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

May 6, 2011

Babylon 5, Marvel Secret Wars, The Invisible Boy, Terror from the Year 5000, First Wave, Sanctuary, Captain Easy, V: The Final Battle, Dr. Who.

It was a great pleasure to meet Michael O'Hare in Chicago back in the mid 90's when he was just finishing up as the first year Captain of Babylon 5. I believe I still have one of his hand outs he was signing.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Michael O'Hare, actor, Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair - Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) (TV), Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair - Babylon 5 (25 episodes, 1994-1996), Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV).
John Beatty 1961, comic book artist, notable works include illustrating Beyonder and inking Marvel Secret Wars, the new Ninja Turtles comics, and Kelley Jones' art for numerous Batman stories
Richard Eyer 1945, actor, Timmy Daniels - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, 1955), Timmie Merrinoe - The Invisible Boy (1957), Barani - the Genie - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958).
Frederic Downs 1916, actor, Prof. Howard Erling - Terror from the Year 5000 (1958), Cousin Fillmore - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "Junior Pathfinders Ride Again", 1962), Warden - The Amazing Spider-Man (1 episode, "The Con Caper", 1978), The Porter - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Half Nelson", 1981, Pop Casco - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "The Lost Diablo", 1981).
Kavan Smith 1970, actor, Tommy Cranston - First Wave (1 episode, "Marker 262", 1998), Allan / Quarterback / Harrison Taylor / Lt. O'Neill / Dominic - The Outer Limits (5 episodes, 1995-2001), Nicholas Willis - Mission to Mars (2000), Wade Mahaney - Smallville (1 episode, "Kinetic", 2002), Matthew Forsenth - Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Developing", 2003), Lt. Richard 'Buster' Bayer - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode,"The Captain's Hand", 2006), Flynn - The Time Tunnel (2006) (TV), Alex - Blade: The Series (1 episode, "Turn of the Screw", 2006), Major Evan Lorne - Stargate SG-1 (2 episodes, 2003-2007), Detective Joe Kavanaugh - Sanctuary (1 episode, "Episode #1.1", 2007), Jed Garrity - The 4400 (21 episodes, 2005-2007), Det. Joe Cavanaugh - Sanctuary (2 episodes, 2008), Major Evan Lorne - Stargate: Atlantis (29 episodes, 2005-2009), Nathan - Human Target (1 episode, "Victoria", 2010), Deputy Andy - Eureka (4 episodes, 2010), Jake Hampton - Metal Shifters (2011) (TV).


Events

1929, Captain Easy was added as a scrappy sidekick in the Wash Tubs comic strip. Easy gradually took over the strip and became its lead character, getting his own Sunday page, Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune, in 1933.
1984, V: The Final Battle airs on NBC.
1996, Babylon 5 Episode 59 - "Interludes and Examinations" first aired
1990, NBC telecast Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again, a TV movie
2006, Dr. Who, "The Girl in the Fireplace" airs.

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