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Births
1884 — Frank Hagney, who portrayed the juvenile court bailiff in Teenage Crime Wave.
1896 — Curly Batson, who was makeup artist for The Undead.
1912 — George J. Morgan, who was executive producer for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
1914 — Sue Dwiggins, who was a writer for Indestructible Man and The Atomic Brain (also associate producer, assistant camera, wardrobe, script supervisor, and props).
1915 — Ian D. Struthers, who was lighting cameraman for Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1918 — Herschel Burke Gilbert, who was composer and music director for Project Moon Base.
1922 — Daniele Vargas, who portrayed Anfiarao in Hercules Unchained.
1923 — Joe Lanza, who portrayed a work farm inmate in Untamed Youth.
1928 — Todd Lasswell, who portrayed Lt. Charles Anderson in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1933 — George R. Robertson, who portrayed a VIP in Space Travelers.
1940 — Maria Cristina Brancucci, who performed the opening credit songs in Operation Double 007 and Diabolik.
1955 — Chris Balton, who was assistant camera for Squirm.*
1959 — Yuji Okumoto, who portrayed Chou-Sing (AKA Sing-Sing) in Robot Wars.*
1962 — Jennifer Houlton, who portrayed Ellen in Carnival Magic.*
Deaths
1959 — Robert Pritchard (65), who was a sound technician for This Island Earth.
1965 — Mikhail Astangov (64), who portrayed the Maharaja in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1992 — Jimmy Lennon Sr. (79), who portrayed the ringside announcer in Racket Girls.
1996 — Alexander D’Arcy (87), who portrayed Gary Webster in Horrors of Spider Island.
1998 — Hugo Grimaldi (85), who was executive dubbing supervisor for First spaceship on Venus, U.S. version producer and editor for Hercules and the Captive Women, director and producer for The Human Duplicators, and producer and supervising film editor for The Phantom Planet.
1998 — Aram Katcher (76), who portrayed a factory window washer in Invasion USA.
2004 — Aleksandra Danilova (85), who portrayed Vasilisa’s mother in The Sword and the Dragon.
2011 — Bruce Shearin (85), who was sound supervisor for Attack of the Eyes Creatures and sound technician for Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Movie Premieres
1967 — Operation Double 007 (Italy)
Events
1996 — On At the Movies, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, giving it Two Thumbs Up.
(Chanting) SAMPO! SAMPO! SAMPO! Seriously, good to know you’re OK.
April 21
Births
1904 — Robert C. Dertano, who was director, writer, and editor for Racket Girls.
1904 — Daniel L. Fapp, who was cinematographer for Space Travelers.
1906 — Theobold Holsopple, who was art director for Rocketship X-M (also production designer) and Indestructible Man, as well as set decorator for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).**
1910 — Kurt Rackelmann, who portrayed Professor Sikarna in First Spaceship on Venus.
1916 — Sidney Clute, who portrayed Rudy Moran in Mitchell.
1916 — Eldon Rathburn, who was composer for the short Johnny at the Fair (paired with The Rebel Set).
1920 — Christopher Dark, who portrayed Henry Jaffe in World Without End.
1929 — Ken Nightingall, who was boom operator for The Deadly Bees.
1932 — Ray Stewart, who portrayed Zariatin in the upcoming Space Raiders.*
Deaths
1969 — Louis Vittes (58, natural causes, capisce), who was a writer for The Rebel Set.
1978 — Robert de Nesle (71), who was co-producer for Hercules Against the Moon Men.
1981 — Lydia Brassi (55, liver cancer), who portrayed Mrs. Claus in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1986 — Marjorie Eaton (85), who portrayed Mrs. March in the Atomic Brain.
1992 — Giovanna Galletti (75), who portrayed the Sybil in The Loves of Hercules.
1995 — Earl Pennington (66), who portrayed Mr. Clark in City on Fire.
2002 — Terry Walsh (62), who portrayed a technician in Cosmic Princess.
2009 — Tony Johnson (91), who portrayed Mrs. Snow in The Screaming Skull.
2018 — Antonio Orellana (95), who was story writer for Samson vs the Vampire Women.
2018 — Desmond Saunders (91), who was a director for Invaders from the Deep and supervising director for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
2020 — Brian Burgess (92), who a director and visual effects production manager for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
“1906 — Theobold Holsopple”
He’s either a Dr. Seuss character or a Dickens character.
I would say a P.G. Wodehouse character.
April 22
Births
1894 — Rondo Hatton, who portrayed Hal Moffat in The Brute Man.
1902 — Nate D. Slott, who was second assistant director for The Amazing Colossal Man.
1906 — Walter Merrill, who portrayed Sam in Radar Men from the Moon.
1909 — Ralph Byrd, who portrayed Bob Simpson in Jungle Goddess.
1912 — Lawrence Woolner, who was executive producer for The Human Duplicators and presented Beyond Atlantis.
1918 — Anthony La Penna, who voiced the English dub narrator in Gamera vs. Barugon, did unspecified English dub voice work for Hercules Against the Moon Men, and portrayed Kurt in The Brain that Wouldn’t Die.
1926 — Remo De Angelis, who was stunt coordinator for Warrior of the Lost World.
1933 — Mark Damon, who was executive producer for Mac and Me.
1934 — Sandro Scarchilli, who portrayed a Zarth henchman in and was a stuntman for Starcrash.
1937 — Jack Nitzsche, who was a composer and songwriter for Village of the Giants.
1939 — Charles S. Swartz, who was executive producer for Beyond Atlantis.
1942 — Avraham Leibman, who was chief gaffer for Alien from L.A.*
1949 — Bruce Paul Barbour, who was stunt double for Lee Van Cleef in Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II, stunt driver for City Limits and Werewolf (also a party guest), and stuntman for The Incredible Melting Man. He also wrote a letter that was read at the end of 315 – Teenage Cave Man.*
1964 — Chris Makepeace, who portrayed Ring in The Last Chase.*
1976 — Rebecca Hanson, who portrayed Synthia and voiced Gypsy in and was a writer for MST3K during Seasons 11-13.*
Deaths
1967 — Tom Conway (62), who portrayed Dr. Feodor Orloff in 12 to the Moon and Timothy Chappell in The She-Creature.
