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June 13
Births
1888 — Harry Tyler, who portrayed a Manhattan Tunnel spectator in The Deadly Mantis.
1892 — Basil Rathbone, who portrayed Lodac in The Magic Sword.
1917 — Bert Cann, who was still photographer for The Deadly Bees.
1929 — Frank Watts, who was lighting cameraman for Cosmic Princess.
1930 — Tony Brandt, who was first assistant director for Warrior of the Lost World.
1935 — Masazumi Okabe, who portrayed a railway worker in Invasion of the Neptune Men.*
1941 — Tom Hallick, who portrayed Phil Cameron in Hangar 18.*
1946 — Sam F. Shaw, who was dialogue editor for Beyond Atlantis.
1963 — Jon Joffin, who was first assistant camera for The Brain.*
1971 — David Mendenhall, who portrayed Peter in the upcoming Space Raiders.*
Deaths
1979 — George Cisar (66), who portrayed Lem Sawyer in Attack of the Giant Leeches and Fred in Teenage Crime Wave.
1986 — Ulla Strömstedt (46, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Katrina Corelli in Catalina Caper.
1990 — Antonio Gradoli (73), who portrayed a Monte Carlo inspector in Operation Double 007 and the captain of the guard in The Loves of Hercules.
1993 — Dirk Petersmann (48, natural causes, capisce), who was first assistant director for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.
1993 — Myrl Stoltz (85), who was hair stylist for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and The Rebel Set.
1998 — Jack Reitzen (74), who portrayed a Russian invader in Invasion USA.
2000 — John Bramall (76), who was sound recordist for Gorgo.
2006 — Rudolf H. Jakob (75), who was a camera operator for Hamlet.
2007 — Don Gillies (80), who was choreographer for The Mask.
2017 — Jack Ong (76), who portrayed a technician in Mac and Me.
Television Premieres
1965 — Stingray episode “Hostages of the Deep” (first quarter of Invaders from the Deep)
Episode Premieres
1992 — The Giant Gila Monster
1998 — The Space Children
1999 — Track of the Moon Beast
Today Show film critic Gene Shalit died yesterday at the age of 100. So Willard Scott should be reading his name.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gene-shalit-today-show-movie-critic-dies-100-rcna103405
“Skateboard Safety”. Two words that have no reason being next to each other.
June 14
Births
1891 — John Rathmell, who was a writer for Undersea Kingdom.
1898 — Harold Lipstein, who was cinematographer for The Painted Hills.
1899 — Joseph Kish, who was set decorator for The Rebel Set, World Without End, and The Phantom Planet.
1902 — Carl Esmond, who portrayed Professor Jan Stefánik in Agent for H.A.R.M.
1905 — Steve Broidy, who was associate producer for Rocket Attack USA.
1913 — Werner Heyking, who had an unspecified role in Hamlet.
1917 — Alfonso Díaz Landa, who portrayed a military man in The Black Scorpion.
1931 — Larry Aten, who portrayed Joe Dobson in and was associate producer and makeup artist for The Beast of Yucca Flats.
1940 — Laura Efrikian, who portrayed Ismene in Hercules and the Captive Women.*
1942 — Hal Burton, who portrayed a terrorist waiter in Master Ninja II.*
1984 — Hampton Yount, who voiced Crow in and was a writer for Seasons 11-13.*
Deaths
1955 — William Randall (53, natural causes, capisce), who was a sound technician for Project Moon Base.
1970 — Guido Malatesta (50-51, natural causes, capisce), who was director and writer for Colossus and the Headhunters.**
1971 — Paul Schmutz (73), who was boom operator for World Without End.
1981 — Jimmy Cross (74), who portrayed the sergeant at the reception desk in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1988 — James Chandler (66), who portrayed a man at a desk in Stranded in Space.
1991 — Stefano Canzio (75), who was a writer for Operation Double 007.
1994 — Henry Mancini (70), who was stock music composer for Kitten with a Whip, Revenge of the Creature, and The Deadly Mantis, as well as composer for This Island Earth and The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1997 — Richard Jaeckel (70), who portrayed Commander Vince Elliott in The Green Slime.
2002 — Albert Band (78), who was director for Robot Wars and Doctor Mordrid.
2003 — Hal Gausman (85), who was set decorator for Girls Town.
2004 — Max Rosenberg (89), who was executive producer for The Incredible Melting Man and producer for The Deadly Bees, The Land That Time Forgot, and At the Earth’s Core.
2004 — Noriaki Yuasa (70), who was director for Gamera, Gamera vs Gaos, Gamera vs Guiron, Gamera vs Zigra, and Gamera vs Jiger (also a special effects technician), as well as stock footage and special effects director for Gamera vs Barugon.
2006 — Monty Berman (92), who was a producer and cinematographer for The Crawling Eye.
