Dimension 5, Automan, The Angry Red Planet, Lurch, Thing, Galactus, Igoo, Genesis II, Roswell, Stargate SG-1, Dickie Dare, Ben Casey, The Spirit.

Today the original Lurch is having a birthday.


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Birthdays

France Nuyen 1939, actress, Kitty - Dimension 5 (1966), Elaan - Star Trek (1 episode, "Elaan of Troyius", 1968), Alma - Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Mamu - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "The Coward", 1974), Liang Lu - Automan (1 episode, "Ships in the Night", 1984), Madame Li Yu - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Ripper", 1999).

Theodore "Ted" Crawford Cassidy 1932, actor, Martian - The Angry Red Planet (1959) (voice), Metallus / Tarko The Terrible - Space Ghost (2 episodes, 1966), Lurch / Thing - The Addams Family (64 episodes, 1964-1966), Frankenstein, Jr. - Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (1966) TV series, Slave - Lost in Space (1 episode, "The Thief from Outer Space", 1966), Lurch - Batman (1 episode, "The Penguin's Nest", 1966), Ruk / Balok's Puppet / Gorn - Star Trek (3 episodes, 1966-1967), Spy Shadow - Super President" (1967) TV series (voice), Meteor Man - Birdman (1967) TV series, Galactus - Fantastic 4 (1 episode, "Galactus", 1967), Igoo - The Herculoids (1967) TV series (unknown episodes, 1967-1969), Sampson - Tarzan (1 episode, "Jungle Ransom", 1968), Injun Joe/Xaon, the All-Powerful Khan/Elephant Rider - The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (20 episodes, 1968-1969)(voice), Lurch - The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1 episode, "Wednesday Is Missing", 1972), Isiah - Genesis II (1973) (TV), Lurch - The Addams Family" (1973) TV series (unknown episodes), Isiah - Planet Earth (1974) (TV), Bigfoot - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "The Return of Bigfoot: Part 2", 1976), Crag the Earthor - The All-New Super Friends Hour (1 episode, "The Brain Machine/Joy Ride/Invasion of the Earthors/The Whirlpool", 1977), Bigfoot - The Six Million Dollar Man (2 episodes, 1976-1977), Lurch - Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) (TV), Monster/Opening Credits Narrator - The Incredible Hulk (1977) (TV), Police Officer - The Flintstones Little Big League (1978) (TV) (voice), Canja - Man from Atlantis (1 episode, "Scavenger Hunt", 1978), Demon Balzaroth - Dr. Strange (1978) (TV) (voice), Ben Grimm / The Thing - The Fantastic Four (13 episodes, 1978)(voice), Brainiac / Black Manta - Challenge of the SuperFriends (16 episodes, 1978), Frankenstone - The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979) (TV) (voice), Godzilla - The Godzilla Show (26 episodes, 1978-1979), Thun - Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) (TV) (voice). Lurch was supposed to be silent, as in the Charles Addams cartoons, but during the shooting of the pilot, when Ted made his very first appearance at the sounding of the gong, he ad libbed the now famous line, "You rang?" in his trademark sonorous voice, and everyone was so impressed that Lurch became a speaking role.

Douglas "Doug" Wert 1961, actor, Jack Crusher - Star Trek: The Next Generation (3 episodes, 1990-1994), Older Jesse Marcel, Jr. - Roswell (1994) (TV), Major Hadden - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Arthur's Mantle", 2006).

Rudolf Martin 1967, actor, Kurtz - Sliders (1 episode, "Roads Taken", 1999), Ravis - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Two Days and Two Nights", 2002), Anateo - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Company of Thieves", 2006).

Events

1933, Dickie Dare comic strip by Milton Caniff begins.

1966, Ben Casey strip ends on a Sunday.

1977, The story treatment "In Thy Image", which evolved into Star Trek: The Motion Picture is submitted.

1987, Armin Shimerman's scenes as the Betazoid gift box are filmed for TNG: "Haven".

1987, The Spirit is released.

2004, Justice League Unlimited airs on Cartoon Network Toonami.

2007, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales, a set of mini-stories featuring established characters from the series, released direct-to-DVD.

Jungle Jim, Two-Face, Half Nelson, Voyagers!, The Addams Family, Mr. Homm, Captain Easy.

The second actor to play Lurch is featured today and surprisingly the original actor is celebrating a birthday tomorrow.


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Birthdays

Holmes Herbert 1882, actor, Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden - Jungle Jim (1948)

Chris Sprouse 1966, comic book artist, Sprouse launched his career in mainstream comics in 1989, his first credited work being a Chemical King story in an issue of DC Comics' Secret Origins. He then did a Two-Face story for Batman Annual #14 and then moved on to the limited series Hammerlocke. Sprouse then took on the sci-fi series Legionnaires, featuring teenaged versions of the characters in the Legion of Super-Heroes series, and eventually moved on to a number of one-shot and fill-in issues before illustrating a Star Wars mini-series, Splinter of the Mind's Eye, for Dark Horse Comics. He then worked for Extreme Studios as the regular penciller of New Men, and in 1997, Sprouse drew several issues of Supreme, scripted by Alan Moore for the same publisher. After Supreme ended, a year later he and Moore created Tom Strong for America's Best Comics, for which Sprouse won two Eisner Awards in 2000, for Best Single Issue and Best Serialized Story. Sprouse was also the penciller on the 2004 Ocean mini-series, written by Warren Ellis and published by DC Comics. In 2007, Ocean was optioned for film. In 2006, he began pencilling Wildstorm's Midnighter ongoing series, a spin-off of The Authority.

