Also for the Trek fans it's Tim Russ's birthday. Let's all be illogical and wish him a happy birthday.
Enjoy !!!
Birthdays
| Bill Jaaska 1961, artist, He is best known for his work on DC Comic's New Titans, Jaaska also worked with Peter David during David's run on The Incredible Hulk. Jaaska has worked on the following series: Airboy, Checkmate, Incredible Hulk, New Titans, Nexus, Nick Fury, Sable, Scout, Shade, The Changing Man, Swamp Thing, The Terminator: Hunters and Killers, Turok, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine. |
| Jefferson Dudley Searles 1914, actor, Prof. Foster - The Invisible Boy (1957). |
| Paul Frees 1920, actor/voice actor, Frees worked extensively with at least nine of the major animation production companies of the 20th century: Walt Disney Studios, Walter Lantz Studios, UPA, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, MGM Studios, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward Productions and Rankin/Bass. Some of Paul Frees' most memorable voices were for various Disney projects. Frees voiced Disney's Professor Ludwig Von Drake in eighteen episodes of the Disney anthology television series beginning with the first episode of the newly-renamed Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on September 24, 1961. Frees narrated a number of Disney cartoons, including the Disney educational short film Donald in Mathmagic Land. This short originally aired in the same television episode as Von Drake's first appearance. Frees was a regular presence in Jay Ward cartoons, providing the voices of Boris Badenov, Inspector Fenwick (from Dudley Do-Right), Ape in George of the Jungle, Hoppity Hooper narrator, among numerous others. Frees is well-remembered for many characters in Rankin/Bass cartoons and stop-motion animated TV specials, including the central villain Burgermeister Meisterburger and his assistant Grimsby in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970). He was also the traffic cop, ticket-taker, and Santa Claus in Frosty the Snowman in 1969. He was several voices, including Eon the Terrible, in Rudolph's Shiny New Year in 1976. In 1968, he appeared as Captain Jones in the Thanksgiving special The Mouse On The Mayflower, and that Christmas he appeared as the father of the Drummer Boy, Ali, and as the three Wise Men in The Little Drummer Boy. He provided the voices for several J. R. R. Tolkien characters (most notably the dwarf Bombur) in Rankin/Bass animated versions of The Hobbit and The Return of the King. He also voiced King Haggard's wizard Mabruk in The Last Unicorn and provided several voices for the Jackson Five cartoon series between 1971 and 1973. Frees voiced all characters, except the lead role, in the US versions of Belvision's The Adventures of Tintin cartoons, based on the books by Hergé. In the 1956 Cinemascope Tom and Jerry cartoon, Blue Cat Blues, he was Jerry's voice who narrated the short; he had also voiced Jerry's cousin Muscles in Jerry's Cousin five years earlier. Frees provided the voices of both John Lennon and George Harrison in the 1965 The Beatles cartoon series, and of The Thing in the 1967 series Fantastic Four, as well as President James Norcross in the 1967 cartoon series Super President. He played several roles—narrator, Chief of State, the judges and the bailiff—in the George Lucas / John Korty animated film, Twice Upon a Time. In TV commercials, he was the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, the 7-Up bird Fresh-Up Freddie, Froot Loops spokesbird Toucan Sam (previously voiced by Mel Blanc, later voiced by Maurice LaMarche), Boo-Berry in the series of monster cereal commercials, and the Little Green Sprout, who called out to the Jolly Green Giant, "Hey, Green Giant, what's new besides ho-ho-ho?" Some additional highlights of his voice work are as follows: Narrated sixteen episodes of the NBC science fiction television series Steve Canyon. Orson Welles sound-alike as the voice of the aliens in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. The uncredited voice of the sentient supercomputer Colossus in the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project. The narration for the spoof short film Hardware Wars (1977), which was styled as a mock movie trailer, specifically parodying Orson Welles' narration of the original Star Wars trailer. Voice of KARR in "K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R." - a 3rd season episode of Knight Rider. The voice of Dr. Who in the English language version of King Kong Escapes. Intro voice for Bradbury 13, a series of thirteen radio dramas featuring Ray Bradbury short stories, originally produced for National Public