2006 — Riley Morgan (53, natural causes, capisce), who was property master for the upcoming Space Raiders.
2008 — Alan Wells (82), who portrayed the headquarters sergeant in Beginning of the End.
2009 — Jesse Vogel (83), who was dialogue director for Time of the Apes (also English dub voice for Geba), Fugitive Alien, Mighty Jack (also English dub voice for a thug), and Star Force: Fugitive Alien II.
2014 — Forrest Gardner (57, natural causes, capisce), who was choreographer for Angels Revenge.
2014 — Francis Matthews (86), who voiced Captain Scarlet in Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
Movie Premieres
1989 — Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
Episode Premieres
1997 — The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
>1913 — Werner Heyking, who had an unspecified role in Hamlet.
He was the guy who was always trying to get the king’s attention. “Hey, king!”
>1970 — Guido Malatesta
Sounds like a genital deformity.
Maybe that’s what he really died from.
June 15
Births
1899 — Herman Hack, who portrayed a Grimault rider in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent and a barfly in Gunslinger.
1899 — Sergei Troitsky, who portrayed a boyar in The Sword and the Dragon.
1905 — Raymond Kessler, who was dialogue director for The Brute Man.
1912 — Lillian Toth, who was makeup artist for Monster A Go-Go.
1918 — Richard Derr, who portrayed Governor Stensky in SST: Death Flight.
1919 — Muzaffer Tema, who portrayed Dr. Selim Hamid in 12 to the Moon.
1922 — John Hilling, who was wardrobe supervisor for The Land That Time Forgot.
1924 — Rodney Diak, who portrayed Anderson in Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1925 — Antony Carbone, who portrayed Leo in Avalanche.
1926 — Mick Dillon, who wore the Gorgo suit in and was a stuntman for Gorgo.
1926 — Herschell Gordon Lewis, who voiced a radio announcer in and was a director, additional dialogue writer, producer, and production designer for Monster A Go-Go.
1930 — Brian Blamey, who was dubbing editor for The Projected Man.
1930 — Harry Kerwin, who did special makeup effects for the upcoming Sting of Death.
1930 — Fred Stromsoe, who was a stuntman for The Slime People (also a slime person) and The Mole People.
1931 — Robert King, who portrayed Mr. Sweeting in The Brain.*
1931 — Ivan J. Rado, who portrayed Zimmerman in Mac and Me.
1934 — William Newman, who portrayed Quigley in Squirm.
1934 — Gerald Sanford, who was a writer and co-producer for Stranded in Space.*
1938 — Leonard, who provided the wigs for Moon Zero Two.
1938 — Jorge Rivero, who portrayed Yuri in Werewolf.*
1946 — Roy Holder, who portrayed Plesser in The Land That Time Forgot.
1947 — Robert S. Fiveson, who portrayed a security guard in and was director, writer, and producer for Parts: The Clonus Horror.*
1954 — Alejandro Todd, who was first assistant director for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.*
1955 — Cindy Leadbetter, who portrayed an Amazon in Starcrash.*
1960 — Hiroko Saito, who portrayed Yurika AKA Caroline in Time of the Apes.*
1973 — Neil Patrick Harris, who portrayed Neville Laroy in 1104 – Avalanche.*
Deaths
1960 — Edward Cronjager (56, natural causes, capisce), who was cinematographer for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1974 — Jack Miles (65), who was set director for The Violent Years.
1984 — Ned Glass (78), who portrayed Sidney Horner in The Rebel Set.
1984 — Meredith Willson (82), who composed stock music used in Undersea Kingdom.
1998 — Leon M. Leon (95), who was a sound technician for The Deadly Mantis.
2004 — Tom Rowe (82), who was a writer for The Green Slime.
2005 — Senta Ochs (81), who was production designer for First Spaceship on Venus.
2008 — Stan Winston (62), who was makeup creator for It Lives by Night.
2021 — Vladimir Shatalov (93), who was a consultant for Humanoid Woman.
2024 — Gail Filman (75), who was assistant wardrobe for The Last Chase.
Movie Premieres
1956 — Gunslinger
1958 — War of the Colossal Beast (Albuquerque, NM)
Episode Premieres
1991 — Pod People
Events
1963 — Ross Hagen (Rommel in The Side Hackers [also producer] and Monte in The Hellcats) and Claire Polan (Paisley in The Side Hackers) get married.
1971 — Don Burnett (Bob Steele in Untamed Youth) and Barbara Anderson (Carla Stanley in SST: Death Flight) get married.
June 16
Births
1888 — Jack Eaton, who was director and producer for the short Catching Trouble (paired with Teenage Cave Man).
1901 — Arthur Pierson, who was associate producer for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1905 — Barry Norton, who portrayed a reporter in Rocketship X-M and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1916 — Phil Chambers, who portrayed Dr. Paul Stuart in The Mole People.
