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August 22
Births
1899 — Paul Vogel, who was cinematographer for The Magic Sword and Village of the Giants.
1900 — Jean Yarbrough, who was director for The Brute Man.
1905 — Wade Crosby, who portrayed Arthur V. Harroway in Invasion USA.
1909 — Paul W. Fairman, who wrote the short story “The Cosmic Frame”, which was loosely adapted into Attack of the Eye Creatures.**
1910 — Bobbie Sierks, who was script supervisor for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
1923 — Gay McLendon, who portrayed Mom Winstead in The Giant Gila Monster.
1924 — Andrzej Markowski, who was composer and sound effects technician for First Spaceship on Venus.
1927 — David de Keyser, who voiced Omar Pasha and others in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1928 — John Lupton, who portrayed Ray Miller in The Rebel Set.
1932 — Lelia Martin, who portrayed Momar in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.*
1933 — Sylva Koscina, who portrayed Iole in Hercules Unchained and Hercules.
1940 — Federico Del Zoppo, who was camera operator for Operation Double 007.
1943 — Michel Levesque, who was art director and second unit director for The Incredible Melting Man.
1952 — John Hateley, who was a stuntman for City Limits and a stunt rider for the upcoming Deathsport.*
1961 — Rick Sloane, who was director, writer, and producer for Hobgoblins.*
1990 — Nicole Alexandra Shipley, who portrayed Stone in Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1942 — Murdock MacQuarrie (63), who portrayed the minister in The Corpse Vanishes.
1971 — Mildred Von Hollen (79), who portrayed the saleslady in Kitten with a Whip.
1979 — William John Ranaldi (68), who was camera assistant for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews.
1986 — Bruce Cowling (66), who portrayed Lin Taylor in The Painted Hills.
1990 — Jack A. Bolger Jr. (82), who was a sound technician for Revenge of the Creature.
1995 — Jean Hayworth (90), who portrayed Mrs. Adams in the short Young Man’s Fancy (paired with The Violent Years).
2002 — Marvin Bryan (74), who portrayed a machine gunner in The Deadly Mantis.
2009 — Diana N. Loomis (78), who was script supervisor for Bloodlust.
2012 — Jeffrey Stone (85), who portrayed Hank Huston in the Thing That Couldn’t Die.
2019 — Morton Tubor (102), who was sound effects technician for Daddy-O and The Unearthly.
2021 — Bill Taylor (77), who was a special effects technician for Mac and Me.
Movie Premieres
1969 — The Side Hackers (Phoenix, AZ)
Episode Premieres
1992 — Hercules Against the Moon Men
August 23
Births
1894 — Willard Van der Veer, who was cinematographer for The Crawling Hand.
1901 — Frederick Schiller, who portrayed Klein in The Crawling Eye.
1903 — John Gallaudet, who portrayed a police guard in The Brute Man.
1903 — Felipe Palomino, who was assistant director for Santa Claus.
1916 — Alfred Thomas, who portrayed a plastic surgery lecture troublemaker in Operation Double 007.
1925 — Silvano Tranquilli, who portrayed Ambassador Dobson in The Pumaman.
1930 — Aleksandr Makarov, who was set decorator for The Day the Earth Froze.
1933 — Wendy Wilde, who portrayed Sister Magdalene in Girls Town.*
1962 — Liza Sullivan, who was assistant editor for Alien from L.A.*
Deaths
1966 — Francis X. Bushman (83), who portrayed the Secretary General of the International Space Order in 12 to the Moon and Sesom in The Phantom Planet.
1975 — Hank Patterson (86), who portrayed Henry in The Amazing Colossal Man, Hugo the Janitor in Earth vs the Spider, and Dave in Beginning of the End.
1983 — Enzo Mondino (78), who portrayed a press conference journalist and a party guest in Diabolik.
1991 — McClure Capps (80), who was art director for Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1994 — Aleksandr Shvorin (62), who portrayed Sokolnichek in The Sword and the Dragon.
1998 — Cheston Tarver (50, natural causes, capisce), who had an unspecified role in Daddy-O.
2000 — Bond Blackman (80), who was a producer for Catalina Caper.
2005 — Brock Peters (78), who portrayed Dr. Ralph Therman in SST: Death Flight.
2018 — Guillermo Calderón (99), who was producer for The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (also story writer), Santa Claus, Santo in the Treasure of Dracula, and The Batwoman.
2020 — Lori Nelson (87), who portrayed Janey Lowe in Untamed Youth, Louise Maddison in Day the World Ended, and Helen Dobson in Revenge of the Creature.
