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   Reaper G to All   
   6/22: Today in G-History   
   22 Jun 13 07:37:42   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1901: EARL A. WOLCOTT, sound recordist on the original "King Kong" and "Son of   
   Kong", is born in North Nassau, N.Y.    
      
   1920: PAUL FREES, who can be heard dubbing Dr. Who in "King Kong Escapes" (for   
   which he also directed the dubbing) and Glen Manning in "War of the Colossal   
   Beast", as well as voices in "Godzilla Raids Again", "Rodan", "The H-Man", and   
   "The Last War ", is    
   born in Chicago. The "Man of a Thousand Voices" provided tons of voiceovers   
   and cartoon characters, including MGM's "Barney Bear", Ludwig von Drake on   
   "The Wonderful World of Disney", Boris Badenov on "Rocky and His Friends",   
   Inspector Fenwick on "Dudley    
   Do-Right", was the original voice of the Pillsbury Dough Boy, and was a dubber   
   on "Spartacus" and "Flight from Ashiya".    
      
   1923: ISAO "KO" KIMURA, who played Detective Akechi in "Black Lizard", is born   
   in Hiroshima. He is best known as Katsushiro, the youngest of "The Seven   
   Samurai".    
      
   1928: HARUYA KATO is born in Tokyo. The baby-faced actor played a doomed   
   firefighter in "The Mysterians", Mattchan the sailor in "The H-Man", a rescued   
   sailor in "Mothra", Obashi’s assistant in "King Kong vs. Godzilla", Sabu the   
   gangster in "Dogora the    
   Space Monster", reporter Komaki in "Ghidrah -- the Three-Headed Monster", and   
   the TV director in "Frankenstein Conquers the World". He appeared as a praying   
   elderly man in "Rhapsody in August".    
   	SUMIE SASAKI, who played Dr. Ikuma's wife on "Ringu: The Final Chapter" and   
   Yamane's neighbor in "20th Century Boys: Chapter 2: The Last Hope", is born in   
   Taiwan.    
      
   1934: IWAO DAN is born. He played the truck driver in Episode 1 of "Kikaida"   
   and George Kanamoto in Episode 14 of "Kamen Rider V3", and also appeared on   
   "Transforming Ninja Arashi", "Kamen Rider: Stronger", and "Sky Rider".    
      
   1941: MICHAEL LERNER, who played Mayor Ebert in "Godzilla" and "Godzilla: The   
   Series", is born in New York City. He was also in the TV movies "Ruby and   
   Oswald" (as Jack Ruby), "The Missiles of October" (as Pierre Salinger), and   
   "Blood Feud".   
      
   1948: TAKASHI SASANO, who played Ido Sennin in "Kitaro and the Millenium   
   Curse", is born in Hyogo, Japan.    
      
   1955: GREGORY SNEGOFF, who did voices for the U.S. version of "Godzilla 1985",   
   is born in Santa Monica, Calif.    
      
   1964: HIROSHI ABE, who played CCI Chief Mitsuo Katagiri in "Godzilla 2000", is   
   born in Kanagawa, Japan. He also played Tsukiyomi in "Orochi the Eight-Headed   
   Dragon", Hayate in "Moon over Tao", and Genkuro Korozu in "The Sword of   
   Alexander", and was in "   
   Tetsujin 28".   
   	CHRISTOPHER RHODES, who played McCartin in "Gorgo", dies.    
      
   1965: DAVID O. SELZNICK, who co-produced "King Kong", dies of an acute   
   coronary occlusion in Hollywood, Calif.    
      
   1973: Episode 38 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "Big Explosion on the ABCD   
   Line", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: Episode 19 of "Kamen Rider X", "The Dead at the Ghost Castle   
   Are
Calling", debuts on Japanese TV.                
   	Episode 12 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Miracle Man, Long-Distance Cannon",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1975: Episode 51 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Strong Zaborger Stops Moving!",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.                
   	YUKA ITAYA, who was in "Sky High", is born in Fukuoka.    
      
   1976: Episode 36 of "Akumaizer 3", "Why!? The Demon Clan's All-Out
Attack",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1977: Episode 21 of "Vigilante Zubat", "Farewell to Ken's Mother", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1981: AMANDA BROOKS, who played Sarah Daniels in "Dragon Wars", is born in New   
   York City.   
      
   1983: "G.I. Samurai" is released in Norway.    
      
   1985: Episode 21 of "Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman" debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1987: Episode 14 of "Super Manchine: Metalder", "The Warrior Madonna", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.    
      
   1991: Episode 304 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", featuring "Gamera vs.   
   Barugon", debuts on Comedy Central.    
      
   1997: AMANDA WINN LEE, who was the English dubbing voice of Saki on
"Sukeban   
   Deka", Annette on "Super Atragon", and Asagi Kusanagi on "Gamera, the Guardian   
   of the Universe", marries Jason Lee. She was born in Houston in 1972.    
      
   2000: OSAMU TAKIZAWA, who played the author/narrator in the "In a Cup
of   
   Tea" segment of "Kwaidan", dies of pneumonia in Tokyo.    
      
   2002: PAMELA HILL, the voice of the bully in the U.S. dub of "Ultraman
Gaia:   
   The Battle in Hyperspace", marries William Joseph Hill..    
      
   2003: Episode 18 of "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2004: NOBORU SHINODA, cinematographer on "Shikoku", dies from liver
failure   
   in Tokyo.    
      
   2006: "Chakushin ari final" ("One Missed Call: Final") is released in South   
   Korea, its world
premiere.   
      
   2008: Episode 19 of "Engine Squadron Go-onger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2011: "Mutant Girls Squad" is released on DVD in Australia.   
      
   2012: Episode 12 of "Unofficial Squadron Akibaranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
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