1923 — Hans Ulrich Laufer, who had an unspecified role in First Spaceship on Venus.
1924 — Artemio Antonini, who was an actor and stuntman in Hercules Unchained (as a guard of Omphale), Secret Agent Super Dragon (as a Van Opel henchman), and Danger!! Death Ray (as a man at work with machine gun).
1924 — Faith Domergue, who portrayed Dr. Ruth Adams in This Island Earth.
1926 — Bill Catching, who was a stuntman for Avalanche and The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1927 — Scott Douglas, who portrayed Lt. Lewis in The Dead Talk Back.
1930 — Vilmos Zsigmond, who was camera operator for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies and cinematographer for The Time Travelers.
1931 — Dick Dial, who portrayed a Jaguar boy in Girls Town.
1932 — Harry Raybould, who portrayed the MP at the main gate in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1938 — Charles B. Pierce, who portrayed Dr. Brian C. Lockhart in and was director, writer, and producer for Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.
1938 — Sergio Salvati, who was assistant camera for The Loves of Hercules.
1942 — William P. Cartlidge, who was assistant director for Phase IV.
1942 — Mel Novak, who portrayed Otis in Future War.
1943 — Brian Gascoigne, who was composer for Phase IV.*
1943 — Dagmar Lassander, who portrayed Sonja West in Devil Fish.*
Deaths
1959 — George Reeves (45, gunshot), who portrayed Mike Patton in Jungle Goddess.
1963 — Willard Van Der Veer (68), who was cinematographer for The Crawling Hand.
1974 — Mauritz Hugo (65), who portrayed Hardy in Space Travelers and the mustache sporting henchman in I Accuse My Parents.
1983 — Ofelia Montesco (46, stomach cancer), who portrayed Tundra in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1988 — Alf Mangan (71), who portrayed a circus food vendor in Gorgo.
1988 — Kim Milford (37, heart failure following surgery), who portrayed Billy Duncan in Laserblast.
1998 — Roberto Cañedo (80), who portrayed Dr. Eric Williams in The Batwoman.
2000 — Ned Lynch (90-91), who portrayed a naval officer at HQ in Gorgo.**
2003 — Thomas Foulkes (79), who was first assistant director for Master Ninja I.
2003 — Jane Mann (88), who was a writer for The Unearthly.
2003 — Carlos Rivas (78), who portrayed Artur Ramos in The Black Scorpion and Felipe Sanchez in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
2012 — Donna Heydt (85), who was production secretary for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
2017 — Gilberto Galimberti (84), who was a stuntman for Danger!! Death Ray.
2018 — Guido Martufi (78), who portrayed Iphitus as a child in Hercules.
Movie Premieres
1960 — The Girl in Lovers Lane
The meaning of malatesta in Italian is: from mala (feminine of malo) ‘wicked, bad, mean’ + testa ‘head’, used as a nickname for a stubborn or malicious person.
Or a guy with an embarrassing condition.
Oscar-winning (for Alien) special effects technician Brian Johnson died on Monday at the age of 86. He was special effects director and designer for Cosmic Princess as well as special effects assistant for The Crawling Eye and Moon Zero Two.
https://gerryanderson.com/en-us/blogs/blog/brian-johnson-has-died
June 17
Births
1866 — Reginald Barlow, who portrayed Professor Warwick in The Mad Monster.
1915 — Fernando Curiel, who portrayed a foreman in The Black Scorpion.
1918 — Alister Williamson, who portrayed the inspector in The Deadly Bees.
1919 — Patrick Cranshaw, who portrayed a security guard in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1923 — Nick Procopides, who was camera operator for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1924 — Keith Larsen, who portrayed Commander Scott in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1925 — Sadamasa Arikawa, who was director of special effects for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and Mighty Jack.
1925 — Bharbara Egan, who portrayed Aunt Betty in The Final Sacrifice.
1925 — Sonny Fox, who portrayed Mr. Prim in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1931 — Patti Gallagher, who portrayed Nora Pierce in King Dinosaur.
1938 — Yasuo Araki, who portrayed an SDF soldier in Gamera and an Awaji Maru crewman in Gamera vs Barugon.*
1939 — Michael Daves, who was second assistant director for Space Travelers.*
1939 — Hugh Harlow, who was production manager for Moon Zero Two.*
1939 — Leigh Mitchell, who portrayed Carol’s mother in The Incredible Melting Man.
1945 — Frank Ashmore, who portrayed George in Parts: The Clonus Horror.*
1948 — Sho Kosugi, who portrayed Osaka in and was stunt coordinator for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.*
1949 — Anne Kuljian, who was set designer for City Limits and set dresser for the upcoming Space Raiders.*
1955 — Jeff Imada, who portrayed a bodyguard in Master Ninja I and was a stuntman for Robot Wars.*
Deaths
1958 — Basil Dickey (77), who was a writer for The Phantom Creeps.
