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

October 5, 2011

Babylon 5, Batgirl, Snuffy Smith, The Time Tunnel, Invasion of the Triifids, Mary Poppins, Archie.

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful wife who has stuck with me this past 26 years. She's as crazy as I am I guess.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Jeff Conaway 1950, actor, Borman - Alien Intruder (1993) (V), Zack Allen - Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV), Zack Allen - Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998) (TV), Zack Allan - Babylon 5 (74 episodes, 1994-1998), Zack Allen - Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) (TV).
Pop Mhan 1975, comic book penciller, Pop was the penciller on Spyboy, a comic book written by Peter David and published by Dark Horse Comics. His recent projects to include The Dead Seas for Zuda, Blank (at Tokyopop) and Batgirl (at DC Comics). Pop has worked for WildStorm, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Top Cow, Dark Horse and Tokyopop as well as a few other top shelf companies for the past ten years. He also has done some Star Wars artist sketch cards for Topps and character design work for Hasbro.
Raymond Harold Osrin 1928, cartoonist, He was a staff inker at Jerry Iger's comics shop from 1945 to 1949. In the 1940s, his work appeared at Fiction House and Fox. In 1950 Osrin worked as an inker on It Rhymes with Lust, which is considered one of the most notable precursors of the graphic novel. Called a "picture novel" on the cover and published by the comic book and magazine company St. John Publications. In the mid 1950s, he drew for Archie Comics (Pat the Brat), Charlton Comics (Blue Beetle, Crime and Justice, romance and suspense stories) and Dell/Gold Key (Snuffy Smith and Barney Google, Supercar). In the 1960s he was also a ghost artist on the Morty Meekle daily.
John Hoyt 1905, actor, Sydney Stanton - When Worlds Collide (1951), Atterbury - Steve Canyon (1 episode, 1958), Mr. Franz - Attack of the Puppet People (1958), Dr. William Loren / Ross - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1960-1961), Dr. Willard Benson - X (1963), Dr. Varno - The Time Travelers (1964), Emmett Balfour / 'Bifrost' Alien - The Outer Limits (3 episodes, 1964), General Beeker - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Hail to the Chief", 1964), The Alien Leader / Dr. Steinholtz - The Time Tunnel (2 episodes, 1967), Appleton - The Intruders (1970) (TV), Prefect Barlow / Barlow - Planet of the Apes (2 episodes, 1974), Sire Domra - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Baltar's Escape", 1979), Dr. Phillip Boyce - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Cage", 1986).
Leyland Hodgson 1892, actress, Chauffeur - The Invisible Man Returns (1940), Maj. Rawley - Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)[Ch. 1], Sir Frederick Travers - The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944).
Kieron Moore 1924, actor, Cmdr. Michael Haydon - Satellite in the Sky (1956), Tom Goodwin - Invasion of the Triffids (1962).
Glynis Johns 1923, actress, Sporting Lady's Companion - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), Mrs. Banks - Mary Poppins (1964), Lady Penelope Peasoup - Batman (3 episodes, 1967), Ms. Grimwood - Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) (TV) (voice).
Ronald Leigh-Hunt 1916, actor, Attlebish - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "The Naked Sun", 1969), Commander Stevenson / Radnor - Doctor Who (10 episodes, 1969-1975), C. A. One - Blakes 7 (1 episode, "Children of Auron", 1980).
Harriet E. MacGibbon 1905, actress, Miss Finch - Archie (1964) (TV).
Skip Homeier 1930, actor, Bill Reynolds / Lawrence Kerston / Bob Laurie - Science Fiction Theatre (3 episodes, 1955-1956), Matt Conroy - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Bride Possessed", 1959), Dr. Roy Clinton - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Expanding Human", 1964), Dr. Jenkins / Sen. Dennis / Robek - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (3 episodes, 1965-1968), Melakon / Dr. Sevrin - Star Trek (2 episodes, 1968-1969), Lt. Ed Coogan - Project U.F.O. (1 episode, "Sighting 4007: The Forest City Incident", 1978), Chief Investigator Gregory / Senator Renshaw - The Bionic Woman (2 episodes, 1976-1978), Dr. Robert Scanlon - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "No Escape", 1979).
Harriet Leider 1944, actress, Amarie - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Unification II", 1991), Landlady - Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) (TV).
Duncan Peter Regehr 1952, actor, Amalthor - A Cosmic Christmas (1977) (TV) (voice), Palmer Bradshaw - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "The Best Desk Scenario", 1981), Charles - V (5 episodes, 1984-1985), Jacob 'Jake' Brown - Earth Star Voyager (1988) TV mini-series, Ronin - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Sub Rosa", 1994), Jonathan Adams - Timemaster (1995), Shakaar - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (3 episodes, 1995-1997).
Sean Smith 1967, actor, Alien Crewman - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "The Catwalk", 2002), Scientist - Transformers (2007), Dr. David Lyman - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (1 episode, "Heavy Metal", 2008).


Events

1946, Gentleman Joe Palooka is released
1949, The Wind in the Willows is released by Disney
1949, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is released by Disney.
1974, Star Trek:TAS, "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" airs.
1981, Blakes 7, 4th series Episode 2. "Power"
1987, Star Trek:TNG, "The Naked Now" airs.
1988, Dr. Who, four-part serial "Remembrance of the Daleks" airs.
1992, Star Trek:TNG, "Man of the People" airs.

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