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For the record, this is listed on IMDB as Island of the Doomed. Stupid Italian movies that have a kajillion and eight different titles.
BTW glad to see you back, Brian. I was getting a bit worried.
August 8
Births
1886 — Edward Biby, who portrayed a nightclub patron in I Accuse My Parents.
1899 — S. Roy Luby, who was supervising editor for Manhunt in Space and editorial supervisor for Crash of Moons.
1899 — Victor Young, who composed stock music used in Radar Men from the Moon.
1904 — Ray Buffum, who was a writer for Teenage Crime Wave.
1908 — Ross C. Burke, who was property master for The Human Duplicators.
1908 — Arthur Morton, who composed stock music used in Teenage Crime Wave.
1913 — John Facenda, who was narrator for the short Progress Island USA (paired with The Beast of Yucca Flats).
1914 — Jean Josipovici, who was second assistant director for The Loves of Hercules.
1919 — Dino De Laurentiis, who was a producer for Diabolik.
1925 — Zane Radney, who was an assistant director for Riding with Death.
1926 — Richard Anderson, who portrayed Grant in Kitten with a Whip.
1926 — Tex Rudloff, who was re-recording mixer for Starcrash.
1934 — Keith Barron, who portrayed Bradley in The Land That Time Forgot and Dowsett in At the Earth’s Core.
1934 — Rodd Dana, who portrayed the projectionist in War of the Colossal Beast.*
1936 — Alan Myerson, who was a director for Master Ninja II.*
1937 — Adam Roarke, who portrayed Harris in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1942 — Rock A. Walker, who was a stuntman for City Limits.
Deaths
1971 — Leonard Hicks (53, cancer), who portrayed Kimar in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1982 — Damian O’Flynn (75), who portrayed the police chief in Teenage Crime Wave.
1984 — Richard Deacon (62), who portrayed a pilot in This Island Earth.
1988 — Alan Napier (85), who portrayed Elinu in The Mole People.
1991 — Frank McKelvey (59, cancer), who was composer for Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues and sound editor for Mac and Me.
1997 — Orville H. Hampton (80), who wrote additional dialogue for Rocketship X-M and was a writer and dialogue supervisor for Lost Continent.
2000 — Ken Cameron (84), who was sound re-recordist for Circus of Horrors.
2004 — Clifford Hutchison (90), who was chief electrician for Mitchell.
2012 — Kurt Maetzig (101), who was director and a writer for First Spaceship on Venus.
2013 — Karen Black (74), who portrayed Kate in Killer Fish.
2014 — Menahem Golan (85), who was a producer for Alien from L.A. and executive producer for Outlaw.
Episode Premieres
1999 — Diabolik
Events
1943 — Paul Tripp (Sam Whipple, writer, and songwriter for The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t) and Ruth Enders (unspecified role in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t) get married.
Has it been confirmed that John Facenda narrated “Progress Island, U.S.A.”? That doesn’t sound like the voice of NFL Films.
That’s what it says in his IMDB profile. Though I’ll admit he sounds more like that guy from those insane At Your Fingertips crafts shorts.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264840
August 9
Births
1892 — Charles Delaney, who portrayed Harry Bayliss in The Beatniks.
1895 — Franz Schafheitlin, who portrayed Polonius in Hamlet.
1899 — Paul Kelly, who portrayed Jonathan Harvey in The Painted Hills.
1913 — Roy Gough, who was still photographer for Gorgo.
1914 — Bill Beavis, who was scenic artist for At the Earth’s Core.
1915 — Vy Russell, who was a writer for Indestructible Man and The Atomic Brain (also associate producer, wardrobe flunky, and prop flunky).
1918 — Giles Cooper, who was story writer for The Crawling Eye.
1930 — Jack T. Knight, who was sound editor for Cosmic Princess.
1931 — Ron Gans, who had an unspecified role in High School Big Shot and was the narrator in the upcoming Deathsport.
1936 — Martin Varno, who was a writer for Night of the Blood Beast.
1937 — Yvonne Hunter, who was a puppet operator for Invaders from the Deep.
1947 — John Varley, who wrote the short story that Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is loosely adapted from.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1965 — Creighton Hale (83), who had an unspecified role in The She-Creature.
1976 — Jess Kirkpatrick (78), who portrayed a father in The Deadly Mantis.
1978 — John Alban (75), who portrayed a military officer in Beginning of the End.
2013 — Cliff Harrington (81), who portrayed a space station crew member in The Green Slime.
2014 — Ed Nelson (85), who portrayed George Beldridge in Superdome, a tribe member in Teenage Cave Man, a police sergeant in Swamp Diamonds, Dave Randall in Night of the Blood Beast, and Robert Denby in Riding with Death, as well as costume designer for Attack of the Giant Leeches.
