The Fly, Hercules and the Queen of Sheba, Capricorn One, The Time Machine, Lost in Space, Sherlock Holmes, Jungle Woman, Gnatrat, Blakes 7.

Steve Reeves' birthday is today. Steve played the role of Hercules in two low budget Italian movies which had great box office reviews in the late 50's. After the box office success of Hercules, Reeves turned down the role that finally went to Clint Eastwood in the 1964 movie, A Fistful of Dollars because he could not believe that "Italians could make a western. He also claimed to have turned down James Bond's role in Dr. No (1962).


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Birthdays

Geena Davis 1956, actress, Valerie - Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), Veronica Quaife - The Fly (1986).

Steve Reeves 1926, actor, Hercules - Hercules and the Queen of Sheba (1959), Hercules - Labors of Hercules (1958).

Telly Savalas 1924, actor, Paul Price - The Aquanauts (1 episode, 1961), Erich Streator - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1963), Albain - Capricorn One (1977), El Sleezo Tough - The Muppet Movie (1979), The Cheshire Cat - Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV), Magmar - GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986).

Judith Merril 1923, sci-fi writer

John Doucette 1921, actors, Henchman - Batman and Robin (1949), Dick Tracy (1 episode, 1951), Wilfred - Tales of Robin Hood (1951), Butch Cassidy - The Texas Rangers (1951), The Lone Ranger (played 5 characters in 11 episodes, 1949-1955), Foster/Joe/Slugger - Adventures of Superman (3 episodes, 1952-1955), Colonel Stewart/John Barton/Neilsen - Science Fiction Theatre (3 episodes, 1955-1956), Antonio Azuela - Zorro (1 episode, 1958), Louis Hale - Sea Hunt ( 1 episode 1959), Colonel Dorrance - Steve Canyon (1 episode, 1958), Ulysses - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, 1966), Arthur Brady - Tarzan (1 episode, 1967), Sheriff Finley - The Time Machine (1978) (TV).

Jinx Falkenburg 1919, actress, Sue Dolan - The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)

Alan Hewitt 1915, actor, Dr. Johnson/Dr. Simpson/Mr. St.Clair - Dennis the Menace (4 episodes, 1960-1963), Det. Bill Brennan - My Favorite Martian (30 episodes, 1964-1966), Lemnoc - Lost in Space "The Phantom Family" (1967, TV).

Joe McGuinn 1904, actor, Henchman Tom - Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939), Trooper - Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939), Gort/a thug - Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940), Henchman - The Spider Returns (1941), Ted Bone - Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Girl (1941), Mahmud - Aladdin and His Lamp (1952), Station Master - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, 1960).

John George 1898, actor, Third Man Bidding on Betty Lou - Chandu the Magician (1932), Bird Shop Thug - Sherlock Holmes (1932), Beast - Island of Lost Souls (1932), Merchant in Marketplace - Son of Sinbad (1955), Kolb - The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (10 episodes, 1956).

J. Carrol Naish 1897, actor, Dr. Tito Daka / Prince Daka - Batman (1943), Dr. Carl Fletcher - Jungle Woman (1944), Charlie Chan - The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (39 episodes, 1957-1958).

Mark Martin 1956, comic book artist, Martin's first major work in the 1980s was Gnatrat, a parody of Batman featuring a rat who dresses as a gnat to fight crime. He went on to work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, and created a long-running humor strip featured in Comics Buyer Guide, "20 Nude Dancers 20". As an editor, Martin created the anthology Hyena and briefly oversaw a humor section in Heavy Metal. He then moved toward working almost exclusively in children's comics, often for Nickelodeon's Nickelodeon Magazine, while producing other work for his Web site.

Events

1980, Blakes 7, 3rd series Episode 3. "Volcano"

1998, Babylon 5 Episode 89 - "No Compromises" first aired

1998, Star Trek: Voyager "Message in a Bottle" airs.

2004, Star Trek: Enterprise "Proving Ground" airs.

2005, Star Trek: Enterprise "Observer Effect" airs.

