1900: Friedrich von Ledebur, who had an uncredited role in the movie in episode 1113- THE CHRISTMAS THAT ALMOST WASN’T.

1901: Ernesto Molinari, who played an Italian fisherman in the movie in episode 804- THE DEADLY MANTIS.

1908: Eddie Acuff, who played Mac in the season two serial THE PHANTOM CREEPS.

1920: George E. Mather, who played Lewis Moffitt in the movie in episode 206- RING OF TERROR.

1924: Margie Rayburn, who sang the title song for the movie in episode 414- TORMENTED.

1924: Herk Harvey, director of the shorts SPEECH: USING YOUR VOICE (shown in episode 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER), 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 SPEECH: PLATFORM POSTURE AND APPEARANCE (shown in episode 619- RED ZONE CUBA). Harvey also appeared in SPEECH: USING YOUR VOICE (he was the American flag speaker) and SPEECH: PLATFORM POSTURE AND APPEARANCE (he was the good speechmaker).

1925: Roger George, who did special effects for the movies in episodes 1104- AVALANCHE, 420- THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS and 623- THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN.

1931: John Norman, whose novel “Outlaw of Gor” was the story’s basis for the movie in the movie in episode 519- OUTLAW (OF GOR).*

1932: Kim Parker, who played one of the fire maidens in the movie in episode 416- FIRE MAIDENS OF OUTER SPACE.

1950: Robert Z’Dar, who played the Angel of Death in the movie in episode 1001- SOULTAKER and the Cyborg Master in the movie in episode 1004- FUTURE WAR.

1899: Johann Strauss (age 73), whose “Blue Danube” waltz was heard in the movie in episode 624- SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN.

1963: Pope John XXIII (age 81), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 417- CRASH OF MOONS.

1987: Leonardo Scavino (age 81), who played Ben Ahmed in the movie in episode 508- OPERATION DOUBLE 007 (as well as being dialogue coach and unit manager for that movie).

1990: Tom Brown (age 77), who played Paul Ray in the movie in episode 413- MANHUNT IN SPACE.

2001: Anthony Quinn (age 86), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 411- THE MAGIC SWORD.

2003: Riccardo Petrazzi (age 64), who played “fighter with knife” and was also the stunt coordinator for the movie in episode 705- ESCAPE 2000. He also played a Zarth henchman in the movie in episode 1106- STARCRASH.

2005: Tim Taylor (age 81), who played a train passenger in the movie in episodes 419- THE REBEL SET.

2009: David Carradine (age 72; accidental asphyxiation), who played Dark One in the movie in episode 1111- WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDOM II.

2011: James Arness (age 86), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 311- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD.

2016: Boxer Muhammed Ali (age 74), of whom Crow did his impression in a host segment in episode 412- HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN.

2021: F. Lee Bailey (age 87), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 306- TIME OF THE APES.

1942: The movies seen in episodes 103- THE MAD MONSTER and 105- THE CORPSE VANISHES are reviewed in Variety.
1945: Flora Gordon marries Bert I. Gordon. The two of them worked together — Flora as special effects maven and Bert as director/producer — for the movies in episodes 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER, 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, 517- THE BEGINNING OF THE END, 523- VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS, 411- THE MAGIC SWORD, 414- TORMENTED, 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and 210- KING DINOSAUR (in which she also did wardrobe work). They divorced in 1979.

1959: The movie in episode 404- TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE has its premiere.

1959: The movie in episode 404- TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE is reviewed in Variety.

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