Crypt of Terror, Two Fisted Tales, The Mole People, Mars and Beyond, Planet of the Apes, Firefly, Serenity, Transformers Prime, Skippy.

I like the days when it's a birthday for some of the main character actors from Firefly, and today is no except. Today is Gina Torres' birthday. Gina played Zoe Washburne.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Johnny Craig 1926, comic book artist best known for his work with the influential EC Comics line of the 1950s. Craig later brought a clean, crisp, naturalistic approach to EC's legendary horror series — The Crypt of Terror, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear — plus Crime SuspenStories and Two-Fisted Tales. Wally Wood once said Craig drew "the cleanest horror stories you ever saw"

Kay E. Kuter 1925, actor, Priest - The Mole People (1956), Limbo Being - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Premonition", 1965), Kayla - Mad Professor - Far Out Space Nuts (2 episodes, "Robots of Pod", "Fantastic Journey", 1975), Enduran - The Last Starfighter (1984), Richards - V (1 episode, "The Overlord", 1984), Maestro Barbieri - The Twilight Zone (segment "Grace Note") (1 episode, 1986), Cytherian - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Nth Degree", 1991), Sirah - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Storyteller", 1993), Grimsby - The Little Mermaid (1 episode, "Scuttle", 1994), Calusari #1 - The X-Files (1 episode, "The Calusari", 1995), Ego the Living Planet - The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four (1 episode, "To Battle the Living Planet", 1995), Grimsby - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) (V) (voice).

Christopher S. Gilman 1961, special effects artist / actor, The Knight - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Emergence", 1994), Lt. Wolfgang Reinhardt - Mars and Beyond (2000).

Craig Appel 1970, actor/stuntman, Borg - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, 2001), Ape Warrior - Planet of the Apes (2001), Alien - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode,"The Seventh", 2002).

Becky Wahlstrom 1975, actress, Vissian Cogenitor - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Cogenitor", 2003).

Emily Bergl 1975, actor, Lisa Clarke - Adult - Taken (5 episodes, 2002), Bethany - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "North Star", 2003).

Russ Conway 1913, actor, Newspaperman - Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Gina Torres 1969, actress, Dr. Amy Ellis - M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994) (TV), LaMayne - Dark Angel (1996) (TV), Helen Carter - Cleopatra 2525 (28 episodes, 2000-2001), Zoë Washburne - Firefly (14 episodes, 2002-2003), Cas - The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Cas - The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Mari McCabe / Vixen - Justice League (5 episodes, 2004-2006)(voice), Zoë - Serenity (2005), Felicia Wedeck - FlashForward (2 episodes, 2009), Ebony Brown - The Boondocks (1 episode, "Lovely Ebony Brown", 2010), Airachnid - Transformers Prime (1 episode, "Predatory", 2010-2011).

Events

1931, Skippy (the movie), based on the comic strip series, was released by Paramount Pictures. Child star Jackie Cooper (who much, much later played Perry White to Christopher Reeve's Superman) performed the title role, and received an Oscar nomination.

1986, Scenes, including Uhura and Chekov looking for nuclear vessels in downtown San Francisco are filmed on location for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

1988, Star Trek:TNG, "Skin of Evil" airs.

1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Battle Lines" airs.

2001, Star Trek:Voyager, "Friendship One" airs.