Movie Premieres
1971 — The Touch of Satan
It was on this date in 1947, Barbara Ann Scott and William Lyon Mackenzie King were at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, where they’d meet Johnny, who was having his day at the fair.
https://www.facebook.com/CanadianHistoryEhx/posts/barbara-ann-scott-smashes-champagne-on-an-airplane-at-the-canadian-national-exhi/684226760413476/
Jiminy, thinks Johnny, if only I could get a ride in one of those!
Here’s an obit: Leslie Parrish, who was in Giant Spider Invasion, passed away.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/movies/leslie-parrish-batman-and-the-manchurian-candidate-actress-dies-at-90/ar-AA2aMgpS?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=6a8ba5774cab476a85327d5efb2c6fa7&ei=174
It looks like it happened last year but only confirmed recently.
I know I saw the Star Trek episode she was in (Who Mourns for Adonis?) and I probably saw her in Batman, she played two different characters in different episodes.
August 24
Births
1896 — Edward Paul, who was music supervisor for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1897 — Richard Bartell, who portrayed Joe Holden in I Accuse My Parents.
1900 — Preston Foster, who portrayed Dr. Erik von Steiner in The Time Travelers.
1901 — James Knott, who was a camera operator for Rocketship X-M.
1904 — Rodd Redwing, who portrayed Nazar in The Mole People.
1909 — Larry Barton, who portrayed Johnson in The Human Duplicators.
1918 — Johannes Buzalski, who portrayed a gravedigger in Hamlet.
1919 — Enrique Llanes, who portrayed a henchman of The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1921 — Sidney Hayers, who was director and editor for Circus of Horrors.
1934 — Kenny Baker, who portrayed a dwarf in Circus of Horrors.
1937 — Allyson Ames, who portrayed a juror in The Phantom Planet.
1937 — Marlene Callahan, who portrayed Princess Grace in The Magic Sword.*
1947 — Raven De La Croix, who portrayed the party guest in a white clown outfit in Munchie.*
1951 — Noela Velasco, who portrayed Maria in Angels Revenge.*
1961 — John Fasano, who portrayed William Washington in and was a writer and assistant director for Zombie Nightmare.
1964 — Dana Gould, who was a writer for 1106 – Starcrash.*
Deaths
1948 — Cy Schindell (41, cancer), who portrayed a Khan’s guardsman in Undersea Kingdom and a crowd control policeman in The Brute Man.
1954 — Lewis D. Collins (55, heart attack), who was director for Jungle Goddess.
1956 — Mitchell Lewis (76), who portrayed Mark Miller in The Painted Hills.
1956 — Barry Norton (51, heart attack), who portrayed a reporter in Rocketship X-M and a party guest in The She-Creature.
1962 — Robert Ramsey (65), who was costume designer for Undersea Kingdom.
1991 — Reynold Brown (73), who was movie poster artist for Teenage Cave Man, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, World Without End, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, The Mole People, The Deadly Mantis, The Thing That Couldn’t Die, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, and The Time Travelers.
1997 — Werner Abrolat (73), who portrayed Melnik in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
2003 — Daxon Thomas (61), who was production manager for Hangar 18.
2007 — Priscilla Alden (68), who portrayed an old woman in Quest of the Delta Knights.
2007 — Bill Catching (81), who was a stuntman for Avalanche and a stunt double for The Beast of Hollow Mountain.
2012 — Steve Franken (80), who portrayed Henry Maitland in Stranded in Space, Danny McKee in The Time Travelers, and Henry McDade in Avalanche.
2018 — Stanley Morgan (88), who portrayed a sub-lieutenant in Gorgo.
2020 — Bonnie Baken (88-89), who portrayed Judy Adams in the short Young Man’s Fancy (paired with The Violent Years).**
2021 — Louis Lazzara (62), who was an assistant property master for the upcoming Space Raiders.
2022 — William Reynolds (90), who portrayed Gordon Hawthorne in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
Movie Premieres
1959 — The Day the Earth Froze (U.S.S.R.)
Episode Premieres
1991 — It Conquered the World
August 25
Births
1878 — Murdock MacQuarrie, who portrayed the minister in The Corpse Vanishes.
1881 — James Brill, who was narrator for the shorts Junior Rodeo Daredevils (paired with The Killer Shrews), The Truck Farmer (paired with I Accuse My Parents), A Day at the Fair (paired with Code Name: Diamond Head), and Keeping Clean and Neat (paired with The Sinister Urge).
1905 — Leonardo Scavino, who portrayed Ben Ahmed in and was script supervisor and dialogue coach for Operation Double 007.
1911 — Tiger Joe Marsh, who portrayed a cop boarding the train in The Rebel Set.
1916 — Van Johnson, who portrayed Chip Green in Superdome and Lester Scott in San Francisco International.
1916 — Daniel McCauley, who was assistant director for Space Travelers.
