Wonderful day for birthdays including Jack Kirby and Amanda Tapping.
Also if you ever wondered who came up with Mr. Sulu's first name then read on.
Enjoy !!!
Birthdays
| Eric Basaldua 1980, comic book artist, worked on Witchblade, Magdalena, Tomb Raider with Top Cow. |
| Jack Kirby 1917, comic book artist, In 1941, Kirby and writer Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics. He contributed to a number of publishers, including Archie Comics and DC Comics, but ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. In the 1960s, Kirby co-created many of Marvel Comics' major characters including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk along with writer-editor Stan Lee. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC Comics. While working for DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid- to late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. |
| E.E. Clive 1879, actor, Const. Jaffers - The Invisible Man (1933), Masters - Tarzan Escapes (1936). |
| Jack Black 1969, actor, Wasteland Scrap - Demolition Man (1993), Pilot - Waterworld (1995), Bart 'Zero' Liquori - The X-Files (1 episode, "D.P.O.", 1995), Billy Glenn Norris - Mars Attacks! (1996), Fiedler - Enemy of the State (1998), Zeke - Ice Age (2002) (voice), Spider-Man - Jack Black: Spider-Man (2002) (TV), Computerman - Computerman (6 episodes, 2003-2004)(voice), Lenny - Shark Tale (2004) (voice), Carl Denham - King Kong (2005), Milo - The Simpsons (1 episode, "Husbands and Knives", 2007), Po - Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008) (V) (voice). |
| Tol Avery 1915, actor, Navy intern - It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955), Prof. Buck Weaver - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "The World Below", 1955), Pierre / Tabak - Jonny Quest (2 episodes, 1964-1965), Prescott Belmont / Deputy Mayor Zorly - Batman (3 episodes, 1966-1967), Warden - Lost In Space (1 episode, "Fugitives in Space", 1968), Mr. Derg - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Shell Game", 1969). |
| Tutte Lemkow 1918, actor, Kuiju / Ibrahim / Cyclops - Doctor Who (7 episodes, 1964-1965), A.G. Singleton - UFO (1 episode, "Court Martial", 1971), Imam - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Wizard - Red Sonja (1985). |
| Amanda Tapping 1965, actress, Carina Sayles - The X-Files (1 episode, "Avatar", 1996), Cmdr. Kate Girard - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Joining", 1998), Prof. Eva Soderstrom - The Void (2001) (V), Major Samantha Carter / Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter - Stargate SG-1 (211 episodes, 1997-2007), Dr. Helen Magnus - Sanctuary (8 episodes, 2007), Lt. Col. Samantha Carter - Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) (V), Colonel Samantha Carter - Stargate: Continuum (2008) (V), Colonel Samantha Carter / Lt. Col. Samantha Carter - Stargate: Atlantis (25 episodes, 2005-2009), Captain Samantha Carter - Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009) (V), Dr. Helen Magnus - Sanctuary (26 episodes, 2008-2010), Colonel Samantha Carter - SGU Stargate Universe (2 episodes, 2009-2010), Colonel Samantha Carter - Stargate: Extinction (2011) (V) (pre-production). Along with Gary Jones, she is one of only two actors to appear in all ten seasons of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) and all five seasons of "Stargate: Atlantis" (2004). |
| Kirby Morrow 1973, actor, Michaelangelo - Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (26 episodes, 1997-1998), Kirby - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Origin of Species", 1998), Marco Becker - Highlander: The Raven (1 episode, "Passion Play", 1998), Beta Class Android - Total Recall 2070 (1 episode, "Baby Lottery", 1999), Quentin Billup - First Wave (1 episode, "Ohio Players", 1999), Jason Jenkins - Kong (2000) (voice), Trowa Barton - Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (2000) TV series, Trowa Barton - Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless Waltz (2000) (TV) (voice), Militia Man / Tara'c - Stargate SG-1 (2 episodes, 