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A couple of months ago, Dark Corners did this review of a physical media set of five DEFA (the production company that made Singing Ringing Tree) from Deaf Crocodile. Rather than a narrator talking over the characters, it’s regular German with subtitles. Which means that the indoctrination is balder than the the Soviet Troika films. Though they do have their goofy bits, like the pole vaulting bunny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xlrMBXUO-U
August 29
Births
1876 — Henry MacRae, who was associate producer for The Phantom Creeps.
1899 — George Macready, who portrayed Professor Vaughn Dornheimer in The Human Duplicators.
1907 — Lurene Tuttle, who portrayed Judge Cecilia Steele Tropp in Untamed Youth and Anna Noble in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1910 — Ron Ormond, who portrayed the janitor in Teenage Strangler.
1918 — Trevor Crole-Rees, who was makeup artist for Circus of Horrors.**
1922 — Lane Bradford, who portrayed Lassbuan in Crash of Moons.
1924 — Arseni Klopotovsky, who was production designer for Jack Frost.
1925 — Sandy Haver, who was a writer and associate producer for The Mask.
1929 — Susan Shaw, who portrayed Hestia in Fire Maidens of Outer Space.
1954 — Jeff Austin, who portrayed Detective Levitz in Doctor Mordrid.*
Deaths
1964 — William Stahl (54, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed a chamber guard in Undersea Kingdom.
1967 — Malcolm Brown (64), who was art director for Kitten with a Whip.
1967 — George Webber (91), who was cinematographer for the short X Marks the Spot (paired with King Dinosaur).
1978 — Emma Roldán (88), who portrayed Maria in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1981 — Lowell Thomas (89), who was narrator for the short The Chicken of Tomorrow (paired with The Brute Man).
1987 — Alan Arnold (64-65), who was publicist for Phase IV.**
1994 — Fernando Yapur (70-71), who portrayed the Swedish wrestler in The Batwoman.**
2002 — Paul Tripp (91), who portrayed Sam Whipple in and was a writer and songwriter for The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
2005 — George Simmons (80), who portrayed a bartender in SST: Death Flight.
2016 — Ann Smyrner (81), who portrayed Lise Martens in Reptilicus.
Movie Premieres
1979 — City on Fire (Canada)
Episode Premieres
1992 — The Magic Sword
1998 — The Screaming Skull
Home Media Releases
2006 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 10
Events
1955 — Mamie Van Doren (Penny Lowe in Untamed Youth and Silver Morgan in Girls Town) and Ray Anthony (Dick Culdane in Girls Town) get married.
August 30
Births
1903 — Asbjørn Andersen, who portrayed Professor Otto Martens in Reptilicus.
1905 — Isabel Vázquez, who portrayed a villager in The Black Scorpion.
1922 — John “Shorty” Powers, who provided the English dub voice for Lemminkäinen in The Day the Earth Froze.
1924 — Peter Brace, who was a stuntman for Gorgo.
1925 — Frank Ray Perilli, who was a writer for Laserblast.
1927 — Hugh Webster, who portrayed Fetch in The Last Chase.
1936 — Stanley McGeagh, who portrayed Hiller in The Land That Time Forgot.
1938 — Don Pedro Colley, who portrayed the black spy in Quest of the Delta Knights.
1941 — R.A. Dow, who portrayed Roger Grimes in Squirm.*
1948 — Jack Tamul, who was electronic music composer for Blood Waters of Dr. Z.*
1956 — Frank Conniff, who portrayed TV’s Frank in and was a writer and script consultant for Mystery Science Theater 3000, mostly during Seasons 2-6.*
1956 — Ron Rotholz, who portrayed Santa’s helper in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.*
Deaths
1958 — Lyn Osborn (32, surgical complications), who portrayed Sergeant Taylor in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1970 — Del Moore (54, cerebral hemorrhage), who portrayed Arthur Duval in Catalina Caper.
1985 — Tom Howard (75), who was special photographic effects technician for Gorgo.
1985 — Paul H. Landis (84), who was a writer for the short Is This Love? (paired with Teenage Strangler).
2000 — Joseph H. Lewis (93), who was supervising film editor for Undersea Kingdom.
2001 — Gilbert Mandelik (92), who was assistant director for 12 to the Moon.
2003 — Reg Thomason (84), who portrayed a mountain rescue stretcher bearer in The Crawling Eye and a roustabout in Circus of Horrors.
2004 — Bob Sherman (63), who provided the English dub voices for a searcher in Time of the Apes, unspecified characters in Fugitive Alien, and Tenda in Mighty Jack.
2007 — Bill Heintz (55, complications from surgery), who was key grip for The Brain.
2008 — Pamela Raymond (79), who portrayed Alice Lund in Ring of Terror.
2010 — Clyde Ware (79), who was a writer for Catalina Caper.
2013 — John A. Bushelman (98), who was assistant producer for King Dinosaur and editor for Tormented and Village of the Giants.
2014 — Andrew V. McLaglen (94), who was director for Mitchell.
Movie Premieres
1978 — Avalanche (Los Angeles, CA)
Events
1958 — Andra Martin (Linda Madison in The Thing That Couldn’t Die) and Ty Hardin (a sentry in The Space Children) get married.
1996 — Day 1 of ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo.
August 31
Births
1892 — Claire Du Brey, who portrayed Aunt Morgan in Girls Town.
1903 — Arthur Godfrey, who appeared as himself in Angels Revenge.
1914 — Joan Barclay, who portrayed Alice Wentworth in The Corpse Vanishes.
1920 — James Lanphier, who portrayed Colonel Harvey in The Deadly Mantis.
1920 — David Lowell Rich, who was director for SST: Death Flight.
1940 — Robert Morris, who portrayed a soldier in The Green Slime.*
1942 — Donald M. Wolak, who was best boy for The Touch of Satan.
1951 — Hilary Farr, who portrayed Mrs. Adams in City on Fire.*
1956 — Melissa Prophet, who portrayed Jennie in Being from Another Planet.*
1963 — Liza Greer, who portrayed Trish in Angels Revenge.*
1965 — Daniel Bernhardt, who portrayed the Runaway in Future War.*
Deaths
1959 — Charles Delaney (67), who portrayed Harry Bayliss in The Beatniks.
1977 — Joseph Mell (62), who portrayed Dr. Hugo Wagner in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1994 — Herbert Flato (96), who had an unspecified role in Rocket Attack USA.
1999 — Marguerite Chapman (81), who portrayed Laura in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1999 — Sandro Scarchilli (65), who portrayed a Zarth henchman in and was a stuntman for Starcrash.
2008 — Eldon Rathburn (92), who was composer for the short Johnny at the Fair (paired with The Rebel Set).
2017 — Richard Anderson (91), who portrayed Grant in Kitten with a Whip.
