1904: Jack Broder, producer for the movie in episode 104- WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET.
1910: Alex North, who composed stock music used in the movie in episode 522- TEENAGE CRIME WAVE.
1916: Aaron Saxon, who played Nate Signo in the movie in episode 511- GUNSLINGER and the tower guard Gobbo in the movie in episode 806- THE UNDEAD.
1922: Yuri Leonidov, who played Kuzma Larionovich in the movie “Sadko,” seen in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD.
1932: Tommy Morgan, who provided harmonica music heard in the movies in episodes 815- AGENT FOR H.A.R.M. and 1002- GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS.
1933: James Cossins, who played the coroner in the movie in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES.
1936: Freddy Cannon, who sang “Little Bitty Corrine” in the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.*
1930: skater Jacqueline Du Bief, who appeared in the short CIRCUS ON ICE, seen in episode 421- MONSTER A-GO GO.*
1940: Masanari Nihei, who played Jerry in the movie in episode K14- /314- MIGHTY JACK.
1946: George Maguire, who played Archimedes in the movie in episode 913- QUEST OF THE DELTA KNIGHTS.*
1952: Michael Lennick, who did the special video and electronic effects for the movie in episode K20- THE LAST CHASE.
DIED ON THIS DATE
1963: Ralph Brooke (age 43), the producer, director and screenwriter for the movie in episode 607- BLOODLUST!
1964: Mikhail Troyanovsky (age 75), who played the soothsayer in the movie “Sampo,” seen in episode 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE and Trifon in the movie “Sadko,” seen in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD.
1967: Sarah Padden (age 86), who played the grandmother in the movie in episode 103- THE MAD MONSTER.
1974: Ellis Burman (age 72), whose special effects appeared in the dinosaur sequences in the movie in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN.
1979: Robert Karnes (age 62), who played Sam in the movie in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE.
1985: Henry Freulich (age 79), cinematographer for the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
1990: Zane Radney (age 65), assistant director of the episodes of TV’s “Gemini Man,” seen in episode 814- RIDING WITH DEATH.
1993: Frank Zappa (age 52; cancer) to whom the Brains made a dedication in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.
1997: Romo Gorrara (age 65), stuntman for the “Space: 1999” episodes which were incorporated into the movie in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCE and who also appeared as a man watching a TV broadcast in the movie in episode 909- GORGO.
1999: Barry Mahon (age 78), producer/director of the movie in episode 205- ROCKET ATTACK U.S.A.
2004: Carl Esmond (age 102), who played Prof. Stefanik in the movie in episode 815- AGENT FOR H.A.R.M.
2005: Bianca Lattuada (age 93), director of production for the movie in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON.
2006: Adam Williams (age 84), who played Dave Brewster in the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
2007: Melvin Shapiro (age 82), editor for the movie in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
2008: Forrest J. Ackerman (age 92), who played the park victim in the movie in episode 1004- FUTURE WAR and had a small role in the movie in episode 1103- THE TIME TRAVELERS.
2014: Eric Boyd-Perkins (age unknown), editor for the movie in episode 909- GORGO.**
2016: Bill M. Ryusaki (age 80), who was a stuntman for the movie in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.
2023: Queta (aka Enriqueta) Lavat (age 94) , who played “madre despertada” in the movie in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS.
EPISODE PREMIERES ON THIS DATE
1988: episode K04- GAMERA VS. BARUGON first shown.
1993: episode 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN (with the short WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY?) first shown.
EVENT ON THIS DATE
1949: Lloyd Bridges, who played Colonel Floyd Graham in the movie in episode 201- ROCKETSHIP X-M, celebrates the birth of his son, future actor Jeff Bridges.
2012: Shout! Factory releases The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. XXV.
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