DeForest Kelley, TMNT, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, Sliders, Sci-Fighter, Dune, Tom Baker, Dr.Who, Tarzan, Zardoz, Little Orphan Annie, Superboy

It's a great day for actors and artists including the late Harold Gray who created the Little Orphan Annie character. The comic strip made its debut on August 5, 1924 in the New York Daily News and became highly read but unfortunately the strip's popularity declined over the years and was running in only 20 newspapers when it was cancelled on June 13, 2010.

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DeForest Kelley 1920, actor, famous for his role as Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, MD, on Star Trek: The Original Series. He went on to voice the character on The Animated Series and to play the character in the first six Star Trek movies. He also appeared as an aged Admiral McCoy in the Next Generation pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint".

William Wellman, Jr. 1937, actor, played a Bajoran security deputy in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Favor the Bold".

Daniel Benzali 1950, actor, appeared as the surgeon at Starbase 515 in the Next Generation episode "Samaritan Snare".

Skeet Ulrich 1970, Thug - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Jake Green - Jericho (29 episodes, 2006-2008), Duke - Robot Chicken (3 episodes, 2007-2009).

Stacey Dash 1967, Paprika Solo - Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (2005), Janet Lewis - American Dad "Escape from Pearl Bailey" (2008).

James Denton 1963, actor, Jack Bullock - Sliders (1 episode, 1996), Barney Curran - Masters of Science Fiction (1 episode, 2007).

Lorenzo Lamas 1958, Sergeant Bobby Chase - Terminal Justice (1995), Dane Quatrell - Dark Waters (2003), Trainor - Deep Evil (2004), Hacket - Raptor Island (2004), Andrew Dean - Sci-Fighter (2004), Lieutenant Aronnaux - 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007), Allan - Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009).

David Lynch 1946, director, actor, Directed Dune (1984), as an actor he played a spice worker in Dune.

Tom Baker 1934, actor, Best known for his role as the Fourth Dr. Who (173 episodes, 1974-1981), Prince Koura - The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), Lynch - The Mutations (1974), Sir Guy de Gisbourne - The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984 TV), Captain Rum - Blackadder II (1 episode, 1986), The Doctor / Narrator - Doctor Who: Shada (1992), The Doctor - Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993 TV), The Doctor - Destiny of the Doctors (1998, Voice in Video Game),

Patricia Neal 1926, Helen Benson - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Susan North - Stranger from Venus (1954).

Alex Nicol 1919, actor, director, Directed - Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1967), Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army (1968), Tarzan (10 episodes, 1967-1968), Actor - Alex Walker -The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1962), Gen. Lee Stocker - The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1964), Phil Simmons (HEW Chief) - The Clones (1973), Col. Davis - Ape (1976).

Christopher Casson 1912, actor, Old Scientist - Zardoz (1974)

Rolfe Sedan 1896, actor, Alphonse - Palooka (1934), Dr. Watts - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1956), Butler - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (1 episode, 1960).

Harold L Gray 1894, creator of Little Orphan Annie. Gray's original concept starred a boy named, Otto. (That's right, Little Orphan Otto!) But, there were many strips featuring boys and none about a girl, so Gray changed the protagonist's gender and name.

Roscoe Ates 1892, actor, Press Photographer - King Kong (1933), Emory McQuade - Reg'lar Fellers (1941) based on cartoon strip.

A. Merritt 1884, sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!

George Edward Papp 1916, comic book artist. Best known as one of the principal artists on the long-running Superboy feature for DC Comics, Papp also co-created the Green Arrow character with Mort Weisinger and co-created Congorilla along with writer Whitney Ellsworth. The Green Arrow feature made its first appearance in the More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941). Papp joined the American army during World War II. He drew the Superboy feature from 1958-1967, working on a variety of memorable characters, including early appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Keith Pollard 1950, comic book artist. Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, and The Amazing Spider-Man in the late 1970s-early 1980s. Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as Master of Kung Fu, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Astonishing Tales, and Black Goliath. He became the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man with issue #186 (November, 1978), lasting on the title until issue #205 (June, 1980). He also pencilled The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15 in 1981. With writer Marv Wolfman, Pollard co-created the Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July, 1979). Pollard was also the regular penciler of The Mighty Thor during 1979-1982: issues #286-#317 (some material reprinted in the trade paperbacks Thor: The Eternals Saga, volumes one and two). In the early 1990s he drew all the character profiles for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition.

