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

July 22, 2011

Cheech Wizard, Green Lantern: Willworld, Return to Labyrinth, Quatermass II: Enemy from Space, Doctor Who, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Stingray.

If you've wondered who played Superman's mother in the 1948 Superman serial then today is your lucky day.

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Birthdays

Vaughan Bodé 1941, comic book artist, He is perhaps best-known for his underground comic strip character Cheech Wizard.
Seth Fisher 1972, comic book artist and penciller, first gained attention for his work on DC Comics' Green Lantern: Willworld, Fisher pencilled the five issue "Snow" story arc of the Batman series Legends of the Dark Knight, written by Dan Curtis Johnson and J.H. Williams III. Fisher provided the art for the Marvel mini-series Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan (scripted by Zeb Wells) that appeared in 2005.
Emily Stone 1978, comic book artist, most known for artwork on Devil’s Due Publishing's HACK/Slash series. Ms. Stone's career in illustration has included a variety of other projects. This includes inking, penciling, or coloring The Ride (published by Image Comics), Jim Henson's comic Return to Labyrinth, and G.I. Joe comics/merchandise. She was also involved in the artwork for 160-page original graphic novel anthology, "Lloyd Kaufman Presents the Toxic Avenger and Other Tromatic Tales." Ms. Stone has drawn numerous pop-culture characters including Reanimator's Herbert West, the Suicide Girls, Milk & Cheese among others. In addition, Ms Stone has also illustrated a cover for Chucky from the Child's Play miniseries and artwork for My Little Pony merchandise.
Bryan Forbes 1926, actor, Jimmy Wheeler - Satellite in the Sky (1956), Marsh - Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (1957).
Bonnie Langford 1964, actress, Melanie Bush - Doctor Who (20 episodes, 1986-1987), Melanie Bush - Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) (TV).
Perry Lopez 1929, actor, Tomas - Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Dr. Charles Whitebird / Major Kabir - The Time Tunnel (2 episodes, 1966), Rodriguez - Star Trek (1 episode, "Shore Leave", 1966), Chigger - Tarzan (2 episodes, 1967), Keeler - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Savage Jungle", 1968).
Louise Fletcher 1934, actress, Jeannie - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Open Window", 1959), Mrs. Benjamin - Strange Invaders (1983), Lillian Reynolds - Brainstorm (1983), Mrs. McKeltch - Invaders from Mars (1986), Dr. Cline - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Hunters", 1988), Miss Weldon - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Dead Man", 1992), Kai Winn - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (14 episodes, 1993-1999), Mrs. Martha Wilson - A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007) (V), Dr. Coolidge - Heroes (2 episodes, 2009).
Angus P. Allan 1934, cartoonist, worked on TV Century 21 in the 1960s and Look-in magazine during the 1970s. Most commonly known as Angus Allan and sometimes credited as Angus P. Allan, he was responsible for original comic strip adaptations of numerous popular TV series. Allan's output was prolific, and virtually all the Look-In comic strips were his creations. Some of his comic works included The Six Million Dollar Man, Logan's Run and Charlie's Angels. Allan collaborated with many well-known British comic strip artists, including Jim Baikie and Arthur Ranson. He became associated with Gerry Anderson classics such as Stingray, Thunderbirds during the 1960's.
Anthony James 1942, actor, Eric Kiley - Holmes and Yo-Yo (1 episode, "The Hostages", 1976), Summersday - Man From Atlantis (1 episode, "Deadly Carnival", 1978), Varek / Mr. Graf - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (3 episodes, 1979-1981), Laird - V (1 episode, "Reflections in Terror", 1984), Subcommander Thei - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Neutral Zone", 1988).
Josef Burnett Cannon 1960, actor, Klingon Warrior - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Icarus Factor", 1989).
Terrell Tilford 1969, actor, Marab - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2005), News Anchor - Serenity (2005), Mike Kirby - A.I. Assault (2006) (TV).
Luana Walters 1912, actress, Millie - Blondie Plays Cupid (1940), Fury Shark - Captain Midnight (1942), Lara - Mother of Superman - Superman (1948)[Ch. 1].


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