August 28

• 1984 – Sarah Roemer, has appeared in “Asylum”, “Disturbia”, and “The Grudge 2.”
• 1980 – Carly Pope, appeared in “The Tomorrow People (TV Series)”, “Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon”, “Beneath”, “Disturbing Behavior” and more.
• 1965 – Amanda Tapping, has appeared in “Supernatural (TV Series)”, “Stargate SG-1 (TV Series)”, “Millennium (TV Series)”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “The Haunting of Lisa”, “Goosebumps (TV Series)”, “Forever Knight (TV Series)” and many more.
• 1959 – Brian Thompson, character actor always playing the heavy in films like “Flight of the Living Dead”, “Charmed (TV Series)”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)”, “Kindred: The Embraced (TV Series)”, “Fright Night Part 2”, “Werewolf (TV Series)” and many more.
• 1957 – Daniel Stern, who has appeared in the films “Little Monsters,” “C.H.U.D,.” “Leviathan” and “Otis.”
• 1943 – David Soul, best known for playing “Kenneth Hutchinson” on the TV series “Starsky & Hutch.” He also starred in the TV movie “Salem’s Lot,” and appeared in “The Apple” episode of the original “Star Trek” series.
• 1917 – Comic artist, the late Jack Kirby, who created Captain America, The Fantastic Four, and many, many other comic characters.
• 1915 – Simon Oakland, who played Tony Vincenzo on the “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” TV series. He passed away the day after his 68th birthday, on August 29,1983 .
• 1879 – Character actor E.E. Clive, who appeared in the films “The Invisible Man,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and “Dracula’s Daughter.”