Events

1930, 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)

1959, Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond airs.

1967, Production shuts down on Star Trek:TOS "The Devil in the Dark" due to the death of William Shatner's father.

1979, Salvage 1 airs on ABC.

1990, Kappatoo airs on CITV

1993, Time Trax airs on PTEN

1999, Star Trek: Voyager "Latent Image" airs.

Space: 1999, Mork and Mindy, The Invaders, Babylon 5, Futurama, The 4400, My Favorite Martian, X-Men, Robocop, Automan, Manimal, E-Man, Phantom Planet

Happy Birthday to artist and Facebook friend, Joe Staton. A few will remember his wonderful work on E-Man in the 70's.


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Birthdays

Anthony "Tony" Anholt 1941, actor, was a British actor best known for his role as Security Chief Tony Verdeschi in the second season of Space: 1999 (1976-1977)

Johnny Haymer 1920, was an actor and comedian, Sarpeidon constable-Star Trek: The Original Series, episode "All Our Yesterdays", Danny St. Thomas-Mork and Mindy, Fred Lewitt-The Incredible Hulk (1979), Logan's Run (1976).

Fritz Weaver 1926 actor, Kovat-Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Tribunal", Senator Albert Sorenson-The X-Files, Father Peregrine-The Martian Chronicles, Dr. Solano-Wonder Woman, Deputy Ambassador Peter Borke-The Invaders.

Reiner Schöne 1942, actor, Esoqq-Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Allegiance", Senator Jeremy Uvan-Ice Planet, Kolitar-Sliders, Dukhat-Babylon 5, Lt. Commander Buzz McAllister-Tarzan and the Missile of Doom (1991, TV).

David Youse 1966, actor, Nalbis in Star Trek:Enterprise "Chosen Realm", Stage Manager-Third Rock from the Sun.

Katey Segal 1954, actress, Turanga Leela - Futurama, Ma - Space Cases (1996), Duckman's mother - Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1995), Helen Norwood - Lost (2 eps. 2005-2006).

Tippi Hedren 1935, actress, Susan Victor - The Bionic Woman (1976), Donna Day - The New Batman Adventures (1998), Lily Moore Tyler- The 4400 (2006).

Nicholas Colasanto 1924, actor, Reporter - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965), Orville - My Favorite Martian (1966), best known for playing Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso - Cheers (70 episodes, 1982-1985).

Tim Townsend 1970, comic book artist, inker, has worked on comics for IMAGE, MARVEL, and DC Comics since 1993. 14 years of that were spent on the X-Men and is now currently working on the Amazing Spider-Man.

Paul McCrane 1961, actor, Emil M. Antonowsky - RoboCop (1987), Chaos - Superboy (2 episodes, 1992), Leonard Morris Betts - The X Files (1 episode, 1997).

Desi Arnaz Jr. 1953, actor, Walter Nebicher - Automan (13 episodes, 1983-1984)

Ursula Andress 1939, Honey Rider - Dr. No (1962), Ayesha (She who must be obeyed) - She (1965), Karen Jade - Manimal (1983 TV).

Anthony Dexter 1913, actor, Luthor Blair - Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956), Dr. Luis Vargas - 12 To the Moon (1960), Herron - Phantom Planet (1961).

