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May 30
Births
1891 — Dora Clement, who portrayed Ann Zorka in The Phantom Creeps.**
1904 — Doris Packer, who portrayed the judge in Teenage Crime Wave.
1917 — Peter Leeds, who portrayed Michael Clyde in Girls Town and Mr. Carter in High School Big Shot.
1919 — June Jocelyn, who portrayed Nurse Wilson in The Amazing Colossal Man, Mrs. Flynn in Earth vs the Spider, the Symbol Maker’s wife in Teenage Cave Man, and Mrs. Edwards in War of the Colossal Beast.
1928 — Milton “Butterball” Smith, who portrayed the bartender in Wild Rebels.
1937 — Jacqueline Curtis, who portrayed Duessa in Fire Maidens of Outer Space.*
1937 — Deanna Lund, who portrayed Jessica in the upcoming Sting of Death.
1961 — John Terlesky, who portrayed the title character in Deathstalker II.*
Deaths
1970 — John T. Coyle (79), who was a special effects technician for Undersea Kingdom.
1971 — Rodd Redwing (66), who portrayed Nazar in The Mole People.
1991 — Jack Byron (95), who portrayed a photographer in This Island Earth.
1995 — Ernst Kunstmann (97), who was special effects supervisor for First Spaceship on Venus.
1998 — Stanley Bickman (66), who was a producer for High School Big Shot.
2000 — Bill Thomas (78), who was costume designer for The Leech Woman and gown designer for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
2015 — Julie Harris (94), who was costume designer for The Land That Time Forgot.
Movie Premieres
1969 — The Castle of Fu Manchu (West Germany)
Serial Premieres
1936 — Undersea Kingdom
>1904 — Doris Packer, who portrayed the judge in Teenage Crime Wave.
PACKER!!!! WOOOO!!!
May 31
Births
1894 — Harold Miller, who portrayed an official in The Amazing Colossal Man, a cocktail party guest in I Accuse My Parents, and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1911 — Frank H. Wilkinson, who was a sound technician for Kitten with a Whip, The Thing That Couldn’t Die, and Riding with Death.
1916 — Massimo Serato, who portrayed Licos in The Loves of Hercules.
1918 — Sadie Corre, who portrayed Hugo in Devil Doll.
1929 — Tim Barrett, who portrayed Harcourt in The Deadly Bees.
1929 — Menahem Golan, who was producer for Alien from L.A. and executive producer for Outlaw.
1930 — Clint Eastwood, who portrayed Jennings in Revenge of the Creature.*
1930 — Taldo Kenyon, who portrayed Sir Anthony in The Magic Sword.
1939 — Jerry Ziesmer, who was assistant director for Mitchell.
1940 — James Cahill, who portrayed Rigna in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
1952 — Kevin Brodie, who portrayed Perkins in and was first assistant director for The Giant Spider Invasion.*
Deaths
1952 — George Magrill (52, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed a thug pilot in The Phantom Creeps.
1971 — Ralph Slosser (79), who was assistant director for The Brute Man.
1974 — Gabriel Scognamillo (67), who was art director for Tormented and the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
1975 — John Roy (77), who portrayed a guest in the observation room in Space Travelers and a military officer in The Deadly Mantis.
1979 — John Wilcox (74), who was cinematographer for The Deadly Bees.
1984 — Jonathan Ledford (62), who portrayed Corporal Culver in Attack of the Eye Creatures and Smith in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1986 — Hugh Webster (58, cancer), who portrayed Fetch in The Last Chase.
1992 — Robert Farfan (83), who was assistant director for Bride of the Monster.
1996 — Regis Parton (79), who portrayed the Mutant in This Island Earth and was a stuntman for The Mole People.
2000 — Andrew Faulds (77), who portrayed Brett in The Crawling Eye.
2004 — Robert A. Burns (60), who was art director for Being from Another Planet.
2007 — Don Granberry (62), who was first assistant director for The Last Chase.
2009 — Howard Dayton (81), who portrayed Elmer in the upcoming Space Raiders.
2013 — Elvin Feltner (83), who was executive producer for Teenage Strangler and story writer and producer for Carnival Magic.
2015 — Sharon Compton (76), who was production designer for Avalanche, portrayed the mother in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, and was art director for the upcoming Deathsport.
2017 — Mimi Heinrich (80), who portrayed Karen Martens in Reptilicus.
2018 — Michael Ford (89), who was assistant art director for Cosmic Princess.
Movie Premieres
1953 — The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (U.S.)
