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May 16
Births
1905 — Henry Fonda, who portrayed Fire Chief Risley in City on Fire.
1914 — Reg Hill, who was associate producer for Invaders from the Deep, producer for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars, and production executive for Cosmic Princess.**
1915 — Robert Nash, who portrayed Horace Packard in The Rebel Set.
1917 — George Gaynes, who portrayed the mission director in Space Travelers.
1934 — Richard Falk, who was gaffer for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.*
1941 — Aldo Canti, who portrayed a good-natured tavern brawler in and was a stuntman for Hercules and the Captive Women.
1947 — Bill Smitrovich, who had an unspecified role in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.*
Deaths
1957 — John Brown (53, heart attack), who voiced Ro-Man and Great Guidance in Robot Monster.
1992 — Marisa Mell (53, cancer), who portrayed Charity Farrell in Secret Agent Super Dragon and Eva Kant in Diabolik.
2008 — Sandy Howard (80), who was executive producer for City on Fire.
2008 — David Mitton (69, suicide), who was a special effects technician for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
2011 — Eva Gord (age unknown), who was costume designer for The Brain.**
2016 — Lidia Biondi (75), who portrayed a policewoman in Diabolik.
2018 — Joseph Campanella (93), who portrayed Frank Lafferty in Hangar 18.
Home Media Releases
2006 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 9
2017 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Volume V
Events
1929 — At the 1st Academy Awards, Karl Struss (cinematographer for Rocketship X-M and The Rebel Set) shares the Best Cinematography Award for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.
1951 — John Agar (Doc Farrell in Women of the Prehistoric Planet, Dr. Clete Ferguson in Revenge of the Creature, and Dr. Roger Bentley in The Mole People) and Loretta Combs (woman on boat in Revenge of the Creature) get married.
1969 — Gus Trikonis (director for The Side Hackers and Scorpio in The Hellcats) and Goldie Hawn (a spectator in The Side Hackers) get married.
1983 — Season Hubley (Anne Redding in SST: Death Flight) and Kurt Russell get divorced.
It’s weird that Goldie Hawn got married and Kurt Russell got divorced on the same day of the year
May 17
Births
1994 — Hans Peters, who was art director for Girls Town.
1902 — George Callahan, who was a writer for This Island Earth.
1905 — Enzo Mondino, who portrayed a press conference journalist and a party guest in Diabolik.
1906 — Jack Carr, who portrayed a cop in Girls Town and a plant worker in Invasion USA.
1923 — Larry Powell, who was a stunt pilot for This Island Earth.
1924 — Douglas Blackwell, who performed the English dub voice of Yabuki in Mighty Jack.
1924 — Basil Newall, who was makeup artist for Cosmic Princess.**
1924 — Tim Taylor, who portrayed a train passenger in The Rebel Set.
1926 — Stan Jolley, who was production designer for Stranded in Space.
1926 — Karl Lieffen, who portrayed Osric in Hamlet.
1930 — William Grefé, who was director for Wild Rebels (also writer) and the upcoming Sting of Death.*
1930 — Frank Price, who was executive producer for San Francisco International.
1938 — Claude Johnson, who portrayed a technician in the upcoming Space Raiders.
1944 — Diane Mahree, who appeared as Margaret in Manos: The Hands of Fate.*
1952 — Bobby Porter, who was a stuntman for Mac and Me.*
1960 — Lance Smith, who was a writer for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
Deaths
1974 — Ben Bard (81), who was dialogue director for The Phantom Planet.
1981 — Ross Allen (73), who appeared as himself in the short Catching Trouble (paired with Teenage Cave Man).
2011 — Silvia Solar (71), who portrayed Mrs. Carver in Danger!! Death Ray.
2022 — Erika Peters (86), who portrayed Nina in The Atomic Brain.
2023 — Ray Austin (90), who was a director for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.
Movie Premieres
1967 — The Million Eyes of Sumuru (U.S.)
1985 — Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (Atlanta, GA)
Unless my count is off, they’ve only got one more chapter to go on “Adventures of Captain Marvel”. Then, they can start the “Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere” serial from 1951.
May 18
Births
1901 — Domenico Ravenna, who portrayed a party guest in Diabolik.
