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

February 15, 2012

The 4400, ALF, Mutant X, Simpsons, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, The Six Million Dollar Man, Clash of the Titans, The Flintstones, The Joker.

Today in 1988, Red Dwarf was aired on BBC2. The concept for the show was originally developed from the sketch-series Dave Hollins: Space Cadet on the BBC Radio 4 show Son of Cliche in the mid-1980s. After a long period between series it is reported that a 10th series will consist of six episodes, recorded in front of a studio audience in December 2011-January 2012 and will air in September 2012.


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Birthdays

Kaj-Erik Eriksen 1979, actor, Ricky - The Girl from Mars (1991) (TV), Josh Dayton - The Outer Limits (1 episode, 2000), Smike - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Cold Station 12", 2004), Danny Farrell - The 4400 (16 episodes, 2004-2007).
Renee O'Connor 1971, actress, Deianeira - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994) (TV), Laurie Brinkman - Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995) (V), Gabrielle - Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998) (V) (voice), Gabrielle / Sunny Day - Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (4 episodes, 1997-1999), Gabrielle / Mattie - Xena: Warrior Princess (134 episodes, 1995-2001, Gabrielle - Xena: Warrior Princess - A Friend in Need (The Director's Cut) (2002) (V), Kelly - Alien Apocalypse (2005) (TV),
Kurt Robin McKinney 1968, actor, Scott - ALF (1 episode, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?", 1986).
Michael Easton 1967, David Hume - Total Recall 2070 (1999) (TV), David Hume - Total Recall 2070 (22 episodes, 1999), Gabriel Ashlocke - Mutant X (4 episodes, 2002).
Matt Groening 1954, cartoonist, Life in Hell, Simpsons.
Jane Seymour 1951, actress, Princess Farah - Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), Serina - Battlestar Galactica (1978) (TV movie), Battlestar Galactica (3 episodes, TV series, 1978), Genevieve Teague - Smallville (6 episodes, 2004-2005).
Jess Walton 1949, actress, Ellen Jane 'E.J.' Haskell - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Tenaha", 1975).
Jo Clayton 1939, sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters.
Claire Bloom 1931, actress, Dorothea Grimm - The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), Hera - Clash of the Titans (1981), Great Great Grandmother Irene - The Princess and the Goblin (1992) (voice), Marie Hewitt - Jericho (1 episode, 2005), The Woman - Doctor Who (2 episodes, "The End of Time: Part One & Two", 2009-2010).
Gerald Harper 1929, actor, Colonel Tanner - Out of This World (1 episode, "Divided We Fall", 1962), Colonel Corf / Travers / Geoffrey Ridsdale - The Avengers (3 episodes, 1962-1969).
Harvey Korman 1929, actor, Bowers / Mr. Griffin - Dennis the Menace (2 episodes, 1961-1963), The Great Gazoo - The Flintstones (11 episodes, 1965-1966), The Mad Hatter - Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) (TV) (voice), Chief Mountmore/Green Goose/Triple X/Additional Voices - The Man Called Flintstone (1966) (voice), Krelman / Chef Gormaanda / Amorphian instructor - The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV), Carlisle Edwards - The Invisible Woman (1983) (TV), White King - Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV), Dictabird - The Flintstones (1994) (voice), Additional voice - Garfield and Friends (2 episodes, 1994), O.Ratz - The What a Cartoon Show (1 episode, 1995), The Farmer - Perversions of Science (1 episode, "Panic", 1997), Floyd - The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998) (V) (voice), Prof von Klupp - Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1999) (V), Earl - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, 1999), Don Reynolds - Hey Arnold! (2 episodes, 1998-1999), Colonel Slaghoople - The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Gazoo - Flintstones Bedrock Bowling (2000) (VG) (voice), Gularis - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (1 episode, 2000), Hapgood the Dragon - The Ruby Princess Runs Away (2001) (voice).
