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| William York Wray 1956, cartoonist and landscape painter, notable for his Urban Landscape series of paintings, his many pages for Mad and his contributions to The Ren & Stimpy Show. He has used the name Bill Wray for his cartoon creations and William Wray for his work as a fine artist. Wray spent much of his childhood traveling about as an Army brat, reading comic books and watching animated cartoons. At the age of 15, Bill received training in Newport Beach, California, from a retired Disney animator. He then entered the animation industry, working for a variety of studios, including Disney, Hanna-Barbera and Filmation. In 1985, he moved to New York, doing comic book work for Marvel and DC Comics, while studying at New York's Art Students League. A phone call from John Kricfalusi sent him back West in the early 1990s to work on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack and other shows. His long-run "Monroe" series appeared in more than 100 issues of Mad, and he has also co-created Dark Horse Comics Hellboy Junior with Mike Mignola based on the Hellboy character. |
| Gabrielle Bell 1976, alternative cartoonist known for her surrealist, melancholy semi-autobiographical stories. From about 1998 to 2002, Bell annually self-published a 32-page comic, each of whose titles began with "Book of...", including Book of Insomnia, Book of Sleep, Book of Black, Book of Lies, and Book of Ordinary Things. Many of the stories from those comics were collected in When I'm Old and Other Stories, published by Alternative Comics in 2003. In 2003, Bell began the self-published semi-autobiographical Lucky series, of which the third won a 2003 Ignatz Award for Most Outstanding Minicomic. Lucky was collected by Drawn and Quarterly in fall 2006, and launched as a new series (vol. 2), also by Drawn and Quarterly, in 2007. |
| Carmen Carter 1954, sci-fi writer, best known for being a Star Trek novelist. |
| Lisa Lord 1964, actress, Nurse - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Nor The Battle To The Strong", 1996). |
| Joseph Barbera 1911, animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1932 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936. In 1937 he moved to California and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met William Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action films. In 1957, after MGM dissolved their animation department, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained head of the company until 1991. At that time the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors. |
| Steve McQueen 1930, actor, Steve Andrews - The Blob (1958). |
| Kenneth Nelson 1930, actor, Ranger Colt - Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) TV series. |
| William Smith 1930, actor, Captain of the Guard - Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961), Adonis - Batman (1 episode, "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires", 1968), Commander Maxwell - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Survival of the Fittest", 1974), Tolar - Planet of the Apes (1 episode, "The Gladiators", 1974), Patron/Modok - Logan's Run (1 episode, "Half Life", 1977), The Trebor - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Buck's Duel to the Death", 1980), Conan's Father - Conan the Barbarian (1982), Guard - The Twilight Zone (segment "Shadow Play") (1 episode, 1986), Draaga - Justice League (2 episodes, "War World: Part 1 & 2", 2002). Bruce Lee personally offered Smith the co-lead in Enter the Dragon (1973), but another film went over schedule and John Saxon stepped into the role. Turned down the role of Tarzan at MGM. |
| Nicholas Campbell 1952, actor, Eddie Collins - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "A Matter of Balance", 1976), Kit O'Brady - Highlander (1 episode, "Double Eagle", 1995), Frank Daniels - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Better Luck Next Time", 1999). |
| Robert Carradine 1954, actor, Dan Arnold - The Twilight Zone (segment "Still Life") (1 episode, 1986), Joey Bermuda/The Handyman - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Home Is Where the Hurt Is", 1995), Skinhead - Escape from L.A. (1996), Wade Parker - Humanoids from the Deep (1996) (TV), Rodale - Ghosts of Mars (2001), Big Jim - Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003) (V), Lewis Skolnick / Man - Robot Chicken (1 episode, "Boo Cocky", 2008). |
