Batman, The Quitter, Optic Nerve, Blake 7, Life with Louie, The Arabian Nights, Cocoon, Captain Midnight, Men into Space, Watership Down, Tarantula.

I was not aware that Clint Eastwood's first acting gig was in a science fiction / horror movie. That same year he also appeared in a second one of the same genres. Good to know if you like trivia.


Take a look at the others, a few I was surprised at when it came to appearing in sci-fi.


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Birthdays

Dean Haspiel 1967, comic book artist, He is most recognized for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter.

Madge Blake 1899, actress, most famous for her role as Aunt Harriet Cooper on ABC's Batman TV series of the 1960s.

Adrian Tomine 1974, cartoonist, best known for his ongoing graphic novel series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.

Lynda Bellingham 1948, actress, Vena - Blake 7 (1 episode, "Headhunter", 1981), The Inquisitor - Doctor Who (14 episodes, "The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 1-14", 1986).

Tommy Hinkley 1960, actor, Journalist #1 - Star Trek: Generations (1994), Earl Grunewald - Life with Louie (10 episodes, 1995-1997)(voice).

William Heath Robinson 1872, cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. He is best known for drawings of eccentric machines and "Heath Robinson" has entered the language as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contraption. His early career was as a book illustrator, for example in Hans Christian Andersen's Danish Fairy Tales and Legends (1897); The Arabian Nights, (1899); Tales From Shakespeare (1902), and Twelfth Night (1908), Andersen's Fairy Tales (1913), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1914), Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies (1915), and Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie (1916). He also wrote and illustrated two children's books, The Adventures of Uncle Lubin (1902) and Bill the Minder (1912); these are regarded as the start of his career in the depiction of unlikely machines. During the First World War he drew large numbers of cartoons, collected as Some "Frightful" War Pictures (1915), Hunlikely! (1916), and Flypapers (1919), depicting ever-more-unlikely secret weapons being used by the combatants.

Don Ameche 1908, actor, Art Selwyn - Cocoon (1985), Arthur 'Art' Selwyn - Cocoon: The Return (1988).

Dave O'Brien 1912, actor, Jackson, Wentworth's Aide - The Spider Returns (1941), Captain Albright / Captain Midnight - Captain Midnight (1942).

John Vivyan 1915, actor, Duke - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Gentle Monster", 1958), Ground Controller - Men Into Space (1 episode, "Moon Probe",1959), Bank Manager - Batman (1 episode, "Penguin's Clean Sweep", 1968).

Robert Arthur Ley 1921, sci-fi author, Telepath, Power of X

Denholm Elliott 1922 , actor, Cowslip - Watership Down (1978) (voice), Dr. Marcus Brody - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Richard Braling - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Coffin",1988), Marcus Brody - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

Clint Eastwood 1930, actor, Jennings - Lab Technician - Revenge of the Creature (1955), Jet Squadron Leader - Tarantula (1955), Frank Corvin - Space Cowboys (2000).

Gregory Harrison 1950, actor, First Lieutenant - Army Medical Corps - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The New Original Wonder Woman", 1975), Logan - Logan's Run (13 episodes, 1977-1978), Dack Steelbrow - Galaxy Beat (1994), Dr. Larry Chambers - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "To Tell the Truth", 1998).

Events

1943, Archie Andrews began on radio on the Blue Network.

1954, Long Sam comic strip by Al Capp begins.

1967, Bridge scenes are filmed for Star Trek:TOS, "Who Mourns for Adonais?".

2008, Dr. Who, "Silence in the Library" airs.

Kevin Eastman, TMNT, Sheena, Science FictionTheatre, The Starlost, Mel Blanc, The Amazing Colossal Man, Mister Miracle, Dimension 5, Colm Meaney.

Take a look, there are so many great people that had a birthday today, some alive some dead now, but all inspirational in their field.



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Birthdays

Kevin Eastman 1962, comic book artist, best known as the creator (together with Peter Laird) of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eastman is also the current owner, editor and publisher of the magazine Heavy Metal.

Mort Meskin 1916, comic book artist, Meskin went to work for Eisner & Iger where he did pencils for Fiction House's "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" in Jumbo Comics. In 1941, Meskin started at National Comics, drawing stories for the characters Vigilante, Wildcat, Starman and Johnny Quick. During his time at National, Meskin also did work for Marvel Comics, Gleason and Nedor Comics, Spark, and other publishers. At Nedor he worked on the Black Terror as well as on the Fighting Yank together with Jerry Robinson. In 1949 he left National and joined the Simon & Kirby studio where he worked on a variety of titles such as Boys' Ranch and Prize Comics. He returned to National in 1956, where he created the feature "Mark Merlin" and also worked on a large number of war, science fiction and romance titles.

Ruth Perrott 1899, actress, Mary Kerwin - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "Sound of Murder", 1955), Aunt May - The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959).

Keir Dullea 1936, actor, Dr. Dave Bowman - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Devon - The Starlost (16 episodes, 1973-1974), Dave Bowman - 2010 (1984), Secretary Bayer - Alien Hunter (2003).

Mel Blanc 1908, voice actor, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. during the "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Heathcliff, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry. 1/24/61: Was in a near-fatal car accident while many of the shows that required his services, most importantly "The Flintstones" (1960), were still in production. He did the voices of his characters in both his home bed and his hospital bed, in a full body cast and with all his "Flintstones" co-stars and recording equipment crowded into the same room.

