Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, Vampirella, The Rook, Doctor Who, Logan's Run, The Man From Atlantis, Fringe, Firefly, Serenity, Maddrox, Sapphire and Steel.

Take a look, you'll recognize the names or at least clue into what they did. Sometimes you just can't put a name on someone.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Bob Larkin 1949, artist primarily known for his painted covers for Marvel Comics' magazine-format titles, published under the imprints of Curtis Magazines and Marvel Magazines in the 1970s and early 1980s. Larkin's many credits include titles such as The Savage Sword of Conan, Marvel Super Special, Marvel Preview, The Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, Planet of the Apes, and Tomb of Dracula. Larkin also painted covers for many of the Marvel Fireside Books paperback collections, lending them a simple, movie-poster feel. He did the same thing for the cover to the first major intercompany crossover, Superman and Spider-Man. In addition, Marvel occasionally tapped Larkin to paint covers for premiere issues of such comic book titles as Dazzler and The Saga of Crystar. Besides his work for Marvel, Larkin has painted covers for Vampirella and The Rook (Warren Publishing), The Amazing Adventures of Holo-Man (Peter Pan Records), Lorelei: Building the Perfect Beast (StarWarp Concepts)

Rik Emmett 1945, singer, cartoonist for Hit Parader

Jackie Lane 1947, actress, Dorothea 'Dodo' Chaplet - Doctor Who (19 episodes, 1966).

William Smithers 1927, actor, John Wilson/Ben Wilson - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Plant Man", 1966), Brooks - Tarzan (1 episode, "The Fanatics", 1967), Nat Greely / Adam Lane - The Invaders (2 episodes, 1967-1968), Merik - Star Trek (1 episode, "Bread and Circuses", 1968), General Koslenko - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Doomsday, and Counting", 1974), James Colbert - The Amazing Spider-Man (1 episode, "The Con Caper", 1978).

George Clayton Johnson 1929, science fiction and fantasy writer, most famous for his work (with William F. Nolan) on the 1967 novel Logan's Run (later filmed in 1976). Johnson appeared, as an actor in Roger Corman's 1962 film, The Intruder, starring William Shatner. As a screenwriter, he penned many episodes of the classic Twilight Zone, including "The Four of Us Are Dying" (with Harry Townes, Phillip Pine and Peter Brocco), "Execution" (with Jon Lormer) and "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" (with William Sargent and Chuck Hicks).

Lawrence Pressman 1939, actor, Cmdr. Phil Roth - The Man From Atlantis (1 episode, "Man from Atlantis", 1977), Ghemor / Krajensky - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (3 episodes, 1994-1997), Mr. Milsap - The X-Files (1 episode, "Roadrunners", 2000).

Robert Pine 1941, actor, Craig - Lost in Space (1 episode, "Visit to a Hostile Planet", 1967), Larry Graham - Empire of the Ants (1977), Arnold Brown - Mysterious Two (1982) (TV), Father - ALF (1 episode, "A Little Bit of Soap", 1987), Ted - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969", 1992), Chief of Staff Glenn Parness - Independence Day (1996), Ambassador Liria - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "The Chute", 1996), Tavin - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Fusion", 2002), Fisherman - Avatar: The Last Airbender (1 episode, "The Storm", 2005), Sheriff Golightly - Fringe (1 episode, "Night of Desirable Objects", 2009).

Ron Glass 1945, actor, The Devil - The Twilight Zone (segment "I of Newton") (1 episode, 1985), Jerry Merris - Deep Space (1988), Kwanseer - Aladdin (1 episode, "Bad Moon Rising", 1994)(voice), News Anchorman - Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Blasts from the Past: Part 2", 1997), Loken - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Nightingale", 2000), Randy Carmichael - Rugrats (2 episodes, 1992-2004)(voice), Shepherd Book -0 Firefly (14 episodes, 2002-2003), Shepherd Book - Serenity (2005).

Michael Hungerford 1947, actor, Roughneck - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Time's Arrow, part 1", 1992), Thomas Gastall - The X-Files (1 episode, "Brand X", 2000).

Brian Reber 1975, comic book artist, He has worked primarily for Marvel Comics on titles such as Maddrox (with Peter David and Pablo Raimondi), Captain America, and the X-Men. He has also done a number of covers with Raimondi including on Batman and the Outsiders, The Brave and the Bold, and the first issue of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: The Last Generation, "Do Not Close Your Eyes".

Events

1970, Colossus: The Forbin Project is released.

1979, Sapphire & Steel airs on ITV.

1989, Star Trek:TNG, "Peak Performance" airs.

1998, Small Soldiers is released.