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June 27
Births
1905 — Sydney Mason, who portrayed Bill Salisbury in Teenage Crime Wave and the police announcer in Revenge of the Creature.
1916 — Giovanna Galletti, who portrayed the Sybil in The Loves of Hercules.
1921 — Margaret Travis, who was writer for Speech: Using Your Voice, Cheating, What About Juvenile Delinquency? (also script supervisor), Why Study Industrial Arts, and Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (also set designer).
1927 — George McCowan, who was director for The Shape of Things to Come.
1939 — Priscilla Alden, who portrayed an old woman in Quest of the Delta Knights.
1944 — Dardano Sachetti, who was a writer for Devil Fish.*
1959 — Janusz Kaminski, who was second unit cinematographer for Lords of the Deep.*
1972 — James Chianese, who was a prop flunky for Quest of the Delta Knights.*
Deaths
1960 — Slim Whitaker (66), who portrayed a policeman in The Mad Monster.
1964 — Alvin Todd (61), who was editor for The Phantom Creeps.
1965 — Jean L. Speak (72), who was sound technician for Day the World Ended.
1975 — Chester Jones (76), who portrayed Ladu in The Leech Woman and the newspaper vendor in The Bubble.
1982 — Alfred Berke (83), who was wardrobe supervisor for Lost Continent and Last of the Wild Horses.
1985 — Jane Ross (53, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed the truck driver’s wife in Rocket Attack USA.
1995 — Jeff Gillen (52, heart attack), who portrayed Fats in Wild Rebels.
2003 — Skip Ward (70), who portrayed Buck in Kitten with a Whip.
2007 — William Hutt (87), who voiced Lomax in The Shape of Things to Come.
2010 — Corey Allen (75), who was director and writer for Avalanche.
2018 — Ivan J. Rado (87), who portrayed Zimmerman in Mac and Me.
2022 — Teruyoshi Nakano (86), who was director of special effects for Godzilla vs Megalon and assistant director of special effects for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
2022 — Joe Turkel (94), who portrayed Nick in Tormented and the sheriff in Village of the Giants.
Movie Premieres
1958 — The Thing That Couldn’t Die (New York City, NY)
1964 — Hercules Against the Moon Men (Italy)
Episode Premieres
1992 — Teenagers from Outer Space
1998 — Hobgoblins
1999 — Hamlet
Events
1964 — Ernest Borgnine (the grandfather in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders) and Ethel Merman get married.
June 28
Births
1891 — Molly Glessing, who portrayed an android in The Time Travelers.
1909 — Adolf Schlyssledar, who was editor for Hamlet.
1917 — Estela Inda, who portrayed the Aztec chanteuse in and was choreographer for The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1918 — Maxine Stuart, who portrayed Peggy in Kitten with a Whip.
1921 — Tom Rowe, who was a writer for The Green Slime.
1923 — Douglas Hermes, who was assistant director for Gorgo.**
1928 — Ray Storey, who was art director for The Time Travelers.
1979 — Felicia Day, who portrayed Kinga Forrester in and was a writer for Seasons 11-13.*
Deaths
1976 — Stanley Baker (48, lung cancer and pneumonia), who portrayed the running man in stock footage used in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1985 — Roy Hyde (65), who was sound editor for Moon Zero Two.
1987 — Lev Milchin (66), who was art director for The Day the Earth Froze.
2000 — Michael Ripper (87), who portrayed a card player in Moon Zero Two and David Hawkins in The Deadly Bees.
2002 — Roger Til (93), who portrayed Dr. Etienne Martel in 12 to the Moon.
2003 — George Baxt (80), who was a writer for Circus of Horrors.
Movie Premieres
1957 — Beginning of the End
1957 — The Unearthly
1959 — The Rebel Set
June 29
Births
1870 — Joseph Carl Breil, who composed stock music used in Undersea Kingdom.
1901 — Carl Berger, who was cinematographer for Jungle Goddess.
1901 — Frieda Inescort, who portrayed Mrs. Chappel in The She-Creature.