1978 — Robert B. Williams (73), who portrayed a TV newsman in Teenagers from Outer Space, Webb in This Island Earth, and George Johnson in Revenge of the Creature.
1984 — Leslie I. Carey (88), who was a sound technician for This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, The Leech Woman, The Mole People, The Deadly Mantis, and The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1998 — Philip Mitchell (88), who was a sound technician for It Conquered the World, Teenage Cave Man, and The Unearthly as well as sound mixer for Bloodlust.
1999 — Giorgio Ubaldi (67), who was stunt coordinator for Hercules and the Captive Women and Operation Double 007 (also assistant director).
Movies Premieres
1955 — King Dinosaur
He also won an Oscar for his SPFX work on “The Empire Strikes Back”. And he also was part of the SPFX department for “Thunderbirds to the Rescue”, which was mentioned in early promos as a future experiment on MST3K, yet wasn’t used on the show.
June 18
Births
1891 — Mae Busch, who portrayed Susan in The Mad Monster.
1894 — Philip Cahn, who was editor for Lost Continent and The Brute Man.
1917 — Ross Elliott, who portrayed Deputy Earl Harrison in The Crawling Hand and Paul Lowe in Indestructible Man.
1922 — Chuck Lacey, who was editor and sound technician 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? (also the coach, paired with The Skydivers), and Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (also an audience member, paired with Red Zone Cuba).
1925 — Johnny Pearson, who composed stock music used in the short Progress Island USA (paired with The Beast of Yucca Flats) and The Giant Spider Invasion.
1932 — Cliff Harrington, who portrayed a space station crew member in The Green Slime.
1933 — Joseph Mangine, who was cinematographer for Squirm.
1936 — Jerry Styner, who was composer and songwriter for The Side Hackers and Mitchell.*
1941 — Kiva Lawrence, who portrayed a hostage in Master Ninja II.
1942 — Nick Tate, who portrayed Alan Carter in Cosmic Princess.*
1944 — Baku Hatakeyama, who portrayed Gebâ in Time of the Apes.
1944 — Colin Skeaping, who was a stuntman for The Land That Time Forgot.*
1950 — Stephen Davies, who portrayed Fernandez in Lords of the Deep.*
1956 — Steve Hollenhorst, who was a contributing writer for 407 – The Killer Shrews.
1958 — Pony R. Horton, who was a matte artist for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.*
1974 — Rey-Phillip Santos, who portrayed a karate student in No Retreat, No Surrender.*
Deaths
1958 — Pal (18), who portrayed Shep in The Painted Hills.
1966 – Harry Keatan (70), who portrayed the doctor in The Violent Years and Jaffe in The Sinister Urge.
1979 — Dave Milton (90), who was art director for The Corpse Vanishes, The Rebel Set, and World Without End.
1980 — Dick Johnson (68), who was assistant camera for World Without End and 12 to the Moon.
1987 — Jay O. Lawrence (63), who was production supervisor for Manos: The Hands of Fate.
1988 — Marjorie Corso (76), 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.
1991 — Ronald Allen (60), who portrayed Dr. Chris Mitchell in The Projected Man.
1995 — Charles E. Tycer (70), who was set decorator for Riding with Death.
1999 — Paul Bradley (97), who portrayed an officer at the proving grounds in Lost Continent.
2000 — Derek Sydney (80), who portrayed Wilde in The Crawling Eye.
2002 — Henry Schrage (82), who was assistant to the producer in The Amazing Colossal Man and War of the Colossal Beast as well as assistant producer for Earth vs the Spider.
2004 — George “Buck” Flower (66), who portrayed a security guard in Mac and Me and the rich tramp in Munchie.
2014 — James Nelson (81), who was supervising sound editor for The Bubble.
2018 — Maria Rohm (72), who portrayed Helga Martin in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
Movie Premieres
1958 — The Space Children
Home Media Releases
2013 — Zombie Nightmare
Events
1981 — Mel Tormé (Fred Alger in Girls Town) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1541 Vine St.
Only Han Solo is a cooler space pilot than Alan Carter. The original Starbuck is in third place.
June 19
Births
1910 — Lester D. Guthrie, who was a producer for The Amazing Transparent Man.
1914 — Harry Lauter, who portrayed Atlasand in Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1915 — Pat Buttram, who portrayed the car salesman in Angels Revenge.
1916 — John Benson, who portrayed a sentry in The Space Children.
1916 — Frank McCoy, who was makeup artist for Kitten with a Whip.
1917 — Robert Karnes, who portrayed Sam in Project Moon Base.
1924 — Sandra Dorne, who portrayed Magda Cardenas (AKA Butt Lady) in Devil Doll.
