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May 9
Births
1895 — Rankin Mansfield, who portrayed Beryl in World Without End.
1909 — Carlos Múzquiz, who portrayed Dr. Velazco in The Black Scorpion.
1910 — Kay Norton, who was a camera operator for High School Big Shot.
1914 — Leonard P. Geer, who portrayed a military officer in Beginning of the End.
1918 — Mike Wallace, who was the narrator in The Sword and the Dragon.
1920 — Barbara Francis, who portrayed a spectator’s wife in The Skydivers and Lois Radcliffe in The Beast of Yucca Flats.
1923 — Carol Jean Owens, who portrayed Lizzie in Squirm.
1924 — Normand Houle, who was art director for Agent for H.A.R.M.
1926 — Quintín Bulnes, who portrayed the lineman killed on the pole in The Black Scorpion.
1926 — Sterling Swanson, who portrayed the police captain in Mac and Me.
1928 — Barbara Ann Scott, who appeared as herself in the short Johnny at the Fair (paired with The Rebel Set).
1931 — Jan Holden, who portrayed a fire maiden in Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1932 — Igor Ledogorov, who portrayed Ambassador Rakan in Humanoid Woman.
1932 — Gavin Lyall, who was story writer for Moon Zero Two.
1937 — Tullio Moneta, who portrayed Ost in Outlaw.
1943 — Britt Nilsson, who portrayed the brunette in Catalina Caper.
1947 — Chia Essie Lin, who portrayed Kitty in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.*
1951 — Kevin Pike, who was special effects supervisor for City Limits.*
1974 — Alex Martin, who portrayed the Mannerjay’s scribe in Quest of the Delta Knights.*
Deaths
1955 — M. Coates Webster (48, natural causes, capisce), who was a writer for The Brute Man.
1989 — Timothy Farrell (66), who portrayed Lt. Holmes in The Violent Years and Umberto Scalli in Racket Girls.
1989 — Tiger Joe Marsh (77), who portrayed a cop boarding the train in The Rebel Set
1992 — Ben Frommer (78), who portrayed the drunk in Bride of the Monster.
1993 — Paul Thompson (72), who portrayed the Nandos warrior leader in The Leech Woman.
1997 — Hoke Howell (67), who portrayed Crapout in The Side Hackers.
2011 — Dolores Fuller (88), who portrayed Margie in Bride of the Monster.
2019 — Preston Epps (88), who portrayed a bongo drummer in Girl in Gold Boots.
2020 — Little Richard (87), who appeared as himself in Catalina Caper and performed the song “Rip It Up” in the soundtrack of City Limits.
2021 — Neil Connery (82), who portrayed Dr. Neil Connery in Operation Double 007.
2021 — Elliot Nachbar (73), who was a grip for City Limits.
2022 — Dorothy Brown Green (92), who was the English language narrator for Jack Frost.
2024 — Roger Corman (98), who was director and producer for It Conquered the World, Teenage Cave Man, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, Gunslinger, Day the World Ended, The Undead, and the upcoming Deathsport (though his directing for that one is uncredited). He was also executive producer for Attack of the Giant Leeches, High School Big Shot, Night of the Blood Beast, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, Deathstalker II, Lords of the Deep (in which he also portrayed a corporate executive), and Munchie, as well as director for Swamp Diamonds, producer for Avalanche and the upcoming Space Raiders, and distribution producer for Being from Another Planet and Starcrash.
Episode Premieres
1998 — The Deadly Bees
1999 — Boggy Creek II: and the Legend Continues…
Events
1984 — Jerry Dunphy (the newscaster in Kitten with a Whip) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6669 Hollywood Blvd.
2004 — Len Wiseman (miniature effects for Quest of the Delta Knights) and Kate Beckinsale get married.
May 10
Births
1876 — George Webber, who was cinematographer for the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
1901 — Morris Hoffman, who was set decorator for War of the Colossal Beast and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1906 — John McNamara, who portrayed a neurologist in War of the Colossal Beast.
