This Date in MSTory

BORN ON THIS DATE
1906: Terry Kellum, sound engineer for the season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM.

1916: Jan Wiley, who played Virginia Rogers Scott in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.

1918: Fred C. Pearce, camera operator for the movie in episode 1312- THE BUBBLE.

1924: Bunny Summers, who played Zurella in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders, died on this day in 2010.

1927: Bill Reese, who played Senator Lindfield in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS.
1927: Ennio Antonelli, who played a trucker in the movie in episode 501- WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD and a syndicate member in the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.

1929: Queta (aka Enriqueta) Lavat (age 94), who played “madre despertada” in the movie in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS. in the movie in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS.

1943: Fred Biletnikoff, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.*

1943: Nick Allder, a lighting cameraman for the movie in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS, who also did special effects photography for the movie in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.*

1947: John Judd, who played the second security guard in the movie in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.

1975: Robert Lopez, composer of the song “Our Love Is on Wings (You Can’t See),” heard in a host segment in episode 1104- AVALANCHE.*

1978: Hank Woon Jr., a writer for the movie in episode 1202- ATLANTIC RIM.*

1980: Joshua Fredric Smith, who played a young boy in the movie in episode 913- QUEST OF THE DELTA KNIGHTS.*

DIED ON THIS DATE
1970: Frank Gerstle (age 54, cancer), who played Dr. Otto Frank in the movie in episode 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN and a congressman in the movie in episode 614- SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL.

1993: Phillip Terry (age 83), who played Dr. Paul Talbot in the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.

1995: Lewis Meltzer (age 84), who wrote the lyrics to the song “Tormented,” heard in the movie in episode 414- TORMENTED.

1998: Philip Abbott (age 73), who played Frank Morrison in the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18.

1998: Charles “Chuck” Hayward (age 78), who played a Walker man in the movie in episode 811- PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR.

2009: Laurence Payne (age 89) who played Phillip Truscott in the movie in episode 101- THE CRAWLING EYE.

2011: John Alese (age 80), a makeup artist for the movie in episode K16- CITY ON FIRE.

2013: Bert Schoenfeld (age 92), supervising sound editor for the movie in episode 618- HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT.

EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1939: Henry Fonda, star of episode K16- CITY ON FIRE, celebrates the birth of his son, future actor Peter Fonda.

2001: Stan Winston, makeup creator for the movie in episode 1010- IT LIVES BY NIGHT, received a star on the Hollowood Walk of Fame.

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This Date in MSTory is written and compiled by Christopher Cornell, Brian Henry and Steve Finley with assistance by Tim Brown, Gordon Lawyer and many other Satellite News commenters.