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BORN ON THIS DATE
1882: Creighton Hale, who had a small role in the movie in episode 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.
1907: Edward Dein, director of the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
1908: Alan Stensvold, cinematographer for the short THE DAYS OF OUR YEARS, seen in episode 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN.
1909: Rep. Wilbur Mills, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
1911: Harold Conway, who played the “Washington broadcast station chief” in the movie in episode 819- INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN.**
1915: Sara Pachter, who played, and was, little Johnny’s mother in the short JOHNNY AT THE FAIR, seen in episode 419- THE REBEL SET.
1916: Peter Whitney, who played Lt. Gates in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.
1922: Leroy Johnson, who played Sir Ulrich in the movie in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.
1922: June Smaney, who appeared in the movie in episode 206- RING OF TERROR.
1924: Jose Manuel Martin, who played Omar Pascha in the movie in episode 323- CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.*
1924: Freddie Earlle, who played a little man in the movie in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.
1926: Desmond Davis, camera operator for the movie in episode 101- THE CRAWLING EYE.*
1949: Ricardo Franco, assistant director of the movie in episode 323- THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.
1950: Andrea Coppola, who played photographer Jay in the movie in episode 705- ESCAPE 2000.*
1960: Jeff Celentano, aka Jeff Weston, who played Tola in the movie in episode 516- ALIEN FROM L.A.*
DIED ON THIS DATE
1962: Kjeld Petersen (age 41; heart attack), who played police officer Olsen in the movie in episode 1101- REPTILICUS.
1969: Richard Garland (age 41; alcoholism), who played Pendragon in the movie in episode 806- THE UNDEAD.
1969: Paul Birch (age 57; cancer), who played Jim Maddison in THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (riffed by fans in Sci-fi Channel’s “MST3K: The Home Game”).
1992: Alfredo Wally Barron (age 61), Santo’s second in the movie in episode 624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.
1993: June Smaney (age 71), on her birthday.
2016: Burt Kwouk (age 85), who played Feno in the movie in episode 323- CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.
2017: Delbert B. “Sonny” West Jr. (age 78), who played Snake in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS.
2018: Travis Richard Kleefeld aka Tony Travis (age 92), who played Eddie Crane in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS.
EVENT ON THIS DATE
1961: The movie in episode 621- THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS is reviewed in Variety.
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