Episode Premieres
1997 — The Giant Spider Invasion
Events
1981 — Jill Donohue (Joan Edwards in San Francisco International) and Stacy Keach get married.
June 1
Births
Kelsey Ann Brady, who voiced the Simulator of Love Crow during Season 13 of MST3K.
1908 — Percy Edwards, who provided the dog sounds for Tess in The Deadly Bees.
1908 — Joan St. Oegger, who was hair stylist for The Amazing Colossal Man, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, and The Mole People.
1912 — John McCarthy Jr., who was set decorator for Radar Men from the Moon, San Francisco International, and Kitten with a Whip.
1921 — John Close, who portrayed Vince Williams in The Slime People, a police morgue attendant in The Rebel Set, a reporter in World Without End, Major Everett in Beginning of the End, and an engineer in The Deadly Mantis.
1925 — Ernie Fuentes, who portrayed the store manager in Mac and Me.
1931 — Luis Argüello, who was set decorator for Danger!! Death Ray.*
1941 — Richard Donat, who portrayed Captain Harrison Risley in City on Fire.
1947 — Ron Wood, who appeared as a member of The Birds in The Deadly Bees.*
1952 — Misty Rowe, who portrayed Angela Garland in SST: Death Flight.*
1956 — Robin Mattson, who portrayed Gail Green in Superdome.*
1957 — John C. Hartigan, who was special effects supervisor for Alien from L.A.
1958 — Jack David Walker, who portrayed Mac’s father in Mac and Me.*
1992 — Jackie Moore, who portrayed Tracey in Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1957 — Russell Hicks (61), who portrayed the Angel Chief in the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1959 — Sax Rohmer (76), who was character creator for The Castle of Fu Manchu and The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1962 — Herbert E. Mendelson (49, natural causes, capisce), who was assistant director and production manager for War of the Colossal Beast and The Magic Sword.
1979 — John Barry (43, infectious meningitis), who was art director for Phase IV.
1979 — Jack Mulhall (91), who portrayed Lt. Andrews in Undersea Kingdom and Lombardi’s lawyer in The She-Creature.
1983 — Alfredo de Soto (74), who portrayed Mario in The Killer Shrews.
1985 — Richard Greene (66), who portrayed Nayland Smith in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1988 — Lesley Van Flymen (age unknown), who was publicist for Alien from L.A.**
1991 — Milton Subotsky (69), who was a producer for The Deadly Bees, The Land That Time Forgot, and At the Earth’s Core (also writer).
1998 — Darwin Joston (60), who portrayed Lt. Plummer in Being from Another Planet.
2005 — Eddie Smith (80), who portrayed a reporter in Space Travelers and a police officer in Mitchell.
2009 — Ken Clark (81), who portrayed Steve Benton in Attack of the Giant Leeches and Captain John Anderson in 12 to the Moon.
2024 — Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (92), who portrayed Mrs. Arsenew in First Spaceship on Venus.
Episode Premieres
1991 — Cave Dwellers
Events
1991 — Debut of Comedy Central.
>Mrs. Arsenew
What did she do with the old one?
Percy Edwards, who provided the dog sounds for Tess in The Deadly Bees.
Couldn’t they find a dog who could do her own barking?
June 2
Births
1889 — Martha Wentworth, who portrayed Nadine in The Beatniks.
1904 — Ellsworth Fredricks, who was cinematographer for World Without End.
1917 — Max Showalter AKA Casey Adams, who portrayed Lt. Dick Chasen in Indestructible Man.
1920 — Shinichi Sekizawa, who was story writer and Jet Jaguar Song lyrics writer for Godzilla vs Megalon, as well as writer for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and Mighty Jack.
1926 — A. Leslie Thomas, who was production designer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.*
1934 — Robert Tessier, who portrayed Jake in The Side Hackers and Chief Thor in Starcrash.
1936 — Kit West, who was special effects cinematographer for Moon Zero Two.
1940 — Albert Galea, who was production manager in Malta for Final Justice.*
1941 — Susan Hart, who portrayed Lisa Galbraith in The Slime People.*
1978 — Nikki Cox, who portrayed a dancer in Mac and Me.*
Deaths
1977 — Johannes Buzalski (58, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed a gravedigger in Hamlet.
1977 — Forrest Lewis (77), who portrayed Julian Ash in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1979 — Robert Carson (69), who portrayed Tom in Radar Secret Service and Mr. Gardner in Girls Town.
1979 — Harry Kerwin (48, lung cancer), who did special makeup effects for the upcoming Sting of Death.
1985 — Nels Mathias (83), who was a grip for Radar Men from the Moon and key grip for Beginning of the End.
