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July 11
Births
1886 — Ralph M. DeLacy, who was art director for The Phantom Creeps.
1889 — Alfred E. Green, who was director for Invasion USA.
1894 — Benjamin H. Kline, who was cinematographer for Last of the Wild Horses.
1925 — David Graham, who voiced multiple characters in Invaders from the Deep.
1929 — Sandy Frank, who was producer of the English language versions of Humanoid Woman, The Legend of Dinosaurs, Gamera, Gamera vs Barugon, Time of the Apes, Gamera vs Gaos, Fugitive Alien, Gamera vs Guiron, Mighty Jack, Gamera vs Zigra, and Star Force: Fugitive Alien II.*
1929 — Ted Thomas, who provided the English dub voices of Emperor Antonio of Seatopia in Godzilla vs Megalon, Kawajiri in Gamera vs Barugon, and Kanamura in Gamera vs Gaos.
1931 — Tab Hunter, who portrayed Stayczek in San Francisco International.
1936 — Angus Duncan, who portrayed Sir James in The Magic Sword.
1940 — Tom Scherman, who was special makeup artist for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
1963 — Lisa Rinna, who portrayed Annie in Robot Wars.*
Deaths
1976 — Ernest Zatorsky (75), who was a sound technician for the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
1986 — Lucille Wall (88), who portrayed Lucille March AKA Nursferatu in the General Hospital short paired with Manhunt in Space.
1999 — Hal W. Polaire (80), who was production manager for Stranded in Space.
2007 — Rod Lauren (68, suicide), who portrayed Paul Lawrence in The Crawling Hand.
2009 — John Breslin (80), who portrayed a soldier in Gorgo.
Episode Premieres
1998 — The Touch of Satan
Events
1973 — Ann-Margret (Jody Dvorak in Kitten with a Whip) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6501 Hollywood Blvd.
1992 — Day 2 of Mystery Science Theater Alive! (the show’s first official live performance).
July 12
Births
1895 — Robert E. Cline, who was cinematographer for I Accuse My Parents.
1902 — Hugh McDowell Jr., who was sound engineer for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1905 — Edward Bernds, who was director and writer for World Without End.
1920 — Robert G. Anderson, who portrayed a guard in The Space Children.
1921 — Mel Curtis, who portrayed Lt. Cutler in The Phantom Planet.
1926 — Tiberio Mitri, who portrayed a Valmont henchman in Diabolik.
1927 — Jerry Itô, who portrayed Roberto Okamura in Mighty Jack.
1928 — Peter Cellier, who portrayed a museum curator in The Pumaman.*
1930 — Scott Peters, who portrayed Sergeant Lee Carter in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1936 — Peter Aston, who was a model maker for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.*
1938 — Ken’ichirô Maruyama, who portrayed a newspaper reporter in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.*
1938 — Riccardo Petrazzi, who portrayed the fighter with a knife in Escape 2000 (also stunt coordinator) and a Zarth henchman in Starcrash.
1943 — Ron Kivett, who was story writer, monster costume designer, and technical director for Blood Waters of Dr. Z.
1949 — George Paulsin, who portrayed the boy in the pickup in It Lives by Night.*
1952 — Tomy Wigand, who was editor for Making Contact.*
Deaths
1964 — Eddie Holden (63), who portrayed Harper in The Mad Monster.
1970 — Stanley Wilson (52, heart attack), who was composer for Radar Men from the Moon, musical director for The Beatniks, and music supervisor for San Francisco International.
1973 — Lon Chaney Jr. (67), who portrayed Captain Hakur in Undersea Kingdom and Butcher Benton in Indestructible Man.
1982 — Raymond Borderie (85), who was co-producer for Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1987 — Harold Goodwin (84), who portrayed Detective Joe in The Leech Woman.
1988 — José Chávez (72), who portrayed the train conductor in The Black Scorpion and Manuel in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1996 — Primiano Muratori (71), who was a sound engineer for Warrior of the Lost World.
2008 — Claudio Guzmán (80), who was art director for Daddy-O.
2018 — Gloria Chávez (79), who portrayed Esmeralda in The Batwoman.
Episode Premieres
1997 — Jack Frost
Happy Birthday me :)
July 13
Births
1893 — Sam Comer, who was set decorator for The Space Children.
1898 — Ivan Triesault, who portrayed Dr. Ulof in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1899 — Ronald Davidson, who was a writer for Radar Men from the Moon.
1903 — Charles S. Gould, who was assistant director for Last of the Wild Horses.
1918 — Larry Taylor, who portrayed Marlenus in Outlaw.
1920 — James Anderson, who portrayed Boyd Ambercrombie in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1920 — Sandro Continenza, who was a writer for Hercules and the Captive Women and The Loves of Hercules.
1920 — John F. Schreyer, who was editor for Untamed Youth.
1921 — Ernest Gold, who was composer for The Screaming Skull.
1922 — Dino Verde, who was a writer for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1924 — George E. Carey, who was a producer for The Touch of Satan.
1927 — Steven Marlo, who portrayed a guard in Stranded in Space.
1933 — Elaine DuPont, who had an unspecified role in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.*
1933 — Konstantin Zagorsky, who was production designer for Humanoid Woman.
1940 — Jim Danforth, who was matte artist and matte photographer for The Day Time Ended and a stop motion animator for Robot Wars.*
1940 — John Golding, who was second unit focus puller for At the Earth’s Core.*
1941 — Robert Enrietto, who was first assistant director for SST: Death Flight and Code Name: Diamond Head (also unit production manager).
1941 — Robert Forster, who portrayed Nick Thorne in Avalanche.
Deaths
1954 — Grantland Rice (73), who was executive producer for the short Catching Trouble (paired with Teenage Cave Man).
1955 — Stanley Price (62), who portrayed E.J. Henning in and was dialogue director for Last of the Wild Horses.
1978 — Baku Hatakeyama (34, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Gebâ in Time of the Apes.
1986 — Takashi Kanda (68, fall), who portrayed Inspector Takeda in Prince of Space and Defense Chief Takita in Invasion of the Neptune Men.
2010 — Alan Hume (85), who was cinematographer for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
2010 — Jerry Wills (63), who was a stuntman for City Limits.
Movie Premieres
1960 — Hercules Unchained (U.S.)
Episode Premieres
1991 — Time of the Apes
Home Media Releases
2010 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII
July 14
Births
1893 — Frank McLure, who portrayed a cocktail party guest in I Accuse My Parents.
1906 — Arthur Hammond, who was assistant director for The Corpse Vanishes.
1916 — André Brummer, who was composer for Eegah and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
1917 — Charles R. Rondeau, who was director for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1926 — Paul King, who was a writer and producer for Code Name: Diamond Head.
1928 — Lucyna Winnicka, who portrayed Joan Moran in First Spaceship on Venus.
1931 — Masaru Igami, who was a writer for The Legend of Dinosaurs and story writer for Prince of Space.
1935 — Darrell Cathcart, who was cinematographer for Carnival Magic.
1935 — Andris Osins, who portrayed Lemminkäinen in The Day the Earth Froze.
1937 — Kevin Connor, who was director for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.*
1939 — Peter Duryea, who portrayed Tad Duval in Catalina Caper.
1939 — Sid Haig, who portrayed Donar in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II and East Eddie in Beyond Atlantis.
1958 — Janna Ryann AKA Geretta Geretta, who portrayed an Amazon in Warrior of the Lost World (and at 5’9″ she really was one).*
Deaths
1970 — Preston Foster (69), who portrayed Dr. Erik von Steiner in The Time Travelers.
1985 — William White (64), who had an unspecified role in The Human Duplicators.
1989 — Cosmo Sardo (80), who portrayed a reporter in Rocketship X-M and an office worker in Beginning of the End.
1993 — Robert Strong (87), who portrayed a passenger in SST: Death Flight, a deputy in The Hellcats, and an engineer in Space Travelers.
2003 — Aage Wiltrup (87), who was cinematographer for Reptilicus.
2009 — Dal McKennon (89), who was voice director for the short Robot Rumpus (paired with The Screaming Skull).
2010 — Joe Boston (74), who was production manager for Master Ninja I and a producer for Master Ninja II.
2013 — Dennis Burkley (67), who portrayed Pete Ungar in Laserblast.
Movie Premieres
1988 — Hobgoblins
Events
1943 — Gordon McLendon (actor and executive producer for The Giant Gila Monster [as narrator] and The Killer Shrews [as Dr. Radford Baines]) and Gay Noe (Mom Winstead in The Giant Gila Monster) get married.
1956 — Bryan Grant (Thor and production associate for Teenagers from Outer Space) and Ursula Hansen (Hilda in Teenagers from Outer Space) get married.
1972 — Tom Neyman (The Master, set designer, and wardrobe for Monos: The Hands of Fate) and Jacqueline Neyman (makeup artist for Manos: The Hands of Fate) get divorced.