Keene Curtis 1923, actor, Judah Zachery - Dark Shadows (1 episode, 1970), Dr. William Scott - Strange New World (1975) (TV), Buehrer - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "Fausta, The Nazi Wonder Woman", 1976), Draco - Logan's Run (1 episode, 1977), Additional Voices - Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979) TV series, Narrator - Space Stars (1981) TV series (voice), Balthazar - The Smurfs Springtime Special (1982) (TV) (voice), Balthazar - Smurfs (1 episode, 1982-1989), Additional Voices - The Pirates of Dark Water (8 episodes, 1991), Augustus - The Little Mermaid (1 episode, 1992), The Pastmaster - Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (3 episodes, 1993-1994), Old Man #2 - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, Sacred Ground", 1996), William B. Caldwell - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1996), Ernest Littlefield - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "The Torment of Tantalus", 1997), Herbert Cadbury - Ri¢hie Ri¢h's Christmas Wish (1998) (V).
Allan Arbus 1918, actor, Bleaker - Wonder Woman" .... (1 episode, "The Girl From llandia", 1978), Dr. Mott - Salvage 1 (1 episode, "Harry's Doll", 1979), George Hanson - The Amazing Spider-Man (1 episode, "Wolfpack", 1979), Maj. Sidney Freedman - M*A*S*H (12 episodes, 1973-1983).
Kevin McCarthy 1914, actor, Dr. Miles J. Bennell - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Prof. Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Maj. Hugh Skelton - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1960), Paul 'Cookie' Cook - The Invaders (1 episode, 1967), Bokonon - Between Time and Timbuktu (1972) (TV), Dist. Atty. Kamenski - Exo-Man (1977) (TV), Dr. Miles J. Bennell - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Uncle Walt - Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (Segment #3), Victor Eugene Scrimshaw - Innerspace (1987), Dr. Long - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, 1992).
Willy Vandersteen 1913, Flemish creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide. Vandersteen is best known for Suske en Wiske (known in English as Spike and Suzy, Willy and Wanda or Bob and Bobette), which still sells some 5 million copies a year.[4] His other major series are De Rode Ridder with over 200 albums and Bessy with almost 1,000 albums published in Germany.
Cesar Romero 1907, actor, The Cisco Kid - The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939), Viva Cisco Kid (1940), Lucky Cisco Kid (1940), The Gay Caballero (1940), Romance of the Rio Grande (1941), Ride on Vaquero (1941), Maj. Joe Nolan - Lost Continent (1951), Achmed Abdullah's Henchman - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), The Joker - Batman (1966), The Joker - Batman (21 episodes, 1966-1968), Amos Armat - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Vegas in Space", 1979).
Gale Sondergard 1899, Adrea Spedding - The Spider Woman (1944), Irene - Lady Herrick - The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), Zenobia Dollard - The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946).
Lillian Disney 1899, worked as an ink artist on the film Plane Crazy. Lillian is credited with having named her husband's most famous character, Mickey Mouse, during a train trip from New York to California in 1928. Walt showed a drawing of the cartoon mouse to his wife and told her that he was going to name it "Mortimer Mouse." Lillian replied that the name sounded "too pompous" and she was very proud to have suggested the name "Mickey Mouse" instead of Mortimer.
Arthur Shields 1896, actor, Dr. E.E. Campbell - Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950), Simon Lockhart - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Stone Cutter", 1959).
H M Bateman 1887, cartoonist, one of the foremost British cartoonists of the early 20th century.
Sax Rohmer 1886, author, Dr. Fu Manchu
John Barrymore 1882, actor, Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock Holmes (1922), Professor Gibbs - The Invisible Woman (1940).
Meg Wyllie 1917, actress, Nurse - Steve Canyon (1 episode, 1959), Mrs. Norris - Sea Hunt (1 episode, 1960), Sister Florence - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1960), The Keeper - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Cage",1966), Grandma - Batman (1 episode, "Black Widow Strikes Again",1967), Granny Gordon - The Last Starfighter (1984).
Sherry Jackson 1942, Comfort Gatewood - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1962), Effra - Lost in Space (1 episode, "The Space Croppers", 1966), Pauline - Batman (2 episodes, The Riddler's False Notion", "Death in Slow Motion", 1966), Andrea - Star Trek (1 episode, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", 1966), Sherry Hiller - The Immortal (1 episode, "Sylvia", 1970), Dr. Diane Joseph - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Earthquakes Happen", 1978).
