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Science fiction and fantasy events that took place on July 3, this year and in years gone by.
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Births
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George Sanders
Sanders was born on July 3, 1906, in St. Petersburg, Russia and died by suicide on April 25, 1972.
He is more famous for his detective movies (The Saint, The Falcon) than anything else, but he was in a bit of science fiction:
Movies
Doomwatch (1972) - The Admiral
Village of the Damned (1960) - Gordon Zellaby
From the Earth to the Moon (1958) - Stuyvesant Nicholl
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) - Miles Fairley (fantasy)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - Lord Henry Wotton (fantasy)
TV
1) Mr. Freeze in Batman, "Instant Freeze " and "Rats Like Cheese" (1966)
2) Fenton in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, "The Traitor" (1965) |
Deaths
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Ross Martin
Martin was born on March 22, 1920, in Grodek, Poland, and died on July 3, 1981, in Ramona, California of a heart attack.
Most famous as Artemus West in Wild, Wild West he guest-starred in various sf shows including Mork and Mindy, The Invisible Man,
Sealab 2020 (1972) TV series (voice of Dr. Paul Williams ), two eps of The Tiilight Zone: Death Ship (1963)as Lt. Ted Mason, and The Four of Us Are Dying (1960) as Johnny Foster, a musician.
Movies
The Colossus of New York (1958) as Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
Conquest of Space (1955) as Andre Fodor . |
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