1989 — Paperwork is filed with the state of Minnesota pertaining to the creation of a new corporation, Best Brains Inc.
2014 — Super-Powered Revenge Christmas (written by Bill Corbett) is published.
July 15
Births
1883 — Joseph Crehan, who portrayed Police Commissioner Salisbury in The Brute Man.
1885 — Tom Kennedy, who portrayed Tim the bartender in Invasion USA.
1897 — Tom Haisch, who was set decorator for Ring of Terror.
1905 — Aleksandr Khvylya, who portrayed Morozko in Jack Frost.
1905 — Vera Marshe, who portrayed Mrs. Hubbard in Tormented and Frieda Johnson in The Space Children.
1911 — Stan Shields, who was art director for Devil Doll.**
1912 — Reginald Mills, who was editor for Circus of Horrors.**
1913 — Duke Moore, who portrayed Sergeant Randy Stone in The Sinister Urge.
1919 — Andrea Bosic, who portrayed the bank manager in Diabolik and Admiral Durand in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1925 — Philip Carey, who portrayed Steve Connors in The Time Travelers.
1927 — Joe Turkel, who portrayed Nick in Tormented the sheriff in Village of the Giants.
1934 — David Bair, who portrayed Saul Wahrman in The Space Children.*
1935 — Gianni Garko, who portrayed Sheriff Gordon in Devil Fish.*
1935 — Andra Martin, who portrayed Linda Madison in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1939 — Patrick Wayne, who portrayed Vic Mathias in Beyond Atlantis.*
1941 — Dolores Faith, who portrayed Lisa Dornheimer in The Human Duplicators and Zetha in The Phantom Planet.
1945 — Chrissie Shrimpton, who portrayed the boutique attendant in Moon Zero Two.*
1947 — Catherine Battistone, who did second unit post-production ADR voice work for Outlaw.*
Deaths
1969 — José Elías Moreno (58, car accident), who portrayed the title role in Santa Claus.
1972 — Roland D. Reed (78), who was a producer for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1980 — Norman Stevans (63), who portrayed a passenger in SST: Death Flight and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1986 — Manuel Muñoz (69), who was sub-director for Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.
1990 — Bud Thackery (87), who was special effects technician and process photographer for Undersea Kingdom.
1991 — Bert Convy (57, brain tumor), who portrayed Tim Vernon in SST: Death Flight.
1998 — Cody Palance (42, malignant melanoma), who portrayed a beech thug in Angels Revenge.**
2004 — Dean Dillman Jr. (80), who was a writer and producer for The Atomic Brain.
2009 — Francesca Romana Coluzzi (66), who was a stuntwoman for Diabolik.
2009 — Fred Lerner (74), who portrayed a Jaguar boy in Girls Town.
2010 — Peter Fernandez (83), who provided the English dub voice of Ryota in and was English dub voice director for Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
2017 — Martin Landau (89), who portrayed Commander John Koenig in Cosmic Princess.
Movie Premieres
1956 — It Conquered the World
Events
1997 — The Sci-Fi Channel announces they picked up Mystery Science Theater 3000 for its 9th season.
July 16
Births
1875 — Walter Grant, who portrayed Esculapio in Hercules Unchained.**
1882 — Edward Earle, who portrayed the judge in I Accuse My Parents and Professor Anderson in The She-Creature.
1909 — Einar Bourman, who was a wardrobe flunky for 12 to the Moon and Invasion USA.
1909 — Attilio Dottesio, who portrayed Xelon in Hercules Against the Moon Men.
1910 — Hayes Pagel, who was interplanetary sound effects technician for The Phantom Planet.
1927 — Jane Hylton, who portrayed Angela Webb in Circus of Horrors.
1933 — Mary Turner, who was puppetry supervisor for Invaders from the Deep and puppet coordinator for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.*
1935 — Ted Wallis, who was production supervisor for The Deadly Bees.
1958 — Debi Storm, who portrayed Cora in Village of the Giants.*
1958 — Rachel Talalay, who was software supplier for City Limits and assistant production manager for the upcoming Space Raiders.*
Deaths
1986 — Paul McWilliams (67), who portrayed police officer Ed in The Unearthly.
1992 — Tatyana Pelttser (88), who portrayed the groom’s mother in Jack Frost.
1994 — Donald C. Glouner (80), who was visual effects technician for Space Travelers.
2006 — Barbara Eiler (83, surgery complications), who portrayed the ticket cashier in The Bubble.
Episode Premieres
1994 — Girls Town
July 17
Births
1909 — James W. Sullivan, who was art director for Invasion USA.
1915 — Jim Dannaldson, who was spider handler for Earth vs the Spider.
1921 — Acquanetta, who portrayed the native girl in Lost Continent.
1922 — Alfredo Salazar, who was writer for The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy, Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and The Batwoman (also production manager).
1926 — Piero Umiliani, who was composer for Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1928 — Sue England, who portrayed Jane Koberly in Teenage Crime Wave.
1928 — Geordie Hormel, who composed stock music used in Teenagers from Outer Space and music cues used in the short Robot Rumpus (paired with The Screaming Skull).
1932 — Fred Geringer, who was assistant art director for The Shape of Things to Come.
1944 — Catherine Schell, who portrayed Maya in Cosmic Princess and Clementine Taplin in Moon Zero Two.*
1952 — David Hasselhoff, who portrayed Prince Simon in Starcrash.*
1952 — Paul Pape, who did second unit post-production ADR voice work for Outlaw.*
1953 — Andras Hamori, who was assistant to the producer for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
Deaths
1974 — Chet Brandenburg (76), who portrayed the police officer with the flamethrower in Indestructible Man and a pedestrian in The Deadly Mantis.
1976 — Mikhail Yanshin (73), who portrayed Father Mushroom in Jack Frost.
1997 — Gene Warren (80), who was a visual effects technician for Avalanche.
2002 — Harry Gerstad (93), who was editor for Rocketship X-M and supervising editor for The Magic Sword.
2005 — Gavin Lambert (80), who was a writer for Avalanche.
2012 — Morgan Paull (67), who portrayed Salvatore Mistretta in Mitchell.
2017 — Harvey Atkin (74), who portrayed Jud in The Last Chase.
Movie Premieres
1958 — The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (Mexico)
1971 — Gamera vs Zigra (Japan)
Television Premieres
1954 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode “Crash of Moons: Chapter 2” (later compiled into Crash of Moons)
Episode Premieres
1993 — Hercules
July 18
Births
1898 — George Bricker, who was a writer for The Brute Man.
1902 — Curtis Mick, who was assistant production manager for Village of the Giants.
1904 — Lloyd Hill, who was gaffer for The Magic Sword.
1905 — René Dary, who portrayed the general in The Loves of Hercules.
1905 — Fae M. Smith, who was hair stylist for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1908 — Barry Gray, who was composer for Invaders from the Deep (also music supervisor), Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (also musical director), and Cosmic Princess.
1913 — Marvin Miller, who was narrator for King Dinosaur, The Day the Earth Froze, The Deadly Mantis, The Phantom Planet, and the short Pipeline to the Clouds (paired with A Tribute to Manos), as well as the English dub voice of Ilya Muromets in The Sword and the Dragon.
1915 — Jane Frazee, who portrayed Jane Cooper in Last of the Wild Horses.
1915 — Keith Richards, who portrayed Angelo in Untamed Youth and a slave in World Without End.
1917 — Alan Smiler, who had an unspecified role in and was editor for Rocket Attack USA.
1918 — Carl Ottosen, who portrayed General Mark Grayson in Reptilicus.
1924 — Tullio Altamura, who portrayed an unspecified role in Hercules and the Captive Women and Professor John Carmichael in Danger!! Death Ray.
1926 — Rod Wilmoth, who portrayed an officer in and was production manager for Girl in Gold Boots.
1927 — Carlo Franci, who was composer for Hercules Against the Moon Men and musical director for The Loves of Hercules.
1930 — Burt Kwouk, who portrayed Feng in stock footage used in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1937 — Mike Dodge, who was a contributing writer during Season 6, as well as portraying A. Bomb in 602 – Invasion USA.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1972 — Harold Miller (78), 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.
1984 — Remigio Del Grosso (72), who was a writer for Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1989 — Maurice Seiderman (81), who was makeup artist for Bride of the Monster.
1993 — Keith Aldrich (63), who portrayed Jerry in The Deadly Mantis.
1993 — Davis Roberts (76), who portrayed Harold in Master Ninja II.
2000 — Roberto Contreras (71), who portrayed Chumacho in The Black Scorpion, Carlos in The Beast of Hollow Mountain, and the gas station attendant in The Day Time Ended.
2015 — N. Brock Winkless IV (55-56, complications from multiple sclerosis), who was a puppeteer for Mac and Me.
Episode Premieres
1992 — Attack of the Giant Leeches
1998 — Gorgo
1999 — It Lives by Night
July 19
Births
1891 — William H. O’Brien, who portrayed the bartender in Jungle Goddess.