1928 — Alejandro Sessa, who was a producer for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.
1931 — Ralph Thomas, who portrayed Captain O’Brien in The Starfighters.
1938 — Rosalba Neri, who portrayed Lisa in The Castle of Fu Manchu.*
1939 — Marion Thompson, who portrayed a juror in The Phantom Planet.*
1956 — Richard Brose, who portrayed a mercenary in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.*
1957 — Kevin Kutchaver, who was effects animator for Munchie, effects animation supervisor for Doctor Mordrid, and digital effects technician for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.*
1973 — Chris Pinkston, who was composer for Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1971 — Jerry Frank (63), who portrayed a Rankin henchman in The Phantom Creeps.
1971 — Jerome Pycha Jr. (68), who was production designer for Project Moon Base.
1971 — Malcolm Watson (76), who portrayed a murdered Frenchman in Circus of Horrors.
1975 — Krista Nell (28-29, leukemia), who portrayed Zoe in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.**
1980 — Bill Giorgio (56, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Deputy Pete Sanders in Earth vs the Spider and the bus driver in War of the Colossal Beast.
1983 — Stanley Fraser (81), who portrayed Elda in World Without End.
1984 — Renato Cadueri (age unknown), who was a sound technician for Hercules Unchained and Hercules.**
1990 — Joseph Mullendore (75), who was orchestrator for Project Moon Base.
2008 — Michael Billingsley (79), who was sound editor for The Pumaman.
2008 — Michael Rougas (77), who portrayed Frank in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
2012 — Richard Lynch (72), who portrayed Noel in Werewolf and Ankar Moor in the upcoming Deathsport.
2014 — Joanne Cangi (76), who portrayed Geraldine in The Violent Years.
Movie Premieres
1957 — I Was a Teenage Werewolf
While not a pilot, I’m partial to Captain Mal Reynolds.
June 20
Births
1910 — Gene Ruggiero, who was co-producer for Cry Wilderness.
1911 — Gerry Judge, who portrayed a waiter at the party in Devil Doll.
1921 — René Barrera, who portrayed the detective at the main gate in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1928 — William Berger, who portrayed Professor Donald West in Devil Fish.
1928 — Otto Friese, who portrayed an evacuated villager in The Crawling Eye.*
1928 — Martin Landau, who portrayed Commander John Koenig in Cosmic Princess.
1933 — Brett Halsey, who portrayed Bix Dugan in The Girl in Lovers Lane and Pete in Revenge of the Creature.*
1947 — Candy Clark, who provided the English dub voice for Stella Star in Starcrash.*
1954 — Miles O’Keeffe, who portrayed Ator in Cave Dwellers and Ator: The Fighting Eagle.*
1965 — Chris Dawson, who was visual effects animation cinematographer for Space Mutiny.*
Deaths
1953 — Arthur Caesar (61), who was story writer for I Accuse My Parents.
1963 — Ralph Sanford (64), who portrayed the man next to the Red Cross representative in Beginning of the End.
1978 — Ralph M. DeLacy (91), who was art director for The Phantom Creeps.
1984 — Estelle Winwood (101), who portrayed Sybil in The Magic Sword.
1994 — Robert Armbruster (97), who composed stock music used in Radar Men from the Moon.
2002 — Walter Fiveson (74), who was executive producer for Parts: The Clonus Horror.
2012 — Ken Johnson (86), who portrayed Ken in Red Zone Cuba.
2016 — James Victor (76), who portrayed Joey in Girl in Gold Boots.
2019 — Eddie Garcia (90), who portrayed the mate in Beyond Atlantis.
Episode Premieres
1992 — City Limits
1999 — Final Justice
Events
1961 — Maila Nurmi AKA Vampira (the hag in The Magic Sword) and Fabrizio Mioni (Jason in Hercules Unchained and Hercules) get married.
2000 — The book Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese is published.
June 21
Births
1893 — Dick Gordon, who portrayed a wedding guest in The Corpse Vanishes and the judge in X Marks the Spot.
1916 — Clara Mortensen, who appeared as herself in Racket Girls.
1926 — Jerry Zinnamon, who had an unspecified role in and was a writer for Ring of Terror.
1935 — Monte Markham, who portrayed the CIA head in Master Ninja II.*
1940 — Mariette Hartley, who portrayed Betty Lloyd in Space Travelers.*
1946 — Marcy Lafferty, who portrayed Beth in The Day Time Ended.*
1963 — Daryl Haney, who portrayed O’Neill in and was a writer for Lord of the Deep.*
Deaths
1957 — Donald MacBride (67), who portrayed Captain M.J. Donelly in The Brute Man.
1968 — Fernando Curiel (53, cirrhosis), who portrayed a foreman in The Black Scorpion.