Joe Staton 1948, comic book artist and writer, Staton started his work with Charlton Comics in 1971 and gained notability as the artist of the super-hero book E-Man. Staton produced art for various comics published by Charlton, Marvel and Warren during the 1970s. Hired initially by Roy Thomas to work for Marvel, Staton was then brought by Paul Levitz to work on DC Comics' revival of the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics (and later Adventure Comics). In these titles he illustrated stories including the origin of the JSA and the death of the Earth-2 Batman, among other stories. Staton also illustrated the solo adventures of two female JSA members created during the JSA revival - drawing Power Girl in Showcase and the Huntress. During that time, Staton also found time to work on Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, the 1970s revival of the Doom Patrol in Showcase, and the Metal Men. In 1979, Staton began a two and a half year run on Green Lantern, during which he co-created the Omega Men with writer Marv Wolfman. Staton served as art director for First Comics for three years in the 1980s, returning to DC Comics afterwards for a second run on Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps. He also illustrated Guy Gardner, the Millennium mini-series, The Huntress, The New Guardians and Superman & Bugs Bunny. As of the late 2000s, he draws DC's Scooby Doo title for younger readers, as well as the more mature-themed Femme Noir for Ape Entertainment.

Thomas Yeates 1955, comic book and comic strip artist, known for his work on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and on other properties such as Conan and the Zorro comic strip.

Events

1968, Star Trek:TOS "The Immunity Syndrome" airs.

1985, Dr. Who, two-part serial "Vengeance on Varos" airs.

2000, Star Trek:Voyager "Blink of an Eye" airs.

2002, Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (To Live and Die in Starlight) TV movie airs.

2006, The Eleventh Hour is aired.

V, 'Mazing Man, XXXenophile, Waterworld, Zardoz, Winnie-the-Pooh, Tarzan, The Six Million Dollar Man, Datalore.

Today is the birthday of the author of Winnie-the-Pooh, AA Milne. Some trivia for you is, Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. Christopher's toys also lent their names to most of the other characters, except for Owl and Rabbit, as well as the Gopher character, who was added in the Disney version. Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear which he often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met while on holiday.


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Birthdays

Jeff Yagher 1962, actor, Kyle Bates - V (19 episodes, 1984-1985), Elvis Presley / Gary Pitkin - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Once and Future King", 1986), Jim Goldman - Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) (TV), Iden - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, 2000).

Stephen DeStephano 1966, comic book artist, began his career in the mid-1980's working for DC. He contributed to 'Blackhawk' and 'House of Mystery' and co-created titles like 'Hero Hotline' and 'Mazing Man'. His work was featured in Fantagraphics' 'Critters' and 'Itchy Planet' between 1988 and 1990. In the early 1990's, he worked on Disney Comics. He did artwork for Mickey Mouse Adventures and inks on 'Bonkers' and 'Goof Troop' stories. In addition, he worked on Marvel's 'Bill & Ted' and did inks on Palliard Press' 'XXXenophile' and on Dark Horse's 'Screwball Squirrel'. He eventually returned to DC to do artwork for their licensed Cartoon Network titles. Stephen DeStefano is also active in animation. designing on Genndy Tartakovsky's new Cartoon Network production, SYMBIONIC TITAN, began my career on the REN AND STIMPY SHOW as a background designer.

Kevin Costner 1955, actor, Captain - Amazing Stories (1 episode, "The Mission", 1985), Robin Hood - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Mariner - Waterworld (1995).

John Hughes 1950, director/producer, Weird Science (1985), Dennis the Menace (1993)

John Boorman 1933, producer, Zardoz (1974)

Robert Anton Wilson 1932, sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat

Chick Chandler 1905, actor, Cliff Peters - Blondie in Society (1941), Eddie Baxter - Leave it To Blondie (1945), Bill Cooper - Blondies Reward (1948), Lt. Danny Wilson - The Lost Continent (1951), Homer Potts/Rev. Walter Foster - The Lone Ranger (2 eps., 1954).

Alan Alexander Milne 1882, English author, Winnie-the-Pooh

Events

1954, John Celardo succeeded Bob Lubbers as illustrator of the Tarzan daily comic strip. John drew 4350 strips in total until Russ Manning took over in the 60's.

1974, The Six Million Dollar Man starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV.

1998, Star Trek:TNG "Datalore" airs.

