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May 23
Births
1896 — Ken Strickfaden, who did electrical effects for The Atomic Brain.
1906 — Clarence Eurist, who was production supervisor for Robot Monster.
1907 — Mario Serandrei, who was editor for Hercules Unchained and Hercules.
1918 — Robert “Bumps” Blackwell, who was songwriter for “Rip It Up”, featured in the soundtrack of City Limits.
1918 — Nadir Malishevsky, who portrayed Vyashta the Giant in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1922 — Fortunato Arena, who portrayed a guard of Eteocles in Hercules Unchained and a Zarth henchman in Starcrash.
1922 — Wyott Ordung, who was writer for Robot Monster.
1924 — Bill McCutcheon, who portrayed Dropo in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1928 — Nigel Davenport, who portrayed Dr. Ernest D. Hubbs in Phase IV.
1929 — Marvin J. Chomsky, who was associate producer and art director for The Bubble.
1936 — Ian Kennedy Martin, who was a writer for Mitchell.*
1942 — Alex Henteloff, who portrayed Dr. Edward Sherman in Code Name: Diamond Head.*
1952 — Rich Valliere, who portrayed a deputy in Blood Waters of Dr. Z.
Deaths
1959 — Eric Orbom (43, natural causes, capisce), who was art director for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1985 — Russell Custer (85), who portrayed a police officer in Indestructible Man.
1987 — Humphrey Davis (74), who portrayed William’s father in the short Money Talks (paired with The Beast of Yucca Flats).
1993 — Norman Breedlove (88), who was special effects technician for The Amazing Colossal Man and The Mole People.
1997 — Joe Zomar (76), who was special effects technician for Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1999 — Joel Lawrence (66), who portrayed a guide in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
2001 — Ken Middleham (74), who shot the insect sequences in Phase IV.
2007 — Franco Vitale (71), who was still photographer for Escape 2000.
2011 — Tom Hennesy (87), who portrayed the Gill Man on land and a Marineland diver in and was a stuntman for Revenge of the Creature.
2013 — Jim Gross (71), who was editor for Code Name: Diamond Head.
2015 — John Carter (87), who portrayed a flight surgeon in Space Travelers.
Events
1988 — Richard Crenna (Jim Pruett in Space Travelers) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Blvd.
Thank you, Sitting Duck, for keeping our daily lesson in MSTory alive.
>>1922 — Fortunato Arena, who portrayed a guard of Eteocles in Hercules Unchained and a Zarth henchman in Starcrash.
“See Hercules battle a Zarth henchman! One night only, live at the Fortunato Arena!”
May 24
Births
1882 — Creighton Hale, who had an unspecified role in The She-Creature.
1903 — Andrew J. McIntyre, who was camera operator for Kitten with a Whip.
1907 — Edward Dein, who was director for The Leech Woman.
1908 — Alan Stensvold, who was cinematographer for the short The Days of Our Years (paired with The Amazing Transparent Man).
1909 — Gilbert Mandelik, who was assistant director for 12 to the Moon.
1911 — Harold Conway, who portrayed the Washington broadcast station chief in Invasion of the Neptune Men.**
1913 — Jean Allen, who was the elephant rider in the short Here Comes the Circus (paired with The Day the Earth Froze).
1915 — Sara Pachter, who portrayed Johnny’s mother in the short Johnny at the Fair (paired with The Rebel Set).**
1916 — Peter Whitney, who portrayed Lt. Gates in The Brute Man.
1922 — Leroy Johnson, who portrayed Sir Ulrich in and was a stuntman for The Magic Sword.
1922 — June Smaney, who portrayed Rag Doll Milford in Ring of Terror.
1922 — Alfredo Zammi, who portrayed Tyran in Colossus and the Headhunters.
1924 — Freddie Earlle, who portrayed a little man in Moon Zero Two.
1924 — José Manuel Martín, who portrayed Omar Pasha in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1926 — Desmond Davis, who was camera operator for The Crawling Eye.
1930 — Joyce Terry, who portrayed Helen in The Beatniks.
1949 — Ricardo Franco, who was assistant director for The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1950 — Andrea Coppola, who portrayed Jay in Escape 2000.*
1960 — Jeff Celentano, who portrayed Tola in Alien from L.A.*
1975 — Kevin Carvell, who was executive producer The Christmas Dragon.*
Deaths
1962 — Kjeld Petersen (41, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed police officer Olsen in Reptilicus.
1969 — Paul Birch (57, lymphosarcoma), who portrayed Jim Maddison in Day the World Ended.