1902 — Meredith Willson, who composed stock music used in Undersea Kingdom.
1905 — Kathleen Fagan, who did set continuity for World Without End.
1911 — Wally Rose, who portrayed an unspecified role in and was a stuntman for High School Big Shot.
1913 — John M. Nickolaus Jr., who was cinematographer for Attack of the Giant Leeches, High School Big Shot, and Night of the Blood Beast.
1916 — Erik Larsen, who was production supervisor for Reptilicus.
1923 — Liam Sullivan, who portrayed Sir Branton in The Magic Sword.
1926 — Dirch Passer, who portrayed Petersen in Reptilicus.
1928 — Pernell Roberts, who portrayed Jim Conrad in San Francisco International.
1936 — Gina Rovere, who portrayed an Amazon in Hercules.*
1941 — Diane McBain, who portrayed Rita in The Side Hackers.
1945 — Brian Cutler, who portrayed Charlie Moss in Catalina Caper.*
1948 — Delphine White, who was costume designer for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1951 — Vicki Rosenberg, who was casting director for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.
1968 — Cynthia Preston, who portrayed Janet in The Brain.*
Deaths
1965 — Marshall Pollock (63), who was sound effects editor for Bride of the Monster.
1973 — Oswald Hafenrichter (74), who was editor for The Deadly Bees.
1988 — Daniel James (77), who was a writer for Gorgo.
2009 — Claude Johnson (71), who portrayed a technician in Space Raiders.
2017 — Jacque Fresco (101), who was a special effects technician for Project Moon Base.
2021 — Vladimir Fyodorov (82), who portrayed Turanchoks in Humanoid Woman.
Television Premieres
1954 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode “The Pirates of Prah: Chapter 3” (later compiled into Manhunt in Space)
Episode Premiere
1996 — Laserblast
Events
1996 — Joel Hodgson’s The TV Wheel airs on Comedy Central.
May 19
Births
1894 — Edgar Lyons, who was cinematographer for Undersea Kingdom.
1900 — Jack DeWitt, who was additional dialogue writer and art director for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1906 — Nikolay Lebedev, who portrayed an old man in The Day the Earth Froze.
1913 — Igor Morozov, who was composer for The Day the Earth Froze and The Sword and the Dragon.
1915 — Irving Gertz, who was composer for Jungle Goddess, The Leech Woman, and The Deadly Mantis, as well as composing stock music used in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1920 — George Stephenson, who was sound mixer for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
1922 — David McLean, who portrayed Lord Zirpola in the upcoming Deathsport.
1935 — David Hartman, who portrayed Ross Edwards in San Francisco International.*
1938 — Domenico Cianfriglia, who was a stuntman for Operation Double 007 and Starcrash (also portrayed a Zarth henchman).
1953 — Albert Pyun, who was director and writer for Alien from L.A.
1991 — Yvonne Freese, who was a writer for Season 13 of MST3K, as well as portraying Mega-Synthia and GPC-2 along with the skull in 1311 – The Mask.*
1994 — James Gaisford, who portrayed Tomac in The Christmas Dragon.*
Deaths
1963 — Luana Walters (50, liver failure), who portrayed Pat Hunter in The Corpse Vanishes and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1973 — Louis J. Haszillo (70), who was makeup artist for Bride of the Monster and The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1981 — John Truwe (66), who was makeup artist for The Painted Hills and Girls Town.
1987 — Frank Telford (72), who was executive story consultant and a writer for Riding with Death.
1989 — Anton Diffring (72), who dubbed over John McEnery in The Land That Time Forgot and portrayed Dr. Schuler in Circus of Horrors.
1996 — John Beradino (78), who portrayed Dr. Steve Hardy in the General Hospital short paired with Manhunt in Space.
1999 — Alister Williamson (80), who portrayed the inspector in The Deadly Bees.
2002 — Stuart Wade (82), who portrayed Trooper Swanson in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
2020 — Ken Nightingall (91), who was boom operator for The Deadly Bees.
Movie Premieres
1959 — Prince of Space (Japan)
May 20
Births
1893 — Regina Elena Bisio, who portrayed an old woman at the morgue in Diabolik.