Lou Darvas 1913, cartoonist, He received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1967 for his work. He also authored a book called "You Can Draw Cartoons", published in 1960 by Doubleday. He was the author of a daily comic strip called "Half Nelson" for the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate for a year before returning to Cleveland Press in 1946.

William Wintersole 1931, actor, Professor Andrew Whitsett - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Inheritors: Part 1", 1964), Alien in Charge / Carr - The Invaders (2 episodes, 1967), Kurt - Tarzan (1 episode, "The Last of the Supermen", 1967), Abrom - Star Trek (1 episode, "Patterns of Force", 1968), Manager - The Immortal (1 episode, "White Elephants Don't Grow on Trees", 1970), Blythe - Voyagers! (1 episode, "An Arrow Pointing East", 1982).

Carel Struycken 1948, actor, Terak - Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) (TV), Lurch - The Addams Family (1991), Mr. Homn - Star Trek: The Next Generation (5 episodes, 1987-1992), Dallas - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) (TV), Lurch - Addams Family Values (1993), Gaunt - Oblivion (1994), Trader - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Soul Mates", 1994), Gaunt - Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996), Spectre - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "The Thaw", 1996), Arquillian - Men in Black (1997), Lurch - Addams Family Reunion (1998) (V), Strange man - Science Fiction (2002).

Events

1933, Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune Sunday strip begins.

1968, The escape from the Vians' lab is filmed for TOS: "The Empath".

Dr. Cyclops, Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer, Time Bandits, King Kong Lives, Golden Boy, Fringe, Aqualad, Big Bang Theory, Alien Nation.

Too many great names to mention so just take a peak and see what you think.


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Birthdays

Thomas Coley 1913, actor, Bill Stockton - Dr. Cyclops (1940), Bill Oker - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Captain's Guests", 1959).

Melvin Belli 1907, actor, lawyer, Gorgan - Star Trek (1 episode, "And the Children Shall Lead", 1968).

Dave Stevens 1955, comic book artist, most famous for creating The Rocketeer comic book and film character, and for his pin-up style "glamour art" illustrations, especially of model Bettie Page. He was the first to win Comic-Con International's Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award in 1982, and received both an Inkpot Award and the Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album in 1986. His first professional comic work was inking Russ Manning's pencils for the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and two European Tarzan graphic novels in 1975 (he later assisted Manning on the Star Wars newspaper strip). Starting in 1977, he drew storyboards for Hanna-Barbara animated TV shows, including Super Friends and The Godzilla Power Hour where he worked with comics and animation veteran, Doug Wildey. For the rest of the decade, he continued to work in animation and film, joining the art studio of illustrators William Stout and Richard Hescox in Los Angeles, working on projects such as storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark and pop singer Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. Following The Rocketeer, Stevens worked primarily as an illustrator, doing a variety of ink and painted illustrations for book and comic book covers, posters, prints, portfolios, and private commissions, including a number of covers for Comico's Jonny Quest title and a series of eight covers for various Eclipse titles which were also published in the form of large posters. Much of his illustrations were in the "good girl art" genre. He also made a return to art college to study painting.

David Warner 1941, actor, Jack the Ripper / John Leslie Stevenson - Time After Time (1979), Evil Genius - Time Bandits (1981), Ed Dillinger / Sark / Master Control Program - TRON (1982), St. John Talbot - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Zarm - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1 episode, "The Dream Machine", 1990), Professor Jordan Perry - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Chancellor Gorkon - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Professor Summerlee - The Lost World (1992), Professor Summerlee - Return to the Lost World (1992), Gul Madred - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1992), Jor-El - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Foundling", 1994), Aldous Gajic - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Grail", 1994), Talon - Mighty Max (1 episode, "Souls of Talon", 1994)(voice), Ice Breaker - Biker Mice From Mars (1 episode, "Below the Horizon", 1995)(voice), Ra's Al Ghul - Batman: The Animated Series (5 episodes, 1992-1995)(voice), Arthur Dearborn - The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man (1 episode, "Cell of Iron", 1995)(voice), Archmage - Gargoyles (4 episodes, 1995)(voice), The Lobe - Freakazoid (9 episodes, 1995-1997)(voice), Dr. Nordhoff - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "The Exile", 1997), The Narrator - Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) (V) (voice), Herbert Landon / Red Skull - Spider-man (12 episodes, 1995-1997)(voice), Alpha - Men in Black: The Series (1 episode, "The Alpha Syndrome", 1997), Doctor Vic Frankenstein - Toonsylvania (1 episode, "Baby Human/Earth Vs. Everything/Blunder & Lightning/Little Screetchin Riding Hood", 1998)(voice), Narrator - Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999) (TV) (voice), Dr. Felix Latham - Total Recall 2070 (2 episodes, 1999), Bill Trenton / Inspector Harold Langford - The Outer Limits (2 episodes, 1995-1999), Ra's Al Ghul - Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Demon Reborn", 1999)(voice), Ra's Al Ghul - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "Out of the Past", 2000)(voice), Lord Angstrom - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2 episodes, 2000)(voice), Arago - The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2 episodes, 2000), Sandar - Planet of the Apes (2001), Lord Xantar - Battle Force: Andromeda (2003) TV series (voice), Nergal - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (3 episodes, 2001-2003)(voice), Joseph Lau - Cyber Wars (2004), Lord Azlok - Doctor Who: Dreamland (6 episodes, 2009)(voice).