1892 — Hermann Gruber, who was camera operator for Hamlet.
1915 — Elliot Scott, who was art director for Gorgo.
1917 — Mentor Huebner, who was production illustrator for Space Travelers and Mac and Me.
1919 — Paul Dunlap, who was composer for Lost Continent, The Rebel Set, and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1919 — Dal McKennon, who was voice director for the short Robot Rumpus (paired with The Screaming Skull).
1919 — Patricia Medina, who portrayed Sarita in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1922 — Christoph Beyertt, who had an unspecified role in First Spaceship on Venus.
1924 — George Edwards, who was a producer for Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1929 — Archie Ludski, who was sound editor for Gorgo.
1930 — Preston Epps, who portrayed a bongo drummer in Girl in Gold Boots.
1936 — David Wilson, who appeared as himself in Catalina Caper.
1939 — Enzo Consoli, who portrayed an auction attendee in Operation Double 007.
1957 — Terri Treas, who portrayed Camisarde in Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.*
Deaths
1965 — Clyde Beatty (62), who was the animal trainer in the short Here Comes the Circus (paired with The Day the Earth Froze).
1968 — Jack P. Pierce (79), who was makeup artist for The Amazing Transparent Man and makeup director for The Brute Man.
1974 — Joe Flynn (49, drowned), who portrayed Bradshaw’s assistant in Indestructible Man.
1976 — Gene Roth (73, traffic accident), who portrayed Sheriff Cagle in Earth vs the Spider, Sheriff Kovis in Attack of the Giant Leeches, Mr. Nelson in Tormented, and the conductor in The Rebel Set.
1980 — Fred Parrish (87), who was still photographer for Jungle Goddess.
1982 — John Harvey (70), who portrayed Thompson in The Deadly Bees.
1986 — Daniel L. Fapp (82), who was cinematographer for Space Travelers.
1992 — Ken Pettus (77), who was a writer for Hangar 18.
1999 — Cavernario Galindo (75), who portrayed Cavernario in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
2001 — Paul Beeson (79), who was cinematographer for Moon Zero Two and Starcrash.
2006 — Tim Condren (79), who was a stuntman in Cosmic Princess and portrayed the yellow killer in Moon Zero Two.
2007 — Donald M. Wolak (64), who was best boy for The Touch of Satan.
2014 — John Fasano (52, heart failure), who portrayed Willian Washington in and was a writer and assistant director for Zombie Nightmare,
2015 — Van Alexander (100), who was composer for Girls Town.
2016 — Aldo Monti (87), who portrayed Count Dracula in Santo in the Treasure of Dracula.
Movie Premieres
1961 — Invasion of the Neptune Men (Japan)
Episode Premieres
1997 — Riding with Death
Events
1966 — Mia Farrow (Caroline Brace in Avalanche) and Frank Sinatra get married.
Latest RiffTrax is for the 1988 movie Demonwarp.
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A below the radar death from earlier this year. Rupert Harvey, who was a producer for City Limits, died on April 26. IMDB doesn’t have his birthday, so no idea what his age was.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0367703
July 20
Births
1884 — Bud Osborne, who portrayed Mac in Bride of the Monster and Mr. Carlton in I Accuse My Parents.
1899 — Melville De Lay, who was assistant director for The Mad Monster and I Accuse My Parents.
1919 — Paolo Levi, who was a writer for Operation Double 007.**
1922 — Harry Endo, who portrayed Dr. En-Ping in Code Name: Diamond Head.
1924 — Robert Nichols, who portrayed Joe Wilson in This Island Earth.
1927 — Byrd Holland, who portrayed the sheriff in The Creeping Terror.
1936 — Ken Johnson, who was music editor for Alien from L.A.
1938 — Gary Graver, who was cinematographer for the upcoming Deathsport.
1945 — Reiko Kasahara, who portrayed Sumiko Kanamura in Gamera vs Gaos, Florbella in Gamera vs Guiron, and Kyoko Ishikawa in Gamera vs Zigra.*
1964 — Hiroyuki Kawase, who portrayed Rokro Ibuki in Godzilla vs Megalon and had an unspecified role in Time of the Apes.*
1970 — Michael Haro, who was location manager for Munchie.*
1970 — Julie Michaels, who portrayed Irene in Doctor Mordrid.*
1988 — Jake Stormoen, who portrayed Airk in The Christmas Dragon.*
Deaths
1974 — Leslie Bradley (66), who portrayed the Symbol Maker in Teenage Cave Man.
1982 — Gian Paolo Rosmino (94), who portrayed Aesculapius in Hercules.
1992 — Herman King (76, surgery complications), who was a producer and publicist for Gorgo.
2006 — Robert Cornthwaite (89), who did unspecified English dub voice work for Reptilicus.
2010 — Eduard Sarlui (84), who was executive producer for Warrior of the Lost World.
2012 — Tony Epper (73), who portrayed a terminating hood in Alien from L.A.
2015 — Chico Lourant (86), who portrayed Gibbon the Wester Island ambassador in Gamera vs Jiger.
2024 — Robert Zelenka (64), who portrayed a member of Mike’s gang in Future War.
Episode Premieres
1991 — Daddy-O
Events
1924 — At the Olympic Games held in Paris, the United States men’s water polo team defeats Sweden 3-2, winning the bronze metal. Among the team members was Jam Handy (producer for Hired, The Selling Wizard, A Young Man’s Fancy, Out of This World, and A Case of Spring Fever, as well as executive producer for Uncle Jim’s Dairy Farm).
2007 — Eric Braedon (Ernest Graeber in Code Name: Diamond Head) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
July 21
Births
1902 — Leah Rhodes, who was costumer for Village of the Giants.
1918 — Marguerite James, who was script supervisor for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1922 — Demeter Bitenc, who portrayed Ariel in Colossus and the Headhunters.
1923 — Gleb Strizhenov, who portrayed Glan in Humanoid Woman.
1927 — Paul Blaisdell, 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.
1930 — Anthony Steffen, who portrayed Max in Killer Fish.
1935 — Aleksandr Rybin, who was cinematographer for Humanoid Woman.
1938 — Patricia Elliott, who portrayed a nurse in The Green Slime.
1940 — Lola Mason, who portrayed Donna Williams in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1944 — Michel Ray, who portrayed Bud Brewster in The Space Children.*
1945 — Jeong-im Nam, who portrayed Yoo Soon-a in Yongary.
Deaths
1967 — Basil Rathbone (75), who portrayed Lodac in The Magic Sword.
1981 — Ugo Sasso (71), who portrayed Lastene in Hercules Unchained.
1982 — Baynes Barron (65), who portrayed Nesor in Radar Men from the Moon.
1985 — Lawrence Woolner (73), who was executive producer for The Human Duplicators and presented Beyond Atlantis.
1987 — William Fritzsche (79), who was color consultant for This Island Earth.
1988 — Mikhail Volpin (85, car accident), who was a writer and lyricist for Jack Frost.
2001 — Óscar Cardozo Ocampo (58, car accident), who was a composer of additional music for Deathstalker II.
2002 — Victor B. Appel (94), who was sound engineer for Last of the Wild Horses.
2004 — Julien Lugrin (77), who was lighting cameraman for Invaders from the Deep and Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
Home Media Releases
1998 — Angels Revenge
1998 — Shorts, Volume 1
Events
1942 — Phillip Terry (Paul Talbot in The Leech Woman) and Joan Crawford get married.
1948 — Hillary Brooke (Marla Stevens in Lost Continent) and Jack Voglin (production manager for Women of the Prehistoric Planet) get divorced.
July 22
Births
1909 — Tommy Duggan, who portrayed a naval officer in Gorgo.
1912 — Luana Walters, who portrayed Pat Hunter in The Corpse Vanishes and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1922 — George Tychsen, who was a writer for the shorts Appreciating Your Parents (paired with The Unearthly) and What to Do on a Date? (paired with Swamp Diamonds).
1922 — Lee Van Atta, who portrayed Billy Norton in Undersea Kingdom.
1927 — Massimo Ciprari, who portrayed a fake diplomat in Diabolik.
1930 — Aviva Crane, who portrayed the convertible drive in Monster a Go-Go.
1930 — Bud Hoffman, who was editor for the Hellcats.
1933 — Don Haig, who was executive producer for The Brain.
1940 — Kenny Endoso, who portrayed a beach thug in Angels Revenge and was a stuntman for Robot Wars.
1941 — Gene Warren Jr., who was visual effects technician for Avalanche.
1944 — Nick Brimble, who portrayed Ray Torens in Cosmic Princess.*
1955 — Valerie Rae Clark, who portrayed a dancer in the upcoming Deathsport.*
Deaths
1950 — William Lyon Mackenzie King (75), who appeared as himself in the short Johnny at the Fair (paired with The Rebel Set).
