1897: KERMIT MAYNARD, who played a cowboy and was a stuntman in
"Mighty Joe Young", is born in Vivay, Ind.

1906: ROBIN CRAVEN, who played the British ambassador in "Gammera the
Invincible", is born Robin Harry Cohen in London.

1918: SVEN METHLING, the editor on "Reptilicus", is born in Denmark.

1920: BYRON MORROW, who played the newscaster in the U.S. inserts in
"King Kong vs. Godzilla", is born in Chicago.

1923: JUN NEGAMI, who played Captain Ryu Ibuki in "Return of
Ultraman", is born in Tokyo.

1944: KUNIO MURAI is born in Saga, Japan. He was Takashi Shima in
"Godzilla on Monster Island", SDF technical researcher Kataoka in
"Tidal Wave", Secretary Henmi in "Godzilla 1985", and SDF HQ Secretary
Masato Hinogaki in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters
All-Out Attack".

1952: STRATHORD HAMILTON, who directed the pilot episode of "Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers", is born in Sydney.

1953: STEVE TOM, who played a newscaster in the U.S. version of
"Pulse", is born in Houston.

1959: OLIN HOWLIN, who played Jensen in "Them!", dies in Hollywood.

1908: SATOSHI "TETSU" NAKAMURA is born. The Japanese-Canadian actor
played Dr. Tantobo Korda in "The Mysterians", gangster Mr. Chin in
"The H-Man", Dr. Robert Suzuki who created "The Manster", a journalist
in "The Human Vapor", one of Nelson’s henchmen in "Mothra", a warship
captain in "Atragon", the chief archer in "The Lost World of Sinbad",
"Don’t Call Me a Con Man", "The Killing Bottle", Dr. Okada in
"Latitude Zero", Chieftain Ombo in "Yog -- Monster from Space", the
Phillippine Ambassador to the United Nations in "Tidal Wave", and Dr.
Kawamoto who was eaten by "The Last Dinosaur". He died in 1992.

1940: PAUL WILLIAMS, who was the voice of Freddy the Bomb in "Solar
Crisis", is born in Bennington, Neb. The actor/songwriter penned the
songs "We’ve Only Just Begun", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Just an Old-
Fashioned Love Song", "The Rainbow Connection", and the theme for "The
Love Boat", and appeared in "The Loved One", "Battle for the Planet of
the Apes", "Phantom of the Paradise", "Frog", "The Muppet Movie", "The
Bold and the Beautiful", "Dream On", "The Doors", "Picket Fences",
"Batman: The Animated Series" , "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Phantom
2040", "Headless Body in Topless Bar", and "The Rules of Attraction".

1946: AKIRA KAMIYA, who played General Gamma on "Voiceslugger", is
born in Kanagawa, Japan.

1955: BOB PAPENBROOK is born in San Diego. He was the voice of Juujoji
the Bell of Life on "Giant Robo: The Animation"; Spitbot and others on
"V.R. Troopers"; Rito Revolto on "MIghty Morphin' Power Rangers"...

1907: EIJIRO TONO, who was in "Madame White Snake", "The Three
Treasures", and "The Last War", is born in Gunma, Japan.

1917: IB MELCHIOR, who wrote the screenplay for "Reptilicus" and wrote
and directed "The Angry Red Planet", is born in Copenhagen.

1928: RODDY MCDOWALL, who provided the voice of Instute Director Hugh
Trevor in the "Deadloch" episode of "Godzilla: The Series", is born in
London, England. A former child actor, his films include "Murder in
the Family", "How Green Was My Valley", "My Friend Flicka", "Lassie
Come Home", "Cleopatra", "Planet of the Apes", and "The Poseidon
Adventure".

1930: HARDY RAFN, who was in "Reptilicus", is born in Slagelse,
Denmark.

1941: ISAO HASHIZUME, who played Nishimiya Sadamoto in "Lorelei: The
Witch of the Pacific Ocean", is born in Osaka.

1964: "Godzilla vs.the Thing" is released in the U.S.

1875: RUSS POWELL, who played a watchman in "King Kong", is born in
Indianapolis.

1892: WALTER E. KELLER, production designer on "Earth vs. the Spider",
is born.

1912: VICTOR O. SCHIPEK, production manager on "The Godzilla Power
Hour", is born in Illinois.

1916: JOHN W. ROGERS, assistant director on "War of the Colossal
Beast" and "Earth vs. the Spider", is born in Buffalo.

1917: GEORGE BECWAR, who played John Swanson in "War of the Colossal
Beast", is born in Illinois. He was also in "Bride of the Monster".

1919: LAWRENCE DOBKIN, who played a Los Angeles city engineer in
"Them!", is born in New York City.

1935: JULES BASS, who co-produced the "King Kong" animated series,
"The Last Dinosaur", and "The Bermuda Depths", is born in
Philadelphia.

1936: ANNE NAGEL, who played the brunette at the bar in "Mighty Joe
Young", marries Ross Alexander.

1940: JEFF DAVID, who did the voice of Captain Majors on "The Godzilla
Power Hour", is born in Philadelphia.