Mike Starr 1950, actor, Cell Guard #2 - King Kong Lives (1986), Bert Williams - Nowhere Man (1 episode, "The Incredible Derek", 1995), Frank Muller - 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, "Angry Dick", 1996), Beat Cop - James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice), Tony Cicci - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang", 1999).

Jack Blessing 1951, actor, Cos - Galaxy of Terror (1981), Gaye - SeaQuest 2032 (1 episode, "The Stinger", 1994), Dulmur - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Trials and Tribble-ations", 1996), Dr. Jack Preijers - The X-Files (1 episode, "Audrey Pauley", 2002).

Wendy Hughes 1952, actress, Girl - Suikoden: Demon Century (1993) (V) (voice), Lt. Cmdr. Nella Daren - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Lessons", 1993), Employee C - Golden Boy (1995) (V) (voice).

Jeannetta Arnette 1954, actress, Doctor Loews - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Statistical Probabilities",1997), Dolores Browning - Roswell (1 episode, "Busted", 2001), Ruth - Invasion (1 episode, "Pilot", 2005), Dr. West - Fringe (1 episode, "Grey Matters", 2009).

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III 1972, actor, Billy Milton - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987) (TV), Wesley Crusher - Star Trek: The Next Generation (85 episodes, 1987-1994), Cadet - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Light Brigade", 1996), Bryan - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "Snap Ending", 1997), Dorman - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "Perchance to Dream", 2001), Kevin - The Zeta Project (1 episode, "The Wrong Morph", 2002), Wesley Crusher - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Skurg - Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (1 episode, "The Lords of Soturix 7", 2005), Aqualad / Computer Geek - Teen Titans (6 episodes, 2003-2005)(voice), Menma - Naruto (3 episodes, 2006)(voice), Kyle / Sir Horace - Random! Cartoons (1 episode, "Kyle + Rosemary", 2007)(voice), Cosmic Boy / Roderick Doyle - Legion of Super Heroes (6 episodes, 2007-2008), Ted Kord / Silver Age Blue Beetle - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (1 episode, 2009)(voice), Yakumo - Kurokami: The Animation (14 episodes, 2009)(voice), Darkstar / Michael Morningstar - Ben 10: Alien Force (5 episodes, 2008-2009)(voice), Romulan - Star Trek (2009), Isaac Parrish - Eureka (1 episode, "All the Rage", 2010), Himself - Big Bang Theory (2 episodes, 2009-2010).

Events

1968, Torture scenes are filmed for TOS: "The Empath".

1972, last daily of Tarzan by Russ Manning, reprints of old dailies begin following day.

1997, Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy TV series airs. Fifth and final movie.

Moonshadow, Deviant Funnies, Dick Sprang, Batman, Lord Marmaduke Ffogg, The Running Man, Winnie Winkle.

A few comic artists and creators today including the man who did so much for the Batman character, Dick Sprang.


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Birthdays

Troy Boyle 1966, comic book artist and writer, Boyle is best known for his gritty revenge fantasy, The Return of Happy the Clown.

Jon J Muth 1960, comic artist, His works include J. M. DeMatteis' graphic novel Moonshadow, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: The Wake (along with Michael Zulli, Charles Vess), Mike Cary's Lucifer: Nirvana and Swamp Thing: Roots.

Ed Piskor 1982, alternative comics artist, best known for his artistic collaborations with underground comics pioneers Harvey Pekar of American Splendor fame, and Jay Lynch who illustrates Garbage Pail Kids. He has a cult following amongst minicomic fans with his series Deviant Funnies and Isolation Chamber.

Richard W. "Dick" Sprang 1915, comic book artist, penciler, best known for his work on the superhero Batman during the period fans and historians call Golden Age of Comic Books. Sprang was responsible for the 1948 redesign of the Batmobile and the original design of the Riddler, who has appeared in film, television and other media adaptations. Sprang's Batman was notable for its square chin, expressive face and barrel chest. From the late 1930s to the early 1940s, Sprang continued to work as a freelance illustrator, primarily for such pulp magazines as Popular Detective, Popular Western, Phantom Detective, G-Men, Detective Novels Magazine, Crack Detective and Black Hood Detective/Hooded Detective, for which last he also wrote some stories. Between 1937 and 1938, Sprang provided assistance on the King Features Syndicate comic strips Secret Agent X-9 (layouts) and The Lone Ranger (pencil assists). In 1938, he also wrote briefly for the Lone Ranger radio series. With Norman Fallon and Ed Kressey, he co-founded the studio Fallon-Sprang. The studio as a comics packagers for such "supermen" features as "Power Nelson" (introduced in Prize Comics #1, March 1940) and "Shock Gibson"; "human interest" features such as "Speed Martin"; and the "interplanetary" feature "Sky Wizard" and detective feature "K-7" (both introduced in Hillman Periodicals' Miracle Comics #1, Feb. 1940. Sprang submitted art samples to DC Comics editor Whitney Ellsworth, who assigned him a Batman story in 1941. Sprang's first published Batman work was the Batman and Robin figures on the cover of Batman #18 (Aug.-Sept. 1943), reproduced from the art for page 13 of the later-published Detective Comics #84 (Feb. 1944). Sprang's first original published Batman work, and first interior-story work, appeared in Batman #19 (Oct.-Nov. 1943), for which he penciled and inked the cover and the first three Batman stories, and penciled the fourth Batman story, inked by Norm Fallon. Like all Batman artists of the time, Sprang went uncredited as a ghost artist for Kane. Sprang thereafter worked almost entirely on Batman comics and covers and on the Batman newspaper strip, becoming one of the primary Batman artists in the character's first 20 years. In 1955, Sprang got the chance to draw Superman, when he replaced Curt Swan as the primary artist for the Superman/Batman team-up stories in World's Finest Comics, on which he worked until his retirement in 1963. Sprang also worked on a couple of stories for the main Superman comic, "including the tale that introduced the first, prototype Supergirl".