2020 — Bent Vejlby (96), who portrayed a Danish soldier in Reptilicus.
Movie Premieres
1960 — Circus of Horrors (U.S., New York City)
1979 — City on Fire (U.S.)
Home Media Releases
2004 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Essentials
Events
1996 — Day 2 of ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Belated Happy Birthday, Frank!
Who else remembers signing that huge birthday card for him at ConventioCon II?
September 1
Births
1875 — Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote the source novels for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
1889 — Chester M. Franklin, who was a producer for The Painted Hills.
1899 — Richard Arlen, who portrayed Lee Barrenger in The Crawling Hand and Lt. Shaw in The Human Duplicators.
1904 — Carl Sklover, who portrayed a search party member in Attack of the Giant Leeches.
1907 — Leslie Bradley, who portrayed the Symbol Maker in Teenage Cave Man.
1907 — Nathan Juran, who was director for The Deadly Mantis.
1928 — George Maharis, who portrayed Les Phillips in SST: Death Flight.
1930 — Joyce Holden, who portrayed Claire Erling in Terror from the Year 5000.
1931 — Michael Miller, who portrayed Lou in the upcoming Spacer Raiders.
1933 — Tsai Chin, who portrayed Lin Tang in The Castle of Fu Manchu.*
1936 — Fred Davis, who portrayed a reporter in Gorgo.
1937 — Elijah Perry AKA Jerry Rushing, who was stunt driver for Carnival Magic.
1938 — Virginia Aldridge, who portrayed Betty Alexander in High School Big Shot.*
1940 — Judee Morton, who portrayed Bonnie Galbraith in The Slime People.*
1945 — Walt Gilmore, who was first assistant director for Master Ninja II.*
1945 — Venita Wolf, who portrayed Tina Moss in Catalina Caper.
1946 — Calvin Maehl, who was gaffer for SST: Death Flight.*
1949 — Edouard F. Henriques, who was alien makeup artist for Mac and Me.*
1953 — Alex Ponti, who was a producer for Killer Fish.
Deaths
1977 — Henry Vars (74), who was composer for The Unearthly and The Leech Woman and composed stock music used in Bloodlust.
1980 — Frank McCoy (64), who was makeup artist for Kitten with a Whip.
1999 — Joseph Green (71), who was director and writer for The Brain that Wouldn’t Die.
2003 — Rand Brooks (84), who portrayed Ranger Andrews in Crash of Moons.
2006 — Patti Gallagher (75), who portrayed Nora Pierce in King Dinosaur.
2008 — Don LaFontaine (68), who portrayed a reporter in Being from Another Planet, as well as being the subject of the Mads’ invention in 1104 – Avalanche.
2009 — Turi Vasile (87), who was executive producer for Killer Fish.
2025 — Graham Greene (73), who portrayed Admiral Hadley in Atlantic Rim.
Movie Premieres
1976 — At the Earth’s Core (U.S.)
1985 — City Limits
Home Media Releases
2015 — Mystery Science Theater 3000 — Volume I
Events
1996 — Day 3 of ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama 2: Electric Boogaloo.
September 2
Births
1889 — George H. Plympton, who was a writer for The Phantom Creeps.
1905 — Lionel Lindon, who was cinematographer for The Black Scorpion.
1909 — David Stern, who was a writer for Swamp Diamonds.
1912 — Jim Tyson, who portrayed a circus audience member in Gorgo.
1913 — Luis Aceves Castañeda, who portrayed Dr. Krupp in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1917 — Armando Trovajoli, who was composer for Hercules and the Captive Women.
1919 — Bruno Vailati, who was a producer for Hercules Unchained.
1919 — Bob Wehling, who was a writer for Eegah and portrayed Joe in Revenge of the Creature.
1925 — Zena Relph, who was a puppeteer for Invaders from the Deep.
1927 — Francis Matthews, who voiced Captain Scarlet in Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars.
1928 — Benito Stefanelli, who was stunt coordinator for Hercules Unchained, portrayed Valiki in Secret Agent Super Dragon, and was a stuntman for The Pumaman (also portrayed Rankin) and Starcrash.
1938 — Jany Clair, who portrayed Queen Samara in Hercules Against the Moon Men.*
1938 — Giuliano Gemma, who portrayed Melanippo in Hercules Unchained.
1941 — Suzie Kaye, who portrayed Ensign Stevens in Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1943 — Lisle Wilson, who portrayed Dr. Loring in The Incredible Melting Man.
1975 — Leroy Hodges, who portrayed a kid in the back of the class in Making Contact.*
1983 — Thomas Smith, who was director, writer, executive producer, and editor for Demon Squad.*
Deaths
1964 — Morris Ankrum (67), who portrayed Dr. Ralph Fleming in Rocketship X-M and General John Hanson in Beginning of the End.
1973 — Carl Dudley (62), who was executive producer for the short The Days of Our Years (paired with The Amazing Transparent Man).
1974 — Walter Strenge (76), who was cinematographer for Manhunt in Space.
1977 — Maurice King (62, surgery complications), who was executive producer for Gorgo.
1982 — Ada Vojtsik (77), who portrayed Lemminkäinen’s mother in The Day the Earth Froze.
1983 — Nino Marchetti (74), who portrayed Fossore in Hercules Unchained.
1984 — Sergei Martinson (85), who portrayed the monk in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and Mishatychka in The Sword and the Dragon.
1992 — Jeong-im Nam (47, natural causes, capisce), who portrayed Yoo Soon-a in Yongary.
1993 — Veronica Pataky (74), who portrayed Sonya in the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
2007 — Leo Acosta (82), who composed the jazz music used in The Batwoman.
2024 — Andras Hamori (71), who was assistant to the producer for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
Episode Premieres
2022 — The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Special Premieres
1997 — 1st Annual Summer Blockbuster Review
September 3
Births
1878 — R.H. Bassett, who composed stock music used in Undersea Kingdom.
1890 — Pat O’Malley, who portrayed the AMI chief in The Phantom Creeps.
1903 — Wilfrid M. Cline, who was cinematographer for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews.
1914 — Ivan Pereverzev, who portrayed Timofey Larionovich in the Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1915 — Ricardo Adalid, who portrayed a detective at the party in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1921 — Don Kennedy, who portrayed a reporter in World Without End.
1926 — Bill Couch, who portrayed a Russian cosmonaut in Space Travelers and a Dragon boy in Girls Town.
1926 — Richard Markowitz, who was composer for Stranded in Space and The Magic Sword.
1929 — Tôru Narita, who was special effects coordinator for Mighty Jack and designer for Invasion of the Neptune Men.
1934 — Ted Derby, who was horse wrangler for Hercules.
