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Born on this day in horror history – February 26

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February 26

  • 1986 – Teresa Palmer, who starred in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “I am Number 4″, “The Grudge 2″, and “Warm Bodies.”
  • 1985 – Shiloh Fernandez, appeared in “Deadgirl”, “Red Riding Hood”, and “Evil Dead.”
  • 1977 – James Wan is a writer and director of such films as “Saw”, “Dead Silence”, “Insidious”, “Insidious: Chapter 2″ and “The Conjuring.”
  • 1968 – Ed Quinn, who starred in “Starship Troopers 2,” “House of the Dead 2″ and the Tv series “eureka.”
  • 1964 – Mark Dacascos, has appeared in “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, “Crying Freeman”, “The Island of Dr. Moreau”, “Brotherhood of the Wolf”, “Wolvesbayne.”
  • 1950 – Don Shanks, who played “Michael Myers” in “Halloween 5,” and appeared in the films “Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary” and “The Crow: Salvation.”
  • 1945 – Marta Kristen, who played “Judy Robinson” on the TV series “Lost In Space.” She also appeared in the films “Terminal Island,” “Battle Beyond the Stars” and in a brief role in the 1998 film version of “Lost in Space.”
  • 1933 – Comedian Godfrey Cambridge, who starred in the film “Son of the Blob” a.k.a. “Beware the Blob.”
  • 1921 – Clarice Blackburn, who played “Mrs. Johnson” on the daytime nightmare soap opera “Dark Shadows.”
  • 1920 – Tony Randall, best known for playing “Felix Unger” on the “Odd Couple” TV series. He played the title role in the film “The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao.”
  • 1920 – Michael Pate, who starred in the film “Curse of the Undead” and appeared in “The Tower of London” (1962) and “Howling II.” In the 60’s and 70’s he also appeared in numerous TV series including “Batman,” “The Time Tunnel” and “Alfred Hitchcock Hour.”
  • 1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote for such TV series as the original “Star Trek,” “The Invaders” and 80’s version of “The Twilight Zone.” He also wrote the screenplay for the TV movie “Killdozer.”
  • 1914 – Robert Alda, father of Alan. He appeared in the films “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “The Devil’s Hand” and “The House of Exorcism.”
  • 1887 – William Frawley, best known for playing “Fred Mertz” on “I Love Lucy.” He appeared in the film “Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”
  • 1802 – Victor Hugo, author of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
Teresa Palmer
Teresa Palmer

 

James Wan
James Wan
Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos

 

Don Shanks
Don Shanks

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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