BORN ON THIS DATE
1864: Composer Richard Strauss, whose famous tone poem “Also Sprach Zarathustra” was sung by Tom Servo as part of his planetarium show in episode 609- THE SKY DIVERS.

1902: Vissarion Shebalin, music arranger for the movie “Sadko,” seen in episode 505- THE MAGIC VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

1909: Paul Schreibman, American producer for the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.

1909: Harry D. Gerstad, editor of the movies in episodes 201- ROCKETSHIP X-M and 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.

1910: Ronald Kinnoch a.k.a. George Barclay, screenwriter for the movie in episode 818- DEVIL DOLL.

1913: Vince Lombardi, who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO and 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.

1914: Gerald Mohr, who played Vince Potter in the movie in episode 602- INVASION U.S.A.

1917: Arthur H. Wolf, producer and director of the shorts SPEECH: USING YOUR VOICE (shown in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER) and SPEECH: PLATFORM POSTURE AND APPEARANCE (shown in episode 619- RED ZONE CUBA). He was the producer for CHEATING (shown in episode 515- THE WILD WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN), WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY? (shown in episode 518- THE ATOMIC BRAIN), WHY STUDY INDUSTRIAL ARTS? (shown in episode 609- THE SKYDIVERS) and the two SPEECH shorts. He also appeared in front of the camera in as the noodley principal in WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY?).

1920: Robert Hutton, who directed himself in the role of Tom Gregory in the movie in episode 108- THE SLIME PEOPLE.

1922: John Bromfield, who played Joe Hayes in the movie in episode 801- REVENGE OF THE CREATURE.

1923: George Baxt, a writer for the movie CIRCUS OF HORRORS, featured in the Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour in 2019.

1928: Michael Ford, assistant art director for the TV show “Space: 1999,” seen in episode K10- COSMIC PRINCESS.

1930: Alfredo Wally Barron, who played Santo’s second in the movie in episode 624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.

1932: Ed Bishop, the voice of Captain Blue in the TV series “Captain Scarlet,” episodes of which were compiled into a video seen in episode K02- REVENGE OF THE MYSTERONS FROM MARS.

1939: Forumla One racing driver Jackie Stewart, whom Crow impersonated in a host segment in episode 501- WARRIOR OF THE LOST WORLD.*

1945: Adrienne Barbeau, who Bridget Nelson briefly played in a host segment in episode 805- THE THING THAT COULDN’T DIE and who was also mentioned in a host segment in episode 802- THE LEECH WOMAN.*

1955: Alejandro Bracho, who played a dead warrior in the movie in episode 703- DEATHSTALKER AND THE WARRIORS FROM HELL.*

DIED ON THIS DATE
1973: Josef Zimanich (age 80), whose music was heard in the movie in episode 807- TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000.

1979: John Wayne (age 72), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 205- ROCKET ATTACK U.S.A.

1982: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (age 37; drug overdose), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 310- FUGITIVE ALIEN.

1984: Patrick Whyte (age 77), who played Philip Varden in the movie in episode 615- KITTEN WITH A WHIP and a guard in the movie in episode 803- THE MOLE PEOPLE.

1993: Bernard Bresslaw (age 59; heart attack), who played Harry in the movie in episode 111- MOON ZERO TWO.

1995: Noboru Tsuburaya (age 55; cancer), producer of the Japanese TV series “Sutaurufu,” episodes of which were incorporated into episodes K12- /310- FUGITIVE ALIEN and K03- /318- STAR FORCE: FUGITIVE ALIEN II.

1998: Addalyn Pollitt (age 92), who appeared in the movie in episode 506- EEGAH. She was married to the movie’s director/star Arch Hall Sr. and the mother of Arch Hall Jr.

2005: Ron Randell (age 86), who played Lt. Ed James in the movie in episode 808- THE SHE-CREATURE.

2007: Clint Young (age 82), who played Captain Willoughby in the movie in episode 405- BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANET.

2016: Aleksandr Rybin (age 80), cinematographer for the movie in episode K11- HUMANOID WOMAN.

2019: Robert Sorrells (age 88), who played Dan in the movie in episode 614- SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL

2020: Katsuhisa Hattori (age 83), musical score composer for the movie “Yusei Oji” featured in episode 816- PRINCE OF SPACE.

EVENTS ON THIS DATE
1955: THIS ISLAND EARTH, just out in theaters, is reviewed in The New York Times.

1960: Peter Breck, who played Bob “Moon” Mooney in the movie in episode 415- THE BEATNIKS and Steve Curan in the movie in episode 106- THE CRAWLING HAND, marries Diane Bourne.
1961: The movie in episode 206- RING OF TERROR is released.
2002: Rhino Home Video releases episodes 106- THE CRAWLING HAND and 209- THE HELLCATS on DVD.

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