1996 — John Alton (94), who was cinematographer for 12 to the Moon.
2002 — Herman Cohen (76), who portrayed a man with crime scene photos in and was a writer and producer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
2005 — Mike Marshall (60), who portrayed Lt. White in The Phantom Planet
2015 — Alberto De Martino (85), who was director for Operation Double 007 and The Pumaman (also story writer).
2017 — Hal Landaker (92), who was video supervisor for Space Travelers.
2024 — Armando Silvestre (98), who portrayed Tony Roca in The Batwoman.
Happy Birthday to Susan Hart. And let’s hope she reconsiders about those non-circulating movies.
Happy 100th. Birthday Leslie Thomas!
June 3
Births
1900 — Friedrich von Ledebur, who had an unspecified role in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1900 — Philip Wisdom, who was sound recordist for The Space Children.**
1901 — Ernesto Molinari, who portrayed the chef in SST: Death Flight and an Italian fisherman in The Deadly Mantis.
1908 — Eddie Acuff, who portrayed Mac in The Phantom Creeps.
1920 — George E. Mather, who portrayed Lewis B. Moffitt in Ring of Terror.
1924 — Herk Harvey, who portrayed the American flag speechmaker in the short Speech: Using Your Voice (paired with Earth vs the Spider) and the good speechmaker in the short Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (paired with Red Zone Cuba). He was also director for the shorts Cheating (paired with The Wild Wild World of Batwoman), What About Juvenile Delinquency? (paired with The Atomic Brain), and Why Study Industrial Arts? (paired with The Skydivers).
1925 — Roger George, who was special effects technician for The Human Duplicators, The Amazing Transparent Man, and Avalanche, as well as the upcoming Deathsport and Space Raiders.
1927 — Shûshi Nakamura, who was production designer for Prince of Space.
1930 — Maurice Bush, who portrayed a fleeing man in Gorgo.**
1940 — Hank Jones, who portrayed Chuck in Village of the Giants.*
1947 — John Dykstra, who was visual effects technician for Mac and Me.*
1950 — Robert Z’Dar, who portrayed the Angel of Death in Soultaker and the cyborg master in Future War.
Deaths
1966 — Stuart Levy (58, natural causes, capisce), who was a presenter for Circus of Horrors.
1987 — Leonardo Scavino (81), who portrayed Ben Ahmed in and was script supervisor and dialogue coach for Operation Double 007.
1990 — Tom Brown (75), who portrayed Paul Ray in Manhunt in Space.
2003 — Riccardo Petrazzi (64), who portrayed a fighter with a knife in Escape 2000 (also stunt coordinator) and a Zarth henchman in Starcrash.
2005 — Donald Hodson (77-78), who portrayed the village elder in Cave Dwellers and a prisoner in Starcrash.**
2005 — Tim Taylor (81), who portrayed a train passenger in The Rebel Set.
2009 — David Carradine (72, autoerotic asphyxiation), who portrayed the Dark One in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II and Kaz Oshay in the upcoming Deathsport.
2022 — Yoshirô Kitahara (93), who portrayed Mr. Sakurai in Gamera, Professor Amano in Gamera vs Barugon, and Dr. Aoki in Gamera vs Gaos.
Movie Premieres
1959 — Teenagers from Outer Space
Events
1945 — Bert I. Gordon (director and producer for King Dinosaur [also story writer], The Amazing Colossal Man [also writer], Earth vs the Spider, War of the Colossal Beast, The Magic Sword, Tormented, Beginning of the End, and Village of the Giants) and Flora Lang (wardrobe for King Dinosaur and special effects technician for The Amazing Colossal Man, Earth vs the Spider, War of the Colossal Beast, The Magic Sword, Tormented, Beginning of the End, and Village of the Giants) get married.
Sitting Duck,
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June 4
Births
1895 — Russell Hicks, who portrayed the Angel Chief in the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1899 — Robert Agnew, who was assistant director for King Dinosaur.
1899 — Lane Chandler, who portrayed a henchman with Rankin in The Phantom Creeps and Darius in Undersea Kingdom.
1902 — Alexander Engel, who portrayed the ghost in Hamlet.
1914 — Shep Houghton, who portrayed a military attaché in Invasion USA and an unspecified role in Kitten with a Whip.
1917 — Leon Selznick, who was narrator for The Phantom Planet.
1924 — Gordon E. Gadette, who was production manager for The Touch of Satan.
1925 — Lidia Brazzi, who portrayed Mrs. Claus in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1926 — Nan Leslie, who portrayed Trinka in Crash of Moons.