1974 — Mikhail Kochnev (59, gulag sabbatical), who was a writer for The Sword and the Dragon.
1978 — Jo Heims (48, breast cancer), who was a writer for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1979 — Dwight V. Babcock (70), who was story writer for The Brute Man.
1981 — Jack DeWitt (80), who was additional dialogue writer and art director for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1992 — Rosemary Odell (67), who was gown designer for This Island Earth.
1998 — Jack Cummins (49, cancer), who was first assistant director for Being from Another Planet.
2001 — Edward Muhl (94), who was production manager for Kitten with a Whip.
2018 — Demeter Bitenc (95), who portrayed Ariel in Colossus and the Headhunters.
2020 — Mort Fallick (86), who was editor for the short Last Clear Chance (paired with Radar Secret Service).
2025 — Daniel D. Halleck (79), who did second unit post-production ADR voice work for Outlaw.
“1894 — Rondo Hatton, who portrayed Hal Moffat in The Brute Man.”
Oddly enough, they never call his character the Brute Man in that movie. Instead they call him the Creeper. That name was first bestowed on his character in the Sherlock Holmes movie (The Pearl of Death) that was just riffed by Bridget and Mary Jo. He also played a character called the Creeper in “House of Horrors.”
April 23
Births
1564 – William Shakespeare, who wrote the source play for Hamlet.
1891 — Monte Montague, who portrayed an airplane mechanic in The Phantom Creeps.
1897 — John Wengraf, who portrayed Dr. Erich Heinrich in 12 to the Moon.
1898 — Ernest Laszlo, who was cinematographer for Tormented and The Space Children.
1918 — Manny Michael, who portrayed one of the backstage crew and an audience member in Devil Doll.
1920 — Bert Schoenfeld, who was supervising sound editor for High School Big Shot.
1924 — Roger Racine, who was cinematographer for Zombie Nightmare.
1930 — Alan Oppenheimer, who portrayed Dr. Hale in Riding with Death.*
1939 — Lee Majors, who portrayed Franklyn Hart in The Last Chase and Robert Lasky in Killer Fish.*
1939 — Patrick Williams, who was composer for San Francisco International.
1947 — Paulette Breen, who portrayed Lena in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1959 — Tim Blaney, who operated the Gypsy puppet in Seasons 11-12.*
1960 — Scott Owens, who was production manager for Doctor Mordrid.*
1960 — Tony Wakefield, who was sound supervisor for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
Deaths
1616 – William Shakespeare (52, Oxbridge posh boy hit), died on his birthday.
1957 — Ernest Miller (72), who was cinematographer for Radar Secret Service.
1963 — Don C. Harvey (51, heart attack), who portrayed a lab guard in Beginning of the End, a policeman in Teenage Crime Wave, and Mac in Revenge of the Creature.
1967 — Carl Guthrie (61), who was cinematographer for Untamed Youth.
1976 — Paul Kirk Giles (80), who portrayed Mr. Adams in the short Young Man’s Fancy (paired with The Violent Years).
1976 — Foster Thompson (63), who was unit production manager for The Leech Woman.
1978 — Ivan Pereverzev (63), who portrayed Timofey Larionovich in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1983 — Selena Royle (78), who portrayed the mother in Robot Monster.
1994 — Flavio Mogherini (72), who was architect for Hercules Unchained and art director for Hercules (also set decorator) and Diabolik (also model effects).
2006 — Jennifer Jayne (74), who portrayed Sarah Pilgrim in The Crawling Eye.
2015 — Bernie Rosenbaum (age unknown), who portrayed a teenager in the car and was stunt coordinator and key grip for Manos: The Hands of Fate.**
2017 — Kathleen Crowley (87), who portrayed Jeanne Mapes in The Rebel Set.
2018 — Julie Staheli (78), who was costume designer for Hangar 18.
2019 — David Winters (80), who was choreographer for Kitten with a Whip and director, writer, and producer for Space Mutiny.
2022 — Tommy Bull (age unknown), who was second unit director for Final Justice.**
Events
1992 — Brock Peters (Dr. Ralph Therman in SST: Death Flight) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Brock Peters: the other voice of Darth Vader.
>>1930 — Alan Oppenheimer, who portrayed Dr. Hale in Riding with Death.
“I am become Death, destroyer of tissues and box trucks.”
April 24
Births
1904 — Joe Garcio, who portrayed a police officer in The She-Creature.
1910 — Salvador Lozano, who portrayed Doctor Ríos in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1910 — Albert Zugsmith, who was a producer for Girls Town and Invasion USA.
1912 — Bianca Lattuada, who was director of production for Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1913 — Maurice Carter, who was production designer for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.**
1914 — Larry Blake, who portrayed a highway patrolman in Beginning of the End, Sergeant Connors in Teenage Crime Wave, and a police officer in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1924 — John J. Fox, who portrayed the gas station attendant in The Touch of Satan.
1924 — Jay O. Lawrence, who was production supervisor for Manos: The Hands of Fate.
1928 — Nicolò Ferrari, who was story writer for Hercules and the Captive Women.
1932 — Romo Gorrara, who portrayed a man watching a TV broadcast in Gorgo.
1933 — Uldis Lieldidzs, who portrayed Sergei Lebedev in Humanoid Woman.
1942 — Roy Alon, who was stunt coordinator for the upcoming Space Raiders.
1966 — Kelly Zombor, who was a sound technician for The Final Sacrifice.*
Deaths
1951 — R.H. Bassett (72), who composed stock music used in Undersea Kingdom.
1981 — Patrick Conway (50, renal failure and dehydration), who portrayed Sergeant Pete Allen in The Deadly Mantis.
1982 — Boris Andreyev (67), who portrayed Ilia Muromets in The Sword and the Dragon.
1984 — Eijirô Yanagi (88), who portrayed Colonel Yabuki in Mighty Jack.
1989 — Mickey Finn (69-70), who portrayed Sam Haskel in Earth vs the Spider.
1996 — Solveig Ersgaard (80), who was assistant director for Reptilicus.
1998 — Frederic Downs (81), who portrayed Jack the innkeeper in The Hellcats, the pharmacist in The Skydivers, Tinsley in Red Zone Cuba, and Professor Howard Erling in Terror from the Year 5000.
