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Born on this day in horror history – July 3

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July 3

  • 1980 – Former Co-host of G4’s “Attack of the Show” and the dream girl to game geeks every where, Olivia Munn. She appeared in “Iron Man 2″, “Insanitarium”, “Deliver Us from Evil.”
  • 1973 – Patrick Wilson, who played “Nite Owl” in “Watchmen” and starred in “Hard Candy”, “Passengers”, “Insidious”, “The Conjuring”, “Insidious: Chapter 2″, “The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist.”
  • 1970 – Shawnee Smith who starred in the remakes of “The Blob,” “Carnival of Souls,” the TV remake of “The Shining” and as “Amanda Young” in the “Saw” films.
  • 1962 – Tom Cruise who starred in “Minority Report,” “Legend,” “Interview With the Vampire” and the 2005 remake of “War of the Worlds.”
  • 1957 – Italian actor/director Michele Soavi, was a protege of the legendary Italian horror master Dario Argento. He directed such films as “Dario Argento’s World of Horror (Documentary)”, “The Church”, “Cemetery Man. He also acted in the films “City of the Living Dead”, “The New York Ripper”, “Tenebre”, “A Blade in the Dark”, “Phenomena”, “Demons”, “Opera” and more.
  • 1942 – Kurtwood Smith who plays “Red” on “That 70’s Show,” and has appeared in the films “Robocop” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”, “Resurrection (TV Series)”, “Amityville: The Reawakening.”
  • 1927 – Ken Russell who directed the films “Gothic,” “Lair of the White Worm” and “Altered States.”
  • 1927 – The beautiful Carol Ohmart who appeared in the original “House on Haunted Hill,” “Spiderbaby” and “The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe.”
  • 1920 – Louise Allbritton who starred in “Son of Dracula” and “Who Done It.”
  • 1906 – George Sanders who played the first “Mr. Freeze” on “Batman,” and also starred in the films “Village of the Damned,” “The Lodger” and “Psychomania.”
Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn
Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

 

Shawnee Smith
Shawnee Smith
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Kurtwood Smith
Kurtwood Smith

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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