Buck Rogers, Spawn, Iron man 2, War of the Worlds, Serenity, Batman, Babylon 5, Gorath, Meteor, The Addams Family, John Astin, Dick Tracy, Aliens.

It's a 2 Buck day today. By that I mean that it is not only the first day, in 1930, that the Buck Rogers Sunday strip began, but coincidentally in 1979 the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century pilot was released for distribution for theatres. It was the good box-office returns which led NBC to commission a full series, which started in September 1979. As some of us remember it starred Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers, and co-starred Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering. As I've mentioned before in the blog, the character of Buck Rogers was originally Anthony Rogers but got changed when it became a comic strip on January 7, 1929.



I would also like to mention that Erin Gray is one of our many guests we have coming to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo on the 24 & 25th of April, 2010. With other guests including Leonard Nimoy, Brent Spiner, Billy Dee Williams, and Malcolm McDowell, it will be a great time.



As always take a look at the others in the list, there is alot of great talent and memories from the past. Enjoy !!




Birthdays

Greg Capullo 1962, comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on Quasar (1991-1992), X-Force (1992-1993), Angela (1994) and Spawn (1993-1999, 2003-2004).

Helena Mattsson 1984, actress, Miranda Hollander - Species: The Awakening (2007) (V), JJ - Surrogates (2009), Rebecca - Iron Man 2 (2010).

Stephen Gevedon 1966, actor, Klingon #1 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Crossover", 1994), Neighbor with Lawnmower - War of the Worlds (2005).

Marley S. McClean 1987, actress, Mezoti - Star Trek: Voyager (5 episodes, 2000), Girl Student - Serenity (2005).

Herbert Anderson 1917, actor, Henry Mitchell - Dennis The Menace (146 episodes, 1959-1963), Harry Hummert / Racing Secretary - Batman (2 episodes, "The Clock King's Crazy Crimes", "A Horse of Another Color", 1966-1967).

Turhan Bey 1922, actor, Dimitri Rossovich - SeaQuest DSV (1 episode, "Treasure of the Mind", 1993), Centauri Emperor / Turval - Babylon 5 (2 episodes, "The Coming of Shadows, ", "Learning Curve", 1995-1998).

Kan Ishii 1921, composer, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for the science-fiction film Gorath.

Richard Dysart 1929, actor, Leonard Driscoll - Gemini Man (1976) (TV), Secretary of Defense - Meteor (1979), Dr. Copper - The Thing (1982), Barbed-Wire Salesman - Back to the Future Part III (1990), Dr. Bartholomew - Batman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1992-1994), Cogliostro - Spawn (18 episodes, 1997-1999), Cogliostro - Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999) (V) (voice).

John Astin 1930, actor, Charlie - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "A Hundred Yards over the Rim", 1961), Gomez Addams - The Addams Family (64 episodes, 1964-1966), The Riddler - Batman (2 episodes, "Batman's Anniverary", "The Riddling Controversy", 1967), Akin - Otherworld (1 episode, "Mansion of the Beast", 1985), Buddy Ryan - Night Court (10 episodes, 1984-1990), Neville Nessen - They Came From Outer Space (1 episode, "Sex, Lies & UFOs: Part 2", 1991), Bull Gator - Taz-Mania (1 episode, "The Dog The Turtle Story", 1991), Dr. Putrid T Gangreen - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (21 episodes, 1990-1991), Gomez Addams - The Addams Family (21 episodes, 1992-1993)(voice), The Mole - Disney's Bonkers (1 episode, "Stressed To Kill", 1994), Terry Duke Tetzloff - Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (5 episodes, 1994-1997), Grover Whalen - Pinky and The Brain", (1 episode, 1997), Grampapa Addams - The New Addams Family (2 episodes, 1998-1999), The Great Bangaboo - the Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, 1999), Supt. Skinner / Hank the Janitor - Recess (3 episodes, 1998-1999).

Warren Beatty 1937, actor, Harry Grayson - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Visitor", 1960), Dick Tracy - Dick Tracy (1990).

Paul Reiser 1957, actor, Carter Burke - Aliens (1986).

Ian Ziering 1964, actor, Vinnie - Biker Mice From Mars (65 episodes, 1993-1996), Wildwing - Mighty Ducks (3 episodes, 1996), Wildwing - Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997) (V) (voice), Mason Forrest - Batman Beyond (1 episode, 1999), Harry Osborn - Spiderman: The New Animated Series (13 episodes, 2003), Chase Huffington - Drawn Together (1 episode, 2007), Vinnie / Brie Fish - Biker Mice from Mars (24 episodes, 2006-2007).

Juliet Landau 1965, actress, Tala / Zatanna Zatara / Rama Kushna - Justice League (7 episodes, 2005-2006), Labella - Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) (V) (voice), Helen/Tini/Natalie/Anodite Verdona - Ben 10: Alien Force (5 episodes, 2008-2010).

Events

1930, Buck Rogers Sunday strip begins.

1967, Star Trek:TOS "The Alternative Factor" airs.

1979, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century pilot film opened in cinemas

1992, Star Trek:TNG "The First Duty" airs.

1993, Nervala IV cave scenes are filmed for TNG: "Second Chances"

1995, Star Trek Monthly issue 2 is released.

2001, Invader Zim airs on Nickelodeon.