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Born on this day in horror history – January 22

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January 22

  • 1981 – Beverley Mitchell, appeared in “Saw II”, “The Crow: City of Angels” and the upcoming “Toxin.”
  • 1975 – Balthazar Getty, who appeared in the films “Judge Dredd,” “Lost Highway” “Feast” and “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds.”
  • 1965 – Dianne Lane, who starred in “Untraceable,” “Unfaithful”, “Jumper”, and “Man of Steel.”
  • 1959 – Linda Blair. She starred in the films “Exorcist,” “Exorcist II: The Heretic” and “Hell Night.”
  • 1956 – John Wesley Shipp who portrayed “The Flash” on the TV series of the same name.
  • 1940 – John Hurt, who appeared in the film “The Ghoul,” “Alien,” “Frankenstein Unbound” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and as “Mr. Ollivander” in the “Harry Potter” films and many more.
  • 1934 – The late Bill Bixby, who played “David Bruce Banner” on the TV series “The Incredible Hulk.” He also starred in the TV series, “My Favorite Martian.”
  • 1932 – Piper Laurie, appeared in “Bad Blood”, “Possessed”, “The Faculty”, “Twin Peaks (TV Series)”, “Carrie.”
  • 1924 – William Thourlby who appeared in the films “Castle of Evil,” “Destination Inner Space” and “The Creeping Terror.”
  • 1906 – Robert E. Howard, pulp novelist who created such characters as “Conan the Barbarian”, “Kull The Conqueror”, “Solomon Kane”, “Red Sonja” and more. He was also good friends with horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft.
  • 1893 – Conrad Veidt who starred in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari,” “Der Januskopf” and the 1928 version of “The Hands of Orlac.”
Beverly Mitchell
Beverly Mitchell
Diane Lane
Diane Lane
Linda Blair
Linda Blair
John Hurt
John Hurt

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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