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

July 2, 2011

Witchblade, Soylent Green, Justice League, Fat Albert, Hong Kong Phooey, Tarzan, Swat Kats, Borg War, Warehouse 13, American Dad, Get Smart.

What a great line up of actors, voice actors, animators, and illustrators. In Fact, maybe you don't know who was a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada before turning to acting in the early 60's. Take a look you'll be pleasantly surprised.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Yancy Butler 1970, actress, Sgt. Eve Edison - Mann & Machine (9 episodes, 1992), Lisa Gerou - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "Given the Heir", 1997), Tourist #3 - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Iron Curtain", 1998), Det. Sara 'Pez' Pezzini / Aras - Witchblade (23 episodes, 2001-2002).
Robert Ito 1931, actor, Tang - Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966), Sato - Dimension 5 (1966), Henry Chan - The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (14 episodes, 1972), Shoe Seller - Soylent Green (1973), Anesthetist - The Terminal Man (1974), Tomas Gabella - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "The Last Kamikaze", 1975), Strategy Coach for Houston Team - Rollerball (1975), Professor Hikita - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Lt. Chang - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Coming of Age", 1988), Wan-Lo - TaleSpin (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)(voice), Ogata - The Real Ghost Busters (1 episode, "Attack of the B-Movie Monsters", 1991)(voice), Goose Lee - Darkwing Duck (1 episode, "Kung Fooled", 1991)(voice), Kyodai Ken / The Ninja - Batman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1992-1993)(voice), Sgt. Tetsuo - Disney's Bonkers (1 episode, "Tokyo Bonkers", 1993)(voice), Mr. Kato - Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs (1 episode, "Taming of the Screwy", 1993)(voice), Johnny Leong / Hideo Koto - Highlander (2 episodes, 1993-1994), Stalker - Biker Mice From Mars (1 episode, "Stalkers", 1994)(voice), Dr. Sato - Gargoyles (1 episode, "Deadly Force", 1994)(voice), Mr. Young - Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (2 episodes, 1993-1994)(voice), Dr. Chen - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1 episode, "Five Ring Panda-Monium", 1995)(voice), 427 - Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects (1995) (TV) (voice), Dr. Shiro Zama - The X-Files (2 episodes, 1995), The Mandarin - The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man (4 episodes, 1995-1996)(voice), Colonel Raymond - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Worlds Apart", 1996), Dr. William Wu - Quack Pack (1 episode, "Feats of Clay", 1996)(voice), Pradad / President Horkarno / Controller - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (2 episodes, 1996)(voice), Dr. Teng / Awards Presenter - Superman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1997)(voice), Asian Black Bear - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "The Anniversary", 2000)(voice), John Kim - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Author, Author", 2001), Kai Ching - Jackie Chan Adventures (1 episode, "I'll Be a Monkey's Puppet", 2002)(voice), Mr. Hama - Justice League (1 episode, "Comfort and Joy", 2003)(voice), Mayor / Bookseller - Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2007) (V) (voice), Sun Warrior Chief - Avatar: The Last Airbender (1 episode, "The Firebending Masters", 2008)(voice). Robert Ito was, for many years, a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada before turning to acting in the mid-1960s.
Lillian "Lil" Evans 1924, animator who worked on Star Trek: The Animated Series for Filmation. Other Filmation productions she worked on include Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and BraveStarr. Evans began working as an animator in 1947 and retired in 1988. Besides Filmation, she also worked for such studios as Disney and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Although it is currently unknown what productions she worked on for Disney, she has many known works for Hanna-Barbera, including Josie and the Pussycats, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Hong Kong Phooey and Jabberjaw. In addition, she was also a key animator for the 1978 animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings for Ralph Bakshi and Fantasy Films, and was an animation director on the TV series G.I. Joe and 1987's G.I. Joe: The Movie for Marvel Productions.
Brock Peters 1927, actor, M'Kone - Tarzan (1 episode, "The Last of the Supermen", 1967), Chief Hatcher - Soylent Green (1973), Jack Stratton - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Which One is Jaime?", 1978), Chief Opposer Solon - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Murder on the Rising Star", 1979), General Newcastle - Challenge of the GoBots (3 episodes, 1984-1985)(voice), Admiral Cartwright - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Thunderbolt - Wildfire (1 episode, "Wildfire: King of the Horses", 1986)(voice), Druid - Ducktales (1 episode, "The Curse of Castle McDuck", 1987), Admiral Cartwright - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Bloth - The Pirates of Darkwater (20 episodes, 1991-1993)(voice), Dark Kat - Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (3 episodes, 1993)(voice), Minister Coombs - Cosmic Slop (1994) (TV)(segment "Space Traders"), The Pool - Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1 episode, "Where Have All the Monsters Gone?", 1994)(voice), Lucius Fox - Batman: The Animated Series (8 episodes, 1992-1994)(voice), Ramath - Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1 episode, "Swords of Ilkan", 1996)(voice), Masai / The Shaman - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (2 episodes, 1996-1997)(voice), Chronos / Squirrel - Johnny Bravo (1 episode, "Super Duped/Bungled in the Jungle/Bearly Enough Time!", 1997)(voice), Bird - Spicy City (1 episode, "Raven's Revenge", 1997)(voice), Joseph Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (6 episodes, 1996-1998), Jomo - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Forget Me Not", 2000)(voice), Lazzor (Elder) - Samurai Jack (1 episode, "Jack, the Woolies, and the Chritchellites", 2001)(voice), Usula - The Legend of Tarzan (1 episode, "Tarzan and the Return of La", 2001)(voice), Jomo - The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) (voice), General Mi'Qoch - Borg War (2006) (V) (voice). He and Clive Revill are the only "Star Trek" actors who have also played characters from "Star Wars", and they both played Sith Lords. Revill was the original voice of Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Peters played Darth Vader in the NPR radio adaptation.
Saul Rubinek 1948, actor, John Griffths - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "Gotcha", 1988), Kivas Fajo - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Most Toys", 1990), Fiedler - The Android Affair (1995) (TV), Professor Hugaro / Aaron Zgierski - The Outer Limits (2 episodes, 1995-1999), Emmett Bregman - Stargate SG-1 (2 episodes, 2004), Custody Attorney - Lost (1 episode, "Adrift", 2005), Dr. Carl Carlson - Eureka (1 episode, "Invincible", 2006), Artie Nielsen - Warehouse 13 (12 episodes, 2009).
Wendy Schaal 1954, actress, Beth Sladen - Creature (1985), Sheena - Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1 episode, "Boo!", 1986), Wendy - Innerspace (1987), Pamela - *batteries not included (1987), Charlene - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Real Life", 1997), Marion Fimple - Small Soldiers (1998), Martha Crittendon - The X-Files (1 episode, "Chimera", 2000), Francine Smith- American Dad! (117 episodes, 2005-2011).
Daren Ross Dochterman 1967, illustrator, He illustrated for Get Smart, Rush Hour 3, Monster House, Poseidon, Sky High, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and is otherwise credited with The Chronicles of Riddick, The Terminal, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The Nutty Professor, Sleepless in Seattle, and James Cameron's The Abyss. He shared a Video Premier Award for his visual effects in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He was also a conceptual illustrator on the film G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.


Events

1991, Principal photography on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ends.
1996, Principal photography on Star Trek: First Contact ends. The last scene filmed is Picard's Borg nightmare.
1998, Principal photography on Star Trek: Insurrection ends.

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