1919 — Chuck Roberson, who portrayed Deputy Chuck in Last of the Wild Horses.
1920 — Charles W. Smith, who handled stereoscopic control for The Mask.
1922 — Margaret Field, who portrayed a nurse in Stranded in Space.
1928 — David Lindup, who composed music cues used in the short Progress Island USA (paired with The Beast of Yucca Flats).
1929 — Robert Prince, who was composer for Squirm.
1934 — Antonio Visone, who was production designer for The Pumaman.
1935 — Noboru Tsuburaya, who was a producer for Fugitive Alien and Star Force: Fugitive Alien II.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1950 — Warren Jackson (58, traffic accident), who portrayed the jeweler in The Brute Man.
1961 — Luciano Doria (69), who was a writer for The Loves of Hercules.
1968 — Scotty Beckett (38, barbiturates overdose), who portrayed Winky in Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1974 — John Sturtevant (61), who was set decorator for Invasion USA.
1990 — Kathleen Mulqueen (90), who portrayed the matron in Teenage Crime Wave.
1992 — Dan Sturkie (68), who voiced Ginko in the English dub of Diabolik.
1997 — John P. Austin (90), who was set decorator for Kitten with a Whip.
1997 — Silvano Tranquilli (71), who portrayed Ambassador Dobson in The Pumaman.
2000 — Craig Stevens (81), who portrayed Colonel Parkman in The Deadly Mantis.
2001 — Deborah Walley (59, esophageal cancer), who portrayed Catherine in The Bubble.
2013 — Maurice Good (80), who portrayed the bowler wearing agent in The Deadly Bees.
2016 — Victoria Mitchell (83), who was casting director for City on Fire and The Last Chase.
May 11
Births
1898 — Olga Solbelli, who portrayed Maga in The Loves of Hercules.
1906 — Kent Taylor, who portrayed Dr. Max Weitzberg in The Crawling Hand.
1909 — Warren Wilson, who was a writer for Crash of Moons.
1912 — Doodles Weaver, who can be seen on a monitor as Salty Sam in Kitten with a Whip.
1914 — Haroun Tazieff, who was photographer of the volcano shots in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1915 — Nathan Scott, who composed stock music used in Radar Men from the Moon.
1921 — Phil Harvey, who portrayed Lou in The Deadly Mantis and Trooper Kennedy in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1920 — H. William Miller, who co-wrote the novel that was adapted into Kitten with a Whip.
1923 — Tadashi Okabe, who portrayed a Red Bamboo scientist in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.*
1925 — Günther Simon, who portrayed Raimund Brinkmann in First Spaceship on Venus.
1930 — Bud Ekins, who portrayed Gardner in and was a stuntman for Mac and Me.
1932 — Giorgio Ubaldi, who was stunt coordinator for Hercules and the Captive Women and Operation Double 007 (also assistant director).
1935 — Doug McClure, who portrayed Hank Fairbanks in SST: Death Flight, Bowen Tylor in The Land That Time Forgot, and David Innes in At the Earth’s Core.
1939 — René Cardona Jr., who was production manager for Santa Claus.
1965 — D.L. Walker, who portrayed the barkeep in The Christmas Dragon.*
Deaths
1967 — Nando Tamberlani (71), who portrayed Gladius in Hercules Against the Moon Men and Tiresia in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1975 — Fred Maguire (85), who was editor for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1978 — Philip Ray (79), who portrayed Uncle Walter in Devil Doll.
1981 — Jimmy Dime (83), who portrayed a boat navigator in The Deadly Mantis.
1981 — Ron Ormond (70), who portrayed the janitor in Teenage Strangler.
1994 — Romano Puppo (61, traffic accident), who portrayed Trash’s father in Escape 2000.
1994 — Alfred Thomas (77), who portrayed a plastic surgery lecture troublemaker in Operation Double 007.
