This day in Horror History October 24

Births

1983 – Katie McGarth who stars on the TV series “Slasher,” plays “Lena Luthor” on the series “Supergirl,” played “Lucy Westenra” in the short lived “Dracula,” and starred in the film “Jurassic World.”

1959 – Brad Johnson who starred in “Supergator,” “The Birds II: Land’s End” and “The Philadelphia Experiment II.”

1957 – John Kassir whom if you saw him, you might not recognize him, but once he opned his mouth, you would know he’s done countless voices for video games and animated series, and the voice of “The Crypt Keeper” on the HBO series “Tales From the Crypt.”

1947 – Kevin Kline who starred in “The January Man” and as “Aretemus Gordon” in the 1999 remake of “Wild Wild West.”

1939 – F. Murray Abraham who has appeared in the films “Thir13en Ghosts,” “Mimic” and “Star Trek: Insurrection.”

1934 – Sammy Petrillo who starred in “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla,” and appeared in “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.”

1931 – Ken Utsui who played “Starman” (known in “Super Giant”).

1915 – Bob Kane creator of “Batman” and “Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse.”

1893 – Producer Merian C. Cooper whose film credits include “King Kong,” “Mighty Joe Young,” “Dr. Cyclops” and “Son of Kong.”

Deaths

2003 – Producer/director/actress Joanna Lee who co-starred in the films “Plan Nine from Outer Space” and “The Brain Eaters,” passed away at the age of 72.

2002 – Peggy Moran who starred in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “Horror island.”

1994 – Raul Julia who played “Gomez Addams” in the films “Addams Family” and “Addam’s Family Values” and “Victor Frankenstein” in “Frankenstein Unbound,” passed away at the age of 54.