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

July 16, 2011

Babylon 5, Sliders, Tales of Tomorrow, The Clone Master, Stargate: Atlantis, Heroes, Citizen in Space, Howard the Duck, Super Friends, Commando Cody.

Always a good day when several actors and a novel writer for Babylon 5 are having birthdays.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Jerry Doyle 1956, actor, Michael Garibaldi - Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) (TV), Captain Simian - Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys (2 episodes, 1996)(voice), Corey / Driver #2 / Felipe - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1 episode, "Nuclear Netherworld", 1996)(voice), Michael Alfredo Garibaldi - Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998) (TV), Michael Garibaldi - Babylon 5 (109 episodes, 1994-1998), Michael Garibaldi - Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) (TV), Sgt. Vernon Larson - Sliders (1 episode, "Strangers and Comrades", 1999).
Phillip Pine 1920, actor, Usher / Dorn, Marden's associate - Adventures of Superman (2 episodes, 1952), Lieutenant Hawkins / Steve - Tales of Tomorrow (2 episodes, 1952), Dr. Norman Heller - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "Before the Beginning", 1955), George Thomas - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), Dr. Joe Freed - The Lost Missile (1958), Harry Call - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Where Are They?", 1960), Virgil Sterig / Leonard O'Brien - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1960-1963), Ted Pearson - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Hundred Days of the Dragon", 1963), Ryan - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "...And Five of Us Are Left", 1965), Police Sgt. Hal Corman - The Invaders (1 episode, "Genesis", 1967), Colonel Phillip Featherstone Green - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Savage Curtain", 1969), Navy Cmdr. Tiller - The Clone Master (1978) (TV).
Michelle Morgan 1981, actress, F.R.A.N. / Dr. Elizabeth Weir - Stargate: Atlantis (2 episodes, 2008).
Dan Warner 1965, actor, Detroit police officer #2 - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Carpenter Street", 2003), Skinny Cop - Heroes (1 episode, "Chapter Twenty-Two 'Landslide'", 2007).
Felix Locher 1882, actor, Old Man - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Captain's Guests", 1959), Club Member - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Silence", 1961), Mr. Johnson - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Deadly Years", 1967).
Robert Sheckley 1928, sci-fi writer, was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. In late 1951 he sold his first story, Final Examination, to Imagination magazine. He quickly gained prominence as a writer, publishing stories in Imagination, Galaxy, and other science fiction magazines. The 1950s saw the publication of Sheckley's first four books: short story collections Untouched by Human Hands (Ballantine, 1954), Citizen in Space (1955), and Pilgrimage to Earth (Bantam, 1957), and a novel, Immortality, Inc. (first published as a serial in Galaxy, 1958). Sheckley was a prolific and versatile writer. His works include not only original short stories and novels, but also TV series episodes (Captain Video and His Video Rangers), novelizations of works by others (Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, after the film), shared universe stories, and collaborations with other writers. He was best known for his numerous (several hundreds) short stories,[2] which he published in book form as well as individually. In the 1990s, Sheckley wrote a series of three mystery novels featuring detective Hob Draconian, as well as novels set in the worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Alien.
Camille Saviola 1950, actress, Concetta - Addams Family Values (1993), Kai Opaka - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (4 episodes, 1993-1996).
Kristopher Logan 1963, actor, Punk - Howard the Duck (1986), Shane 'Funny Bone' Thomas - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Rebel Without a Clue - September 1, 1958", 1990), Nazi Commando - The Rocketeer (1991), Troubled Guy - Demolition Man (1993), Ambassador #3 - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Points of Departure", 1994), El Aurian Survivor - Star Trek: Generations (1994), Assassin / Tourist - Sliders (2 episodes, 1996-1999), Squinty the Pirate - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004).
Jill Lover 1971, actress, filmed a role for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. She played a Vulcan midwife in the deleted scene of Spock's birth.
William Woodson 1917, actor / voice actor, Narrator - Dick Tracy (22 episodes, 1950-1951), Opening Narrator/Radio Announcer - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) (voice), Opening Narrator - It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) (voice), Opening off-screen narrator - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (voice), Narrator - The Invaders (43 episodes, 1967-1968), Naval Officer - Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Sheriff - "C B Bears" (1977) TV series (voice), Narrator/Jay's Pop/Cleazor - The All-New Super Friends Hour (6 episodes, 1977), Narrator / Perry White / Admiral Hubbard / Captain Nemo - Challenge of the SuperFriends (16 episodes, 1978), Narrator - Super Friends (1980) TV series (unknown episodes, 1980-1983), Announcer - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, 1981), Argoth of a Thousand Eyes - Thundarr the Barbarian (1 episode, "Fortress of Fear", 1981), Namor the Sub-Mariner - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1 episode, "7 Little Superheroes", 1981), J. Jonah Jameson - Spider-Man (13 episodes, 1981-1982), Mondraggor - Pandamonium (1982) TV series (voice), Announcer / Cake - Steven Spielberg Presents... Tiny Toon Adventures (4 episodes, 1990), Newsreel Announcer - The Rocketeer (1991) (voice), Super Friends Narrator - Family Guy (1 episode, "Family Goy", 2009).


Events

1952, Zombies of the Stratosphere by Republic Studios is released. Features Commando Cody. The serial is remembered today mainly because Leonard Nimoy plays one of the three Martian invaders, Narab.
1955, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe airs on NBC.
1958, The Fly is released.
1968, First filming day of TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".
1987, Cargo bay and holodeck scenes shot for TNG: "Code of Honor".
2004, Stargate Atlantis airs on Sci-fi Channel.

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