1998 — Gene Fowler Jr. (80), who was director for The Rebel Set and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1999 — Fernando Osés (76), who portrayed a vampire in and was story writer for Samson vs the Vampire Women.
2020 — Denny Clairmont (84, fall), who was an additional camera operator for Laserblast.
2021 — Buddy Van Horn (92), who was a stunt double for Space Travelers.
2023 — Barry Newman (92), who portrayed Dr. Frank Whitman in City on Fire.
2024 — Kevin Brophy (70), who portrayed Peter Sharpe in Being from Another Planet.
2024 — Pete Porteous (age unknown), who portrayed a truck driver in and was stunt coordinator for Future War.**
Movie Premieres
1955 — Bride of the Monster
Television Premieres
1954 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode “The Pirates of Prah: Chapter 2” (later compiled into Manhunt in Space)
Events
1993 — Comedy Central announces the upcoming departure of Joel Hodgson from Mystery Science Theater 3000, with his replacement as host being head writer Michael J. Nelson.
May 12
Births
1903 — Wilfrid Hyde-White, who portrayed Colonel Baisbrook in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1916 — Maurice Askew, who was a sound technician for Invaders from the Deep.
1926 — Jack Cookerly, who was composer of the electronic music in The Black Scorpion and composer of music cues used in the short Robot Rumpus (paired with The Screaming Skull).
1927 — William Robert Laidlaw, who was the F-86 pilot for The Last Chase.
1927 — Ken Middleham, who shot the insect sequences in Phase IV.
1930 — Don Barton, who was director, writer, and producer for Blood Waters of Dr. Z.
1930 — Jesús Franco, who portrayed Inspector Hamid in and was director for The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1935 — Bob Burns, who was assistant to Paul Blaisdell in It Conquered the World.
1942 — Sally Carter-Ihnat AKA Marya Carter, who portrayed a juror in The Phantom Planet.*
1942 — Bobby Parr, who portrayed Ahm in The Land That Time Forgot and the Sagoth chief in At the Earth’s Core.*
1951 — Ve Neill, who was makeup artist for Laserblast and The Day Time Ended.*
1963 — David Teague, who portrayed Lowlife in and was assistant director and production artist for Hobgoblins.*
1971 — Morgan Weisser, who portrayed young Mick in City Limits.*
1973 — Adam Johnson, who portrayed Father Christmas and Roki (Japanese Loki?) in The Christmas Dragon.*
Deaths
1959 — Jack Lomas (48, cancer), who portrayed a wiseguy in the bar in Invasion USA.
1969 — Rod Wilmoth (42, heart attack), who portrayed a police officer in and was production manager for Girl in Gold Boots.
1971 — Tor Johnson (67), who portrayed Lobo in The Unearthly and Bride of the Monster and Joseph Javorsky in The Beast of Yucca Flats.
1987 — Marc Hamilton (64), who portrayed a Metalunan in This Island Earth and a priest in The Mole People.
1992 — Robert Reed (59, colon lymphoma and complications of AIDS), who portrayed Captain Jim Marsh in SST: Death Flight and Johnny Randall in Bloodlust.
2000 — Jim Bullock (76), who was supervising sound editor for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
2000 — Henning Schellerup (72, surgery complications), who was second unit director for Hangar 18 and second unit cinematographer for The Incredible Melting Man.
2004 — Jack Leewood (90), who was associate producer for Lost Continent.
2010 — Phyllis Douglas (73), who portrayed Eleanor in Girls Town.
2011 — Charles Haas (97), who was director for Girls Town.
2013 — John McKee (96), who portrayed a bruiser in Radar Secret Service.
2017 — Doris Borkmann (82, car accident), who was assistant director for First Spaceship on Venus.
2020 — Michel Piccoli (94), who portrayed Inspector Ginko in Diabolik.
2024 — Mark Damon (91), who was executive producer for Mac and Me.
