April 24

• 1977 – Rebecca Mader, has appeared in “Once Upon a Time (TV Series)”, “Warehouse 13 (TV Series)”, “Fringe (TV Series)”, “No Ordinary Family (TV Series)”, “Lost (TV Series)”, “Mimic: Sentinel (Video)” and more.
• 1977 – Eric Balfour, who co-starred in the 2003 remake of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “The Spirit”, and “Skyline”.
• 1974 – Eric Kripke, creator/writer/producer of the TV series “Supernatural”.
• 1973 – Damon Lindelof, creator/writer/producer of the TV series “Lost”, writer/producer of “Prometheus”.
• 1969 – Melinda Clarke, who starred in “Return of the Living Dead III” and “Spawn.” She is playing “Kelly Donovan on the TV series “The Vampire Diaries.”
• 1968 – Stacy Haiduk who appeared in the TV series “Seaquest DSV,” “Superboy” and “Kindred: The Embraced.” and “Luther The Geek”.
• 1950 – Peter Jason who appeared in the films “John Carpenter’s Ghosts Of Mars,” “Body Bags,” “Arachnophobia” and the TV movies “Harpies” and “Planet Of Raptors: Raptor Island 2.”
• 1940 – Michael Parks, appeared in “The Evictors”, “Nightmare Beach”, “From Dusk till Dawn”, “Wicked”, “Deathproof”, “Planet Terror” and “Red State”.
• 1930 – Richard Donner, director of “Superman,” “Superman II,” “The Omen” and “The Goonies.”
• 1922 – Alejandro Cruz, better known as wrestler/monster fighter, The Blue Demon .
• 1914 – Producer/director/huckster, the King of Gimmicks, the late William Castle. Some of his film work included “House On Haunted Hill,” “The Tingler,” and “Rosemary’s Baby.”