August 29

• 1973 – Writer/Producer/Director Tom Six, his films include the infamous “The Human Centipede (First Sequence)”, “The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)” and the upcoming “The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence).”
• 1964 – Stacey Travis, has appeared in “Venom”, “Angel (TV Series)”, “Ghost World”, “Dracula Rising”, “Hardware”, “Doctor Hackenstein”, “Phantasm II” and more.
• 1962 – Rebecca De Mornay, who appeared in the films “Identity,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”, the TV mini-series “The Shining”, “Apartment 1303 3D”, and “Mother’s Day.”
• 1958 – The late Michael Jackson, pop superstar but genre fans will forever love his mega hit song “Thriller.”
• 1950 – Frank Henenlotter, writer/director of such cult exploitation films as “Basket Case”, “Basket Case 2”, “Basket Case 3”, “Brain Damage”, “Frankenhooker” and “Bad Biology.”
• 1939 – William Friedkin, director of “The Exorcist” and “Bug.”
• 1939 – Joel Schumacher, who directed “The Number 23,” “The Lost Boys,” “The Phantom Of The Opera” (2004) and “Batman Forever.”
• 1938 – Elliot Gould who appeared in the films “Capricorn One,” “The Devil and Max Devlin” and “Silent Partner.”
• 1928 – Charles Gray, who appeared in “The Unknown Terror,” “The Devil’s Bride,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” and as “Blofeld” in the “James Bond” film “Diamonds Are Forever.”
• 1923 – The late Producer/director/actor Richard Attenborough who played “John Hammond” in “Jurassic Park” and in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.”
• 1908 – George Macready who appeared in “Count Yorga,” “The Return of Count Yorga” and “The Alligator People.”