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Born on this day in horror history – June 13

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Friday, June 13th

1981 – Chris Evans who played “Johnny Storm, The Human Torch” in “The Fantastic Four” and “Fantastic Four; Rise of the Silver Surfer.” He played “Captain America” in “Captain America: The First Avenger”, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and the “Avengers” film.

1974 – Brande Roderick, appeared in “Hood of Horror” and “Dracula II: Ascension.”

1962 – Ally Sheedy who appeared in the films “Man’s Best Friend,” “Maid To Order” and “War Games.”

1951 – Stellan Skarsgård who played “Father Merrin” in “Exorcist: The Beginning,” “Bootstrap Bill” in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and “Selvig” in “Thor.”.

1951 – “John Boy” himself, Richard Thomas, who starred in “Stephen King’s It” and “Battle Beyond the Stars.”

1943 – Malcolm McDowell who starred in the films “A Clockwork Orange,” “Time After Time” and “Cat People.” He stepped into the role “Dr. Sam Loomis” in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Halloween II.”

1926 – Paul Lynde who played “Uncle Arthur” on the TV series “Bewitched.”

1919 – Richard Collier who appeared in the films “Eve of Destruction,” “Pet Sematary” and “Christine.”

1918 – Ben Johnson who appeared in the films “Terror Train,” “The Swarm,” “The Savage Bees” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”

1915 – Mary Wickes who played “Zelda” on the TV series “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters,” and the “They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be” episode of “Kolchak, The Night Stalker.”

1900 – Ian Hunter (the actor, not the musician) who appeared in the 1941 version of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “Doctor Blood’s Coffin.”

1892 – Sir Basil Rathbone. He starred in such films as “Son of Frankenstein”, “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, “Tales of Terror”, he also portrayed the character of “Sherlock Holmes” in many films.

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Brande Roderick

 

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Malcolm McDowall

 

Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas

 

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Basil Rathbone

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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