The Lights of Zetar, Stargate: Atlantis, Earth Girls are Easy, Future Cop, Tarzan, Darth Vader, Catwoman, Mandrake the Magician, SGU, The Yellow Kid.

Who was Harold Hamgravy ? Check the events portion to find the answer.


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Shari Lewis 1933, was an American writer and performer, best known for her puppet character "Lamb Chop" wrote an episode of the original Star Trek series, "The Lights of Zetar", with her second husband Jeremy Tarcher.

Neil Maffin 1959, actor, Ven - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Infinite Regress",1998), Kroton - Andromeda (1 episode, "Waking the Tyrant's Device", 2003), Merell - Stargate:Atlantis (1 episode, "Poisoning the Well", 2004).

Jim Carrey 1962, actor, Wiploc - Earth Girls are Easy (1988), The Exterminator - The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992) (voice), Stanley Ipkiss - The Mask (1994), Riddler / Dr. Edward Nygma - Batman Forever (1995), Grinch - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Count Olaf - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Horton - Horton Hears a Who (2008) (voice), Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Scrooge as a Young Boy / Scrooge as a Teenage Boy / Scrooge as a Young Man / Scrooge as a Middle-Aged Man / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - A Christmas Carol (2009).

John Bellairs 1938, sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom

Paul O. Williams 1935, sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle

Sheree North 1933, actress, Dr. Rene Peron - Destination Inner Space (1966), Claire Hammond - Future Cop (1977).

James Earl Jones 1931, actor, Chief Bella - Tarzan (2 episodes, 1967-1968), Barney Hill - The UFO Incident (1975, TV), Darth Vader (voice) - Star Wars (1977), The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978, TV), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Ommadon - The Flight of Dragons (1982), Thulsa Doom - Conan the Barbarian (1982), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Umslopogaas - Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986), Emperor of the Night - Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987), Diablo - Garfield and Friends, Earnest Moses - The Meteor Man (1993), Franklin W. Stern - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Mufasa - The Lion King (1994),The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), Narrator - Judge Dredd (1995), Narrator - 3rd Rock from the Sun(2 episodes, 1996), Unas - Stargate SG-1(1 episode, 1997), Narrator - The Simpsons (3 episodes, 1990-1998), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).

Eartha Kitt 1927, actress, Catwoman - Batman (5 episodes, 1967-1968), Mrs. Franklin - The Magic School Bus(1 episode, 1995), Bagheera the Panther - The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998), Yzma - The Emperor's New Groove (2000), The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005), Yzma - The Emperor's New School (20 episodes, 2006-2007)Queen Vexas - My Life as a Teenage Robot (2 episodes, 2003-2005), Fortune Teller - American Dad (1 episode, 2007).

Warren Hull 1903, actor, Mandrake the Magician - Mandrake the Magician (1939), Britt Reid / Green Hornet - The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1941), Richard Wentworth / The Spider / Blinky McQuade - The Spider's Web (1938), The Spider Returns (1941).

David Blue 1979, actor, Eli Wallace - SGU Stargate Universe Kino (16 episodes, 2009-2010), Eli Wallace - SGU Stargate Universe (40 episodes, 2009-2011).

Knox Manning 1904, voice actor, Narrator - Mandrake the Magician (1939) (voice), Narrator - The Green Archer (1940) (voice), Narrator - Holt of the Secret Service (1941) (voice), Narrator - Batman (1943) (voice), Narrator - The Phantom (1943) (voice), Narrator - Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) (voice), Narrator - Batman and Robin (1949) (voice), Radio Announcer - Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950), Knox Manning - Destination Moon (1950), Narrator - Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) (voice), Narrator - Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951) (voice).

Events

1897, Around the World with the Yellow Kid comic strip begins

1929, Popeye first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre. Trivia: Harold Hamgravy was Olive Oyl's fiance in the early strips, but Hamgarvy had an eye for the ladies. Olive found Popeye to be more desireable later and Hamgravy was written out.

1969, Star Trek:TOS "The Mark of Gideon" airs.

