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Born on this day in horror history – March 12

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March 12

1984 – Jaimie Alexander, known recently for portraying “Lady Sif” in “Thor”, “Thor: The Dark World”, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series)”, she also has appeared in “Rest Stop”, “Hallowed Ground.”

1968 – Aaron Eckhart who starred in “Suspect Zero,” “The Core” and as “Harvey Dent” a.k.a. “Two Face” in “The Dark Knight”, he has also appeared in “Battle Los Angeles” and “I, Frankenstein.”

1964- Artist/make-up artist Nora Salisbury.

1951 – Caren Kaye, who appeared in the films “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings,” “Satan’s Princess” and “Teen Witch.”

1946 – Frank Welker, whose incredible body of voice over and cartoon work spans over 40 years, including the voices (or animal noises as the case may be) of “Fred” from “Scooby Doo,” “Scooby” himself, “Marvin” of “The Super Friends,” “Krypto,” “Pushme-pullyu” from “Doctor Doolittle,” “Megatron” for the “Transformers” cartoons, video games and films, “Dynomutt,” “H.E.R.B.I.E.” the robot from “The Fantastic Four” and various characters in Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland.”

1934 – David Spenser, who appeared in the films “The Earth Dies Screaming,” “Battle Beneath the Earth” and the original TV series “Dr. Who.”

1925 – Harry Harrison, who wrote the novel “Make Room! Make Room!” on which the film “Soylent Green” was based.

1905 – Takashi Shimura, incredible Japanese character actor who appeared in literally hundreds of films, most notably “Gojira aka Godzilla”, the American version “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!”, “Godzilla Raids Again”, “The Mysterians”, “Mothra”, “Gorath” and more.

Jaimie Alexander
Jaimie Alexander
Aaron Eckhart
Aaron Eckhart
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

 

Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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