1978 (Angels Revenge; City on Fire;
Fugitive Alien; Star Force)
- Date in 1978 unknown Armando Arriola (age
unknown) who had a role in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS.
- Date in 1978 unknown Russ Conway (age 64 or
65), who portrayed Reverend Snow in episode 912- THE
SCREAMING SKULL.
- 02/09 Angela Greene (age 62), who portrayed
matron Clara Eckert in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP.
- 02/18 Derrick de Marney (age 71), who
portrayed Latham in episode 901- THE PROJECTED MAN.
- 04/05 Douglas Henderson (age 59), who
portrayed Dr. Richard Gordon in episode 210- KING
DINOSAUR.
- 04/07 Bill Coontz (age 61), character actor
who had small movie roles in episodes 509- THE GIRL IN
LOVERS LANE, 607- BLOODLUST and 618- HIGH SCHOOL BIG
SHOT.
- 04/07 Donald Gray (aged 64), who did the
voices of Colonel White, Captain Black and The Mysteron
on the TV series "Captain Scarlet", episodes of which
were shown in episode K02- REVENGE OF THE MYSTERONS.
- 04/22 Jo Heims (age 48), who wrote the
screenplay for the movie in episode 509- THE GIRL IN
LOVERS LANE.
- 04/23 Ivan Pereverzev (age 63), who portrayed
Timofey Larionovich in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF
SINBAD.
- 04/28 Arch W. Hall Sr. (age 69) a.k.a.
Nicholas Merriwether a.k.a. William Watters,
producer/director and original story writer of the movie
in episode 506- EEGAH, in which he also portrayed Robert
I. Miller.
- 04/28 Russell Metty (age 71), cinematographer
for the movie in episode 805- THE THING THAT COULDN'T
DIE.
- Date in May unknown Brydon Baker (age 54),
cinematographer for the movie in episode 206- RING OF
TERROR.
- 05/27 Shelly Novack (age 34), who portrayed
Brooks in episode K15- SUPERDOME.
- 06/17 Robert B. Williams (age 73), who
portrayed George Johnson in episode 801- REVENGE OF THE
CREATURE and Webb in THIS ISLAND EARTH riffed in MST3K:
THE MOVIE.
- 06/20 Ralph M. DeLacy (age 91), art director
for the season two serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS.
- 07/23 Charles Horvath (age 57), who portrayed
Mike in episode 805- THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE.
- 10/12 Roy Gordon (age 82), who portrayed the
mayor in episode 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST and Dr.
Loren Wright in episode 320- THE UNEARTHLY.
- 11/02 Harry Reif (age 71), set designer for
the movies in episodes 104- WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC
PLANET, 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS, 520- RADAR SECRET
SERVICE and 808- THE SHE-CREATURE, plus THE DAY THE WORLD
ENDED shown in MST3K: The Home Game. Reif was also the
assistant director for the movie in episode 511-
GUNSLINGER.
- 11/25 Irene Morra (age 85), editor of the
movie in episode 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN.
- 11/26 Ford Beebe (age 90), director of season
two serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS.
- 11/27 Susan Shaw (age 49), who portrayed
Hestia in episode 416- FIRE MAIDENS FROM OUTER SPACE.
- 12/07 I. Stanford Jolley (age 78), who
portrayed King Invader in episode 419- THE REBEL SET and
Judge Raymond Clara in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
- 12/10 Edward D. Wood Jr. (age 54), auteur,
MSTie legend: produced/directed/wrote the movies in
episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER and episode 613- THE
SINISTER URGE, in which he's also briefly seen in a
knife-fighting scene. Wood also wrote the screenplay for
the movie in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS, which
explains the sweater scene.
- 12/17 Don Ellis (age 44), who composed the
movie's musical score in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.
- 12/22 Robert Maxwell (age 54), cinematographer
for the movie in episode 1002- GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS.
- 12/28 Vera Altayskaya (age 59), who portrayed
the stepmother in the movie "Morozko," shown in episode
813- JACK FROST.
  
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