March 1
- 1978 – Jensen Ackles who plays “Dean Winchester” on the show “Supernatural,” played “Jason Teague” on the show “Smallville and starred in the films “My Bloody Valentine” (2009) and “Devour.”
- 1973 – Jack Davenport, who appeared in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films and “Tale of the Mummy.”
- 1971 – Cara Buono, who appeared in the films “Let Me In,” “Hulk” and “Cthulhu.”
- 1966 – Zack Synder, who directed the 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead”, “The Watchmen”, “Sucker Punch”, “Man of Steel” and the upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”
- 1956 – Timothy Daly, best know for his role as “Joe Hackett” on the TV series “Wings.” He appeared in the films “Dr. Jekyll & Ms. Hyde” and the TV movie “Storm of the Century.” He also provided the voice of “Superman” for “Superman: The Animated Series.”
- 1954 – Actor/producer/director Ron Howard. He direct “Cocoon,” produced “The ‘burbs,” produced and directed “Angels & Demons” and acted in the “Twilight Zone” episode “Walking Distance.”
- 1945 – Dirk Benedict, who played “Lt. Starbuck” on the original “Battlestar Galactica” TV series. He also starred in the film “Sssssss.”
- 1934 – Joan Hackett, who appeared in the films “Dead of Night,” “The Terminal Man” and the TV movie “The Possessed.”
- 1922 – William M. Gaines, creator of Mad Magazine and publisher of the EC line of comics which included “Tales From the Crypt” and “Vault of Horror.”
- 1918 – Roger Delgado, who played “The Master # 1″ in the series “Doctor Who.” He also appeared in the films “The Mummy’s Shroud,” “Terror of the Tongs” and “First Man Into Space.”
- 1910 – David Niven, who took his turn as “James Bond” in the original (comedic) version of “Casino Royale.” He also astrred in “Old Dracula,” “Murder By Death” and “Eye of the Devil.”
- 1885 – Lionel Atwill. His numerous screen appearances have included the films “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Dr. X,” “Mark of the Vampire,” “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “Ghost of Frankenstein” and in his one of his most brilliant roles, as “Inspector Krogh” in the film “Son of Frankenstein.”
