| What more can I say other than it's Bill Ward's birthday today. His work has always drew me in and it was a great pleasure to have talked with him before he passed away. He was also nice enough to personalize a spanker he did in 1957. He will be remember. Enjoy !!! |
Birthdays
| Kieron Dwyer 1967, comic book artist and penciller, Dwyer is best known for his work on Captain America vol. 1 (1987-1990), Danger Unlimited (on the Torch of Liberty story) (1994), Action Comics (1995 -1996), Avengers (vol. 3) (2001-2003) and his creator-owned series, LCD. |
| Will Eisner 1917, comics writer, artist, Eisner adventure strip called Captain Scott Dalton, an H. Rider Haggard-styled hero who traveled the world after rare artifacts. Eisner subsequently wrote and drew the pirate strip "The Flame" and the secret agent strip "Harry Karry" for Wow, and created "The Spirit". |
| Bill Ward 1919, good girl artist, known best for his work on Torchy and the thousands of conte crayon drawings of stiletto heeled, large breasted, thin waisted women. Ward's first credited works are writing and drawing an episode each of the two-page humor feature "Private Ward" in Fawcett's Spy Smasher #2 (Winter 1941) and Bulletman #3 (January 14, 1942), published closely to each other. His first major job was an issue of Fawcett's Captain Marvel, after having worked on that C.C. Beck feature in Whiz Comics. While in the Army, the military wanted a comic strip to boost morale that would appear in the local Naval base newspaper, and Ward responded with Ack-Ack-Amy, an early version of his Torchy Todd character. Once out of the army, Torchy made her comic-book debut as star of a backup feature in Quality Comics' Doll Man #8 (Spring 1946), and continued in all but three issues through #28 (May 1950), as well as in Modern Comics #53-89 (September 1946 - September 1949). A solo series, Torchy, ran six issues (November 1949 - September 1950). Ward turned to magazine cartooning afterward, doing humorous spot illustrations, some featuring Torchy, for such publications as editor Abe Goodman's Humorama. Ward was also a regular artist for the satirical-humor magazine Cracked, sometimes signing his work "McCartney". Ward illustrated for a number of men's magazine over the years and even did a Judge Dredd story. His passing in 1998 was a loss to the good-girl industry. |
| Lou Costello 1906, actor, Lou Francis - Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), Orville - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), Artie Pinsetter - The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959). 30 Ft Bride of Candy Rock was Lou's only movies without Bud Abbott as his partner. Lou passed away March 3, 1959, 4 months after the shooting of the movie. Trivia - He and Bud Abbott are the only two non-sportsmen honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, USA, for their "Who's On First" routine. However, they are not members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. [his last words] That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted. |
| Ludwig Donath 1900, actor, Dr. Titus - Blondie Knows Best (1946), Professor Bradshaw - Space Patrol (1 episode, "The Phantom Fleet", 1952), Ernst Ganz - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "He's Alive", 1963), |
| Darrel Bowen 19??, animator, Darrel got his start in animation through the California Institute of the Arts. Over the years Darrel has worn many hats as a character designer, prop designer, art director, etc on a multitude of shows including The Simpsons, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Scooby-Doo, G. I Joe, The Tick, Conan and the Young Warriors, to just name a few. Darrel now owns his own Media company which specializes in character, prop, and environmental designs for pre-production television animation and surrounding multi-media including internet, video, publishing, interactive gaming and toys. His company also does short animated promos, commercials, and pilots using traditional, Flash, and CGI animation techniques. |
| Guy Kibbee 1882, actor, Uncle Charlie/Charles Arlington Allsop - Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946). |
| Victor Kilian 1891, actor, Steve Baker - Dr. Cyclops (1940), Dr. Jeremiah Morley - Unknown World (1951), Human - Planet of the Apes (1 episode,"The Legacy", 1974). |
| Ella Logan 1916, actress/voice actor, Voiced the character "Honey" in the 1930's animated shorts. Honey is the cheerful girlfriend of the happy-go-lucky Bosko, the star character for the production company Leon Schlesinger Studios and the distributor Warner Bros from 1930 - 1937. A total of 33 shorts were made featuring the 2 of them. |
