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

October 20, 2010

Tim Tyler's Luck, The Kelly Kids, Aquaman, Teen Titans, Donald Duck, Doctor Who, Watchmen, I-Man, The Greatest American Hero, The Mutations.

Lots of great folks today especially when it comes to cartoonists and comic book artists.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Lyman Young 1893, cartoonist, creator of " Tim Tyler's Luck", began career in 1924 by taking over C.W. Kahles' cartoon strip "The Kelly Kids"
Nick Cardy 1920, comic book artist best known for his DC Comics work on Aquaman, the Teen Titans and other major characters.
Bob Gregory 1921, comic book artist and writer best known for writing and/or drawing hundreds of Gold Key comics starring the Walt Disney Pictures character Donald Duck.
Anneke Wills 1941, actress, Polly Wright - Doctor Who (36 episodes, 1966-1967).
Niall Matter 1980, actor, Lt. Kemp - Stargate: Atlantis (2 episodes, 2007-2008), Gary Whitman - Warehouse 13 (1 episode, "Duped", 2009), Zane Donovan - Eureka (27 episodes, 2007-2010), Byron Lewis / Mothman - Watchmen (2009).
John Anderson 1922, actor, Capt. 'Skipper' Farver / Diedrich / Goldsmith - The Twilight Zone (4 episodes, 1960-1963), Ebonite Interrogator - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Nightmare", 1963), Captain Farrow - My Favorite Martian (1 episode, "Raffle No.2", 1963), Dr. Janus - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Cradle of the Deep", 1965), Dolan / Molsen - Tarzan (2 episodes, 1967), Captain Bergstad - Project U.F.O. (1 episode, "Sighting 4026: The Atlantic Queen Incident", 1979), General Gerald Stocker - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "Operation Spoilsport", 1981), Abraham Lincoln - Voyagers! (1 episode, "The Day the Rebs Took Lincoln", 1982), Holbrook - I-Man (1986) (TV), Rayfield - Starman (1 episode, "Best Buddies", 1986), Kevin Uxbridge - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Survivors", 1989), Pat Knight - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957", 1992).
Lev Mailer 1933, actor, Bilar / S.S. Lieutenant - Star Trek (2 episodes, 1967-1968), Imperial Guard #1 - The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV), Frederic - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard", 1981).
Michael Dunn 1934, actor, Clown - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Wax Men", 1967), Alexander - Star Trek (1 episode, "Plato's Stepchildren", 1968), Burns - The Mutations (1974).
Samuel "Sam" Stewart Witwer 1977, actor, Sloth #3 - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "The Shipment", 2003), Guardian's Voice - Star Trek: New Voyages (1 episode, "In Harms Way", 2004), Crashdown - Battlestar Galactica (11 episodes, 2004-2005), Davis Bloome - Smallville (22 episodes, 2008-2009), Aidan - Being Human" (2010) TV series.


Events

1966, Star Trek:TOS, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" airs.
1967, Star Trek:TOS, "The Doomsday Machine" airs.
1973, Star Trek:TAS, "The Infinite Vulcan" airs.
1983, Filming is completed on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
1987, Patrick Stewart's first scenes as Dixon Hill are filmed for TNG: "The Big Goodbye".
1997, Star Trek:DS9, "Behind the Lines" airs.
1997, Babylon 5 Episode 87 - "Rising Star" first aired
1999, Star Trek:Voyager, "Alice" airs.

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