1902 — David Chudnow, who was composer for The Mad Monster.
1926 — Denys Graham, who portrayed the bow tie wearing scientist in Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1927 — Maurice Kaufmann, who was a radio reporter in Gorgo.
1930 — Robert Sorrells, who portrayed Dan in San Francisco International.
1932 — Soon-Tek Oh, who portrayed Mr. Lika in Master Ninja I.
1933 — Corinne Jacker, who was a writer for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1934 — Corey Allen, who was director and writer for Avalanche.
1939 — Brian Johnson, who was special effects director and designer for Cosmic Princess, as well as special effects assistant for The Crawling Eye and Moon Zero Two.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1947 — Vera West (49, found floating in her pool), who was gowns supervisor for The Brute Man.
1963 — Paul Paulsen (81), who had an unspecified role in First Spaceship on Venus.
1963 — Lou Rusoff (51, natural causes, capisce), who was a writer for It Conquered the World, Day the World Ended, and The She-Creature.
1967 — Primo Carnera (60), who portrayed Anteo in Hercules Unchained.
1967 — Jayne Mansfield (34, auto accident), who portrayed Queen Deianira in The Loves of Hercules.
1983 — John Bradford (77), who portrayed Joe in Undersea Kingdom.
1997 — Irvin Berwick (82), who was dialogue coach for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1998 — Jess Hahn (76), who portrayed Baby Face in Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1999 — Declan Mulholland (66), who portrayed Olson in The Land That Time Forgot.
1999 — Bert Shefter (95), who composed stock music used in The Slime People, was orchestrator for The Black Scorpion, and was composer for The Bubble.
2002 — Terry Bourke (62), who was production manager for The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
2008 — Hans Caninenberg (95), who portrayed Claudius in Hamlet.
2010 — Ron Gans (78), who had and unspecified role in High School Big Shot and was the narrator in the upcoming Deathsport.
2011 — William Hankins (64), who was property master for Avalanche.
2015 — John Dark (88), who was a producer for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
2022 — John Humphries (age unknown), who portrayed Mikey Walton in Teenage Strangler.**
2023 — Charles T. Knight (91), who was sound technician for The Atomic Brain.
Episode Premieres
1991 — Stranded in Space
Events
2007 — Mike Curb (songwriter for The Side Hackers [also composer] and Mac and Me) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St.
“2007 — Mike Curb (songwriter for The Side Hackers [also composer] and Mac and Me) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St.”
It seems fitting that a guy named Curb would get his name on a sidewalk.
I’ll have a Carl Berger with cheese. And a side of french-fried potatoes.
June 30
Births
1905 — Nestor Paiva, who portrayed Lucas in Revenge of the Creature and Professor Etienne Lafarge (AKA The Load) in The Mole People.
1926 — Richard Schuyler, who had an unspecified role in The Human Duplicators.
1928 — June Valli, who provided Iole’s English dub singing voice in Hercules Unchained.
1931 — Guy Hemric, who was a songwriter for The Side Hackers.
1994 — Alli Wolfe, who portrayed a party girl in Demon Squad.*
Deaths
1958 — Wallace Fox (63), who was director for The Corpse Vanishes.
1962 — Saul A. Goodkind (65), who was a director for The Phantom Creeps.
1978 — Stanley Kufel (75), who was a wardrobe flunky for Radar Secret Service.
1979 — Gladys Faye (84), who portrayed Mrs. Wentworth in The Corpse Vanishes.
1980 — Thomas Browne Henry (72), who portrayed Colonel Tom Sturgeon in Beginning of the End and Captain Fletcher in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1983 — Gene Kauer (61), who was composer for The Atomic Brain, The Beast of Yucca Flats, and Agent for H.A.R.M.
1987 — Maurice Geraghty (78), who was a writer for Undersea Kingdom.
1991 — John B. Goodman (89), who was art director for The Brute Man.
1995 — Bruce Schoengarth (77), who was associate editor for Robot Monster and sound effects editor for Earth vs the Spider.