Christopher McDonald 1955, actor, Aqua Vita Delivery Man - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1986), Lt. Richard Castillo - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Yesterday's Enterprise", 1990), Jor-El - Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996) (TV) (voice), Jor-El - Superman: The Animated Series (4 episodes, 1996), Kent Mansley - The Iron Giant (1999) (voice), Clark Kent / Superman - Batman Beyond (2 episodes, 2000), Rick - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 2002), Jor-El - Justice League (1 episode, 2004), Hego - Kim Possible (3 episodes, 2004-2007), Alan Armstrong - SGU Stargate Universe (2 episodes, "Air, part 1 & 2", 2009).
Ashley Hughes 1991, actress, Sabrina Wildman - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Endgame", 2001).
Tara Holt 1988, Big Sis - Dollhouse (1 episode, "Belle Chose", 2009).
Bud Geary 1898, actor, Ben, Lumber truck driver - Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) [Ch. 7], Pete (Lang's Estate Caretaker) - Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) [Ch. 8-9], Brock - Jungle Girl (1941), Plant Heavy 7 - Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941) [Chs. 12-13], Thug at Grant's Office - Captain America (1944) [Ch. 13].
Gale Sondergaard 1899, actress, Adrea Spedding - The Spider Woman (1944), Zenobia Dollard - The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946).
George Rufle 1901, animator, George began in animation in 1948 with a Popeye short called "A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing". He did animation until 1972 when he ended off with "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter".
Raf De La Torre 1908, actor, Senior Judge - Doctor Who (1 episode, "Sentence of Death", 1964), Prince Oblonsky - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1 episode, "The Case of the Dixon Torpedo", 1971).
Bill Carney 1909, animator, began with "Here Comes the Grump" (1969) and has done work on "Bailey's Comets", "Jabberjaw", "The All-New Super Friends Hour", "Tarzan and the Super 7", "Flash Gordon" and other shows until he finished with "She-Ra: Princess of Power" in 1985.
Reuben Timmins 1910, animator, Reuben began as an animator with "By the Beautiful Sea" in 1931 and worked on 50 different shows and shorts until 1982. Some extra notable work was on Star Trek: The animated series from 1973-74.
Vicki Cummings 1914, actress, Angie Fulbright/Selena - Tales of Tomorrow (2 episodes, "The Little Black Bag", "Substance 'X' ", 1952).
Sam Kydd 1915, actor, Police sergeant questioning Rosie - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Fred - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "The Midas Plague", 1965).
Ann Morrison 1916, actress, Mrs. Wharton - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Bride Possessed", 1959), Mrs. Krag - Sea Hunt (1 episode, "Sunken Car", 1961).
Frank Behrens 1919, actor, Wilson Tuttle - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Forked Lightning", 1959), Stout - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Cavender is Coming",1962), Dr. Harvey Bonnett - My Favorite Martian (1 episode, "The Man on the Couch", 1963).
Gron Davies 1921, actor, Charles Green - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) (spaceship crew member).
Paula Hill 1926, actress, Miss Nelson - The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953).
Carlos Romero 1927, actor, Luis Perez - The Invaders (1 episode, "Storm", 1967), New Tenant - Soylent Green (1973), Ferndo Ferraga - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Act of Piracy", 1974), George Andrews - Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1 episode, "Legacy of Terror", 1975), Colonel Acevo - Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Return of Wonder Woman", 1977).
Graham Kennedy 1934, actor, Prime Minister - The Return of Captain Invincible (1983).
Tino Insana 1948, actor/voice actor, Mr. Sylvio - Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) (segment "Video Pirates"), Dr. Reginald Bushroot - Darkwing Duck (13 episodes, 1991), Patrolman - Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (voice), Colonel Carter - Goof Troop (1 episode, 1992), Baracuda - The Little Mermaid (1 episode, 1992), Scatter Squirrel/Sidekick Stew - Bonkers (3 episodes, 1993), Prince Uncouthma - Aladdin (1994) TV series, Fat Cat - Jungle Cubs (1 episode, 1997), Samsa - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (1 episode, 2000), Uncle JoJo Diggety -Pepper Ann (3 episodes, 1999-2000), Barf - Spaceballs: The Animated Series (13 episodes, 2008), Pig the Pig - Back at the Barnyard (62 episodes, 2007-2009).