2015 — Art Names (age unknown), who was a writer for Girl in Gold Boots.**
2022 — Gene LeBell (89), who portrayed a brawler in Master Ninja I and was a stuntman for City Limits (also a border guard) and Mac and Me.
2024 — Gerald B. Wolfe (77), who was production sound mixer for Laserblast.
August 10
Births
1896 — Saul A. Goodkind, who was a director for The Phantom Creeps.
1903 — Malcolm Brown, who was art director for Kitten with a Whip.
1908 — Alexander D’Arcy, who portrayed Gary Webster in Horrors of Spider Island.
1911 — Jack Erickson, who was a special effects technician for Teenage Crime Wave.
1912 — Richard Reeves, who portrayed a monster in the basement in The Unearthly.
1913 — Noah Beery Jr., who portrayed Major William Corrigan in Rocketship X-M.
1914 — June Glory, who portrayed a saleswoman in The Corpse Vanishes.
1918 — Martin Benson, who portrayed Dorkin in Gorgo.
1920 — Hubie Kerns, who was a stand-in for World Without End.
1920 — Tony Tenser, who was executive producer for The Projected Man.
1929 — Peter Diamond, who portrayed a roadblock policeman in and was a stuntman for Circus of Horrors.
1932 — Douglas M. Lackey, who was composer for Agent for H.A.R.M.
1934 — David Love, who portrayed Derek in and was production associate for Teenagers from Outer Space.*
1963 — Jeff Hutchins, who was sound effects editor for Robot Wars.*
Deaths
1960 — Mischa Bakaleinikoff (69), who composed stock music used in Teenage Crime Wave.
1962 — Ted Husing (60), who was the narrator for the short Catching Trouble (paired with Teenage Cave Man).
1968 — Barney A. Sarecky (73), who was associate producer for The Corpse Vanishes, production supervisor for Undersea Kingdom, and producer for Radar Secret Service.
1970 — Nikolay Erdman (69), who was a writer for Jack Frost.
1973 — Douglas Kennedy (57, cancer), who portrayed Faust in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1976 — Ray “Crash” Corrigan (74), who portrayed Crash Corrigan in Undersea Kingdom.
1977 — Vince Barnett (75), who portrayed Sandy in The Corpse Vanishes.
1982 — William Henry (67), who portrayed the TV announcer in Untamed Youth.
1990 — Richard Haines (age unknown), who portrayed Professor Arnold Saknussemm in Alien from L.A.**
1993 — Juan Estelrich (65-66), who was production manager for The Castle of Fu Manchu.**
1998 — Yuri Leonidov (75), who portrayed Kassim in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
2001 — James F. Liles (78), who was visual effects technician for The Last Chase and The Day Time Ended.
2010 — Kenny Endoso (70), who portrayed a beach thug in Angels Revenge and was a stuntman for Robot Wars.
2012 — Carlo Rambaldi (86), who was production designer and mask maker for Diabolik.
2015 — Tony Wakefield (55, natural causes, capisce), who was sound supervisor for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
2016 — Franco Ukmar (80), who portrayed a Wallon henchman in Cave Dwellers (also a stuntman) and a plastic surgery lecture brawler in Operation Double 007, as well as a stuntman in The Pumaman.
2024 — Peggy Moffitt (86), who portrayed Flo in Girls Town.
Movie Premieres
1962 — The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
August 11
Births
1911 — Charles Victor, who portrayed a policeman in Revenge of the Creature.
1916 — Maria Baroni, who was costume designer for Hercules Unchained and The Loves of Hercules.
1923 — Stan Chambers, who portrayed the TV announcer in War of the Colossal Beast.
1934 — Ron Stokes, who portrayed Sergeant Allen in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.*
1935 — Massimo De Rita, who was a production assistant for Hercules Unchained, an assistant to the executive director for Hercules, and a writer for The Pumaman.
1965 — Crist Ballas, who portrayed the gorilla in 211 – First Spaceship on Venus and was sporadically a makeup artist and hair stylist for a total of ten episodes during Seasons 3-7, as well as being a special makeup effects artist and prop builder for Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.*
Deaths
1973 — Peggie Castle (45, cirrhosis), who portrayed Audrey Aimes in Beginning of the End and Carla Sanford in Invasion USA.
1973 — Ichirô Sugai (66), who portrayed Dr. Matsu****a in Gamers vs Barugon.
1975 — Terry Kellum (69), who a sound engineer for Undersea Kingdom.
1989 — James Logan (76), who portrayed an officer in The Mole People.
1989 — Hal Torey (74), who portrayed Mr. Simpson in Earth vs the Spider and the Health and Welfare Department head in War of the Colossal Beast.
1993 — Philip Martell (85), who was musical supervisor for Moon Zero Two and musical director for The Deadly Bees.
1994 — Peter Cushing (81), who portrayed Dr. Abner Perry in At the Earth’s Core.
2014 — Joe Viskocil (61), who was special pyrotechnic effects technician for The Day Time Ended.