1975 — David Tamkin (68), who was orchestrator for The Mole People.
1987 — Salvador Lozano (77), who portrayed Doctor Ríos in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1995 — Jerry Fairbanks (90), who was a producer for the shorts Once Upon a Honeymoon (also cinematographer, paired with Night of the Blood Beast) and Century 21 Calling (paired with The Space Children).
1995 — Jun Hamamura (89), who portrayed Professor Murase in Gamera.
2006 — Paul Nevens (94), who portrayed the Demon of the Mask in The Mask.
2016 — J. Michael Hunter (66), who portrayed a cameraman in Being from Another Planet.
2022 — Artie Kane (93), who was composer for It Lives by Night.
2025 — Jack Milavic (84), who was a technical advisor for the upcoming Sting of Death.
Home Media Releases
2011 — Gunslinger
2011 — Hamlet
Events
1990 — Little Richard (appeared as himself in Catalina Caper and performed the song “Rip It Up” in the soundtrack of City Limits) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd.
June 22
Births
1900 — Oskar Fischinger, who was animator of the lumichord effects in The Time Travelers.
1901 — Hugo L. Stanger, who portrayed a janitor in Being from Another Planet.
1904 — Norman Breedlove, who was special effects technician for The Amazing Colossal Man and The Mole People.
1913 — Herman E. Townsley, who was a special effects technician for Tormented and Village of the Giants.
1915 — Ellen Attenbury, who portrayed Mrs. Fisher in High School Big Shot.
1915 — Wanda McKay, who portrayed Greta Vanderhorn in Jungle Goddess.
1916 — John Daheim, who portrayed a soldier in The Amazing Colossal Man
1920 — Paul Frees, who voiced Sir Ulrich in The Magic Sword, Frank Hubbard in Tormented, multiple voices in The Beatniks (also director, writer, and songwriter), the helicopter pilot in Beginning of the End, and Kalin in The Sword and the Dragon.
1920 — John Veitch, who portrayed Jackson in Untamed Youth.
1921 — Gower Champion, who was director for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1922 — Vance Skarstedt, who was a writer for The Slime People.
1924 — Carl Biddiscombe, who was set decorator for Stranded in Space.
1931 — Robie Robinson AKA Robbie Robertson, who was visual effects technician for Space Travelers.
1933 — Lew Luton, who portrayed an immigration officer in Moon Zero Two.**
1935 — Beverly Setlowe, who was production coordinator for Master Ninja I and assistant to producer for Master Ninja II.
1936 — Roger Cudney, who portrayed Inaros in Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
1942 — Murphy Dunne, who was song composer for the upcoming Space Raiders.*
1947 — Jacqulin Cole, who portrayed April Thomas in Angels Revenge.
1948 — Steve Eastin, who portrayed Boles in Robot Wars.*
1952 — Graham Greene, who portrayed Admiral Hadley in Atlantic Rim.
1955 — Gregory Snegoff, who provided the English voice of Ator in Cave Dwellers and Ator: The Fighting Eagle.*
1958 — Chino Binamo, who was stunt coordinator for Robot Wars and a stuntman for Doctor Mordrid.*
1960 — David Trainor, who was makeup designer for The Final Sacrifice.*
Deaths
1955 — Wyllis Cooper (56, natural Causes, capisce), who was story writer for The Phantom Creeps.
1964 — Christopher Rhodes (50, natural Causes, capisce), who portrayed McCartin in Gorgo.
1976 — Alan Reynolds (67), who portrayed an insecticide man in Beginning of the End and a guard outside the Washington Monument in The Deadly Mantis.
1988 — Ross Ford (65), who portrayed Major Moore in Project Moon Base.
1988 — Stuart Randall (78), who portrayed Captain John Lauder in Indestructible Man.
2015 — James Horner (61, plane crash), who was theme music composer for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell aa well as composer for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (also music producer) and the upcoming Space Raiders.
2016 — Douglas M. Lackey (83), who was composer for Agent for H.A.R.M.
2018 — Deanna Lund (81), who portrayed Jessica in the upcoming Sting of Death.
Movie Premieres
1994 — The Final Sacrifice (U.S.)
Episode Premieres
1991 — Gamera vs Barugon
Events
1946 — Bill Williams and Barbara Hale (Dutch and Dr. Jenny Langer respectively in The Giant Spider Invasion) get married.
1976 — Gus Trinkonis (director for The Side Hackers and Scorpio in The Hellcats) and Goldie Hawn (a spectator in The Side Hackers) get divorced.
June 23
Births
1889 — Donald MacBride, who portrayed Captain M.J. Donelly in The Brute Man.
1892 — Edmund Cobb, who portrayed an army sergeant in The Phantom Creeps, Dr. McDermott in The Amazing Colossal Man, and Police Sergeant Pete in The She-Creature.
