Born on this day in horror history – May 5

May 5

1988 – Brooke Hogan, daughter of wrestler Hulk Hogan, appeared in “Sand Sharks”, “2-Headed Shark Attack”, “Devour”, and “Avalanche Sharks”.

1983 – Henry Cavill, appeared in “Blood Creek” and will portray “Superman” in the upcoming “Man of Steel”.

1957 – Richard Grant who co-starred in the 1992 version of “Dracula” and the film “The Little Vampire.” He also provided the voice of “Barkis Bittern” in the “Corpse Bride.”

1957 – Lisa Eilbacher, who appeared in the TV movies “Bad Ronald,” “This House Possessed” and the film “Leviathan.”

1944 – John Rhys-Davies who appeared in the films “Dune 2000,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Lord Of The Rings” trilogy and the TV series “Sliders.”

1940 – Lance Henriksen who appeared in the films “Aliens,” “Pumpkinhead,” series of films, “Alien vs Predator,” “Alone in the Dark II” and “Scream 3,” as well as the underrated TV series “Millennium.”

1939 – Ian McCulloch who appeared in “Doctor Butcher, M.D.,” “Zombie” and “I, Monster.”

1938 – Michael Murphy who appeared in “Batman Returns,” “Count Yorga, Vampire,” and ” Shocker.”

1922 – Screenwriter Joseph Stefano. His many screen credits include the script for “Psycho,” and “The Outer Limits” which he also produced and directed.

1915 – Ben Wright who has appeared in “Munster Go Home,” “Arnold” and “Terror In the Wax Museum.”

1895 – Charles Lamont who directed Abbott & Costello when they met “The Invisible Man,” “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” and “The Mummy.”.

1889 – Master make-up artist Jack Pierce who created the make-up for just about every Universal Monster there was.