1918 — Richard Greene, who portrayed Nayland Smith in The Castle of Fu Manchu.
1931 — Regis Philbin, who portrayed Harry Carter in SST: Death Flight.
1935 — Peter Sheilds, who was assistant art director for Phase IV.*
1938 — Marilyn Madderom, who did second unit post-production ADR voice work for Outlaw.
1939 — Paul Nuckles, who portrayed a Mistrella hood in and was a stuntman for Mitchell.
1942 — Harumi Kiritachi, who portrayed Kyoko Yamamoto AKA Catherine in Gamera.*
1950 — Mario Pedone, who portrayed a trucker with a strange necklace in Warrior of the Lost World.
Deaths
1963 — Edward L. Cahn (64), who was director for The She-Creature.
1968 — John George (70), who portrayed a monster in the basement in The Unearthly.
1975 — Joseph Kane (81), who was director for Undersea Kingdom.
1980 — Gower Champion (59, Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia), who was director for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1987 — Eddie Marr (87), who portrayed the carney in Indestructible Man and Doyle in I was a Teenage Werewolf.
1992 — George R. Nelson (65), who was set decorator for The Magic Sword and Code Name: Diamond Head.
1995 — Mike Ragan (77), who portrayed a truck operator in Radar Secret Service.
1996 — John Hilling (74), who was wardrobe supervisor for The Land That Time Forgot.
2000 — Jack Nitzsche (63), who was composer and songwriter for Village of the Giants.
2001 — John Chambers (78), who was special makeup effects artist for The Human Duplicators.
2016 — Kenneth Hall (age unknown), who was supervising music editor for Starcrash.**
2025 — Frank Price (95), who was executive producer for San Francisco International.
Movie Premieres
1958 — The Screaming Skull (Las Cruces, NM)
August 26
Births
1892 — Richard C. Currier, who was editor for Daddy-O, editorial supervisor for The Unearthly and The Beatniks, and supervising editor for Night of the Blood Beast.
1906 — Henryk Szlachet, who was unit manager for First Spaceship on Venus.
1908 — Aubrey Schenck, who was a producer for Untamed Youth.
1909 — Jim Davis, who portrayed Grant in The Day Time Ended.
1912 — Taggart Casey, who portrayed Sheriff N.J. Shallert in It Conquered the World.
1920 — Emil Cadkin, who was song composer for The Hellcats, composer for The Killer Shrews, stock music composer for Terror from the Year 5000, and music cue composer for the shorts Out of This World (paired with High School Big Shot), Century 21 Calling (paired with The Space Children), and Robot Rumpus (paired with The Screaming Skull).
1928 — Yvette Vickers, who portrayed Liz Walker in Attack off the Giant Leeches.**
1937 — Arlene Encell, who was women’s costume supervisor for Mac and Me.*
1939 — John Hugh McKnight, who portrayed a passenger in SST: Death Flight.
1940 — Don LaFontaine, who portrayed a reporter in Being from Another Planet, as well as being the subject of the Mads’ invention in 1104 – Avalanche.
1942 — Kirk Morris, who portrayed Maciste AKA My Cheesesteak in Colossus and the Headhunters.*
1952 — Clifford Happy, who was a stuntman for City Limits.*
Nate Begle, who performed Crow T. Robot in various productions between Season 12 and 13. He was also the Crow puppeteer in 1303 – Beyond Atlantis and 1305 – Doctor Mordrid, a writer for 1311 – The Mask and 1313 – The Christmas Dragon, and both for 1308 – The Batwoman and 1310 – The Shape of Things to Come.
Deaths
1976 — Warner Anderson (65), who portrayed the doctor in The Bubble.
1980 — Knox Manning (76), who portrayed a newscaster in Invasion USA.
1989 — Santiago Ontañón (85-86), who was production designer for The Castle of Fu Manchu.**
2009 — Sadie Corre (91), who portrayed Hugo in Devil Doll.
2011 — Taldo Kenyon (81), who portrayed Sir Anthony in The Magic Sword.
Movie Premieres
1964 — Devil Doll (Phoenix, AZ)
Home Media Releases
1997 — The Unearthly
1997 — Eegah
Events
1964 — Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay (Deianira and Hercules respectively in The Loves of Hercules) get divorced.
“2009 — Sadie Corre (91), who portrayed Hugo in Devil Doll.”
I looked for her in Berlin but couldn’t find her.
I just read that Tim Curry has died. Was he, or any of his movies, referenced in a host segment? I recall there was one segment that was based on Clue but I don’t know whether that was the game or the movie.
You’re probably thinking of the Mystery Murder Dinner Theater host segment from Bloodlust.
