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| 05 May 14 06:37:17 |
From: reaperg@aol.com 1884: CY CLEGG, who played a sailor and did stunts in "The Son of Kong", is born in Pennsylvania. He died at 79 in Pennsylvania in September, 1963. 1912: JOE GRAY, who was a stuntman on “Mighty Joe Young” and played a longshoreman in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", is born in New York City. He was a stand-in for Elvis Presley in “Loving You”. BRET MORRISON, re-release director on “Gamera vs. Viras” and “Gamera vs. Jiger”, is born in Chicago. He acted in “Green Magic”, “The Edge of Night”, and “Black Eye”. 1920: CHARLES H. SCHNEER, co-producer of “It Came from Beneath the Sea” and “20 Million Miles to Earth”, is born in Norfolk, Vir. He produced many of Ray Harryhausen’s films, including “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “The 3 Worlds of Gulliver , “Jason and the Argonauts”, “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger”, and “Clash of the Titans”. 1926: NEIL "BING" RUSSELL, who played a deputy in "Tarantula" and a state trooper at the train and bus wrecks in "The Deadly Mantis", is born in Brattleboro, Ver. He is best remembered as the sheriff in "Bonanza" and Robert in "The Magnificent Seven", and was Kurt Russell's father. 1940: DAVID DUNCAN, who wrote the U.S. version of “Rodan”, marries Elaine Sullivan. 1947: DAISUKE BAN is born in Kawaguchi City, Japan. He played Jiro a.k.a. "Kikaida", reprising the role in "Jumping Out: Android Kikaida", and "Kikaida 01"; Watari Goro a.k.a. "Inazuman", reprising the role in "Jumping Out, Inazuman" and "Inazuman Flash"; Daisuke Izumo a.k.a. Fire Ninja on "Ninja Captor"; Makoto Jin a.k.a. Battle Cossack II on "Battle Fever J"; Dr. Hoshi on “Super Animal Squadron Liveman”; Dr. Heihachiro Ikuma in "Ringu", "Ringu 2", and "Ringu 0"; and Kyujiro Maeno in “Kikaider Reboot”; starred in the TV series "Special Investigation Frontline", and "Electronic Superhuman Gridman"; and appeared on "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Vigilante Zubat", "Monster-Hunter Juspion", "High Speed Squadron Turboranger", and “Sukeban Deka . SANSHI SHINSUI, who was in “Parasite Eve”, is born in Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, Japan. 1949: BOB SAKUMA, composer on "Super Robot: Red Baron" and "Super Robot Mach Baron", is born. 1951: EDDIE DUNN, who played the first bartender in "Mighty Joe Young", dies in Hollywood. FUYUKI MOTO, who played Mika’s science teacher in “Kitaro”, is born in Tokyo. 1953: DON E. FAUNTLEROY, cinematographer on “Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero”, is born in Los Angeles. 1954: DAVE SPECTOR, who played a gaijin in "The World Sinks Except Japan", Gary in the U.S. version of "One Missed Call", and an anchorman in “20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End”, is born in Chicago. 1955: NICHOLAS GUEST, the voice of Chad Gordon on the "Freeze" episode of "Godzilla: The Series", is born. He is the brother of Christopher Guest and the brother-in-law of Jamie Lee Curtis. JAMES MATHERS, director on “Power Rangers Lost Galaxy”, is born. He is the younger brother of Jerry Mathers. 1964: MINAMI TAKAYAMA, who was the voice of Chigusa Sakamoto on "Kikaider: The Animation", is born in Tokyo. 1968: ALBERT DEKKER, who played the Secretary of State in the U.S. release of "Gammera the Invincible", dies of asphyxia from accidentally hanging himself in Hollywood, Calif. Episode 31 of "Ultra Seven", "The Devil Who Dwells in a Flower”, debuts on Japanese TV. ATSURO WATABE, who played Oikawa in “Zebraman”, is born in Tokyo. 1972: Episode 6 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV. 1973: Episode 12 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Junko Becomes a Mutant's Bride?!", debuts on Japanese TV. Episode 43, the final episode of "Kikaida", "Jiro's End or Dark's Destruction?!", debuts on Japanese TV. Episode 4 of "Storm Cloud Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV. 1975: Episode 6 of "Condorman -- Symbol of Justice" debuts on Japanese TV. 1979: Episode 14 of "Battle Fever J", "Marriage of Beauty and Beast", debuts on Japanese TV. YUKIKO OKAMOTO, who played Dr. Yagi in "Returner", is born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. 1984: Episode 14 of "Super Electron Bioman" debuts on Japanese TV. 1985: SHOKO NAKAGAWA, who played Fuguruma Yogi in "Kitaro and the Millenium Curse", is born in Tokyo. 1994: Episode 56 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "On Fins and Needles", debuts on Fox. 1995: Episode 10 of "Superpower Squadron Ohranger", "The Visiting Thief", debuts on Japanese TV. 1997: Episode 6 of “Power Rangers Turbo”, “Rally Ranger”, debuts on Fox. 1998: "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" is released on DVD in the U.S. 2002: SHOGO SHIOTANI, who played ZAC Officer Akira Hojyo/Mars on "Cybercop" and a fugitive alien on "Ultraman Tiga", commits suicide in Tokyo. Episode 12 of “Ninja Squadron Hurricanger” debuts on Japanese TV. 2004: “Avalon” premieres in Mexico in Mexico City. Episode 5 of "Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy", "The Slave of Heironymous", debuts on TV Tokyo. 2005: MINAMI TAKAYAMA, see above, marries Gosho Aoyama. 2008: Episode 11 of "Power Rangers Jungle Fury", "Pushed to the Edge", debuts on U.S. TV. 2011: MICHIKO HADA, who played Dr. Nakazono in "J-Horror Theater Vol. 1: Infection", marries Toshiaki Hirobe. 2012: Episode 11 of “Special Ops Squadro Go-Busters” debuts on Japanese TV. -- Reaper G Pest, Foodie, MSTie, G-fan, Wrestlemaniac, and free speech fan http://reaper_g.livejournal.com http://www.facebook.com/jay.grymyr --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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