August 17
2009 – Dick Durock, stuntman who appeared as the titular creature in “Swamp Thing”, “The Return of Swamp Thing” and the “Swamp Thing” TV series.
1993 – Christian Nyby, director of many television shows, but best known for the original “The Thing from Another World”.
1984 – Richard Basehart, appeared in “The Satan Bug”, “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” TV series, “The Island of Dr. Moreau”.