BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

• 1987 – Sara Canning, has appeared in “War for the Planet of the Apes”, “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)” and more.
• 1970 – Nina Siemaszko, appears in “The Haunting of Molly Hartley”, “The Darkling”, “Sawbones”, “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, and more.
• 1961 – Jackie Earle Haley, portrayed “Freddy Krueger” in the much maligned remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” He also appeared in “RoboCop” remake, “Dark Shadows” remake, “Watchmen”, “Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence”, and more.
• 1952 – Producer Joel Silver who’s credits include “Predator,” the “Tales From the Crypt” TV series “The Matrix” films, “Return To The House On Haunted Hill” “Speed Racer”, “Orphan” and many more.
• 1939 – Sid Haig who has starred in such films as “Spider Baby”and “Galaxy of Terror,” appeared as “Drago” in the TV series “Jason of Star Command,” “House of 1000 Corpses” and it’s sequel “The Devil’s Rejects.” He also starred in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “Night Of The Living Dead 3D.” He reprised his character of “Captain Spaulding” for Rob Zombie’s animated film “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.”
• 1932 – Former NY Giant football player Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier, cousin of actress Pam Grier, who starred in the film “The Thing With Two Heads.”
• 1926 – Harry Dean Staton who appeared in the films “Alien,” “Escape from New York,” “The Green Mile” and “Alien Autopsy.”
• 1924 – Val Avery who appeared in original “Amityville Horror” and “Too Scared To Scream.”
• 1911 – Comic actor, the late Terry Thomas, who appeared in the films “Things To Come,” “Munster, Go Home” and “The Abominable Dr. Phibes.”
• 1910 – Director/Producer/Writer William Hanna of Hanna-Barbera Productions. He was the one who provided all of the yelps, yells and screams for Tom of “Tom & Jerry.”
• 1904 – The beautiful Zita Johann who starred as “Helen Grovesvenor/Princess Anckesen-Amon” in the 1932 version of “The Mummy” and appeared in the film “Raiders of the Living Dead.”
• 1901 – George Tobias who played “Abner Kravitz” on the “Bewitched” TV series and who also appeared in the 1939 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY

• 2006 – June Carr (a.k.a. June Ormond), who directed “Burning Hell” and “The Monster And The Stripper,” passed away at the age of 94.
• 2006 – Carrie Nye, who appeared in “Too Scared To Scream” and “Creepshow,” passed away at the age of 69.
• 2000 – Meredith MacRae, who appeared in “The Werewolf Of Woodstock,” “Earthbound” and “Vultures,” passed away at the age of 56.
• 1970 – Preston Foster who appeared in “Doctor X” and “The Time Travelers,” passed away at the age of 69.