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

August 20, 2010

Doctor Who, Fringe, Johnny Quick, Starman, Stargate SG-1, Mindgame, Swamp Thing, Remo Williams, John Carter of Mars, Contact.

Everything from actors who portray Dr. Who to main characters from Fringe. It's a great day.


Enjoy!!!



Birthdays

Sylvester McCoy 1943, actor, best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to 1989.
John Noble 1948, actor, Dr. Walter Bishop - Fringe (35 episodes, 2008-2010), Mr. Michaels - Time Trax (1 episode, "One on One", 1993), Inspector Robert Anderson - The Lost World (1 episode, 2001), Denethor - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), Denethor - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Meurik - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Camelot", 2006).
George Roussos 1915, comic book artist best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age inkers, including on landmark early issues of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four. He entered comics in 1939 as letterer of the Spanish-language version of the newspaper panel Ripley's Believe It or Not. The following year, Bob Kane and Bill Finger hired him to assist inker Jerry Robinson on Batman stories. Roussos' duties included drawing backgrounds, inking, and lettering, starting as early as Batman #2 (Summer 1940). He and Robinson would eventually leave the Kane studio to work directly for National (DC Comics) on Batman and other characters. Roussos worked on features starring the Vigilante, Johnny Quick, Superman, Starman. His most notable DC work was as penciller of the Detective Comics backup feature "Air Wave". Other companies for which Roussos drew during the 1940s Golden Age of comic books included Marvel-precursor Timely Comics, as well as Avon Publications, Standard/Better/Nedor, Family, Fiction House, Hillman Periodicals, Lev Gleason Publications, and Spark.
Jay Acovone 1955, actor, Tony Gaudio - Doctor Mordrid (1992), Area 51 Guard - Independence Day (1996), Max Kinkaid - Dark Skies (1 episode, "The Warren Omission", 1997), Ben Siegel III / Dr. Tassler / Stu - Sliders (3 episodes, 1997-2000), O'Ryan - The Invisible Man (2 episodes, 2001), Duffy Haskell / Detective Curtis - The X-Files (3 episodes, 1997-2001), Cop - Westside Street - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Major / Captain Charles Kawalsky - Stargate SG-1 (5 episodes, 1997-2005), Gerhard - InAlienable (2008), Major Charles Kawalsky - Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009) (V).
Sophie Aldred 1962, actress, Ace - Doctor Who (31 episodes, 1987-1989), Ace - Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) (TV), Mari - Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (1994) (V), P.R.O. - The Zero Imperative (1994) (V), Human - Mindgame (1998) (V), Space Pilot 6927896 - Mindgame Trilogy (1999) (V).
Anthony Ainley 1932, actor, Senior House Doctor - Doomwatch (1 episode, "No Room for Error", 1971), Dietz - The Land That Time Forgot (1975), The Master / Portreeve / Tremas - Doctor Who (31 episodes, 1981-1989).
Bernard Archard 1916, actor, Marcus Scarman / Bragen - Doctor Who (10 episodes, 1966-1975), Eirig - Krull (1983).
Richard Ryder 1942, actor, Bajoran Deputy - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1993).
Ray Wise 1947, actor, Doctor Alec Holland - Swamp Thing (1982), Leon C. Nash - RoboCop (1987), Liko - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Who Watches the Watchers", 1989), Guthrie - Swamp Thing (1 episode, "Never Alone", 1992), Arturis - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Hope and Fear", 1998), Leon C. Nash - Robocop: Villains of Old Detroit (2007) (V), Perry White - Superman/Doomsday (2007) (V) (voice), Howard Lipman - Dollhouse (1 episode, "The Left Hand", 2009).
Patrick Kilpatrick 1949, actor, Leroy - The Toxic Avenger (1984), Stone - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), Corden Fuller - Time Trax (1 episode, "Face of Death", 1993), Devane - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Barbarians at the Planet", 1994), Karl Volkin - Scanner Cop II (1995), Robert Carlson - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Convictions", 1995), C.W. Knox - Nowhere Man (1 episode, "Heart of Darkness", 1996), Mr. Kiefer - Timecop (1 episode, "Lost Voyage", 1998), Reese - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Siege of AR-558", 1998), Rasik / Assan - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, 1995-2000), Randall Cooper - The X-Files (1 episode, "Surekill", 2001), Watcher - Roswell (1 episode, "Graduation", 2002), Triple-Eight Terminator - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (1 episode, "Goodbye to All That", 2008).
Greg Bear 1951, sci-fi author, His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (Forge of God books), artificial universes (The Way series), consciousness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels), and accelerated evolution (Blood Music, Darwin's Radio, and Darwin's Children).
Don Stark 1954, actor, Punk - The Twilight Zone (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot") (1 episode, 1986), Ashrock - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Melora", 1993), John Wayne "J.W." - Earth Minus Zero (1996), Nicky the Nose - Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Gallagher - Dark Skies (1 episode, "Both Sides Now", 1997), Rhino / Alex O'Hirn - Spider-Man (9 episodes, 1995-1997), Eugene Matuzek - Timecop (8 episodes, 1997-1998), Sal - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Memento Mori", 2006), Bill Maxwell - The Greatest American Hero: The Fan Series (2009), Drix- John Carter of Mars (2012) (post-production).
Breon Gorman 1954, actress, Lt. Curtis - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Judith Foster - Roswell (1 episode, "To Serve and Protect", 2001).
Geoffrey Blake 1962, actor, Gary - The Last Starfighter (1984), Lizard - Alf (1 episode, "Some Enchanted Evening", 1987), Andron's Father / Michael Ducouski - Alien Nation (2 episodes, 1990), Ralph - FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice), Logan - Philadelphia Experiment II (1993), Arjin - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Playing God", 1994), Fisher - Contact (1997).


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