December 18
1978 – Katie Holmes, who starred in the films “Disturbing Behavior,” “Teaching Mrs. Tingle” and “Batman Begins”
1968 – Casper Van Dien, who starred in the films “Sleepy Hollow” “Dracula 3000,” “Starship Troopers”,”Starship Troopers 3: Marauder”, “Shiver”, and the upcoming “Sharktopus Vs. Mermantula”.
1963 – Brad Pitt who starred in “Interview With a Vampire,” “12 Monkeys”, “Se7en”, “World War Z”.
1956 – T.K. Carter, best known for playing “Nauls” in “John Carpenter’s The Thing”.
1955 – Ray Liotta, who starred in the films “Hannibal,” “Muppets From Space” and “Identity.”
1953 – Wonderful character actor Jeff Kober, appeared in “The First Power”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Kindred: The Embraced (TV Series)”, “Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV Series)”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)”, “The Hills Have Eyes II”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, and many more.
1946 – Director Steven Spielberg was born on this day. He directed such films as “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Duel”, “Jaws”, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”, “Jurassic Park”, and so many more.
1925 – Peggy Cummins who starred in “Curse of the Demon.”
1917 – Ossie Davis who played “Portifoy” in the TV movie “Night Gallery” and also appeared in the TV mini-series ‘The Stand” and the film “Bubba Ho-tep.”