1937 — Kieu Chinh, who portrayed Kako Umaro in Angels Revenge.*
1944 — Timothy Donnelly, who portrayed Richard in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1963 — Elettra Baldassarri, who had an unspecified role in Warrior of the Lost World.*
1981 — Cory Graham, who provided additional voiceover for Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1971 — Jack Greenhalgh (67), who was cinematographer for The Mad Monster, Robot Monster, and Lost Continent.
1980 — Dirch Passer (54, heart attack), who portrayed Petersen in Reptilicus.
1980 — Henryk Szlachet (74), who was unit manager for First Spaceship on Venus.
2009 — Caro Jones (85-86), who was casting director for Mac and Me.**
2019 — Carol Lynley (77), who portrayed Niki in The Shape of Things to Come.
2023 — Christian Claaszen (84), who portrayed Peter Collins in Making Contact.
Episode Premieres
1994 — Bloodlust!
Home Media Releases
2013 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Shout! Factory)
Events
1960 — James R. Sweeney (McCreedy in Hobgoblins) and Vikki Dougan (Karen in The Rebel Set) get married.
New interview about the Rifftrax Experiments on AV Club.
https://www.avclub.com/mst3k-rifftrax-interview-mike-nelson-kevin-murphy-bill-corbett
September 4
Births
1904 — Jack Voglin, who was production manager for Women of the Prehistoric Planet.
1905 — Ikio Sawamura, who portrayed an elderly slave in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1911 — Billy Dix, who portrayed Duke in Radar Men from the Moon.
1913 — William Roberts, who was a writer for SST: Death Flight.
1916 — Robert J. Schiffer, who was makeup artist for The Amazing Colossal Man.
1924 — Yolanda Molinari, who was casting director for Last of the Wild Horses.
1926 — Alberto Plebani, who portrayed the Minister of the Interior in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.*
1926 — Helmut Ringelmann, who was production manager for Hamlet.
1928 — Guido Lollobrigida, who portrayed Kurt in Operation Double 007 and the mustache-sporting Kobras thug in The Pumaman (also a stuntman).
1930 — Takuya Fujioka, who portrayed Dr. Sato in Gamera vs Barugon.
1933 — Ben Bates, who portrayed Mort in Riding with Death.
1935 — Erika Peters, who portrayed Nina in The Atomic Brain.
1947 — Jeffery Kissoon, who portrayed Dr. Ben Vincent in Cosmic Princess.*
Deaths
1960 — Alfred E. Green (71), who was director for Invasion USA.
1983 — Bob Wehling (64), who was a writer for Eegah and portrayed Joe in Revenge of the Creature.
1991 — Carl Daniels (88), who was a sound technician for The Bubble.
1992 — John Van Dreelen (70), who portrayed Bertram Garvey in The Leech Woman.
1994 — Esther Valiquette (31-32, AIDS), who was a perch for Zombie Nightmare.**
1997 — Leslie Heritage (76), who portrayed Carl in The Crawling Eye.
2014 — Hajime Kaburagi (88), who was composer for Invasion of the Neptune Men.
2024 — Frank Griffin (95), who portrayed Ben Grant in Teenage Crime Wave.
Movie Premieres
1953 — Project Moon Base
1963 — The Crawling Hand (Hartford, CT)
Television Premieres
1976 — Space: 1999 episode “The Metamorph” (first half of Cosmic Princess)
Episode Premieres
1993 — I Accuse My Parents
Special Premieres
1998 — 2nd Annual Summer Blockbuster Review
“1994 — Esther Valiquette (31-32, AIDS), who was a perch for Zombie Nightmare.”
She was a fish??
IMDB lists this credit under “Camera and Electrical Department.” Does anyone know what “perch” means in this context?
Well, I did some more digging and it appears that “perch” is short for “perchman” which is a French term for boom operator.
Glad to find out what it means. My first thought had been that it was a title for someone who works in the lighting rigging (perching, if you will).
Happy 100th Birthday Alberto Plebani!
September 5
Births
1901 — Fanny Schiller, who portrayed Florentina in The Black Scorpion.
1915 — Nora Marlowe, who portrayed the matron in Kitten with a Whip.
1917 — Maria Palmer, who portrayed Potanda/Cotanda(?) in Crash of Moons.
1923 — Bill Cassady, who portrayed Lt. Peterson in The Amazing Colossal Man.
1927 — Derek V. Browne, who was camera operator for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
1933 — Eddie Carroll, who portrayed a Man in Black in Hangar 18 and a doctor in Parts: The Clonus Horror.
1939 — George Lazenby, who portrayed Mallory in Master Ninja II.*
1941 — Paul Van der Linden, who was cinematographer for The Last Chase.
1951 — Greg Cannom, who was special makeup assistant for The Incredible Melting Man.
1952 — Rick Moses, who portrayed Bruce Scott in Avalanche.*
Deaths
1987 — Quinn Martin (65), who was executive producer for Code Name: Diamond Head.
1992 — Mickey Meyers (84), who was a costume designer and wardrobe flunky for The Human Duplicators.
2003 — Kir Bulychyov (68), who was a writer for Humanoid Woman.
2015 — Sergio Ciani AKA Alan Steel (79), who portrayed Megreo in Hercules Unchained and Hercules (technically Maciste) in Hercules Against the Moon Men.
2016 — Hugh O’Brian (91), who portrayed Harry Chamberlain in Rocketship X-M.
2023 — Jeanette Freeman (age unknown), who was hairdresser for Cosmic Princess.**
September 6
Births
1888 — Edward Hearn, who portrayed a reporter in This Island Earth.
1888 — Dave Milton, who was art director for The Corpse Vanishes, The Rebel Set, and World Without End.
1892 — Fred Parrish, who was still photographer for Jungle Goddess.
1907 — Sergey Koren, who was choreographer for The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
1908 — Grigori Yagdfeld, who was a writer for The Day the Earth Froze.
1921 — Gaio Frattini, who was a writer for Hercules.
1926 — Maurice Prather, who was a sound technician and camera operator for the short Why Study Industrial Arts? (paired with The Skydivers).
1932 — Sonia Torgeson, who portrayed Peg Lawrence in Daddy-O and Alice Woodward in Teenagers from Outer Space.
1942 — Betty Ann Carr, who portrayed Flo Mattson in Hangar 18.
1954 — Dana Bertolette, who was a stuntman and a stunt double for Alex Rebar in The Incredible Melting Man.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1970 — Alfred Gilks (78), who was cinematographer for The Painted Hills.
1978 — Harry Wilson (80), who portrayed a monster in the basement in The Unearthly and a trophy in Bloodlust.
1981 — Maria Palmer (64), who portrayed Potanda/Cotanda(?) in Crash of Moons.
1985 — Johnny Desmond (65), who portrayed Tony Herric in The Bubble.
1985 — Jane Frazee (70), who portrayed Jane Cooper in Last of the Wild Horses.
1994 — Duccio Tessari (67), who was a writer for Hercules and the Captive Women.
