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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BORN ON THIS DATE
1805: Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, who wrote the song “Nearer My God to Thee,” which Crow sings in host segments in episode 705- ESCAPE 2000 and 1001- SOUL TAKER.

1909: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, musical score composer for the movie in episode 909- GORGO.

1913: Harry Keller, producer of the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.

1918: Bernard Girard, screenwriter for the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.

1919: Mario Bernardo, who provided special optical effects for the movie in episode 908- THE PUMAMAN.

1923: Frank Chase, who played a helicopter pilot in the movie in episode 517- BEGINNING OF THE END.

1938: Diane Sayer, who played Midge in the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.

1944: Jonathan Demme, who played Matt Winters in the movie in episode 704- THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN.

1947: Maurizio De Angelis (aka Antony Barrymore), musical score composer for the movies in episode 911- DEVIL FISH and 1205- KILLER FISH.*

DIED ON THIS DATE
1952: Robert Strange (age 70), who played Prof. Blaine in the movie in episode 103- THE MAD MONSTER.

1979: Ben Winkler (age 76), who did the sound for the movies in episodes 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS and 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.

1982: John R. Carter (age 74), sound recordist for the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.

1988: Ben Colman (age 81), stereo technician for the movie in episode 107- ROBOT MONSTER.

1989: Joan Woodbury (age 73), who played Gadra in the movie in episode 1103- THE TIME TRAVELERS.

1991: William Loose (age 80), whose musical compositions were heard in the movies in episodes 404- TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE and 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP. He also composed the stock music in the movies in episodes 810- THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION and 619- RED ZONE CUBA, as well as the song “Come On Baby,” heard in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS.

2002: Barbara Valentin (age 61), who played Babs in the movie in episode 1011- HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND.

2016: Douglas Slocombe (age 103), director of photography for the movie CIRCUS OF HORRORS, featured in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019.

EPISODE PREMIERE ON THIS DATE
1997: episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS first shown.

EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1951: The educational short film WHAT TO DO ON A DATE, seen in episode 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS, is copyrighted.

1979: The Statue of Liberty appears, apparently partially submerged in Lake Mendota on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a prank engineered by the school’s Pail and Shovel Party, which included a young Jim Mallon.

1989: The video seen in episode 820- SPACE MUTINY is reviewed in Variety.

2001: Roger Corman wins a lifetime achievement award from American Film Marketing Association. He produced and/or directed episodes 311- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN, 317- VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT, 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, 503- SWAMP DIAMONDS, 511- GUNSLINGER, 618- HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT, 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST, 703- DEATHSTALKER AND THE WARRIORS FROM HELL, 1104- AVALANCHE, 1203- LORDS OF THE DEEP, 806- THE UNDEAD, THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (riffed by fans in Sci-fi Channel’s “MST3K: The Home Game”) and DEATHSTALKER II, featured in the 30th Anniversary Tour in 2018. He also appeared in an uncredited role as a corporate executive in the movie in 1203- episode LORDS OF THE DEEP.*

2009: At the Oscars, Greg Cannom, who did make-up for the movie in episode 704- THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN, wins the best make-up award for his work on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

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