May 8
1978 – Matthew Davis, who plays “Alaric Saltzman” on “The Vampire Diaries” and appeared in the films “Urban Legend: Final Cut” and “BloodRayne.”
1957 – Jeff Wincott, who appeared in the films “Battle Queen 2020” and “The Invasion.”
1955 – Betsy Baker, who starred in “The Evil Dead” and “Witches’ Night.”
1954 – David Keith who starred in the film “Firestarter,” directed the film “The Curse” and starred as “Matt Murdock’s” father “Jack Murdock” in “Daredevil.”
1940 – Peter Benchley, best-selling author of “Jaws”, “The Beast”, “Creature”, “The Deep”, “The Island” and many more.
1935 – Robert Dix who appeared in “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “Forbidden Planet” and ” Horror of the Blood Monsters.”
1926 – Don Rickles who appeared in the films “Innocent Blood,” “X, the Man With X-ray Eyes” and the “Ventriloquist’s Dummy” episode of “Tales From the Crypt.”
1923 – Jack Laird who wrote for the TV series “Night Gallery.”