2015 — Martin Milner (83), who portrayed Lyle Kingman in SST: Death Flight.
2016 — Frank Beascoechea (81), who was cinematographer for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.
Movie Premieres
1956 — Fire Maidens of Outer Space (U.S.)
Episode Premieres
1997 — The Horror of Party Beach
Events
2006 — RiffTrax founded
September 7
Births
1901 — Marshall Pollock, who was sound effects editor for Bride of the Monster.
1902 — Roy Barcroft, who portrayed Retik in Radar Men from the Moon and Agent Parker in The Phantom Creeps.
1919 — Henry Schrage, who was assistant to the producer for The Amazing Colossal Man and War of the Colossal Beast and assistant producer for Earth vs the Spider.
1921 — Steve Rez, who was key grip for Kitten with a Whip.
1922 — Loretta Agar, who portrayed the woman on the boat in Revenge of the Creature.
1923 — Peter Lawford, who portrayed Burke in Angels Revenge.
1923 — William Ross, who was associate producer and assistant director for The Green Slime (in which he also portrayed Ferguson) and handled the English dubbing for The Legend of Dinosaurs and Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
1927 — John Milford, who portrayed Elliot in Riding with Death
1934 — Gerry Arbeid, who was production manager for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.
1935 — Sergio Ciani AKA Alan Steel, who portrayed Megreo in Hercules Unchained and Hercules (technically Maciste) in Hercules Against the Moon Men.
1935 — Norman Ollstead, who portrayed Lew’s roommate in Ring of Terror.
1937 — Barbara Allyne Bennet, who portrayed a scientist in Mac and Me.
1937 — John Phillip Law, who portrayed Elijah Kalgan in Space Mutiny and the title role in Diabolik.
1943 — Yoram Globus, who was producer for Alien from L.A. and executive producer for Outlaw.*
1947 — Luigi Cozzi, who provided story contribution for Devil Fish and was director and writer for Starcrash.*
1973 — Victoria Dadi, who was unit production manager for Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1967 — Thomas E. Jackson (81), who portrayed George Haskell in It Conquered the World.
1977 — Tim Pelt (31, road accident), who portrayed Linus in SST: Death Flight.
1992 — Arturo Dominici (76), who portrayed Eurysteus in Hercules.
1996 — Joseph Biroc (93), who was cinematographer for SST: Death Flight, The Amazing Colossal Man, and Kitten with a Whip.
2007 — Reo Ruiters (69), who was stunt coordinator for Outlaw.
2013 — Stephanie Epper (69), who was a stuntwoman for Mitchell.
2017 — Ki-duk Kim (82), who was director and writer for Yongary, Monster of the Deep.
Movie Premieres
1984 — Devil Fish (Italy)
Episode Premieres
1991 — Gamera vs Guiron
Events
1904 — At the Olympic Games held in St. Louis, 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) wins the bronze medal in the 440-yard breaststroke (a swimming competition, not what you might be thinking) and places fifth in the 880-yard freestyle.
New intro for the MST3K Rifftrax Experiments has dropped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_plBSQv2ibw
>2013 — Stephanie Epper (69), who was a stuntwoman for Mitchell.
“…AND she’s an acrobat!”
Seriously though, what scene in Mitchell required a stunt woman? I don’t recall any female characters doing anything stunt-like, unless you count the icky bedroom scene.
Possibly it was one of the scenes excised for the Edited for TV version they screened.
September 8
Births
1890 — Paul Harber, who portrayed Floyd Mason in It Conquered the World.
1901 — Kenneth MacDonald, who portrayed a doctor in The She-Creature.
1906 — Eleanor Beecroft, who portrayed Mrs. Kelly in The Mask.
1907 — Sid Tomack, who portrayed Dan Wicks in The Space Children.
1908 — Maurice Geraghty, who was a writer for Undersea Kingdom.
1910 — Ted Allan, who was cinematographer for Bride of the Monster.
1914 — Hillary Brooke, who portrayed Marla Stevens in Lost Continent.
1919 — Wolf C. Hartwig, who was a producer for Horrors of Spider Island.
1922 — Alex Gordon, who was a writer for Bride of the Monster, an executive producer for Day the World Ended, and a producer for The She-Creature.
1923 — Arthur C. Pierce, who was writer and director for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and The Human Duplicators (for which he was also producer).
1929 — Don Mason, who voice Captain Troy Tempest and a Solaster leader in Invaders from the Deep.
1942 — Lamar Card, who was second unit director for City on Fire.*
1952 — David R. Ellis, who was a stunt rider for the upcoming Deathsport.
Deaths
1970 — Bob Stevenson (69), who portrayed Daly in Radar Men from the Moon.
1975 — John Mylong (82), who portrayed the Professor in Robot Monster.
1976 — Olga Solbelli (78), who portrayed Maga in The Loves of Hercules.
1983 — Richard Viktorov (53, gulag sabbatical), who was director and writer for Humanoid Woman.
1991 — Alex North (80), who composed stock music used in Teenage Crime Wave.
1992 — Carroll Young (83), who was story writer for Lost Continent.
2006 — S. John Launer (86), who portrayed Bill Logan in I was a Teenage Werewolf.
2007 — DeForest Covan (89), who portrayed the janitor in The Incredible Melting Man.
2007 — Leo A. Handel (93), who was an executive producer for The Phantom Planet.
2009 — Ray Barrett (82), who voiced Commander Sam Shore and many others in Invaders from the Deep.
2016 — John Caper Jr. (83), who was music supervisor for Catalina Caper and Final Justice.
2021 — Arthur Metrano (84), who portrayed the truck driver in Rocket Attack USA.
2025 — Salli Sachse (82), who portrayed Mikki in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.
Events
1979 — Reb Brown and Cisse Cameron (Dave Ryder and Lea Jansen respectively in Space Mutiny) get married.
1984 — Lee Majors (Franklyn Hart in The Last Chase and Robert Lasky in Killer Fish) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.
David Worth, who was director and writer for Warrior of the Lost World as well as cinematographer for the upcoming Deathsport, died yesterday at the age of 86.
https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/in-memoriam-david-worth-director-of-kickboxer-and-cinematic-architect-of-bloodsport-dies-at-86/
Doh! It was Bloodsport for which he was cinematographer.
Article on Nerdist about movie selection.
https://nerdist.com/article/mst3k-rifftrax-experiments-interview-bill-corbett-kevin-murphy-picking-movies/
September 9
Births
1873 — William Vedder, who portrayed James in World Without End.
1895 — Jack Byron, who portrayed a photographer in This Island Earth.
1902 — Chester Schaeffer, who was editor for The Deadly Mantis.
1905 — Joseph E. Levine, 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.
1906 — Pietro Francisci, who was director and writer for Hercules Unchained and Hercules.**
1909 — Arnold Goode, who was property manager for Tormented.
