December 9

• 1974 – B-movie sex kitten Jacqueline Lovell, appeared in “Femalien”, “Head of the Family”, “Hideous!”, “The Exotic House of Wax”, “The Killer Eye” and more.
• 1965 – Brad Savage, who appeared in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot” and the film “Return To Witch Mountain.”
• 1955 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, who starred in the films “Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace,” “Ringu” and “Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû Soukougeki.”
• 1953 – John Malkovich, who starred in the films “Shadows and Fog,” “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy,” “Mary Reilly” and “Beowulf.”
• 1952 – Michael Dorn, who portrayed “Lt. Commander Worf” on the TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” He has done voice-overs for many animated super-hero series’ such as “Fantastic Four” and “Spider-Man.” He also appeared as “Apollo Creed’s” bodyguard in the film “Rocky.”
• 1945 – Michael Nouri who starred in the TV series “Cliffhangers: The Curse of Dracula,” and the films “The Hidden” and “Captain America.”
• 1941 – Beau Bridges, son of Lloyd and brother of Jeff, who starred in the film “Village of the Giants” and appeared in “Max Payne,”
• 1933 – Controversial talk show host, the late Morton Downey Jr. He appeared in the film “Predator 2,” the “Television Terror” episode of “Tales From the Crypt” and the “A Face For Radio” episode of “Monsters.”
• 1930 – Writer/director Buck Henry, whose screenplays include “Day of the Dolphin,”episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and the TV series “Quark.” He also appeared in “The Man Who Fell To Earth”.
• 1929 – John Cassavetes, who starred in the films “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Fury.”
• 1928 – TV dad, Dick Van Patten, who appeared in the films “Psychomania,” “Westworld” and the “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
• 1916 – Kirk Douglas, father of Michael, who starred in the films “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” “Saturn 3” and “The Fury.”
• 1911 – Tough guy Broderick Crawford, who appeared in the films “Terror In the Wax Museum,” “The Vulture” and the TV movie, “The Phantom of Hollywood.” He was a good friend (and drinking buddy) of Lon Chaney.
• 1902 – One of the most famous cinematic witches of all-time, Margaret Hamilton. She starred in “The Wizard of Oz”, “The Invisible Woman”, “13 Ghosts”, “The Night Strangler” and more.
• 1897 – Hermione Gingold who appeared in the films, “Munster, Go Home,” “Rocket To the Moon” and “Bell Book & Candle.”