BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 20

• 1970 – Michael Rapaport, who appeared in the films “The 6th Day”, “Deep Blue Sea” and “Kiss of the Damned.”
• 1979 – Bianca Lawson, who plays “Emily Bennet” on the show “The Vampire Diaries”. She also appeared in episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and in the films “Supergator,” “Big Monster on Campus” and “Dead & Breakfast.”
• 1973 – Jane March, appeared in “Jack the Giant Killer”, “Grimm’s Snow White”, “Stalker”, “Clash of the Titans”, “Dark Realm (TV Series)”, “Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula” and more.
• 1964 – Stephen Sommers, who wrote and directed the remake of “The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns,” “Van Helsing”, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Odd Thomas.”
• 1963 – David Thewlis, who plays “Remus Lupin” in the “Harry Potter” films. He also appeared in the 2006 remake of “The Omen” and the 1996 version of “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”
• 1958 – Holly Hunter who appeared in the films “Copycat” and “The Burning.”
• 1957 – Theresa Russell, who appeared in the films “Black Widow,” “The Grotesque,” the 2001 version of “Earth vs. the Spider” and “Spider-Man 3.”
• 1950 – William Hurt, who starred in the films “Altered States,” “Lost in Space,” the “Frankenstein” TV mini-series, and “Mr. Brooks.”
• 1950 – The late Tom Towles, who starred in “Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer,” the 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead,” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
• 1947 – Richard Dyszel, who appeared in the films “The Alien Factor,” “Nightbeast,” “The Galaxy Invader,” “Cremains” and “Crawler.”
• 1935 – Ted Bessell, best known for playing “Don Hollinger” on the TV series “That Girl.” He starred in the very chilling TV movie “Scream, Pretty Peggy.”
• 1931 – Hal Linden, best known for playing the title role on the TV series “Barney Miller.” He did the voice characterizations for the American versions of “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster” and “Destroy All Monsters.”
• 1914 – Wendell Corey, who appeared in the films “Rear Window,” “Women of the Prehistoric Planet” and “The Astro-Zombies.”
• 1913 – Judith Evelyn, who appeared in the films “Rear Window” and “The Tingler.”
• 1908 – Michael Redgrave, father of Lynn and Vanessa, who appeared in the films “Dead of Night,” “1984” and the 1973 TV movie “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.” He passed away on March 21, 1985, one day shy of his 78th birthday.
• 1908 – Hugh McDermott, who appeared in the films “Devil Girl From Mars” and “First Men in the Moon.”

Bianca Lawson

David Thewlis

William Hurt

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 20

• 2013 – Author James Herbert. He wrote such novels as “Haunted”, “Fluke”, “Deadly Eyes” among others. He passed away at the age of 69.
• 2007 – John P. Ryan, who played ‘Mr. Davis” in the films “It’s Alive” and “It Lives Again,” passed away at the age of 70. He also appeared in the film “The Class Of 1999.”
• 1998 – Beverly Cross, who wrote the screenplays for “Clash Of The Titans,” “Jason And The Argonauts” and “Sinbad and the Eye Of The Tiger,” passed away at the age of 66.
• 1995 – Wrestler Big John Studd a.k.a. John Minton, passed away at the age of 47. He appeared in the films “Shock ‘Em Dead” and “Hyper Space.”

James Herbert

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 20

• Two Thousand Maniacs 1964
  The Final Conflict 1981
• Stripped to Kill 1987
  Basic Instinct 1992
• Body Puzzle 1992
  Shadows And Fog 1992
  Silver Scream 2003
• Lesbian Vampire Killers 2009
  Swere Chewer 2010