1895 — Fred Rapport, who portrayed an observer at a crime scene in Indestructible Man.
1897 — William Stephens, who was a producer and came up with the idea for Jungle Goddess.
1901 — Paul Verhoeven, who portrayed a gravedigger in Hamlet.
1912 — Raymond Boltz Jr., who was set decorator for The Human Duplicators.
1915 — Joseph Mell, who portrayed Dr. Hugo Wagner in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1917 — Justus Addiss, who was assistant to the producer for Project Moon Base.
1923 — José Luis Aguirre, who portrayed Pitch in Santa Claus.
1926 — Desmond Saunders, who was a director for Invaders from the Deep and supervising director for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1941 — Liza Ross, who provided the English dub voice for Kyoko Yamamoto in Gamera, Catherine in Time of the Apes, Tammy in Fugitive Alien and Star Force: Fugitive Alien II, and a secretary in Mighty Jack.*
1959 — Duane Whitaker, who portrayed Roadrash in Hobgoblins.*
Deaths
1959 — Robert E. Barnes (68), who was assistant director for Robot Monster.
1969 — Stanley Andrews (77), who portrayed Collingwood in Untamed Youth and Pete Ferguson in Last of the Wild Horses.
1986 — John Von Kotze (57, car accident), who was lighting cameraman for The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1990 — Frank Gatliff (62), who portrayed Dr. Wilson in The Projected Man.
2001 — Paul Schreibman (92), who was American dubbing producer for First Spaceship on Venus.
2002 — Carlo Savina (82), who was musical director for Hercules Unchained (also a songwriter) and Hercules.
2010 — Anne Sharp (75-76), who portrayed a German woman in The Crawling Eye.**
2011 — Fred Steiner (88), who composed stock music used in Teenagers from Outer Space and Red Zone Cuba.
2017 — Frank J. Desiderio (89), who was executive producer for Track of the Moon Beast.
2022 — Chumei Watanabe (96), who was composer for Invasion of the Neptune Men.
Brian, did you ever get those screen captures?
June 24
Births
1882 — Charles Dunworth, who composed stock music used in The Corpse Vanishes and Undersea Kingdom.**
1903 — William Nassour, who was a producer for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1904 — Dorothy Yutzi, who was script supervisor for Village of the Giants.
1908 — Clarence Steensen, who was set decorator for Rocketship X-M and The Leech Woman.
1917 — Olga Kruchinina, who was costume designer for The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and The Sword and the Dragon.
1949 — Gary Brookins, who portrayed a villager in The Christmas Dragon.
1949 — Sam Scarber, who portrayed Lt. Pritchard in Robot Wars.
1969 — David Giancola, who was director and writer for Time Chasers.*
Deaths
1969 — Ted Hecht (61), who portrayed Haggar Nu in Manhunt in Space.
1970 — Nikolai Khryashchikov (69), who portrayed Varangian in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1973 — Bud Westmore (55, heart attack), who was makeup artist for San Francisco International, Kitten with a Whip, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, The Leech Woman, The Mole People, The Deadly Mantis, and The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1997 — Gordon E. Gadette (73), who was production manager for The Touch of Satan.
2003 — Alex Gordon (80), who was a writer for Bride of the Monster, executive producer for Day the World Ended, and a producer for The She-Creature.
2003 — Barbara Weeks (89), who portrayed Jane Parkins in The Violent Years.
2004 — Erik Larsen (88), who was production supervisor for Reptilicus.
2005 — Jack Kosslyn (84), who portrayed a lieutenant in the board room in The Amazing Colossal Man, Mr. Fraser in Earth vs the Spider, the newscaster in War of the Colossal Beast, and the ogre in The Magic Sword.
2007 — Byron Baer (77), who was special effects technician for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die and the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
2011 — Alvaro Mancori (87), who was cinematographer for The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
2014 — Martin Varno (77), who was a writer for Night of the Blood Beast.
Episode Premieres
2022 — Demon Squad
Events
1996 — The Sci-Fi Channel announces they picked up Mystery Science Theater 3000 for its 8th season.
June 25
Births
1893 — W. Donn Hayes, who was supervising editor for Invasion USA.
1911 — Reed Hadley, who portrayed a radio newscaster in Jungle Goddess and Riley Morgan in Last of the Wild Horses.
1915 — Galdino R. Samperio, who was sound re-recordist and music recordist for Santa Claus, music recordist for Samson vs the Vampire Women, sound re-recordist for Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and re-recording mixer for The Batwoman.
1921 — William White, who had an unspecified role in The Human Duplicators.
1929 — Frank Griffin, who portrayed Ben Grant in Teenage Crime Wave.
1931 — Richard Tim Vanik, who was a camera operator for Mitchell and Kitten with a Whip.
1939 — Julie Staheli, who was costume designer for Hangar 18.