1961 — Eduard Von Winterstein (89), who portrayed Weiland in First Spaceship on Venus.
1967 — Richard Bartell (69), who portrayed Joe Holden in I Accuse My Parents.
1967 — John L. Russell (62), who was cinematographer for Indestructible Man, Girls Town, and Invasion USA.
1976 — Adriano Baracco (68), who was story writer for Diabolik.
1980 — Vsevolod Tyagushev (57, gulag sabbatical), who portrayed Sbrodovich in The Sword and the Dragon.
1994 — Wendell Franklin (77), who was second assistant director for Catalina Caper and assistant director for Kitten with a Whip.
2000 — Eric Christmas (84), who portrayed Father Murphy in Code name: Diamond Head.
2001 — Austin Green (93), who portrayed Carl in Ring of Terror.
2005 — George Wallace (88, fall [probably not from his rocket pack running out of fuel]), who portrayed Commando Cody in Radar Men from the Moon.
2007 — László Kovács (74), who portrayed a man at the carnival in and was assistant camera for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies as well as camera operator for The Time Travelers.
2017 — Jimmy Clem (84), who portrayed Old Man Crenshaw in Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.
2025 — Greg Walker (79), who was a stuntman for the upcoming Deathsport.
Movie Premieres
1959 — Hercules (U.S.)
Episode Premieres
2022 — Gamera vs Jiger
I’m pretty sure that leaves “Gamera vs. Viras” as the only Gamera movie of the original run not to be MSTed. There’s also “Gamera Super Monster”, but that’s pretty much a non-canonical semi-clip show, so I don’t know if that one counts.
Old Man Crenshaw was 44 years-old when he made the movie.
July 23
Births
1891 — Everett Glass, who portrayed Timmek in World Without End.
1894 — Hans Weeren, who was sound engineer for The Mad Monster.
1903 — Samuel Hoffman, who was the theremin player for Project Moon Base, Rocketship X-M, Earth vs the Spider, and Day the World Ended.
1903 — John More, who portrayed a villager in Gorgo and a circus worker in Circus of Horrors.
1904 — Jack Greenhalgh, who was cinematographer for The Mad Monster, Robot Monster, and Lost Continent.
1912 — Charles Duncan, who was special effects technician for The Crawling Hand, The Slime People, and The Phantom Planet.
1916 — Tom Cound, who portrayed Group Captain Hawkins in The Deadly Mantis.
1918 — Shôichi Hirose, who portrayed an escaped slave in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.**
1919 — Don Isaacs, who was supervising foley editor for Mac and Me.
1924 — Gavin Lambert, who was a writer for Avalanche.
1926 — Harrison Muller Sr., who portrayed Professor McWayne in Warrior of the Lost World.
1929 — Georg Jensen, who was a sound technician for Reptilicus.
1931 — Gloria Moreland, who portrayed a belly dancer in The Rebel Set and a juror in The Phantom Planet.*
1933 — Bert Convy, who portrayed Tim Vernon in SST: Death Flight.
1968 — Shawn Levy, who portrayed Jim Bratten in Zombie Nightmare.*
Deaths
1970 — Leith Stevens (60), who was stock music composer for Women of the Prehistoric Planet, Hercules and the Captive Women (U.S. version), The Human Duplicators, Teen-Age Crime Wave, and The Phantom Planet, as well as composer for World Without End.
1972 — Roy Gordon (87), who portrayed the mayor in War of the Colossal Beast and Dr. Loren Wright in The Unearthly.
1978 — Charles Horvath (57, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Mike in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1987 — Randy Connor (32, natural causes, capisce), who was set constructor for the upcoming Space Raiders.
1988 — Betty Fancher (82), who was script supervisor for The Girl in Lovers Lane and The Screaming Skull.
1994 — Jack Eiseman (40, natural causes, capisce), who was the splatter car driver for Mac and Me.
1994 — Hans J. Salter (98), who composed stock music used in Women of the Prehistoric Planet, First Spaceship on Venus (U.S. version), Hercules and the Captive Women (U.S. version), The Human Duplicators, Kitten with a Whip, The Brute Man (also musical director), Revenge of the Creature, and The Thing That Couldn’t Die, as well as composer for This Island Earth, The Leech Woman, and The Mole People.
2006 — Mick Dillon (80), who wore the Gorgo suit in and was a stuntman for Gorgo.
2011 — Marc Hannibal (80), who portrayed Sergeant Dobkin in San Francisco International.
2017 — Elijah Perry (79), who was stunt driver for Carnival Magic.
2019 — Karen Golden (78), who was script supervisor for Space Raiders.
2022 — Jered Barclay (91), who portrayed Ralph in Untamed Youth.
2024 — Arnaldo Dell’Acqua (86), who portrayed Security Guard Delta 1 and a rebel in and was a stuntman for Escape 2000.
Episode Premieres
1994 — Invasion USA
Home Media Releases
2013 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXVII
Sitting Duck why do you say natural causes, capisce. Don’t you believe that’s how they died?
1929 — Georg Jensen, who was a sound technician for Reptilicus.
Meet Georg Jensen
His boy Elroy…
@jjk50: Pretty sure I explained this before, but just in case. You may have noticed that all those individuals died relatively young. Said individuals also have no publicly listed causes of death. So I’m morbidly joking that they were Mob hits. If you think this is in poor taste, I’m amenable to switching to listing such deaths as Undisclosed.
July 24
Births
1890 — Robert E. Barnes, who was assistant director for Robot Monster.
1893 — Edward R. Robinson, who was set decorator for The Brute Man.
1898 — Bernard B. Brown, who was sound director for The Brute Man.
1909 — Alan Curtis, who portrayed a guardsman in Undersea Kingdom.
1909 — Stuart Randall, who portrayed Captain John Lauder in Indestructible Man.
1912 — Nicholas Webster, who was director for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1927 — X Brands, who portrayed Marty Brenner in Avalanche.
1927 — Wilfred Josephs, who was incidental music composer for The Green Slime and composer for The Deadly Bees.
1932 — Sandra Giles, who portrayed Jana Ryan in Daddy-O.
1936 — Phyllis Douglas, who portrayed Eleanor in Girls Town.
1957 — Dirce Funari, who portrayed an Amazon in Starcrash.*
Deaths
1970 — Beatrice Roberts (65), who portrayed a nurse in The Brute Man.
1984 — Vincent Beck (59, cancer), who portrayed Voldar in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1986 — Mark Singleton (67), who portrayed the reporter with a microphone in Gorgo.
1997 — László Görög (93), who was a writer for Earth vs the Spider and The Mole People.
1999 — Beverly Younger (83), who portrayed Mrs. Turner in the short Mr. B Natural (paired with War of the Colossal Beast).
2003 — Iya Arepina (73), who portrayed Alyenushka in The Sword and the Dragon.
2009 — Adams Calvert (age unknown), who was pyrotechnic effects technician for the upcoming Space Raiders.**
2016 — Howard Epstein (99), who was editor for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
2020 — Regis Philbin (88), who portrayed Harry Carter in SST: Death Flight.
2021 — Alfie Scopp (101), who portrayed the taxi driver in The Mask.
2022 — David Warner (80), who portrayed Lord Vultaire and Baydool in Quest of the Delta Knights.
2023 — Don Wrege (69), who portrayed a mutant in the upcoming Deathsport.
Movie Premieres
1969 — Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (Mexico)
Television Premieres
1954 — Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode “Crash of Moons: Chapter 3” (later compiled into Crash of Moons)
Episode Premieres
1993 — Warrior of the Lost World
Events
1996 — Trace Beaulieu announces his departure from Best Brains, Inc.
@jjk50: Pretty sure I explained this before, but just in case. You may have noticed that all those individuals died relatively young. Said individuals also have no publicly listed causes of death. So I’m morbidly joking that they were Mob hits. If you think this is in poor taste, I’m amenable to switching to listing such deaths as Undisclosed.
It’s not in poor taste I was just wondering why you said that. Don’t change it.
July 25
Births
1905 — Wilbur Bradley, who was camera operator for Bloodlust.
1905 — Louis DeWitt, who was a visual effects technician for Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, The Phantom Planet, and The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1907 — Ichirô Sugai, who portrayed Dr. Matsu****a in Gamers vs Barugon.
1908 — DeWitt Bodeen, who was a writer for 12 to the Moon.
1910 — Henry Larrecq, who was art director for San Francisco International.
1913 — Richard Dixon, who was assistant director for Women of the Prehistoric Planet, Catalina Caper, The Girl in Lovers Lane, and The Bubble, as well as associate producer for High School Big Shot.
1920 — Jean Engstrom, who portrayed Peg Gamble in The Space Children.
1920 — Richard Shannon, who portrayed Lt. Colonel Alan Manley in The Space Children.
1928 — Jorge Cheques, who portrayed a police inspector in Killer Fish.