1998 — Leslie Stevens (74), who was a producer for Riding with Death.
1999 — Carl Sklover (94), who portrayed a search party member in Attack of the Giant Leeches.
2012 — Beverly Setlowe (76), who was production coordinator for Master Ninja I and assistant to producer for Master Ninja II.
2021 — Shunsuke Kikuchi (89), who was composer for Gamera vs Guiron, Gamera vs Zigra, and Gamera vs Jiger.
2024 — Margaret Lee (80), who portrayed Cynthia Fulton in Secret Agent Super Dragon.
April 25
Births
1879 — Helena Grant, who portrayed Mrs. Fitzhugh in Jungle Goddess.
1906 — Kappei Matsumoto, who portrayed Dr. Tanigawa in Invasion of the Neptune Men
1907 — George Hilsdon, who portrayed a reporter in At the Earth’s Core.
1912 — Franklin Coen, who was a writer for This Island Earth.
1913 — Russ Conway, who portrayed a mechanic in San Francisco International and Reverend Snow in The Screaming Skull.
1917 — Ben Hendricks, who was sound editor for Revenge of the Creature.
1917 — Don Torpin, who was assistant director for World Without End.
1923 — Floyd Simmons, who portrayed an army sergeant in The Deadly Mantis.
1925 — Kay E. Kuter, who portrayed a priest in The Mole People.
1933 — Giovanni Fago, who was second assistant director for The Loves of Hercules.*
1937 — Nazzareno Zamperla, who was a stuntman and stunt double for Gabriele Antonini in Hercules Unchained and Hercules, as well as portraying a good-natured tavern brawler in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1957 — Sugith Varughese, who portrayed a Transcorp reporter in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.*
1970 — A.J. Gilbert, who was a grip for Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.*
Deaths
1960 — Gino Mattera (37, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Orpheus in Hercules Unchained and Hercules.
1966 — William Forman (50, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed a radio announcer in World Without End.
1970 — Gordon Avil (71), who was stereo director for Robot Monster and cinematographer for King Dinosaur.
1980 — Mario Bava (65), who was co-director, cinematographer, assistant director, special lighting technician, and special effects director for Hercules Unchained, Visual effects technician for Hercules and the Captive Women, special effects and lighting technician for Hercules, and director, writer, and cinematographer for Diabolik.
1984 — Richard Benedict (68), who portrayed Corporal Mathias in Beginning of the End.
1988 — René Cardona (81), who was director for Santa Claus (also writer), Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and The Batwoman.
1989 — George Coulouris (85), who portrayed Max Greene in Stranded in Space.
1990 — Bernard Schoenfeld (82), who was a writer for The Magic Sword and The Space Children.
1996 — Saul Bass (75), who was director and title designer for Phase IV.
2000 — Alla Larionova (69), who portrayed Lyubava in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
2010 — Wilford L. Holcombe (85), who was composer, musical director, and songwriter for The Horror of Party Beach.
Movie Premieres
1968 — Girl in Gold Boots (Houston, TX)
1973 — Beyond Atlantis (Victoria, TX)
Episode Premieres
1999 — Future War
Home Media Releases
2000 — Eegah (DVD)
2000 — The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (DVD)
Events
1946 — Phillip Terry (Dr. Paul Talbot in The Leech Woman) and Joan Crawford get divorced.
April 26
Births
1901 — Fred C. Brannon, who was director for Radar Men from the Moon.
1906 — Betty Fancher, who was script supervisor for The Girl in Lovers Lane and The Screaming Skull.
1906 — William Glasgow, who was production designer for The Amazing Colossal Man.
1908 — Fred B. Phillips, who was makeup artist for SST: Death Flight.
1910 — Tomoyuki Tanaka, who was producer for Godzilla vs Megalon and executive producer for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1912 — Dick Johnson, who was assistant camera for World Without End and 12 to the Moon.
1916 — Victor Perrin, who portrayed the taxi driver in The Bubble.
1916 — Frances Robinson, who portrayed Martha in Kitten with a Whip.
1917 — Dick Nelson, who portrayed Sergeant Hansen in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1950 — Bruno Cascio, who was first assistant camera for Warrior of the Lost World.*
1952 — Spice Williams-Crosby, who was a stuntwoman for Master Ninja I.*
Deaths
1971 — Bartlett A. Carre (73), who was production supervisor for Swamp Diamonds, Day the World Ended, and The She-Creature (also assistant director), as well as assistant director for Gunslinger.
1976 — Neil McCallum (46, brain hemorrhage), who portrayed a space captain in Moon Zero Two.
1981 — Jim Davis (71), who portrayed Grant in The Day Time Ended.
1984 — Barry Gray (75) who was composer for Invaders from the Deep (also music supervisor), Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (also musical director), and Cosmic Princess.
1991 — Emily McLaughlin (62), who portrayed Jessie Brewer in the General Hospital shorts paired with Manhunt in Space, The Beatniks, and Crash of Moons.
1998 — Marguerite James (79), who was script supervisor for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
2002 — Del Sharbutt (90), who was the narrator in the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
2005 — Robert J. Schiffer (88), who was makeup artist for The Amazing Colossal Man.
2016 — Lester Gorn (98), who was a writer for Beginning of the End.
2017 — Jonathan Demme (73), who portrayed Matt Winters in The Incredible Melting Man.
2020 — Ilene Blackman (81), who portrayed the newspaper editor in Time Chasers.
2020 — Aarón Hernán (89), who portrayed Nicias in Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
2022 — Barry Bergthorson (83), who was cinematographer for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
Movie Premieres
1967 — Catalina Caper (San Diego, CA)
April 27
Births
1907 — Thomas J. Valentino, who composed incidental music used in The Green Slime and The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1918 — Bruce Schoengarth, who was associate editor for Robot Monster and sound effects editor for Earth vs the Spider.
1922 — Betty Luster, who portrayed the title character in the short Mr. B Natural (paired with War of the Colossal Beast and reriffed in The MST3K Festival of Shorts).
1931 — Robert Donner, who portrayed Fingers O’Toole in Catalina Caper and the morgue attendant in Agent for H.A.R.M.
1931 — Rudolf H. Jakob, who was a camera operator for Hamlet.