June Jocelyn 1919, actress, Nurse Wilson - The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Brownie Leader - Attack of the Puppet People (1958), Mrs. Edwards - War of the Colossal Beast (1958), Mrs. Jack Flynn - Earth vs. the Spider (1958).

Freddie E. Williams II 1977, comic book artist, Best known for his work on DC Comics' Robin, and for working almost entirely in Digital format. While attending the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con Williams submitted a portfolio to the DC talent search. As a result he was hired to do a Seven Soldiers issue featuring Mister Miracle, and some fill in issues for Aquaman. In 2006 Williams signed an exclusive contract with DC comics. He became the regular artist on Robin from issue 149 in 2006. In early 2008 he started illustrating the Flash comic.

Deanna Lund 1937, actress, Miss Sweet - Dimension 5 (1966), Anna Gram - Batman (2 episodes, "Batman's Anniversary", "A Riddling Controversy", 1967), Valerie Scott - Land of the Giants (51 episodes, 1968-1970)Terri Ann - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Of Guilt, Models and Murder", 1978).

Colm J. Meaney 1953, actor, Cop at Tess' - Dick Tracy (1990), Chief Miles O'Brien - Star Trek: The Next Generation (52 episodes, 1987-1994), Mr. Dugan - Gargoyles (1 episode, "The Hound of Ulster", 1996), Chief O'Brien - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (173 episodes, 1993-1999), Cowen - Stargate: Atlantis (3 episodes, 2004-2006), Tom O'Flanagan - The Simpsons (1 episode, "In the Name of the Grandfather", 2009).

Events

1897, Around the World with the Yellow Kid comic strip ends.

1936, Thru The Mirror, a Disney animated short, was released.

1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Dramatis Personae" airs.

The Boondocks, Tales of the Beanworld, Lady Luck, The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, Dr. Cyclops, Barb Wire, Anakin Skywalker.

It's hard to believe but there are no events in history today that I can find, it's not that common to see it happen, but I guess today has to be the day.



One of my golden age favorites for the covers was alway Lady Luck. That 40's good girl art was always great to look at and Klaus Nordling was the guy to make it. Take a look at the history that goes into this artists life.



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Birthdays

Aaron McGruder 1974, cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks.

Larry Marder 1951, best-known as the creator of comic book Tales of the Beanworld.

Klaus Nordling 1910, writer-artist for comic books. He is best-known for his work on the 1940s masked-crimefighter feature "Lady Luck", and as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superhero the Thin Man. Also circa 1939, he wrote and drew a short-lived syndicated Sunday-newspaper comic strip or panel titled Baron Munchauson. His first confirmed credit is as penciler-inker of the six-page feature "Lt. Drake of Naval Intelligence" in Fox's Mystery Men Comics #1 (Aug. 1939). Nordling, who is confirmably credited as the "Spark Stevens" writer-artist in Wonderworld Comics #5-#15 (Sept. 1939 - July 1940), also wrote and drew the humor features "Strut Warren" (in Fiction House's Fight Comics), "Bob Swab" (Quality Comics' Hit Comics), "Shorty Shortcake" in Wonderworld Comics, and "The Barker" (Quality's National Comics), plus the aviation feature "Shot and Shell" (Quality's Military Comics), among others. Nordling created the feature "The Three Aces", also known as "Crash, Cork, and the Baron", in Harvey Comics' Speed Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), and the detective feature "Pen Miller" in National Comics #1 (July 1940).

Vivi Janiss 1911, actress, Ethel Hall, Dr. King's Secretary - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), Flora Gibbs / Edna Castle - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1960).

Janice Logan 1915, actress, Dr. Mary Robinson - Dr. Cyclops (1940).

Kevin Conway 1942, actor, Kahless - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Rightful Heir", 1993), Jonathan Walker - Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), SG Leader - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Message in a Bottle", 1998), The Control Voice - The Outer Limits (145 episodes, 1995-2002).

Julie Cobb 1947, actress, Yeoman - Star Trek (1 episode, "By Any Other Name", 1968), Adrea - The Fantastic Journey (1 episode, "Turnabout", 1977), Jill Norton - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Stop the Presses", 1978), Joanna Daniels Kendall - Starman (1 episode, "Fathers and Sons", 1987), Sally Reynolds - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Forget Me Not", 1996).

Scott Anthony Leva 1958, actor / Stuntman - Marine Officer - Invaders from Mars (1986), Ortakin - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Soldiers of the Empire", 1997), Waterboy #2 - X-Men (2000). Was The actor dressed in a Spider-Man suit that confronted the actors on set of X-Men as a joke. Realizing that he's in the wrong movie, Spidey backs off saying, "I'm so Sorry! I'm in the wrong movie." (this can be seen as an "Easter Egg" on the DVD edition of the movie).

Diana Lee Inosanto 1966, actress / stuntwoman, Customs Agent #2 - Barb Wire (1996), Eloi - The Time Machine (2002).

Melissa Young 1967, actress, Caprice - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Our Man Bashir", 1995).

Anthony Bonaventura 1978, actor, Riot Motorist - 2012 (2009/I), dock worker - Star Trek 2009.

Richard Lee Jackson 1979, actor, Jeremy - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1 episode, "The Rockstar", 1993), Danny - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, "Past Tense: Part 1 & 2", 1995).

