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

April 5, 2011

Arthur Adams, Longshot, Spectre, Hourman, Invasion of the Saucer Men, Wonder Woman, Otherworld, Ozzy & Drix, Ark II, The 4400, Roger Corman, Vulcans.

Happy Birthday to artist and Facebook friend Arthur Adams.


Also it's Gordon Jone's birthday. Gordon was the 1940's Green Hornet.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Arthur Adams 1963, comic book artist and writer, Art began a long career when he penciled the critically-acclaimed Longshot limited series. Since that point he has worked on projects including a 1989 two-issue run on X-Factor, and a 1990 three-issue run on Fantastic Four along with many notable series, including various X-Men titles, The Authority, Gen¹³, as well as numerous annuals.. He also had a ten-issue run on Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (2002–2004). His great detailed work has led him to avoid the rigors of deadline based comic series. He is also known for Art Adams' Creature Features, a collection of previously published stories that paid tribute to various B-movie monsters, published by Dark Horse Comics. Some of the stories had been originally published in black and white, but they were colored for the collection. Along with writer Steve Moore, Adams is the co-creator of Jonni Future. Art is also a highly-regarded cover artist, and he has provided cover images for issues of Superman, Batman, Justice League of America and Vampirella, among other titles. In addition to his work on comics themselves, he has also produced popular commercial art, such as numerous illustrations for trading cards, posters, shirts, and various other comics-related merchandise. Outside the field of comics, he has also provided illustrations for various magazines, movies, games, worked in toy design, and even a series of X-Men-themed Campbell Soup cans.
Bernard Baily 1916, comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics characters the Spectre and Hourman, and a comics publisher, writer, and editor.
Frank Gorshin 1933, actor, Joe Gruen - Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), The Riddler - Batman: The Movie (1966), The Riddler - Batman (10 episodes, 1966-1967), Bele - Star Trek (1 episode, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", 1969), Dr. Hoffman - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Deadly Toys", 1977), The Riddler - Legends of the Superheroes (1979) TV series, Seton Kellogg - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (2 episodes, "The Plot to Kill a City: Part 1 & 2", 1979), Holler/Carlo/Omar/Prince - The Gnomes' Great Adventure (1987) (voice), Byers the Mobster - The Meteor Man (1993), Sharpie Lawyer - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Whine, Whine, Whine", 1995), Dr. Fletcher - Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Reverend Jack Cheese - The Ren & Stimpy Show (1 episode, "The Last Temptation/Reverend Jack Cheese", 1996), Captain King Crab - King Crab: Space Crustacean (1999) (TV) (voice), Professor Hugo Strange - The Batman (3 episodes, 2005).
Irene Tsu 1943, actress, Leilani - My Favorite Martian (1 episode, "Double Trouble", 1964), Su Yin - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Peacemaker", 1965), Linda - Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966), Doctor Tingley - Future Cop (5 episodes, 1977), Mei Ling - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Man Who Made Volcanoes", 1977), Mary Kim - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, "Favorite Son, "Author Author", 1997-2001).
John Edward Berg 1949, actor, Romulan Senator - Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
Michael Rider 1952, actor, Officer - Otherworld (2 episodes, 1985), Transporter Chief - Star Trek: The Next Generation (4 episodes, 1987-1990).
Tasia Valenza 1967, actress, T'Shanik - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Coming of Age", 1988), Natasha - Tekkaman Blade 2 (1994) (V) (voice), Miriam - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Baby-Doll", 1994), Bernice - Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1 episode, "Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W", 1995), Lt. Kelly Anne Winslow - Space: Above and Beyond (4 episodes, 1995-1996), Policewoman - Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Feeding Time", 1996), Jade - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (2 episodes, 1997), Female Cultist - The New Batman Adventures (1 episode, 1998), Camel - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, 2000), Servant Girl #1 - Batman Beyond (1 episode, 2001), Maria Amino - Ozzy & Drix (2 episodes, 2003), Vampire #2 / Senorita Theresa - Duck Dodgers (2 episodes, 2003-2005), Lupe Chesares/Wormian #2 / Brooke Bjork - What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2 episodes, 2003-2005), Gabriella/Firefighter #3 - Danger Rangers (5 episodes, 2005-2006).
