Bob Kane who made Batman famous was born today. It's enough to make you batty.
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Birthdays
| Al Feldstein 1925, American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edited for EC Comics, followed by a lengthy career as the editor of Mad. |
| Bob Kane 1915, comic book artist and writer, credited as the creator of the famous DC Comics superhero Batman. in 1936, freelancing original material to editor Jerry Iger's comic book Wow, What A Magazine!, including his first pencil and ink work on the serial Hiram Hick. The following year, Kane began to work at Iger's subsequent studio, Eisner & Iger, In early 1939, DC's success with the seminal superhero Superman in Action Comics prompted editors to scramble for more such heroes. In response, Bob Kane conceived "the Bat-Man". Kane said his influences for the character included actor Douglas Fairbanks' movie portrayal of the swashbuckler Zorro, Leonardo Da Vinci's diagram of the ornithopter, a flying machine with huge bat-like wings; and the 1930 film The Bat Whispers, In 1943, Kane left the Batman comic books to focus on penciling the daily Batman newspaper comic strip. After the strip finished in 1946, Kane returned to the comic books. As Kane's comic-book work tapered off in the 1960s, he parlayed his Batman status into minor celebrity. He enjoyed a post-comics career in TV animation, creating the characters Courageous Cat and Cool McCool, and as a painter showed his work in art galleries, although even some of these paintings were produced by ghost artists. In 1989, Kane published the autobiography Batman and Me, with a second volume Batman and Me, The Saga Continues, in 1996. |
| I. Stanford Jolley 1900, actor, Roadside Thug [Ch. 1]/G-Man [Chs. 3, 7, 15]/Reporter [Chs. 7, 12]/Intern[Ch. 14] - - Dick Tracy (1937/I), Henchman Brett - Batman (1943)[Chs. 2-5], Henchman Watson - The Phantom (1943)[Chs. 7-9, 13], Sheriff - Superman (1948)[Chs. 11-12], Zarol - Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)[Chs. 8-9], Jim Todd / Dr. Lambert - Space Patrol (3 episodes, 1953-1954), Sheriff - Captain Midnight (1 episode, "Deadly Diamonds", 1954), Hardy - Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1 episode, "Cosmic Vengeance", 1955), Plastic Surgeon / Spike - Adventures of Superman (2 episodes, 1953-1957), Governor of Rivers - Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961). |
| John Winston 1933, actor, The Guard / British Sentry - The Time Tunnel (2 episodes, 1966), Transporter Chief / Transporter Technician / Lt. Kyle - Star Trek (11 episodes, 1967-1969), Cmdr. Kyle - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Plantaganet - Max Headroom (1 episode, "Body Banks", 1987), Captain Jefferies - Star Trek: New Voyages (1 episode, "Come What May", 2004). |
| F. Murray Abraham 1939, actor, Cornelius - Slipstream (1989), Dr. Harry Bertram, the Whale Man - Beyond the Stars (1989), Professor Harlech - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) (TV), Ad'har Ru'afo - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Noah - Muppets from Space (1999). |
| Karen Austin 1954, actress, June Wright - The Twilight Zone (segment "A Matter of Minutes") (1 episode, 1986), Kalandra - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "...Nor the Battle to the Strong", 1996), Anita - 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, "Auto Eurodicka", 1998), Lydia the Secretary / Amanda Starr - Sliders (2 episodes, 1995-1999), Miral, B'Elanna Torres' Mother - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Barge of the Dead", 1999), Nun #2 - Steven Spielberg Presents Taken (1 episode, "Beyond the Sky", 2002), Lilly - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Escape Velocity", 2008),. |
| Charley Lang 1955, actor, Hugh Travis - The Powers of Matthew Star (1 episode, "Swords and Quests", 1983), Kenny Dunstan - Alien Nation (1 episode, "The Takeover", 1989), Lt. Duffy - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Hollow Pursuits", 1990), Ted Whitcomb - The Flash (1 episode, "Twin Streaks",1991), Jarvis Powell - Fire in the Sky (1993), Dr. Halligan - Dark Skies (11 episodes, 1996-1997), Starke - Sliders (1 episode, "Genesis", 1998), MIB #1 - Seven Days (14 episodes, 1998-2000). |
Events
| 1979, Quatermass airs on ITV. |
| 1991, Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, dies of a heart attack at age 70 (born 1921). |
| 1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Cardassians" airs. |
| 1994, Star Trek:DS9, "Second Skin" airs. |
| 1994, The animated TV series Gargoyles first airs. |
| 2001, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Terra Nova" airs. |
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