Born on this day in horror history – April 8

April 8

1981 – Taylor Kitsch who appeared in the films “The Covenant,” “Snakes on a Plane” and played “Gambit” in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”

1980 – Katee Sackhoff, who played “Captain ‘Starbuck’ Thrace” on the new “Battlestar Galactica.” She also appeared in the films “Halloween: Resurrection”, “White Noise 2: The Light.”, and “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia”.

1973 – Emma Caulfield who played “Anya” on the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” She also starred in the film “Darkness Falls.”

1970 – JR Bourne, appeared in MTV’s “Teen Wolf” series and “Thir13en Ghosts”, “Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning”, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, “Severed”, and “The Butterfly Effect 2”.

1968 – Patricia Arquette who stars in the TV series “Medium.” She also starred in the films “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors” and “Stigmata.”

1966 – Robin Wright who portrayed “The Princess Bride” and “Wealthow” in “Beowulf.”

1960 – Former “Duke of Hazzard” John Schneider. He starred in the films “Conjurer,” “Ogre,” “Lake Placid 2” and played “Johnathan Kent” on the TV series “Smallville.”

1957 – Pamela Gordon who appeared in “Poltergeist II,” as well as “Subspecies II” and “III.”

1955 – Stuntman/actor and the quintessential “Jason,” Kane Hodder. He also starred in the films “Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield,” “Hatchet,” “Hatchet II” and “Project: Metalbeast.” and many other films.

1946 – Tim Thomerson, who starred as “Jack Deth” in the “Trancers” films and as “Dollman.”

1943 – Former boxer turned actor, Jack O’Halloran who appeared in both “Superman” and “Superman II” as “Non” and in the 1976 remake of “King Kong.”

1931 – John Gavin who co-starred in the original “Psycho.”

1923 – Edward Mulhare, who starred in the TV series “The Ghost & Mrs. Muir,” as well as films such as “Eye of the Devil” and “Megarforce.”

1921 – Alfie Bass who played “Shagal” in the film “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”