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.
1991 – “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry passed away at the age of 70.
1984 – Edith Massey, a member of John Water’s acting troupe, passed away at the age of 66.
Films released on this date
The Magician 1926
Spooks Run Wild 1941
Tower of London 1962
The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus 1962 filmed in 1960 as Les Yeux Sans Visage
The Faces Of Fu Manchu 1965
Trog 1970
Trick or Treat 1986
From Beyond 1986
Gattaca 1997
Trekkies 1997
Killjoy 2000
From Hell 2001
Bones 2001
Scary Movie 3 2003
The Hollow 2004
Ju-rei 2004
Don’t Be Scared 2006
Halloween Night 2006
Saw V 2008
Ouija 2014
Exists 2014
Stonehearst Asylum 2014
White Bird in a Blizzard 2014