2016 — Cliff Culley (87), who was a matte artist for City on Fire.
2016 — Glenn Yarbrough (86), who sang the opening credits song for The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
2017 — Sandy Berman (65), who was sound designer for Mac and Me.
2024 — Franco Daddi (89), who portrayed a Zarth henchman in and was a stuntman for Starcrash.
1973 — Ichirô Sugai (66), who portrayed Dr. Matsu****a in Gamers vs Barugon.
Matsu****a? Apparently the website is having trouble determining what’s actually profanity. :)
August 12
Births
1889 — Eddie Kane, who portrayed the District Attorney in The Corpse Vanishes.
1910 — Jane Wyatt, who portrayed Fay Bonelli in Superdome (though her scenes were cut in the KTMA episode).
1912 — Joan Joseff, who was costume jeweler for The Mad Monster, The Corpse Vanishes, and I Accuse My Parents.
1916 — Gene Warren, who was a visual effects technician for Avalanche.
1923 — Jim Bullock, who was supervising sound editor for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1923 — Ross Evans, who portrayed the school janitor in Teenagers from Outer Space.
1939 — Robin Vidgeon, who was clapper loader for Circus of Horrors.*
1941 — Deborah Walley, who portrayed Catherine in The Bubble.
1942 — Howard R. Cohen, who was a writer for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell, Lords of the Deep, and the upcoming Space Raiders (also director).
1945 — Joseph Bauer, who was studio teacher for Munchie.
1950 — Adolfo Bartoli, who was cinematographer for Robot Wars and Doctor Mordrid.
1959 — María Socas, who portrayed Acrasia in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom and the Amazon queen in Deathstalker II.
Deaths
1980 — Nino Dal Fabbro (57, heart attack), who portrayed Inspector Lawrence in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1982 — Henry Fonda (77), who portrayed Fire Chief Risley in City on Fire.
1984 — Jim Dannaldson (69), who was spider handler for Earth vs the Spider.
1999 — Ross Elliott (82), who portrayed Deputy Earl Harrison in The Crawling Hand and Paul Lowe in Indestructible Man.
2005 — Peter Porteous (75), who portrayed Petrov in Cosmic Princess.
2006 — Nicholas Webster (94), who was director for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
2007 — Natalya Medvedeva (91), who portrayed Princess Apraksia in The Sword and the Dragon.
2007 — Paula Marie Moody (55, natural causes, capisce), who was a stuntwoman for Mac and Me.
2014 — Iris Rose (83-84), who was production secretary for Phase IV.**
2021 — Arnaldo Fabrizio (77), who portrayed an elf in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
2025 — Ronnie Rondell Jr. (88), who was a stuntman for Riding with Death.
Movie Premieres
1988 — Mac and Me
Events
1933 — Max Alexander (associate producer for I Accuse My Parents) and Shirley Ulmer (script supervisor for The Amazing Transparent Man) get married.
1986 — Forrest Tucker (Alan Brooks in The Crawling Eye) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6385 Hollywood Blvd.
August 13
Births
1895 — Robert Burton, who portrayed Professor Galbraith in The Slime People.
1898 — Regis Toomey, who portrayed Jim Daly in The Phantom Creeps.
1899 — Povl Wøldike, who portrayed Dr. Peter Dalby in Reptilicus.
1900 — Gordon Sparling, who was director for the short Circus on Ice (paired with Monster a Go-Go).
1903 — Wilton Graff, who portrayed Dr. Albert Balleau in Bloodlust.
1904 — Rube Schaffer, who was a stuntman for Undersea Kingdom.
1909 — Tristram Coffin, who portrayed Dr. Foster in The Corpse Vanishes, Chief Meidel in The Crawling Hand, Michael in Radar Secret Service, and a police lieutenant and a radio announcer in The Brute Man.
1909 — Dave Willock, who portrayed Lou Gibson in Revenge of the Creature.
1920 — Neville Brand, who portrayed Miller in Angels Revenge.
1924 — Lou Southern, who portrayed Jane’s dance partner in Untamed Youth.
1930 — John Cacavas, who was composer for SST: Death Flight, Superdome, and Hangar 18.
1945 — Maria Rohm, who portrayed Helga Martin in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
1961 — Matt Birman, who was a stuntman for City on Fire.*
Deaths
1946 — H.G. Wells (79), who wrote the novels loosely adapted into Village of the Giants, Riding with Death, and The Shape of Things to Come.
1975 — Oliver Emert (72), who was set decorator for Kitten with a Whip and The Deadly Mantis.
1994 — Judge Henry Dupree (68), who portrayed Rook Griswold in The Killer Shrews.
1997 — Houseley Stevenson Jr. (83), who was post-production supervisor for Stranded in Space.
2004 — Martin Becker (49, pancreatic cancer), who was alien special effects technician for Mac and Me.
2006 — Abraham Grossman (92), who was art director for The Brute Man.