1999 — Dean Fredericks (75), who portrayed Captain Frank Chapman in The Phantom Planet.
2004 — Chris Alcaide (81), who portrayed Deputy Joshua Tate in Gunslinger.
2004 — Bernie Grant (83), who performed unspecified English dub voice work in Diabolik.
2016 — Joe Powell (94), who was a stuntman for The Land That Time Forgot and stunt arranger for At the Earth’s Core.
2019 — Glyn Houston (93), who portrayed a carnival barker in Circus of Horrors.
2024 — Adolfo Bartoli (73), who was cinematographer for Robot Wars and Doctor Mordrid.
Events
1995 — Jimmy Sangster (writer for The Crawling Eye) and Mary Peach (Dr. Patricia Hill in The Projected Man) get married.
We missed a birthday yesterday. Maria Conchita Alonso was born June 29, 1955. She was mentioned in a host segment in Episode #319, War of the Colossal Beast.
July 1
Births
1898 — Herbert Flato, who had an unspecified role in Rocket Attack USA.
1910 — Max Frankel, who was a prop flunky for 12 to the Moon and property master for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1915 — Monroe P. Askins, who was cinematographer for Viking Women and the Sea Serpent and The Human Duplicators.
1920 — Bond Blackman, who was a producer for Catalina Caper.
1920 — Kjeld Petersen, who portrayed police officer Olsen in Reptilicus.
1928 — Frank Guthke, who was assistant director for Hamlet.
1933 — Gilbert Brady, who portrayed a work farm inmate in Untamed Youth and a club patron in Daddy-O.*
1936 — Ron Masak, who portrayed the sheriff in Laserblast.
1937 — Chris Anders, who portrayed Schloss in Agent for H.A.R.M.
1939 — Karen Black, who portrayed Kate in Killer Fish.
1948 — Patricia Sansone, who portrayed Madeline Cooper in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.*
1951 — Joe Verroca, who portrayed a New York agent in No Retreat, No Surrender.*
1974 — Michele Krasnoo, who portrayed a karate student in No Retreat, No Surrender.*
Deaths
1985 — Nick Procopides (62), who was camera operator for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1990 — Paul Wittenberg (63), who was assistant editor for Earth vs the Spider and War of the Colossal Beast.
1991 — Michael Landon (54, pancreatic and liver cancer), who portrayed Tony Rivers in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1994 — Dominic Lucero (26, lymphatic cancer), who portrayed a dancer in Mac and Me.
1996 — Harold Greenberg (66), who was executive producer for City on Fire.
1996 — Margaux Hemingway (42, suicide), who portrayed Gabrielle in Killer Fish.
1999 — John W. Rogers (82), who was assistant director for Earth vs the Spider and War of the Colossal Beast.
2007 — Ted Mossman (90), who was a prop flunky for World without End.
2013 — Mort Landberg (80), who was associate producer for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
2024 — Curtis Bradford (age unknown), who was key grip for Alien from L.A.**
Events
1981 — Billy Barty (the imp in The Undead) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6922 Hollywood Blvd.
July 2
Births
1888 — Gian Paolo Rosmino, who portrayed Aesculapius in Hercules.
1899 — Russell Custer, who portrayed a police officer in Indestructible Man.
1907 — Ed Wolff, who portrayed the robot in The Phantom Creeps.
1915 — John Bath, who was musical director for The Skydivers and composer for Red Zone Cuba.
1916 — Ken Curtis, who was a producer for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews (also portrayed Jerry Farrell).
1920 — John Kneubuhl, who was a writer and producer for The Screaming Skull.
1921 — John Davis Hart, who was English dub dialogue writer for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1927 — Brock Peters, who portrayed Dr. Ralph Therman in SST: Death Flight.
1930 — Iya Arepina, who portrayed Alyenushka in The Sword and the Dragon.
1931 — Robert Ito, who portrayed Roy Nakamura in SST: Death Flight and Tang in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.*
1935 — Charles Rosher Jr., who was first assistant camera for Attack of the Giant Leeches.
