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   Reaper G to All   
   2/27: Today in G-History   
   27 Feb 14 06:36:43   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1873: LEE KOHLMAR, who played Mickey the second process server in "The Son of   
   Kong", is born in Nuremberg, Germany.    
      
   1899: IAN KEITH, who played Adm. Burns in “It Came from Beneath the Sea”,   
   is born in Boston. His other films include “Abraham Lincoln” (as John   
   Wilkes Booth), “The Sign of the Cross”, “Queen Christina”,   
   “Cleopatra”, “The Crusades”,   
    “The Three Musketeers” (two versions), “Mary of Scotland”, and “The   
   Ten Commandments”.   
      
   1915: DONALD CURTIS, who played Dr. John Carter in “It Came from Beneath the   
   Sea”, is born in Cheney, Wash.   
      
   1921: MICHAEL FOX, who played the ER doctor in "The Beast from 20,000   
   Fathoms", is born. Making his film debut in "A Yank in Indo-China", he was   
   also on “Perry Mason” and “The Twilight Zone”.   
      
   1927: HITOSHI UEKI of the Crazy Cats comedy team, who starred in "Don’t Call   
   Me a Con Man" is born in Mie, Japan. His film credits include "The Age of   
   Irresponsibility", "Las Vegas Free-for-All", "The Crazy Family", "Ran", and   
   "Memories of You".    
      
   1936: YOSUKE NATSUKI, who played Detective Shindo in “Ghidrah, the   
   Three-Headed Monster” and Dr. Hayashida in "Godzilla 1985", is born in   
   Tokyo. He also played Inspector Konmei in "Dogora the Space Monster" and a   
   general in "Monster X Strikes Back:    
   Attack the G8 Summit", and was in “The H-Man” and “Yojimbo”.    
      
   1949: DEBRA MONK, who played young Dahlia's teacher in the U.S. version of   
   "Dark Water", is born in Middletown, Ohio.    
      
   1951: PAUL FREES, voice dubber on "Rodan", "The H-Man", and "King Kong   
   Escapes", marries Joyce Schultz, his third wife.   
      
   1952: SHOGO TOMIYAMA, producer or executive producer of “Godzilla vs.   
   Biollante”, “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah”, “Psychic Girl Reiko”,   
   “Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth”, “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla   
   II”, “Orochi the Eight-   
   Headed Dragon”, “Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla”, “Godzilla vs.   
   Destoroyah”, “Rebirth of Mothra”, “Rebirth of Mothra II”, “Rebirth   
   of Mothra III”, “Godzilla 2000”, “Godzilla vs. Megaguirus”,   
   “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah:    
   Giant Monsters All-Out Attack”, “Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla”,   
   “Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.”, and “Godzilla: Final Wars” (on which he   
   co-wrote the story), is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1960: Toho International, Inc. opens its office in New York City.    
      
   1962: ADAM BALDWIN, who played Jack Ellway in “Gargantua”, is born in   
   Chicago. He appeared on “Firefly” and its movie version, “Serenity”,   
   and was the voice of Hal Jordan/Green Lantern on “Justice League” and   
   Superman/Clark Kent on “   
   Superman/Doomsday”.   
      
   1963: ZIKO UCHIYAMA, who played Doromaru in "Moon over Tao" and Kantoku in   
   "Ju-on: The Grudge 2", is born.   
      
   1965: "Kwaidan" is released in Japan.   
      
   1966: Episode 9 of "Ultra Q", "The Spider Baron", debuts on Japanese
TV.    
      
   1967: Episode 35 of "The Space Giants", “A Trap for Goldar", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1968: GARY J. TUNNICLIFFE, special makeup effects designer on the   
   U.S.
version of "Pulse", is born in Burntwood, England.    
      
   1969: HIGUCHINSKY, who directed "Uzumaki" and "Long Dream", is born in the   
   Ukraine.    
      
   1970: MARC PATHONA, who played Carlos in "Sayonara Jupiter", is born.    
      
   1971: Episode 9 of "Spectreman", "The Terror of Nezubirdon", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1972: SHUNSUKE MATSUODA, who played the Condemned Criminal #2 in
"Alive", is   
   born in Tokyo.    
   	Episode 12 of "Mirrorman", "Here It Is! The Silver Cross", debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
   1976: YUKARI TAMURA, who was on "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger" and was the   
   voice of Navi on “Pirate Squadron Gokaiger” and “Special Ops Squadron   
   Go-Busters vs. Pirate Squadron Gokaiger: The Movie”, is
born in Nagasaki.    
      
   1980: RYUTA SATO, who played Koichi Tsuchiya in “Until the Break of Dawn”,   
   is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1981: Episode 19 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1988: KENNETH PEACH, who was a cinematographer on "King Kong", dies. 
        
   	"Choju sentai Raibuman" ("Super Animal Squadron Liveman") premieres on   
   Japanese TV.    
      
   1991: DAIGO KUSANO, who played Yanagawa the alien agent in "Godzilla vs. the   
   Cosmic Monster", dies at 51 of a brain hemorrhage in Tokyo.    
      
   1998: Episode 4 of “Power Rangers in Space”, “Shell Shocked”, debuts   
   on fox.   
      
   1999: A Gamera exhibition opens at Kyoto Station in conjuntion with the   
   opening of "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys".   
   	Episode 117 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Monster War (Part 3)", debuts on Fox.    
   	Episode 4 of “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy”, “Rookie in Red”, debuts on   
   Fox.   
      
   2000: GEORGE DUNING, who composed music used in "The Giant Claw" and "20   
   Million Miles to Earth", dies at 92 of heart disease in San Diego. 
        
   	Episode 5 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Distance", debuts on Japanese
TV.    
   	Episode 3 of "Futre Squadron Timeranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: "Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa the Dark Angel" is released on DVD in the U.S.    
      
   2002: "Reptilian" is released in Norway on video. 
   
      
   2003: "The Ring" is released in the Czech Republic and Israel.    
      
   2004: Volume 4 of “Operation: Mystery” is released on DVD in Japan.    
   	“Onmyoji 2” is released in Taiwan.    
      
   2005: HIROYUKI NASU, who directed "Devilman", dies at 53 from liver cancer in   
   Tokyo.    
   	Episode 3 of “Magic Squadron Magiranger” debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2006: Episode 3 of "Power Rangers Mystic Force", "Code Busters", debuts in the   
   U.S.    
      
   2007: The "One Missed Call" collection is released on DVD in the U.S. 
        
   	"J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge, and Beyond" by David   
   Kalat is published.    
      
   2009: “K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces” is released in Taiwan.   
      
   2011: "Gokudo heiki" ("Yakuza Weapon") has its world premiere at the Yubari   
   International Fantastic Film Festival.   
   	Episode 3 of "Pirate Squadron Gokaiger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 1.4 of "Power Rangers Samurai", "Sticks & Stones", debuts on   
   Nickelodeon.   
      
   No year given: MARY JO PEHL, who played Pearl Forrester and was a writer on   
   "Mystery Science Theater 3000", is born.   
      
   --   
   Reaper G   
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