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Born on this day on horror history – April 5

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April 5

1984 – Marshall Allman who plays “Tommy” on “True Blood.”

1971 – Krista Allen, who starred in “The Final Destination” (2009) and “Alien Presence.”

1952 – Mitch Pileggi who portrayed FBI Assistant Director “Walter Skinner” on the “X-Files” and Horace Pinker in Wes Craven’s “Shocker”.

1946 – Jane Asher who appeared in the films “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Quatermass Xperiment.”

1941 – Michael Moriarty, who starred in many genre films including “Salem’s Lot 2,” “Troll” and “Q.”

1939 – Roger Davis who played “Peter Bradford” in the original “Dark Shadows” series.

1933 – Frank Gorshin who played “The Riddler” on TV’s “Batman” series, as well as appearing in genre films like “Invasion of the Saucermen” and “The Creature Of The Sunny Side Up Trailer Park.”

1926 – Director Roger Corman. He has too many film credits to list, he has produced over 400 films and directed 60 including “It Conquered the World”, “Attack of the Crab Monsters”, “Pit and the Pendulum”, “Premature Burial”, and “The Raven”.

1917 – Author Robert Bloch, who penned the novel “Psycho,” and wrote the screenplays for the films “The Cabinet of Calagari,” “Strait-Jacket,” “The Skull,” plus countless TV shows such as “Star Trek” and “Boris Karloff’s Thriller.”

1916 – Gregory Peck who starred in “Cape Fear,” “The Boys From Brazil” and “The Omen.”

1908 – Kurt Neumann, who directed “The Fly,” “Kronos” and “Rocketship X-M.”

1908 – Actress Bette Davis, whose genre films included “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane,” “The Nanny,” and “Burnt Offerings.”

1901 – Melvyn Douglas who appeared in “Ghost Story” and “The Changeling.”

1900 – Spencer Tracy who played “Jekyll/Hyde” in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde .”

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Mitch Pileggi
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Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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