2011 — Jennifer Kulik (62), who portrayed a nurse in It Lives by Night.
2015 — Karen Hazzard (77), who was casting director for City on Fire.
2016 — Kenny Baker (81), who portrayed a dwarf in Circus of Horrors.
2020 — Giancarlo Ferrando (80), who was cinematographer for Warrior of the Lost World and Devil Fish.
2022 — Wayne Grace (80), who portrayed Vanir in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
2025 — Michael Sloan (78), who was an executive producer for Master Ninja I (also writer) and Master Ninja II.
Movie Premieres
1948 — Jungle Goddess
1967 — Yongary – Monster from the Deep (South Korea)
1975 — The Land That Time Forgot (U.S.)
Events
1951 — Richard Garland (Pendragon in The Undead) and Beverly Garland née Fessenden (Claire Anderson in It Conquered the World, Vera in Swamp Diamonds, and Rose Hood in Gunslinger) get married.
Interview with the RiffTrax gang at Reactor.
https://reactormag.com/interview-mike-nelson-bill-corbett-kevin-murphy-mst3k/
August 14
Births
1893 — Lee Zahler, who was musical director for I Accuse My Parents.
1901 — Doris Rich, who portrayed Mrs. Claus in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.**
1901 — George Worthing Yates, who was a writer for The Amazing Colossal Man, Earth vs the Spider, War of the Colossal Beast, and Tormented.
1905 — John Bradford, who portrayed Joe in Undersea Kingdom.
1906 — Irving Lande, who was a casting flunky for Stranded in Space.
1906 — Lyonel Margolies, who was dialogue director for The Phantom Creeps.
1907 — Lois Wilde, who portrayed Diana Compton in Undersea Kingdom.
1914 — Jean G. Valentino, who was sound mixer for The Human Duplicators.
1924 — Eduardo Fajardo, who portrayed Shandra in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
1925 — Ole Wisborg, who portrayed Captain Einer Brandt in Reptilicus.
1928 — Hans-Joachim Kasprzik, who was assistant director for First Spaceship on Venus.
1932 — Clay Lacy, who was aerial cinematographer for The Last Chase.*
1933 — Vic Savage, who portrayed Martin Gordon in and was director, producer, and editor for The Creeping Terror.
1936 — Joan Lora, who portrayed Jeanne Perry in Bloodlust.*
1950 — Jim Wynorski, who was director for Deathstalker II (also story writer and portrayed a dying soldier) and Munchie (also a writer).*
1952 — BJ Davis, who was stunt coordinator for City Limits.*
1953 — James Horner, who was theme music composer for Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell and composer and music producer for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.
1964 — Andrew Kevin Walker, who was scenic painter for Robot Holocaust.*
Deaths
1971 — Gerald Heard (81), who wrote the source novel that was adapted into The Deadly Bees.
1975 — Robert A. Terry (56, natural causes, capisce), who was associate producer for The Unearthly.
1988 — Henri Jaffa (83), who was color consultant for The Painted Hills.
2000 — John Milford (72), who portrayed Warren Elliott in Riding with Death.
2006 — Helmut Grewald (76), who was a special effects technician and assistant camera for First Spaceship on Venus.
2007 — Eduardo Noriega (90), who portrayed Enrique Rios in The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
2013 — Luciano Martino (79), who was story writer for Devil Fish.
Episode Premieres
1993 — The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
August 15
Births
1891 — Chief Yowlachie, who portrayed Bald Eagle in The Painted Hills.
1897 — Aben Kandel, who was a writer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1900 — Steve Carruthers, who portrayed a military officer in Beginning of the End.
1900 — Bert Shipman, who was camera operator for Bride of the Monster.
1901 — John B. Goodman, who was art director for The Brute Man.
1905 — Johnny Lange, who was musical director for The Corpse Vanishes.
1920 — Tom Smith, who was chief makeup artist for The Land That Time Forgot.
1924 — Werner Abrolat, who portrayed Melnik in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1924 — Vincent Beck, who portrayed Voldar in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1925 — Mike Connors, who portrayed Bob in Swamp Diamonds and Tony Lamont in Day the World Ended.
1929 — Tom Williams, who portrayed a Mambino hood in Alien from L.A.
1932 — Abby Dalton, who portrayed Desir in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent.
1933 — Lori Nelson, who portrayed Janey Lowe in Untamed Youth, Louise Maddison in Day the World Ended, and Helen Dobson in Revenge of the Creature.
1934 — Hubert Wells, who was animal trainer for Mac and Me.
1943 — Barbara Bouchet, who portrayed Ava Vestok in Agent for H.A.R.M.*
1946 — Tim Pelt, who portrayed Linus in SST: Death Flight.
Deaths
1966 — Jack Mather (58, heart attack), who portrayed an officer in The Deadly Mantis.
1967 — George Lloyd (74), who portrayed Al Frazier in I Accuse My Parents.
