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Birthdays
| Warren Kremer 1921, comics writer and artist best-known for his creation of the Harvey Comics characters Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Stumbo the Giant. Kremer then did layout, lettering, and illustrations for pulp and aviation magazines for ten years. He gradually took on more comics work in Ace Publications, his first title being "Hap Hazard". He was the top artist at Harvey, where he worked for 35 years mostly as an Art Editor. After Harvey ended publication in 1982, Kremer created and/or drew several characters for Marvel Comics' Star Comics line, including Count Duckula, Ewoks, Planet Terry, Royal Roy, and Top Dog. Warren's son, Richard W.Kremer was who Richie Rich was named. |
| John Bailey 1914, actor, Dr. Craigshaw - Adam Adamant Lives! (1 episode, "The Village of Evil", 1966), Dr. Mitchell - Journey to the Unknown (1 episode, "The Last Visitor", 1969), Sezom / Edward Waterfield - Doctor Who (9 episodes, 1964-1980). |
| Robert Davi 1951, actor, Rader - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "The Slam", 1979), Zealotta - The Powers of Matthew Star (1 episode, "The Italian Caper", 1982), Captain Phil Heinemann - Predator 2 (1990), Simon Buchanan - VR.5 (1 episode, "Simon's Choice", 1995), Magma/Dr. Mike Morgan - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "Heroes", 1999), Commander Acastus Kolya - Stargate: Atlantis (6 episodes, 2004-2008). |
| Tom DeFalco 1950, comic book writer, well-known for his association with Marvel Comics and in particular for his work with Spider-Man. He began his comics career as an editorial assistant with Archie Comics in summer 1972. During his tenure with Archie Comics, he "initiated and developed the Archie Comics Digest Series. DeFalco was soon writing for the flagship title Archie as well as for other titles including Scooby-Doo and Josie and the Pussycats. He later joined Marvel Comics, with whom he would spend the next twenty years of his career. One of his earliest non-Archie credits was as writer, however, was with the "Distinguished Competition", on the final (8th) issue of DC's aborted "Swords and Science" title Starfire (Oct 1977) and a back-up Cain story in House of Mystery before moving to Marvel, where he wrote a couple of issues of Avengers and the final five issues of Machine Man (plus a Machine Man issue of Marvel Team-Up, before launching Dazzler in March 1981. (DeFalco later wrote a Machine Man limited series in 1984, with art by Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith). DeFalco was the chief designer and author for Dazzler, and later became one of the most popular writers for the Spider-Man comic book series while at the same time rising through the editorial ranks. While writing Dazzler, he penned a couple of issues of Marvel Team-Up, before taking over from Dennis O'Neil as editor of that title, as well as assuming editorial duties on Ghost Rider, What If...? and the Spider-Man titles, which he edited throughout the early 1980s. DeFalco was also "part of the creative team that introduced the Transformers to the American public" in 1984. In August 1983, DeFalco wrote the first four issues of the third series of Red Sonja. After co-writing two issues of Fantastic Four (#301-2; April-May 1987) with Roger Stern (DeFalco would return to writing the title between 1991 and 1996), DeFalco took over writing duties on Thor from Walt Simonson with #383 in September, before succeeding Jim Shooter as Editor-in-Chief effective from comics cover-dated November 1987. He served from 1987 to 1994, making him one of the longest serving individuals to hold that post. |
| Chris O'Donnell 1970, actor, Robin / Dick Grayson - Batman Forever (1995), Robin / Dick Grayson - Batman & Robin (1997). |
| Sean Hayes 1970, actor, Brain Pod #13 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (V) (voice), Mr. Humberfloob / Voice of the Fish - The Cat in the Hat (2003), Brain - Igor (2008) (voice). |
| Clive Francis 1946, actor, Crichton - Journey to the Unknown (1 episode, "The Beckoning Fair One", 1968), Lodger - A Clockwork Orange (1971). |
| Josef Sommer 1934, actor, Larry Butler - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Dr. Jeffrey Stewart - D.A.R.Y.L. (1985), Charles Estiman - Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) (TV), The President - X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Dr. Henryk Belicec - The Invasion (2007). |
| Peter Lorre 1904, actor, Conseil - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Steward - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), Comm. Lucius Emery - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). |
Events
| 1953, Terry and the Pirates is a short-lived American adventure series based on Milton Caniff's popular comic strip begins and runs until November 21, 1953. The syndicated series ran for 18 episodes and was produced by Don Sharpe Enterprises. |
| 2001, Star Trek: Armada II is released. |
| 2006, Kyle XY airs on ABC. |
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