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BORN ON THIS DATE
1876: John Elliott, who played Prof. Hatfield in the movie in episode 103- THE MAD MONSTER.
1900: Reed Howes, who played the Police Inspector in the movie in episode 613- THE SINISTER URGE.
1912: Richard Rubin, who did the props for the movies in episodes 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES and 607- BLOODLUST.
1919: Ward Costello, who played Captain MacIntosh in the movie in episode 608- CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD and Dr. Robert Hedges in the movie in episode 807- TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000.
1920: Ignacy Machowski, who played Prof. Orloff in the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.
1921: Aram Katcher, who played the factory window washer spy in the movie in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.
1930: Tommy Cook, who played Mike Denton in the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.*
1933: Lisa Montell, who played Deena in the movie WORLD WITHOUT END, riffed in MST3K’s first live show.*
1938: Delbert B. “Sonny” West Jr., who played Snake in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS.
1959: Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, whose song “Walking in Memphis” Tom Servo sings a bit of in a host segment in episode 604- ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE.*
DIED ON THIS DATE
1966: John P. Fulton (age 63), who did the special effects for the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
1969: Ben Alexander (age 58; traffic accident), who was included in the list of prominent “doughy guys” shown in a host segment in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
1976: Ray Kellogg (age 70), director of the movies in the movie in episode 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER and 407- THE KILLER SHREWS.
1997: (Mrs.) Elva Ruby Miller (age 89), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
2017: John Karlson (age 97), who played blossom in the movie in episode 1113- THE CHRISTMAS THAT ALMOST WASN’T.
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