1898: Lucille Wall, who played Lucille March Weeks on GENERAL HOSPITAL, episodes of which were seen as shorts in season four.
1904: Cary Grant, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
1905: Chick Chandler, who played Lt. Danny Wilson in the movie in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT and the angel Wilbur in the short ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON, seen in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
1918: Richard LaSalle, composer for the movie in episode 1103- THE TIME TRAVELERS.
1930: Junji Kurata, director of the movie in episode K21- THE ‘LEGEND OF DINOSAURS’.
1937: Kazuo Suzuki, who played a Red Bamboo scientist in the movie in episode 213- GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER.*
1937: Dick Durock, who played Jerry in the episode entitled “Out-of-Time Step,” which would later be incorporated into episode 322- MASTER NINJA I.
1955: Kevin Costner, mentioned in a host segment in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.*
DIED ON THIS DATE
1959: Charles Henkel Jr. (age 65), editor of the movie in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.
1974: Bill Finger (age 59; heart disease), screenwriter for the movie THE GREEN SLIME, riffed in MST3K’s pilot, and the movie in episode 1007- TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST.
1982: Frank Baxter (age 85), who appeared as the gesture professor in the movie in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
1982: Poul Nyrup (age 47), who was sound assistant for the movie in episode 1101- REPTILICUS.
1985: Frankie Marvin (age 80), who played Salty in the season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM.
1988: Joseph Gershenson (age 84), music supervisor or musical director for the movies in episodes 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP, 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE, 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS, 805- THE THING THAT COULDN’T DIE and THIS ISLAND EARTH seen in MST3K: THE MOVIE. He was also producer for the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
1989: Eddie Foster (age 82), who had a small role in the movie in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
2003: Gavin Lyall (age 70), who wrote the original story for movie episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.
2015: June Randall (age 87), who did continuity for the movie CIRCUS OF HORRORS, featured in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019.
EPISODE PREMIERE ON THIS DATE
1992: episode 323- THE CASTLE OF FU-MANCHU first shown.
EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1949: Arline Judge, who played Mrs. Hotchkiss in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND, married George Ross III. She married many times.
1950: The movie in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE is reviewed in Variety.
1992: Clayton Moore, who played thug Graber in the season one serial RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON, weds Clarita Petrone.
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