| David Spielberg 1939, actor, Peter Pan - Mork & Mindy (1 episode, "Mork in Never Never Land", 1980), Tom Sholes - Automan (1 episode, "Death By Design", 1984), Dr. Dan Willet - Starman (1 episode, "The Probe", 1987), Cmdr. Hutchinson - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Starship Mine", 1993), Inspector Donnegan - SeaQuest DSV (1 episode, "And Everything Nice", 1995). |
| Joanna Miles 1940, actress, Jennifer Dreiser - A Fire in the Sky (1978) (TV), Dr. Hill - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "The Quiet Room", 1979), Perrin - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, "Sarek", "Unification", 1990-1991), Judge Evelyn McGruder - Judge Dredd (1995). |
| Ben Murphy 1942, actor, Sam Casey - Gemini Man (11 episodes, 1976), Prof. Douglas McCadden - Time Walker (1982), Col. Seth Mattinger - Seven Days (1 episode, "HAARP Attack", 1999). |
| Rob Reiner 1947, actor, Delivery Boy - Batman (1 episode, "The Penguin Declines", 1967). |
| Anna Maria Horsford 1948, actress, Casey - Minority Report (2002). |
| Martin Kove 1946, actor, Nero the Hero - Death Race 2000 (1975), Henry 'Rocky' Welsh - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "The Final Round", 1978), Jack Edwards - Beyond Westworld (1 episode, "Take Over", 1980), Joe Farrell - The Twilight Zone (segment "Opening Day") (1 episode, 1985), Jesse - Hard Time on Planet Earth (13 episodes, 1989), Dr. Langdon - Future Shock (1994), Demetrius - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1 episode, "Mother of all Monsters",1995), Torman - Final Equinox (1995), Admiral Danny Teegs - Timelock (1996), Firearm - Black Scorpion (1 episode, "Armed and Dangerous", 2001), Jack Ames/Firearm - Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002) (V), Anslow - Alien Lockdown (2004) (TV). |
| Moira Kelly 1968, actress, Adult Nala - The Lion King (1994) (voice), Nala - The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) (V) (voice), Elizabeth Wicker - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Lost and Found", 2002), Nala - The Lion King 1½ (2004) (V) (voice), Abby Collins - Heroes (1 episode, "Chapter Three 'Building 26' ", 2009). |
| Andrea Elson 1969, actress, Lynn Tanner - ALF (101 episodes, 1986-1990), Julie Carter - They Came from Outer Space (1 episode, "Trading Faces", 1990). |
| Amy Pietz 1969, actress, Reporter - Highlander (1 episode, "The Gathering", 1992), Lt. Rhodes - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Bloodlines",1994). |
| Larry Cedar 1955, actor, Cadet Shields - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 1", 1978), Man #1 - Otherworld (1 episode, "Princess Metra", 1985), Hank the Controller - Philadelphia Experiment II (1993), Nydrom - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Armageddon Game", 1994), Tersa - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Alliances", 1996), Bernt/Hans / Anton / Oblongata - Freakazoid! (3 episodes, 1995-1997), French Guy/English Guy/Carl - Cow and Chicken (1 episode, "Space Cow/Orthodontic Police", 1997), Fedora / Jacques / Rags / Major / Johannes Gutenberg - Pinky and the Brain (5 episodes, 1995-1998), First Mate / Restaurant Owner - Superman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1997-1999), Manor Cop / Pilot - Batman Beyond (2 episodes, 1999-2000), Mr. Pibbles/Doorman - Samurai Jack (1 episode, 2001), Tessic - Enterprise (1 episode, "Marauders"2002), Radar Tech - Justice League (2 episodes, 2004), Ori Prior #2 - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Origin", 2005), Ant #8 - The Ant Bully (2006) (voice), Detective Crayton - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (1 episode, "Adam Raised a Cain", 2009). |
| James Saito 1955, actor, Viet Interpreter - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Veteran", 1981), Kelly Kim - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "The Handpainted Thai", 1982), Masado Banzai, Buckaroo's Father - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (scenes deleted), The Shredder / Oroko Saki - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Nogami - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "The 37's", 1995), Taro - Gargoyles (1 episode, "Bushido", 1996), Dr. Lorechi - The Tomorrow Man (1996) (TV), Roy/Groper - Robot Stories (2003). |
| Laura Renault 1958, actress, Suliban Woman - Enterprise (1 episode, "Detained", 2002). |
| Michael Joey O'Laskey 1983, actor, Young Rocky - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (8 episodes, 1995-1996), MACO M. Forbes - Star Trek: Enterprise ( 2 episodes, "Countdown", "Zero Hour" ). |
| David Cleeve 1942, actor, UNIT Soldier / Ice Warrior / Thal Soldier / Radation Suit Man / An Other / Deon Guard - Doctor Who (8 episodes, 1973-1980). |
Events
| 1978, Blake 7, 1st.series Episode 10. "Breakdown" |
| 1979, Blake 7, 2nd series Episode 9. "Countdown" |
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