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Born on this day in horror history – April 14

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April 14

  • 1996 – Abigail Breslin, has starred in “Signs”, “Zombieland”, “Haunter”, “The Call”, “Maggie”, “Final Girls” and “Scream Queens (TV Series).”
  • 1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Her films have included “Scream 2,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Scooby Doo 1 & 2″ and “The Grudge 1 & 2.”
  • 1976 – Samuel Child who co-starred in “The Hamiltons” and “April Fools Day” (2008).
  • 1973 – Adrien Brody, who starred in the 2005 remake of “King Kong,” “The Village” and “Hollywoodland.”
  • 1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, who starred in the films “Edward Scissorhands,” “Weird Science” and the TV series “The Dead Zone.”
  • 1961 – Robert Carlyle, who stars as “Dr. Nicholas Rush” on “SGU Stargate Universe” and in the films “28 Weeks Later” and “Eragon.” He also stars on the television show “Once Upon a Time (TV Series).”
  • 1941 – Julie Christie who appeared in the films “The Demon Seed,” “Fahrenheit 451,” Don’t Look Now” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”
  • 1936 – Comedian Kenneth Mars who appeared in the horror comedies “Young Frankenstein,” “Full Moon High,” as well as doing voice overs for numerous cartoons including “Scooby Doo.”
  • 1930 – Bradford Dillman who starred in the films “The Mephisto Waltz,” “Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” and “Piranha.”
  • 1925 – Rod Steiger who starred in the films “The Illustrated Man,” based on the book by Ray Bradbury, “The Amityville Horror,” and “Mars Attacks.”
  • 1917 – The ever beautiful Valerie Hobson, who appeared in the films “Bride of Frankenstein,” (at the tender age of 18) “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” and “Werewolf of London.”
  • 1906 – Henry Freulich, who was Cinematographer on such films as “Son of Dr. Jekyll,” “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” and the television show “Thriller” hosted by Boris Karloff.
  • 1904 – The late great Sir John Geilgud. Some of his genre appearances included the 1972 TV movie “Frankenstein The True Story,” the TV version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in 1982 and the 1984 TV movie “Frankenstein” where he played the “blind hermit.”
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle

 

 

Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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