1937 — Jim Duffy, who was a main titles animator for Catalina Caper.
1944 — Tim Kincaid, who was director and writer for Robot Holocaust.*
1951 — Fabio Frizzi, who was composer for Devil Fish.*
1955 — Andrew Divoff, who portrayed a policeman in Mac and Me.*
1955 — Rick Marx, who was a writer for Outlaw.*
1959 — Jackey Neyman Jones, who portrayed Debbie in Manos: The Hands of Fate.*
Deaths
1973 — George Macready (73), who portrayed Professor Vaughn Dornheimer in The Human Duplicators.
1978 — Frank H. Wilkinson (67), who was a sound technician for Kitten with a Whip, The Thing That Couldn’t Die, and Riding with Death.
1989 — Ben Wright (74), who portrayed a doctor in Stranded in Space.
1990 — Howard Wright (93), who portrayed Jake in Earth vs the Spider and a medical research officer in War of the Colossal Beast.
1995 — John C. Higgins (87), who was a writer for Untamed Youth.
2000 — Dana Bertolette (45, natural causes, capisce), who was a stuntman and a stunt double for Alex Rebar in The Incredible Melting Man.
2001 — Jack Gwillim (91), who portrayed Superintendent Andrews in Circus of Horrors.
2004 — Frank Chase (81), who portrayed the helicopter pilot in Beginning of the End.
2015 — Michael Pidcock (81), who was sound editor for The Deadly Bees.**
2022 — Kathy Marlowe (87), who portrayed a reporter in Rocketship X-M.
2023 — Paul Van der Linden (81), who was cinematographer for The Last Chase.
Happy Birthday Jackey!
July 3
Births
1894 — Nellie Manley, who was hair styles supervisor for Village of the Giants and The Space Children.
1903 — Eddie Case, who was a prop flunky for The Deadly Mantis.
1919 — Guillermo Calderón, who was producer for The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (also story writer), Santa Claus, Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and The Batwoman.
1922 — Carlos Agostí, who portrayed Dr. César Sepulveda in Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.
1927 — Tim O’Connor, who portrayed Dr. Revere in Stranded in Space.
1930 — Kinji Fukasaku, who was director for The Green Slime.
1931 — Robert O. Ragland, who was composer for The Touch of Satan.
1935 — John Barry, who was art director for Phase IV.
1938 — Søren Ingemann, who was still photographer for Reptilicus.
1940 — Michael Cole, who portrayed Mark in The Bubble.
1949 — Jennifer Kulik, who portrayed a nurse in It Lives by Night.
1949 — Susan Penhaligon, who portrayed Lisa Clayton in The Land That Time Forgot.*
1957 — Michele Soavi, who was a screenplay collaborator for Ator: The Fighting Eagle.*
Deaths
1973 — Wally Westmore (67), who was makeup supervisor for Village of the Giants and The Space Children.
1985 — Nelson Leigh (80), who portrayed Dr. Eldon Galbraithe in World Without End.
1987 — Vilis Lapenieks (55, natural causes, capisce), who was cinematographer for Eegah.
1989 — Jim Backus (76), who portrayed Commander Lindsey March in Angels Revenge.
1999 — Yôko Tani (70), who portrayed Sumiko Ogimura in First Spaceship on Venus.
2016 — Noel Neill (95), who portrayed an airline ticket agent in Invasion USA.
2017 — Solvi Stubing (76), who portrayed Elizabeth in Secret Agent Super Dragon.
2019 — Arte Johnson (90), who portrayed Professor Cruikshank in Munchie.
2021 — Desmond Davis (95), who was camera operator for The Crawling Eye.
July 4
Births
1876 — William Farnum, who portrayed Sharad in Undersea Kingdom.
1886 — Thomas E. Jackson, who portrayed George Haskell in It Conquered the World.
1892 — Russell A. Gausman, 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.
1902 — Vince Barnett, who portrayed Sandy in The Corpse Vanishes.