1928 — Mimmo Palmara, who portrayed Polinices in Hercules Unchained, Astor in Hercules and the Captive Women, Iphitus in Hercules (also a stunt double for Steve Reeves), and Kurt in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1929 — Al Adamson, who was director for Carnival Magic.
1933 — George Dickerson, who portrayed Tracton in the upcoming Space Raiders.
1934 — Don Ellis, who was composer for Moon Zero Two.
1934 — Irwin Yablans, who was executive producer for Laserblast.*
1954 — Lynne Frederick, who portrayed Kendra Eldridge in Phase IV.
1960 — John Scherer, who was co-producer and unit production manager for Soultaker.
1963 — Nico Sachse, who was additional assistant director for Alien from L.A.*
Deaths
1967 — Buddy Myers (61), who was Spacevision sound re-recordist for The Bubble.
1968 — Alexander Engel (66), who portrayed the ghost in Hamlet.
1975 — Povl Wøldike (75), who portrayed Dr. Peter Dalby in Reptilicus.
1984 — Akihiko Hirata (56, lung cancer), who portrayed Captain Yamoto in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and a Space Force official in Fugitive Alien.
2005 — Alf Joint (77), who portrayed an overseer in Cosmic Princess and a security man in The Projected Man.
2007 — Lloyd Nelson (80), who portrayed Heathcliff in The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.
2008 — Mikhail Pugovkin (85), who portrayed Razumets in The Sword and the Dragon.
2009 — Tony Brandt (79), who was first assistant director for Warrior of the Lost World.
2010 — John Galvarro (82), who portrayed Larry in the short Are You Ready for Marriage? (paired with Racket Girls).
2011 — Robert E. Lessner (77), who was a sound technician for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
2018 — Patrick Williams (79), who was composer for San Francisco International.
2020 — John Saxon (83), who portrayed Walter Deaney in Mitchell.
Episode Premieres
1992 — The Killer Shrews
1998 — The Final Sacrifice
1999 — Horrors of Spider Island
Events
1945 — Mel Ruick (Dr. Munson in The Human Duplicators) and Lurene Tuttle (Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp in Untamed Youth and Anna Noble in Parts: The Clonus Horror) get divorced.
2008 — The MST3K Reunion Panel held at ComicCon ’08 in San Diego reunites the key players of Best Brains. It is moderated by future MST3K performer Patton Oswalt.
July 26
Births
1895 — Kenneth Harlan, who portrayed Keenan in The Corpse Vanishes.
1898 — Anna Orochko, who portrayed Louhi in The Day the Earth Froze.
1899 — Nat Levine, who was a producer for Undersea Kingdom.
1901 — John Bleifer, who portrayed Jule in World Without End.
1901 — Paul Bradley, who portrayed an officer at the proving grounds in Lost Continent.
1910 — Henry Bederski, who portrayed a balding middle-aged kid at the diner in The Sinister Urge.
1918 — Kenneth Rive, who was executive producer for Devil Doll.
1919 — Norma Gilchrist, who had an unspecified role in The Brute Man.
1920 — Osiride Pevarello, who portrayed Sandur in Cave Dwellers and a good-natured tavern brawler in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1926 — James Best, who portrayed Captain Thorne Sherman in The Killer Shrews and a party guest in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1928 — Edward Mannix, who was the English dub voice for Sandur in Cave Dwellers, Bill Stevens in Pod People, President Henry Clark in Escape 2000, and Ralph Valmont in Diabolik, as well as unspecified voice dubbing in Master Ninja I, Danger!! Death Ray, and Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1942 — Jeremy Kay, who was assistant to the producer for The Bubble.*
1945 — Suzanna Leigh, who portrayed Vicki Robbins in The Deadly Bees.
Deaths
1960 — Cedric Gibbons (70), who was art director for The Painted Hills.
1983 — Vivienne Eden (57, natural causes, capisce), who was production secretary for The Killer Bees.
1992 — Archie Dalzell (80), who was cinematographer for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and camera operator for Radar Secret Service.
2002 — Tony Anholt (61), who portrayed Tony Verdeschi in Cosmic Princess.
2005 — Alexander Golitzen (97), who was art director for 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.
2011 — Sakyô Komatsu (80), who was story writer for Time of the Apes.
2014 — John Pommer (98), who was vice president of production for Stranded in Space.
Home Media Releases
2016 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVI
July 27
Births
1894 — Manuel París, who portrayed a dinner guest in This Island Earth.
1899 — Joseph Moncure March, who was writer and associate producer for the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
1913 — Claudio Gora, who portrayed the police chief in Diabolik.
1916 — Hazel W. Hall, who was script supervisor for Manhuunt in Space, Crash of Moons, and The Phantom Planet.
1916 — Keenan Wynn, who portrayed Colonel Farley in Laserblast and Jake Noble in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1922 — Adolfo Celi, who portrayed Beta in Operation Double 007 and Ralph Valmont in Diabolik.
1922 — Barbara Eiler, who portrayed the ticket cashier in The Bubble.
1925 — Ken Knox, who portrayed Horatio Alger “Steamroller” Smith in The Giant Gila Monster.
1926 — Jack Priestly, who was camera operator for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1930 — Del Tenney, who portrayed the gas station attendant in and was director and producer for The Horror of Party Beach.
1932 — Dinny Powell, who portrayed a Psychon in Cosmic Princess and was a stuntman for the upcoming Space Raiders.
1937 — Jens Due, who portrayed a journalist in Reptilicus.*
1937 — Don Galloway, who portrayed John Hiller in Riding with Death.
1938 — Danielle De Metz, who portrayed Mignonette in The Magic Sword.*
1939 — James Victor, who portrayed Joey in Girl in Gold Boots.
1941 — Paul DeCeglie, who portrayed a party guest in SST: Death Flight.*
1946 — John Achorn, who voiced Watney and performed other second unit post-production ADR voice work for Outlaw.*
1947 — Robbie Greenberg, who was cinematographer for Being from Another Planet.*
1949 — Maury Chaykin, who portrayed Gondol in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1949 — Susan Gordon, who portrayed Sandy Hubbard in Tormented.
Deaths
1974 — Julián de Meriche (64-65), who portrayed the police chief in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.**
1979 — Ettore Manni (52, gunshot), who portrayed King Androclo in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1982 — Ryôsaku Takayama (65), who was monster designer for Gamera, Gamera vs Guiron, Gamera vs Zigra, and Gamers vs Jiger.
1989 — Britt Nilsson (46, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed the brunette in Catalina Caper.
2000 — Val Dufour (73), who portrayed Quintus Ratcliff in The Undead.
2002 — Frank Inn (86), who was the lion trainer for Hercules and cat “trainer” for This Island Earth.
2007 — William Tuttle (95), who was makeup creator for The Painted Hills and makeup artist for Girls Town.
2009 — Pearl Shear (91), who portrayed Sara Golden in Doctor Mordrid.
2010 — Maury Chaykin (61), died on his birthday.
2015 — Daniele Patucchi (69-70), who was composer for Warrior of the Lost World.**
2021 — Anthony Parker (90), who portrayed a student climber in The Crawling Eye.
2022 — Burt Metcalfe (87), who portrayed a guard in The Space Children.
Movie Premieres
1965 — Monster A-Go Go
Episode Premieres
1991 — Gamera vs Gaos
Events
1998 — Robert Vaughn (Gordon Cain in Hangar 18 and the title role in Teenage Cave Man) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Blvd.
> 1894 — Manuel París
Later models had an automatic transmission.
Movie Premieres
1965 — Monster A-Go Go
but there was no movie premiere today…..
July 28
Births
1897 — Robert Ramsey, who was costume designer for Undersea Kingdom.
1907 — Carl Hittleman, who was a producer for Last of the Wild Horses.
1911 — Ann Doran, who portrayed Martha Blake in The Painted Hills and Mavis in Kitten with a Whip.
1912 — George Cisar, who portrayed Lem Sawyer in Attack of the Giant Leeches and Fred the Doughy Guy in Teenage Crime Wave.
1912 — Colin Douglas, who portrayed Hans in the Crawling Eye.
1912 — Thol Simonson, who made special devices for Earth vs the Spider.
1920 — Andrew V. McLaglen, who was director for Mitchell.
1920 — Joe Zomar, who was special effects technician for Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1923 — Dean Dillman Jr., who was a writer and producer for The Atomic Brain.
1925 — Bill Sollner, who was a sound technician for the shorts Speech: Using Your Voice (paired with Earth vs the Spider), Cheating (paired with The Wild Wild World of Batwoman), and Speech: Platform Posture and Appearance (paired with Red Zone Cuba).
1926 — Charles Biddle Sr., who portrayed the janitor in Zombie Nightmare.
1928 — Bob Orrison, who portrayed a Mistrella hood in and was a stuntman for Mitchell.