1914 — James Seay, who portrayed Colonel Hallock in The Amazing Colossal Man and Captain James Barton in Beginning of the End.
1917 — DeForest Covan, who portrayed the janitor in The Incredible Melting Man.
1923 — Dolores Castle, who portrayed Yvonne in Jungle Goddess.
1925 — Benny Juhlin, who portrayed a soldier in Reptilicus.
1931 — Barbara Florian, who portrayed Megara in The Loves of Hercules.*
1950 — Vicki Peters, who portrayed Helena Jackman in Mitchell.*
1954 — Jeffrey Combs, who portrayed the title role in Doctor Mordrid.*
1980 — Derek LaPorte, who was first assistant camera for Atlantic Rim.*
Deaths
1960 — Paul Stanhope (73), who was makeup artist for Jungle Goddess.
1966 — Nestor Paiva (61), who portrayed Lucas in Revenge of the Creature and Professor Etienne Lafarge in The Mole People.
1974 — Jim Tyson (62), who portrayed a circus audience member in Gorgo.
1976 — Corson Jowett (74), who did sound for The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1981 — Hermann Gruber (89), who was camera operator for Hamlet.
1984 — Ted Mapes (82), who was a stuntman for Undersea Kingdom.
1985 — Robert Henderson (80), who portrayed Clete in Phase IV.
1997 — Burgess Meredith (89), who portrayed Willy Basset in SST: Death Flight and Captain J.G. Williams in The Last Chase.
2010 — Bunny Summers (86), who portrayed Zurella in Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.
2024 — James Earl Jones (93), who portrayed Albert in City Limits.
via Google:
“Prominent Hollywood stuntwomen Stephanie Epper and Paula Crist performed stunts for [“Mitchell”], which featured several intense practical action sequences, including the film’s signature helicopter-and-automobile chase.”
I’d be unsurprised to learn that some of said stunts were, like John Saxon’s death scene, cut from the film to give it the necessary running time.
Did it pass the Bechdel Test? ;-)
FWIW: According to the IMDB, Baker “parodies” the character of Mitchell in Greydon “Angels’ Brigade”/”Final Justice” Clark’s 1982 comedy/horror/mystery film “Wacko.”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083310/quotes/?ref_=ttrv_dyk_qu
“It’s Halloween, it’s prom night, there’s a psycho loose, so don’t open the door, don’t answer the phone, don’t look in the attic, don’t go to the bathroom, don’t go into the ocean, and don’t go into space ’cause no one can hear you scream. Signed, A Friend.”
September 10
Births
1898 — George Eldredge, who portrayed Mike in The Corpse Vanishes.
1909 — Fred Feitshans Jr., who was editor for Indestructible Man.
1921 — Gil Altschul, who was director for the short Are You Ready for Marriage? (paired with Racket Girls).
1929 — Tommy Leonetti, who portrayed the white reporter in The Human Duplicators.
1933 — Pato Guzman, who was art director for Daddy-O.
1936 — Ofelia Montesco, who portrayed Tundra in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
1945 — Dennis Burkley, who portrayed Deputy Pete Ungar in Laserblast.
1946 — Patricia Pearcy, who portrayed Geri Sanders in Squirm.*
1952 — Angelo Ragusa, who was a stuntman for The Pumaman.
1954 — Clark Johnson, who was a driver for The Last Chase.*
1954 — Fred Olen Ray, who portrayed a piano player in Munchie.*
1954 — Sid Yost, who was animal supplier for Cry Wilderness.
Deaths
1939 — Hugo Reisenfeld (60), who composed stock music used in Undersea Kingdom.
1976 — Gennadi Tsekavyj (54, gulag sabbatical), who was cinematographer for The Day the Earth Froze and camera operator for The Sword and the Dragon.
1979 — Franklin Adreon (76), who was associate producer for Radar Men from the Moon.
1981 — Mary Gibsone (91), who was script supervisor for The Rebel Set and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1989 — Gordon K. McCallum (70), who was dubbing mixer for At the Earth’s Core.
1993 — Michael Ross (81), who portrayed a reporter in The Rebel Set.
1995 — Derek Meddings (64), who was director of special effects for Invaders from the Deep, supervising director of visual effects for Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars, and special effects supervisor for The Land That Time Forgot.
2006 — Kevin G. Tracey (76), who was property master for The Touch of Satan.
2007 — Loretta King (90), who portrayed Janet Lawton in Bride of the Monster.
2009 — Peter Thornton (86, auto accident), who was sound editor for Gorgo.
2014 — Richard Kiel (74), who portrayed Dr. Kolos in The Human Duplicators, the title character in Eegah, and the Solarite in The Phantom Planet.
2015 — Murray Rubin (90), who portrayed Mr. Berstein in Doctor Mordrid.
2019 — Yvonne Richards (age unknown), who was continuity flunky for The Crawling Eye.**
Movie Premieres
1975 — Mitchell
So, any volunteers to do the Episode Guide entry for “Sting of Death”? I’m willing to help out.
Does this site share actual MST3K news anymore? Or is it just a bot that posts the latest Rifftrax uploads based on some RSS feed?
MIKE HOSTED AGAIN LAST NIGHT IN THEATERS! Come on guys…
Either I’ve forgotten or I never knew in the first place: What do the asterisks indicate? Thanks. :-)
A single asterisk next to a name in the Births means that person has no listed death date and it’s reasonable to believe that said person is still alive. A double asterisk next to a name in Births or Deaths means that the person’s listed Death or Birth date is either incomplete or unknown.
Chris was the one who handled the MST3K news. But you may recall last year he announced that he was having trouble focusing (presumably from getting old and tired as happens to us all eventually), so was stepping back from those duties. Brian has always been more into documenting RiffTrax releases. And I imagine age is taking its toll on him as well. Certainly his three weeks radio silence from a while back was alarming.
Births
1892 — Pinto Colvig, who voiced Coily in the short A Case of Spring Fever (paired with Squirm).
1906 — Cecil Cooney, who was camera operator for The Projected Man.
1914 — Ralph Clanton, who portrayed Red in the short Out of This World (paired with High School Big Shot).
1914 — Lomax Study, who portrayed Professor Rayburn in Ring of Terror.
1927 — Bob Miles, who was Robert Hutton’s stunt double in The Slime People.
1928 — Phillip St. George, who portrayed General Watkins in Rocket Attack USA.**
1939 — Michael A. Jones, who was lighting gaffer for The Touch of Satan.*
1943 — Arnaldo Fabrizio, who portrayed an elf in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1951 — Gary Davis, who was stunt coordinator for Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.*
Deaths
1964 — John Dodsworth (53, suicide), who portrayed a priest in The Mole People.
1970 — Chester Morris (69, barbiturate overdose), who portrayed Dr. Carlo Lombardi in The She-Creature.
1987 — Lorne Greene (72), who portrayed Marshall Cole in SST: Death Flight.
