Happy Birthday to artist and Facebook friend, Dale Wilson.
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Birthdays
| George Evans 1920, comic book artist, His work for EC Comics in the early 1950s included powerful covers and crime stories for Crime SuspenStories and memorable WWI aviation stories for Aces High. After EC, he contributed to Gilberton's Classics Illustrated, Dell and Gold Key. His books for Classics Illustrated included Lord Jim, The Oregon Trail, Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers and the award-winning Rough Riders. |
| Sam Gilman 1915, actor, Doc Holliday - Star Trek (1 episode, "Spectre of the Gun", 1968). |
| Stefan Gierasch 1926, actor, Monty Logan - Holmes and Yo-Yo (1 episode, "The Last Phantom", 1976), Karpov - The Greatest American Hero (1 episode, "It's All Downhill from Here", 1982), Russian Diplomat - The Twilight Zone (segment "A Small Talent for War") (1 episode, 1986), Prof. Michael Woodard - Dark Shadows (1990) (TV), Joshua Collins - Dark Shadows (11 episodes, 1991), Dr. Hal Moseley - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "A Matter of Time", 1991). |
| Eddie Paskey 1934, actor, Lt. Leslie/Connors/Lt. Ryan - Star Trek (59 episodes, 1966-1968), Admiral Leslie - Star Trek: New Voyages (1 episode, "Come What May", 2004). |
| Robin Sachs 1951, actor, Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer - Fantastic Four (3 episodes, 1994), Mr. Paul Bowman - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Coplann - Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV), Hedronn/Na'Tok/Warleader Na'Kal - Babylon 5 (6 episodes, 1994-1998), Sarris - Galaxy Quest (1999), General Valen - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, 2001), Peter Brazier - Megalodon (2002) (V), Sergeant Roderick - SpongeBob SquarePants (1 episode, 2006). |
| Marcus Redman 1971, actor, Rhomboid - Project: ALF (1996) (TV). |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh 1958, actress, Tempest - Hercules (3 episodes, 1998), Cetea - Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode, 1999), Lilly - Spawn (2 episodes, 1999), Lilly - Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999) (V) (voice), Bridget - Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) (voice). |
| Charlotte Rampling 1946, actress, Julia Lambert - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 episode, 1967), Consuella - Zardoz (1974), Irene Adler - Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) (TV), High Priestess - Babylon A.D. (2008). |
| Michael Mann 1943, actor/Producer, Hancock (2008) (producer), Executive #2 - Hancock. |
| Nolan Bushnell 1943, founder of Atari, creator of Pong. |
| Dale Wilson 1974, comic book writer and the co-owner of DWAP Productions, an emerging comic book publisher. |
| David Selby 1941, actor, Quentin Collins / Charles Collins - Dark Shadows (307 episodes, 1968-1971), Quentin Collins / Charles Collins - Night of Dark Shadows (1971), Fletcher Odermatt - Larva (2005) (TV), General Ryker - The Black Hole (2006) (TV). |
| H R Giger 1940, artist, special effects designer, Alien (designed, among other things, the Alien itself, The Derelict and the Space Jockey). Giger is often referred to in pop culture, especially in science fiction and cyberpunk. |
| Stuart Damon 1937, actor, Howard Byrne - UFO (1 episode, 1971), Guido Verdeschi/Parks - Space: 1999 (3 episodes, 1976-1977), Guido Verdeshi - Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978) (TV). |
| Red Buttons 1919, actor, Ashley Norman / Carl - Wonder Woman (1 episode, 1975), Hoagy - Pete's Dragon (1977), Milton - Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) (TV) (voice), The White Rabbit - Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV). |
| Tim Holt 1918, actor, Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger - The Monster That Challenged the World (1957). |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917, actress, Talleah - Queen of Outer Space (1958), The Queen of Hearts - Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) (TV) (voice), Minerva - Batman (2 episodes, "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires", "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra", 1968), Blossom - Happily Ever After (1993) (voice). |
| Willard Parker 1912, actor, Jeff Nolan - The Earth Dies Screaming (1964). |
| John Carradine 1906, actor, Villager Suggesting Ink - The Invisible Man (1933), Doctor Drury - The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), Prof. Millard Wyman - The Incredible Petrified World (1957), Dr. Charles Conway - The Unearthly (1957), Dr. John Rayburn - Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958), Cosmic Man - The Cosmic Man (1959), Dr. Karol Noymann - Invisible Invaders (1959), Abel Banton - Tarzan the Magnificent (1960), Brother Jerome - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1960), Wizard of Mars - The Wizard of Mars (1965), James Rancourt / The Scarf - The Green Hornet (1 episode, 1967), Arcon - Lost in Space (1 episode, 1967), Egor Crull - Land of the Giants (1 episode, 1969), Ruler - Far Out Space Nuts (1 episode, 1975), Gault - Wonder Woman (1 episode, 1978), Professor Alexander Stottel - The Twilight Zone (segment "Still Life") (1 episode, 1986). |
| Alex Pardee 1976, freelance artist, apparel designer, and a writer born in California, USA who is best known for illustrating The Used's album artwork. |
| Valdis "Val" Semeiks 1955, comic book artist who has mostly worked for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His first professional credit was with Marvel, "drawing King Kull back-up stories for The Savage Sword of Conan, which ultimately led to him becoming the monthly artist on Conan the Barbarian. He is perhaps best known for his next major credits, long runs on both The Demon and Lobo for DC Comics. He also provided the artwork to Alan Grant and John Wagner's 1995 DC/2000 AD crossover title Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho-Bikers vs. The Mutants From Hell. Starting in Fall 2009 he will contributed to Marvel's relaunch of 'Web of Spiderman. |
| Rosanne Katon 1952, actress, Diane - Logan's Run (1 episode, "Carousel", 1978), Princess Allegra - Jason of Star Command (3 episodes, 1978). |
Events
| 1929, "They'll Do It Every Time" comic strip debuted. Created by Jim Hatlo. |
| 1944, Captain America is released as a serial. |
| 1949, Tarzan's Magic Fountain is released. |
| 1956, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is released. |
| 1973, The Wombles, a stop motion animated British television series airs on BBC. |
| 1973, Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted |
| 1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Deja Q" airs. |
| 1995, Daisy-Head Mayzie airs. |
| 1996, Babylon 5 Episode 50 - "Dust to Dust" first aired |
| 1996,Star Trek:DS9: "Return to Grace" airs. |
| 1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "Meld" airs. |
| 1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Blood Fever" airs. |
| 2000, The Others airs on NBC. |
| 2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Stigma" airs. |
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