1988 (Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell)

  • Date in 1988 unknown Rene Cardona Sr. (age 81 or 82) director and screenwriter for the movie in episode 521- SANTA CLAUS.
  • Date in 1988 unknown Fulvia Franco (age 56 or 57), who had a role in the movie in episode 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED.
  • Date in January unknown Takeshi Kimura (age 75), who co-wrote the original story for the movie in episode 212- GODZILLA VS. MEGALON.
  • 01/04 Stuart (not Stewart) Saunders (age unknown), who portrayed Dewhurst in episode 101- THE CRAWLING EYE.
  • 01/07 Carlo Hintermann (age 64), who had a role in the movie in episode 504- SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON.
  • 01/08 Boyd "Red" Morgan (age 72), who portrayed Julian in episode 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN.
  • 01/08 Kay Riehl (age 88), who portrayed Sarah Grant in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
  • 01/09 Spencer Chan (age 95), who portrayed Dr. Hu Ling Tang in the movie THIS ISLAND EARTH, riffed in MST3K: THE MOVIE.
  • 01/12 Larry Johns (age unknown), who portrayed Dr. Wernher in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE.
  • 01/18 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. He was also producer for the movie in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.
  • 01/23 Hollingsworth Morse (age 77), director of the episodes of TV's "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger," which were shown in episode 413- MANHUNT IN SPACE and 417- CRASH OF MOONS.
  • 02/13 Ernestine Barrier (age 79), who portrayed the Madame President in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE.
  • 02/27 Kenneth Peach (age 84), who did the second unit photography for the movie in episode 912- THE SCREAMING SKULL.
  • 03/12 DeWitt Bodeen (age 79), screenwriter for the movie in episode 524- 12 TO THE MOON.
  • 03/18 Alan Gibbs (age 47), who portrayed a Mustang hood in episode 512- MITCHELL and served as a stunt consultant for the movie in episode K19- HANGAR 18.
  • 04/01 Gene Lindsey (age 51), who portrayed the polar bear in episode 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS.
  • 05/08 Robert Heinlein (age 80), on whose story the movie in episode 109- PROJECT MOON BASE was based.
  • 05/29 Charla Doherty (age 41, road accident), who portrayed Nancy in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.
  • 06/04 Renzo Palmer (age 58), who portrayed the Finance Minister's assistant in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.
  • 06/14 James/Jim Chandler (age 66), who had a role in the TV-movie "The Stranger," shown in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE.
  • 06/16 Kim Milford (age 36), who portrayed Billy Duncan in episode 706- LASERBLAST.
  • 06/18 Marjorie Corso (age 76), costumer for the movies in episodes 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER, 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN, 414- TORMENTED, 607- BLOODLUST and 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.
  • 06/22 Ross Ford (age 65), who portrayed Major Bill Moore in 109- PROJECT MOON BASE.
  • 06/22 Stuart Randall (age 78), who portrayed Captain John Lauder in episode 409- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN.
  • 07/21 Mikhail Volpin (age 85), the movie's screenwriter for episode 813- JACK FROST.
  • 08/02 Robert Emmet Smith (age 73), art director of the movie in episode
  • 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
  • 08/04 Paul Hahn (age 67), who portrayed an attendant in episode 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN.
  • 08/08 Alan Napier (age 85), who portrayed high priest Elinu in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.
  • 08/14 Henri Jaffa (age 83), color consultant for the movie in episode 510- THE PAINTED HILLS.
  • 08/15 Ronald Stein (age 58), score composer for the movies shown in episodes 311- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, 418- ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES, 509- THE GIRL IN LOVERS LANE, 511- GUNSLINGER, 806- THE UNDEAD, 808- THE SHE-CREATURE and THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED (MST3K: The Home Game).
  • 08/17 Mike Mahoney (age 70), who portrayed Sgt. Cooper in episode 906- THE SPACE CHILDREN.
  • 08/20 Ken Knox (age 63), who portrayed Steamroller Smith in episode 402- THE GIANT GILA MONSTER.
  • 08/21 Jerry Warren (age 63), producer/director/screenwriter/editor/musical director of the movie in episode 515- THE WILD, WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN.
  • 09/11 Donald H. Brown (age 82), director of the short A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY, shown in episode 610- THE VIOLENT YEARS.
  • 09/14 Louis Quinn (age 73), who portrayed Samuel Tallman in episode 618- HIGH SCHOOL BIG SHOT.
  • 09/30 Chick Chandler (age 83), who portrayed Lt. Danny Wilson in episode 208- LOST CONTINENT and the fem angel Wilbur in the short ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON, shown in episode 701- NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST.
  • 10/10 John C. Chulay (age 65), assistant director for the movie in episode 406- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES.
  • 10/18 William A. Forester (age 73), who portrayed an announcer in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.
  • 10/19 Lawrence W. Butler (age 80), who did the special effects for the movie "Marooned," shown in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.
  • 10/19 James R. Haskin (age 66), who portrayed the civilian announcer in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.
  • 11/17 Sheilah Graham (age 84), who portrayed Sister Grace in episode 601- GIRLS TOWN.
  • 11/27 John Carradine (age 82), who portrayed Prof. Charles Conway in episode 320- THE UNEARTHLY and crooned "Night Train to Mundo Fine" in episode 619- RED ZONE CUBA.
  • 12/22 Fred Slark (age 66), production manager for the movie in episode 818- DEVIL DOLL.