Born on this day in horror history – April 22

April 22

1986 – Amber Heard, who co-starred in “The Stepfather”, “Zombieland.”, “And Soon the Darkness”, “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”, “John Carpenter’s The Ward”, and “Drive Angry 3D”.

1984 – Michelle Ryan, who played “Jamie Sommers” in the new and (extremely) short lived series “The Bionic Woman.” She also starred as “Lady Christina de Souza” in the “Doctor Who” episode “Planet of the Dead.”

1982 – Cassidy Freeman, who plays “Tess Mercer” on “Smallville” and appeared in “Yellow Brick Road”.

1972 – Anna Falchi, appeared in the Italian zombie film “Cemetery Man”.

1971 – Eric Mabius, who starred in “The Crow: Salvation,” “Resident Evil” and “Reeker.”

1967 – Sheryl Lee who played “Laura Palmer” in the “Twin Peaks” series and starred in John Carpenter’s “Vampires.”

1966 – Jeffery Dean Morgan, who played “The Winchester” boys father, John on the TV series “Supernatural. He also starred in  “Watchmen”, “The Resident”, and “The Possession”.

1964 – Chris Makepeace, starred in the 1986 film “Vamp”.

1959 – Catherine Mary Stewart, who appeared in the films “Night of the Comet,” “Cherry 2000,” “The Last Starfighter” and “The Attic.”

1958 – Ken Olandt, starred in the original “Leprechaun”.

1954 – Marilyn Chambers, She starred in David Cronenberg’s “Rabid.”

1946 – Prolific cult director, John Waters.

1939 – The late Jason Miller who played father “Damien Karras” in “The Exorcist” and “The Exorcist III,” (and was the son-in-law of Jackie Gleason and is father of Jason Patric)

1937 – Heeere’s Johhny………Jack Nicholson was born on this day. He of course starred in “The Shining,” “Wolf,” and his second film appearance, the original “Little Shop of Horrors.”

1933 – Mark Damon, who appeared in the films “Black Sabbath,” “House of Usher,” and “Crypt of the Living Dead.”.

1923 – Well known TV producer, the late Aaron Spelling. He has produced many films and TV series including “Kindred; The Embraced,” “Crowhaven Farm,” and “Satan’s School For Girls.”

1909 – Ralph Byrd who played “Dick Tracy” in film and TV (and even went up against Boris Karloff).

1894 – Rondo Hatton, who made an indelible impression in his short Hollywood career, playing “The Creeper.” The horror based award, “The Rondo” is named after him.