It's Chewbacca's birthday today. Happy Birthday Peter Mayhew !!
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Birthdays
| Pete Costanza 1913, comic book artist and illustrator. He is best known for his work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family during the World War II era. Costanza freelanced for Gilberton's Classics Illustrated, adapting literary classics and historic events into single-issue comic-book narratives, as well as for Charlton Comics, the American Comics Group (ACG), for which he was widely known for his work on "Magicman" and "Forbidden Worlds," |
| Steve Lieber 1967, comic-book illustrator. His best known work includes runs on Detective Comics and Hawkman, the graphic novel Whiteout and its Eisner Award-winning sequel, Whiteout: Melt. He is also the co-author (with Nat Gertler) of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel. |
| Robert Harper 1951, actor, J.J. Derks - Not Quite Human (1987) (TV), Lathal Bine - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Host", 1991), |
| Sean Whalen 1964, actor, Paperboy - Batman Returns (1992), Bone - Waterworld (1995), Skip Wallace - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Super Mann", 1995), Passport Officer - Men in Black (1997), Zoumas - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Canamar", 2003), Ogre/Announcer/Geek Boy - American Dragon: Jake Long (1 episode, "Body Guard Duty", 2005)(voice), Neil 'Frogurt' - Lost: Missing Pieces (1 episode, "The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt", 2007), Neil - Lost (3 episodes, 2009-2010). |
| Anthony Bushell 1904, actor, Colonel James Breen - Quatermass and the Pit (6 episodes, 1958-1959), General Martin - Invisible Man (1 episode, "Shadow Bomb", 1959). |
| Bruce Bennett 1906, actor, Tarzan - The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935/I)(as Herman Brix), Tarzan - Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) (as Herman Brix), Mason's chauffeur - Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939), Dr. Hugh Bentley / Major Sorenson / General Frank Terrance / Dr. Sheldon Thorpe - Science Fiction Theatre (5 episodes, 1955-1957), Dr. Karl Sorenson - The Cosmic Man (1959), Clone Lab Assistant - The Clones (1973). |
| David McLean 1922, actor, Seaman Duncan - Captain Fathom (1955) (TV), Ned Thompson - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), Sen. McKenzie - The Andromeda Strain (1971), Sheriff Gene Smith - Kingdom of the Spiders (1977). |
| James Fox 1939, actor, Lord Charles Esker - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), Prof. Leo Summerlee - The Lost World (2001) (TV). |
| Peter Mayhew 1944, actor, Chewbacca - Star Wars (1977), Minoton - Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), Chewbacca - The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV), Chewbacca - The Muppet Show (1 episode, "Episode #4.17", 1980), Chewbacca - Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Chewbacca - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Susha - Dragon Ball GT Movie: A Hero's Legacy (1997) (TV) (voice: English version), Peter Mayhew - Comic Book: The Movie (2004) (V), Chewbacca - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). He had the option of either playing Darth Vader or Chewbacca, as did David Prowse. Mayhew chose Chewbacca because he wanted to play a hero, whilst David Prowse chose Vader because he wanted to play a villain. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) premiered on his 55th and 61st birthdays respectively. He appeared in the latter but not the former. |
Events
| 1973, Dr. Who, six-part serial "The Green Death" airs. |
| 1974, Buz Sawyer Sunday strip ends. |
| 1997, Star Trek:DS9, "Empok Nor" airs. |
| 1997, Babylon 5 Episode 80 - "Moments of Transition" first aired |
| 1999, Star Trek:DS9, "Extreme Measures" airs. |
| 1999, Star Trek:VOY, "Warhead" airs. |
| 2004, Star Trek:ENT, "Countdown" airs. |
| 2007, Dr. Who, "42" airs. |
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