Zeta Project (1 episode, 2002), Tarzan - Tarzan & Jane (2002) (V) (voice), Tarzan - The Legend of Tarzan (32 episodes, 2001-2003), Dark Medjai / Nizam Noth - The Mummy: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 2003), Etrigan / Jason Blood - Justice League (3 episodes, 2002-2005), Adam Strange - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (1 episode, 2009). |
| Eric Shea 1960, actor, Andy - Batman (2 episodes, "It's How You Play the Game", "Come Back, Shame", 1966), Corky - Shazam! (1 episode, 1975). |
| Kim Zimmer 1955, actress, Cynthia Torqueman - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "And Now for a Word", 1995). |
| Farrah Fawcett 1946, actress, Holly - Logan's Run (1976), Major Kelly Wood / Trish Hollander / Victoria Webster - The Six Million Dollar Man (4 episodes, 1974-1976), Alex - Saturn 3 (1980). |
| Katherine Crawford 1944, actress, Dr. Abby Lawrence - Gemini Man (1976) (TV), Abby Lawrence - Gemini Man (11 episodes, 1976). |
| Thomas M. Disch 1940, sci-fi author, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs |
| Elaine Stritch 1926, actress, Ruby Feinberg - Cocoon: The Return (1988), Martha Albright - 3rd Rock from the Sun (2 episodes, 1997-2001). |
| Stefan Schnabel 1912, actor, Professor Linkoff - Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) TV series, First Secretary - Firefox (1982). |
| Frank Albertson 1909, actor, Mark Adams - Man Made Monster (1941), Tales of Tomorrow (1 episode, "Black Planet",1952), Mr. Linden - The Aquanauts (1 episode, 1960). |
| Connie Gilchrist 1901, actress, Mrs. Feeny - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "In Praise of Pip", 1963). |
| Benny Rubin 1899, actor, Joe Jitsu / Pruneface - The Dick Tracy Show (41 episodes, 1961), The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964) TV series, Julius 'Buck' Fineman - Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1 episode, 1974). |
| Olaf Pooley 1916, actor, Bikstein - The Gamma People (1956), Manager - Invisible Man (1 episode, 1959), Lascar - Sherlock Holmes (1 episode, 1965), Professor Stahlman / Director Stahlman - Doctor Who (7 episodes, 1970), Cleric - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Blink of an Eye", 2000). |
Events
| 1939, Buck Rogers, a Universal serial film based on the Buck Rogers comic strip begins. |
| 1953, Walt Disney signs a licensing deal with Mitchell Gertz for rights to produce a Zorro TV show. |
| 1967, Star Trek:TOS "Court Martial" airs. |
| 1968, Star Trek:TOS "A Private Little War" airs. |
| 1985, Dr. Who, two-part serial "The Mark of the Rani" airs. |
| 1994, Babylon 5 Episode 2 - "Soul Hunter" first aired |
| 2000, Star Trek:Voyager "Memorial" airs. |
| 2008, "They'll Do It Every Time" comic strip ends just 3 days short of 79 th anniversary of strips beginning. |
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