December 8

• 1978 – Ian Somerhalder, stars in “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series).” He also appeared in “The Anomaly”, “Lost (TV Series)”, “Pulse.”
• 1968 – Brock Simpson, who appeared in “Prom Night I – IV.”
• 1966 – Tyler Mane, appears in “Compound Fracture”, “Rob Zombie’s Halloween I & II”, “X-Men” and more.
• 1964 – Teri Hatcher, who starred on the TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”
• 1953 – Kim Basinger, who starred in “My Stepmother Is an Alien,” “Cellular” and “Batman.”
• 1950 – Multiple Oscar winning Make-up and effects artist Rick Baker. His numerous credits include “Star Wars,” “The Howling,” “Men In Black,” “The Ring,” “X-Men Last Stand” and the 2010 remake of “The Wolf Man.”
• 1947 – David Schmoeller, Writer/director of such films as “Tourist Trap”, “Crawlspace”, “Catacombs”, “Puppetmaster”, “The Arrival”, “Netherworld” and more.
• 1947 – Belinda Balaski, played in “Death Scream”, “Piranha”, “The Howling”, “Gremlins”, “Matinee” and more.
• 1943 – Mary Woronov who starred in the films “Silent Night, Bloody Night,” “Night of the Comet,” “The Devil’s Reject’s” and “The House of the Devil.”
• 1936 – The late David Carridine (son of John). Besides his starring role on the TV series “Kung-Fu,” he also starred in the films “Death Race 2000,” “Q” and “Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat.”
• 1930 – Maximilian Schell, who appeared in the films “Vampires,” “The Black Hole” and played the title role in the 1983 TV version of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
• 1911 – Lee J. Cobb, who played “Lieutenant Kinderman” in the film “The Exorcist” and also appeared in the film “Gorilla at Large.”
• 1888 – Paul Cavanagh, who played the title role in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” and also appeared in “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”