Special Premieres
2022 — A Tribute to Future War (with Let’s Make a Meal in 20 Minutes)
Events
1944 — Dorothy Arnold (Jena Drew in The Phantom Creeps) and Joe DiMaggio get divorced.
May 13
Births
1892 — Henry Sharp, who was assistant to the producer for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1894 — E.C. Buehler, who was technical supervisor for the shorts Speech: Using Your Voice (also appearing as himself, paired with Earth vs the Spider) and Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (also appearing as the “Turtle Type” speaker, paired with Red Zone Cuba).
1899 — Kay Riehl, who portrayed Sarah Grant in Teenage Crime Wave.
1902 — Ellis Burman, who did the dinosaur sequences for Teenage Cave Man.
1903 — Frances Feist, who has an unspecified role in the short Speech: Using Your Voice (paired with Earth vs the Spider).
1907 — Jim Brady, who portrayed a man in the crowd in Gorgo and a circus audience member in Circus of Horrors.
1914 — Joe Louis, who appeared as himself in the short Johnny at the Fair (paired with The Rebel Set).
1919 — Sig Shore, who was a producer for the U.S. version of The Sword and the Dragon.
1922 — Lillian Adams, who portrayed Mrs. Ellis in Tormented.
1932 — Terry Scully, who portrayed Steve Lowe in The Projected Man.
1936 — Rafael Campos, who portrayed Luis in Agent for H.A.R.M. and had an unspecified role in Girl in Gold Boots.
1938 — Victoria Zinny, who portrayed a prisoner in Starcrash.*
1942 — Ric Rondell, who was assistant director for San Francisco International.*
1957 — Lyudmila Nilskaya, who portrayed Selena in Humanoid Woman.*
1962 — Harry C. Box, who was second unit gaffer for Munchie.*
Deaths
1962 — Frank Jenks (59, throat cancer), who portrayed a truck driver in The Amazing Colossal Man and a detective sergeant in The She-Creature.
1971 — Mandine Rogne (64), who was sound effects technician for The Black Scorpion and sound editor for The Screaming Skull.
1985 — Kenner G. Kemp (77), who portrayed Jim the Bailiff in Untamed Youth and a guest in the observation room in Space Travelers.
1998 — Webster C. Phillips (83), who was makeup artist for Master Ninja II.
2004 — Charles W. Smith (84), who handled stereoscopic control for The Mask.
2008 — John Phillip Law (70), who portrayed Elijah Kalgan in Space Mutiny and the title role in Diabolik.
2013 — Massimo De Rita (77), who was a production assistant for Hercules Unchained, an assistant to the executive director for Hercules, and a writer for The Pumaman.
2017 — Michael Messinger (84), who was assistant director for The Crawling Hand.
Special Premieres
2022 — A Tribute to Hobgoblins (with Court Case)
Events
2003 — Rod Lauren is arrested for the 2001 murder of his wife Nida Blanca a.k.a. Dorothy Jones.
May 14
Births
1906 — Buddy Myers, who was Spacevision sound re-recordist for The Bubble.
1907 — Scotty Welbourne, who was cinematographer for Revenge of the Creature.
1909 — Adolf Gerstung, who portrayed an actor in Hamlet.
1916 — Del Moore, who portrayed Arthur Duval in Catalina Caper.
1922 — Richard Deacon, who portrayed a pilot in This Island Earth.
1924 — Kenneth V. Jones, who was composer for The Projected Man.
1926 — James West, who was construction supervisor for World Without End.
1932 — Kenji Sahara, who had an unspecified role in Mighty Jack.
1933 — László Kovács, who portrayed a man at the carnival in and was assistant camera for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies as well as camera operator for The Time Travelers.
1938 — Barry Bergthorson, who was cinematographer for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1938 — Arnaldo Dell’Acqua, who portrayed Security Guard Delta 1 and a rebel in and was a stuntman for Escape 2000.