1943 — Salli Sachse, who portrayed Mikki in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1967 — Stuart Edmond Rodgers, who portrayed a little boy in The Incredible Melting Man.*
Deaths
1972 — Günther Simon (47, Stasi visit), who portrayed Raimund Brinkmann in First Spaceship on Venus.
1973 — Frank Hagney (89), who portrayed the juvenile court bailiff in Teenage Crime Wave.
1982 — Albert G. Miller (76), who was a writer for Horrors of Spider Island.
1989 — James Knott (87), who was a camera operator for Rocketship X-M.
1992 — Jean Josipovici (77), who was second assistant director for The Loves of Hercules.
1995 — Bill Walker (72), who portrayed Lt. Dan Martin in The Mask.
1999 — Robert Silliphant (62), who was story writer for The Creeping Terror and portrayed a barker in and was a writer for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
2003 — Mario Cassar (49-50, natural causes, capisce), who was a special effects technician for Final Justice.**
2006 — Kenneth Griffith (84), who portrayed Martin in Circus of Horrors.
2007 — Carmen Dirigo (99), who was hair stylist for The Brute Man.
2007 — Ken’ichi Tani (74), who portrayed an officer in Gamera and Lee in Gamera vs Barugon.
2009 — Farrah Fawcett (62), who was executive producer for Killer Fish.
2015 — Fred Price (87-88), who was a set decorator for Mitchell.**
2021 — June Kenney (87), who portrayed Carol Flynn in Earth vs the Spider, Asmild in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, a basement girl in Village of the Giants, and Betty Scott in Bloodlust.
Movie Premieres
1953 — Robot Monster
1959 — The Giant Gila Monster (Dallas, TX)
1959 — The Killer Shrews (Dallas, TX)
1980 — Hanger 18 (Tucson, AZ)
2019 — Demon Squad
Events
1951 — Richard Greene (Nayland Smith in The Castle of Fu Manchu) and Patricia Medina (Sarita in The Beast of Hollow Mountain) get divorced.
June 26
Births
1880 — Mitchell Lewis, who portrayed Mark Miller in The Painted Hills.
1891 — Carl Pierson, who was editor for Radar Secret Service.
1898 — Vera West, who was gowns supervisor for The Brute Man.
1906 — Alberto Rabagliati, who portrayed Santa Claus in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1913 — Harold F. Kress, who was director for The Painted Hills.
1920 — Will Zens, who was director, writer, and producer for The Starfighters.
1921 — Giorgio Cristallini, who was second unit director for Hercules and the Captive Women.
1922 — Timothy Farrell, who portrayed Lt. Holmes in The Violent Years and Umberto Scalli in Racket Girls.
1927 — June Randall, who handled continuity for Circus of Horrors.
1929 — Bill Lukather, who was assistant director for It Lives by Night.
1931 — Jeremy Longhurst, who portrayed a student climber in The Crawling Eye.
1932 — Fred Waugh, who portrayed a hood in Riding with Death.
1936 — Emma Porteous, who was costume designer for Cosmic Princess.*
1943 — Stan Barrett, who was stunt coordinator for It Lives by Night.*
1943 — Keith Lund, who was assistant director for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.*
1946 — Graham Easton, who was production manager for At the Earth’s Core.*
1946 — Massimo Antonello Geleng, who was production designer for Warrior of the Lost World and Devil Fish (also costume designer).
1951 — Pamela Bellwood, who portrayed Sarah Michaels in Hangar 18.*
1965 — Martin Guigui, who portrayed Marty in Time Chasers.*
1968 — Peter Taylor, who was editor for Werewolf.
Deaths
1983 — Giulio Coltellacci (67), who was costume designer for Hercules and Diabolik.
1989 — Henry Spitz (84), who was production supervisor for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1991 — Jack A. Marta (88), who was cinematographer for Earth vs the Spider, War of the Colossal Beast, and Beginning of the End.
1994 — Bobby Bonales (77), who appeared as himself in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1998 — Fuyukichi Maki (67), who portrayed Shohei Muku in The Legend of Dinosaurs.
1999 — Charles Collins (95), who portrayed Charlie Pattersen in Master Ninja I.
2001 — William Bryant (77), who portrayed Dr. Ralph Martin in King Dinosaur and a truck driver in Stranded in Space.
2008 — Lilyan Chauvin (82), who portrayed Sandra Balleau in Bloodlust.
2013 — Peter Taylor (45, traffic accident), died on his birthday.
2016 — Manny Michael (98), who portrayed one of the backstage crew and an audience member in Devil Doll.
2018 — Hiroshi Nawa (85), who portrayed Masahiko Miyawaki in The Legend of Dinosaurs.
2019 — Mike Frift (77), who was camera focus for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
Home Media Releases
2007 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 11