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Born on this day in horror history – July 27

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July 27

1982 – Cascy Beddow who appeared in the TV movie version of “Carrie,” played “Jason” on the Showtime series “Dead Like Me” and played a young “Shaggy” in “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.” He also appeared in “Blade: Trinity.”

1968 – Julian McMahon, who plays “Dr. Christian Troy” on the TV series “Nip/Tuck.” He played “Victor Von Doom” in the “Fantastic Four” films and co-starred with Sandra Bullock in “Premonition.”

1963 – Donnie Yen who has appeared in the films “Blade II,” “Highlander: Endgame” and “666 Devil Reincarnates.”

1961 – Rebecca Staab who played “Daphne Collins” in the 1991 TV version of “Dark Shadows,” and “Sue Storm, the Invisible Girl” in the as of yet unreleased 1994 Roger Corman version of “The Fantastic Four.”

1949 – Susan Gordon, daughter of writer/producer/director/special effects wizard Bert I. Gordon. She appeared in his films “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Tormented” and “Picture Mommy Dead.”

1947 – Ilya Salkind who produced the “Superman” films and the “Superboy” TV series,

1930 – Tadao Takashima, who appeared in the Toho films “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II,” “Son of Godzilla,” King Kong vs. Godzilla” and “Frankenstein Conquers the World,”

1916 – Perennial character actor, Keenan Wynn, who has starred in such films as “Dr. Strangelove,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “Piranha.”

1911 – Lupita Tovar who appeared in the 1930 version of “The Cat Creeps” and the 1931 Spanish version of “Dracula.”

Julian McMahon
Julian McMahon

 

Rebecca Staab
Rebecca Staab

 

Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
Lupita Tovar
Lupita Tovar

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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