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

May 9, 2010

Happy Mothers Day, Li'l Abner, Predator, Roswell, Stig's Inferno, Sam and Friends, Dr. Who.



Happy Mothers Day to my mom and my mother, and also to my mother - in - law.

Enjoy !!





Birthdays

Ray Young 1940, actor, Li'l Abner - Li'l Abner (1971) (TV), Tyranian Teacher #2 - Genesis II (1973) (TV), Bob Richards - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Iron Ships and Dead Men", 1977), Tobirov - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Man Who Made Volcanoes", 1977), Creature - Salvage 1 (1 episode, "Dark Island", 1979), Big Bob - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Maybe Baby - March 11, 1963", 1990), Morka - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Visionary", 1995).
Gregory Beecroft 1952, actor, Mickey D - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Royale", 1989).
Benjamin Lum 1953, actor, Jim Shimoda - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Naked Now", 1987).
Kevin Peter Hall 1955, actor, Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln - Misfits of Science (1985) (TV), Dr. Elvin 'El' Lincoln - Misfits of Science (16 episodes, 1985-1986), The Predator / Helicopter Pilot - Predator (1987), Leyor - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Price", 1989), The Predator - Predator 2 (1990). This giant's face was rarely seen in his films, as he usually played monsters and semi-human creatures that required him to wear mounds of make-up. The character of the Predator in Predator (1987) went through many development stages, including one version that was set up for Jean-Claude Van Damme to play a martial-arts fighting Predator, and finally decided on the crab-like humanoid monster seen in the film. The producers realized much of their human cast were bodybuilders over 6 feet tall (and Van Damme was clearly smaller) and thus they cast the enormous Hall so that the Predator could realistically physically dominate the film's human characters.
Brian J. Cousins 1959, actor, Wade - Mandroid (1993), Parem / Crosis - Star Trek: The Next Generation (3 episodes, "The Next Phase", "Descent: Part 1 & 2", 1992-1993), Wade - Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight (1994), Medical Officer - Roswell (1994) (TV), Rick - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "A Race Through Dark Places", 1995), Monitor - Space: Above and Beyond (1 episode, "Who Monitors the Birds?", 1996), Lev - Dark Skies (1 episode, "White Rabbit", 1997), Zorga and Prada - Conan the Adventurer (1 episode, "Amazon Woman", 1997), Sam Usher - Time Cop (1 episode, "Alternate World", 1998), Korindos / Kaplan - Sliders (1 episode, 1998), Alien Lieutenant - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "The Catwalk", 2002).
Ty Templeton 1962, comic book artist, His career began in the mid-1980s when he wrote and drew Stig's Inferno for Vortex Comics. That led to further work with DC Comics on titles such as Justice League of America, Superman, and Batman. He then authored the How to Draw Batman and How to Draw Superman guidebooks. He is also known as the person who created the artwork for "Suicide Squid".


Events

1955, Sam and Friends debuts, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and the Muppets.
1970, Dr. Who, seven-part serial "Inferno" airs.
1988, Star Trek:TNG, "Conspiracy" airs.
1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Progress" airs.
2001, Star Trek:Voyager, "Homestead" airs.

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