1998-2002), Goku - Dragon Ball Z (134 episodes, 2000-2003), Cyclops / Scott Summers - X-Men: Evolution (49 episodes, 2000-2003), Rad - Transformers: Armada (2 episodes, 2002-2003), Rad White - Transformers: Energon (2 episodes, 2004), Miroku - Inuyasha (49 episodes, 2001-2004), Jason Jenkins - Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) (V), Jay Star - Class of the Titans (7 episodes, 2006), Jason Jenkins - Kong: The Animated Series (3 episodes, 2005-2006), Hot Shot - Transformers: Cybertron (3 episodes, 2006), Captain Dave Kleinman - Stargate: Atlantis (8 episodes, 2005-2006), Mosaic - Mosaic (2007) (V) (voice), Bridge Officer - SGU Stargate Universe (1 episode, "Incursion, part 1", 2010). |
| David Soul 1943, actor / singer, Makora - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Apple", 1967). During the run of "Starsky and Hutch" (1975), he recorded a #1 single called "Don't Give Up On Us Baby". |
| Ken Jenkins 1940, actor, Gerard Kirkhill - The Abyss (1989), Sergeant Burdick - Hard Time on Planet Earth (1 episode, "Losing Control", 1989), Dr. Paul Stubbs - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Evolution", 1989), Captain Trevor Hall - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "No Surrender, No Retreat", 1997), Robert Clark / Professor Jack Bigelow - Sliders (2 episodes, 1999-2000), Deputy Chief Karras - The X-Files (1 episode, "Medusa", 2001). |
| Vonda Neel McIntyre 1948, sci-fi writer, McIntyre had won her first Nebula Award, for the novelette "Of Mist, and Grass and Sand"; this later became part of the novel Dreamsnake (1978), which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. The novelette and novel both concern a female healer in a desolate, primitivized venue. McIntyre's debut novel, The Exile Waiting, was published in 1975. She has also written a number of Star Trek and Star Wars novels, including Enterprise: The First Adventure and The Entropy Effect. She wrote the novelizations of the films Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. It was McIntyre who came up with Hikaru as the first name of the Star Trek character Mr. Sulu, which became canon after Peter David, author of the comic book adaptation, visited the set of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and convinced director Nicholas Meyer to insert the name into the film's script. |
| Barbara Hambly 1951, sci-fi writer, an award-winning and prolific American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. Her writing includes novels occurring within worlds of her own creation (generally occurring within an explicit multiverse), as well as within previously existing mythos (notably Star Trek and Star Wars). |
| Jim Fitzpatrick 1959, actor, Tascom Security Guard - D.A.R.Y.L. (1985), Dock Worker - Cocoon (1985), NORAD Technician - Armageddon (1998/I), Commander Williams - Enterprise (5 episodes, 2001-2004). |
| Brian Thompson 1959, actor, Punk - The Terminator (1984), D.I. #2 - Otherworld (1 episode, "The Zone Troopers Build Men", 1985), Trent Porter - Alien Nation (1988), Second Officer Klag - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "A Matter of Honor", 1989), Jake O'Neal - Moon 44 (1990), Peter Rabbit - Alien Nation (1 episode, "Rebirth", 1990), The Golem - Superboy (1 episode, "The Golem", 1991), Klingon Helm - Star Trek: Generations (1994), Goth the Barbarian - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1 episode, "Siege at Naxos", 1995), Blitzkriegar - Weird Science (1 episode, "Men in Tights", 1996), Inglatu / Toman'torax - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1993-1996), Captain Curry - Seven Days (2 episodes, 1998), Hercules - Jason and the Argonauts (2000) (TV), Alien Bounty Hunter - The X Files (9 episodes, 1995-2000), The Crawler - Birds of Prey (1 episode, "Split", 2002), Tower - Epoch: Evolution (2003) (TV), Admiral Valdore - Enterprise (3 episodes, 2005). |
| Madison Eginton 1989, actress, Madison Picard - Star Trek: Generations (1994). |
Events
| 1995, Star Trek: Voyager, "The 37's" airs. |
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