1944 — Maureen Byrnes, who portrayed Maggie Martin in Future War.*
1970 — Natasha Ryan, who portrayed Jenny in The Day Time Ended.*
1998 — Megan Rebelo, who portrayed a dead girl in Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1982 — Hugh Beaumont (73), who portrayed Robert Phillips in Lost Continent, Austin Welles in The Human Duplicators, Dr. Jud Bellamin in The Mole People, as well as narrating the short A Date with Your Family (paired with Invasion USA).
1996 — Dick Randall (70), who was executive producer for Pod People.
1998 — Milan Bor (61-62), who was sound effects engineer for Making Contact.**
1999 — Ronnie Rondell (95), who was assistant director for The Mole People.
2002 — Alejandro Ulloa (75), who was color supervisor for Operation Double 007.
2006 — Paul Marco (78), who portrayed Kelton in Bride of the Monster.
2010 — Michel Levesque (66), who was art director and second unit director for The Incredible Melting Man.
Episode Premieres
1989 — Hangar 18
May 15
Births
1898 — Dorothy Crehan, who portrayed Mrs. Logan in I was a Teenage Werewolf.
1904 — Bert Shefter, who composed stock music used in The Slime People, was orchestrator for The Black Scorpion, and was composer for The Bubble.
1905 — John L. Russell, who was cinematographer for Indestructible Man, Girls Town, and Invasion USA.
1906 — Roberto Y. Palacios, who portrayed Jose in Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.
1914 — Arthur Millan, who portrayed Carl Parkins in The Violent Years.
1915 — Ken Pettus, who was a writer for Hangar 18.
1925 — Roy Stewart, who portrayed the tall alien in Cosmic Princess.
1929 — David Healy, who voiced Frazer and the Lunar controller in Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars and the radio announcer in Phase IV.
1934 — Nello Pazzafini, who portrayed Wallon in Cave Dwellers, Charity’s bodyguard in Secret Agent Super Dragon, Gunk in Colossus and the Headhunters, Frank in Danger!! Death Ray, and Bardak in Ator, the Fighting Eagle.
1943 — James Bryan, who was supervising sound editor for Hangar 18 and sound effects editor for The Giant Spider Invasion.*
1957 — Hubert Bartholomae, who was composer, sound designer, and special effects supervisor for Making Contact.*
1959 — Wally Crowder, who was a stunt driver for Laserblast.*
Deaths
1972 — Nigel Green (47, barbiturate overdose), who portrayed a bulletin announcer in Gorgo.
1974 — Robert Carlisle (85), who was director for the short Last Clear Chance (paired with Radar Secret Service).
1988 — Fulvia Franco (56, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Anticlea in Hercules Unchained.
1993 — Karl Johnson (69), who portrayed a monster in the basement in The Unearthly.
2000 — Eric Lidberg (64), who was an actor and production manager for The Side Hackers (as Tork) and The Hellcats (as Hiney).
2004 — Cláudio Portioli (69), who was key grip for Killer Fish.
2009 — Charles “Bud” Tingwell (86), who voiced Carter and Lt. Dean in Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
2012 — Frederick E. Smith (93), who wrote the source material for Devil Doll.
2015 — Judith Shutt (72-73), who was a puppet operator for Invaders from the Deep.**
2017 — Chip Radaelli (69), who was art director for Hangar 18.
2024 — Ernie Reed (94), who was gaffer for The Time Travelers.
2024 — Brian Rose (78), who was clapper loader for Phase IV.**
Movie Premieres
1987 — Time of the Apes (U.S.)
1992 — Munchie (Nashville, TN)
Events
1965 — Frank Price (executive producer for San Francisco International) and Katherine Crawford (Dr. Abby Lawrence in Riding with Death) get married.
Fun Fact: Fulvia Franco’s character in Hercules Unchained is the mother of Ulysses. Yet she is only seven years older than the actor who portrays him.