1905 — John Emery, who portrayed Dr. Karl Eckstrom in Rocketship X-M.
1912 — Al Overton, who was a sound technician for It Conquered the World, Attack of the Giant Leeches, The Screaming Skull, and The Bubble, sound recordist for Earth vs the Spider, and sound mixer for The Phantom Planet.
1913 — Jack Leewood, who was associate producer for Lost Continent.
1915 — Ralph Holmes, who portrayed Martos in Undersea Kingdom.
1917 — Lester Gorn, who was a writer for Beginning of the End.
1927 — Doug Hobart, who was the jellyfish man in the upcoming Sting of Death.
1929 — James Douglas, who portrayed an army sentry in Beginning of the End and a communications man in The Space Children.
1929 — Neil McCallum, who portrayed a space captain in Moon Zero Two.
1930 — Nino Zanchin, who was assistant director for The Loves of Hercules.*
1938 — Sally Frei, who portrayed Sally in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1939 — Ted Rusoff, who provided the English dub voices of Shiro Tsutsumi in Gamera vs Gaos and Biddle in Escape 2000.
1943 — Francesca Romana Coluzzi, who was a stuntwoman for Diabolik.
1947 — William Hankins, who was property master for Avalanche.
1948 — James Staley, who portrayed Stumpy in Robot Wars.*
1954 — Andrew G. La Marca, who was first assistant cameraman for The Day Time Ended.
1974 — Grant Baciocco, who was the Crow and M. Waverly (whom he also voiced) puppeteer in and a writer for Seasons 11-13. He also voiced the blue punt bunny in 1111 – Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.*
Deaths
1963 — Russell A. Gausman (70), who was set decorator for This Island Earth, The Brute Man, Revenge of the Creature, The Leech Woman, The Mole People, The Deadly Mantis, and The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1983 — Harry Keaton (78, injuries from a fall), who portrayed the doctor in The Violent Years and Jaffe in The Sinister Urge.
1994 — Dorothy Neumann (80), who portrayed Meg Maud in The Undead.
1998 — Ricardo Franco (48, heart attack), who was assistant director for The Castle of Fu Manchu.
2000 — Edward Bernds (94), who was director and writer for World Without End.
2002 — Jerry Dunphy (80), who portrayed the newscaster in Kitten with a Whip.
2003 — John F. Schreyer (82), who was editor for Untamed Youth.
2006 — Bennah Burton-Burtt (59, natural causes, capisce), who was a producer’s assistant for Laserblast and Doctor Mordrid as well as production secretary for The Day Time Ended.
2018 — Roydon Clark (90), who was a stuntman for Mitchell.
2018 — Antonio Sarzi-Braga (age unknown), who was assistant production designer for Hercules and the Captive Women.**
2024 — Frank Guthke (95), who was assistant director for Hamlet.
May 21
Births
1899 — Ralph Sanford, who portrayed the man next to the Red Cross representative in Beginning of the End.
1912 — John McKennon, who was production manager for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).**
1915 — Don House, who portrayed a diver in and was a stuntman for Revenge of the Creature.
1915 — Bill Williams, who portrayed Dutch in The Giant Spider Invasion.
1917 — Orville H. Hampton, who wrote additional dialogue for Rocketship X-M and was a writer and dialogue supervisor for Lost Continent.
1918 — Jeanne Bates, who portrayed the switchboard operator in Stranded in Space.
1919 — Vera Altayskaya, who portrayed the stepmother in Jack Frost.
1921 — Robert F. O’Neill, who was a producer for Riding with Death.
1926 — Chieko Nakakita, who portrayed Mrs. Kane in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1927 — Willis Holman, who was composer and musical director for Swamp Diamonds.
1931 — Fulvia Franco, who portrayed Anticlea in Hercules Unchained.
1933 — Donald Moore, who portrayed the Chairman in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1938 — Ross Hagen, who portrayed Rommel in The Side Hackers (also producer) and Monte in The Hellcats.
1940 — Guido Martufi, who portrayed Iphitus as a child in Hercules.
