May 14

• 1983 – Amber Tamblyn, daughter of Russ Tamblyn, who co-starred in “The Ring,” “The Grudge 2″ and “Blackout.”
• 1971 – Writer/producer/director/actress and daughter of Francis Ford, Sophia Coppola. She appeared in “Star Wars: Episode 1-The Phantom Menace” and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie.”
• 1962 – Danny Houston, who played “William Stryker” in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Poseidon” in the 2010 remake of “Clash of the Titans” and “Marlow” in “30 Days of Night.”
• 1961 – Tim Roth who co-starred in the 2001 version of “The Planet of the Apes,” “Dark Water” and “The Incredible Hulk” (2008)
• 1959 – Brett Leonard, writer/director of such films as “The Dead Pit”, “The Lawnmower Man”, “Hideaway”, “Virtuosity”, “Man-Thing”, “Feed.”
• 1955 – Writer & producer Robert G. Tapert. He’s known for partnering with Sam Raimi on the film and TV shows “Poltergeist”, “Evil Dead”, “The Possession”, “Drag Me To Hell”, “30 Days of Night”, “The Grudge”, “Darkman”, “Evil Dead” and many more.
• 1952 – Robert Zemeckis, who has produced several films including the remakes of “13 Ghosts” and “The House On Haunted Hill,” as well as “The Frighteners,” the 2005 version of “House of Wax” and the TV series, “Tales From the Crypt.”
• 1946 – Danish beauty Yutte Stensgaard, she appeared in “Lust for a Vampire”, “Scream and Scream Again” and “Dead of Night (TV Series).”
• 1946 – Writer/producer/director Joseph Zito, who worked on such films as “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” and “The Prowler.”
• 1944 – “Star Wars” creator, George Lucas .
• 1932 – Kenji Sahara who appeared in “Godzilla,” “Rodan,” and “Mothra,” to name a few.
• 1921 -Richard Deacon who is best known for playing “Mel Cooley” on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” His film credits have included “The Birds,” the 1953 version of “Invaders From Mars” and “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”