1903: YOSHIO KOSUGI is born in Tochigi, Japan. Frequently playing
South Seas island chiefs, his films include Oba the animal broker in
"Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", Commander Sugimoto
in "The Mysterians", "The Three Treasures", the mean detective in "The
Human Vapor", the ship captain in "Mothra", the Farou Island chief in
"King Kong vs. Godzilla", the captain of the Thai ship in "The Lost
World of Sinbad", the chief of Infant Island in "Godzilla vs. the
Thing" and "Ghidrah -- the Three-Headed Monster", and the mountain
soldier in "Frankenstein Conquers the World", and appeared on "Ultra
Q". He also appeared in "Sanshiro Sugata", "The Seven Samurai", and
other Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Inagaki films.

1904: KOREYA SENDA is born Kunio Ito in Kanagawa, Japan. He played Dr.
Maki in "The H-Man", Dr. Sugimoto in "Varan the Unbelievable", and
Prof. Adachi in "Battle in Outer Space", and was in "Gate of Hell" and
"Tora! Tora! Tora!"

1913: ROY ENGEL, who played Major Evans in "The Beast from 20,000
Fathoms", is born in Missouri.

1914: MAURICE KING, who produced "Gorgo" and the U.S. version of
"Rodan" with his brother Frank, is born Maurice Kozinski in New York
City.

1924: MAURICE JARRE, composer on "Tokyo Blackout" and "Solar
Crisis" (for which he was also conductor and music supervisor), is
born in Lyon, France. He won Oscars for his scores to "Lawrence of
Arabia", "Doctor Zhivago", and "A Passage to India".

1936: MAMORU SASAKI, writer on "Ultraman", "Ultraseven", "Operation:
Mystery", and "Ultra Q: The Movie", is born in Ishikawa, Japan. He
also wrote the lyrics to the "Iron King" theme.

1940: LORA LEE MICHEL, who played Jill Young as a girl in "Mighty Joe
Young", is born in Schulenberg, Texas.

1947: HENRY MANCINI, who composed stock music used in "Tarantula",
"The Deadly Mantis", and the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla",
marries Virginia O'Connor.

1907: FRED KNOTH, who did the special effects on "The Deadly Mantis",
is born.

1916: KIKUKO HASHIMOTO, who was in "Ringu: Kanzen-ban", is born in
Tokyo.

1939: TOKU NISHIO, the voice of Hasumi Desupar in Episode 9 of
"Inazuman Flash" and Gama Don on Episode 17 of "Super Manchine
Metalder", is born in Gifu, Japan.

1945: SUSAN SENNETT, who was in the U.S. version of "Tidal Wave", is
born. She is married to rock legend Graham Nash.

1951: JOE PANTOLIANO, who did the voice of Animal Palotti on
"Godzilla: The Series", is born in Hoboken, N.J. "Joey Pants" won an
Emmy for playing hotheaded and beheaded Ralph Cifaretto on "The
Sopranos".

1957: HANS ZIMMER, composer on "The Ring", is born in Frankfurt,
Germany.

1963: BART HANSARD, who played Howie in the U.S. version of "One
Missed Call", is born in Atlanta.

1934: GORO MUTSUMI, who played the leaders of the aliens from the
Third Planet from the Black Hole, Kuronuma in "Godzilla vs. the Cosmic
Monster" and Mugar in "Terror of Mechagodzilla", is born Kiyoji
Nakanishi in Kobe. He also dubbed Russ Tamblyn in "War of the
Gargantuas", and played Commander Umino on "Fireman", an "ESPY" team
member, and was the alien leader in "The War in Space".

1956: NORMAN FIELD, who played a general in "Them!", dies in
Hollywood.

1961: AKIHIKO SHIOTA, who directed and co-wrote "A Heartful of Love",
is born in Kyoto.

1966: Episode 9 of "Ultraman", "Operation: Uranium", debuts on
Japanese TV.
SHOGO SHIOTANI, who played ZAC Officer Akira Hojyo/Mars on "Cybercop"
and a fugitive alien on "Ultraman Tiga", is born in Tokyo.

1968: TETSUO KURATA, who played Kotaro Minami a.k.a. "Kamen Rider
Black" and "Kamen Rider Black RX", is born in Tokyo. He also played
the character in the movies "Kamen Rider Black: Terror of Demon Pass",
"Kamen Rider Black: Hurry! To Evil Island", and "Kamen Rider: All
Around the World".

1886: LOUISE COLOMBET, who played a nun in "The Beast from 20,000
Fathoms", is born.

1939: KATSUMI MURAMATSU, who played Kosaka in the "Sukeban Deka" film
and Koichi Asakawa in "Ringu" and "Ringu 2", is born in Kawaguchi
City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

1940: GIN MINEMURA, who played Phantom Kisaragi on Episodes 10 & 11 of
"Iron King", is born. He also was in Episode 21 of "Transforming Ninja
Arashi" and Episode 24 of "Robot Detective".

1949: MITSUKO HORIE, singer for "Kamen Rider Stronger" and who was on
"Space Ironmen Kyodyne" and played the mother of "Dimensional Warrior
Spielban", is born in Taiwan. She was also the voice of Mari/Bijinder
on "Kikaider 01: The Animation".

1966: YUKI SAITO, who played Saki Asamiya a.k.a. "Sukeban Deka", is
born in Yokohama.

1967: ROSS MARTIN, who did voices on "The Godzilla Power Hour",
marries Olavee Grindrod.

1972: Episode 24 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 11 of "Iron King", "Tokyo is Burning", debuts on Japanese TV.