| Jim Parsons 1973, actor, Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (59 episodes, 2007-2010), Sheldon Cooper - Family Guy (1 episode, "Business Guy", 2009). The Barenaked Ladies wrote and sang the Big Bang Theory Theme : Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started--Wait! The Earth began to cool, The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools, We built a wall (we built the pyramids), Math, science, history, Unraveling the mystery, That all started with the Big Bang! BANG! |
| Lake Bell 1979, actress, Dr. Laura Daughtery - Surface (15 episodes, 2005-2006). |
| Lara Flynn Boyle 1970, actress, Serleena - Men in Black II (2002). |
| R. Lee Ermey 1944, actor, General Ferris - TheHuman Target (1 episode, "Second Chance", 1992), General Platt - Body Snatchers (1993), Sergeant Major Frank Bougus - Space: Above and Beyond (1 episode, "Pilot", 1995), Sergeant - Toy Story (1995) (voice), Colonel Leslie Hapablap - The Simpsons (1 episode, "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", 1995), Reverend Patrick Findley - The X-Files (1 episode, "Revelations", 1995), Sergeant Goonther - The Angry Beavers (1 episode, "H-2 Whoa/Fancy Prance", 1997), General Thorton - Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999) TV series, Sky Marshall Sanchez - Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (4 episodes, 1999-2000), Sarge - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (V) (voice), Coach - Family Guy (1 episode, "Mr. Saturday Knight", 2001), Sergeant / Drill Sergeant - Grim & Evil (1 episode, "Bully Boogie/Here Thar Be Dwarves", 2004), Sergeant - X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (voice), Warden - SpongeBob SquarePants (1 episode, "The Inmates of Summer/The Two Faces of Squidward", 2007), Wildcat - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (3 episodes, "Enter the Outsiders!", "Menace of the Conqueror Caveman!", "The Golden Age of Justice!", 2009-2010). |
| Megyn Price 1971, actress, Suzanne Sanders - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Liberation - October 16, 1968", 1993), Linda Memari - American Dad! (5 episodes, 2005-2009). |
| Keisha Castle-Hughes 1990, actress, Queen of Naboo - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). |
| Syd Saylor 1895, actor, Reporter - King Kong (1933), Waiter - Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), Marco - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Case of the Talkative Dummy", 1952), Man at Fountain - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), Sheriff Dan Emerson - The Joe Palooka Story (1 episode, "Come Out Fighting", 1954). |
| Pat McKee 1895, actor, Plane Thug at Tower - Dick Tracy Returns (1938)[Ch. 15], Thug at the D.A.'s home - The Green Hornet (1940)[Ch. 4], Franki Altri's Handler - Joe Palooka, Champ (1946). |
| Ub Iwerks 1901, animator, Ub Iwerks worked as a commercial artist in Kansas City in 1919 when he met Walt Disney who was in the same profession. When Disney decided to form an animation company, Ub Iwerks was the first employee he had due to his skill at fast drawing as well as being a personal friend. He served as the principle animator for the first Mickey Mouse shorts and Silly Symphonies. Iwerks was so prominent in the production of these shorts that it was speculated that Ub was the dominate force behind the success of Disney Productions. The combination of Iwerks' rising ambitions, occasional differences with Walt and a tempting deal with Pat Powers to finance his own studio prompted him to break away in 1930. His studio was closed in 1936 when Powers withdrew his support. He worked for Columbia starting in 1938 and worked for two years until he decided to return to Disney. The two men never commented on their renewed relationship but the reunion was mutually beneficial. Iwerks was able to abandon animation and concentrate on technical development which helped create many of the special effects that the Disney company excelled in for decades, especially concerning the live action animation combination sequences in Song of the South (1946) and Mary Poppins (1964). He was known as the fastest animator in the business in early sound period. He animated Mickey's first short, Plane Crazy (1928) by himself in only two weeks (700 animation drawings a day!). The DC Comics supervillian Dr. U'bx was named in his honor. |
| Maud Milton 1859, actress, Martha Parker - A Message from Mars (1921) |
Events
| 1927, Bobby Thatcher comic strip begins. Created by George Storm |
| 1967, The score for Star Trek: TOS "The City on the Edge of Forever", composed by Fred Steiner, is recorded. |
| 1980, Blakes 7, 3rd series Episode 12. "Death-Watch" |
| 1987, Design patents for the USS Excelsior and Klingon Bird-of-Prey are issued. |
| 1994, Filming begins on Star Trek Generations. |
| 1999, Star Trek:Voyager "The Fight" airs. |
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