1969 — Richard Garland (41, alcoholism), who portrayed Pendragon in The Undead.
1992 — Alfredo Wally Barrón (61), who portrayed Santo’s second in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1993 — June Smaney (71, apparent suicide), died on her birthday.
2009 — Jack Lewis (84), who was a writer for The Amazing Transparent Man.
2014 — Aleksandr Makarov (83), who was set decorator for The Day the Earth Froze.
2016 — Burt Kwouk (85), who portrayed Feng in stock footage used in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
2017 — Del “Sonny” West (78), who portrayed Snake in The Hellcats.
2018 — Tony Travis (92), who portrayed Eddy Crane in The Beatniks.
2023 — George Maharis (94), who portrayed Les Phillips in SST: Death Flight.
Home Media Releases
2016 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Volume II
May 25
Births
1902 — Ben Winkler, who was sound mixer for War of the Colossal Beast and sound technician for Swamp Diamonds and The She-Creature.
1909 — Filippo Perego, who portrayed an Omega citizen in Warrior of the Lost World and a party guest in Diabolik.
1913 — Benjamin Melniker, who was executive producer for Mitchell.
1913 — Lee Sholem, who was director for Catalina Caper.
1914 — Houseley Stevenson Jr., who was post-production supervisor for Stranded in Space.
1920 — Dee Cooper, who portrayed a compound thug in Angels Revenge.
1926 — Claude Akins, who portrayed Mr. Trumbull in Master Ninja I.
1929 — Carolyn de Fonseca, who performed the English dub voices for Queen Samara in Hercules Against the Moon Men, Charity Farrel in Secret Agent Super Dragon, an unspecified role in The Loves of Hercules, and Indun in Ator, the Fighting Eagle.**
1938 — Eilene Janssen, who portrayed the teenage girl in the car in Beginning of the End and Phyllis Manley in The Space Children.*
1940 — Louise Lawson, who portrayed the blonde in the gold pants in The Creeping Terror.*
1958 — Paula Suhy, who was first assistant editor for Alien from L.A.
1960 — Craig Clark, who was production artist and title designer for Hobgoblins.*
1979 — Corbin Allred, who portrayed Tee in Quest of the Delta Knights.*
Deaths
1958 — Zack Williams (73), who portrayed Chief M’Benga in Jungle Goddess.
1963 — Ethan Laidlaw (63), who portrayed a Russian sea captain in Invasion USA.
1975 — Vic Savage (41, liver failure), who portrayed Martin Gordon in and was director, producer, and editor for The Creeping Terror.
1979 — Scotty Welbourne (72), who was cinematographer for Revenge of the Creature.
1982 — Larry Blake (68), 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.
1987 — Jack Rabin (73), who was visual effects technician for Robot Monster, Rocketship X-M, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, The Beast of Hollow Mountain, and the upcoming Deathsport, was well as special effects technician for World Without End and Invasion USA.
1989 — Junji Masuda (73), who portrayed Colonel Watanabe in Prince of Space and Dr. Tamiya in Invasion of the Neptune Men.
1990 — Theodore Lydecker (81), who was special effects technician for Radar Men from the Moon and Undersea Kingdom.
1997 — Daniel White (85), who composed an alternate score for The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1999 — Hillary Brooke (84), who portrayed Marla Stevens in Lost Continent.
2010 — Tiny Kauffman (71), who portrayed the Scotsman in The Skydivers.
2011 — Lillian Adams (89), who portrayed Mrs. Ellis in Tormented.
2011 — Betty Luster (89), 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).
1940 — Louise Lawson, who portrayed the blonde in the gold pants in The Creeping Terror.*
She was the highlight of that movie.
Wait, the movie was in black and white. How does anyone know what color her pants were?
May 26
Births
1896 – Harry Keatan, who portrayed the doctor in The Violent Years and Jaffe in The Sinister Urge.
1913 — Peter Cushing, who portrayed Dr. Abner Perry in At the Earth’s Core.
1915 — Sam Edwards, who portrayed Red in The Beatniks.
1915 — William Forman, who portrayed a radio announcer in World Without End.
1919 — Gordon K. McCallum, who was dubbing mixer for At the Earth’s Core.
1923 — Jean Sullivan, who Naomi Sanders in Squirm.
1925 — Giorgio Giovannini, who was assistant architect for Hercules Unchained.
1926 — Bruno Nicolai, who was composer for Operation Double 007 (also songwriter) and the Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (also musical director and orchestrator), as well as musical director for Diabolik.