Rudy Vallee 1901, actor / singer / producer, Lord Marmaduke Ffogg - Batman (3 episodes, 1967).

Dey Young 1955, actress, Teen Girl in Prologue - Strange Invaders (1983), Waitress - Spaceballs (1987), Amy - The Running Man (1987), Hannah Bates - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Masterpiece Society", 1992), Judy Bishop - The X-Files (1 episode, "Born Again", 1994), Arissa - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "A Simple Investigation", 1997), Carol Martin - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Last Supper", 1998), Keyla - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Two Days and Two Nights", 2002).

Events

1967, Transporter room scenes are filmed for TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".

1987, Majel Barrett's first scenes as Lwaxana Troi are filmed for TNG: "Haven".

1996, Winnie Winkle comic strip ends after 79 years.

The Peacemaker, Ernie Chan, Conan the Barbarian, Doctor Strange, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Robotix, The Banana Splits, Babylon 5, Swamp Thing.

One of my favorite artists is Ernie Chan. He made me want to read Savage Sword of Conan because of the amazing illustrations that he created. It's my hope that he accepts the offer of coming to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in 2011. It would be great to finally meet him.


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Birthdays

Pat Boyette 1923, comic book artist best known for two decades of work for Charlton Comics, where he co-created the character The Peacemaker. For a brief period in 1968, Boyette drew issues of the DC Comics aviator series Blackhawk.

Ernie Chan 1940, particularly known for his work on the Marvel Comics version of Conan the Barbarian, although he has also worked for other publishers such as DC Comics, with a long tenure on Batman and Detective Comics. He studied with John Buscema, and also worked with him as the inker on Conan during the 1970s. He also inked the art of Buscema's brother Sal on The Incredible Hulk. Later, Chan pencilled several issues of Conan and Doctor Strange, and worked on Kull the Destroyer in 1977 and Power Man in the 1980s. For DC Comics, he did the Claw the Unconquered series. Chan was also a cover artist.

Jesse Marsh 1907, comic book and animation artist. His main claim to fame is his work on the early Tarzan and related books for Western Publishing that saw print through Dell Comics and later Gold Key Comics. He was the first artist to produce original Tarzan comic books. Up to that time, all Tarzan comics were reprints from the newspaper strips. He also worked on the Gene Autry comic for many years. Prior to working for Western, he had worked for the Walt Disney Company, doing animation work for Make Mine Music and some Pluto. He would turn over Tarzan to Russ Manning in 1965 due to failing health.

Bill Pearson 1938, artist, comic book scripter and letterer. During the 1970s and early 1980s, Pearson was an editor at Charlton Comics, where he designed and colored over 200 comic book covers. He scripted for numerous publishers, including Tower Comics, King Comics (Flash Gordon), Gold Key (Popeye), Charlton, Eclipse, Gladstone and Warren Publications. His work as an inker included Ocean's Popeye Special #1 and a Spider-Man spoof. For two decades (1975-95), he lettered for almost every comics publisher, and he was the first art director at Another Rainbow.

Susan Silo 1942, actress, Mousey - Batman (2 episodes, 1966), Sue - Christmas Comes to PacLand (1982) (TV) (voice), Nara - Robotix (1985) (V) (voice), Sandra Shore - InHumanoids: The Movie (1986) (V) (voice). Susan Silo began her voice-acting career as a talking cow in a series of Land O' Lakes Margarine commercials for over ten years. She has done voices for Hanna-Barbera, Marvel, Disney, Ruby-Spears, DIC, Film Roman, Murakami Wolf Swenson among others. Her famous roles are Wuya the Witch in Xiaolin Showdown, Dr Karbunkle in Biker Mice from Mars, White Queen on Pryde of the X-Men, multiple voices on What A Cartoon, Sue on Pac-Man. She also did the voice of Mama Mousekiwitz in Don Bluth's Fievel's American Tails. She has also done voices for video games, such as Crash Tag Team Racing and X-Men (arcade game), where she reprised the White Queen. She latter voiced Auntie Roon on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Flamestrike in Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight in 2008.