1986, Heathcliff: The Movie is released.

1993, Deep Space 9: "A Man Alone" airs.

2000, Cleopatra 2525 airs.

2001, Star Trek:Voyager "Shattered" airs.

Checkmate!, Perry White, Adv. of Superman, Berry's World, Southern Squadron, Dennis the Menace, Witchblade, Gorgo vs. Godzilla, Highlander, Tarzan.

On this day in 1939 the Superman daily strip began and continued to flourish until May 1966. At its peak, the strip was in over 300 daily newspapers. The strips contained the first appearance of a bald Lex Luthor, the first appearance of Mr. Mxyzptlk and the first telephone booth costume change in comics. Other stories of note include Superman saving Santa Claus from the Nazis, WWII-era stories of Superman protecting the American home front and Clark Kent marrying Lois Lane (and they lived together for years without her figuring out that he's Superman).

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Steve Erwin 1960, comic book artist. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked primarily for DC Comics, co-creating the titles Checkmate! and Gunfire. While at DC, he also contributed to Deathstroke the Terminator, Batman Returns, Superman: The Man of Steel, Shadowheart, and the graphic novel adaptation of The Ashes of Eden.

John Hamilton 1887, actor, best remembered for his role as the blustery newspaper editor Perry White on the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman.

Harry Basch 1926, actor, Dr. Brown-Star Trek: The Original Series episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".

Jim Berry 1932, comic strip artist, His most notable work may well be the comic strip, Berry's World, which ran for more than 40 years beginning in 1963. He also produced the comic strip Benjy in 1974 and 1975.

David de Vries 1966, comic book writer and artist, In 1983, he began writing Southern Squadron, an Australian superhero team, and in the early 1990s, he made the jump to the American comic book industry. In 1992, he wrote one issue of the DC Comics Star Trek title, issue #34, "The Tree of Life, The Branches of Heaven".

Mason Gamble 1986, actor, Dennis Mitchell - Dennis the Menace (1993), Vincent Freeman as a Boy - Gattaca (1997).

David Chokachi 1986, Det. Jake McCartey - Witchblade (23 eps. 2002-2003), Witchblade (2000, TV movie).

Debbie Allen 1950, dancer/actress/director, Directed - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 2003), Quantum Leap (2 episodes, 1991-1993), Actress - Joanna Chapman - Quantum Leap (1 episode, 1991).

John Carpenter 1948, director, writer, actor, Directed - Revenge of the Colossal Beasts (1962), Terror from Space (1963), Gorgo Versus Godzilla (1969), Gorgon, the Space Monster (1969), Sorceror from Outer Space (1969), Dark Star (1974), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Starman (1984), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Ghosts of Mars (2001).

Kabir Bedi 1945, actor, Kamir - Highlander (1 episode, 1995)

Peter Brocco 1903, actor, Claymare in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Errand of Mercy", Mr. Mute-Twilight Zone:The Movie, Retainer & Kashi-The Time Tunnel, Alien Leader-Lost in Space, Curator-My Favorite Martian, Dr. Charles Link-The Outer Limit "I, Robot", Xanthos-Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Adv. of Superman (3 eps.), Dr. Varney-Commando Cody:Sky Marshal of the Universe, Captain Midnight (2 Eps.), Brainard-Invaders from Mars (1953)

Michael Pataki 1938, actor, Korax-Star Trek:TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles", Karnas-Star Trek:Next Generation, Jim Wilson-Remo Williams:The Adventure Begins, Ortiz-Beyond Westworld, Tandi-The Invisible Man, Amenophis Tewfik-Batman (1966), Johnny-My Favorite Martian.

Ethel Merman 1908, actress / singer, Lola Lasagne - Batman (3 episodes, 1967), Rosanna McCloud - Tarzan (2 episodes, 1967), Mombi, the Bad Witch - Journey Back to Oz (1974) (voice), Lilly Loraine - Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) (TV) (voice).

