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

January 26, 2010

Thor, Kiss, Conquest of Space, Tarzan, Dick Tracy, Blondie, Green Hornet, Sheena.

Birthdays

Sal Buscema 1936, comic book artist, Buscema is known for stints on Captain America (with writer Steve Englehart), a ten-year run on the Incredible Hulk (with writers Len Wein, Roger Stern and Bill Mantlo), the Defenders (with Wein and Steve Gerber), The Mighty Thor (with Walt Simonson and John Workman) and the various Spider-Man titles (with Gerry Conway and J.M. DeMatteis). From 1988 through 1996 Sal Buscema notably penciled and mostly inked a 100-issue run on the title The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Brian Holguin ????, comic writer and creator. Best known as a writer on the groundbreaking Image comic book Spawn, credits include the international award-winning fantasy series Aria, KISS: The Psycho Circus, The Magdalena, and the Spawn spin-off titles Dark Ages and Godslayer. Also credited for work on Event Horizon.
Allison Hossack 1965, actress, Dr. Eileen Stanley - Sliders (1 episode, 1995), Erin Whitley - The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1995), Andrea Singer, Mission Chemist - Escape from Mars (1999) (TV), Gwen - First Wave (1 episode, 2000), Zenna Valk - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Cure", 2002), Janet's Nurse - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, " Eye of the Beholder", 2003), Perna - Stargate: Atlantis (1 episode, 2004), Kelly Prosky - Masters of Science Fiction (1 episode, 2007), Dr. Emily Glenn - Eureka (1 episode, 2007).
Jules Ralph Feiffer 1929, cartoonist, most notable for his long-run comic strip titled Feiffer. At age 16, Feiffer began as an assistant for Will Eisner, and within a year he was scripting Eisner's The Spirit comic strip. In 1947, when he asked for a raise, Eisner instead gave him his own page in The Spirit section, where the 18-year-old Feiffer wrote and drew his first comic strip, Clifford (1949-51), published in six newspapers. Feiffer's strips ran for 42 years in the The Village Voice, first under the title Sick Sick Sick, briefly as Feiffer's Fables and finally as simply Feiffer.
Philip Jose Farmer 1928, science fiction novelist, Riverworld.
William Redfield 1927, actor, Roy Cooper - Conquest of Space (1955), Capt. Bill Owens - Fantastic Voyage (1966).
Paul Newman 1928, actor, Sergeant Wilson - Tales of Tomorrow (1 episode, "Ice fromSpace", 1952), Fight Spectator - The Joe Palooka Story (1 episode, "The Big Blow-off", 1954), Doc Hudson - Cars (2006) (voice).
Anne Jeffreys 1923, actress, Young Woman - Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), Tess Trueheart - Dick Tracy (1945), Tess Trueheart / Blythe Belmonte - Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946), Melody Stockwell - Tarzan (1 episode, "Tiger, Tiger!", 1967), Siress Blassie - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "The Man with Nine Lives", 1979), Prime Minister - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Planet of the Amazon Women", 1979).
Derek Bond 1920, actor, Arthur Walker - Stranger from Venus (1954), John Norton - Invisible Man (1 episode, 1959), Charles Liley - Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1 episode).
William Hopper 1915, actor, Colonel Robert Calder - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Dr. Nedrick 'Ned' Jackson - The Deadly Mantis (1957), Dr. George Fenton - Conquest of Space (1955), Interne - The Return of Doctor X (1939), Dirigible Pilot - Dick Tracy (1937) [Chs. 4, 9-10],
Charles Lane 1905, actor, Furniture Salesman - Blondie (1938), Train Conductor - Blondie Plays Cupid (1940), Growley - The Invisible Woman (1940), Washing Machine Salesman - Blondie in Society (1941), Gould Beaton, Sargent's Lawyer - Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), Mr. Peckinpaugh - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Mr. Bevis", 1960), Mr. Finch - Dennis the Menace (6 episodes, 1960-1962), Lawyer - The AristoCats (1970) (voice), Judge Baker - Mork & Mindy (1 episode, "Little Orphan Morkie", 1980), Prof. Hollister - Strange Invaders (1983), Mr. Velcrows Widley - Otherworld (1 episode, 1985), Antique Dealer - Dark Shadows (1 episode, 1991).
Douglas Evans 1904, actor, Shim Davis/Rex Miller/Henchman Cass Warren - The Lone Ranger (3 episodes, 1952-1953), Man - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1961), Leland Stone - The Green Hornet (1 episode, 1966).
Romney Brent 1902, actor, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1 episode, "Mark of the Giant" 1955, TV), Padre Felipe - Zorro (7 episodes, 1957-1958).
Tracy Middendorf 1970, actress, Ziyal - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, 1996), Cheerleader - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "Panic", 1997), Gracie O'Connor - The X Files (1 episode, "Signs & Wonders", 2000), Sheila Phillips - The Time Tunnel (2002) (TV), Bonnie - Lost (2 episodes, 2007).
Cyia Batten 1975, actress, Ziyal - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1995-1996), Irina - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, 2000), Agent Blythe - The Lone Gunmen (1 episode, 2001), Navaar - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, 2005).


Events

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 1 - "Midnight on the Firing Line" first aired
1985, Otherworld airs on CBS.
1978, Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
1967, Star Trek:TOS "Tomorrow is Yesterday" airs.
1979, Filming wraps on Star Trek: The Motion Picture after 125 shooting days
2000, Star Trek:Voyager "Virtuoso" airs.

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