Bruce Watson 1940, actor, Green - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Man Trap", 1966), D'Artagan of the Three Musketeers - The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" (1968) TV series (unknown episodes), Phineas Fogg, Jr. - Cattanooga Cats" (1969) TV series (voice).

John Putch 1961, actor, director, Mordock / Ensign Mendon - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1988-1989), Journalist #2 (with head set) - Star Trek: Generations (1994).

Paul Townsend 1961, actor, Gunfighter - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "North Star", 2003), Starfleet Security Officer - Star Trek (2009).

Glen Hambly 1963, actor, Starfleet Ensign - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Endgame", 2001), Laboratory Scientist - Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Andorian Delegate / Andorian Delegate / Andorian Avenger Helmsman / Vulcan Crewman / Aenar Guard / Andorian Soldier / Andorian/Marauder Pilot / Andorian Guard / Andorian Bridge Officer / Injured Crewman - Star Trek: Enterprise (12 episodes, 2003-2005).

Kellie Suzanne Waymire 1967, actress, Lanya / B'Elanna Torres / Seven of Nine - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Muse", 2000), Tammi Peyton - The X-Files (1 episode, "Surekill", 2001), Crewman Elizabeth Cutler - Star Trek: Enterprise (3 episodes, 2001-2002).

Lenore Kasdorf 1948, actress, Sharon Ellis - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Act of Piracy", 1974), Mavis - The Flash (1 episode, "Shroud of Death", 1990), Lorin - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Attached", 1993), ISN Reporter - Babylon 5 (3 episodes, 1994), Mrs. Rico - Starship Troopers (1997).

Events

1966, Romulan Bird-of-Prey bridge scenes are filmed for TOS: "Balance of Terror".

1967, Scenes in Kirk's quarters are filmed for TOS: "Mirror, Mirror".

1990, Swamp Thing is aired.

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 18 - "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part 1" first aired

1997, Stargate SG-1 airs on Showtime.

Doctor Who, Strange World, Destination Inner Space, Captain Nice, Battlestar Galactica, Scanner Cop, Cloverfield, Spock.

Interesting day of people including one of the main characters from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.


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Birthdays

Neil McCarthy 1933, actor, George Patrick Barnham / Thawn - Doctor Who (9 episodes, 1971-1979).

Ben Cotton 1975, actor, Checkpoint Officer - Strange World (1999) (TV), Gua Police #1 - "First Wave" (1 episode, "Tomorrow", 2000), Paul Hendrix - Smallville (1 episode, "Hug", 2002), Denny - Steven Spielberg Presents Taken (3 episodes, 2002), Slam Guard - The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Dewey - The 4400 (1 episode, "Suffer the Children", 2005), Creature - Masters of Science Fiction (1 episode, "The Awakening", 2007), Terrified Man - Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks (2 episodes, 2007), Bounty Hunter - Flash Gordon (1 episode, "Stand and Deliver", 2007), Jamie - Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Do Not Disturb", 2007), Truck Driver - The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Dr. Kavanagh - Stargate: Atlantis (6 episodes, 2004-2009), Impound Man - Kyle XY (1 episode, "In the Company of Men", 2009), Atreus - Caprica (1 episode, "Blowback", 2010).

Biff Elliot 1923, actor, Ed Garrett - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "Project 44", 1956), Lineman - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Blizzard Makers", 1964), Dr. Wilson - Destination Inner Space (1966), Schmitter - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Devil in the Dark", 1967), Ullman / Orangutan - Planet of the Apes (2 episodes, 1974), Sergeant - The Next Step Beyond", (1 episode, "Possessed", 1978), Man #1 - Starman (1 episode, "Best Buddies", 1986).

Joe Knowland 1930, actor, Antique-store owner - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).

Kathryn Hays 1933, actress, Gem - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Empath", 1968).

Celeste Yarnall 1944, actress, Secretary - Around the World Under the Sea (1966/I), Rosalind - Captain Nice (1 episode, "May I Have the Last Dance?", 1967), Yeoman Martha Landon - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Apple", 1967), Marna Whelan - Land of the Giant (1 episode, "The Golden Cage", 1968), Special Wedding Guest - Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) (V).

Nana Visitor 1957, actress, Lori - The Twilight Zone (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")(1 episode, 1985), Ellen Dolan - The Spirit (1987) (TV), Cecilia Fairman - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "In Our Own Image", 1998), Major Kira / Colonel Kira - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (173 episodes, 1993-1999), Colette - They Are Among Us (2004) (TV), Emily Kowalski - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Faith", 2008), Rita - Family Guy (5 episodes, 2009-2010).

Deirdre L. Imershein 1963, actress, Joval - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Captain's Holiday", 1990), Officer Parker - Scanner Cop (1994) (V), Lieutenant Watley - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Trials and Tribble-ations", 1996).

Sam Zeller 1969, actor, Ch'Targh - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Sons and Daughters", 1997).

Susse Budde 1973, actress, Mom - Lost (1 episode,"Outlaws", 2005), Medic - Cloverfield (2008).

Events

2007, J.J. Abrams announces that Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto will portray Spock in Star Trek.

Sparky, Angel, Redeye, Doctor Who, Out of this World, Peter Pan, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Birds of Prey, Merrie Melodies, Robotech I.

If you loved Daffy Duck then you'll love the events section today.


