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

August 10, 2011

Space Rangers, Babylon 5, Starman, Deja Q, Dick Tracy, Ramar of the Jungle, Flash Gordon.


Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. In 1966 on this date William Shatner, while on a break from "Dagger in the Mind", did the opening narration for the first time.


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Birthdays

Claudia Christian 1965, actress, Allison Grimski - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953", 1989), Marla Baker - Space Rangers (1 episode, "Death Before Dishonor", 1993), Queen Aquareine - Journey Beneath the Sea (1997) (V) (voice), Susan Ivanova - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV), Katherine - Highlander (1 episode, "Two of Hearts", 1998), Susan Ivanova - Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV), Cmdr. Susan Ivanova - Babylon 5 (89 episodes, 1994-1998), Princess Leia - Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline (2002) (voice), Blue Fairy - Geppetto's Secret (2005) (voice), Captain Belinda Blowhard - Starhyke(6 episodes, 2009).
Jeff Corey 1914, actor, Reporter - Joe Palooka, Champ (1946), Luke Benson - Superman and the Mole-Men (1951), Mr. Byron Lomax - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "O.B.I.T.", 1963), Plasus - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Cloud Minders", 1969), Caspay - Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Orin Thatcher - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Lost Love", 1975), Thomas Bearclaw - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "The Night Demon", 1977), Zed - Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Vohll - The Powers of Matthew Star (1 episode, "The Triangle", 1982), Zeke - Manimal (1 episode, "Night of the Beast", 1983), Grand Vizier - Conan the Destroyer (1984), Hal Walker - Starman (1 episode, "The Gift", 1986), Francis Flannery - War of the Worlds (1 episode, "Eye for an Eye", 1988), Justin - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Z'ha'dum", 1996), Silvermane - Spider-Man (5 episodes, 1995-1997)(voice), The Judge - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "The Exile", 1997).
Daniel Hugh Kelly 1952, actor, Sojef - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Alex Buchanan - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Stranded", 1999).
Richard Cansino 1953, voice actor, Best known mostly for his voiceworks of male characters with a gentle personality and would sound resentful when angry or dissatisfied in animes and video games. Played Dr. Garin in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Deja Q".
Richard Reeves 1912, actor, Buck / Dixon - Dick Tracy (3 episodes, 1950-1953), Babe / Stacey Tracy / Little Buck - Adventures of Superman (5 episodes, 1952-1956), Jim Wilson - Target Earth (1954), Reeves - Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), Tony - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Stone Cutter", 1959), Mr. Kelly - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "The Bully", 1962), Detective / Picnicker - My Favorite Martian (2 episodes, 1963-1965), What a Way to Go Go Club Doorman - Batman (1 episode, "Hi Diddle Riddle", 1966).
James Fairfax 1897, actor, Charlie - Ramar of the Jungle (12 episodes, 1953-1954).


Events

1966, During a break in the filming of TOS: "Dagger of the Mind", William Shatner records, for the first time, the famous "Space...the final frontier" opening narration for Star Trek.
1992, Filming on Babylon 5 the pilot movie begins
1994, Babylon 5 Episode 20 - "Babylon Squared" first aired
2007, Flash Gordon begins on Sci-fi channel.

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