Radio. Voice of the title character in the 1957 film The Cyclops. In 1992, the film was "riffed" on an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. He played a scientist in The Thing from Another World. More significantly, he played the Orson Welles soundalike radio reporter in The War of the Worlds, where he is seen dictating into a tape recorder as the military prepares the atomic bomb for use against the invading Martians. Producer George Pál put Frees to work again in the 1960 fantasy film Atlantis, the Lost Continent and doing the opening voice-over narration for his 1975 Doc Savage film. Frees provided the apocalyptic voices of the "talking rings" in George Pál's 1960 film The Time Machine, in which he explains the ultimate fate of humanity and the origin of the Morlocks and Eloi. |
| David Leonard Landau 1947, actor, Milo De Venus - Galaxy High School (13 episodes, 1986), Doc Boy - A Garfield Christmas Special (1987) (TV) (voice), Smart Ass - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (voice), Tactician - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Peak Performance", 1989), Nitro - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Appointment in Crime Alley", 1992)(voice), Frankie da Flea - Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (voice), Da Shrimp - The Little Mermaid (2 episodes, 1992)(voice), Lechner - Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills (1994) TV series(unknown episodes), Beaver - The Cartoon Cartoon Show (1 episodes, "Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women", 1994)(voice), Inspector 17 - Home Boys in Outerspace (1 episode, 1996), Sqweek - Superman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1996), Sewer King - Hey Arnold!(1 episode, "Abner Come Home/The Sewer King", 1997), Christopher/Beaver - Johnny Bravo (2 episodes, 1997), Arthur - Jungle Cubs (21 episodes, 1996-1998), Horace Badun - 101 Dalmatians: The Series (27 episodes, 1997-1998), Thumper - A Bug's Life (1998) (voice), Leonard Weems - Recess (1 episode, 1999)(voice), Ceasar - 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (2 episodes, 2000), The Mayor - Titan A.E. (2000) (voice), Theodore/Store Clerk - The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! (2000) (V) (voice), Bird - Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice), Yokian Guard/Gus - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) (voice), Henry - Oswald (2 episodes, 2001-2002)(voice), Squiggy - The Simpsons (1 episode, "Helter Shelter", 2002), Curtis / Brain - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2 episodes, 2004-2007), Ch'p - Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) (V) (voice). |
| Michael Rothhaar 1953, actor, Garvin - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Thine Own Self", 1994), Man Pundit - Seven Days (1 episode, "Doppleganger: Part 1", 1998), Dr. Couvillion - The X-Files (1 episode, "Terms of Endearment", 1999). |
| Timothy "Tim" Darrell Russ 1956, actor, Security Guard #1 - Amazing Stories (1 episode, "You Gotta Believe Me", 1986), Tyrone Washington - Starman (1 episode, "The System", 1987), Sergeant Filton - Timestalkers (1987) (TV), Trooper - Spaceballs (1987), Officer #2 (segment "Kentucky Rye") / Archer - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1985-1987), Ronald Ketnes - Alien Nation (1 episode, "Alien Nation", 1989), Joe Briggs - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) (TV), Devor - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Starship Mine", 1993), Martin Clemens - SeaQuest 2032 (1 episode, "Photon Bullet", 1993), Enterprise-B Tactical Lieutenant - Star Trek: Generations (1994), T'Kar / Tuvok - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1993-1995), Prowler / Hobie Brown - Spider-man (1 episode, 1997)(voice), Tuvok - Star Trek: Voyager (170 episodes, 1995-2001), The Red Shirt Bandit - Roddenberry on Patrol (2003) (V), Tuvok - Borg War (2006) (V) (voice), Tuvok - Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) (V). |
| Dylan Chalfy 1970, actor, Head Officer - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Homefront", 1996). |
| Lindsay Ridgeway 1985, actress, Additional Voices - Sonic The Hedgehog (13 episodes, 1994)(voice), Suspiria - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Cold Fire", 1995), Additional Voices - Sonic Underground (1999) TV series (unknown episodes). |
Events
| 1942, The Major Hoople radio series began on the Blue Network, based on main character from Our Boarding House comic strip. Mel Blanc played the star boarder, Tiffany Twiggs. The radio series ended April 26, 1943. |
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