1974 — Edmund Cobb (82), who portrayed an army sergeant in The Phantom Creeps, Dr. McDermott in The Amazing Colossal Man, and Police Sergeant Pete in The She-Creature.
1987 — Shukur Burkhanov (76), who portrayed Kalin in The Sword and the Dragon.
1988 — Ronald Stein (58, pancreatic cancer), who was composer for It Conquered the World, The Girl in Lovers Lane, Gunslinger (also musical director), Day the World Ended, The Undead, and The She-Creature, as well as composing stock music used in Attack of the Eye Creatures.
1997 — Glen Corbett (74), who portrayed Barney Stetson in The Violent Years.
2009 — Sammy Petrillo (74), who portrayed Art in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
2012 — Mark L. Rosen (65), who was executive producer for The Giant Spider Invasion and producer for Parts: The Clonus Horror.
2013 — Gerry Arbeid (78), who was production manager for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
2019 — Samuel Gelfman (88), who portrayed a fisherman in and was a producer for The Incredible Melting Man.
2020 — Ulf Ôtsuki (85), who portrayed a Seatopian agent in Godzilla vs Megalon and the Q commander in Mighty Jack.
2022 — Amy C. Halpern (69), who was second unit best boy (best girl?) electric for City Limits.
2023 — Nan Peterson (92), who portrayed the carhop in Girls Town.
2023 — Connie Reeve (99), who was makeup artist for Cosmic Princess.
Movie Premieres
1983 — Escape 2000 (Italy)
Episode Premieres
1992 — Indestructible Man
1998 — Devil Fish
Events
1958 — Preston Foster (Dr. Erik von Steiner in The Time Travelers) receives a star on a prototype of the Hollywood Walk of Fame (meant to garner publicity for the project) at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
1984 — Michael Landon (Tony Rivers in I Was a Teenage Werewolf) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine St.
2016 — Twenty-Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life in No Way Whatsoever by Frank Conniff is published.
August 16
Births
1899 — Glenn Strange, who portrayed Petro in The Mad Monster.
1901 — Helen Brown, who portrayed Mrs. Koberly in Teenage Crime Wave.
1907 — James A. Rosenberger, who was assistant director for Village of the Giants.
1908 — Jack Miles, who was set director for The Violent Years.
1912 — Jack Kevan, who was mutant constructor for This Island Earth, creature designer for Revenge of the Creature, and mask maker for The Mole People.
1913 — Monty Berman, who was a producer and cinematographer for The Crawling Eye.
1914 — Bill Waldron, who was construction manager for Cosmic Princess.
1918 — Hal W. Polaire, who was production manager for Stranded in Space.
1944 — Stan Shaffer, who was casting director for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom and the upcoming Space Raiders.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1956 — Bela Lugosi (73), who portrayed Dr. Lorenz in The Corpse Vanishes, Dr. Zorka in The Phantom Creeps, and Dr. Eric Vornoff in Bride of the Monster.
1964 — Charles S. Gould (61), who was assistant director for Last of the Wild Horses.
1969 — Russ Bender (59, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Richard Kingman in The Amazing Colossal Man, Brigadier General James Pattick in It Conquered the World, and Dr. Carmichael in War of the Colossal Beast.
1971 — Frances Robinson (55, heart attack), who portrayed Martha in Kitten with a Whip.
1990 — Gene Garf (71), who was composer for King Dinosaur.
1991 — Bruno Nicolai (65), who was composer for Operation Double 007 (also songwriter) and the Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (also musical director and orchestrator), as well as musical director for Diabolik.
1992 — Malcolm Atterbury (85), who portrayed Mr. Grant in High School Big Shot and Charles Rivers in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1993 — Ellsworth Fredricks (89), who was cinematographer for World Without End.
1993 — Tom Fucello (56, AIDS), who portrayed Mr. Ryan in Mac and Me.
1997 — Greg Swanson (49, natural causes, capisce), who voiced Sparks in The Shape of Things to Come.
1999 — Dave Allen (54, cancer), who was animator for Laserblast, The Day Time Ended (also technical advisor), Robot Wars (also effects supervisor), and Doctor Mordrid.
2004 — Acquanetta née Mildred Davenport (83), who portrayed the native girl in Lost Continent.
2015 — David A. Prior (59, cancer), who was director of the Bellerian sequences in Space Mutiny.
2016 — Polo Ortín (88), who portrayed the awakened father in Santa Claus.
2022 — Eva-Maria Hagen (87), who portrayed Jeanne Moreau in First Spaceship on Venus.
Episode Premieres
1997 — Prince of Space
Home Media Releases
2011 — Red Zone Cuba
2011 — The Unearthly
Events
1968 — Mia Farrow (Caroline Brace in Avalanche) and Frank Sinatra get divorced.
August 17
Births
1905 — Martin Obzina, who was art director for Jungle Goddess.