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Birthdays

Mel Casson 1920, cartoonist, He is primarily remembered for his work on the daily comic strips Sparky, Angel, Mixed Singles/Boomer and Redeye.

Cyril Luckham 1907, actor, The Guardian / The White Guardian - Doctor Who (3 episodes, 1978-1983).

William Marlowe 1932, actor, Bill May - Out of this World (1 episode, "Cold Equations", 1962), Randolph Verdew - Journey to the Unknown (1 episode, "The Killing Bottle", 1969), Harry Mailer / Lester - Doctor Who (9 episodes, 1971-1975).

Paul Collins 1937, actor, John Darling - Peter Pan (1953) (voice), Rob Jackson - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969", 1992), Zlangco - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Battle Lines", 1993), Commissioner Wilfred Claxton - Tarzán (2 episodes, 1994), Dr. Dean Carver - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "It Hurts When I Do This", 2000).

Pilar Seurat 1938, actress, Moana - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Silent Saboteurs", 1965), Sybo - Star Trek (1 episode, "Wolf in the Fold", 1967).

Iman 1955, actress, Martia - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

Michael Alan Welch 1987, actor, Artim - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Trevor - The X-Files (1 episode, "Badlaa", 2001), Adam Reese - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "Johnny Apocalypse", 2001), Pinocchio - Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) (V) (voice), 14 Year Old 'Guy' - Birds of Prey (1 episode, "Three Birds and a Baby", 2002), Pinocchio - House of Mouse (4 episodes, 2001-2002), Young Jack O'Neill - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Fragile Balance", 2003), Curly Gammelthorpe - Hey Arnold! (2 episodes, 2002-2003), Wade/Kid #1/Cockney Kid - Fillmore! (2 episodes, 2003-2004).

Events

1953, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century is released as a 7 minute cartoon by Merrie Melodies.

1986, Robotech I: The Untold Story released.

A Distant Soil, Sandman, Starcrossed, Batman, Perversions of Science, Lord Tedric.

It's a small but mighty group of birthday goers today.


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Birthdays

Colleen Doran 1963, comic book writer and artist, best known for her fantasy series A Distant Soil. The character Thessaly in Neil Gaiman's Sandman is based on Doran,[citation needed] and she illustrated two issues of that series (#20 and #34) in the early 1990s.

Jacqueline Brookes 1930, actress, Dr. Hobbes - Starcrossed (1985) (TV), Admiral Brand - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The First Duty", 1992).

John Aniston 1933, actor, Quarren Ambassador - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, 2001).

Phyllis Douglas 1936, actress, Girl - Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961), Josie Miller - Batman (2 episodes, 1967), Yeoman Mears / Girl #2 - Star Trek (2 episodes, 1967-1969).

Christopher Sarandon 1942, actor, Kurotowa - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (voice), Jack - Speaking - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (voice), Martus Mazur - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Rivals", 1994), Dr. Pallas - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Corner of the Eye", 1995), Carson Walls - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "Panic", 1997).

Gordon Eklund 1945, sci-fi writer, author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s Star Trek TV series. Eklund's first published SF short story, "Dear Aunt Annie", ran in the April 1970 issue of Fantastic magazine and was nominated for a Nebula Award. Eklund won the Nebula for Best Novelette for his 1974 short story "If the Stars Are Gods", co-written with Gregory Benford. The two expanded the story into a full-length novel of the same title, published in 1977. Eklund's Star Trek novel The Starless World was the first Star Trek story about a Dyson sphere.

Events

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Sandman, The Food of the Gods, The Shadow Men, Robocop, Spawn, Bluto, Cisco Kid, Where No Man Has Gone Before.

If you love the old cartoons and the voices that go along with them then Jackson Beck is a name that you'll soon recognize. I won't spoil the read with highlights, you'll just have to be amazed on your own.


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Birthdays

Kelley Jones 1962, comic book artist best known for his runs on Batman with writer Doug Moench and on Sandman with writer Neil Gaiman.

Charles "Chuck" T. Courtney, Jr. 1930, actor, stuntman, Marv Howell - Meteor Man (1958), 1st Tough - Steve Canyon (1 episode, "Operation Big Thunder", 1959), Crew Member - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Eleven Days to Zero", 1964), Davod - Star Trek (1 episode, "Patterns of Force", 1968), Limo Driver - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "The Klae Resource", 1975), Davis - The Food of the Gods (1976).

Ben Slack 1937, actor, K'Tal - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Redemption", 1991), Trevanian - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Dad Who Came in from the Cold", 1996), Doctor - The Shadow Men (1998).

Ronny Cox 1938, actor, Dick Jones - RoboCop (1987), Gen. Balentine (segment "The Unknown Soldier") - Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), The President - Martians Go Home (1989), Vilos Cohaagen - Total Recall (1990), Captain Edward Jellico - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1992), Senator Scott McMillan - Spawn (6 episodes, 1997), Lt. Col. Lester Glade - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Déjà Vu", 1999), Senator Robert Kinsey / Vice President Robert Kinsey - Stargate SG-1 (11 episodes, 1998-2005), Richard 'Dick' Jones - Robocop: Villains of Old Detroit (2007) (V).