1908 — Gustavo Re, who portrayed Professor Heracles in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1909 — Al Jarvis, who portrayed Judge Eden in The Phantom Planet.
1912 — Reuben Hill, who was a consultant for the short Appreciating Your Parents (paired with The Unearthly) and educational collaborator for the short Are You Ready for Marriage (also Mr. Hall, paired with Racket Girls).
1913 — Barbara Weeks, who portrayed Jane Parkins in The Violent Years.
1916 — Herman King, who was a producer and publicist for Gorgo.
1918 — Reginald H. Morris, who was cinematographer for The Shape of Things to Come.
1947 — Tony Slotar, who was key grip for Outlaw and Space Mutiny.
1953 — Stefano Fava, who was makeup artist for Warrior of the Lost World.
1953 — Rolf Giesen, who portrayed a ghost in and was a visual effects technician for Making Contact.*
1981 — Paul D. Green, who was drone pilot and first assistant camera for The Christmas Dragon.*
Deaths
1961 — Franklyn Farnum (83), who portrayed an Atlantis official in Undersea Kingdom, a man from Omaha in Invasion USA, and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1970 — Rudy Robles (64), who portrayed Nugara in Jungle Goddess.
1989 — Victor Perrin (73), who portrayed the taxi driver in The Bubble.
2003 — Tyler McVey (91), who portrayed Doc Greyson in Attack of the Giant Leeches and Dr. Alex Wyman in Night of the Blood Beast.
2012 — Benedetto Ghiglia (90), who was composer for Secret Agent Super Dragon.
2017 — Alan Swain (59, cancer), who portrayed Sid Harris in Track of the Moon Beast.
2017 — David Lewis Yewdall (66), who was sound editor for the upcoming Deathsport.
2019 — Eduardo Fajardo (94), who portrayed Shandra in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
Episode Premieres
1992 — Being from Another Planet
July 5
Births
1876 — John Elliott, who portrayed Professor Hatfield in the Mad Monster.
1900 — Reed Howes, who portrayed a police inspector in The Sinister Urge.
1910 — Edvard Svendsen, who was an electrician for Reptilicus.
1911 — Axel Hubert Sr., who was music editor for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1912 — John Morley, who portrayed a doctor in The Space Children.
1912 — Richard M. Rubin, who was property master for Attack of the Giant Leeches and a prop flunky for Bloodlust.
1919 — Ward Costello, who portrayed Captain Macintosh in Code Name: Diamond Head and Dr. Robert Hedges in Terror from the Year 5000.
1920 — Ignacy Machowski, who portrayed Professor Durand in First Spaceship on Venus.
1920 — Enrique Zambrano, who portrayed Cayetano in The Black Scorpion.
1921 — Aram Katcher, who portrayed a factory window washer in Invasion USA.
1924 — Tony McCoy, who portrayed Lt. Dick Craig in and was an associate producer for Bride of the Monster.
1930 — Tommy Cook, who portrayed Mike Denton in Teenage Crime Wave.*
1930 — John Wood, who portrayed a sandwich board man in Gorgo.
1933 — Lisa Montell, who portrayed Deena in World Without End.
1936 — John G. Behm, who was an assistant director for Riding with Death.*
1937 — Del “Sonny” West, who portrayed Snake in The Hellcats.
1938 — Vera Oelschlegel, who had an unspecified role in First Spaceship on Venus.*
1944 — Bill Taylor, who was a special effects technician for Mac and Me.
1956 — Patsy Pease, who portrayed Amanda in the upcoming Space Raiders.*
Deaths
1959 — Elmer C. Rhoden Jr. (37, complications from heart attack), who was a producer for Daddy-O.
1966 — John P. Fulton (63), who was a visual effects technician for The Space Children.
1976 — Ray Kellogg (70), who was director for The Giant Gila Monster (also story writer) and The Killer Shrews.
1988 — Vezio Natili (71), who portrayed a villager in Cave Dwellers and a party guest in Diabolik.
2003 — Edward Ivory (76), who portrayed the auctioneer in Quest of the Delta Knights.