Steve Conte 1920, actor, Thug #2 - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Jimmy the Kid", 1956), Bruno - The Wild World of Batwoman (1966), Henchman #2 - Batman (3 episodes, 1967).

Allen Swift 1924, actor/voice actor, known for playing characters including Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the Underdog cartoon show. He provided the voices of many of the characters in The Bluffers, most of the voices for the 1960s underwater puppet show Diver Dan, and the voices in Gene Deitch's 1960–1962 group of Tom and Jerry cartoons. Swift was a children's television show host on WPIX in New York City as "Captain Allen". He took his professional name from radio comedian Fred Allen and 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift. Swift was an early television star who hosted The Popeye Show from September 10, 1956 to September 23, 1960, until he was forced to leave the program. The reason for his dismissal from "The Popeye Show" was creative differences with station management. Swift did the majority of the voices in Rankin/Bass's Mad Monster Party?, credited as Alan Swift in the movie's credits. He supplied most of the character voices for the NBC Howdy Doody Show, and when Buffalo Bob Smith, who himself did the voice of the lead puppet character Howdy Doody and had many times proclaimed that "nobody else could do Howdy" suffered a heart attack, Swift took home some recordings over the weekend, came back on Monday and did Howdy's voice for more than a year. Before taking his stage name he was born Ira Stadlen.

Events

1939, Superman daily newspaper comic strip begins.

1962, Shooting begins on "Dr. No"

1965, "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV

1978, Blake 7, 1st.series Episode 3. "Cygnus Alpha"

1979, Blakes 7, 2nd series Episode 2. "Shadow"

1995, Star Trek:Voyager "Caretaker" airs. Series premiere.

2002, Star Trek:Enterprise "Silent Enemy" airs.

Land of the Giants, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Moogie, Death in Space, Thunderbirds Are Go, Blondie Goes to College, Battlestar Galactica, Thumbelina.

Hey it's María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Moquiere de les Esperades Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Najosa Rasten's birthday today.


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Birthdays

Torin Thatcher 1905, actor who played Marplon-Star Trek: The Original Series episodes "The Return of the Archons", Dr. Berger-Land of the Giants, Dr. Everett Holland-The Time Tunnel, The Space Trader-Lost In Space, McDougall-Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Sokurah the Magician-The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

Andrea Martin 1947, actress, originally performed the role of Ishka, also called Moogie, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Family Business".

Margaret O'Brien 1937, actress, Ellen Marstand - The Aquanauts (1961), Death in Space (1974, TV).

Robert Silverberg 1935, sci-fi author, Hugo, Regan's Planet.

Derek Meddings 1931, special effects technician, Thunderbirds Are Go (1966), Thunderbird 6 (1968), Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1968), Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Land That Time Forgot (1975), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Superman: The Movie (1978), Moonraker (1979), Superman II (1980), For Your Eyes Only' (1981), Krull (1983), Banzai (1983), Superman III (1983), Supergirl (1984), Batman (1989), and many more.

Lloyd Bridges 1913, actor, Ben Dixon - Blondie Goes to College (1942), Col. Floyd Graham - Rocketship X-M (1950) , Mike Nelson - Sea Hunt (155 episodes, 1958-1961), Dr. Doug Standish - Around the World Under the Sea (1966), Charlie Englehardt - Stowaway to the Moon (1975, TV), Commander Cain - Battlestar Galactica (2 episodes, 1978),

Charo 1951, actress, singer, cuchi cuchi girl, Mrs. Toad - Thumbelina (1993, film). Point of interest her real name is María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Moquiere de les Esperades Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Najosa Rasten.

Events

1994, Star Trek:TNG "Homeward" airs.

1995, Deep Space 9: "Past Tense, Part II" airs.

1996, Spider-Man 'audio book' aired on BBC Radio 1 over 50 episodes on week days between January 15, 1996 and March 24, 1996.

1996, Star Trek:Voyager "Prototype" airs.

1997, Star Trek:Voyager "Alter Ego" airs.

1998, Prey airs on ABC.

2010, Caprica (TV series) begins on SyFy.