January 11

1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, director of such films as “Saw II”, “Saw III”, “Saw IV”, “Repo! The Genetic Opera”, “Mother’s Day”, “11-11-11”, “The Devil’s Carnival”, “The Barrens”, and more.

1972 – Amanda Peet, who starred in “Identity,” “The X-Files: I Want To Believe” and “2012.”

1972 – Marc Blucas, who starred as “Riley Finn” on the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” series.

1969 – Kyle Richards, best known now for being one of the “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, She is Aunt to Paris Hilton,  she also was a child actor who appeared in “Escape to Witch Mountain”, “Eaten Alive”, “The Car”, “Halloween”, “The Watcher in the Woods”, ”

1963 – Jason Connery, son of Sean. He has appeared in the films “Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell,” “Brotherhood of Blood,” “Alone in the Dark II” and the TV series “Smallville.”

1945 – Eileen Dietz, appeared in “The Exorcist”, “Planet of the Apes (TV Series)”, “The Clonus Horror”, “Exorcism”, “Creepshow III”, and more.

1937 – Felix Silla, a “little person” who played a variety of roles in film and TV such as “Cousin Itt” on “The Addams Family (TV Series)”, “She Freak”, “Planet of the Apes”, “Sssssss”, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”, “The Manitou”, “Twiki” on “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)”, “The Brood”, and many many more roles.

1933 – Kiyoshi Kobayashi, who starred in the Japanese TV series’ “Supekutoruman” a.k.a. “Spectraman” and “Ryusei Ningen Zon” a.k.a. “The Zone Fighter.”

1930 – Rod Taylor, who starred in the films “The Birds,” “The Time Machine” (1960) and “Kaw.” He also provided the voice of “Pongo” for the 1961 animated version of “101 Dalmatians.”

1928 – Mitchell Ryan, who played the original “Burke Devlin” on “Dark Shadows.”

1923 Jerome Bixby, who wrote the screenplays for the films “Curse of the Faceless Man,” “It the Terror From Beyond Space” and for the TV series “Star Trek” plus the “It’s a Good Life” episode of “The Twilight Zone.”

1886 – George Zucco, who starred in the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Mummy’s Hand” and “House of Frankenstein.”