Born on this day in horror history – August 18

August 18

1969 – Edward Norton who starred in “Red Dragon,” “The Incredible Hulk” (2008) and also appeared in the film “Primal Fear.”

1969 – Christian Slater, who has starred in the films “Tales From the Darkside: the Movie,” “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” Hollow Man II,” “Alone In The Dark”, “Interview With the Vampire” and “Playback”.

1968 – Griffin Drew who starred in such films as, “The Bare Wench Project,” “Alien Erotica 2” and “Dinosaur Island.”

1968 – Penthouse pet Julie K. Smith, who also appeared in “The Bare Wench Project”, the 1995 remake of “The Wasp Woman” as well as “Sorceress II: the Temptress” and “The Witches Of Breastwick.”

1958 – Madeleine Stowe, who starred in the films “Blink” and “Twelve Monkeys.”

1952 – The late Patrick Swayze, who starred in the films “11:14,” “Donnie Darko” and “Ghost.”

1937 – Iconic actor Robert Redford, who starred in the “Nothing in the Dark” episode of “The Twilight Zone” and appeared twice on the “Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”

1934 – Vincent Bugliosi who prosecuted the Manson clan in the Sharon Tate murders. He wrote the book “Helter Skelter” and contributed to the script of the 1976 movie based on that book.

1933 – Roman Polanski, who directed such films as “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Tenant” and “The Fearless Vampire Killers.” He was married to actress Sharon Tate at the time of her death.

1930 – Grant Williams who played the title role in “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” and appeared in the films “The Monolith Monsters” and “Brain of Blood.”

1929 – Joan Taylor, who appeared in the films “20 Million Miles To Earth” and “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”

1923 – Katherine Victor, who played the title role in the film “The Wild World of Batwoman,” and also appeared in the films “Teenage Zombies,” “Mesa Of Lost Women” and “The Cape Canaveral Monsters.”

1922 – Shelly Winters who appeared in the films “Who Slew Auntie Roo?,” “Tentacles” and “The Devil’s Daughter.”