Beatrice Lillie 1894, actress, Revivalist - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956).

Sebastian Shaw 1905, actor, Anakin Skywalker - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

Neil R. Jones 1909, sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds.

Louise Cooper 1952, sci-fi author, Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne

Events

There are surprisingly no events today !!

Ian Fleming, Double Cross, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Young Spock, Joe Palooka, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Commando Cody, Shazam!, Li'l Abner, Riddick.

Okay so Ian Fleming is having a birthday today. Although the James Bond series that he wrote is not true sci-fi, I do however put him in "related area" because he wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was turned into a comic book by Gold Key Comics in 1969. Of course over the years the Bond Series have been adapted into comics also so I'm not that far off the mark.



Also I invite you to check out the others, lots of great people to see.



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Birthdays

Antonino Gilligan "Tony" Consiglio 1970, cartoonist, He has had two graphic novels, More or Less and 110 Percent, published by Top Shelf Comics. Consiglio also made a name for himself with the acclaimed mini-comic Double Cross!, of which he finished thirty-nine issues.

Clement von Franckenstein 1944, actor, Gentleman - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Ship in a Bottle", 1993), Ambassador - T-Force (1994), Great Sage - Avatar: The Last Airbender (1 episode, "Avatar Roku: Winter Solstice, Part 2", 2005).

Jacob Kogan 1995, actor, Young Spock - Star Trek (2009).

Hank Mann 1887, actor, Hiram - Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950), Clothing Store Clerk - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), Waiter - The Joe Palooka Story (1 episode, "Two Rings for Eddie", 1953), Bum - Not of This Earth (1957), Plane Passenger - Space Master X-7 (1958).

Ian Fleming 1908, writer, Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond. Fleming wrote 14 Bond books in all: Casino Royale (1953), Live and Let Die (1954), Moonraker (1955), Diamonds Are Forever (1956), From Russia with Love (1957), Dr. No (1958), Goldfinger (1959), For Your Eyes Only (short story collection, 1960), Thunderball (1961), The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), You Only Live Twice (1964), The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), and Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short story collection, 1966). Fleming also had a hand in creating another spy series, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and wrote the children's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Thora Hird 1911, actor, Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Rigly - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955).

Marshall Reed 1917, actor, Goon - Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946), Moon Soldier - Brick Bradford (1947), Jack Pencroft - Mysterious Island (1951), Inspector Hill / Security Agent - Adventures of Superman (2 episodes, 1953-1954), Portman - Captain Midnight (1 episode, "Peril from the Arctic", 1955), Bill - Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (2 episodes, 1955), General's Aide - The Night the World Exploded (1957).

John Karlen 1933, actor, Willie Loomis - House of Dark Shadows (1970), Willie Loomis / Kendrick Young - Dark Shadows (182 episodes, 1967-1971), Alex Jenkins - Night of Dark Shadows (1971), Nick Roberts - Shazam! (1 episode, "Thou Shalt Not Kill", 1974).

Beth Howland 1941, actress, Clem's Wife - Li'l Abner (1959), Bea - The Tick (1 episode, "Arthur, Interrupted", 2002).

Sondra Locke 1947, actress, Amy - Planet of the Apes (1 episode, "The Cure", 1974), Vanessa - Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1 episode, "Vanessa in the Garden", 1985).

Carey Mulligan 1985, actress, Sally Sparrow - Doctor Who (1 episode, "Blink", 2007).

Alexa Davalos 1982, actress, Kyra - The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Andromeda - Clash of the Titans (2010).

Anne Reid 1935, actress, Nurse Crane - Doctor Who (4 episodes, "The Curse of Fenric: Part 1 - 4", 1989), Wendolene - Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave (1995) (voice), Wendolene Ramsbottom - The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (2001) (V) (voice), Florence Finnegan - Doctor Who (1 episode, "Smith and Jones", 2007).

Patricia Quinn 1944, actress, Belazs - Doctor Who (2 episodes, "Dragonfire: Part 1 - 2", 1987).

Clare Corridan 1951, actress, Mother Superior - Space Nuns (1995).

Events

1939, The Phantom Sunday strip begins.

1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Ménage à Troi" airs.

2005, Dr. Who, "The Doctor Dances" airs.

Harlan Ellison, Jarvis, Enemy Mine, Blood of the Innocent, The Fly, Catwoman, Michaelangelo, Robotech.

There are way too many great names having a birthday today so why waste time reading this when you can enjoy what's below.

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Birthdays

Harlan Ellison 1934, fantasist, credited with writing ""The City on the Edge of Forever"", arguably the most famous episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Although he has written much that would be called science fiction, he disdains the use of that term. He is considered one of the giants of the field by both fans and professionals and has won literally dozens of awards. He has written prose fiction and nonfiction, screenplays, episodic television and a computer game based on his own short story "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream". Harlan once was quoted saying "Call me a 'science fiction' writer, and I'll come to your house and nail your pet's head to the table."

Paul Bettany 1971, actor, Jarvis - Iron Man (2008) (voice), Jarvis - Iron Man 2 (2010) (voice).

