BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 13

1981 – Courtney Peldon, has appeared in “Harry and the Hendersons (TV Series)”, “Skin Walker”, “Mortuary”, “InAlienable”, “Road to Hell.”
1976 – Jonathan Brandis, who starred in the TV movie “Stephen King’s It,” the TV series “SeaQuest DSV,” and the film “Stepfather II.”
1952 – Erick Avari, who co-starred in the 1999 remake of “The Mummy,” the 2001 remake of “Planet of the Apes” and “Flight of the Living Dead.”
1950 – William Sadler, who appeared in the films “The Green Mile,” “Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight,” “Disturbing Behavior” and “The Mist.”
1950 – Ron Perlman, best known for his role as “Vincent” on the TV series “Beauty and the Beast.” He appeared in the films “Sleepwalkers,” “Blade II,” “Alien: Resurrection” and the title roll of “Hellboy” and many more.
1935 – Lyle Waggoner, who played “Colonel Steve Trevor” on the TV series “Wonder Woman.” He co-starred in the films “Women of the Prehistoric Planet,” “Journey to the Center of Time” and “Wizards of the Demon Sword.”
1931 – Beverly Cross, who wrote the screenplays for the films “Clash of the Titans,” “Jason and the Argonauts” and “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.”
1927 – Mari Blanchard, who starred in the films “Abbott & Costello Go to Mars,” “She Devil” and “Twice Told Tales.”
1919 – Howard Keel, who starred in the film “Day of the Triffids.”

Courtney Peldon

William Sadler

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DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 13

2012 – Jonathan Frid, best known for his portrayal of “Barnabus Collins” from “Dark Shadows (TV Series).” He also appeared in “House of Dark Shadows” and “The Devil’s Daughter.” He was 87.
2007 – Gail Ingram, who wrote for the TV series “Tales of Tomorrow,” passed away at the age of 82.
2006- Edward Corbett, who appeared in “The Dark,” “976-EVIL” and “Village of the Damned” (1995), passed away at the age of 75.
1997 – William Mishkin, who produced, “The Rats Are Coming, The Werewolves Are Here,” “The Bloodthirsty Butchers” and “The Man With Two Heads,” passed away at the age of 88.
1995 – Allan Nixon, who appeared in “Prehistoric Woman” (1950) and “Mesa of Lost Women,” passed away at the age of 79.
1995 – Bill Thurman, who appeared in the films “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “The Eye Creatures” and “Zontar: The Thing From Venus,” passed away at the age of 74.
1987 – Francis Cockrell, who wrote and directed numerous episodes for TV series’ such as “The Twilight Zone, ” “The Outer Limits,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Batman,” passed away at the age of 80.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – APRIL 13

Experiment in Terror 1962
Love At First Bite (NY premiere) 1979
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 1984
Iceman 1984
Happy Hell Night 1992
Serial Mom 1994
Curse of the Komodo 2004
Ginger Snaps: Unleashed 2004
Vampires vs Zombies 2004
Raising Jeffery Dahmer 2006
Disturbia 2007
Haunted Airplane 2009
Final Storm 2010