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Born on this day in horror history – September 6

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September 6

1976 – Naomie Harris, who appeared in “28 Days Later” and played “Tia” in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”

1972 – Idris Elba, who starred in the 2008 remake of “Prom Night,” “The Unborn”,  “Heimdall” in “Thor”, “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”, “Prometheus” and “Pacific Rim”.

1963 – Betsy Russell, who plays “Jigsaw’s” ex-wife “Jill Tuck” in the “Saw” films and also starred in “Unearthed.”

1953 – Anne Lockhart, daughter of June, who has appeared in the films “Troll,” “Dark Tower” and the original “Battlestar Galactica” TV series.

1949 – Tommy Lee Wallace, director of such horror films as “Halloween III: Season of the Witch”, “Fright Night Part 2”, “It (TV mini-series)”, “Vampires: Los Muertos” and “Helliversity”,

1934 – Paul Naschy aka Jacinto Molina, one of Monsterman’s favorite actors of all-time!  A champion weightlifter Known as the Spanish Lon Chaney Jr. due to the fact his signature role was that of a tortured werewolf “Wademar Daninski” in over a dozen films.  Naschy also played Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein, The Hunchback and The Devil in such films as “Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror”, “The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman”, “The Fury of the Wolfman”, “Curse of the Devil”, “The Mummy’s Revenge”, “Count Dracula’s Great Love”, “Vengeance of the Zombies” and many more.

1891 – Rowland V. Lee, who directed “The Return of Fu Manchu,” “Son of Frankenstein” and “Tower of London.”

1879 – Max Schreck, German actor who portrayed the first vampire on film in “Nosferatu” 1922.

Idris Elba
Idris Elba
Betsy Russell
Betsy Russell
Anne Lockhart
Anne Lockhart

Tommy Lee Wallace
Tommy Lee Wallace
Paul Naschy
Paul Naschy

Max Schreck
Max Schreck