Louis Gossett Jr. 1936, actor, Ollie - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Vise", 1968), O'Flaherty - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Clark Templeton O'Flaherty", 1975), Walt Shephard - The Powers of Matthew Star (21 episodes, 1982-1983), Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan - Enemy Mine (1985), Jake Berkowitz - The Punisher (1989), Commander Clash - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (3 episodes, 1991-1992), Gerak - Stargate SG1 (5 episodes, 2005-2006), President Ryan Gordon - Solar Strike (2006) (TV), Lucius Fox - The Batman (3 episodes, 2007).

Mark Wheatley 1954, illustrator, writer, editor, Wheatley's comic book and pulp creations include Breathtaker, Mars, and Blood of the Innocent, all illustrated by his frequent collaborator Marc Hempel. Wheatley has written books, comic books, and television shows, and his illustrations have appeared in magazines, books, comic books, and games.

Vincent Price 1911, actor, Geoffrey Radcliffe - The Invisible Man Returns (1940), Dr. Philip Redmond / Gary Williams (2 episodes, "Operation Flypaper", "One Thousand Eyes", 1956), François Delambre - The Fly (1958), Francois Delambre - Return of the Fly (1959), Captain Robur - Master of the World (1961), Dr. Robert Morgan - The Last Man on Earth (1964), Sir Hugh, The Captain - The City Under the Sea (1965), Professor Multiple - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Deadly Dolls", 1967), Egghead - Batman (7 episodes, 1966-1967), January Q. Irontail - Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) (TV) (voice), Manfred/Cyrus Carstairs - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Black Magic", 1976), Deacon Mushrat - Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo' (1980) (voice), Vincent VanGhoul - The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (13 episodes, 1985), Professor Ratigan - The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (voice), Henry, Sparky's dad - Sparky's Magic Piano (1987) (V) (voice), King Ulvik #1 - The Little Troll Prince (1987) (TV) (voice), Narrator - Tiny Toon Adventures (1 episode, 1991), ZigZag - The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (voice).

Lee Ann Meriwether 1935, actress, The Catwoman / Kitka - Batman (1966), Lisa Carson - Batman (2 episodes, 1967), Dr. Ann MacGregor - The Time Tunnel (30 episodes, 1966-1967), Losira - Star Trek (1 episode, "That Which Survives", 1969), Mrs. Bara - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Rescue", 1969), Sigrid Bergen - The Immortal (1 episode, "The Queen's Gambit", 1970), Widow Liebner - Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1 episode, "Pig Amok", 1996), Waitress in diner - Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003) (TV).

Michelan Sisti 1949, actor, Michaelangelo / Pizza Man - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Michaelangelo / Soho Man - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Tol - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Bloodlines", 1994), Takarn - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "A Voice in the Wilderness: Part 2", 1994).

Ethan Raymond Dampf 1994, Alien Child - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Broken Bow: Part 1", 2001).

Events

1968, Tombstone scenes are filmed for Star Trek:TOS, "Spectre of the Gun".

1985, Robotech: The New Generation airs.

1991, Star Trek:TNG, "The Mind's Eye" airs.

1996, Doctor Who: The TV Movie airs on BBC1

1998, Babylon 5 Episode 102 - "Meditations on the Abyss" first aired

2006, Dr. Who, "The Idiot's Lantern" airs.

Rubber Necker, Grimjack, Wolverine, Kid Colt, Master of the World, Oblivion, Alf, South Park, Wallace & Gromit, Thunderbirds, Cyborg, Ghosts of Mars.

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Birthdays

Nick Bertozzi 1970, is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. He created the series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics.

Tom Mandrake 1956, comic book artist, perhaps best known for his collaborations with writer John Ostrander on multiple comic books, including Grimjack (from First Comics) and The Spectre, Martian Manhunter, and Firestorm, from DC Comics.

Herbert W. "Herb" Trimpe 1939, comic book artist, best known for his work on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of The X-Men. Trimpe started his career at Dell Comics, doing mostly Westerns and also licensed books, like the adaptation of the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth. joined Marvel's production staff in 1967 and remained associated with the company as a contract artist through 1996. While operating the Photostat camera in the Marvel offices, Trimpe did freelance inking for Marvel, and made his professional penciling debut with two Kid Colt Western stories, in Kid Colt, Outlaw #134–135 (May & July 1967). Shortly thereafter, Trimpe and writer Gary Friedrich created Marvel's World War I aviator hero the Phantom Eagle in Marvel Super-Heroes #16 (Sept. 1968). As a Marvel mainstay, Trimpe would draw nearly every starring character. When Marvel went bankrupt in the mid-1990s, Trimpe returned to college to finish his bachelor's degree, and then attended a master's degree program at SUNY New Paltz.[8] Afterward, he taught art at Eldred Central School, a rural middle/high school, for two years. He penciled BPRD: The War on Frogs (Aug. 2008) for Dark Horse Comics, and returned to his signature character by drawing the eight-page story "The Death and Life of the Abomination" in Marvel's King-Size Hulk #1 (July 2008).

Richard Harrison 1936, actor, Pilot - Kronos (1957), Alistair - Master of the World (1961).

Patrick Horgan 1929, actor, Eneg - Star Trek (1 episode, "Patterns of Force", 1968).

