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Science fiction and fantasy events that took place on September 15, this year and in years gone by.
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Tom Conway
Tom Conway was born on September 15, 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russia and died on April 22, 1967 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, of cirhhosis of the liver.
The brother of George Sanders, Tom Conway is mostly known for mystery roles, but he has a few SF credits.
He played Dr. Feodor Orloff in 12 to the Moon in 1960 and Sir Ian Hunt in The Atomic Submarine in 1959. |
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Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones was born on September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas.
He starred as K in Men in Black I (1997) and II (2002), and as Hawk Hawkins in Space Cowbows (2000). |
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Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad was born on September 15, 1940.
A science fiction author, he wrote "The Doomsday Machine" episode of Star Trek.
The Solarians (1966)
Agent of Chaos (1967)
The Men in the Jungle (1967)
Bug Jack Barron (1969)
The Iron Dream (1972)
Passing through the Flame (1975)
Riding the Torch (1978)
A World Between (1979)
Songs from the Stars (1980)
The Mind Game (1980)
The Void Captain's Tale (1983)
Child of Fortune (1985)
Little Heroes (1987)
Children of Hamelin (1991)
Russian Spring (1991)
Deus X (1993)
Pictures at 11 (1994)
Journals of the Plague Years (1995)
Greenhouse Summer (1999)
He walked among us (2003)
The Druid King (2003)
Mexica (novel) (2005)
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Fay Wray
Fay Wray was boron on September 15, 1907, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, and died on August 8, 2004 in New York, New York, of natural causes.
She has only one genre credit, as Ann Darrow in King Kong (1933). |
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John Hoyt
John Hoyt was boron on October 5, 1905 in Bronxville, New York, and died on September 15, 1991 in Santa Cruz, California, of lung cancer.
In his long career he had a few SF credentials. Most particularly, he was the first choice for the Doctor in Star Trek, playing Dr. Phillip Boyce opposite Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike. (1966)
He played the unfortunate wheelchair bound millionaire Sydney Stanton in When Worlds Collide (who funded the building of the rocket-ship, then was left behind), Mr. Franz in Attack of the Puppet People (1958), two Twilight Zones: Ross in "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (1961) and Dr. William in "The Lateness of the Hour".
He played Dr. Varno in The Time Travelers (1964), The Outer Limits:.... Professor Hebbel in "I, Robot" (1964), the 'Bifrost' Alien in "The Bellero Shield" (1964)and Emmett Balfour in "Don't Open Till Doomsday" (1964).
And in The Time Tunnel, Dr. Steinholtz in "The Ghost of Nero" (1967)and The Alien Leader in "Visitors from Beyond the Stars" (1967).
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