1937 — Dominique Boschero, who portrayed Regina Sullivan/Jenabell in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.*
1942 — Roberto D’Ettorre Piazzoli, who was cinematographer for Starcrash.*
1958 — H. Gordon Boos, who was first assistant director for the upcoming Space Raiders.
1961 — Moana Pozzi, who portrayed Moana in Escape 2000.
Deaths
1965 — Earl Snyder (73), who was a sound technician for The Crawling Hand, The Giant Gila Monster, and The Killer Shrews, sound engineer for Radar Secret Service, and sound mixer for The Amazing Transparent Man
1977 — Stanley Adams (62), who portrayed Harry March in High School Big Shot.
1979 — Edward R. Robinson (85), who was set decorator for The Brute Man.
1981 — Paul Petroff (74), who was art director for the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
1983 — Murray De Atley (66), who was cinematographer for The Beatniks.
1994 — Lynne Frederick (39, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Kendra Eldridge in Phase IV.
1995 — William McCrow (82), who was production designer for City on Fire.
1996 — Adam Roarke (58, heart attack), who portrayed Harris in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
2001 — Milt Kleinberg (79), who was editor for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
2002 — Robert L. Joseph (79), who was a writer for SST: Death Flight.
2008 — Peter Mamakos (89), who portrayed Borman in Catalina Caper.
2023 — Crawford MacCallum (93), who portrayed Dr. Lawrence in Track of the Moon Beast.
Events
2011 — The mummified remains of Yvette Vickers (Liz Walker in Attack of the Giant Leeches) are found. It’s believed that she may have been dead for approximately a year.
April 28
Births
1894 — Warren Newcombe, who was a special effects technician for The Painted Hills.
1898 — Joseph Justman, who was executive producer for Invasion USA.
1906 — Rudy Robles, who portrayed Nugara in Jungle Goddess.
1908 — John C. Higgins, who was a writer for Untamed Youth.
1912 — Marjorie Corso, who did wardrobe for It Conquered the World, Swamp Diamonds, The Undead and The She-Creature, was costumer for Earth vs the Spider, costume designer for Teenage Cave Man and Bloodlust, and wardrobe supervisor for Tormented.
1913 — John Sturtevant, who was set decorator for Invasion USA.
1917 — Robert Cornthwaite, who did unspecified English dub voice work for Reptilicus.
1917 — Manuel Muñoz, who was sub-director for Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.
1923 — Vsevolod Tyagushev, who portrayed Sbrodovich in The Sword and the Dragon.
1927 — Edward Ivory, who portrayed the auctioneer in Quest of the Delta Knights.
1928 — Lidia Alfonsi, who portrayed the Sybil in Hercules and had an unspecified role in The Loves of Hercules.
1929 — Joachim Hasler, who was cinematographer for First Spaceship on Venus.
1941 — Ann-Margret, who portrayed Jody Dvorak in Kitten with a Whip.*
1943 — Paul B. Clay, who was sound effects supervisor for Making Contact.*
1952 — Michael J. Valentine, who portrayed the cabbie in Time Chasers.
1958 — Christopher Young, who was composer for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom and composer of additional music for Deathstalker II.*
1963 — Chris Ciaffa, who was second assistant director for Doctor Mordrid.*
Deaths
1978 — Arch Hall Sr. (69), who portrayed Mr. Miller in and was director, writer, and producer for Eegah.
1978 — Russell Metty (71), who was cinematographer for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1985 — Karen Fredersdorf (92), who portrayed Brinkmann’s mother in First Spaceship on Venus.
1991 — Steve Broidy (85), who was associate producer for Rocket Attack USA.
1991 — Ken Curtis (74), who was a producer for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews (also Jerry Farrell).
1992 — Edward Ingram (88), who portrayed a photographer in This Island Earth.
1997 — Steve Conte (77), who portrayed Bruno in The Wild Wild World of Batwoman and had an unspecified role in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1999 — Donald E. Stewart (69), who was a writer for the upcoming Deathsport.
2002 — John Wilkinson (82), who was re-recording mixer for Being from Another Planet and Alien from L.A. and U.S. version recording mixer for No Retreat, No Surrender.
2007 — Paul Kimatian (61), who portrayed a range warrior in and was unit manager for the upcoming Deathsport.
2009 — Bradford Jackson (80), who portrayed Vedric in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent.
2012 — Patricia Medina (92), who portrayed Sarita in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
2018 — Bruce J. Mitchell (73), who portrayed Zap Rowsdower in and was a writer for The Final Sacrifice.
Movie Premieres
1993 — Robot Wars
Events
1962 — John Ashley (Stan Kenyon in Attack of the Eye Creatures and Logan in and a producer for Beyond Atlantis) and Deborah Walley (Catherine in The Bubble) get married.
2016 — Barbara Bain (Dr. Helena Russell in Cosmic Princess) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6767 Hollywood Blvd.
RIP Zap
April 29
Births
1893 — Robert Pritchard, who was a sound technician for This Island Earth.
1898 — Austin Herrick, who was chief set electrician for Beginning of the End.**
1899 — Carlo Innocenzi, who was composer for The Loves of Hercules.
1904 — Kenneth Terrell, who was an actor and stuntman for Radar Men from the Moon (as a henchman) and Indestructible Man (as Joe Marcelli).
1905 — Hal Pereira, who was art director for Village of the Giants and The Space Children.
1912 — Richard Carlson, who portrayed Tom Stewart in Tormented.
1917 — Morton Tubor, who was sound effects technician for Daddy-O.
1923 — Eva Monley, who was production manager for Phase IV.
1929 — Jesse Bennett, who portrayed a Man in Black in Hangar 18.
1929 — Ted V. Mikels, who was cinematographer for Catalina Caper and Agent for H.A.R.M., as well as director and producer for Girl in Gold Boots.
1933 — Marvin Goldhar, who voiced the computer in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1934 — Akira Takarada, who portrayed Yoshimura in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1936 — Anthony Lanza, who was associate producer and assistant director for The Skydivers.