1988 — Donald H. Brown (82), who was director of the short Young Man’s Fancy (paired with The Violent Years).
1996 — Louise Lewis (81), who portrayed Principal Ferguson in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
2009 — Nancy Eagles (age unknown), who was continuity flunky for Overdrawn at the Memory Bank and script supervisor for Avalanche.**
2013 — Viktor Yakushev (83), who was cinematographer for The Day the Earth Froze.
2015 — Paul Galloway (92), who was unit manager for The Bloodwaters of Dr. Z, as well as portraying Sheriff Lou Krantz.
2018 — Anthony Barnao (65), who was casting director for Doctor Mordrid.
Episode Premieres
1993 — Operation Double 007
September 12
Births
1907 — Fred Knoth, who was set coordinator for Kitten with a Whip and special effects technician for The Deadly Mantis.
1919 — Carlo Lodato, who was editor for Attack of the Giant Leeches and High School Big Shot.
1922 — John Chambers, who was makeup artist for The Human Duplicators.
1922 — Barry Keegan, who portrayed the mate in Gorgo.**
1923 — Tony LaMarca, who was assistant director for The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.
1927 — Gianna Maria Canale, who portrayed Antea in Hercules.
1929 — Tom Graeff, who portrayed Joe Rogers in and was director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, special effects technician, and music coordinator for Teenagers from Outer Space.
1931 — Bill McKinney, who portrayed Sheriff Kyle in Master Ninja I and Chief Wilson in Final Justice.
1932 — Kim Hamilton, who portrayed young Malla in The Leech Woman.
1932 — Skip Ward, who portrayed Buck in Kitten with a Whip.
1938 — Anne Helm, who portrayed Princess Helene in The Magic Sword.*
1940 — Mickey Lolich, who portrayed a security guard in The Incredible Melting Man.
1940 — Mai Reimers, who portrayed a bather in Reptilicus.*
1942 — Martin Grace, who portrayed the killer in the red spacesuit in Moon Zero Two.
Deaths
1978 — Craig Slocum (43, insulin shock), who portrayed Andy in the short Is This Love? (paired with Teenage Strangler).
1979 — Sabel Jameel (78), who portrayed a medical office staff member in The Green Slime.
1993 — Cecil Cooney (87), who was camera operator for The Projected Man.
2001 — Nathanael León (85), who portrayed a vampire in Samson vs the Vampire Women.
2011 — Robert MacDonald (age unknown), who was casting director for Robot Wars.**
Episode Premieres
1992 — Hercules and the Captive Women
1999 — Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders
Events
2018 — Issue 1 of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic is released.
September 13
Births
1909 — Leith Stevens, who composed stock music used in Women of the Prehistoric Planet, Hercules and the Captive Women (U.S. version), The Human Duplicators, Teenage Crime Wave, and The Phantom Planet, and was also composer for World Without End.
1911 — Archie Dalzell, who was cinematographer for Women of the Prehistoric Planet and camera operator for Radar Secret Service.
1913 — Roy Engel, who portrayed the desk sergeant in Indestructible Man.
1914 — Maurice King, who was executive producer for Gorgo.
1914 — Max Rosenberg, who was executive producer for The Incredible Melting Man and producer for The Deadly Bees, The Land That Time Forgot, and At the Earth’s Core.
1918 — Gene Polito, who was assistant camera for Ring of Terror.
1920 — John Crawford, who portrayed a man at the bar in Invasion USA.
1920 — Carole Mathews, who portrayed Lee Hampton in Swamp Diamonds.
1924 — Scott Brady, who portrayed a public affairs officer in Space Travelers.
1925 — Mel Tormé, who portrayed Fred Alger in Girls Town.
1931 — Barbara Bain, who portrayed Dr. Helena Russell in Cosmic Princess.*
1932 — Fred Wolf, who was an animator of the main titles in Catalina Caper.*
1938 — Bob Labansat, who portrayed Javorsky’s bodyguard in The Beast of Yucca Flats.
1939 — Richard Kiel, who portrayed Dr. Kolos in The Human Duplicators, the title role in Eegah, and the Solarite in The Phantom Planet.
1944 — Mike Marshall, who portrayed Lt. White in The Phantom Planet.
1947 — Gary Brockette, who portrayed a doctor in and was dialogue coach for Mac and Me.
1955 — Paul Amato, who portrayed a soldier at the roadblock in The Last Chase.*
1956 — Dan Kneece, who was first assistant camera and Steadicam operator for Lords of the Deep.
1957 — Anna Cachia, who portrayed a policewoman in Final Justice.*
Deaths
1960 — Paul Weatherwax (60), who was editor for Revenge of the Creature.
1982 — Ray Carter (73), who was song writer for The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1984 — Dino Maiuri (67), who was a writer for Diabolik.
1986 — Gerry Judge (75), who portrayed a party waiter in Devil Doll.
2003 — Ninel Myshkova (77), who portrayed the princess of Lake Ilmen in The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and Vasilisa in The Sword and the Dragon.
2005 — Tom Felleghy (83), who portrayed a press conference journalist in Escape 2000 and General Headwood in Argoman the Fantastic Superman.
2005 — Chieko Nakakita (79), who portrayed Mrs. Kane in Godzilla vs the Sea Monster.
2011 — Paul Hunt (67), who was sound technician and additional cinematographer for the upcoming Deathsport.
2017 — Jack Cookerly (91), who composed the electronic music in The Black Scorpion.
2017 — Stewart Moss (79), who portrayed Dr. John Beck in It Lives by Night.
Movie Premieres
1961 — Bloodlust (San Diego, CA)
1974 — Phase IV (U.S.)
Home Media Releases
2011 — Manos: The Hands of Fate: Special Edition
September 14
Births
1904 — Walter Dalton, who was a grip for Rocketship X-M.
1908 — Alan Reynolds, who portrayed an insecticide man in Beginning of the End and a guard outside the Washington Monument in The Deadly Mantis.
1914 — Clayton Moore, who portrayed Graber in Radar Men from the Moon.
1915 — Douglas Kennedy, who portrayed Faust in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1916 — James H. Nicholson, who was executive producer for The Amazing Colossal Man, It Conquered the World, Earth vs the Spider, Teenage Cave Man, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, War of the Colossal Beast, Gunslinger, Day the World Ended, Terror from the Year 5000, The She-Creature, and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1921 — Henry Wills, who portrayed a man on the dock in Master Ninja II.
1925 — John Gant, who was a special effects technician for At the Earth’s Core.*
1926 — Alejandro Ulloa, who was color supervisor for Operation Double 007.
1927 — Martin Caidin, who wrote the novel that was adapted into Space Travelers, as well as serving as a technical advisor.
1928 — Hans-Joachim Wallstein, who was script editor for First Spaceship on Venus.