1907 — Bernard C. Schoenfeld, who was a writer for The Magic Sword and The Space Children.
1924 — Patricia Merlin, who portrayed Miss Johnson in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1927 — Jacques Herlin, who portrayed Ross in Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1930 — Harve Bennett, who was executive producer for Riding with Death.
1933 — Nando Angelini, who portrayed Ward Jones in Operation Double 007.
1933 — Glenn Corbett, who portrayed Neil Stryker in Stranded in Space.
1959 — John Travers, who was assistant editor for Alien from L.A.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1971 — Hiroshi Ôkawa (74), who was a producer for Invasion of the Neptune Men.
1981 — Giorgio Ferroni (73), who was director and writer for Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1982 — Barney Phillips (68), who portrayed Detective Donovan in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1988 — Mike Mahoney (70), who portrayed Sergeant Cooper in The Space Children.
2006 — Sig Shore (87), who was a producer for the U.S. version of The Sword and the Dragon.
2012 — Richard Hilliard (83), who was a writer, cinematographer, and editor for The Horror of Party Beach.
2018 — Hans-Joachim Wallstein (89), who was script editor for First Spaceship on Venus.
Movie Premieres
1951 — Lost Continent
Episode Premieres
1991 — Fugitive Alien
Peggy Webber, who portrayed Anne Brewster in The Space Children and Jenni Whitlock in The Screaming Skull, died last Saturday at the age of 100.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peggy-webber-dead-radio-actress-orson-welles-hitchcock-1236675526/
“Dave, everybody is dead”
August 18
Births
1896 — Alan Mowbray, who portrayed Gordon in the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1900 — William Mull, who was unit manager for The Space Children.
1902 — Dmitri Surensky, who was cinematographer for Jack Frost.
1903 — Perry Finnerman, who was cinematographer for Daddy-O and camera operator for Last of the Wild Horses.
1904 — Emil Kolisch, who was a sound technician for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.**
1907 — Ilse Kubaschewski, who was a co-producer for Secret Agent Super Dragon.
1910 — Emile Meyer, who portrayed Cal Anders in The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1915 — Leo Needham, who portrayed a truck driver in The Space Children.
1920 — Lev Milchin, who was art director for The Day the Earth Froze.
1920 — Shelley Winters, who portrayed Nurse Andrea Harper in City on Fire.
1923 — John Bramall, who was sound recordist for Gorgo.
1923 — Katherine Victor, who portrayed the title role in The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.
1924 — Günther Stoll, who portrayed Dr. Curt Kessler in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1925 — Eric Saw, who was draughtsman for The Deadly Bees.
1927 — Howard Dayton, who portrayed Elmer in the upcoming Space Raiders.
1930 — Igo Kantor, who was music editor for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and The Human Duplicators, as well as editor for Bride of the Monster (also technical supervisor) and The Bubble (also music supervisor).
1931 — Lynette Bernay, who portrayed Dagda in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent.
1931 — Grant Williams, who portrayed Neil Foster in The Leech Woman.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1952 — Ralph Byrd (43, heart attack), who portrayed Bob Simpson in Jungle Goddess and Static in Radar Secret Service.
1973 — Frank Mills (82), who portrayed a plant worker in Invasion USA.
1991 — David Gale (54, complications from open heart surgery), who portrayed Dr. Anthony Blakely in The Brain.
1992 — Louis DeWitt (87), who was a visual effects technician for Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, The Phantom Planet, and The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1992 — John Sturges (82), who was director for Space Travelers.
1993 — Tony Barwick (59, natural causes, capisce), who was a writer and script editor for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1997 — Don Knight (64), who portrayed H.K. Muldoon in Code Name: Diamond Head.
1998 — Persis Khambatta (49, heart attack), who portrayed Nastasia McWayne in Warrior of the Lost World.
1999 — Don Stott (84), who was a lighting technician for The Bubble.
2004 — Elmer Bernstein (82), who was composer and music director for Robot Monster.
2005 — Meredith M. Nicholson (92), who was cinematographer for The Amazing Transparent Man.
2018 — Egon Werdin (63), who was cinematographer for Making Contact.
2023 — Steven Lambert (68), who was a stuntman for City Limits.
2024 — Konstantin Zagorsky (91), who was production designer for Humanoid Woman.
Events
1988 — Pat Buttram (car salesman in Angles Revenge) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6382 Hollywood Blvd.
A bit of a below the radar death. Freddy Cannon, who appeared as himself in Village of the Giants, died on July 17 at the age of 89
https://variety.com/2026/music/obituaries-people-news/freddy-cannon-dead-palisades-park-rocker-1236815495/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134194/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ5gxAtXU-Q
(Go to the 2:00 mark on this.)