Musetta Vander 1963, actress, Zander Tyler - Super Force (22 episodes, 1991-1992), Katya - Monolith (1993), Lash - Oblivion (1994), Lash - Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996), Ingrid Henning - Highlander (1 episode, "The Valkyrie", 1997), Felicia - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Between the Darkness and the Light", 1997), Derran Tahl - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "The Disease", 1999), Shan'auc / Shauna - Stargate SG1 (2 episodes, "Crossroads", " The Changeling", 2000-2003), Sgt. Jacqueline 'Jack' Moore - Planet Raptor (2007) (TV).

Yoshi Jenkins 1970, actor, Vissian - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Cogenitor", 2003).

Benji Gregory 1978, actor, Boy - The Twilight Zone (segment "Night of the Meek") (1 episode, 1985), Kid Cameron - Alf Loves a Mystery (1987) (TV), Brian Tanner - Alf (101 episodes, 1986-2004).

Matt Stone 1971, actor / Director / Producer - Kyle Broflovski / many other voices - South Park (191 episodes, 1997-2010). The town of South Park is based on the mountain town of Fairplay, Colorado. Co-creator of 'South Park' Emmy-Award winning television series, co-created film, 'Team America: World Police'.

Helena Bonham Carter 1966, actress, White Bear - Brown Bear's Wedding (1991) (TV) (voice), Ari - Planet of the Apes (2001), Lady Campanula Tottington - Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) (voice), Dr. Serena Kogan - Terminator Salvation (2009), Red Queen - Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Genie Francis 1962, actress, Amber Lake - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape", 1995), Betty Ross - The Incredible Hulk (4 episodes, 1996-1997), Gwen McMichael - Third Rock From The Sun (1 episode, "Gwen, Larry, Dick and Mary", 2000), Mother - Roswell (1 episode,"Destiny", 2000), Lisa Lowe - Thunderbirds (2004).

Margaret Colin 1958, actress, Sara Brody - Martians Go Home (1989), Constance Spano - Independence Day (1996).

Dayle Haddon 1949, actress, Vanna Smith - Max Headroom (1 episode, "Deities", 1987), Pearl Prophet - Cyborg (1989).

Pam Grier 1949, actress, Louise Williams - Mars Attacks! (1996), Julie Auburn - Pinky and the Brain (1 episode, "Inherit the Wheeze", 1998), Mother Springbok - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Stick Your Neck Out", 1999), The Empress' Nightingale - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1 episode, "The Empress' Nightingale", 1999), Commander Helena Braddock - Ghosts of Mars (2001), Flura Nash - The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), My'ria'h - Justice League (2 episodes, 2002), Amanda Waller - Smallville (3 episodes, 2010).

Philip Michael Thomas 1949, actor, Furst - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Man Who Wouldn't Tell", 1978), Brimstone - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Brimstone",1990).

Jacques Bergerac 1927, actor, French Freddie the Fence - Batman (2 episodes, "Batman Displays His Knowledge", "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires", 1967-1968).

James Arness 1923, actor, Kirk Hamilton - Two Lost Worlds (1951), 'The Thing' - The Thing from Another World (1951), Robert Graham - Them! (1954), Marshal Matt Dillon - Gunsmoke (633 episodes, 1955-1975).

Roy Dotrice 1923, actor, Commissioner Gerald Simmonds - Alien Attack (1976) (TV), Commissioner Simmonds - Space: 1999 (2 episodes, "Breakaway", "Earthbound", 1975-1976), Benson - Saturn 3 (1980) (voice), The Elder - Earth 2 (2 episodes, "The Greatest Love Story Never Told", "After the Thaw", 1995), Frederick Lantz - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "The Fall of Night", 1995), Frederick - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "The Lion and the Unicorn", 1995), Destroyer / Keene Marlow - Spiderman (4 episodes, 1997), Archibald Chandler / Marc LeBeau / The Seer - Sliders (2 episodes, 1999-2000), Dr. John Bachman - Alien Hunter (2003), King Balor - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).

Jay Silverheels 1912, actor, Tonto - The Lone Ranger (217 episodes, 1949-1957), Tonto - The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958), Tonto - Alias Jesse James (1959). He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938.

Peter Cushing 1913, actor, Dr. Who - Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), Dr. Who - Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966), Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes (16 episodes, 1968), Raan - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "Missing Link", 1976), Dr. Abner Perry - At the Earth's Core (1976), Grand Moff Tarkin - Star Wars (1977).

Events

1967, Location filming at Vasquez Rocks for Star Trek:TOS: "Friday's Child".

1997, Babylon 5 Episode 81 - "No Surrender, No Retreat" first aired

1999, Star Trek:DS9, "The Dogs of War" airs.

1999, Star Trek:Voyager, "Equinox" airs.

2004, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Zero Hour" airs.

The Sandman, Usagi Yojimbo, Cookie Monster, Bert, Yoda, The Brain, Captain America, Shrek, Star Wars: Episode VI,

Anyone who has grown up with a TV will know the name Frank Oz. He was the voices of some of our favorite characters such as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle, Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert and Yoda. Happy Birthday Frank !!



Also I'd like to say it's Stan Sakai's birthday. Stan created Usagi Yojimbo and attended the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. It was great to meet him in person while I was handing out water to the parched artists. I hope we can have him back again.



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Birthdays

Marc Hempel 1957, cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman. Hempel's art has also appeared in Marvel Fanfare, Epic Illustrated, Heavy Metal, Jonny Quest, Tarzan the Warrior, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Flinch, My Faith in Frankie, The Dreaming, Lucifer, and Disney Adventures.