1929 — Daniel Haller, who was art director for Attack of the Giant Leeches, The Girl in Lovers Lane, and Night of the Blood Beast.
1941 — Mike Frift, who was camera focus for The Land That Time Forgot and At the Earth’s Core.
1952 — Martyn Burke, who was director, writer, and producer for The Last Chase.*
1954 — Vince Deadrick Jr., who was a stuntman for Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues.*
1963 — David Franco, who was editor and assistant camera for Zombie Nightmare.*
Deaths
1968 — Melville Shyer (72), who was assistant director for Jungle Goddess and Beginning of the End.
1969 — James Anderson (49, barbiturate poisoning), who portrayed Boyd Abercrombie in The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
1972 — Lane Chandler (73), who portrayed a henchman with Rankin in The Phantom Creeps and Darius in Undersea Kingdom.
1983 — Alberto Dalbés (61), who portrayed Carver in Danger!! Death Ray.
1986 — Gordon McLendon (65), who was actor and executive producer for The Giant Gila Monster (narrator) and The Killer Shrews (Dr. Radford Baines).
1988 — Louis Quinn (73), who portrayed Samuel Tallman in High School Big Shot
1999 — Charles Crichton (89), who was a director for Cosmic Princess.
2003 — Jerry Fleck (55, heart attack), who was assistant to the producer in Hangar 18.
2004 — Dakar (83), who portrayed High Priest Dakkar in Ator, the Fighting Eagle, as well as appearing in the stock footage flashback in Cave Dwellers.
2006 — Mickey Hargitay (80), who portrayed Hercules in The Loves of Hercules.
2007 — Emilio Ruiz del Río (84), who was set decorator for Pod People.
2010 — Caterina Boratto (95), who portrayed Lady Clark in Diabolik.
2018 — Zienia Merton (72), who portrayed Sandra Benes in Cosmic Princess
2022 — Gordon Langevin (74), who was focus puller for The Shape of Things to Come.
2022 — Henry Silva (95), who portrayed Floyd Wrangler in Escape 2000.
Episode Premieres
1991 — Earth vs the Spider
Happy 101st Birthday John Gant!
September 15
Births
1899 — Risto Orko, who was producer for The Day the Earth Froze.
1904 — Tom Conway, who portrayed Dr. Feodor Orloff in 12 to the Moon and Timothy Chappell in The She-Creature.
1904 — Sheilah Graham, who portrayed Sister Grace in Girls Town.
1910 — Shukur Burkhanov, who portrayed Kalin in The Sword and the Dragon.
1913 — Paul Radin, who was producer for Phase IV.
1916 — Munehiko Takada, who portrayed the Soviet representative in Gamera. a Shinkansen customer in Gamera vs Gaos, and a helicopter pilot in Gamera vs Jiger.
1919 — Alfie Scopp, who portrayed the taxi driver in The Mask. His portrayal of the Charlie-in-a Box in the Rankin-Bass Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer was mimicked by Crow during a host segment in 321 – Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
1922 — Glen Corbett, who portrayed Barney Stetson in The Violent Years.
1923 — Alvaro Mancori, who was cinematographer for The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t.
1925 — Carlo Rambaldi, who was production designer and mask maker for Diabolik.
1925 — Peggy Webber, who portrayed Anne Brewster in The Space Children and Jenni Whitlock in The Screaming Skull.
1936 — Michael Preece, who was script supervisor for Mitchell.
1938 — Christian Claaszen, who portrayed Peter Collins in Making Contact.
1940 — Merlin Olsen, who portrayed Benton in Mitchell.
1941 — John Reynolds, who portrayed Torgo in Manos: The Hands of Fate.
1945 — Roy Brocksmith, who portrayed Ollie in Killer Fish.
Everybody’s dead, Dave.
Deaths
1961 — Harry Tyler (73), who portrayed a Manhattan tunnel spectator in The Deadly Mantis.
1979 — Tommy Leonetti (50, cancer) who portrayed the white reporter in The Human Duplicators.
1979 — Jerry Roberts (70), who was music supervisor for The Hellcats and music editor for The Screaming Skull.
1986 — Virginia Gregg (70), who portrayed the Ward E administrator in Stranded in Space and the nurse in The Bubble.
1989 — Michael Klinger (68), who was executive producer for The Projected Man.
1991 — John Hoyt (86), who portrayed Michael Rostov in Lost Continent and Dr. Varno in The Time Travelers.
1994 — Moana Pozzi (33, liver cancer), who portrayed Moana in Escape 2000.
1994 — Henry Wills (73), who portrayed a man on the dock in Master Ninja II.
1997 — Ivan Reiner (86), who was a writer and producer for The Green Slime.
2001 — Lorrie Richards (61), who portrayed Anne in The Magic Sword.
2006 — Bill Cassady (83), who portrayed Lt. Peterson in The Amazing Colossal Man.
2006 — Vic Diaz (74), who portrayed Manuel in Beyond Atlantis.
2012 — Roger Hampton (67), who portrayed a Water & Power man in Mac and Me.
2021 — Joel Rapp (87), who was director and writer for High School Big Shot.
Home Media Releases
1998 — Poopie!
Events
2011 — Neil Patrick Harris, (Neville Laroy in 1104 – Avalanche), receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6243 Hollywood Blvd.
September 16
1881 — Jack Harvey, who was a writer for Last of the Wild Horses.
1892 — Walter E. Keller, who was set designer for Earth vs the Spider and art director for War of the Colossal Beast and Beginning of the End.
1895 — Eijirô Yanagi, who portrayed Colonel Yabuki in Mighty Jack.
1897 — Carlie Taylor, who was makeup artist for Daddy-O and Swamp Diamonds.
1898 — Baruch Lumet, who portrayed Dr. Marlowe Craigis in The Killer Shrews.
1904 — Clancy Herne, who was second assistant director for The Human Duplicators.
1907 — Harry Reif, who was set decorator for Women of the Prehistoric Planet, Bride of the Monster, Day the World Ended, and The She-Creature and set dresser for Radar Secret Service.
1908 — Joseph La Cava, who portrayed a wedding guest in The Corpse Vanishes.
1908 — Ben Parker, who was director for Teenage Strangler.**
1916 — John W. Rogers, who was assistant director for Earth vs the Spider and War of the Colossal Beast.
1917 — George Becwar, who portrayed John Swanson in War of the Colossal Beast and Professor Strowski in Bride of the Monster.
1923 — Murray Kash, who portrayed a newsreader in Gorgo.
1933 — Giovanni Bonadonna, who portrayed a good-natured tavern brawler in and was a stuntman for Hercules and the Captive Women.
1942 — Constantine Gregory, who provided the English dub voices for Professor Murase in Gamera and Uncle Charlie in Time of the Apes.*
1952 — Jesús Brock, who portrayed one of the naughty boys in Santa Claus.
