August 20
1983 – Andrew Garfield, of “Spider-Man.” He also appeared in the “Doctor Who” episodes “Evolution of the Daleks” and “The Daleks In Manhattan.”
1982 – Meghan Ory, has appeared in “The Darklings”, “The Outer Limits”, “Dark Angel”, “Vampire High”, “The Haunting of Sorority Row”, “Dark House”, “Supernatural”, and plays “Ruby” on the TV show “Once Upon A Time”.
1974 – Misha Collins, best known for his role of “Castiel” on “Supernatural”.
1974 – The simply gorgeous Amy Adams, who starred as “Lois Lane” in “Man of Steel” and appeared in the TV shows “Charmed” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
1962 – James Marsters, best known for his role of “Spike” on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”.
1953 – Peter Horton, who appeared in the films “Children of the Corn,” “Fade To Black,” and starred in the short lived TV show “Brimstone.”
1948 – John Noble who plays “Dr. Walter Bishop” on the TV series “Fringe.”
1947 – Ray Wise, wonderful character actor who has played in “Swamp Thing”, “Cat People”, “Twin Peaks”, “Jeepers Creepers II” and many more.
1943 – Sylvester McCoy who was “Doctor Who” # 7 and appeared in the 1979 screen version of “Dracula.”
1937 – Anthony Ainley who played the third “Master” in the “Doctor Who” series and who also appeared in the films “The Blood On Satan’s Claw,” and “The Land That Time Forgot.”
1915 – Tom Duggan who appeared in “Frankenstein 1970.”
1907 – André Morell, who appeared in the films “The Giant Behemoth,” “The Plague of the Zombies” and “The Mummy’s Shroud.”
1890 – The one and only H.P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft. Some of his many novels that have been made into movies in one form or another were, “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” (Haunted Palace, The Resurrected) “Herbert West – The Re-Animator” (The Re-Animator, Bride of the Re-Animator, Beyond the Re-Animator) and “The Colour Out Of Space” (The Curse, Die Monster Die). Lovecraft is responsible for modern horror as we know it today.
- H.P. Lovecraft