Stan Sakai 1953, comic book artist, He began his career by lettering comic books (notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier) and wrote and illustrated The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy; a comic series with a medieval setting, influenced by Sergio Aragones's Groo the Wanderer. The characters first appeared in Albedo #1 in 1984, and were subsequently featured in issues of Critters, GrimJack, Amazing Heroes and Furrlough. Sakai became famous with the creation of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole artist.

Frank Oz 1944, actor, voice actor, Oz is known for his work as a puppeteer, performing with Jim Henson's Muppets. His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others. In addition to performing a variety of characters, Oz has been one of the primary collaborators responsible for the development of the Muppets over the last 30 years. Oz has performed as a Muppeteer in over 75 movies, video releases, and television specials, as well as countless other public appearances, episodes of Sesame Street, and other Jim Henson series. His puppetry work spans from 1963 to the present, though he has retired from the Muppets. His Muppets were taken over by Eric Jacobson, though Oz still performs his characters on occasion. He also worked with the puppets on the movie Labyrinth, starring David Bowie. Oz is also well known as the performer of Jedi Master Yoda from George Lucas' Star Wars series. Oz performed the voice and puppet for Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, and provided the voice of the computer-generated imagery (CGI) Yoda in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

John Gabriel 1931, actor, The Professor - Gilligan's Island: Marooned (1964) (TV), Professor - Gilligan's Island (1 episode, "Marooned", 1964), Crewman - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Corbomite Maneuver", 1966), Dirk Shuster - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "The Cross-Country Kidnap", 1975), Joshua Lambert - The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) (TV). John Gabriel played the "Professor" in the unaired pilot of "Gilligan's Island" (1964). This pilot also has a different theme song, composed by John Williams.

Susan Diol 1962, actress, Carmen Davila - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Silicon Avatar", 1991), Beth Calavicci - Quantum Leap (2 episodes, 1990-1993), Marina Del Ray - Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) (TV), Dr. Danara Pel - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, "Lifesigns", "Resolutions", 1996).

Miles Malleson 1888, actor, Dr. Miller - The Brain (1962), Dymchurch Registrar - First Men in the Moon (1964).

Janet E. Morris 1946, sci-fi author, Golden Sword, Tempus

Connie Selleca 1955, actress, Dr. Wendy Day - Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) (TV), Pamela Williams - Beyond Westworld (5 episodes, 1980), Pam Davidson Hinkley - The Greatest American Hero (44 episodes, 1981-1986).

Mike Myers 1963, actor, Shrek - Shrek (2001) (voice), Shrek - Shrek 4-D (2003) (voice), The Cat - The Cat in the Hat (2003), Shrek - Shrek 2 (2004) (voice), Shrek - Far Far Away Idol (2004) (V) (voice), Shrek - Shrek the Third (2007) (voice), Shrek - Shrek the Halls (2007) (TV) (voice), Shrek - Shrek Forever After (2010) (voice).

Ann Robinson 1935, actress, Girl in Bar - City Beneath the Sea (1953), Sylvia Van Buren - The War of the Worlds (1953), Queen Juliandra/Noviandra - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (3 episodes, 1954), Dr. Sylvia Van Buren - Attack from Mars, Sylvia Van Buren - War of the Worlds (3 episodes, 1988-1989), Dr. Sylvia Van Buren, Grandmother - War of the Worlds (2005).

Events

1945, Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit

1983, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi is released.

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 14 - "TKO" first aired

Richie Rich, Little Dot, Little Lotta, Golly Galloo, Adam Strange, Flash, Red Planet Mars, Marmaduke, Famous Last Words, Atom Man vs. Superman, JLA.

Lots of great comic book artists and cartoonists are sharing a birthday today. Maybe you have a favorite.

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Birthdays

Sid Couchey 1919, cartoonist best-known for his illustration work on the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Little Lotta and Little Dot. His style is known for big, friendly faces and a sharp sense of visual humor. In the mid-1950s, Sid answered an advertisement in the New York Times--and thus briefly became an assistant for Joe Shuster, the co-creator of Superman. After several planning sessions in Sid's 9th Avenue apartment, Shuster came up with "another alien baby" named Golly Galloo. Although "Galloo never flew",

Carmine Infantino 1925, comic book artist and editor, Infanto inked the feature "Jack Frost" in USA Comics #3 (Jan. 1942). Infantino would eventually work for several publishers during the decade, drawing Airboy and the Heap for Hillman Periodicals; working for packager Jack Binder, who supplied Fawcett Comics; briefly at Holyoke; then landing at DC Comics, where he became a regular artist of the Golden Age Flash, Black Canary, Green Lantern and Justice Society of America. In 1956, DC editor Julius Schwartz assigned writer Robert Kanigher and artist Infantino to the company's first attempt at reviving superheroes: an updated version of the Flash that would appear in issue #4 (Oct. 1956) of the try-out series Showcase. Infantino designed the now-classic red uniform with yellow detail, striving to keep the costume as streamlined as possible, and he drew on his design abilities to create a new visual language to depict the Flash's speed, making the figure a red and yellow blur. other features and titles, most notably "Adam Strange" in Mystery in Space, in 1964 gave the "New Look" Batman and Robin a more detective-oriented direction and sleeker draftsmanship that proved a hit combination. Other features and characters Infantino drew at DC include "The Space Museum", and Elongated Man. Infantino was made publisher in 1971 for DC.