1930 — Tony Cardoza, who was an actor and producer for The Hellcats (as the artist), The Skydivers (as Harry Rowe), Red Zone Cuba (as Landis and Castro), and The Beast of Yucca Flats (as the KGB driver and the helpful neighbor).
1937 — Ingrid Goude, who portrayed Ann Craigis in The Killer Shrews.*
1949 — Dan Pastorini, who portrayed Hans in Killer Fish.*
1956 — Barbara Stock, who portrayed Udea in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.*
1963 — Tamara Clatterbuck, who portrayed Fantazia in Hobgoblins.*
1965 — Kami Asgar, who was post-production sound technician for Soultaker.*
Deaths
1959 — Joe Gilbert (56, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed a wedding guest in The Corpse Vanishes, a bar patron in Jungle Goddess, a tourist in line in Invasion USA, and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1971 — Bokuzen Hidari (77), who portrayed the old farmer in Gamera.
1972 — Jesús Murcielago Velázquez (62), who portrayed The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1978 — Henry Hite (63), who portrayed Frank Douglas and the monster in Monster a Go-Go.
1980 — Franz Bachelin (84), who was production designer for The Magic Sword and art director for Village of the Giants.
1983 — Charles Keane (61), who portrayed a SPACOM operator in Project Moon Base and the detective chief in The Leech Woman.
1991 — Eugène Lourié (88), who was director for Gorgo.
1992 — Bob Labansat (53, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Javorsky’s bodyguard in The Beast of Yucca Flats.
1993 — Jack Priestly (66), who was camera operator for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
2003 — Burr DeBenning (66), who portrayed Dr. Ted Nelson in The Incredible Melting Man.
2012 — James R. Connell (83-84), who was set decorator for Racket Girls.**
2022 — J.P. Locherer (age unknown), who was gaffer for the Brain.**
2020 — Cindy Butler (64), who portrayed Leslie Ann Walker in Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.
2025 — Frances Doel (83), who was story writer for Avalanche and the upcoming Deathsport.
Movie Premieres
1950 — Rocketship X-M (New York City)
1957 — The Deadly Mantis
Clatterbuck, the Noisiest Reindeer. His time on Santa’s team was brief, due to his tendency to wake up everyone in the house as soon as the sleigh landed on the roof.
May 27
Births
1895 — Vladimir Bogdankevich, who was a sound technician for The Sword and the Dragon.**
1898 — George Gordon Nogle, who was camera operator for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews.
1904 — Johji Oka, who portrayed Phantom of Krankor in Prince of Space.
1917 — Gene Fowler Jr., who was director for The Rebel Set and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1920 — Daniel Nunez, who portrayed a vendor in Kitten with a Whip.
1922 — Christopher Lee, who portrayed the title role in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1922 — Ray Montgomery, who portrayed Reggie in Manhunt in Space.
1924 — Jack Reitzen, who portrayed a Russian invader in Invasion USA.
1928 — Frank J. Desiderio, who was executive producer for Track of the Moon Beast.
1932 — Steve Franken, who portrayed Henry Maitland in Stranded in Space, Danny McKee in The Time Travelers, and Henry McDade in Avalanche.
1944 — Robert A. Burns, who was art director for Being from Another Planet.
1947 — Kenpachiro Satsuma, who wore the Gigan suit in Godzilla vs Megalon.
1958 — Linnea Quigley, who portrayed a courtesan in the upcoming Deathsport.*
1960 — Robin Greer, who portrayed Elaine Brenner in Angels Revenge.*
Deaths
1960 — George Zucco (74), who portrayed Dr. Lorenzo Cameron in The Mad Monster.
1978 — Shelly Novack (34, heart attack), who portrayed Peter Brooks in Superdome.
1990 — Guillermo Hernández (72-73), who portrayed a Bat henchman in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy, Marcus in Samson vs the Vampire Women, Jorge in The Beast of Hollow Mountain, and Wrestler X in Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.
1993 — Jan Wiley (77), who portrayed Virginia Rogers Scott in The Brute Man.
1998 — Mark Williams (38, respiratory failure), who was special makeup effects artist for Werewolf (in which he also portrayed a pool player) and The Brain.
2012 — Shannon O’Neil (age unknown), who portrayed Brett Gordon in and was script supervisor for The Creeping Terror.**
2015 — William Newman (80), who portrayed Quigley in Squirm.
Episode Premieres
2022 — Munchie
>1958 — Linnea Quigley, who portrayed a courtesan in the upcoming Deathsport.*
>2015 — William Newman (80), who portrayed Quigley in Squirm.
