Bet you never thought Star Trek had alot to do with the flip phone you either have or had in the past. Thanks to prop master Wah Chang you have the coolness of the flip today. Wah created the communicator in the 60's and people said to themselves, "hey I wish I had one of those". Science fiction becomes science fact once again. Maybe sit down and think of the other great stuff that was sci-fi before we made it work.
Enjoy !!!
Birthdays
| Danny Hellman 1964, illustrator and cartoonist nicknamed Dirty Danny. He provide occasional interior comic-strip work parodying the likes of Superman, The Simpsons, and The Cosby Show, until Screw ceased publication in 2006. He went on to draw comics for a variety of alternative comics publishers, as well as an Aquaman story for DC Comics' Bizarro World, and several one-page strips for the Big Books of series of trade paperbacks for the DC imprint Paradox Press. |
| Rusty Wescoatt 1911, actor, Henchman Elton - Superman (1948)[Chs. 7-15], Henchman Ives - Batman and Robin (1949)[Chs. 3-13], Carl (beefy henchman) - Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), Moley - Mysterious Island (1951), Henchman Beal - Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)[Chs. 1, 7, 11], Davis - Captain Midnight (1 episode, "The Deserters", 1954), Driver - Tarantula (1955), Man - Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Chaser", 1960). |
| Sam Worthington 1976, actor, Marcus Wright - Terminator Salvation (2009), Jake Sully - Avatar (2009). |
| Wah Chang 1917, prop maker, He is known primarily for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek (the original series), including the tricorder, and communicator. For Star Trek, Chang also built costumes for the salt vampire ("The Man Trap"), the Gorn ("Arena") and Balok's false image ("The Corbomite Maneuver"). He also created tribbles by using artificial fur stuffed with foam, the Neanderthals in "The Galileo Seven", and the Romulan Bird of Prey ("Balance of Terror"), and the Vulcan harp first seen in "Charlie X" and later seen in "The Conscience of the King", "Amok Time", "The Way to Eden"; and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Chang's communicator design has been credited as an inspiration for modern flip-type cell phones. His Balok effigy—repeated after each episode as part of Star Trek's closing credits—with its small chin, almond-shaped eyes and large cranium, did much to establish and popularize the archetype of humanoid extraterrestrial life. His other film credits include sculpting the maquette of Pinocchio which was used as the reference for the animators of the classic Walt Disney feature, and articulated deer models for Bambi. Other work included building the title object from 1960's movie The Time Machine. In addition, Chang built the artificial creature in "The Architects of Fear" episode of the original The Outer Limits, some props for the original Planet of the Apes film, the frightening skeleton animated in The Power, the flying machine in The Master of the World, and the dinosaurs in Land of the Lost. |
| Nehemiah Persoff 1919, actor, Carl Lanser - Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Judgment Night", 1959), Dobbs - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Deadly Creature Below!", 1966), Prof. Anton Biraki - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "Secret Weapon", 1966), Chembe Kunji - Tarzan (1 episode, "Trina", 1968), Titus - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Land of the Lost", 1969), Dr. Leon Barnard - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "Barnard Wants Out", 1975), Major Popov - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Death Probe: Part 2", 1977), Prof. Moreno - The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (1 episode, "Formula 407", 1977), Asa - Logan's Run (1 episode, "Turnabout", 1978), Dr. Philip Jennings - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Out of Body", 1978), Eastern Alliance Leader - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Experiment in Terra", 1979), Prof. Leo Tedeschi - The Henderson Monster (1980) (TV), Papa Mousekewitz - An American Tail (1986) (voice), Toff - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Most Toys", 1990), Papa - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (voice), Papa - An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) (V) (voice), Papa Mousekewitz - An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999) (V) (voice). |
| Theodore Marcuse 1920, actor, Gregori / Farraday - Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1962), Dr. Gamma - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Eleven Days to Zero", 1964), Von Bloheim - Batman (2 episodes, 1966), Lescaux - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "Devil's Island", 1966), Dr. Noel Markham - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Leeches", 1967), Korob - Star Trek (1 episode, "Catspaw", 1967). |
| Richard Fancy 1943, actor, Principal Kevin Altman - Starman (1 episode, "The Test", 1987), Colonel Halsey - ALF (1 episode, "Consider Me Gone", 1990), Captain Satelk - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The First Duty", 1992), Dr. Saxon - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Man of Steel Bars", 1993), Wayne Donnelly - Weird Science (2 episodes, 1994), Doctor - Roswell (1994) (TV), Hospital Doctor - Species (1995), Alien - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Tattoo", 1995), Senator Greenspan - Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), E. Allen Wayne - Space: Above and Beyond (1 episode, "...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best", 1996), James V. Forrestal - Dark Skies (1 episode, "Moving Targets", 1996), Judge DeBelko - 3rd Rock From the Sun (2 episodes, 1997), Mr. Van Dough - Ri¢hie Ri¢h's Christmas Wish (1998) (V), Sector Control - Sliders (1 episode, "Please Press One", 1999). |
| Susan Denberg 1944, actress/playboy playmate, Magda - Star Trek (1 episode, "Mudd's Women",1966). Playboy Playmate of the Month August 1966. |
| Joanna Cassidy 1945, actress, Zhora - Blade Runner (1982), Dolores - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Lavinia - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Lonely One", 1992), Sheriff Ruth Merrill - The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV), Maggie Sawyer - Superman: The Animated Series (8 episodes, 1997-1998)(voice), Whitlock - Ghosts of Mars (2001), T'Les - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2004), Victoria Pratt - Heroes (1 episode, "Chapter Ten 'Truth & Consequences' ", 2007). |
| Anthony Crivello 1955, actor, Jesse Sharp - Alien Avengers (1996) (TV), Lincoln - Independence Day (1996), Adin - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Warlord", 1996), John Clemens - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "No Compromises", 1998), Lupino - Star Portal (1999), Pilot - Alien Hunter (2003). |
| Steven John Evans 1960, actor, Starfleet security guard - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Maquis: Part 1", 1994). |
Events
| 1967, Scenes in Kirk's quarters are filmed for TOS: "Mirror, Mirror". |
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