The Day Mars Invaded Earth, Timequest, The Last Man on Planet Earth, The Andromeda Strain, Mork and Mindy, Clapperboard, Lil Abner, Manimal, Superboy.

Foster Brooks always made me laugh when I was younger. His portrayal of an alcoholic was classic and completely the opposite of how he really was since the early 60's. Foster would have been 99 today.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Kent Taylor 1907, actor, Dr. Ted Stevens aka Ted Baxter - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), Dr. David Fielding - The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963), Johnson - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "...And Five of Us Are Left", 1965), Tonga Jack Adams - The Mighty Gorga (1969), Doc Jelko - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "The Deadly Dart", 1970). Was Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's inspiration for half of Superman's alter ego name Clark Kent ("Clark" came from Clark Gable, Siegel's idol, and Kent Taylor was Siegel's wife's brother-in-law).

Joel Fredericks 1959, actor, Engineer - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Timescape", 1993).

Vince Grant 1961, actor, Robert F. Kennedy - Timequest (2000), Yarrick - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Chosen Realm", 2004).

Nancy Hower 1966, actor, Agent Green - The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999) (TV), Ensign Samantha Wildman - Star Trek: Voyager (8 episodes, 1995-2000).

Joan Swift 19??, actress, Aurelan - Star Trek (1 episode, "Operation - Annihilate!", 1967), Decontamination receptionist - The Andromeda Strain (1971).

Foster Brooks 1912, actor, Miles Sternhagen - Mork and Mindy (3 episodes, 1981), Stoneheart/Fossil Lord - GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986) (voice). Despite the fact that his greatest fame came from portraying a comic drunk, Brooks himself quit drinking in the early 1960s, on a bet, and remained a teetotaler for the rest of his life.

Frank Thring 1926, actor, The Collector - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Zeus - Hercules Returns (1993) (voice). His father, F.W. Thring, invented the forerunner of the clapperboard still in use today.

Doodles Weaver 1911, actor, Hannibal Hoops - Li'l Abner (1940), Admin Bldg Guard at Metropolis University - Superman (1948)[Ch. 9], Booster - The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959), Needy Man #2 - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "Poor Mr. Wilson", 1962), Announcer - Snuffy Smith and Barney Google (1 episode, "Snuffy's Turf Luck", 1963), Crier Tuck - Batman (2 episodes, 1966), Giant Hobo - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Framed", 1968).

Zilpha Keatly Snyder 1927, sci-fi author, Headless Cupid.

Doug McClure 1935, actor, Pete Grant - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Mr. Denton on Doomsday", 1959), Bowen Tyler - The Land That Time Forgot (1975), David Innes - At the Earth's Core (1976), Bowen Tyler - The People That Time Forgot (1977), Greg Collinson - Warlords of Atlantis (1978), Jim Hill - Humanoids from the Deep (1980), McVain - Firebird 2015 AD (1981), Arnold Sypes - Manimal (1 episode, "Night of the Scorpion", 1983), Det. Ted Smithers - Automan (1 episode, "Automan", 1983), Professor John Zugar - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Hollywood", 1989).

Jonathan Jackson 1982, actor, Martin - Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Sunrise", 2003), Kyle Reese - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (4 episodes, 2008-2009). Newsweek magazine claimed that Jonathan was a sureshot for the role of Anakin Skywalker.

Gerard Christopher 1959, actor, Clark Kent / Superboy - Superboy (72 episodes, 1989-1992).

Events

1934, Dan Flynn is introduced into the Dickie Dare comic strip by Milton Caniff.

1992, Star Trek:TNG, "I Borg" airs.

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 12 - "By Any Means Necessary" first aired