1940 — Jack Morris, who portrayed Lt. Morris in and was assistant stunt coordinator and a stuntman for The Green Slime.*
1948 — Reb Brown, who portrayed Dave Ryder in Space Mutiny.*
1951 — Ellen Crawford, who portrayed Annie in Master Ninja II.*
1954 — Jerry Seinfeld, who portrayed Freak Masterstroke during a host segment in 1106 – Starcrash.*
1960 — Steve Blum, who was materials supervisor for Doctor Mordrid.*
Deaths
1945 — Malcolm McGregor (52, burns), who portrayed Zogg in Undersea Kingdom.
2011 — Russell A. Mosser (93), who was a producer for the shorts Speech: Using Your Voice (paired with Earth vs the Spider), Cheating (paired with The Wild Wild World of Batwoman), What About Juvenile Delinquency? (paired with The Atomic Brain), Why Study Industrial Arts? (paired with The Skydivers), and Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (paired with Red Zone Cuba).
2012 — Joel Goldsmith (54, cancer), who composed stock music for Robot Holocaust, was composer for Laserblast, and was sound mixer for The Day Time Ended.
2013 — William Boyce (81), who portrayed Cal Johnson in The Slime People.
2019 — John Llewellyn Moxey (94), who was director for San Francisco International.
2020 — John Lafia (63, suicide), who was set dresser for the upcoming Space Raiders.
2021 — Johnny Crawford (75), who portrayed Horsey in Village of the Giants and Ken Brewster in The Space Children.
2023 — Edward Blackoff (age unknown), who portrayed Loki in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.**
Movie Premieres
1964 — The Horror of Party Beach (New York City)
1977 — The Legend of Dinosaurs (Japan)
Episode Premieres
2022 — Beyond Atlantis
Events
1966 — Akira Takarada (see above) and Akiko Kojima (the first Asian to win the Miss Universe Pageant in 1959) get married.
April 30
Births
1887 — Hooper Atchley, who portrayed an experimental lab tech in The Phantom Creeps.
1902 — Frank Caffey, who was production manager for Village of the Giants.
1903 — Jorge Mondragón, who portrayed Dr. Sepulveda in archive footage used in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy, Professor Solor in Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and Igor in The Batwoman.
1909 — Arthur Alexander, who was a producer for I Accuse My Parents.
1914 — Christopher Rhodes, who portrayed McCartin in Gorgo.
1922 — Elmer C. Rhoden Jr., who was a producer for Daddy-O.
1923 — Ralph Remy Jr., who was editor for the English language version of The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.**
1938 — Gary Collins, who portrayed Steve Bancroft in Hangar 18 and Tom in Killer Fish.
1947 — Joe Blasco, who was makeup effects artist for Parts: The Clonus Horror and Track of the Moon Beast (also the Moon Beast) as well as makeup creator for The Touch of Satan.*
1948 — Allan Arkush, who was director, writer, and associate editor for the upcoming Deathsport.*
1953 — Lawrence L. Simeone, who was post-production sound technician for Soultaker.
1958 — Terry Kuebler, who was animal wrangler for Cry Wilderness.*
Deaths
1969 — Eddie Kane (79), who portrayed the district attorney in The Corpse Vanishes.
1971 — Molly Glessing (79), who portrayed an android in The Time Travelers.
1983 — Milton Citron (72), who did sound effects for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews.
1984 — Earle Fiset (59, natural causes, capisce), who was set decorator for The Shape of Things to Come.
1988 — Emmett Bergholz (77), who was a camera operator for World Without End.
1989 — Guy Williams (65), who portrayed Officer Chris Stanley in I Was a teenage Werewolf.
1991 — Roy Seawright (85), who animated the dinosaur stock footage used in Robot Monster and Teenage Cave Man.
1997 — Jorge Mondragón (94), died on his birthday.
2007 — Gordon Scott (80), who portrayed Bart Fargo in Danger!! Death Ray.
2018 — Chûji Kino[Poopie]a (102), who was composer for Gamera vs Barugon.
2021 — Claudia Barrett (91), who portrayed Alice in Robot Monster.
2024 — Maria De Aragon (81), who portrayed a nurse in City on Fire.
Home Media Releases
1994 — Play MST for Me 2: The Music of Mystery Science Theater 3000
1996 — Cave Dwellers
1996 — The Amazing Colossal Man
1996 — Mitchell
May 1
Births
1895 — Malcolm Watson, who portrayed a murdered Frenchman in Circus of Horrors.
1899 — George Marquenie, who was gaffer for The Human Duplicators.**
1900 — Donald E. McCoy, who was executive producer for Bride of the Monster.
1901 — Heinz Roemheld, who composed stock music used in The Phantom Creeps and Undersea Kingdom and was composer for The Mole People.
1904 — Phillip Scheer, who was makeup creator for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1913 — Sadykbek Dzhamanov, who portrayed Murza Sartak in The Sword and the Dragon.**
1913 — Joseph Tregonino, who portrayed a man in the crowd in Gorgo.**
1915 — Henry Hite, who portrayed Frank Douglas and the monster in Monster a Go-Go.
1917 — John Beradino, who portrayed Dr. Steve Hardy in the General Hospital short paired with Manhunt in Space.
1919 — Dan O’Herlihy, who portrayed Mr. Ohman in Invasion USA.
1923 — Stanley Neufeld, who was unit production manager for Superdome and assistant director for Lost Continent.
1926 — Valentin Bryleev, who had an unspecified role in The Day the Earth Froze and portrayed a groom in Jack Frost.
1935 — Ian Curteis, who was director for The Projected Man.
1938 — Joy Harmon, who portrayed Merrie in Village of the Giants.
1942 — Giuseppe Lanci, who did additional photography for Starcrash.*
1948 — Conrad E. Palmisano, who was stunt coordinator and a stuntman for The Incredible Melting Man.
1950 — John Diehl, who portrayed Whitey in City Limits.*
1958 — J. Downing, who portrayed Lt. Plunkett in Robot Wars.*
1964 — Scott Coffey, who portrayed Big Spray in Warrior of the Lost World.*
Deaths
1981 — Marlin Skiles (74), who was composer for The Crawling Hand.
2000 — Steve Reeves (74), who portrayed the title role in Hercules Unchained and Hercules.
2006 — Betsy Jones-Moreland (76), who portrayed Thyra in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent.
2019 — Bill DeLand (87), who portrayed Saul in Teenagers from Outer Space.
