Thursday, 2 March 2017

Events on This Day: Mach 2nd.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1911 – William Hansen, actor who made appearances in The Terminal Man, and Fail-Safe.


Born on this day in 1939 – Hugh Walters, actor who made appearances in Doctor Who, 1984, and The Monster Club.

Walters made several appearances in Doctor Who. He was:

William Shakespeare in The Chase,
Runcible in The Deadly Assassin,
Vogel in Revelation of the Daleks.

He also played Roderick Allingham in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Fearmonger.


Born on this day in 1942 – Jon Finch, actor who appeared in The Martian Chronicles, The Last Days of Man on Earth, and The Horror of Frankenstein.


Born on this day in 1949 – Gates McFadden, Star Trek: TNG actress.


And in the Horror genre:

On this day in 1933 - King Kong was released theatrically.
 

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