Linda Lou Allen 1954, actress, Marilyn Becker - The Martian Chronicles (3 episodes, 1980).
Karen E. Fraction 1958, actor, Tanda - Swamp Thing (1 episode, "Night of the Dying", 1992), Dr. Perry - SeaQuest DSV (6 episodes, 1994-1996), Masuya / Miko - Sheena (2 episodes, 2001).
Glen Beaudin 1969, actor, Malcom Frink - Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (8 episodes, 1994).
Alex Borstein 1971, actress/voice actress, Bloom of Doom - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (4 episodes, 1993-1994), Cataclaws - Big Bad Beetleborgs (1 episode, 1996), Queen Machina -Power Rangers Zeo (5 episodes, 1996), AIDS Walk Coordinator, Lois Griffin - Drawn Together (2 episodes, 2006), Doctor Gupta - American Dad! (1 episode, 2006), Wife - Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (2 episodes, 2008-2009), Wonder Woman / Daffney Gillfin / Encyclopedia Brown's Mother / Negative Wonder Woman / Alice Nelson / Cindy Brady - Robot Chicken (7 episodes, 2005-2009), Mrs. Lowenstein / Lois Griffin - The Cleveland Show (2 episodes, 2009), Lois Griffin - Family Guy (140 episodes, 1999-2010).
Art Spiegelman 1948, comic book artist, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. Spiegelman was a major figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s and 1970s, contributing to publications such as Real Pulp, Young Lust and Bizarre Sex. He co-founded a significant comics anthology publications, Arcade (with Bill Griffith) in San Francisco during the early 1970s. In 1973 he co-edited with Bob Schneider Whole Grains: A Book of Quotations, featuring the notable words of countercultural icons like Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan before they got much play in such mainstream reference works as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. In 1986, he released the first volume of Maus (Maus I: A Survivor's Tale, also known as Maus I: My Father Bleeds History) The second volume, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began followed in 1991. Maus attracted an unprecedented amount of critical attention for a work in the form of comics, including an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Spiegelman has also worked in more commercial forums: After a summer internship (when he was 18) at Topps Bubble Gum, he was hired as a staff writer-artist-editor in Woody Gelman's Product Development Department. During his 20 years with Topps, Spiegelman invented Garbage Candy (candy in the form of garbage, sold in miniature plastic garbage cans), the Wacky Packages card series, Garbage Pail Kids and countless other hugely successful novelties. Together with Françoise Mouly, he published three hardcover anthologies of comics for children, called Little Lit, and in 2006, Big Fat Little Lit. He is an advisor for Mouly's newest publishing project, the TOON Books, a line of hardcover comics for young readers, which started publishing in 2008.
William Van Horn 1939, comic artist, has been a Disney comics artist and writer since 1988. He draws mostly Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and he has also written and/or illustrated stories based on the animated series DuckTales. Some of these stories featured Launchpad McQuack as the main character. Van Horn also did Nervous Rex prior to doing stories for Disney. At one time in 1994 he helped Carl Barks do a story titled Horsing around with History which was released in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #33. Horn created for the Duck universe: Baron Itzy Bitzy, Rumpus McFowl, Woimly Filcher.
Norman Bridwell 1928, cartoonist, best-known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books. Bridwell attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana and Cooper Union in New York City.


Events

1942, Captain Midnight is released.
1982, Dr. Who, four-part serial "The Visitation" airs.
1988, Star Trek:TNG, "When The Bough Breaks" airs.
1988, Red Dwarf airs on BBC2
1992, Star Trek:TNG, "Tapestry" airs.
1995, Babylon 5 Episode 33 - "All Alone in the Night" first aired

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