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

February 7, 2012

Alex Blum, Classics Illustrated, Buster Crabbe, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Alice in Wonderland, Automan, Alien Hunter, Robot Chicken, Alien 3.

Two men who played Tarzan were born today, one also played Flash Gordon.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Alex Blum 1889, comic book artist best remembered for his contributions to the long-running comic book series Classics Illustrated (1941–1971). In the 1930s and 1940s, his work appeared in Fox Comics, Quality Comics, and Fiction House.
Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe 1908, actor, Beast - Island of Lost Souls (1932), Kaspa the Lion Man - King of the Jungle (1933), Tarzan - Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Flash Gordon - Flash Gordon (1936/I), Flash Gordon - Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), Buck Rogers - Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe, Flash Gordon - Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), Brigadier Gordon - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (2 episodes, 1979), Sheriff Kowalski - Alien Dead (1980).
Tina Majorino 1985, actress, Enola - Waterworld (1995), Alice - Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV).
Dona L Speir 1964, playmate, actress, Bikini Girl - Automan (1 episode, "Club Ten", 1984), Bambi - Knight Rider (1 episode, "Knight of a Thousand Devils", 1986).
James Spader 1960, actor, Dr. Daniel Jackson - Stargate (1994), Nick Vanzant - Supernova (2000/I), Julian Rome - Alien Hunter (2003).
Miguel Ferrer 1955, actor, First Officer - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Robert Morton - RoboCop (1987), Snyder - DeepStar Six (1989), Dexter Moyers - Project: ALF (1996) (TV), The Weather Man (Dr. Eno) - Justice League of America (1997) (TV), Shan-Yu - Mulan (1998) (voice), Aquaman / De'Cine / Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard - Superman: The Animated Series (3 episodes, 1997-1999), Cop - 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, 2000), Tarakudo / Shadowkhan King - Jackie Chan Adventures (8 episodes, 2003-2004), Heretic Leader - Halo 2 (2004) (VG) (voice), Basher Tarr / Danny Ocean - Robot Chicken (1 episode, 2006), Agent Hopkins - American Dad! (1 episode, 2007), Robert Morton - Robocop: Villains of Old Detroit (2007) (V), Jonas Bledsoe - Bionic Woman (9 episodes, 2007), Sinestro - The Batman (1 episode, 2007), J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter - Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) (V) (voice), Silvio Manfredi / Silvermane - The Spectacular Spider-Man (2 episodes, 2009).
Pete Postlethwaite 1945, actor, David - Alien 3 (1992), Roland Tembo - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Carpenter - Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV), Keeper - Æon Flux (2005).
Gary Bond 1940, actor, Proctor - The Avengers (1 episode,"Stay Tuned", 1969).
Keefe Brasselle 1923, actor, Edward Burton - Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, "Postcard from Barcelona", 1955).
Derek Farr 1912, actor, Sir Lyle Peterson - The Avengers (1 episode, "Man-Eater of Surrey Green", 1965), Father Trasker - The New Avengers (1 episode, 1976), Prof. Evans - Star Maidens (8 episodes, 1976), Ensor / Orac - Blakes 7 (1 episode, "Orac", 1978).
Wayne Anthony Allwine 1947, voice actor, Henchman - The Black Cauldron (1985) (voice), Thug Guard - The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (voice), Third person to ever give voice to Mickey Mouse (1977 - 2009), is credited for the voice of Mickey in over 52 separate TV, Video Games, and Movies.
Margaret Wander Bonanno 1950, sci-fi writer, six Star Trek novels, including Strangers from the Sky. She has written several science fiction novels set in her own worlds, including The Others.
Cory Danziger 1977, actor, Jake Potts - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Brothers", 1990).
Clara Bryant 1985, actress, Chandra - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Move along Home", 1993).
Jock Mahoney 1919, actor, Cmndr. Harold 'Hal' Roberts - The Land Unknown (1957), Coy Banton - Tarzan the Magnificent (1960), Tarzan - Tarzan Goes to India (1962), Tarzan - Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963), The Colonel / Hoby Wallington - Tarzan (4 episodes, 1966-1967), Leo / H.L Hunter - Batman (3 episodes, 1966-1968).
David Nykl 1967, actor, Yuri - Seven Days (1 episode, "Born in the USSR", 2001), Waiter - Stephen King's Dead Zone (1 episode, "Enigma", 2002), Herbert - Pterodactyl (2005), Dr. Radek Zelenka - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "The Pegasus Project", 2006), Dr. Steven Whiticus - Eureka (1 episode, "Unpredicable", 2007), Strickland - Sanctuary (1 episode, "Kush", 2008), Dr. Radek Zelenka - Stargate: Atlantis (54 episodes, 2004-2009), Vincent Morgan - Human Target (1 episode, "Rewind",2010), Reverend Marcus - Fringe (1 episode, "The Abducted", 2010), Paul Moran - The Beast of Bottomless Lake (2010).
Joe Devlin 1894, actor, Dolan, a gangster - The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940), Singapore Smith - The Phantom (1943)[Chs. 1-2, 4, 7-8], Tim - Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945), Casey - Bringing Up Father (1946), Reporter - Mighty Joe Young (1949), Casey - Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949), Sam Catchem - Dick Tracey (31 episodes, 1950-1953), Needy Man #1 - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "Poor Mr. Wilson", 1962).
Bill Hoest 1926, cartoonist, best known as the creator of the gag panel series, The Lockhorns, distributed by King Features Syndicate to 500 newspapers in 23 countries, and Laugh Parade for Parade. He also created other syndicated strips and panels for King Features. He started his art career in 1948 as a greeting card designer with Norcross Greeting Cards, continuing in that field until 1951 when he left to become a freelancer. His cartoons soon began appearing in Collier's, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Hoest entered the comic strip community during the 1960s as an assistant on Harry Haenigsen's Penny. After an injury from a 1965 traffic accident kept Haenigsen away from the drawing board, Hoest took over most of the work, although Haenigsen still supervised and signed each Penny strip. In 1970, when Hoest left to start his own strip, My Son John, for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, Haenigsen chose to end Penny and retired. While working on Penny, Hoest began his cartoons about a bickering couple, The Lockhorns, as a single-panel daily on September 9, 1968, with the Sunday feature launched April 9, 1972. He then took an alternate route with Bumper Snickers (1974), a cartoon series about cars and drivers for The National Enquirer. His King Features comic strip, Agatha Crumm, was published as both a daily and a Sunday strip from 1977 to 1996. What a Guy!, co-created with his assistant John Reiner, was syndicated by King Features from 1987 to 1996.


Events

1951, Violet was added to the Peanuts comic strip.
1994, Star Trek:TNG, "Lower Decks" airs.
2001, Star Trek:Voyager, "Prophecy" airs.

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