January 29
- 2005 – Ron Feinberg, who did voice overs for many cartoons including “Extreme Ghostbusters,” “Transformers,” “The Fantastic Four” and “the Tick,” passed away at the age of 72.
- 2005 – Joan Tompkins, who appeared in numerous TV shows including “Night Gallery,” “Boris Karloff’s Thriller” and “Bewitched,” passed away at the age of 89.
- 2004 – Andrew J. Kuehn, the producer/director of the film “Terror In The Aisles, passed away at the age of 66.
- 2003 – Peter Shaw, who played the “Little Devil ‘ in the bottle in ‘ Bride of Frankenstein,” passed away at the age 84. He also doubled for Ernest Thesiger in the film.
- 2002 – Barbara Townsend, who made appearances on the TV shows “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Quantum Leap,” passed away at the age of 88. She also portrayed “Mildred Potter,” first as a picture sitting on “Colonel Potter’s” desk, then in the flesh on the short lived spin-off “After M*A*S*H.”
- 1986 – Leif Erickson who co-starred in the films “Strait-Jacket,” ” I Saw What You Did” and “Invaders From Mars (1953), passed away at the age of 74.
- 1976 – Michael Gwynn who appeared in “Jason and the Argonauts,” and the Hammer films “Scars of Dracula” and “Revenge of Frankenstein,” passed away at the age of 59.
- 1972 – Hugh McDermott, who appeared in the films “Devil Girl From Mars” and “First Men in the Moon,” passed away at the age of 63.