Willis Bouchey 1907, actor, President - Red Planet Mars (1952), Official at D.C. Meeting - Them! (1954), Dr. Samuel Thorne - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Masks", 1964).

Brad Anderson 1924, cartoonist, He is best known for creating the comic strip Marmaduke in 1955, which he continues to draw to this day. Anderson, who says he draws on Laurel and Hardy routines for his ideas, received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for Marmaduke in 1978. One of his favorite inclusions in his comics was the old Cave's Meat Market in Brocton. There were several cartoons dedicated to Cave's and to Marmaduke running away from the store with items he had retrieved. He was also involved in the comic strip Grandpa's Boy, which ran from 1955 through 1980.

Irwin Caplan 1919, cartoonist, best known as the creator of The Saturday Evening Post cartoon series, Famous Last Words. In the late 1940s through the early 1960s, Caplan's distinctive, crisp cartoon style appeared in Collier's, Life, Esquire and other leading publications.

Paul Robert Langdon 1988, actor, Dean - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Lineage", 2001), Little Jackie - Jackie Chan Adventures (1 episode, "Through the Rabbit Hole", 2001)(voice).

Creighton Hale 1882, actor, Shell Person - One Million B.C. (1940), Observer - Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)[Ch. 1], Bit Role - The She-Creature (1956).

Jim Broadbent 1949, actor, Compere - Time Bandits (1981), Jean Pierre Dubois - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), The Doctor - Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) (TV), Lord Kelvin - Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Madame Gasket - Robots (2005) (voice), Batman - Spider-Plant Man (2005) (TV), Dean Charles Stanforth - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

Alfred Molina 1953, actor, Satipo - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Dr. Stephen Arden - Species (1995), Elcio - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Only Child", 1998), King Gustav - Justice League (2 episodes, 2003), Doc Ock / Dr. Otto Octavius - Spider-Man 2 (2004), Professor Jeffries - Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) (V) (voice), Ares - Wonder Woman (2009) (V) (voice).

Events

1966, Cameras roll on TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver", the first regular production episode of Star Trek. Among the scenes filmed today is scene 21, where Janice Rand, in Kirk's quarters, lays out a clean uniform for the captain. The scene is deleted from the episode's final edit.

1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Second Chances" airs.

1995, Babylon 5 Episode 40 - "Confessions and Lamentations" first aired

2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Unimatrix Zero" airs.

Captain Video, Space: 1999, Alf, Robotech, Alien Nation, Gog, Riders to the Stars, Doctor Who, Blondie.

If you ever wondered which sci-fi writer coined the phrase "Gas Giant", then today's the day to check out the blog.

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Birthdays

James Benjamin Blish 1921, Blish wrote science fiction criticism under the pen name 'William Atheling, Jr.' While he was well known within the SF field, he's best known outside the field for novelizations of the original 'Star Trek' episodes. Two sci-fi TV shows he wrote for were Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) and The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953). Blish was responsible for coining the term "gas giant" in the story "Solar Plexus" as it appeared in the anthology Beyond Human Ken when describing Jupiter.

Joan Collins 1933, actress, Sister Edith Keeler - Star Trek (1 episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever", 1967), The Siren - Batman (2 episodes, "Ring Around the Riddler", "The Wail of the Siren", 1967), Kara - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "Mission of the Darians", 1975), Eve Di Falco - Future Cop (1 episode, "The Kansas City Kid", 1977), Marilyn Fryser - H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants (1977), Pearl Slaghoople - The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000).

Hal Landon, Jr. 1941, actor, O'Dell - The Twilight Zone (segment "The Little People of Killany Woods") (1 episode, 1986), Norm - Quantum Leap (1 episode, 1991), Neral - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", 1999).

Alex Henteloff 1942, actor, Rick Steiner - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "The Invisible Man", 1975), Dr. Nichols - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Mr. Rasmussen - Alf (1 episode, "It's My Party", 1989).

Iona Morris 1957, actress, Little African American Girl - Star Trek (1 episode, "Miri", 1966), Claudia Grant - Robotech (1 episode, "Boobytrap", 1985)(voice), Claudia Grant - Codename: Robotech (1985) (TV), Annie - The Twilight Zone (segment "Chameleon") (1 episode, 1985), Katsumi Liqueur - Silent Möbius (1991) (voice: English version), Storm / Ororo Munroe - X-Men (11 episodes, 1992-1993)(voice), Nila Fontaine / Betty the Saxophonist - Phantom 2040 (4 episodes, 1994-1995), Woman - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1 episode, "Never the Twain Shall Meet", 1996)(voice), Medusa - Fantastic Four (4 episodes, 1995-1996)(voice), Teacher - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1 episode, "Heroes", 1996)(voice), Kate - Homeboys in Outer Space (1 episode, 1996), Storm (Ororo Munroe) - Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1997) (V) (voice), Martha Robertson / Storm / Ororo Munroe - Spider-Man (5 episodes, 1996-1997), Mother Elephant - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Iron Curtain", 1998), Umali - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, "Workforce part 1 & 2", 2001), Principal Stringent - ChalkZone (3 episodes, 2003), Jean Grant - Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006) (voice), Luba - W.I.T.C.H. (4 episodes, 2006)(voice).