2017 — John Karlsen (97), who portrayed Blossom in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
2021 — Roger Cudney (85), who portrayed Inaros in Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
2021 — Joanne Haas (87), who was ladies costumer for Superdome
2021 — William Smith (88), who portrayed a man in Girls Town.
Events
1957 — Ava Gardner (Maggie Grayson in City on Fire) and Frank Sinatra get divorced.
Joby Baker, who portrayed the TV director in Avalanche, died back on June 22 at the age of 92. He also appeared in an episode of Gemini Man that was not used in Riding with Death.
https://deadline.com/2026/07/joby-baker-dead-1236974124/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048587/
>1957 — Ava Gardner (Maggie Grayson in City on Fire) and Frank Sinatra get divorced.
Also, Frank Sinatra was mentioned (and vocally imitated) in Episode #505, “Magic Voyage of Sinbad”, when Joel’s invention was the Rat Pack chess set.
July 6
Births
1914 — Irvin Berwick, who was dialogue coach for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1915 — Eric Orbom, who was art director for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1922 — William Schallert, who portrayed Professor Mills in Hangar 18, Marshall Scott Hood in Gunslinger, and a newscaster in Invasion USA.
1925 — Sergio Llanes, who portrayed a henchman of The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1926 — Marian Carr, who portrayed Eva Martin in Indestructible Man.
1929 — Ray Mendoza, who portrayed El Indio in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1931 — Robert Dunham, who portrayed Captain Martin in The Green Slime and Emperor Antonio of Seatopia in Godzilla vs Megalon (also motorcycle stunt rider and car hire).
1933 — June Kenney, 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.
1951 — Jules Desjarlais, who portrayed Tommy in Werewolf.*
Deaths
1943 — Reginald Barlow (77), who portrayed Professor Warwick in The Mad Monster.
1966 — Anne Nagel (50, liver cancer), who portrayed Lenora Cameron in The Mad Monster.
1967 — Poul Bang (62), who was director and production manager for Reptilicus.
1968 — John Indrisano (62, suicide), who portrayed Thor in The Human Duplicators.
1973 — Patrick McVey (63), who portrayed a detective at Helen’s apartment in The Brute Man.
1994 — Cameron Mitchell (75), who portrayed George Benedict in Stranded in Space and Alex Jansen in Space Mutiny.
2000 — Shirley Ulmer (86), who was script supervisor for The Amazing Transparent Man.
2007 — John Lehne (81), who portrayed Havilland in Master Ninja I.
2011 — Keith Wilson (69), who was production designer for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars and Cosmic Princess.
2020 — Ennio Morricone (91), who was composer for Operation Double 007 and Diabolik.
2023 — Jimmy Weldon (99), who portrayed Lt. Webb in The Phantom Planet.
2024 — Robert Winston (93), who portrayed Lt. Lyons in The Starfighters.
Events
2017 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live! – Watch Out for Snakes! Tour premieres at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
July 7
Births
1887 — Raymond Hatton, who portrayed Gasspon in Undersea Kingdom and Pete in Day the World Ended.
1894 — Roland D. Reed, who was a producer for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1898 — Edward Curtiss, who was editor for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1901 — Sam Katzman, who was a producer for The Corpse Vanishes (also a man in the newspaper office) and Teenage Crime Wave.
1901 — Eiji Tsuburaya, who was special effects director for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and a producer for Mighty Jack.
1907 — Robert A. Heinlein, who was a writer for Project Moon Base.
1908 — Pascual García Peña, who portrayed José de la Cruz in The Black Scorpion and Pancho in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1913 — Fred F. Sears, who was director for Teenage Crime Wave.
1918 — George Milan, who portrayed General Nelson in War of the Colossal Beast and the title character in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.
1921 — Jorge Stahl Jr., who was cinematographer for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1922 — Alan A. Armer, who was a producer for Stranded in Space.
1924 — Norman Priggen, who was associate producer for Circus of Horrors.**
1924 — Eddie Romero, who was director and producer for Beyond Atlantis.