1927 — Ken Clark, who portrayed Steve Benton in Attack of the Giant Leeches and Captain John Anderson in 12 to the Moon.
1944 — Jan McLendon, who portrayed Jennie in The Giant Gila Monster.*
1966 — Philip Ettington, who portrayed a baby in Operation Double 007.*
Deaths
1986 — Paul Stevens (65), who portrayed Dr. Allan Barnes in The Mask.
1993 — Georgi Millyar (89), who portrayed a sorcerer in The Day the Earth Froze and Baba Yaga in Jack Frost.
1997 — George E. Mather (77), who portrayed Lewis B. Moffitt in Ring of Terror.
1998 — Ray Montgomery (76), who portrayed Reggie in Manhunt in Space.
2004 — Anthony Steffen (73), who portrayed Max in Killer Fish.
2009 — Ward Costello (89), who portrayed Captain Macintosh in Code Name: Diamond Head and Dr. Robert Hedges in Terror from the Year 5000.
2012 — Stan Jolley (86), who was production designer for Stranded in Space.
2014 — Gene Slott (age unknown), who was executive producer for The Last Chase.**
Events
1986 — Tom Selleck (Jim McCauley in Superdome) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
1991 — Billy Crystal (David in SST: Death Flight) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
1998 — The Sci-Fi Channel announces they renewed MST3K for its 10th season.
June 5
Births
1878 — Franklyn Farnum, who portrayed an Atlantis official in Undersea Kingdom, a man from Omaha in Invasion USA, and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1905 — Edmon Ryan, who portrayed Joe Doakes in the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
1906 — Addalyn Pollitt, who portrayed George’s wife in Eegah.
1909 — Tom Greenway, who portrayed a reporter in The Deadly Mantis.
1910 — William Loose, who was songwriter for The Hellcats, stock music composer for Teenagers from Outer Space, Kitten with a Whip, Red Zone Cuba, and The Giant Spider Invasion, and music cue composer for the short Century 21 Calling (paired with The Space Children).
1910 — Herb Vigran, who portrayed a reporter in World Without End.
1919 — Laurence Payne, who portrayed Philip Truscott in The Crawling Eye.
1922 — Walter Kelley, who portrayed Mike in Attack of the Giant Leeches.
1923 — Peggy Stewart, who portrayed an Inner Council member in Stranded in Space.
1924 — Chic Waterson, who was camera operator for Circus of Horrors.
1925 — Warren Frost, who portrayed an operator in War of the Colossal Beast.
1925 — Charles E. Tycer, who was set decorator for Riding with Death.
1931 — Martin Nallan, who was key grip for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1931 — Ross Sturlin, who portrayed the outsider in the monster costume in Teenage Cave Man, a Grimault warrior in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, Evans and a giant leech in Attack of the Giant Leeches, and the creature in Night of the Blood Beast.
1933 — Jimmy T. Murakami, who was a main titles animator for Catalina Caper.
1957 — Tae-jeong Kim, who portrayed Sensei Lee in No Retreat, No Surrender.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1953 — William Farnum (76), who portrayed Sharad in Undersea Kingdom.
1979 — Gustavo Re (70), who portrayed Professor Heracles in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1986 — Hans Mahlich (73), who was production manager for First Spaceship on Venus.
1998 — Jeanette Nolan (86), who portrayed Florence Shelby in Avalanche.
1999 — Mel Tormé (73), who portrayed Fred Alger in Girls Town.
2001 — George Stephenson (81), who was sound mixer for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
2009 — Del Monroe (78), who portrayed a train yard mugger in The Girl in Lovers Lane.
2015 — Richard Johnson (87), who did unspecified voice work for the English dub of Diabolik.
2017 — Chris Morley (63), who was gaffer for No Retreat, No Surrender and a grip for the upcoming Space Raiders.
Movie Premieres
1959 — The Beatniks
1981 — The Last Chase (Canada)
Events
1987 — Clayton Moore (Graber in Radar Men from the Moon) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6914 Hollywood Blvd.
1989 — Day 1 of Mystery Science Theater Live!! (first convention for the show)
>1878 — Franklyn Farnum, who portrayed an Atlantis official in Undersea Kingdom, a man from Omaha in Invasion USA, and a party guest in The She-Creature.
Although he didn’t start acting in movies until he was almost 40, Franklyn Farnum appeared in over 1100 movies during his long career. He was in eight films that won the Oscar for Best Picture, plus another nine that were Best Picture nominees. His real name was William Smith and he was not related to William Farnum.