August 27
Births
1894 — Charles Meredith, who portrayed Secretary Drake in Manhunt in Space and Crash of Moons.
1899 — Byron Foulger, who portrayed a conductor in The Rebel Set and Mr. Mathews in High School Big Shot.
1916 — Larry Thor, who portrayed Major Eric Coulter in The Amazing Colossal Man as well as in stock footage used in War of the Colossal Beast.
1925 — Herman Cohen, who portrayed a man with crime scene photos in and was a writer and producer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1929 — Hoke Howell, who portrayed Crapout in The Side Hackers.
1931 — Andrea Scotti, who portrayed Timanthes in The Loves of Hercules.
1934 — Ulf Ôtsuki, who portrayed a Seatopian agent in Godzilla vs Megalon and the Q commander in Mighty Jack.
1962 — Dean Devlin, who portrayed Ernie in City Limits.*
Deaths
1973 — Kenneth J. Warren (43, heart attack), who portrayed a roustabout in Circus of Horrors and had an unspecified role in Beyond Atlantis.
1995 — Anthony Baird (76), who portrayed a soldier in Devil Doll.
1995 — Mary Beth Hughes (75), who portrayed Kitty Reed in I Accuse My Parents and Terry Williams in Last of the Wild Horses.
1996 — Charles R. Rondeau (79), who was director for The Girl in Lovers Lane.
2011 — Tae-jeong Kim (54, stomach hemorrhage), who portrayed Sensei Lee in No Retreat, No Surrender.
Movie Premieres
1996 — Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders (direct-to-video)
Episode Premieres
1994 — The Skydivers
Events
1954 — Tiberio Mitri (a Valmont henchman in Diabolik) and Fulvia Franco (Anticlea in Hercules Unchained) get divorced.
Jefferson Mappin, who portrayed Beezer in City on Fire, died back on August 3 at the age of 71.
https://www.imfunerals.com/obituaries/Jefferson-Mappin?obId=49287848
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544628
August 28
Births
1891 — Stanley Andrews, who portrayed Collingwood in Untamed Youth and Pete Ferguson in Last of the Wild Horses.
1897 — Morris Ankrum, who portrayed Dr. Ralph Fleming in Rocketship X-M and General John Hanson in Beginning of the End.
1903 — Edward Ingram, who portrayed a photographer in This Island Earth.
1906 — David Tamkin, who was orchestrator for The Mole People.
1908 — Arny Freeman, who portrayed a photographer in The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1913 — Jun Tazaki, who portrayed a Red Bamboo commander in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1917 — Bill Coontz, who portrayed Bill Coontz in The Girl in Lovers Lane, a soldier in Beginning of the End, an insane man in the woods in Bloodlust, and had an unspecified role in High School Big Shot (also a stuntman).
1922 — Lily Granado, who portrayed an Amazon in Hercules.
1925 — Allan Balter, who was a writer and producer for San Francisco International.
1928 — Karl Michael Vogler, who portrayed that magnificent bastard Horatio in Hamlet.
1930 — Carolyn Kearney, who portrayed Jessica Burns in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1937 — Martin West, who portrayed Wickett in Mac and Me.
1939 — Edith Hanson, who portrayed Elza in Gamera vs Guiron.*
1953 — Andy Armstrong, who was third assistant director for At the Earth’s Core.*
1959 — John Allen Nelson, who portrayed the title role in Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell.*
1959 — Brian Thompson, who portrayed Cabal in Doctor Mordrid.*
1963 — Lisa Wolf, who portrayed Rita in Superdome.*
1967 — Dominic Lucero, who portrayed a dancer in Mac and Me.
Deaths
1961 — Esther Krebs (53, natural causes, capisce), who was a women’s wardrobe flunky for The Magic Sword.
1975 — Al Zimbalist (59, natural causes, capisce), who was executive producer for Robot Monster and King Dinosaur (also story writer).
1985 — Bruce Tegner (55, heart attack), who portrayed Nick in Girls Town.
1991 — Chris Anders (54, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Schloss in Agent for H.A.R.M.
2005 — Christoph Lindert (67, suicide by poisoning), who portrayed the sheriff in Making Contact.
2005 — Wyott Ordung (83), who was a writer for Robot Monster.
2009 — Wayne Tippit (76), who portrayed a drunk killed by a monster in and was assistant director for The Horror of Party Beach.
2010 — Yûzô Hayakawa (85), who portrayed Kawajiri in Gamera vs Barugon.
2011 — Mel Curtis (90), who portrayed Lt. Cutler in The Phantom Planet.
2013 — Larry Pennell (85), who portrayed Major Thomas in The Space Children.
Movie Premieres
1957 — The Amazing Colossal Man (Milwaukee, WI)
Episode Premieres
1993 — Eegah