When it rains, it pours. R.J. Kizer, who was editor for City Limits and the upcoming Space Raiders, die last Friday from cancer at the age of 73.
https://www.pwinsider.com/article/210883/rj-kizer-director-of-roddy-piper-film-hell-comes-to-frogtown-passes-away.html
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457970
August 19
Births
1893 — Enzo Masetti, who was composer for Hercules Unchained (also songwriter) and Hercules.
1894 — Harvey B. Dunn, who portrayed Gramps Morgan in Teenagers from Outer Space, Captain Robbins in Bride of the Monster, and Mr. Romaine in The Sinister Urge.
1907 — Franklin Milton, who was recording supervisor for Girls Town.
1909 — Frank Tipper, who was effects animator for This Island Earth.
1915 — Herman Stein, who composed stock music used in Kitten with a Whip and The Thing That Couldn’t Die, aa well as being a score collaborator for This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, and The Mole People.
1925 — Chumei Watanabe, who was composer for Invasion of the Neptune Men.
1926 — Angus Scrimm, who portrayed the undertaker in Munchie.
1928 — Walter Massey, who portrayed Mr. Peters in Zombie Nightmare.
1931 — James Crabe, who was camera operator for The Slime People and cinematographer for Agent for H.A.R.M.
1933 — Rosita Arenas, who portrayed Flora Almada/Xochitl in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.*
1955 — Joy Grdnic, who portrayed a newswoman in Being from Another Planet.*
1957 — Darby Hinton, who portrayed Sticks in Angels Revenge.*
1960 — Chuck Williams, who portrayed Tommy Marcetto in Soultaker.*
Deaths
1976 — S. Roy Luby (77), who was supervising editor for Manhunt in Space and editorial supervisor for Crash of Moons.
1984 — George Meeker (80), who portrayed Charles Blake in I Accuse My Parents.
1984 — George Milo (74), who was set dresser for Beginning of the End.
1987 — Hayden Rorke (76), who portrayed General Greene in Project Moon Base.
1988 — Guy V. Thayer (79), who was a producer for Manhunt in Space and executive producer for Crash of Moons.
1991 — Oliver Drake (88), who was a writer for Undersea Kingdom.
1998 — Susanne Sidney (59, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Carlie in Girls Town.
2000 — Lee Sholem (87), who was director for Catalina Caper.
2005 — Mel Welles (81), who portrayed Digger Smolkin in The Undead and Caedmon in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
2006 — Tony LaMarca (82), who was assistant director for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
2010 — David L. Quaid (90), who was cinematographer for Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
2011 — Jimmy Sangster (83), who was a writer for The Crawling Eye.
2019 — Jack Perkins (85), who was impersonated by Michael J. Nelson in 310 – Fugitive Alien, the Turkey Day Edition of 701 – Night of the Blood Beast, and the MST3K Hour bumpers.
2021 — Sonny Chiba (82), who portrayed Space Chief in Invasion of the Neptune Men.
2023 — Susan Woollen (76), who was a staff writer for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.
2023 — Igor Yasulovich (81), who portrayed Torki in Humanoid Woman.
Movie Premieres
1960 — The Loves of Hercules (Italy)
1961 — Hercules and the Captive Women (Italy)
Episode Premieres
2022 — The Batwoman
Events
1981 — Ron Howard (Genius in Village of the Giants) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Blvd. for his television work.
RIP Peggy Webber (from The Screaming Skull and The Space Children)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peggy-webber-dead-radio-actress-orson-welles-hitchcock-1236675526/
Another lead-up to the RiffTrax Experiments. Billboard has an interview on the songs of MST3K.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mst3k-rifftrax-experiments-songs-music-interview-1236318195
August 20
Births
1909 — Jerry Roberts, who was music supervisor for The Hellcats and music editor for The Screaming Skull.
1911 — Karl Brainard, who was property master for It Conquered the World, Teenage Cave Man, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, Night of the Blood Beast, Day the World Ended, The Undead, and The She-Creature.
1911 — George White, who was editor for Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1917 — Loretta King, who portrayed Janet Lawton in Bride of the Monster.
1924 — Jim B. Smith, who portrayed Sergeant O’Hagen in Mitchell and Amato in San Francisco International.
1928 — Buddy Van Horn, who was a stunt double for Space Travelers.
1929 — Elvin Feltner, who was executive producer for Teenage Strangler and story writer and producer for Carnival Magic.
1932 — Anthony Ainley, who portrayed Dietz in The Land That Time Forgot.
1934 — Pete Kleinow, who was a visual effects technician for Avalanche.
1936 — José Gómez Parcero, who portrayed a dead warrior in Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.
1937 — Paul Hampton, who portrayed Wilson in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.*
1938 — Bobby Brack, who portrayed a driver in and was a stunt driver for Wild Rebels.*
1942 — Sam Chew Jr., who portrayed Dr. Bruce Serrano in Being from Another Planet.*
1946 — Darwyn Swalve, who portrayed a biker in Cry Wilderness.