1951 — Eb Lottimer, who portrayed Seaver in Lords of the Deep.*
1971 — Josh Weinstein, who portrayed Tom Servo and Dr. Laurence Erhardt (and occasionally Crow and Gypsy) in and was a writer for MST3K during Seasons 0-1 and 12-13, as well as a co-writer of the theme song.*
Deaths
1966 — Pat O’Malley (75), who portrayed an AMI chief in The Phantom Creeps.
1971 — Patrick Halpin (70), who portrayed a circus audience member in Circus of Horrors.
1976 — Jack Lloyd (53, natural causes, capisce), who was a songwriter for Daddy-O.
2007 — Bruno Mattei (75), who was assistant director for Devil Fish.
2011 — Tallie Cochrane (66), who was hair stylist and makeup artist for Track of the Moon Beast.
2014 — Jane Adams (95), who portrayed Helen Paige in The Brute Man.
2021 — Carl Anthony (88), who portrayed Johnny Ryde in The Sinister Urge.
2022 — Frank Charles Lutkus III (age unknown), who was a puppeteer for Mac and Me.
Episode Premieres
1989 — The Last Chase
Events
1943 — Ava Gardner (Maggie Grayson in City on Fire) and Mickey Rooney get divorced.
May 22
Births
1908 — Jack A. Bolger Jr., who was a sound technician for Revenge of the Creature.
1912 — Daniel White, who composed an alternate score for The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1912 — Vaughn Wilkins, who was a camera operator for Jungle Goddess.
1915 — William A. Forester, who portrayed an announcer in The Deadly Mantis.
1917 — Sid Melton, who portrayed Sergeant Willie Tatlow in Lost Continent and Pill Box in Radar Secret Service.
1919 — Douglas Heyes, who was director and writer for Kitten with a Whip.
1920 — Ralph Brooke, who was director, writer, and producer for Bloodlust.
1922 — Quinn Martin, who was executive producer for Code Name: Diamond Head.
1927 — George R. Nelson, who was set decorator for The Magic Sword and Code Name: Diamond Head.
1927 — Phil Tucker, who was director and producer for Robot Monster.
1929 — Shirley Falls, who portrayed the switchboard operator in Earth vs the Spider.
1929 — Kôji Sekiyama, who portrayed Karimasu in Invasion of the Neptune Men.*
1933 — Vincent A. Martinelli, who was cinematographer for Riding with Death.
1934 — Merry Anders, who portrayed Lt. Karen Lamont in Women of the Prehistoric Planet and Carol White in The Time Travelers.
1934 — Dennis C. Lewiston, who was camera operator for Phase IV.
1934 — Joel Rapp, who was director and writer for High School Big Shot.
1936 — Toshiaki Tsushima, who was composer for The Green Slime and Time of the Apes.
1938 — Susan Strasberg, who portrayed Nancy Kingman in SST: Death Flight.
1939 — Bill Harman, who was construction manager for The Last Chase and Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1943 — Loretta Nicholson, who portrayed Joan in War of the Colossal Beast.*
1946 — John Lazar, who portrayed Jarek in Deathstalker II.*
1952 — Mike Muscat, who portrayed a terrorist waiter in Master Ninja II.*
Deaths
1989 — Gerd Oswald (69), who was director for Agent for H.A.R.M.
1990 — Lawrence L. Goldman (83), who was a writer for Viking Women and the Sea Serpent.
1996 — Robert Christie (82), who portrayed a doctor in The Last Chase.
1998 — Allan Ray (88), who portrayed a man at the loudspeaker in The Space Children.
2001 — Giulio Donnini (77), who the high priest in The Loves of Hercules.
2005 — Thurl Ravenscroft (91), who provided the voice of the Man in the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
2007 — Hans Ulrich Laufer (83), who had an unspecified role in First Spaceship on Venus.
2019 — Beverly Lunsford (74), who portrayed Patsy Townsend in The Crawling Hand.
2022 — Gregory Jein (76), who was spacecraft designer for Laserblast and model constructor for The Day Time Ended.
Home Media Releases
2018 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Singles Collection
Events
1986 — Smiley Burnette (Briny Deep in Undersea Kingdom) receives a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6125 Hollywood Blvd.
They’re grrrrrREAT!
“2005 — Thurl Ravenscroft… ”
Winner of the Awesome Name award.