1925 — Leo Acosta, who composed the jazz music used in The Batwoman.
1926 — Augusto Larretta, who portrayed King Tylor in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.
1927 — Richard Garland, who portrayed Pendragon in The Undead.
1930 — Peter Porteous, who portrayed Petrov in Cosmic Princess.
1931 — Nan Peterson, who portrayed the carhop in Girls Town.
1940 — Guillermo Antón, who portrayed Matt Collins in Pod People.
1951 — T.A. Moore Jr., who was re-recording mixer for Mac and Me.*
1952 — Armando Guerrero, who was a stuntman for Mac and Me.*
Deaths
1966 — Ed Wolff (59, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed the robot in The Phantom Creeps.
1980 — Daniel White (73), who portrayed Porky Reed in Attack of the Giant Leeches.
2007 — Freddie Earlle (83), who portrayed a little man in Moon Zero Two.
2009 — Whitey Hughes (88), who had an unspecified role in and was a stuntman for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
2021 — Heidi Erich (84), who portrayed Grace in Devil Doll.
2024 — Frank Larrabee (75), who portrayed the lead singer of The Band That Played California Lady in Track of the Moon Beast.
Home Media Releases
2009 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV
July 8
Births
1894 — Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, who was director for The Loves of Hercules.
1898 — Mel Ruick, who portrayed Dr. Munson in The Human Duplicators.
1900 — Paul Weatherwax, who was editor for Revenge of the Creature.
1905 — Don Ament, who was art director for The She-Creature.
1917 — Glenn Langan, who portrayed Captain Ross in Women of the Prehistoric Planet and Glenn Manning in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1918 — Craig Stevens, who portrayed Colonel Parkman in The Deadly Mantis.
1921 — Leslie Heritage, who portrayed Carl in The Crawling Eye.
1928 — Mark Herron, who portrayed Leo McCabe in Girl in Gold Boots.
1946 — Massimo Vanni, who portrayed Big Little Man in Escape 2000.*
1952 — Helen Bricker, who was a set teacher for The Day Time Ended.
1957 — Alan Stock, who portrayed a kissing boy in Being from Another Planet.*
1979 — Mike Simmrin, who portrayed Leon in Munchie.*
Deaths
1986 — Burl Stafford (81), who was chief set electrician for War of the Colossal Beast.
1991 — Ben Chapman (82), who was production manager for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews.
1991 — James Franciscus (57, emphysema), who portrayed Jimbo in City on Fire, Clayton Stone in Space Travelers, and Paul Diller in Killer Fish.
1992 — Bill Welch (age unknown), who was construction manager for Phase IV.**
1994 — Dick Sargent (64), who portrayed Dr. Jameson in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
2001 — Joseph F. Robertson (76), who was producer for The Crawling Hand (also providing the crawling hand), The Slime People (also a bum in the theater), and Agent for H.A.R.M.
2012 — Ernest Borgnine (95), who portrayed the grandfather in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.
2014 — Vanna Bonta (61), who portrayed a lab student in Being from Another Planet.
2018 — Tab Hunter (86), who portrayed Stayczek in San Francisco International.
2022 — Brian Blamey (92), who was dubbing editor for The Projected Man.
Special Premieres
2022 — A Tribute to Gamera vs Guiron (with Sleep for Health)
Ian Kennedy Martin, who was a writer for Mitchell, died back on June 27 at the age of 90. The only obituary I know of is hidden behind a Guardian paywall, though.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552409
July 9
Births
1900 — Joseph LaShelle, who was cinematographer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf
1918 — Manuel Merino, who was cinematographer for The Castle of Fu Manchu.**
1920 — Jan Kayne, who portrayed the maid in Radar Secret Service.**
1921 — Dakar, who portrayed High Priest Dakkar in Ator: The Fighting Eagle, as well as appearing in the stock footage flashback in Cave Dwellers.
1927 — Susan Cabot, who portrayed Enger in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent.
1928 — Vince Edwards, who portrayed Hawk in the upcoming Space Raiders.
