July 5

• 2007 – Kerwin Mathews, who starred in the films “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Jack The Giant Killer” and “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” passed away at the age of 81.
• 1987 – Alan Gibson, director of such films as “The Best of All Time Horror Classics (Video documentary)”, “Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)”, “Hammer House of Horror (TV Series)”, “The Satanic Rites of Dracula”, “Dracula A.D. 1972”, “Journey to the Unknown (TV Series)” and others. He died at 49.
• 1969 – Lambert Hillyer who directed the 1943 “Batman” serial and the films “Dracula’s Daughter” and “The Invisible Ray,” passed away at the age of 79.
• 1948 – Carole Landis who appeared in the 1940 version of “One Million B.C.,” passed away by her own hand at the age of 29.