2021 — Willy Kurant (87), who was cinematographer for The Incredible Melting Man.
Events
1989 — David Janssen (Mike Shelley in Superdome and Ted Dougherty in Space Travelers) posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7011 Hollywood Blvd.
May 2
Births
1898 — Walter Strenge, who was cinematographer for Manhunt in Space.
1908 — William Bakewell, who portrayed Ted Richards in Radar Men from the Moon.
1909 — Zinaida Vorkul, who portrayed Ivan’s mother in Jack Frost.
1915 — Van Alexander, who was composer for Girls Town.
1915 — Manuel Hernández Sanjuán, who was cinematographer for Danger!! Death Ray.**
1917 — Paul Fanning, who was art director for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1919 — Than Wyenn, who portrayed Frank Johnson in Beginning of the End.
1920 — William Hutt, who voiced Lomax in The Shape of Things to Come.
1927 — Ray Barrett, who voiced Commander Sam Shore and many others in Invaders from the Deep.
1928 — Mayo Simon, who was a writer for Phase IV and Space Travelers.*
1929 — Eddie Garcia, who portrayed the mate in Beyond Atlantis.
1943 — Regina Carrol, who portrayed Kate in Carnival Magic.
1956 — Kini Kay, who was a carpenter for the upcoming Space Raiders.
1959 — Brian Tochi, who portrayed Jonathan Chan in Master Ninja I.*
1964 — Mark Gregory, who portrayed Trash in Escape 2000.
Deaths
1982 — Hugh Marlowe (71), who portrayed John Borden in World Without End.
1984 — Frank Forsyth (78), who portrayed the doctor in The Deadly Bees.
1989 — James Crabe (57, AIDS), who was camera operator for The Slime People and cinematographer for Agent for H.A.R.M.
1996 — Danny Kamekona (60), who portrayed Wa-Lee in Robot Wars.
2011 — Aleksandr Lazarev (73), who portrayed Professor Klimov in Humanoid Woman.
2024 — Edgar Lansbury (94), who was executive producer for Squirm.
Movie Premieres
1961 — The Beast of Yucca Flats
1986 — No Retreat, No Surrender
Episode Premieres
1999 — Blood Waters of Dr. Z
May 3
Births
1892 — Ralph Slosser, who was assistant director for The Brute Man.
1896 — Sigmund Neufeld, who was a producer for The Mad Monster and Lost Continent.
1898 — John Roy, who portrayed a guest in the observation room in Space Travelers and a military officer in The Deadly Mantis.
1910 — Crox Alvarado, who portrayed Pinacate in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy and the inspector in The Batwoman.
1915 — John A. Bushelman, who was assistant producer for King Dinosaur and editor for Tormented and Village of the Giants.
1916 — Rod Sutton, who was sound mixer for Hangar 18, The Slime People, and Catalina Caper, sound supervisor for King Dinosaur, and sound technician for It Lives by Night.**
1921 — Alejandro Cruz, who appeared as his wrestling persona Black Shadow in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1924 — Ted Schilz, who was script supervisor for Robot Monster.
1952 — Toni Naples, who portrayed Sultana in Deathstalker II and Mrs. Blaylok in Munchie.*
1961 — Adam Brandy, who was makeup artist for Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.*
1962 — Joseph J. Lawson, who was visual effects supervisor for Atlantic Rim.*
1962 — Tammy Maples, who was animal wrangler for Cry Wilderness.*
Deaths
1947 — Melville de Lay (47, heart attack), who was assistant director for The Mad Monster and I Accuse My Parents.
1986 — Irving Block (75), who was matte painter for Rocketship X-M, story writer and special photographic effects creator for Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, and special effects technician for World Without End.
1990 — Frank Worth (86), who portrayed a bartender in Th Beatniks and was composer for Bride of the Monster.
1995 — Adolf Schlyssledar (85), who was editor for Hamlet.
2004 — Anthony Ainley (71), who portrayed Dietz in The Land That Time Forgot.
2004 — Zulu (66), who portrayed Zulu in Code Name: Diamond Head.
2010 — Robert Gary (90), who was script supervisor for The Magic Sword.
2018 — Marcello Verziera (83), who portrayed a Kobras thug in and was a stuntman for The Pumaman.
2019 — Lowell Chambers (86), who was set decorator for Riding with Death.
2022 — Andra Martin (86), who portrayed Linda Madison in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
2025 — Greg Cannom (73), who was special makeup assistant for the Incredible Melting Man.
Television Premieres
1977 — Code Name: Diamond Head
Specials Premieres
2020 — The MST3K LIVE Social Distancing Riff-Along
May 4
Births
1896 — Frank Baxter, who appeared as himself in The Mole People.
1898 — Juba Kennerley, who portrayed a man in the crowd in Gorgo.**
1909 — Edwin Max, who portrayed Harold in The Incredible Melting Man.
1910 — James Ellison, who portrayed Duke Barnum in Last of the Wild Horses.
1918 — Ted Thorpe, who portrayed Al in Radar Men from the Moon.
1920 — Bob Johnson, who voiced the narrator and the police radio dispatcher in The Black Scorpion.
1927 — Julien Lugrin, who was lighting cameraman for Invaders from the Deep and Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1928 — Hazen Gifford, who portrayed Bob Adams in the short Young Man’s Fancy (paired with The Violent Years).
1939 — Roberto Girometti, who did additional photography for Starcrash.*
1940 — Sean Barrett, who was the English dub voice for Dr. Hidaka in Gamera and Lord Halkon in Fugitive Alien.*
1944 — Walker Boone, who portrayed a policeman in The Last Chase.
1954 — Pia Zadora, who portrayed Girmar in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.*
Deaths
1955 — Robert Kent (46, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Captain Bob West in The Phantom Creeps and Benson in Radar Secret Service.
1971 — Franz Schulz (74), who was story writer for Invasion USA.
1974 — John Wengraf (77), who portrayed Dr. Erich Heinrich in 12 to the Moon.
1983 — Michael Miller (51, heart ailment), who portrayed Lou in the upcoming Space Raiders.
