Space Patrol, Rocky Jones: Space Ranger, Space Master X-7, Mark Trail, Back Home Again, X-Men: The Last Stand, Fringe, Target Earth, Wonder Woman.

Not a lot recall the name Ed Dodd, but they remember the comic strip, Mark Trail. Since it's his birthday today why not take a look at the background about him.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Thomas Browne Henry 1907, actor, Stanton / Holliday - Space Patrol (2 episodes, 1952-1953), Dr. Reno - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (2 episodes, 1954), Dr. Haley / Dr. MacKenzie / Dr. Hargrove - Science Fiction Theatre (3 episodes, 1956), Vice Adm. Enright - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), John Fallon - The Brain from Planet Arous (1957), Galleon Capt. Fletcher - The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958), Prof. West - Space Master X-7 (1958), Doctor Parsons - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Premonition", 1959), Mr. Timkins - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "The Rock Collection", 1960).

Ed Dodd 1902, cartoonist, known for his Mark Trail comic strip. In 1930, while working as a guide in the national parks, he created Back Home Again, a moderately successful single-panel daily strip which included characters from Gainesville and North Georgia. The strip, about a hillbilly family, was distributed nationally by United Feature Syndicate until 1945. On April 15, 1946, he launched Mark Trail as a daily comic strip distributed by The New York Post to 45 newspapers. Mark Trail centers on environmental themes and its title character, a wildlife photographer and author whose assignments inevitably lead to involvement in local environmental conflicts. Trail was a younger "alter ego" of Dodd (Gurr 2006), likewise a pipe-smoking outdoorsman and conservationist but footloose and free to travel to adventure. Trail owned a St. Bernard named Andy and lived (between travels) with Doc and Cherry Davis in Lost Forest. Likewise, Dodd had a St. Bernard named Andy, and owned a home and studio (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright) in a 130-acre (0.5 km2) forest in North Georgia that he named "Lost Forest."

Dakin Matthews 1940, actor, King William - The Swan Princess (1994) (voice), Admiral Patterson - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Relativity", 1999), Maz'rai - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Stronghold", 2006).

Julian Christopher 1944, actor, Disembodied Cardassian Voice - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Tribunal", 1994), David Aftergood - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Second Soul", 1995), Vin Eremal - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Fallout", 2004), Judge Biederman - The 4400 (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Dr. MacIntyre - Smallville (6 episodes, 2002-2006), Prison Truck Guard #1 - X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), General Mackenzie - Masters of Science Fiction (1 episode, "The Awakening", 2007), President Rudhan - Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Trust Issues", 2007), Captain - Human Target (1 episode, "Rewind", 2010), General Tonks - Fringe (1 episode, "Peter", 2010).

Events

1954, Target Earth is released.

1970, The Phantom Tollbooth is released.

1975, Wonder Woman airs on ABC.

1992, Star Trek:TNG, "A Fistful of Datas" airs.

1994, Star Trek:DS9, "Civil Defense" airs.

2001, Star Trek:ENT, "Breaking the Ice" airs.

2007, Principal photography begins on Star Trek.