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Born on this day in horror history – January 13

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January 13

  • 1989 – Beau Mirchoff, who starred in “The Grudge 3″ and “Scary Movie 4.”
  • 1979 – Jill Wagner, appeared in “Blade: The Series (TV Series)”, “Teen Wolf (TV Series)”, and “Splinter”.
  • 1977 – Orlando Bloom, who played “Will Turner” in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films and “Legolas Greenleaf” in the “Lord of the Rings” films
  • 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, who appeared in “Scream 3″ and “Enchanted.”
  • 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, who appeared in the films “The Relic,” “The Shadow” and “The Messengers.”
  • 1943 – Richard Moll, best know for playing “Bull” on the TV series “Night Court.” He has appeared in the films “Evilspeak,” “Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn,” “House” and “Scary Movie 2.”
  • 1938 – Billy Gray, who as a child, appeared in the films “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and as a grown up in “Werewolves On Wheels” and “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters.”
  • 1938 – William B. Davis, best known for portraying the “Cigarette Smoking Man” on “The X-Files (TV Series)”, he has also appeared in “The Dead Zone”, “It (TV Mini-Series)”, “Omen IV: The Awakening”, “Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV Series)”, “The Thaw”, and many more.
  • 1934 – Comedian Rip Taylor who played “Sheldon the Sea Genie” in the TV series “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters” and provided the voice of “Uncle Fester” in the 1992 animated series “The Addams Family.” He is still going strong doing voice overs and appearances in many kids shows.
  • 1931 – The late Charles Nelson Reilly who starred on the TV series “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” and as “Jose Chung” on “The X-Files.”
  • 1928 – Gregory Walcott who starred in “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” “House II: the Second Story” and appeared in “Ed Wood.”
  • 1918 – The most famous of the Westmore clan, make up artist Bud. His credits (to name a few) include the films “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “This Island Earth.”
  • 1918 – Herbert L. Strock, who directed the films “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein,” “Blood of Dracula” and “The Crawling Hand.”
  • 1912 – Paul Birch who starred in the films “Not of This Earth,” “The Day the World Ended” and “The Beast With a Million Eyes.”
Jill Wagner
Jill Wagner
Richard Moll
Richard Moll

 

William B. Davis
William B. Davis

Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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