1931 — Bill DeLand, who portrayed Saul in Teenagers from Outer Space.
1932 — Paul Jasiukonis, who was sound effects editor for Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1932 — Lucia Modugno, who portrayed a prostitute in Diabolik.*
1936 — James Hampton, who portrayed Lew Price in Hangar 18.
1939 — Xavier Cruz, who was cinematographer for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.*
1940 — Alex Rebar, who portrayed Steve West in The Incredible Melting Man.
1940 — Lee Stetson, who portrayed Tanner in Code Name: Diamond Head.*
1946 — Norbert Weisser, who portrayed Bolo in City Limits.*
Deaths
1962 — Jack Carson (68), who portrayed Chief Eagle Eye in Circus of Horrors.
1970 — George Becwar (52, heart attack), who portrayed John Swanson in War of the Colossal Beast and Professor Strowski in Bride of the Monster.
1970 — Ana María Noé (55-56, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Lotte Krayendorf in Operation Double 007.**
1982 — Jack Voglin (77), who was production manager for Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1985 — Rafael Campos (49, cancer), who portrayed Luis in Agent for H.A.R.M. and had an unspecified role in Girl in Gold Boots.
2007 — Jerry Ito (79), who portrayed Roberto Okamura in Mighty Jack.
2010 — Vonetta McGee (65), who portrayed Sonny in Superdome.
2021 — John Gayford (88), who was ADR director for Ator: The Fighting Eagle.
Movie Premieres
2013 — Atlantic Rim
1932 — Lucia Modugno, who portrayed a prostitute in Diabolik.*
She’s a 94 year-old prostitute!
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Births
1897 — Bartlett A. Carre, who was production supervisor for Swamp Diamonds, Day the World Ended, and The She-Creature (also assistant director), as well as assistant director for Gunslinger.
1911 — Terry-Thomas, who portrayed the Minister of Finance in Diabolik.
1917 — Aleksandr Renkov, who was a special effects technician for The Day the Earth Froze and special effects camera for The Sword and the Dragon.**
1927 — William Smithers, who portrayed Dr. Karl in the upcoming Deathsport.
1929 — Donald Toms, who was production manager for Cosmic Princess.
1930 — Susan Cummings, who portrayed Marie in Swamp Diamonds.
1931 — Tito Carpi, who was a writer for Escape 2000.**
1934 — Tony Barwick, who was a writer and script editor for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1938 — Christoph Lindert, who portrayed the sheriff in Making Contact.
1943 — Ursula Wolff, who had an unspecified role in Hamlet.*
1948 — Natalya Sedykh, who portrayed Nastenka in Jack Frost.*
Deaths
1968 — Vladimir Solovyov (58, gulag sabbatical), who portrayed Kassyan in The Sword and the Dragon.
1982 — Bert Cann (65), who was still photographer for The Deadly Bees.
1983 — Paul Blaisdell (55, stomach cancer), who was prop designer for The Amazing Colossal Man, Earth vs the Spider, and Teenagers from Outer Space, monster costume wearer for It Conquered the World (also special effects technician), Day the World Ended (also special effects technician and monster designer), and The She-Creature (also monster designer), monster designer for Teenage Cave Man and Night of the Blood Beast, and the corpse in The Undead.
1991 — Del Harris (88), who was sound effects editor for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and sound editor for World Without End.
1996 — Paul King (69), who was a writer and producer for Code Name: Diamond Head.
1998 — Alejandro Sessa (70), who was a producer for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.
1999 — Carolyn Turner (57-58, natural causes, capisce), who was a puppet operator for Invaders from the Deep.**
2015 — Paul L. Jacobson (age unknown), who was story writer and producer for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.**
2021 — Jefferson Richard (74), who was second unit first assistant director for Hangar 18.
Televison Premieres
1954 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode “Crash of Moons: Chapter 1” (later compiled into Crash of Moons)
Events
1992 — Day 1 of Mystery Science Theater Alive! (The show’s first official live performance).