1985 — Ward Ellis (58, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Jeff in the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1998 — Albert Glasser (82), who was musical director and orchestrator for Rocketship X-M, as well as composer for The Amazing Colossal Man, Earth vs the Spider, Teenage Cave Man, Viking Women and Sea Serpent, War of the Colossal Beast, Indestructible Man, Tormented, Beginning of the End, Invasion USA, and Last of the Wild Horses.
2002 — Elizabeth Russell (85), who portrayed Countess Lorenz in The Corpse Vanishes.
2003 — Arnold Goode (93), who was property manager for Tormented.
2009 — Dom DeLuise (75), who voiced the title role in Munchie.
2020 — Buzz Bundy (89), who was a stuntman for Avalanche.**
Movie Premieres
1951 — The Painted Hills
1979 — The Shape of Things to Come (Canada)
Events
2017 — Goldie Hawn (a spectator in The Side Hackers) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Blvd.
May 5
Births
1887 — Estelle Hemsley, who portrayed Old Malla in The Leech Woman.
1889 — Jack Pierce, who was makeup artist for The Amazing Transparent Man and makeup director for The Brute Man.
1905 — James Leicester, who was associate producer for Gorgo.
1908 — Robert Foulk, who portrayed Mitch in Untamed Youth and Harry in Indestructible Man.
1912 — Bret Morrison, who was re-release director for Gamera vs Jiger.
1915 — Ben Wright, who portrayed a doctor in Stranded in Space.
1922 — John Van Dreelen, who portrayed Bertram Garvay in The Leech Woman.
1925 — Charles Chaplin Jr., who portrayed Joe Cates in Girls Town.
1926 — Bing Russell, who portrayed a state trooper in The Deadly Mantis.
1927 — Donna Heydt, who was production secretary for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1929 — John S. Ragin, who portrayed a simulator technician in Space Travelers.
1930 — Benito Prezia, who portrayed a main gate guard in The Human Duplicators.
1938 — Michael Murphy, who portrayed James R. Lesko in Phase IV.*
1939 — Terry Walsh, who portrayed a technician in Cosmic Princess.
1945 — Ron Hays, who was electronic visual effects supervisor for Starcrash.
1953 — Don E. FauntLeRoy, who was cinematographer for Munchie.*
1957 — Vadim Ledogorov, who portrayed Stepan Lebedev in Humanoid Woman.*
1959 — Gary Dubin, who portrayed Michael Goldstein in Being from Another Planet.
Deaths
1951 — Eddie Dunn (55, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed a policeman in The Phantom Creeps.
1972 — Kenneth MacDonald (70), who portrayed a doctor in The She-Creature.
1973 — Sergio Llanes (47, gunshot), who portrayed a henchman of The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1979 — Gene Anderson Jr. (56, natural causes, capisce), who was assistant director for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1990 — Paul McGuire (77), who portrayed Bream in Radar Men from the Moon and Deputy Mannerly in Teenage Crime Wave, as well as having an unspecified role in Gunslinger.
1992 — Edmondo Amati (71-72), who was a producer for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.**
1992 — Glenn H. Randall Sr. (83), who was head horse wrangler for Hercules.
1997 — Walter Gotell (73), who portrayed Baron Von Gruber in Circus of Horrors.
1999 — Darwyn Swalve (52, heart attack), who portrayed a biker in Cry Wilderness.
2012 — Jeanne Evans (88), who portrayed Mrs. Brown in The She-Creature.
2012 — Stephen Lord (85), who was a writer for Hangar 18.
2013 — Gary R. Heacock (79, auto accident), who was special effects technician for The Time Travelers.
2015 — Niisan Takahashi (89), who was writer for Gaemra, Gamera vs Barugon, Gamera vs Gaos, Gamera vs Guiron, Gamera vs Zigra, and Gamera vs Jiger.
2017 — Rock A. Walker (74), who was a stuntman for City Limits.
2019 — Bara Byrnes (84), who portrayed Dolores in Girls Town and Joanie Nichols in Girl in Gold Boots.
2023 — Yoshio Katsube (89), who portrayed a Red Bamboo soldier and a native in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and a hotel desk clerk in Mighty Jack.
2023 — Alessandra Vazzoler (86), who portrayed the woman in the tavern in Ator, the Fighting Eagle.
2025 — John Edd Thompson (82-83), who portrayed the news anchor in Soultaker.**
2025 — Doug E. Turner (age unknown), who was second unit post-production re-recording mixer for Outlaw.**
Events
1997 — The Satellite News web site goes live as Best Brains announces that the Satellite News hardcopy newsletter will be discontinued.
May 6
Births
1901 — Ridgeway Callow, who was assistant director for Girls Town.
1903 — Mino Doro, who portrayed an oracle in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1904 — Raymond Bailey, who portrayed Dr. Wahrman in The Space Children.
1914 — Clifford Hutchison, who was chief electrician for Mitchell.
1915 — Larry Smith, who was still photographer for Bride of the Monster and The Sinister Urge.
1916 — Frederic Downs, who portrayed Jack the innkeeper in The Hellcats, the pharmacist in The Skydivers, Tinsley in Red Zone Cuba, and Professor Howard Erling in Terror from the Year 5000.
1916 — Mel Traxel, who was still photographer for Kitten with a Whip.
1920 — Gene Sterling, who portrayed the alien leader in and was production associate for Teenagers from Outer Space.
1925 — Melvin Shapiro, who was editor for Stranded in Space.
1927 — Richard L. Huff, who was a writer and producer for The Giant Spider Invasion.
1927 — Ettore Manni, who portrayed King Androclo in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1930 — David Moessinger, who was a writer for Daddy-O.
1932 — Chuck Painter, who portrayed a newscaster in and was unit publicist for Diabolik.
1942 — Duke Hobbie, who portrayed the Air Force Titan specialist in Space Travelers.
1945 — Richard Eyer, who portrayed Mulfory’s son in Invasion USA.*
1964 — Letitia Knight, who was line producer and production manager for Robot Wars.*
Deaths
1968 — Rex Carlton (53, suicide), who was a producer for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1970 — Al Jarvis (60), who portrayed Judge Eden in The Phantom Planet.
1973 — W. Donn Hayes (79), who was supervising editor for Invasion USA.
1977 — Francisco Marco Chillet (72-73), who was production designer for Santa Claus.**
1979 — Martin Berkeley (74), who was a writer for Revenge of the Creature and The Deadly Mantis.
