BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

1989 – Alexis Knapp, has appeared in “Grace: The Possession”, “The Anomaly”, “Vamp U” and more.
1966 – Dean Cain, who played “Superman” in the TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”
1965 – Julian Richards, is a writer and director of “Darklands”, “Silent Cry”, “The Last Horror Movie”, “Summer Scars” and “Shiver.”
1962 – Wesley Snipes, who played the title role of “Blade” for three films and also starred in “The Demolition Man”, “Gallowwalkers.”
1956 – Michael Biehn, who starred in “The Terminator,” “Aliens”, “Planet Terror”, “Bereavement”, “The Divide”, “The Victim”, “The Night Visitor” and more.
1935 – Geoffrey Lewis (father of Juliette), who appeared in the TV movies “Moon of the Wolf” and “Salem’s Lot” and the films “High Plains Drifter,””Wicked Little Things” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1932 – Ted Cassidy who played the original Lurch and made many guest appearances on TV shows such as the original “Star Trek,” “Batman” (where he played “Lurch”), and “The Bionic Woman” where he played “Bigfoot.”. He also did the voices for many cartoon series such as, “Space Ghost,” “Frankenstein Jr.,” “Dino Boy,” “The Herculoids” and “Birdman.”
1929 – Don Murray who appeared in “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.”
1914 – Italian director, Mario Bava, who’s film credits include, “Caltiki, the Immortal Monster,” “Black Sunday” and “Black Sabbath.”
1902 – Robert Griffin who appeared in the films “Monster From Green Hell,” “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” and the 1968 TV movie, “Jack the Ripper.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

2013 – Michael Ansara, character actor who appeared in “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)”, “The Manitou”, “Day of the Animals”, “It’s Alive”, “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy” and he did tons of voice work. He was 91.
2009 – Prolific producer Harry Alan Towers, whose films include 1970’s “Count Dracula,” “Edge Sanity” and “The Mummy Lives.”
2004 – Virginia Grey, who starred in the films “The Black Zoo,” “Unknown Island” and “Target Earth,” passed away at the age of 87.
1993 – Lénore Aubert who appeared in the films “Catman of Paris,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer: Boris Karloff,” passed away at the age of 75.
1987 – Jospeh E. Levine, who was responsible for bringing “Godzilla” to America, and also produced the films “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” and “Mad Monster Party,” passed away at the age of 81.
1980 – Bobby Van, who appeared in “The Navy vs. the Night Monsters” and “The Doomsday Machine,” passed away at the age of 51.

FILMS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

Invisible Agent 1942
The War of the Gargantuas 1966
The Lost Boys 1987
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992
Death Becomes Her 1992
The Iron Giant 1999
Out For Blood 2004
Indestructible 2009
The Collector 2009