May 25

1976 – Cillian Murphy, who starred in “Redeye, “28 Days Later”and as “Jonathan Crane” a.k.a. “The Scarecrow” in “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight.”

1970 – Neil Marshall, British writer/director of such films as “Centurion”, “Doomsday”, “The Descent”, and “Dog Soldiers.”

1970 – Jamie Kennedy who starred as “Randy” in the “Scream” films and as “The Son of the Mask.”

1969 – Anne Heche who played “Marion Crane” in the 1998 remake of “Psycho”. She also appeared in “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”

1964 – Ray Steveson, who played “Frank Castle” a.k.a. “The Punisher” in “Punisher: War Zone.” He appeared in “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” and is playing “Volstagg” in the upcoming “Thor” film.

1955 – Connie Sellecca who co-starred in the TV movies “Captain America,” “Captain America II: Death Too Soon” and “It Came Up From The Depths.”

1944 – The voice of “Fozzie Bear,” “Miss Piggy,” “Grover,” “Animal,” “Cookie Monster,” “Grover” and “Sam the Eagle,” Frank Oz. He also provided the voice of “Yoda” for the “Star Wars” films, appeared in “An American Werewolf In London” and directed the 2004 remake of “The Stepford Wives.”

1939 – Ian McKellen who appeared in the films “The X-Men,” “X-Men 2,” “Gods and Monsters” and “Lord of the Rings.”

1935 – Ann Robinson who starred in the 1953 version of “War of the Worlds,” as well as the TV series of the same name in 1988 and appeared along side her “War of the Worlds” co-star, Gene Barry, in the 2005 remake, as the “Grandmother” and “Grandfather.” She also appeared in the “Rocky Jones” TV series and the films “Midnight Movie Massacre” and “The Naked Monster” where she appeared with such sci-fi/horror luminaries as Kenneth Tobey, the late Forrest J. Ackerman, Robert Clarke, John Agar and Paul Marco who returned as “Kelton the Cop.”

1926 – Claude Akins who appeared in the films “The Curse,” “Battle For the Planet of the Apes” and the TV movie “The Night Stalker.”

1902 – Charles Barton who directed the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff” and the TV series, “The Munsters.”