Jackson Beck 1912, actor/voice actor, best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts. Beck had a career in radio, television, and animation dating from 1931 with Myrt and Marge, among other roles. In 1943, he took over as narrator of radio's The Adventures of Superman; it was Beck who intoned the familiar prologue "strange visitor from another planet..." Decades later, he portrayed Perry White, Clark Kent's boss in Filmation's The New Adventures of Superman animated series and was narrator as well. He also impersonated Joseph Stalin and other world leaders for the March of Time radio series, starred as The Cisco Kid on radio from 1942-1945 and sleuth Philo Vance in a syndicated series from 1948-1950, and served as narrator for the radio adventures of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. Beck had a prolific career in animation, becoming one of the regular voice actors at Famous Studios in the mid-1940s. He voiced Bluto in the Popeye cartoons, Little Lulu's father, and Buzzy The Crow, who was a foil for Katnip the cat in a number of cartoons. Beck used a black dialect for the voice of Buzzy. He was also the voice of King Leonardo in the 1960s TV cartoon series of the same name. He narrated the 1980s G.I. Joe animated TV series. His other voice work included network TV promos (he did a series of promos for NBC's NFL coverage for much of the 1980s), narration for sketches on Saturday Night Live, movie trailers, and commercials for everything from toys to shampoo.

Events

1965, Fifth day of filming on TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before". During shooting a swarm of wasps appears on the set, causing panic among the cast and crew, and stinging William Shatner and Sally Kellerman.

Cheech Wizard, Green Lantern:Willworld, Milk & Cheese, Quatermass II: Enemy from Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Brainstorm, Thunderbirds.

Great line up of people having birthdays, definitely worth a long look.


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Vaughan Bodé 1941, comic book artist, He is perhaps best-known for his underground comic strip character Cheech Wizard.

Seth Fisher 1972, comic book artist and penciller, first gained attention for his work on DC Comics' Green Lantern: Willworld, Fisher pencilled the five issue "Snow" story arc of the Batman series Legends of the Dark Knight, written by Dan Curtis Johnson and J.H. Williams III. Fisher provided the art for the Marvel mini-series Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan (scripted by Zeb Wells) that appeared in 2005.

Emily Stone 1978, comic book artist, most known for artwork on Devil’s Due Publishing's HACK/Slash series. Ms. Stone's career in illustration has included a variety of other projects. This includes inking, penciling, or coloring The Ride (published by Image Comics), Jim Henson's comic Return to Labyrinth, and G.I. Joe comics/merchandise. She was also involved in the artwork for 160-page original graphic novel anthology, "Lloyd Kaufman Presents the Toxic Avenger and Other Tromatic Tales." Ms. Stone has drawn numerous pop-culture characters including Reanimator's Herbert West, the Suicide Girls, Milk & Cheese among others. In addition, Ms Stone has also illustrated a cover for Chucky from the Child's Play miniseries and artwork for My Little Pony merchandise.

Bryan Forbes 1926, actor, Jimmy Wheeler - Satellite in the Sky (1956), Marsh - Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (1957).

Bonnie Langford 1964, actress, Melanie Bush - Doctor Who (20 episodes, 1986-1987), Melanie Bush - Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) (TV).

Perry Lopez 1929, actor, Tomas - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Dr. Charles Whitebird / Major Kabir - The Time Tunnel (2 episodes, 1966), Rodriguez - Star Trek (1 episode, "Shore Leave", 1966), Chigger - Tarzan (2 episodes, 1967), Keeler - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Savage Jungle", 1968).

Louise Fletcher 1934, actress, Jeannie - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Open Window", 1959), Mrs. Benjamin - Strange Invaders (1983), Lillian Reynolds - Brainstorm (1983), Mrs. McKeltch - Invaders from Mars (1986), Dr. Cline - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Hunters", 1988), Miss Weldon - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Dead Man", 1992), Kai Winn - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (14 episodes, 1993-1999), Mrs. Martha Wilson - A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007) (V), Dr. Coolidge - Heroes (2 episodes, 2009).

Angus P. Allan 1934, cartoonist, worked on TV Century 21 in the 1960s and Look-in magazine during the 1970s. Most commonly known as Angus Allan and sometimes credited as Angus P. Allan, he was responsible for original comic strip adaptations of numerous popular TV series. Allan's output was prolific, and virtually all the Look-In comic strips were his creations. Some of his comic works included The Six Million Dollar Man, Logan's Run and Charlie's Angels. Allan collaborated with many well-known British comic strip artists, including Jim Baikie and Arthur Ranson. He became associated with Gerry Anderson classics such as Stingray, Thunderbirds during the 1960's.

Anthony James 1942, actor, Eric Kiley - Holmes and Yo-Yo (1 episode, "The Hostages", 1976), Summersday - Man From Atlantis (1 episode, "Deadly Carnival", 1978), Varek / Mr. Graf - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (3 episodes, 1979-1981), Laird - V (1 episode, "Reflections in Terror", 1984), Subcommander Thei - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Neutral Zone", 1988).

Josef Burnett Cannon 1960, actor, Klingon Warrior - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Icarus Factor", 1989).

Terrell Tilford 1969, actor, Marab - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2005), News Anchor - Serenity (2005), Mike Kirby - A.I. Assault (2006) (TV).

Events

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Blondie & Dagwood, Sakura Wars, Commander McBragg, Space: 1999, Doonesbury, The Clone Master, Popeye, The Critic, Cybergirl.