Beverly Leech 1959, actress, Rita Allan Poe - Alien Nation (1 episode, "Gimme, Gimme", 1990), Catherine Farrington - Quantum Leap", (1 episode, 1990), Elizabeth Sheridan - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Revelations", 1994), Dayla - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Nightingale", 2000).

Herbert Marshall 1890, actor, Dr. Donald L. Stanton/Narrator - Riders to the Stars (1954), Dr. Van Ness - Gog (1954), Insp. Charas - The Fly (1958).

Marius Goring 1912, actor, Lord Linchmere - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 episode, "The Beetle Hunter", 1967), Theodore Maxtible - Doctor Who (6 episodes, "The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 2-7", 1967).

Sid Melton 1920, actor, 'Mouse' Gifford - Blondie Goes to College (1942), Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd - Captain Midnight (15 episodes, 1954-1956), Thug - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Deadly Rock", 1956), Yeoman Chester Tuttle - The Atomic Submarine (1959).

James [Benjamin] Blish 1921, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader

Nigel Davenport 1928, actor, Montgomery - The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), Major Jack Downing - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984).

Events

1964, Dr. Who, four-part serial "The Aztecs" airs.

1993, Star Trek:DS9, "The Forsaken" airs.

1994, Star Trek:TNG, "All Good Things..." airs. Series finale.

2001, Star Trek:Voyager, "Endgame" airs. Series finale.

2001,The two-hour series finale of Star Trek: Voyager, "Endgame", airs.

Sad Sack, Damnation Alley, Science Fiction Theatre, Blackstar, Ray Bradbury Theater, El Dago, Conan the Adventurer, The Lost Room, The 4400.

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Birthdays

George Baker 1915, was a cartoonist who became prominent during World War II as the creator of the popular comic strip, The Sad Sack.

Paul Winfield 1939, actor, Keegan - Damnation Alley (1977), Capt. Clark Terrell - Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Lieutenant Ed Traxler - The Terminator (1984), Captain Dathon - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Darmok", 1991), Earl Cooper - Batman: The Animated Series(1 episode, "The Mechanic", 1993), Gen. Richard Franklin - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Gropos", 1995), Jeffrey Robbins - Gargoyles (3 episodes, 1995), General Casey - Mars Attacks! (1996), Black Marvel / Omar Mosley - Spider-Man (3 episodes, 1997), Mr. Ruhle - The Magic School Bus (4 episodes, 1996-1997), Lucious Sweet - The Simpsons (2 episodes, 1996-1998), DA Sam Young - Batman Beyond (3 episodes, 1999-2000).

David Hillary Hughes 1901, actor, Unknown role - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "One Thousand Eyes", 1956), Trefayne - Star Trek (1 episode, "Errand of Mercy", 1967).

Carol Lundberg 1934, layout artist and designer of animated programs. As an employee of Filmation studios, she was a layout artist on Star Trek: The Animated Series. Lundberg worked as a layout artist for Filmation from 1969 through 1981. Besides Star Trek, her other Filmation credits include layout work for The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty (1975-76), The New Adventures of Batman (1977-78), and The New Animated Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979-80). She went on to work for Filmation as a character designer on such shows as Shazam! (1981-82) and She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985) and character design supervisor for the series Blackstar (1981-82). In addition, she was a layout supervisor for the immensely popular He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-85). For Marvel Productions, Lundberg was a model designer on the animated series G.I. Joe and character designer on 1987's G.I. Joe: The Movie. She then went to work for Hanna-Barbera Productions, where she worked as a background key designer on The Pirates of Dark Water and as a layout artist for the 1993 film Once Upon a Forest.

Michael Sarrazin 1940, actor, John Colt / Peter - The Ray Bradbury Theater (2 episodes, 1989-1992), Trevean - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Quickening", 1996), Stranger / Marty Kilgore - The Outer Limits (2 episodes, 1996-1999), Dr. Charles Tenzer - Earth: Final Conflict (1 episode, "Guilty Conscience", 2001).

Carlos Garzón 1945, comic book artist, working with both pencils and inks. He began his career in the late 1960s with his character "El Dago". By the mid-1970s, he had begun working for Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse Comics. He is best known for his work with both the Star Wars and Star Trek lines, doing covers, inks, and pencils across their various runs.

Gary Franklin Kasper 1958, actor / stuntman, Pilot - Batman Forever (1995), Dreadnought - Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Chapter 4, Eggs from 70 Million B.C. (1996) (V), Dugon - Conan the Adventurer (1 episode, "Antidote", 1998), Orion Slaver #2 - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Borderland", 2004).

Ann Cusack 1961, actress, Sub Girl - Tank Girl (1995), Maggie - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Carbon Creek", 2002), Helen Ruber - The Lost Room (2 episodes, 2006).

Noa Tishby 1975, actress, Amanda Cole - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Harbinger", 2004), Chloe Granger - The 4400 (1 episode, "Weight of the World", 2005), Community Announcer - The Island (2005).

Events

1966, 18th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, Outstanding Children's Program: Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez for A Charlie Brown Christmas

1989, Star Trek:TNG, "Up The Long Ladder" airs.

1994, Star Trek:DS9, "The Collaborator" airs.

1995, Star Trek:DS9, "Shakaar" airs.

1995, Star Trek:Voyager, "Learning Curve" airs.

2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Shockwave" airs.