1941 — Peter Marinker, who performed the English dub voice for Colonel Yurulin in Fugitive Alien and Atari in Mighty Jack.*
1942 — Marta Albertinazzi, who was art director and costume designer for Deathstalker II.*
1942 — Maura Monti, who portrayed the title role in The Batwoman.*
1944 — Tsunehiko Watase, who portrayed Takashi Ashizawa in The Legend of Dinosaurs.
1947 — Hugh Corcoran, who portrayed Jaffe’s son in World Without End.
1955 — Nina Axelrod, who portrayed Susie Fuller in Being from Another Planet.*
1962 — Patrizia Pellegrino, who portrayed Gina in Final Justice.*
Deaths
1965 — Ronald Davidson (66), who was a writer for Radar Men from the Moon.
1981 — Ray Mercer (85), who was a visual effects technician for Lost Continent and The Beast of Yucca Flats, as well as a special effects technician for I Accuse My Parents, Radar Secret Service, Last of the Wild Horses, and The Sinister Urge.
1982 — George Kleinsinger (68), who was incidental music composer for The Green Slime and composer for the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
1984 — Bess Flowers (85), who portrayed a party guest in The She-Creature.
1985 — Grant Williams (53, peritonitis), who portrayed Neil Foster in The Leech Woman.
1993 — Ricardo Luna (67), who was choreographer for Santa Claus.
1994 — Aldo Farnese (57, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Henry Krasker in The Dead Talk Back.
1994 — Héctor Godoy (68), who portrayed Mario Robles in The Batwoman.
1996 — Bryant Haliday (68), who portrayed Vorelli in Devil Doll and Dr. Paul Steiner in The Projected Man.
2003 — True Boardman (93), who was a writer for The Painted Hills
2004 — Sam Edwards (89), who portrayed Red in The Beatniks.
Home Media Releases
2015 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXIII
Events
1973 — Lee Majors (Franklyn Hart in The Last Chase and Robert Lasky in Killer Fish) and Farrah Fawcett (executive producer for Killer Fish) get married.
1979 — 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 Gordon (wardrobe flunky 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 divorced.
The teaser trailer for the MST3K Rifftrax Experiments was released yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KottXcRvssg&t=5s
And, on the weekend between the two Fathom Events showings of the first MST/RT experiment, the Mahoning Drive-In in Mahoning, PA is having their annual MST3K Ultimate Fan Event on Sept. 11th & 12th. Jonah, Emily, and Matt McGinnis will be there, and each night will include a triple feature. Details here: https://events.ticketleap.com/events/mahoningdrivein/MST26 .
July 29
Births
1893 — Slim Whitaker, who portrayed a policeman in The Mad Monster.
1897 — Fred Lau, who was sound mixer for Lost Continent.
1910 — Bill Tinsman, who was casting director for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1911 — John Tatham, who portrayed a charity ball guest in Devil Doll.**
1922 — Frank Marth, who portrayed the Air Force systems director in Space Travelers.
1924 — Joe Cranston, who was story writer for The Crawling Hand and portrayed a soldier in Beginning of the End.
1924 — Robert Horton, who portrayed Commander Jack Rankin in The Green Slime.
1929 — Keith Aldrich, who portrayed Jerry in The Deadly Mantis.
1932 — Vic Diaz, who portrayed Manuel in Beyond Atlantis.
1938 — Enzo G. Castellari, who portrayed the radio operator with a mustache in and was director and writer for Escape 2000.*
1940 — Jack Milavic, who was a technical advisor for the upcoming Sting of Death.
1941 — Gianfranco Clerici, who was a writer for Devil Fish.
1941 — David Warner, who portrayed Lord Vultaire and Baydool in Quest of the Delta Knights.
1942 — Les Josephson, who portrayed Nick Caretta in Superdome.
1948 — Carla Challoner, who portrayed Nicole Vanet as a child in Circus of Horrors.*
1972 — Wil Wheaton, who portrayed Drake in a host segment in 1101 – Reptilicus.*
Deaths
1985 — James Nolan (69), who portrayed a police dispatcher in The Brute Man.
1999 — Yelena Fadeyeva (85), who portrayed Maria Pavlovna in Humanoid Woman.
2001 — Alex Nicol (85), who portrayed Mickey in and was director for The Screaming Skull.
2005 — Michael Stone (56, auto accident), who was second assistant camera for Laserblast.
2006 — Edwin Tobolowsky (86), who was associate producer for Attack of the Eye Creatures.
2024 — Robert Banas (90), who portrayed a work farm inmate in Untamed Youth and Sonny DiMarco in Daddy-O and was choreographer for The Skydivers.
Home Media Releases
2014 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXX
Events
2000 — Jennifer Aniston (a bystander in Mac and Me) and Brad Pitt get married.
July 30
Births
1890 — Harry Lewis, who was head grip for The Rebel Set and grip for World Without End.
1891 — Fredy Barten, who had an unspecified role in First Spaceship on Venus.
1908 — Lawrence W. Butler, who was a visual effects technician for Space Travelers.
1908 — Robert Farfan, who was assistant director for Bride of the Monster.
1909 — John Burton, who was set decorator for The Girl in Lovers Lane, 12 to the Moon, and High School Big Shot.**
1921 — Gene Kauer, who was composer for The Atomic Brain, The Beast of Yucca Flats, and Agent for H.A.R.M.
1927 — Richard Johnson, who performed unspecified voice work for the English dub of Diabolik.
1931 — Bruno Mattei, who was assistant director for Devil Fish.
1941 — Paul Anka, who portrayed Jimmy Parlow in and was songwriter for Girls Town.*
1941 — Jerry Whittington, who was an electrician for Squirm.
1944 — Lee Dichter, who was sound mixer for Track of the Moon Beast.*
1952 — Dwight Joseph Lavers, who was best boy for Parts: The Clonus Horror.*
1962 — Monique Gabrielle, who portrayed Reena and Evie in Deathstalker II and Miss Laurel in Munchie.*
1977 — Christopher Ray, who was line producer for Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1968 — Tom Haisch (71), who was set decorator for Ring of Terror.
1972 — Eddie Carmel (37, glandular disease), who portrayed the monster in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1990 — Dale Knight (79), who was sound recordist for Bride of the Monster.
1995 — Nando Cicero (64), who portrayed Lastene in Hercules Unchained.
2000 — Nan Leslie (74), who portrayed Trinka in Crash of Moons.
2000 — Max Showalter AKA Casey Adams (83), who portrayed Lt. Dick Chasen in Indestructible Man.
2003 — Marian Carr (78), who portrayed Eva Martin in Indestructible Man.
2004 — J. Edward McKinley (87), who portrayed Raymond in The Time Travelers.
2017 — Vincent G. Cox (83), who was cinematographer for Space Mutiny.
2019 — Darah Marshall (85), who portrayed the blonde maiden in Teenage Cave Man
2022 — Alberto Yáñez (100), who portrayed a henchman of The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
Movie Premieres
1976 — Squirm
1994 — The Dead Talk Back
Episode Premieres
1994 — The Dead Talk Back
>1994 — The Dead Talk Back
…and get sent to their room.
You still there, Brian? It’s been three weeks since you last post.
July 31
Births
1893 — Roy Reid, who was a producer for The Violent Years and executive producer for The Sinister Urge.
1902 — Robert Griffin, who portrayed Police Chief Baker in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1910 — Emmett Bergholz, who was camera operator for World Without End.
1914 — Mario Bava, who was co-director, cinematographer, assistant director, special lighting technician, and special effects director for Hercules Unchained, visual effects technician for Hercules and the Captive Women, special effects and lighting technician for Hercules, and director, writer, and cinematographer for Diabolik.
1916 — Sidney Tafler, who portrayed Dr. Higgins in Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1922 — Marc Hamilton, who portrayed a Metalunan in This Island Earth and a priest in The Mole People.
1924 — Jacques Gallo, who portrayed Sir Dennis in The Magic Sword.
1924 — Garard Green, who portrayed the pilot in The Crawling Eye.
1926 — Hans Gottschalk, who was a producer for Hamlet.
1932 — Au-Son-Hi, who portrayed a Tugar dancer in The Sword and the Dragon.*
1939 — France Nuyen, who portrayed Tso-Tsing in Code Name: Diamond Head.*
1941 — Matthew F. Leonetti, who was cinematographer for Superdome and It Lives by Night (also executive producer).*
1953 — Tôru Furuya, who portrayed a child at the lighthouse in Gamera.*
Deaths
1979 — Roscoe Cline (80), who was mechanical effects technician for Invasion USA.
1987 — Joseph E. Levine (81), who was executive producer for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and presenter for Hercules Unchained (US version), Hercules (US version), and Village of the Giants.
2009 — Harry Alan Towers (88), who was writer and producer for The Castle of Fu Manchu, Outlaw, and The Million Eyes of Sumuru, as well as executive producer for The Shape of Things to Come.
