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

May 4, 2011

Corpus Earthling, Adventures of Superboy, The Quatermass Experiment, Doctor Who, Moonbase 3, Buck Rogers, Captain Video Master of the Stratosphere.

Robert C. Johnson was the voice that quite a few of us will remember. He was best known as the Control Voice on Mission Impossible but also did uncredited work on the original Star Trek and the Outer Limits.


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Birthdays

Robert C. Johnson 1920, voice actor, He supplied his voice to several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. He did not receive on-screen credit for his work. He also did voice work on several episodes of The Outer Limits, including "Corpus Earthling". But he is most famous as the Control Voice on all but a few of the episodes of the original seven seasons of Mission: Impossible, hired on for that role by his friend, creator and producer Bruce Geller. He was the "voice on disc" for the 1990's revival of the series as well.
Carlos Augusto Cestero 1949, actor, Prodo - Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, 1990), Munitions Man - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
Jeff Lester 1955, actor, FBI agent interrogating Chekov - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
Peter Bathurst 1912, actor, Charles Greene - The Quatermass Experiment (3 episodes, 1953), Bank Manager - Supersonic Saucer (1956), Barnaby - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "Andover and the Android", 1965), Hensell / Chinn - Doctor Who (9 episodes, 1966-1971), Director General - Moonbase 3 (3 episodes, 1973).
Roy Butler 1893, actor, Control Officer - Buck Rogers (1939), Radio Operator - Superman (1948), Thug in Park - Mysterious Island (1951) [Ch. 1], Real Vault Guard - Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951) [Ch. 9].


Events

1902, Buster Brown comic strip begins.
1992, Star Trek:TNG, "Imaginary Friend" airs.
1994, Babylon 5 Episode 11 - "Survivors" first aired

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