1824: Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
1906: Gus Bockway, prop guy for for the movie in episode 807- TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000.
1906: Masaichi Nagata, executive producer for the movies in episodes K05-/302- GAMERA, K08- /312- GAMERA VS. GUIRON, K04- /304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON and 1307- GAMERA VS. JIGER.
1919: Arturo Martinez, who played El Tierno a.k.a. Bruno in the movie in episode 102- THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY and Major Cosio in the movie in episode 113- THE BLACK SCORPION.
1922: Mario Petri, who played Zenith, priest of Uranus, in the movie in episode 412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN.
1924: Dean Fredericks, who played Capt. Frank Chapman in the movie in episode 902- THE PHANTOM PLANET.
1924: Ronald Sinclair, editor for the movies in episodes 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, 317- VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT, 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS and 808- THE SHE-CREATURE, as well as THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (riffed by fans in Sci-fi Channel’s “MST3K: The Home Game”). He was editorial supervisor for the movies in episodes 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER and 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST.
1924: Benny Hill, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 511- GUNSLINGER.
1925: Jack Denton, who played a detective in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS.
1926: Steve Reeves, who played Hercules in episodes 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED and 502- HERCULES. He was also mentioned in a host segment in episode 410- HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN.
1926: Augusto Larretta, who played King Tylor in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
1928: William Read Woodfield, producer/screenwriter for the TV movie in episode 614- SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL.
1932: Dieter Kirchlechner, who played Laertes in the movie in episode 1009- HAMLET.*
1934: Audrey Dalton, who played Virginia Stratton in the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.*
1938: Doug Lennox, who played The Captain in the movie in episode K20- THE LAST CHASE.
1942: Mac Davis, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 207- WILD REBELS.
1946: Krista Nell, who played Zoe in the movie in episode K18/1309- THE MILLION EYES OF SU-MURU.
1948: Dale Swann, who played “bearded warrior” in the movie in episode 1111- WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDOM II.
1955: Elinor Rose Galbraith, set decorator for the movie in episode 822- OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK.*
1956: Robby Benson, who played Carver in the movie in episode 403- CITY LIMITS.*
DIED ON THIS DATE
1962: Arturo Bragaglia (age 69), who played Iolaus in the movie in episode 1108- THE LOVES OF HERCULES.
1964: Ann Wilner (age 59), who played Tillie the records clerk the movie in episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER.
1967: Michael Paryla (age unknown), who played Francisco in the movie in episode 1009- HAMLET.*
1970: Mogens Brandt (age 60), who played Police Chief Hassing in the movie in episode 1101- REPTILICUS.
1976: Fred Knoth (age 68), who did some of the special effects for the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS and was set coordinator for the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
1985: James Beard (age 83), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 1103- THE TIME TRAVELERS.
1996: William Harlow (age 74), who had a role in the movie in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
1999: Susan Strasberg (age 60), who played Nancy Kingman in the movie in episode K13- SST: DEATH FLIGHT.
1999: Alfonso Corona Blake (age 80), director/scenario consultant for the movie in episode 624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.
2001: Joseph O’Conor (age 90), who played Prof. Hendricks in the movie in episode 909- GORGO.
2002: Junji Kurata (age 72 ), director of the movie in episode K21- THE ‘LEGEND OF DINOSAURS’.
2006: Robert Knudson (age 80), rerecording mixer for the movie in episode 1201- MAC AND ME.
2017: Shûshi Nakamura (age 89), production designer for the movie “Yusei Oji” featured in episode 816- PRINCE OF SPACE.
2018: Joel Freeman (age 95), production manager the movie in
episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
2020: Monty Python comedy troupe member Terry Jones (age 77), who played Mr. Creosote in the movie “Monty Python’s Meaning of Life,” and was mentioned in a host segment in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.
2022: Joyce Holden (age 91), who played Claire Erling in the movie in episode 807- TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000.
EPISODE PREMIERE ON THIS DATE
1995: episode 621- THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS (with the shorts MONEY TALKS! and PROGRESS ISLAND U.S.A.) first shown.
EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1987: The movie in episode 110- ROBOT HOLOCAUST is reviewed in Variety.
1996: The movie in episode 904- WEREWOLF has its direct-to-video premiere.
2012: Timothy Van Patten, who played Max Keller in episodes 322- MASTER NINJA I and 324- MASTER NINJA II, shares the Producer’s Guild of America’s Television Producer of the Year award in episodic drama for “Boardwalk Empire.”
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