1899: Chester Jones, who played the native lead bearer Ladu in the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN and played a newspaper vendor in the movie in episode 1312- THE BUBBLE.
1903: Al Jacobs, musical score composer for the movie in episode 207- WILD REBELS.
1905: Don Rowan, who played a guardsman in the season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM.
1905: Renny McAvoy, who played a military guardsman in the movie in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.
1914: William G. Troiano, cinematographer for the movies in episodes 108- THE SLIME PEOPLE and 515- THE WILD WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN.
1916: Gwen Kenyon, who played Peggy Woods in the movie in episode 105- THE CORPSE VANISHES.
1918: Clark Howat, who played a naval captain in the movie in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT.
1920: Norman Ettlinger, who played Professor Quincey in the movie in episode 1311- THE MASK.**
1924: William Thourlby, who played Dr. Bradford in the movie in episode 606- THE CREEPING TERROR.
1924: Carl Bengs, who played a rocket pilot the movie THE GREEN SLIME, riffed in MST3K’s pilot.
1929: Lionel Selwyn, the sound editor for the movie CIRCUS OF HORRORS, featured in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019
1931: Fernando Cicero, who played Lastene in the movie in episode 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED.
1931: Ginés Rodríguez, production assistant for the movie in episode 323- CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.*
1931: Michael Rougas, who played Frank in the movie in episode 809- I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF.
1934: Bill Bixby, mentioned in host segments in episode 204- CATALINA CAPER, 305- STRANDED IN SPACE and 205- ROCKET ATTACK USA.
1939: Jeff Smith, TV’s Frugal Gourmet, impersonated by Mike Nelson in the movie in episode 608- CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD.
1939: Shinichi a.k.a. Sonny Chiba, who played Ironsharp a.k.a. Space Chief in the movie in episode 819- INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN.
1945: Jophery C. Brown, a stunt player in the movie in episode 516- ALIEN FROM L.A.
1951: Nicholas Josef Von Sternberg, cinematographer for the movie in episode 1008- FINAL JUSTICE.*
1959: Linda Blair, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.*
DIED ON THIS DATE
1955: George Bricker (age 56), screenwriter for the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
1960: Stepan Kayukov (age 61), who played Neptune in the movie “Sadko,” seen in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD.
1969: Rankin Mansfield (age 73), who played Beryl in the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K’s first live show.
1969: Manuel Arvide (age 72), who played Martinez in the movie in episode 1105- THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN.
1973: Lyndon Johnson (age 64), American President, who was included in the list of prominent “doughy guys” shown in a host segment in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
1985: Raymond Boltz Jr. (age 72), set designer for the movie in episode 420- THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS.
1990: Aldo Canti (age 48; gun shot), who played one of the good-natured brawlers in the movie in episode 412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN.
1990: Gianfranco Baldanello (age 61), aka Frank G. Carrol, director of the movie “Il Raggio Infernale,” seen in episode 620- DANGER!! DEATH RAY.
1995: Billy Hammond (age 88), who played a henchman in the movie in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
2013: Lucyna Winnicka (age 84), who played Joan Moran in the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
EPISODE PREMIERES ON THIS DATE
1989: episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS first shown.
1994: episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS first shown.
EVENT ON THIS DATE
2011: 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 long form for “The Pacific.”
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