Alexander Enberg 1972, actor, Toaster #1 - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "I've Got a Crush on You", 1993), Young Reporter / Taurik - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1992-1994), Manny Merrick - The Invisible Man (1 episode, 2001), Ensign Vorik / Third Malon Engineer - Star Trek: Voyager (9 episodes, 1997-2001).
Andrew Elder 1983, comic book color artist, he has been providing the color design for Atlantis Rising from Platinum Studios Comics and has worked on a variety of books in the Transformers series from IDW Publishing.
Christopher S. Nelson 1954, actor, Gary - Shazam! (2 episodes, "The Lure of the Lost", "The Road Back", 1974), Billy Jackson / Jack - The Six Million Dollar Man (2 episodes, 1974-1976), Zachery - Ark II (1 episode, "The Tank", 1976).
Jane Asher 1946, actress, Little girl - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Lee Cross - Out of This World (1 episode, "Cold Equation", 1962), Andrea - The Sarah Jane Adventures (2 episodes, "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?: Part 1", 2007).
Ann Maxwell 1944, sci-fi author, Jaws of Menx
Michael Moriarty 1941, actor, Warren Cribbens - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "20/20 Vision", 1988), Solicitor-General Wallace Gannon - The Outer Limits (1 episode, 2000), Colonel Thomas Campbell - Taken (1 episode, "Beyond The Sky", 2002), Orson Bailey - The 4400 (1 episode, "Pilot", 2004).
Roger Corman 1926, Producer / Director - He started direct involvement in films in 1953 as a producer and screenwriter, making his debut as director in 1955. Between then and his official retirement in 1971 he directed dozens of films, often as many as six or seven per year, typically shot extremely quickly on leftover sets from other, larger, productions. His probably unbeatable record for a professional 35mm feature film was two days and a night to shoot the original version of The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), though several other films were made in less than a week. Corman's place in film history is assured simply through his unrivalled eye for talent - among many world-class names who were employed by him at a very early stage in their careers are Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, James Cameron, Peter Bogdanovich, Joe Dante and many others.
Robert Bloch 1917, sci-fi author, Hugo, Psycho
Gordon Jones 1911, actor, Britt Reid / The Green Hornet - The Green Hornet (1940), Dudley McGurn - The Joe Palooka Story (1 episode, 1954), Sheriff Josh Peters - The Monster That Challenged the World (1957), Talkative Morgantown Townsman - Master of the World (1961).
Paul Whitsun-Jones 1923, actor, James Fullalove - The Quatermass Experiment (6 episodes, 1953), Ragpicker / Fezziwig - A Christmas Carol (1971) (TV) (voice), Marshal / Squire Edwards - Doctor Who (10 episodes, 1966-1972).
Mitch Pileggi 1952, actor, John Paul Sartre - Alien Nation (1 episode, "The Night of the Screams", 1989), Thomas J. Watts - Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV), Assistant Director Walter Skinner - The X Files (1998), Dr. Stanton - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "Payback", 2000), FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner - The Lone Gunmen (2 episodes, 2001), Walter Skinner / Assistant Director Walter Skinner - The X files (82 episodes, 1994-2002), Al Hawke - Birds of Prey (1 episode, "Nature of the Beast", 2002), Richard Clayton - Tarzan (9 episodes, 2003), Commissioner James Gordon - The Batman (13 episodes, 2005-2007), Colonel Steven Caldwell - Stargate: Atlantis (22 episodes, 2005-2009), Walter Skinner - The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008), Leonard Kreese - Human Target (1 episode, "Lockdown", 2010).
Greg McClure 1915, actor, Dutch Grady - Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949), Henchman Evans - Batman and Robin (1949)[Chs. 1-6], Pete Muske - Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950).


Events

1992, Mann & Machine airs on NBC.
1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Lessons" airs.
1997, Star Trek:DS9, "Business as Usual" airs.
2008, Dr. Who, "Partners in Crime" airs.
2063, fiction date that humans made first contact with Vulcans in Star Trek series.

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