Today seems to be the day for "funny", as in funny cartoons, funny people and characters from the funny pages. Take a look and you'll see the connections.


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Birthdays

Ike Eisenmann 1962, actor, Scott Jordan - The Fantastic Journey (10 episodes, 1977), Randy - The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (2 episodes, 1979), Umpire/Boy Who Cried Wolf - Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979) (TV) (voice), Butch - The Little Rascals' Christmas Special (1979) (TV) (voice), Midshipman Peter Preston - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Bill Cody - Voyagers! (1 episode, "Sneak Attack", 1983), Nick - Challenge of the GoBots (4 episodes, 1985), Alexander Bumstead - Blondie & Dagwood (1987) (TV) (voice), Alexander Bumstead - Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout (1989) (TV) (voice).

Christopher Shea 1969, actor, Kazuma Shinguji, Additional Voices - Sakura Wars (1997) (V) (voice), Keevan - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1997-1998), Saowin - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Think Tank", 1999), Sajen / Andorian Captain Telev - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2002-2003).

C. Aubrey Smith 1863, actor, James Parker - Tarzan the Ape Man (1932). Was the inspiration for the Commander McBragg character on the "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales" (1963) cartoon TV show.

Leigh Lawson 1945, actor, Zarl - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "One Moment of Humanity", 1976), David Leiber - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Small Assassin", 1988).

Garry Trudeau 1948, cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip. In 1975, he became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer, traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist in 1990. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film, for A Doonesbury Special, in collaboration with John Hubley and Faith Hubley. A Doonesbury Special eventually won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize in 1978. Other awards include the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994, and the Reuben Award in 1995.

Art Hindle 1948, actor, Dr. Simon Shane - The Clone Master (1978) (TV), Dr. Geoffrey Howell, DDS - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Frank Trower - Total Recall 2070 (1 episode, "Eye Witness", 1999), Noah Kilmartin - Mutant X (1 episode, "Blood Ties", 2002).

Robin Williams 1952, actor, Popeye - Popeye (1980), Mork - Mork and Mindy (94 episodes, 1978-1982), Batty Koda - FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice), Timekeeper - From Time to Time (1992) (voice), Genie - Aladdin (1992) (voice), Genie - Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V) (voice), The Genie - Great Minds Think for Themselves" (1997) TV series (voice), Andrew Martin - Bicentennial Man (1999), Dr. Know - Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) (voice), Fender - Robots (2005) (voice), Ramon / Lovelace - Happy Feet (2006) (voice).

Jon Lovitz 1957, actor, The Radio - The Brave Little Toaster (1987) (voice), Ron Mills - My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Chula - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (voice), Emperor Tod Spengo - Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), Dr. Rudolph, Dentist - Coneheads (1993), Jay Sherman - The Critic (23 episodes, 1994-1995), Cheap-o - Stripperella (2 episodes, 2003-2004), Artie Ziff / Jay Sherman - The Simpsons (9 episodes, 1991-2007).

Events

1966, Special effects footage, using the refurbished 11-foot Enterprise studio model are filmed by The Westheimer Company for Star Trek: The Original Series.

1967, Planetside scene with the Gamma Trianguli VI natives are filmed for TOS: "The Apple".

1981, Design patent for a phaser is issued.

1987, Hand-to-hand combat scenes filmed for TNG: "Code of Honor".

1997, Deepwater Black airs on YTV Network.

2001, Cybergirl airs on Network Ten in Australia.

Dick Giordano, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Poison Elves, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Odd Job Jack, Galloping Galaxies, Batman: The Movie.

A mottle crew of birthdays today.


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Birthdays

Dick Giordano 1932, comic book artist and editor best known for introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes, and serving as executive editor of then industry-leader DC Comics. As an inker, Giordano is well known for his pairings with penciler Neal Adams in a series of critically acclaimed comics featuring Batman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow.

Drew Hayes 1969, was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves .

K.T. Stevens 1919, actress, The Lido - Missile to the Moon (1958), Bernice Clarke - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Death Waltz", 1960), Lieutenant Harriet Twain - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Return of the Fighting 69th", 1979).

Sandra Oh 1971, actress, Ting Ting - Mulan II (2004) (V) (voice), Vanessa - Odd Job Jack (2 episodes, 2006), Sun Park - American Dragon: Jake Long (6 episodes, 2006-2007), Doofah - The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007) (V) (voice), Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Girlfriend - Phineas and Ferb (2 episodes, 2008)(voice), Katie / Toshi's Mother - American Dad! (2 episodes, 2005-2009), Sarah Connor / Kate Winslet - Robot Chicken (1 episode, "Cannot Be Erased, So Sorry", 2009).

James Bree 1923, actor, Security Chief / Nefred / The Keeper of the Matrix - Doctor Who (11 episodes, 1969-1986), Dinwiddy Snurdle - Galloping Galaxies! (3 episodes, 1985-1986), Counsel for the Defence - Lust in Space (1998) (V).

Fritz Sperberg 1951, actor, Second Ixtana'Rax - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "One Little Ship", 1998), Ranek - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Body and Soul", 2000).

Events

1966, Batman:The Movie was released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin

1967, Scenes at Vaal are filmed for TOS: "The Apple".

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 17 - "Legacies" first aired

2002, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius airs on Nickelodeon.