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

February 23, 2012

Nurse Chapel, The Questor Tapes, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Justice League, Mann & Machine, Toomorrow, Futureworld, Gerry Davis, Doctor Who, Sinbad.

How does bringing Michael Caine, Ridley Scott, and Maxwell House coffee together end up in a marriage proposal? I recommend doing a little reading below to find out.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry 1939, actress, Nurse Chapel - Star Trek (34 episodes, 1966-1969), Primus Dominic - Genesis II (1973) (TV), Miss Carrie - Westworld (1973), Dr. Bradley - The Questor Tapes (1974) (TV), Yuloff - Planet Earth (1974) (TV), Nurse Chapel - Star Trek: The Animated Series (21 episodes, 1973-1975), Dr. Christine Chapel - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Dr. Christine Chapel - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Computer Voice/Lwaxana Troi - Star Trek: The Next Generation (96 episodes, 1987-1994), Computer Voice - Star Trek: Generations (1994) (voice), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) (voice), Lwaxana Troi / Computer Voice -Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (26 episodes, 1993-1999), Star Trek: Voyager (74 episodes, 1995-2001), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (voice), Enterprise (2 episodes, 2005)(voice), Star Trek: New Voyages (1 episode, 2007)(voice), Star Trek (2009)(voice), Lady Morella - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Point of No Return", 1996), Anna Watson - Spider-Man (12 episodes, 1996-1998), Dr. Julianne Belman - Earth: Final Conflict (13 episodes, 1997-1999), NASA Chief Suzanne O'Dell - Mars and Beyond (2000), Ship Computer - Family Guy (1 episode,"Emission Impossible", 2001).
Dakota Fanning 1994, actress, Little Girl - Family Guy (1 episode, "To Love and Die in Dixie", 2001), Allie Keys - Taken (10 episodes, 2002), Sally - The Cat in the Hat (2003), Preschool Kim - Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003) (TV) (voice), Young Wonder Woman - Justice League (1 episode, "Kids Stuff", 2004), Rachel Ferrier - War of the Worlds (2005), Lilo - Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) (V), Cassie Holmes - Push (2009), Coraline Jones - Coraline (2009)(voice), Jane - New Moon (2009).
Kristin Davis 1965, actress, Cathy - Mann & Machine (1 episode, "Billion Dollar Baby", 1992), Karina Tivoli - Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995) (TV), Miss Spider - Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (33 episodes, 2004-2008), Charlotte York - Sex in the City (1998 - 2010).
Shakira Caine 1947, actress, Karl's friend - Toomorrow (1970), SHADO Operative - UFO (2 episodes, "ESP", "The Responsibility Seat", 1970-1973). Olivia Newton John was in "Toomorrow". She met her husband, Michael Caine, after he became obsessed with meeting "the most beautiful woman he had ever seen" in a "Maxwell House" commercial. He was planning on going to Brazil to track her down but it turned she was living in London, England. A friend gave him her phone number and the rest is history. Incidentally, the "Maxwell House" TV commercial was directed by then-unknown Ridley Scott.
Peter Fonda 1940, actor, Chuck Browning - Futureworld (1976), Pipeline - Escape from L.A. (1996), Dr. Austin Shepard - Supernova (2005) (TV), Mephistopheles - Ghost Rider (2007), Edward Dennison - Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) (TV).
Gerry Davis 1930, science-fiction writer, writer for Doctor Who (1966 - 1975, 2006 -2008), also writer for Bionic Woman (1976).
Johnny Seven 1930, actor, Gypsy - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, 1960), Hench # 2 - Batman (2 Episodes, "Joker Trumps the Ace", Batman Sets the Pace", 1966).
Cyril Delevanti 1889, actor, Malty Bill - Shopkeeper - The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), Dr. Kenneth White / Thatcher / Dr. Lewis Milton / Dr. Rohrbach- Science Fiction Theatre (4 episodes, 1955-1957), King of Sartania - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Man who made Dreams Come True", 1957), Pianist - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Haunting", 1960), Franklin / Smithers / Marvin / Officer - The Twilight Zone (4 episodes, 1961-1963), Mr. Green, Gallery Owner - My Favorite Martian (1 episode, "My Nephew the Artist", 1964), Noah Grafton - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Left Handed Man", 1965), Book #4 - Soylent Green (1973).
Victor Fleming 1883, director, Wizard of Oz (1939).
Craig Hurley 1968, actor, Ensign Peeples - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Night Terrors", 1991),
Heather Elizabeth Young 1975, actress, Female Sickbay crewmember - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Author, Author", 2001).
Bernard Kay 1928, actor, Det. Sgt. Crouch - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?", 1965), Dr. Morris Vaine - Adam Adamant Lives! (1 episode, "The Resurrectionists", 1967), Richard Arden - They Came from Beyond Space (1967), Carl Tyler / Saladin / Inspector Crossland / Caldwell - Doctor Who (19 episodes, 1964-1971), Humanoid - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "New Adam New Eve", 1976), Zabid - Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977).


Events

1896, Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
1967, Star Trek:TOS, "A Taste of Armageddon" airs.
1968, Star Trek:TOS, "By Any Other Name" airs.
1994, Babylon 5 Episode 5 - "The Parliament of Dreams" first aired
2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Spirit Folk" airs.

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