1955 — Jay Acovone, who portrayed Tony Gaudio in Doctor Mordrid.*
1967 — J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner, who portrayed Klyton in Robot Holocaust.*
Deaths
1974 — Louis Kriger (75), who was an electrician for Bride of the Monster.
1982 — Edward Ludwig (82), who director for The Black Scorpion.
1986 — Henry Adams (87), who was sound effects editor for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1986 — Walter Brooke (71), who portrayed a network commentator in Space Travelers, Dean Gerrard in Bloodlust, and Clifford Foster Evans in San Francisco International.
1988 — Ken Knox (63), who portrayed Horatio Alger “Steamroller” Smith in The Giant Gila Monster.
1989 — Joseph LaShelle (89), who was cinematographer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1990 — Tim Barrett (61), who portrayed Harcourt in The Deadly Bees.
2002 — Ross Sturlin (71), who portrayed the outsider in the monster costume in Teenage Cave Man, a Grimault warrior in Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, Evans and a giant leech in Attack of the Giant Leeches, and the creature in Night of the Blood Beast.
2003 — Brianne Murphy (70), who portrayed a trophy in and was unit manager for Bloodlust and was script supervisor for Agent for H.A.R.M.
2022 — Kini Kay (66), who was a carpenter for the upcoming Space Raiders.
Episode Premieres
1994 — Colossus and the Headhunters
Events
1953 — Richard Shannon (Lt. Colonel Alan Manley in The Space Children) and Marla English (Andrea in The She-Creature) get married.
1987 — Linda Evans (Greta in Mitchell) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.
2002 — A Year at the Movies: One Man’s Filmgoing Odyssey by Kevin Murphy is published.
>2002 — A Year at the Movies: One Man’s Filmgoing Odyssey by Kevin Murphy is published.
I really enjoyed that book.
I saw this on Wikipedia’s “recent deaths” and started reading her page
She lived a rather long, interesting life. Hopefully she wasn’t nearly as much of a worrywart as she was in both Screaming Skull and Space Children
This woman hated sand long before Anakin made it fashionable
The Forrest Crow boards are down. Anybody know what’s up, or is this the end of an era?
August 21
Births
1892 — Frank Heath, who was assistant director for Rocketship X-M.
1901 — Leonid Vasian, who was art director for The Painted Hills.
1902 — Louis J. Haszillo, who was makeup artist for Bride of the Monster and The Girl in Lovers Lane.
1904 — Martin Berkeley, who was a writer for Revenge of the Creature and The Deadly Mantis.
1907 — Herbert G. Luft, who was assistant to the producer for Robot Monster.
1912 — Paul Landres, who was editor and assistant to the producer for Last of the Wild Horses.
1918 — George Tracy, who portrayed the guy checking out the big blonde in The Skydivers.
1919 — Bill Idelson, who was a writer for The Crawling Hand.
1924 — Richard Bruno, who was men’s costume supervisor for Mac and Me.
1928 — Kenneth J. Withers, who was focus puller for The Deadly Bees.
1933 — Ib Lønvang, who was assistant camera for Reptilicus.
1939 — James Burton, who portrayed a teenager in the band in Earth vs the Spider.*
1956 — Kim Cattrall, who portrayed Dr. Helen Wickings in City Limits.*
Deaths
1958 — Kurt Neumann (60), who was director, writer, and producer for Rocketship X-M.
1960 — Glen Glenn (52, auto accident), who was a sound technician for The Corpse Vanishes and Jungle Goddess.
1961 — H. William Miller (41, heart attack), who co-wrote the novel that was adapted into Kitten with a Whip.
1967 — Nikolai Gladkov (71), who portrayed Plenchishye in The Sword and the Dragon.
1983 — William G. Troiano (69), who was cinematographer for The Slime People and The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.
1988 — Jerry Warren (63), who was director, writer, producer, editor, and musical director for The Wild Wild World of Batwoman.
1990 — Wes Dawn (51, natural causes, capisce), who was makeup artist for Superdome.
1998 — Jerry Zinnamon (72), who had an unspecified role in and was a writer for Ring of Terror.
2006 — Lomax Study (91), who portrayed Professor Rayburn in Ring of Terror.
2016 — Mario Novelli (76), who was a stuntman for Hercules Unchained.
2019 — Augusto Larretta (93), who portrayed King Tylor in Wizards of the Lost Kingdom.
2021 — Masaya Nihei (80), who portrayed Jerry in Mighty Jack.
Movie Premieres
1964 — The Creeping Terror (Cumberland, MD)
I was just about to ask about that. I was going to post the my selections for Week 582 (“Movie Jo Night: The Dead Don’t Die” and “Operation Double 007”) and I saw that the site was in “Maintenance Mode”. Should I be worried now?
Oh, and Happy Birthday, Kim!
RIP Leslie Parrish
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leslie-parrish-dead-lil-abner-manchurian-candidate-1236677928/