1991 — John Davis Hart (69), who was English dub dialogue writer for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1991 — Wilfrid Hyde-White (87), who portrayed Colonel Baisbrook in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1996 — Suzanne Ridgeway (78), who portrayed a bar patron in Jungle Goddess and a party guest in The She-Creature.
2006 — André Brummer (89), who was composer for Eegah and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
2009 — Vincent Davis (65), who was a main titles animator for Catalina Caper.
2017 — Jack Cheap (89), who was sound editor for Hangar 18.
2020 — Lisa Simone (84-85), who portrayed Lisa in The Giant Gila Monster.**
Home Media Releases
2008 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Universal)
Events
1985 — Dom DeLuise (title role in Munchie) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1765 Vine St.
“Ridgeway Callow,” who apparently got his name from a random word generator.
May 7
Births
1895 — Barney A. Sarecky, who was associate producer for The Corpse Vanishes, production supervisor for Undersea Kingdom, and producer for Radar Secret Service.
1905 — John Wilcox, who was cinematographer for The Deadly Bees.
1915 — Jane Mann, who was a writer for The Unearthly.
1922 — Darren McGavin, who portrayed Harry Forbes in Hangar 18.
1924 — Albert Band, who was director for Robot Wars and Doctor Mordrid.
1927 — Charlotte Alpert, who portrayed the decompression console Metalunan in This Island Earth.
1931 — David Elliott, who was a director for Invaders from the Deep.
1940 — Wayne Grace, who portrayed Vanir in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
1947 — J.D. Hall, who portrayed a mover in Mac and Me.*
1948 — Elliot Nachbar, who was a grip for City Limits.
1955 — Martin Becker, who did alien special effects for Mac and Me.
Deaths
1957 — Charles King (62), who portrayed a car crash cop in The Phantom Creeps.
1987 — Filippo Perego (77), who portrayed an Omega citizen in Warrior of the Lost World and a party guest in Diabolik.
1998 — Jack Whitman (90), who was cinematographer for Code Name: Diamond Head.
2006 — Barbara Bohrer (73), who was script supervisor for Day the World Ended.
2006 — Alfredo Salazar (83), who was writer for The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy, Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and The Batwoman (also production manager).
2007 — Arch Whiting (70), who portrayed Mike Frome in Stranded in Space.
2009 — Jim B. Smith (84), who portrayed Sergeant O’Hagen in Mitchell and Amato in San Francisco International.
2011 — Ross Hagen (72), who portrayed Rommel in The Side Hackers (also producer) and Monte in The Hellcats.
2014 — Steve Rez (92), who was key grip for Kitten with a Whip.
2017 — Yoshimitsu Banno (86), who directed stock footage used in Godzilla vs Megalon.
2024 — Willis Holman (96), who was composer and musical director for Swamp Diamonds.
2025 — Joe Don Baker (89), who portrayed the title role in Mitchell and Deputy Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in Final Justice.
Episode Premieres
1989 — The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Events
1932 — Herman Hack (a Grimault rider in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent and a barfly in Gunslinger) and Signe Newberg (a Grimault woman in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent and a villager in The Undead) get married.
2005 — Michael J. Nelson and Kevin Murphy appear at a Bill Rebane film festival in Madison, Wis., hosting a screening of The Giant Spider Invasion.
May 8
Births
1891 — Lorin Raker, who portrayed Mr. Parkington in The Brute Man.
1907 — Jimmy Cross, who portrayed the sergeant at the reception desk in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1915 — Aldo Fiorelli, who portrayed Argo in Hercules Unchained and Hercules.
1916 — Frank Inn, who was the lion trainer for Hercules and cat “trainer” for This Island Earth.
1920 — Saul Bass, who was director and title designer for Phase IV.
1922 — James Chandler, who portrayed a man at a desk in Stranded in Space.
1926 — Vivienne Eden, who was production secretary for The Killer Bees.
1926 — Ninel Myshkova, who portrayed the princess of Lake Ilmen in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and Vasilisa in The Sword and the Dragon.
1932 — Don Levy, who was associate producer for The Time Travelers.
1935 — Horst Ebersberg, who portrayed Helgar in Agent for H.A.R.M.
1935 — Salome Jens, who portrayed the nurse and the future woman in Terror from the Year 5000.*
1938 — Eve Kivi, who portrayed Annikki in The Day the Earth Froze.*
1941 — James Mitchum, who portrayed Charley Boy in Girls Town.
1952 — Ray Etheridge, who portrayed a policeman in Doctor Mordrid.*
Deaths
1972 — Alexander Stenbock-Fermor (70), who was a writer for First Spaceship on Venus.
1975 — Sid Sidman (67), who was assistant director for The Painted Hills.
1983 — Fay Spain (50, cancer), who portrayed Queen Antinea in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1983 — Viktor Vitkovich (75), who was a writer for The Day the Earth Froze.
1988 — Robert A. Heinlein (80), who was a writer for Project Moon Base.
1992 — Richard Derr (74), who portrayed Governor Stensky in SST: Death Flight.
1994 — Steven Keats (49, apparent suicide), who portrayed Paul Bannister in Hangar 18.
1995 — Olga Vikland 83), who portrayed Neptuna in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1999 — Dirk Bogarde (78), who portrayed the running man seen in stock footage used in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
2000 — X Brands (72), who portrayed Marty Brenner in Avalanche.
2014 — George Kohut (70), who was camera operator for Parts: The Clonus Horror.
2014 — Nancy Malone (79), who portrayed Tina Scott in San Francisco International.
2016 — William Schallert (93), who portrayed Professor Mills in Hangar 18, Marshall Scott Hood in Gunslinger, and a newscaster in Invasion USA.
2017 — Robert C. Dearberg (78), who was editor for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
2017 — Ken Miller (85), who portrayed Vic in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
Movie Premieres
1942 — The Mad Monster
1942 — The Corpse Vanishes
Television Premieres
1954 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode “The Pirates of Prah: Chapter 1” (later compiled into Manhunt in Space)
What happened to The Best of MSTory? Sitting Duck hasn’t posted one since May 8th.
They’re on the Inspector Mom entry.
Thanks for the info. I would have not thought to look for it there.