1892: Bert Rumsey, who had a role in the movie in episode 509- THE GIRL IN LOVERS LANE.
1897: Chet Brandenburg, who played the police officer with the flamethrower in the movie in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN and a bus disaster observer in the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.
1905: Carl Guthrie, cinematographer for the movie in episode 112- UNTAMED YOUTH.
1906: Alan Foster, who played also the jeweler in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN. He also had a role in the TV movie “The Stranger,” seen in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
1906: Bontarô Miake, who played an Self-Defense Force general in the movie in episode K04- /304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON.
1915: Domenico Paolella, screenwriter for the movie “Il Raggio Infernale,” seen in episode 620- DANGER!! DEATH RAY.
1917: Paul Tanner, whose musical theremin could be heard in the movie in episode 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER.
1923: Norman Hargood, still photographer for he movie in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES.
1924: Nigel Green, who played the bulletin announcer in the movie in episode 909- GORGO.
1925: Virginia Leith, who played Jan (-in-the-Pan) Compton, in the movie in episode 513- THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE.
1931: Ken Miller, who played Vic the bongo player in the movie in episode 809- I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF.
1933: Carol Meikle, Karen Black’s hair sylist for the movie in episode 1205- KILLER FISH.
1934: Peter Haskell, who played Doug Collins in the movie in episode K15- SUPERDOME and played Rooney in the movie in episode 1302- ROBOT WARS.
1934: Frank Beascoechea, cinematographer for the movies in episodes 322- MASTER NINJA and 324- MASTER NINJA 2.
1942: Kyoko Enami, who played Karen in the movie in episode K04- /304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON.
1943: Penny Marshall, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER.
1951: Roscoe Tanner, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.*
1952: James Ryan, who played MacPhearson in the movie in episode 820- SPACE MUTINY.*
1955: Cindy Butler, who played Leslie Ann Walker in the movie in episode 1006- BOGGY CREEK II: AND THE LEGEND CONTINUES.
DIED ON THIS DATE
1958: John Hamilton (age 72), who played Prof. Cushman in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
1964: Cole Porter (age 73), who was mentioned in host segments in episode 302– GAMERA, 312- GAMERA VS. GUIRON and 1013- DIABOLIK.
1968: Franz Reizenstein (age 57), composer for the movie CIRCUS OF HORRORS, featured in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019.
1979: Geoffrey Moon (age unknown), who played the short alien in the movie in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.**
1981: Frank DeKova (age 71), who, in the movie in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN, played “the black bearded one” .. we think his name was “Alan.” He was also mentioned in a host segment in episode 323- THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.
1989: Morris Hoffman (age 88), set decorator for the movies in episodes 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST and 809- I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF.
1991: Roberto Y. Palacios (age 85), who played Jose in the movie in episode 1301- SANTO IN THE TREASURE OF DRACULA.
1996: Kemp Niver (age 84), production coordinator for the movie “Monstrosity,” seen in episode 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN.
2003: Georg Jensen (age 74), who did the sound or the movie in episode 1101- REPTILICUS.
2008: Edie Adams (age 81) who played Joyce in the movie in episode K15- SUPERDOME and who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 514- TEENAGE STRANGLER.
2010: Dorothy Ford (age 87), who played a stripper in the movie in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.
2014: Roger Racine (age 90), cinematographer for the movie in episode 604- ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE.
2019: Igo Kantor (age 89), music editor for the movies in episodes 104- WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET and 420- THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS and editor and technical supervisor for the movies in episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER and 1312- THE BUBBLE.
2021: Boyd Holister (age 90), who played a senator in the movie in episode 811- PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR.
EPISODE PREMIERE ON THIS DATE
1994: Episode 611- LAST OF THE WILD HORSES first shown.
EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1931: Arline Judge, who played Mrs. Hotchkiss in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND, marries Wesley Ruggles. She married many times.
1958: The movie “The Trollenberg Terror,” seen in episode 101- THE CRAWLING EYE is reviewed in Variety.
1978: Jim Stafford, who played Joe “Buffalo Bill” Hickens in the movie in episode 814- RIDING WITH DEATH, marries singer Bobbie Gentry.
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Virginia Leith – aka “Jan-In-The-Pan” 513 THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE
About two o’clock this morning I had The Brain That Wouldn’t Shut Up. Did you close the gate yesterday? Are there enough eggs left for breakfast? Don’t forget to finish painting that thing you started yesterday and just what is the capital of Estonia anyway? Jeez!!
Remember when you were six and going to bed meant going to sleep and you didn’t HAVE to pee as soon as you got up in the morning? That was one of the few pluses for Jan. She just had to deal with neck juices.
“Last of the Wild Horses” premiered today.
According to the Satellite News Episode Guide “Of course, this is one of those episodes where the host segments WAY overpower the movie segments. Internet MSTies went completely insane for about three days after this episode, which parodies the well-remembered ‘Mirror, Mirror’ episode of the original ‘Star Trek.’ It always amazes me when the host segments completely take over. The segments amount to, maybe, 15 minutes of a two-hour time slot. The Brains have to write lean and tight. It’s a tough assignment, but when they pull it off, as I think they did here, it’s an amazing thing to watch. For what it’s worth, the riffing is actually pretty good, but nobody really noticed. The riffing by Dr. F. and Frank was a marvelous change of pace, and I guess you could think of it as a bit of a preview of Cinematic Titanic and, now, The Mads.”