BORN ON THIS DATE
1896: Gil Patric, who played a detective lieutenant in the movie in episode 103- THE MAD MONSTER.
1899: Kathleen Mulqueen, who played police matron Agnes Hardy in the movie in episode 522- TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE.
1910: Charles Crichton, who co-directed the movie in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.
1910: Nikolay Budashkin, the score composer for the movie “Morozko,” seen in episode 813- JACK FROST.
1911: Lucille Ball, who was imitated in host segments in episodes 308- GAMERA VS. GAOS, 203- JUNGLE GODDESS and 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS.
1921: Buck Young, who played Tom Nelson in the movie in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE and Detective Aldridge in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL.
1922: Fernando Osés, who played a vampire and wrote the story for the movåie in episode 624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.
1925: Lilyan Chauvin, who played Sandra Balleau in the movie in episode 607- BLOODLUST!
1926: Frank Finlay, who played H.W. Manfred in the movie in episode 905- THE DEADLY BEES.
1926: Patricia Knox, who played Vera Moore in the movie in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.
1946: Charla Doherty, who played Nancy in the movie in episode 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS.
1951: Jack Klaff, who played a security guard in the movie in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.*
1970: M. Night Shyamalan, who was mentioned in host segments in episodes 1104- AVALANCHE and episode 1107- THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT.*

DIED ON THIS DATE
1938: Warner Oland (age 58; pneumonia), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 323- CASTLE OF FU MANCHU.
1964: Reed Howes (age 64), who played the police inspector in the movie in episode 613- THE SINISTER URGE.
1969: Frank Tuttle (age 63), set decorator for the movie in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.
1976: William Mervyn (age 64), who played Doctor Morley in the movie CIRCUS OF HORRORS, featured in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019.
1989: Nat Levine (age 90), producer of the season four serial UNDERSEA KINGDOM.
2001: Robert Dunham (age 70), who played King Antonio of Seatopia in the movie in episode 212- GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (for which he also did motorcycle stunts) and played Captain Martin in the movie THE GREEN SLIME, riffed in MST3K’s pilot.
2003: Larry Taylor (age 85), who played Marlenus in the movie in episode 519- OUTLAW (OF GOR).
2004: Ennio Antonelli (age 77), who played a trucker in the movie in episode 501- WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD and a syndicate member in the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.
2004: Ivan Voronov (age 89), who played Ilmarinen in the movie in episode 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE.
2009: Willy DeVille (age 58: cancer), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.
2018: Jimmy il Fenomeno (age 86), who played one of the good-natured brawlers in the movie in episode 412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN.

EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1975: Following the long-delayed publication of a book by Agatha Christie depicting the death of her fictional creation, detective Hercule Poirot (whom Tom Servo impersonated in a host segment in episode 419- THE REBEL SET), the New York Times runs a front page obituary for him.
1977: Glenn Corbett, who played Neil Stryker in the movie in episode 305- STRANDED IN SPACE, marries Kathy Glisson.

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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.