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

February 21, 2011

Frank Brunner, Dr. Strange, Spawn, Heroes, Roswell, Galaxy Quest, Swamp Thing, Anthony Daniels, C-3PO, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Superman, Parasite.

Frank Brunner has always been my favorite artist when it comes to Doctor Strange, although there are a few other artists who worked on it that come in a very close second behind him. Also I want to mention that the voice of C3PO, Anthony Daniels, is having a birthday also.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Frank Brunner 1949, comic book artist, horror writer-artist for the black-and-white comics magazines Web of Horror, Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella. His best-known color-comics work is his Marvel Comics collaboration with writer Steve Engelhart on the supernatural hero Doctor Strange in Marvel Premiere from 1972 to 1973, and in Doctor Strange vol. 2, in 1974. Other Marvel credits include the anthologies Chamber of Chills, Haunt of Horror, and Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction; the supernatural series The Tomb of Dracula; the swamp-monster series Man-Thing; and the science fiction series Silver Surfer.
Troy Slaten 1976, actor, Little Boy - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "The Resurrection of Carlini" 1982), Amp Ere - Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (8 episodes, 1994).
Jack Coleman 1958, actor, Grant - Trapped in Space (1994), Doctor - Spawn (1997), Noah Bennet - Heroes (74 episodes, 2006-2010).
Woody Brown 1956, actor, Major Carlson - Roswell (2 episodes, "Crash", "Four Aliens and a Baby", 2002).
Alan Rickman 1946, actor, George - Sheriff of Nottingham - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest (1999), King Philip - King of the Hill (1 episode, "Joust Like a Woman", 2002), Marvin - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (voice), The Caterpillar - Alice in Wonderland (2010), Severus Snape - all Harry Potter movies. (2001- 2011).
Tyne Daly 1946, actress, Carla Jeffries - Swamp Thing (1 episode, "Lesser of Two Evils", 1992), Cora Gibbs - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "Great Wide World Over There", 1992).
Anthony Daniels 1946, voice actor, C-3PO - Star Wars (1977), The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (voice), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), "Star Wars: Clone Wars" .... C-3PO (4 episodes, 2004-2005), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) (voice), "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" .... C-3PO (6 episodes, 2008-2009), Other shows he appeared as voice of C-3PO - The Muppet Show (1 episode, "#4.17" 1980), Sesame Street (3 episodes, 1980), Droids (13 episodes, 1985), The Great Heep (1986) (TV), Star Tours (1987), Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration (1990), Monopoly Star Wars (1997) (VG), Star Wars: Connections (2002) (TV), "Untitled Star Wars TV Series" (2011) TV series (in production).
Gary Lockwood 1937, actor, Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell - Star Trek (1 episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", 1966), Dr. Frank Poole - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), David Seville - Earth II (1971) (TV), John Hopper - The Six Million Dollar Man (2 episodes, 1974-1975), Lyle Cannon - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "The Night Demon", 1977), John Praiser - The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) (TV), Dexter Linton - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Stand Up and Get Knocked Down", 1989), Earl Warren - Dark Skies (1 episode, "The Warren Omission", 1997).
Rue McClanahan 1934, actress, Anastasia Hardy - Spider-Man (1 episode, "Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous", 1995), Biology Teacher - Starship Troopers (1997), Bunny - King of the Hill (1 episode, "Hair Today, Gone Today", 2007).
Larry Hagman 1931, actor, Major Anthony Nelson - I Dream of Jeannie (139 episodes, 1965-1970), Young Hobo - Beware! The Blob (1972), Major - Superman (1978), Wallace Brady - The Simpsons (1 episode, "The Monkey Suit", 2006)(voice).
Al Fann 1925, actor/voice actor, Robert Benson - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Terror in Times Square", 1978), Assorted voices - Challenge of the SuperFriends" (16 episodes, 1978), Rickety Rocket - The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (1979) TV series (voice), Stymie - The Little Rascals' Christmas Special (1979) (TV) (voice), Swarm - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1 episode, "Swarm", 1981), Collins - Parasite (1982), Additional Voices - Alvin & the Chipmunks (13 episodes, 1983), Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1987) (TV) (voice), ALF (1 episode, "Prime Time", 1987), Additional Voices - A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" (1988) TV series.
Sydney Arnold 1900, actor, Prisoner - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "The Midas Plague", 1965), Cedric Perkins - Dr. Who (4 episodes, "The Highlanders, part 1-4", 1966-1967).
Celia Lovsky 1897, actress, Mrs. Anna Czerny - Steve Canyon (2 episodes, "Iron Curtain", "The Gift", 1958-1959), Landlady - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Message from Clara", 1959), Viola Draper - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Queen of the Nile", 1964), T'Pau - Star Trek (1 episode, "Amok Time", 1967), The Exchange Leader - Soylent Green (1973).
Felix Aylmer 1889, actor, Dr. Liddell / The Cheshire Cat - Alice in Wonderland (1949) (voice), Mr. Bone - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "Walk's End", 1966).
Florence Bates 1888, actress, Mrs. Frothingham - Dick Tracy (1 episode, "The Mole: Part 2", 1950).
Frank Orth 1880, actor, Shaving Kit Salesman - Blondie's Lucky Day (1946), Mr. Philpotts, Dog Pound Attendant - Blondie's Secret (1948), Al - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Mind Machine", 1952).
Larry Drake 1950, actor, Robert G. Durant - Darkman (1990), Darkman (1992) (TV), Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) (V), Robert Vitale - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Message", 1995), Mr. Eelan - Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "The Girl",1996), Jackson Chappell - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "The Winning Edge", 1999), Jackson Chappell - Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) (TV) (voice), Chellick - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Critical Care", 2000), J. Edgar Hoover - Timequest (2000), Burrock - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Beast of Burden", 2001), Sir Warwick Harrow - Firefly (1 episode, "Shindig", 2002), Vox - Justice League (2 episodes, "Maid of Honor, part 1 & 2", 2003), Moss T. Meister/Burglar #2 - What's New, Scooby-Doo? (1 episode, "Recipe for Disaster", 2004), Pops - Johnny Bravo (33 episodes, 1997-2004), Ganthet - Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) (V) (voice).
Van Epperson 1957, actor, Morgue Attendant - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Time's Arrow, part 2", 1992), Bajoran Clerk - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Q-Less", 1993), Bill - 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, "Superstitious Dick", 1999), Alien Man - Enterprise (1 episode, "Broken Bow, part 1", 2001).
Martha Hackett 1961, Tarellian - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Haven",1987), Make-up Woman - Hard Time on Planet Earth (1 episode, "Jesse's Fifteen Minutes", 1989), T'Rul - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, "The Search, poart 1 & 2", 1994), Mother May the Madame - The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999) (TV), Seska - Star Trek: Voyager (13 episodes, 1995-2001).
Dayna Devon 1970, actress, N.D. Engineer - Enterprise (1 episode, "The Augments", 2004), Talon Customer - Smallville (1 episode, "Lucy", 2005), Girl In Line - American Dad! (1 episode, It's "Good to Be the Queen", 2006).

Events

1969, Star Trek:TOS, "The Way to Eden" airs.
1993, Babylon 5 pilot film premiers.
1998, Star Trek:DS9, "Honor Among Thieves" airs.
2001, Star Trek:Voyager, "Workforce" airs.

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