WALPURGIS NIGHT

BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 30

1988 – Ana de Armas, has appeared in “Knock Knock” and “Blind Alley.”
1986 – Dianna Agron, known best for starring in the TV show “Glee”, she also appeared in “When a Stranger Calls”, and “I Am Number Four.”
1982 – Kirsten Dunst who starred in the films “Interview With a Vampire,” “Jumanji” and “Spider-Man 1, 2 & 3.”
1977 – Alexandra Holden, appeared in “Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story”, “Lovely Molly”, “Dark Reel”, “A Dead Calling”, and more.
1975 – Johnny Galecki, who played “David” on “Rosanne” and “Leonard Hofstadter” on “The Big Bang Theory.” He appeared in “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
1965 – Adrian Pasdar, has appeared in “Near Dark”, “House of Frankenstein (TV Movie)”, and more.
1940 – Burt Young, most well known for playing “Paulie” in the “Rocky” films. He starred in “Amityville II: The Possession.”
1926 – Cloris Leachman who played “Frau Blucher” (whinnnnney) in “Young Frankenstein,” and appeared in “Scary Movie 4″ and “Lake Placid 2.”
1918 – Don Richardson who directed for many TV shows including “The Munsters” and “Lost In Space.”
1910 – The late great Al “Grampa” Lewis, who took his turn as a horror host on TBS’ “Super Scary Saturday,” and of course was “Grampa” on the “Munsters.”
1901 – David Manners who starred in “Dracula,” “The Mummy” and “The Black Cat.” (1934).

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 30

2012 – George Murdock, great character actor appeared in “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “A Howling in the Woods”, “Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)”, “Nightmare Classics (TV Series)”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, and so many more. He passed away at the age of 81.
2007 – Comedian Tom Poston, who aside from his great body of TV work, appeared in the 1963 version of “The Old Dark House” and “Zotz!,” passed away at the age of 85.
1989 – Guy Williams, who played “Professor John Robinson” on the TV show “Lost in Space,” passed away at the age of 65. He appeared in the films “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” and “Captain Sinbad.”
1974 – Agnes Moorehead who played “Endora” on the TV series “Bewitched,” passed away at the age of 73. She also appeared on “The Twilight Zone” episode, “The Invaders,” and in the films “The Bat” with Vincent Price and “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.”
1965 – Helen Chandler who played “Mina Seward” in the 1931 version of “Dracula,” passed away at the age of 59.
1955 – Rudolph Klein-Rogge who appeared in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari” and as “Rotwang” the scientist in “Metropolis,” passed away at the age of 66.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 30

I Walked With A Zombie 1943
Sherlock Holmes In Washington 1943
Vampire Circus 1972
Zarkorr! The Invader 1996
Idle Hands 1999
The Godsend 2004
Man-Thing 2005
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010