DIED ON THIS DATE
1960: Richard H. Riedel (age 55; auto accident), art director for the movie THIS ISLAND EARTH, riffed in MST3K: THE MOVIE.
1964: Herschel Graham (age 60), who played a restaurant patron in the movie in episode 520- RADAR SECRET SERVICE.
1964: Shamshi Tyumenbayev (age 54), who played Matvei Sbrodovich in the movie in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON.
1970: William Beaudine (age 78), director of the short DESIGN FOR DREAMING, seen in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
1972: Jimmy Clark (age unknown), who played a student in the movie in episode 702- THE BRUTE MAN.**
1980: Richard Caffey (age 51), assistant director for the movie in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
1988: Alan Gibbs (age 47; cancer), who played the “Mustang hood” and did stunts in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL and served as a stunt consultant for the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18.
1997: Harry Raybould (age 64), who played the M.P at the main gate in the movie in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
2000: Mel Traxel (age 83), still photographer for the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
2004: Bill Rogers (age 74), who provided an English dub in the movie in episode 624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.
2011: Warren Christopher (age 85), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE.
2017: Tony Russel (age 91), who voiced Tirteo in episode 410- HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN and Baby Face in the movie in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON.
2019: Junkichi Orimoto (age 92), who played Colonel Matsuda in the movie in episode 816- PRINCE OF SPACE.
EPISODE PREMIERE ON THIS DATE
1995: episode 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN (with the short THE DAYS OF OUR YEARS) first shown.
EVENT ON THIS DATE
1956: Mamie Van Doren gives birth to her only child, Perry Ray Anthony.
2022: The 13th-season short PIPELINE TO THE CLOUDS (1951) debuts in the Gizmoplex.
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** = If this appears next to a birthday, the IMDB indicates that the person has died, but the IMDB does not have a full death date (probably just a month and year or just the year he or she died). If you can give us the exact date (with some sort of proof we can check), please let us know.
** = If this appears next to a death date, the IMDB does not have this person’s full birthday. If you can provide it (with some sort of proof we can check), please let us know.
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.
MSTies may remember that Crow sang a bit of Carmen’s hit “All By Myself” in episode 622- ANGELS’ REVENGE.
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MSTies may remember that Crow sang a bit of Carmen’s hit “All By Myself” in episode 622- ANGELS’ REVENGE.
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Join The Mads on Tuesday, March 12 at 8 PM Eastern as they riff “The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues” followed by a live Q&A with guests Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, and Mike Nelson. Buy your tickets here.
Update: The original Dumb Industries web page and images only listed Bill and Mike as attending, but Kevin has now been included.
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