Daily Birthdays and Events in Sci-Fi, Comics and related areas

October 10, 2010

Day the World Ended, Dick Tracy, Peter Proud, Linus Van Pelt, Tillie The Toiler, War of the Worlds, Alien Nation: Body and Soul.

Lots of great people and events today.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Paul Dubov 1918, actor, Army Lieutenant - The Flying Missile (1950), Anderson, advertising agent - The Atomic Kid (1954), Radek - Day the World Ended (1955), Lt. Carruthers, Prosecutor - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "The World Below", 1955), Johnny, the barker - The She-Creature (1956), Lt. David Milburn - The Atomic Submarine (1959), Detective Marsac - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Dark Room", 1959), Man - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Bard", 1963).
Gregory Gaye 1900, actor, Mota - Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950), Dr. Wilhelm Steigg - Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Soviet Delegate - Batman (1966), Russian Premier
- Meteor (1979), The Ruler - Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (12 episodes, 1955), Father Leon - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Image of Death", 1959), Alexis - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "Secret Weapon", 1966), Markov - Dick Tracy (1967) (TV).
Eli Behar 1929, actor, Therapist - Star Trek (1 episode, "Dagger of the Mind", 1966).
Max Simon Ehrlich 1909, sci-fi writer, He is best known for writing the novel The Reincarnation of Peter Proud and the movie of the same name.
Janos Prohaska 1919, stunt man, actor, and animal imitator. Several of the Star Trek: The Original Series monsters and aliens were performed by Prohaska. He did similar work for earlier science fiction classic The Outer Limits; in particular the monster from "The Probe", the last Outer Limits episode, is similar in geometry and movement to the Horta. It is possible that his thick accent kept him from speaking roles.
Peter White 1937, actor, Yuri Semenenko/Simpson - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, 1981), Professor Thomas Lang - Superboy (1 episode, "The Jewel of Techacal", 1988), Sharat - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Armageddon Game", 1994), Gene Gogolak - The X-Files (1 episode, "Arcadia", 1999).
Ben Vereen 1946, actor / dancer / singer - Dr. Edward La Forge - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Interface", 1993), Dr. Andre Novak - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Illusions of Grandeur", 1994).
John Christian Graas 1982, actor, Small Boy - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Future Boy - October 6, 1957", 1991), Jay Gordon Graas - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Disaster", 1991), Linus Van Pelt - It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992) (TV), Benjamin Herdeg - Philadelphia Experiment II (1993), Johnny - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "And Now for a Word", 1995).


Events

1922, Tillie the Toiler Sunday page begins.
1957, The ABC TV network debuts the third Disney TV show, Zorro, in the USA.
1988, War of the Worlds airs.
1993, Star Trek:DS9, "The Siege" airs.
1994, Star Trek:DS9, "The House of Quark" airs.
1995, Alien Nation: Body and Soul TV movie airs.
2001, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Strange New World" airs.

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