Apparently Linnea hired a subcontractor to play her part in Squirm.
May 28
Births
1887 — Hank Mann, who portrayed Barney in Daddy-O.
1903 — Oliver Drake, who was a writer for Undersea Kingdom.
1917 — Marshall Reed, who portrayed a bruiser in Radar Secret Service.
1918 — Dario Cecchi, who was costume designer for The Loves of Hercules.
1922 — Gene Anderson Jr., who was assistant director for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1923 — Peter Thornton, who was sound editor for Gorgo.
1929 — Crawford MacCallum, who portrayed Dr. Lawrence in Track of the Moon Beast.
1942 — Robert Lyden, who portrayed Bobby in Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1949 — Mario Navarro, who portrayed Juanito in The Black Scorpion and Panchito in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1966 — David Michael Latt, who was a producer for Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1960 — Ramón Gay (42, gunshot), who portrayed Dr. Edward Almada in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1963 — Vissarion Shebalin (60), who was music arranger for The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1972 — Phil Patton (61), who was director for the short Mr. B Natural (paired with War of the Colossal Beast and reriffed in The MST3K Festival of Shorts).
1982 — George Hilsdon (75), who portrayed a reporter in At the Earth’s Core.
1986 — Lurene Tuttle (78), who portrayed Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp in Untamed Youth and Anna Noble in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1997 — Sydney Guilaroff (89), who was hair style designer for The Painted Hills.
2003 — Helen Carscallen (87), who portrayed Dr. Darwin in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
2003 — Peter MacLean (67), who portrayed Sheriff Jim Reston in Squirm.
2010 — George Milan (91), who portrayed General Nelson in War of the Colossal Beast and the title character in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.
2012 — Matthew Yuricich (89), who was a matte painter for The Last Chase.
2013 — Eddie Romero (88), who was director and producer for Beyond Atlantis.
2013 — Ron Roth (age unknown), who was a producer for SST: Death Flight.**
Episode Premieres
1989 — The Legend of Dinosaurs
May 29
Births
1909 — Bruce Seton, who portrayed Professor Flaherty in Gorgo.
1911 — Armida, who portrayed Wanama in Jungle Goddess.
1915 — Ken Carlson, who was a sound technician for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies and The Touch of Satan, as well as sound mixer for Agent for H.A.R.M.
1917 — Baynes Barron, who portrayed Nesor in Radar Men from the Moon.
1922 — Robert Christopher, who portrayed a police officer in Agent for H.A.R.M.
1924 — Raymond Guth, who portrayed Police Officer Miller in The Unearthly.
1927 — Carl Toms, who was costume designer for Moon Zero Two.
1928 — Masaru Satô, who was composer for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1931 — Samuel Gelfman, who portrayed a fisherman in and was a producer for The Incredible Melting Man.
1937 — Don Reynolds, who portrayed Red Wing in The Painted Hills.
1938 — Sirry Steffen, who portrayed Marta Farnstrom in The Crawling Hand.
1941 — Tony Lenny, who was music editor for Invaders from the Deep.**
1941 — Nick McLean, who was assistant camera for The Touch of Satan and cinematographer for Mac and Me.*
1941 — Bill Weston, who portrayed the green killer in and was stunt advisor for Moon Zero Two.
1944 — Ken Turner, who was a director for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.*
1947 — Perry Bullington, who was casting director for Robot Wars.
1949 — Gail Filman, who was assistant wardrobe for The Last Chase.
1949 — Cotter Smith, who portrayed Chad Webster in Master Ninja II.*
1956 — Tony Randel, who was editor for the upcoming Space Raiders.*
1957 — Peter R. Adam, who was sound effects editor for Making Contact.
1964 — Brad Morris, who was a stuntman for Outlaw.*
Deaths
1964 — Alex Suhr (65), who portrayed Alex in Reptilicus.
1973 — Fred Rapport (77), who portrayed an observer at a crime scene in Indestructible Man.
1988 — Charla Doherty (41, pancreatitis), who portrayed Nancy in Village of the Giants.
2000 — David Wilson (63), who appeared as himself in Catalina Caper.
2004 — Anthony Bailey (72), who portrayed the compère in The Deadly Bees.
2018 — Paula Suhy (60), who was first assistant editor for Alien from L.A.
2019 — Peggy Stewart (95), who portrayed an Inner Council Member in Stranded in Space.
Events
2019 — Issue 6 of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic is released.