April 22

1986 – Amber Heard, who co-starred in “The Stepfather”, “Zombieland”, “And Soon the Darkness”, “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”, “The Ward”, “Drive Angry” and “Machete Kills.”

1982 – Sarah French aka Scarlet Salem, scream queen who has appeared in “Tales of the Dead”, “Camp Kill”, “Strip Club Slasher”, “Shriek of the Sasquatch!”, “Zombie Pirates”, “The Bitch That Cried Wolf” and more.

1982 – Cassidy Freeman, who plays “Tess Mercer” on “Smallville.”

1971 – Eric Mabius, who starred in “The Crow: Salvation,” “Resident Evil” and “Reeker.”

1967 – Sheryl Lee who played “Laura Palmer” in the “Twin Peaks” series and starred in John Carpenter’s “Vampires.”

1966 – Jeffery Dean Morgan, who played “The Winchester” boys father, John on the TV series “Supernatural. He also appeared in “The Watchmen”, “The Resident”, “The Possession.”

1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart, who appeared in the films “Night of the Comet,” “Cherry 2000,” “The Last Starfighter” and “The Attic.”

1954 – Marilyn Chambers ex-porn star.  She starred in David Cronenberg’s “Rabid.”

1946 – Prolific cult director, John Waters.

1939 – The late Jason Miller who played father “Damien Karras” in “The Exorcist” and “The Exorcist III,” (and was the son-in-law of Jackie Gleason and is father of Jason Patric)

1937 – Heeere’s Johhny………Jack Nicholson was born on this day. He of course starred in “The Shining,” “Wolf,” and his second film appearance, the original “Little Shop of Horrors.”

1933 – Mark Damon, who appeared in the films “Black Sabbath,” “House of Usher,” and “Crypt of the Living Dead.”.

1923 – Well known TV producer, the late Aaron Spelling. He has produced many films and TV series including “Kindred; The Embraced,” “Crowhaven Farm,” and “Satan’s School For Girls.”

1909 – Ralph Byrd who played “Dick Tracy” in film and TV (and even went up against Boris Karloff).

1894 – Rondo Hatton, who made an indelible impression in his short Hollywood career, playing “The Creeper.” The horror based award, “The Rondo” is named after him.