Episode Premieres
1993 — Swamp Diamonds
Home Media Releases
2012 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIV
Seriously, someone in Brian’s neighborhood knock on his door or something.
August 1
Births
1871 — Eduard Von Winterstein, who portrayed Weiland in First Spaceship on Venus.
1898 — Stepan Kayukov, who portrayed Neptune in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and Churila in The Sword and the Dragon.
1904 — Jeanne Gerson, who portrayed Lucinda Strickland in The Touch of Satan.
1905 — Duncan Sutherland, who was art director for The Crawling Eye.**
1905 — Ada Vojtsik, who portrayed Lemminkäinen’s mother in The Day the Earth Froze.
1906 — Robert de Nesle, who was a co-producer for Hercules Against the Moon Men.
1910 — Jerry Mann, who portrayed Bernie in The Skydivers.
1910 — Thomas Morris, who was camera operator for Village of the Giants.
1913 — Akira Tatematsu, who portrayed Dr. Sangamon in Prince of Space.**
1916 — Clifford H. Poland Jr., who was cinematographer for The Wild Rebels.
1917 — Julio Cahero, who was sub-director for The Batwoman.
1917 — Joseph V. Mascelli, who was director for The Atomic Brain and cinematographer for The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.
1927 — Sandy Howard, who was executive producer for City on Fire.
1929 — Betty Ruth, who portrayed Sarah Stholl in The Dead Talk Back.
1933 — Dom DeLuise, who voiced the title character in Munchie.
1948 — Christopher Crowe, who was a writer for The Last Chase.*
Deaths
1971 — Paul Sawtell (65), who composed stock music used in The Slime People and The Brute Man and was composer for The Black Scorpion and The Bubble.
1975 — Howard Joslin (67), who portrayed a radar operator in The Space Children.
1980 — Strother Martin (61), who portrayed Nihka in World Without End.
1981 — Kelly Gordon (48, cancer), who portrayed Ken in Daddy-O.
1985 — Al Overton (73), who was a sound technician for It Conquered the World, Attack of the Giant Leeches, The Screaming Skull, and The Bubble, sound recordist for Earth vs the Spider, and sound mixer for The Phantom Planet.
1993 — Claire Du Brey (100), who portrayed Aunt Morgan in Girls Town.
2021 — Jerry Ziesmer (82), who was assistant director for Mitchell.
2024 — Rainer Brandt (88), who portrayed Robbie in Horrors of Spider Island.
2025 — Myrl A. Schreibman (80), who was a writer, producer, and visual consultant for Parts: The Clonus Horror.
Episode Premieres
1992 — Hercules Unchained
1999 — Squirm
Special Premieres
1997 — The Making of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Sci-Fi era making of special)
>1917 — Julio Cahero, who was sub-director for The Batwoman.
They needed a sub-director for all those underwater scenes.
August 2
Births
1854 — Francis Marion Crawford, who wrote the short story that The Screaming Skull is loosely adapted from.
1906 — Milton Rosen, who composed stock music used in Revenge of the Creature and was music supervisor for The Leech Woman.
1913 — Clark Ross, who portrayed a reporter in Space Travelers.
1915 — Beverly Younger, who portrayed Mrs. Turner in the short Mr. B Natural (paired with War of the Colossal Beast).
1916 — Elizabeth Russell, who portrayed Countess Lorenz in The Corpse Vanishes.
1917 — Wah Chang, who was scorpion puppet creator for The Black Scorpion.
1917 — Jack Nagle, who portrayed Dr. Richardson in the upcoming Sting of Death.
1919 — Carlo Savina, who was musical director for Hercules Unchained (also a songwriter) and Hercules.
1922 — Charles McLine, who portrayed a detective in Attack of the Eye Creatures.
1927 — Claudio Guzmán, who was art director for Daddy-O.
1928 — Gilbert Marchant, who was music editor for The Killer Shrews and The Amazing Transparent Man, as well as second unit post-production supervising sound editor for Outlaw.
1928 — Yôko Tani, who portrayed Sumiko Ogimura in First Spaceship on Venus.
1929 — Bernard L. Kowalski, who was director for Attack of the Giant Leeches and Night of the Blood Beast.
1930 — Roger Pace, who portrayed Major Mark Baird in War of the Colossal Beast.
1931 — Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, who portrayed Mrs. Arsenew in First Spaceship on Venus.
1937 — María Duval, who portrayed Diana Orlof in Samson vs the Vampire Women.*
1938 — John Gummoe, who appeared as himself in Catalina Caper.*
Deaths
1971 — Galdino R. Samperio (56, heart attack), 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.
1975 — Muir Mathieson (64), who was musical conductor for Gorgo and musical director for Circus of Horrors.
1975 — Jean Yarbrough (74), who was director for The Brute Man.
1986 — Helge Hansen (73), who was set decorator and set dresser for Reptilicus.
1995 — Al Adamson (66, homicide), who was director for Carnival Magic.
1995 — Edward Mannix (67), who provided the English dub voices for Sandur in Cave Dwellers, Bill Stevens in Pod People, President Henry Clark in Escape 2000, Ralph Valmont in Diabolik, and the American security man in Argoman the Fantastic Superman, as well as unspecified voice dubbing in Master Ninja I and Danger!! Death Ray.
2000 — Tony McCoy (76), who portrayed Lt. Dick Craig in and was an associate producer for Bride of the Monster.
2014 — Gil Vidal (82), who portrayed Achelo in The Loves of Hercules.
2023 — Tom Kempinski (85), who portrayed an officer in Moon Zero Two.
2025 — Fausto Ancillai (97), who was sound mixer for Killer Fish.
Episode Premieres
1997 — Agent for H.A.R.M.
Home Media Releases
2011 — MST3K vs. Gamera: Volume XXI
Events
2001 — Guy Williams (Officer Chris Stanley in I Was a Teenage Werewolf) receives a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
Gilbert Gottfried on “Svengoolie” talking about Al Adamson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwI3-xCIQqg
August 3
Births
1895 — Leslie I. Carey, 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.
1900 — Ernest Zatorsky, who was a sound technician for the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
1910 — Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, who portrayed Petr Petrovich in Humanoid Woman.
1911 — Lou Rusoff, who was a writer for It Conquered the World, Day the World Ended, and The She-Creature.
1913 — John Cengia, who was a prop flunky for Attack of the Giant Leeches, Bloodlust, and The Screaming Skull.
1918 — Smoki Whitfield, who portrayed Oolonga in Jungle Goddess and a train porter in The Rebel Set.
1926 — Renée Glynne, who was a continuity flunky for Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1926 — Gordon Scott, who portrayed Bart Fargo in Danger!! Death Ray.
1937 — Augusto Belardelli, who portrayed an unspecified role in Hercules.*
1955 — Corey Burton, who was an ADR loop group member in Hangar 18.*
1972 — Brigid Brannagh née Conley Walsh, who portrayed Thena in Quest of the Delta Knights.*
1982 — Jonah Ray, who portrayed Jonah Heston in and was director (Season 13 only), writer, and co-producer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 in Seasons 11-13.*
Deaths
1943 — Hans Weeren (49, natural causes, capisce), who was sound engineer for The Mad Monster.
1960 — Warren Newcombe (66), who was a special effects technician for The Painted Hills.
1962 — William Stephens (65), who was a producer and came up with the idea for Jungle Goddess.
1968 — Rodney Bell (52, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed unspecified roles in The Girl in Lovers Lane and The Brute Man.
1987 — Chris Mueller (80), who was mutant constructor for This Island Earth.
2011 — Bubba Smith (66, complications from phentermine overdose), who portrayed Moses Gordine in Superdome.
2015 — Coleen Gray (92), who portrayed June talbot in The Leech Woman and Liara in The Phantom Planet.
2017 — Ty Hardin (87), who portrayed a sentry in the Space Children.
2020 — Billy Goldenberg (84), who was musical cue composer for Riding with Death.
2025 — Loni Anderson (79), who portrayed Cathy in Munchie.
2025 — Nando Angelini (91), who portrayed Ward Jones in Operation Double 007.
Episode Premieres
1991 — The Amazing Colossal Man
Events
1968 — Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew (John and Cathy Beck respectively in It Lives by Night) get married.
Happy Birthday, Jonah!
August 4
Births
1906 — Eddie Foster, who portrayed a chess player in The Rebel Set.
1923 — Tom Hennesy, who portrayed the Gill Man on land and a Marineland diver in and was a stuntman for Revenge of the Creature.
1930 — Jeanne Carmen, who portrayed Lillibet in Untamed Youth.
1936 — Aldo Farnese, who portrayed Henry Krasker in the Dead Talk Back.
1937 — Valentino Macchi, who portrayed Henchman X3 in Danger!! Death Ray.
1938 — Edward Teets, who was executive production manager for Code Name: Diamond Head.
