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

March 1, 2011

FlashForward, Justice League, The Manhattan Project, Superman, Strange New World, Osmosis Jones, Battlestar Galactica, Vampirella, Starman, Tarzan.

You know you are getting older and time is just slipping away when you realize that Dirk Benedict was born in 1945 and will be 66 years old today. Time flies when you aren't paying attention.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Jack Davenport 1973, actor, Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield - Ultraviolet (6 episodes, 1998), Lloyd Simcoe - FlashForward (10 episodes, 2009).
George Eads 1967, actor, Captain Atom - Justice League (1 episode, "Initiation", 2004)(voice).
John David Cullum 1966, actor, Eccles - The Manhattan Project (1986), Toral - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, "Redemption, part 1 & 2", 1991), Randall Loomis - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1994), Arlo Higgins - Sliders (1 episode, "Please Press One", 1999).
Tim Daly 1956, actor, Clark Kent / Kal-El / Superman - Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996) (TV), Clark Kent / Superman - The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1998) (TV) (voice), Superman / Clark Kent - Superman: The Animated Series (54 episodes, 1996-2000), Clark Kent / Superman - Superman: Brainiac Attacks (2006) (V) (voice), Superman - Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) (V) (voice).
Catherine Bach 1954, actor, Lara, the Guide - Strange New World (1975) (TV).
Ron Howard 1954, actor, The Wilcox Boy - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Walking Distance", 1959), Stewart - Dennis the Menace (5 episodes, 1959-1960), Genius - Village of the Giants (1965), Jodar - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Genius at Work", 1969), Richard 'Richie' Cunningham - Happy Days (171 episodes, 1974-1984), Tom Colonic - Osmosis Jones (2001) (voice).
Dirk Benedict 1945, actor, David Blake - Sssssss (1973), Lt. Starbuck - Battlestar Galactica (1978) (TV Movie), Lt. Starbuck - Battlestar Galactica (21 episodes, 1978-1979), Lt. Starbuck - Galactica 1980 (1 episode, 1980), Face - Amazing Stories (1 episode, "Robot Control Man", 1985), Templeton 'Faceman' Peck - The A-Team (96 episodes, 1983-1987), Victor Stevens - Earthstorm (2006) (TV),
Roger Daltrey 1944, actor/singer, Taz - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1996), Vlad/Jamie Blood - Vampirella (1996) (V), Col. Angus Rickman - Sliders (2 episodes, "The Exodus, part 1 & 2", 1997), Hugh Fitzcairn - Highlander (7 episodes, 1993-1998).
Michael J. Kurland 1938, sci-fi author, Infernal Device
Raymond St. Jacques 1930, actor, Hollis Silver - The Green Hornet(1 episode, "Seek, Stalk, and Destroy", 1967), Walter Wilson - Tarzan (1 episode, 1"The Creeping Giant", 1968), James A. Baxter - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Vise", 1968), Jamada - Gemini Man (1 episode, Return of the Lion", 1976), Azzar - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "African Connection", 1977), William Mayfield - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Girl with the Gift for Disaster",1979), Massandi - Voyagers! (1 episode, "Buffalo Bill & Annie Oakley Play the Palace", 1983), Judge Clancy Starman (1 episode, "A Child is Born", 1987).
Cesare Danova 1926, actor, Harry Holt - Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), Hector Servadac - Valley of the Dragons (1961), Felix Garth - The Green Hornet (2 episodes, "Corpse of the Year, part 1 & 2", 1967), Victor - Gemini Man (1 episode, "Targets",1976), Captain Romano - Automan (1 episode, "Ships in the Night", 1984).
Robert Clary 1926, actor, Cpl. Louis LeBeau - Hogan's Heroes (167 episodes, 1965-1971). Clary, having been in a German concentration camp during WW2, has an internment tattoo with A5714 on his arm, which, if you notice, is the reason why in "Hogan's Heroes" he is the only one who never wears short sleeves/goes sleeveless.
William M. Gaines 1922, the publisher and co-editor of EC Comics, and publisher of Mad for over 40 years. Gaines was deeply devoted to his staff, and fostered an environment of humor and loyalty. This he accomplished through various means, notably the "Mad trips." Each year, Gaines would pay for the magazine's staff and its steadiest contributors to fly off to some world locale. The first vacation, to Haiti, set the tone. Discovering that Mad had a grand total of one Haitian subscriber, Gaines arranged to have the entire group driven directly to the person's house. There, surrounded by the magazine's editors, artists and writers, Gaines formally presented the bewildered subscriber with a renewal card. Eventually the trips became more elaborate, and the staff would visit six of the world's continents.
Roger Delgado 1918, actor, Hugh Conrad - Quatermass II (1 episode, "The Coming", 1955), Mexican Consul - Ramon de Guerrera - First Man Into Space (1959), Capt. Santoro - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Face", 1961), The Master - Doctor Who (37 episodes, 1971-1973).
Ralph Waldo Ellison 1914, writer, Invisible Man, Shadow and Cast.
Terence De Marney 1908, actor, Churchwarden Joseph Longfoot - Doctor Who (1 episode, 1966).
Lionel Atwill 1885, actor, Dr. Paul Rigas - Man Made Monster (1941), Professor James Moriarty - Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943), Dr. Cyrus Maldor - Captain America (1944).
Ida Moore 1882, actress, Mrs. Pilkington - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1 episode, "Vena and the Darnamo", 1954).


Events

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "The Omega Glory" airs.
1968, NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return.
1982, Dr. Who, two-part serial "Black Orchid" airs.
1985, Codename Robotech released.
1989, Hard Time on Planet Earth airs.
1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Birthright, Part II" airs.
1995, Babylon 5 Episode 35 - "Hunter, Prey" first aired
1997, Crime Traveller airs on the BBC.
2000, Star Trek:VOY, "Ashes to Ashes" airs.

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