1952 — Francine Kessler, who portrayed Janet Price in Track of the Moon Beast.*
1983 — Angela Greenblatt, who portrayed young Wanda in Alien from L.A.*
Deaths
1968 — Leonid Raab (68), who was orchestrator for Lost Continent and The Painted Hills.
1973 — Luis Aceves Castañeda (60), who portrayed Dr. Krupp in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
1983 — Henry Grace (76), who was set decorator for Girls Town.
1992 — Dario Cecchi (74), who was costume designer for The Loves of Hercules.
2001 — Samuel Z. Arkoff (83), who was executive producer for The Amazing Colossal Man, It Conquered the World, Earth vs the Spider, Teenage Cave Man, Viking Women and the Sea Serpent, War of the Colossal Beast, Gunslinger, The Incredible Melting Man, Day the World Ended, Terror from the Year 5000, The She-Creature, and Squirm, as well as producer for Bride of the Monster, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Reptilicus, The Time Travelers, The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth’s Core, and Circus of Horrors.
2003 — Hazen Gifford (75), who portrayed Bob Adams in the short Young Man’s Fancy (paired with The Violent Years).
2004 — Lester William Berke (69), who was production manager for Mac and Me.
2012 — Don L. Cash (92), who was makeup artist for The Crawling Hand and Rocketship X-M.
2013 — Kim Hamilton (81), who portrayed young Malla in The Leech Woman.
2013 — Harvey Malkin (45-46, natural causes, capisce), who was production controller for Quest of the Delta Knights.**
2018 — Karl Scherer (86), who was sound mixer for The Shape of Things to Come.
2019 — Roberto Dell’Acqua (73), who was a stuntman for Hercules Against the Moon Men and The Pumaman.
2020 — Merritt Yohnka (62), who was a stuntman for Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.
2021 — Juli Reding (85), who portrayed Vi in Tormented.
Movie Premieres
1956 — The Sword and the Dragon (U.S.S.R.)
Special Premieres
2022 — A Tribute to Secret Agent Super Dragon (with Cavalcade)
Events
1994 — Day 1 of ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama.
September 17
Births
1896 — William Holland, who was assistant director for The Deadly Mantis.
1904 — Edgar G. Ulmer, who was director for The Amazing Transparent Man.
1910 — John Dodsworth, who portrayed a priest in The Mole People.
1913 — Emile Lavigne, who was makeup artist for The Rebel Set and World Without End.
1917 — Ib Melchior, who was writer for Reptilicus and The Time Travelers (also director).
1928 — Roddy McDowall, who portrayed Dr. Mellon in Laserblast.
1930 — Hardy Rafn, who had an unspecified role in Reptilicus.
1934 — Lester William Berke, who was production manager for Mac and Me.
1934 — Lugene Sanders, who portrayed Meg Hubbard in Tormented.*
1936 — Angelo Zanolli, who portrayed Admeo in Hercules Unchained.
1939 — Sandra Lee Gimpel, who was a stuntwoman for Avalanche.*
Deaths
1964 — Pat Dinga (51, natural causes, capisce), who was a special effects technician for Bride of the Monster.
1966 — Larry Butterworth (46, natural causes, capisce), who was makeup artist for It Conquered the World.
1983 — Massimo Righi (76), who portrayed Al in Danger!! Death Ray.
1984 — Cleo E. Baker (89), who was special effects technician for This Island Earth and The Deadly Mantis.
1989 — Leo S. Rosencrans (93), who was a writer for the short Once Upon a Honeymoon (paired with Night of the Blood Beast).
1993 — James Griffith (77), who portrayed Ken in Manhunt in Space and Major Krenner in The Amazing Transparent Man.
1995 — Grady Sutton (89), who portrayed Curly in Last of the Wild Horses.
1997 — Brian Hall (59, cancer), who portrayed Schwartz in The Land That Time Forgot.
2001 — Barbara Drew (85), who portrayed Mrs. Packard in The Rebel Set.
2009 — Dick Durock (72), who portrayed Jerry in and was a stuntman for Master Ninja I.
2011 — Richard L. Huff (84), who was a writer and producer for The Giant Spider Invasion.
Episode Premieres
1994 — The Creeping Terror
Events
1994 — Day 2 of ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama
September 18
Births
1889 — Mary Gibsone, who was script supervisor for The Rebel Set and I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
1905 — Paul Grancell, who was chief electrician for The Unearthly.
1907 — Austin Green, who portrayed Carl in Ring of Terror.
1916 — Rossano Brazzi, who portrayed Don La Manna in Final Justice and Phineas T. Prune in The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (also director and writer).
1922 — Josef von Stroheim, who was music editor for First Spaceship on Venus (U.S. version) and sound editor for The Amazing Colossal Man and War of the Colossal Beast.
1926 — Ray Alba, who was sound editor for The Space Children.
1926 — Enrico Maria Salerno, who portrayed the king of Megara in Hercules and the Captive Women.
1931 — Lanfranco Ceccarelli, who portrayed an assassin in Operation Double 007.
1940 — Frankie Avalon, who portrayed Tommy Carter in The Million Eyes of Sumuru.*
1948 — Alan Roberts, who portrayed Buster in The Space Children.
1955 — Smith Wordes, who portrayed Tina in Riding with Death.
1961 — Urbano Barberini, who portrayed Cabot in Outlaw.*
1963 — Armond Ghzanian, who was assistant editor for Making Contact.*
Deaths
1948 — Eugene Joseff (42, plane crash), who was costume jeweler for The Man Monster, The Corpse Vanishes, and I Accuse My Parents.
1967 — William Sickner (76), who was cinematographer for The Phantom Creeps and The Undead.
1973 — Nora Nicholson (86), who portrayed Aunt Eva in Devil Doll.
1989 — Helen Jay (63), who portrayed Mrs. Farley in The Deadly Mantis and a mother in The Space Children.
1993 — Richard H. Landau (79), who was a writer for Lost Continent.
1999 — Harold F. Kress (86), who was director for The Painted Hills.
2004 — Mowbray Berkeley (93), who was set decorator for The Unearthly.
2004 — Enrique Llanes (85), who portrayed a henchman of The Bat in The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy.
2005 — John Bromfield (83), who portrayed Joe Hayes in Revenge of the Creature.
2005 — Richard E. Cunha (83), who was cinematographer for Bloodlust.
2021 — Mick McGinty (68), who was poster artist for Lords of the Deep.
Movie Premieres
1963 — The Slime People (Boston, MA)
Episode Premieres
1993 — The Girl in Lovers Lane
Events
1985 — Gary Collins (Steve Bancroft in Hangar 18 and Tom in Killer Fish) receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6922 Hollywood Blvd.
1994 — Day 3 of ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama.
2016 — Patton Oswalt wins the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special award for his comedy special Talking for Clapping at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.