1943 — Margaret Lee, who portrayed Cynthia Fulton in Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1955 — Lori Lethin, who portrayed Jill Patterson in Master Ninja I.*
Deaths
1958 — Julio Villarreal (72), who portrayed Don Pedro in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1966 — Howard Jackson (66), who was composer for the short The Days of Our Years (paired with The Amazing Transparent Man).
1973 — Sam Katzman (72), who was a producer for The Corpse Vanishes (also man in newspaper office) and Teenage Crime Wave.
1984 — Edmon Ryan (79), who portrayed Joe Doakes in the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
1986 — Thomas J. Valentino (79), who was music cue composer for The Green Slime and music rights holder for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1988 — Paul Hahn (67), who portrayed an attendant in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1993 — Cecil Hunt (78), who portrayed Mr. Compton in The Giant Gila Monster.
1997 — Dick Bush (65), who was cinematographer for Phase IV.
1999 — Carl Toms (72), who was costume designer for Moon Zero Two.
2014 — Walter Massey (85), who portrayed Mr. Peters in Zombie Nightmare.
2023 — Giovanni Corridori (84), who was a special effects technician and set constructor for Escape 2000.
2023 — Florence Shaen (94), who portrayed Helen in the short The Days of Our Years (paired with The Amazing Transparent Man).
Dick Bush (65), who was cinematographer for Phase IV.
Insert your own joke here.
August 5
Births
1900 — Sol Murgi, who portrayed a restaurant patron in The Corpse Vanishes and a bar patron in Teenage Crime Wave.
1911 — Roger Roger, who was incidental music composer for The Green Slime, Pod People, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, and Devil Doll.
1913 — Pat Dinga, who was a special effects technician for Bride of the Monster.
1920 — Eddie Brandt, who portrayed the pianist in and was a songwriter for The Beatniks.
1921 — Milt Kleinberg, who was editor for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1926 — Manuel Calvo, who portrayed Billy’s father in Santa Claus.
1936 — John Saxon, who portrayed Walter Deaney in Mitchell.
1945 — Loni Anderson, who portrayed Cathy in Munchie.
1948 — Tim Suhrstedt, who was cinematographer for City Limits.*
1953 — Jack Eiseman, who was the splatter car driver for Mac and Me.
1968 — Peter Rudrud, who was production manager and a Best Brains Player for Mystery Science Theater 3000 during Seasons 8-10.*
Deaths
1970 — Randy Starr (38, natural causes, capisce), who was assistant director for The Creeping Terror.
1971 — Evgeniy Svidetelev (50, gulag sabbatical), who was production designer for The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and special effects designer for The Sword and the Dragon.
1981 — Ridgeway Callow (80), who was assistant director for Girls Town.
1982 — Wanda Rotha (81), who portrayed Gertrude in Hamlet.
1987 — Larry Smith (72), who was still photographer for Bride of the Monster and The Sinister Urge.
1989 — Lem Amero (51, AIDS-related illness), who was negative cutter for Zombie Nightmare.
2000 — Donald Moore (67), who portrayed the Chairman in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
2001 — Tom McCrory (80), who was process photographer for The Deadly Mantis.
2022 — Clu Gulager (93), who portrayed Mr. Christensen in Master Ninja I and Bob Hatten in San Francisco International.
2025 — Stanley McGeagh (88), who portrayed Hiller in The Land That Time Forgot.
Special Premieres
2022 — A Tribute to The Pumaman (with The Wonder of Reproduction)
On the off chance that the reason for Brian’s radio silence is that he’s no longer able to maintain this site, I’ve started posting This Day in MSTory at the Mystery Science Discourse 3000 forum. So even if the domain here expires, the tradition will continue.
August 6
Births
1896 — Gil Patric, who portrayed a lieutenant detective in The Mad Monster.
1899 — Kathleen Mulqueen, who portrayed the matron in Teenage Crime Wave.
1910 — Charles Crichton, who was a director for Cosmic Princess.
1921 — Paula Morris, who portrayed the brunette stripper in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1921 — Buck Young, who portrayed Tom Nelson in Stranded in Space and Detective Aldridge in Mitchell.
1922 — Fernando Osés, who portrayed a vampire in and was story writer for Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1925 — Lilyan Chauvin, who portrayed Sandra Balleau in Bloodlust.
1926 — Frank Finlay, who portrayed H.W. Manfred in The Deadly Bees.
1926 — Patricia Knox, who portrayed Vera Moore in I Accuse My Parents.
1939 — Grant Page, who was stunt coordinator for City on Fire.
1944 — Paul Cadiou, who was assistant accountant for Phase IV.*
1946 — Charla Doherty, who portrayed Nancy in Village of the Giants.
1948 — Dee Booher, who portrayed Gorgo in Deathstalker II.
1951 — Jack Klaff, who portrayed a security guard in Cosmic Princess.*
Deaths
1964 — Reed Howes (64), who portrayed a police inspector in The Sinister Urge.
1966 — Henry Sharp (74), who was assistant to the producer for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1969 — Frank Tuttle (63), who was set decorator for Space Travelers.
1976 — William Mervyn (64), who portrayed Doctor Morley in Circus of Horrors.
1985 — Kai Koed (72), who was set decorator and did miniatures for Reptilicus.
1989 — Nat Levine (90), who was a producer for Undersea Kingdom.
1999 — Phyllis Garr (90), who was costumer for Stranded in Space.
2001 — Robert Dunham (70), who portrayed Captain Martin in The Green Slime and Emperor Antonio of Seatopia in Godzilla vs Megalon (also motorcycle stunt rider and car hire).
2003 — Larry Taylor (85), who portrayed Marlenus in Outlaw.
2004 — Ennio Antonelli (77), who portrayed a trucker in Warrior of the Lost World and a syndicate member in Diabolik.
2004 — Ivan Voronov (89), who portrayed Ilmarinen in The Day the Earth Froze.
2011 — John Wood (81), who portrayed a sandwich board man in Gorgo.
2018 — Jimmy il Fenomeno (86), who portrayed a good-natured tavern brawler in Hercules and the Captive Women.
Events
1986 — Ken Minyard (Joe in Angels Revenge) shares a star with Robert Arthur on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Blvd.
August 7
Births
1902 — Fritz Böttger, who was director and writer for Horrors of Spider Island.
1904 — Grandon Rhodes, who portrayed Jackson Foster in Revenge of the Creature.
1907 — Mary Chaffee, who was set continuity flunky for Rocketship X-M and script supervisor for Jungle Goddess.
1909 — Joseph M. Newman, who was director for This Island Earth.
1910 — George Lane, who was makeup artist for Radar Secret Service.
1914 — Allan Snyder, who was makeup artist for Earth vs the Spider.
1914 — June Travis, who portrayed Ruth Logan in Monster a Go-Go.
1918 — Jane Adams, who portrayed Helen Paige in The Brute Man.
1919 — Marc Snegoff, who was makeup supervisor for Catalina Capet and makeup artist for Agent for H.A.R.M. (also portrayed Conrad) and The Time Travelers.
1921 — Alberto Yáñez, who portrayed a henchman of The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1924 — Dudley Foster, who portrayed Whitsun in Moon Zero Two.
1924 — Juanita Inn, who was lion trainer for Hercules.
1924 — Hisaya Itô, who portrayed a Red Bamboo scientist in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.**
1926 — Anthony Kramreither, who was a producer for The Brain.
1930 — Sergio Fantoni, who portrayed Eteocles in Hercules Unchained.
1931 — Adele Lamont, who portrayed Doris Powell in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1932 — Hideo Sunazuka, who portrayed Nita in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.*
1961 — Zander Schloss, who was a stand-in for City Limits.*
Deaths
1969 — Werner Kirsch (46, natural causes, capisce), who was sound effects technician for Daddy-O.
1972 — Tom Neal (58, heart failure), who portrayed Mickey Moran in Radar Secret Service and Clifford Scott in The Brute Man.
1972 — Holbrook N. Todd (66), who was editor for The Mad Monster and The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1989 — Augie Lohman (78), who was special effects technician for Lost Continent and The Rebel Set.
1994 — Ignazio Balsamo (81), who portrayed Mario in Danger!! Death Ray.
1994 — Robert Hutton (74), who portrayed Tom Gregory in and was director for The Slime People.
2000 — Patricia Knox (74), who portrayed Vera Moore in I Accuse My Parents.
2004 — Ismael Rodríguez (86), who was a director for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
2007 — Leo Leyden (78), who portrayed Dr. Soames in The Mask.
2017 — Haruo Nakajima (88), who wore the Godzilla suit in Godzilla vs Megalon (in stock footage) and Godzilla vs the Sea Monster (also stunt coordinator).
2020 — Tony Charmoli (99), who was choreographer for the short Design for Dreaming (paired with 12 to the Moon).
2021 — Dan Kneece (64), who was first assistant camera and Steadicam operator for Lords of the Deep.
Episode Premieres
1993 — Secret Agent Super Dragon