Saturday, June 19, 2004
6/19: Today in G-History
1917: RAY HYKE, who played Sergeant Willistead in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", is born.
ROBERT KARNES, who played Prof. Alan Templeton in "Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", is born in Kentucky.
1963: MONTY L. SIMONS, stuntman on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero", is born in Denver.
1966: Episode 25 of "Ultra Q", "The Devil Child", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 51 of "The Space Giants", "Space Monster Gorgongon Attacks!" a.k.a. "The Mightiest Creature of All", debuts on Japanese TV.
1968: "King Kong Escapes" is released in the U.S.
1971: Episode 12 of "Kamen Rider", "Murderous Yamogerasu", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 54 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: BILL GIORGIO, who played Deputy Sheriff Saunders in "Earth vs. the Spider" and the bus driver in "War of the Colossal Beast", dies in Los Angeles County.
1988: Episode 36 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: Episode 17 of "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger", "The Sixth Hero", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 12 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Beware of Catburger Matty!", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Friday, June 18, 2004
6/18: Today in G-History
1904: KEYE LUKE, who was the voice of Shigeru on the U.S. dub of "Rodan", is born purportedly in Guangzhou, China. Best known as Charlie Chan’s #1 son, he made his film debut in "The Painted Veil" and was in the films "The Good Earth", "Barricade", "Phantom of Chinatown", "Mr. And Mrs. North", "Across the Pacific", "Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant", "Dragon Seed", "Between Two Women", "Sleep My Love", "Hell’s Half Acre", "Nobody's Perfect", "The Amsterdam Kill", "Gremlins", and "Alice", He was also Kato on the "Green Hornet" serials and Master Po on "Kung Fu".
1917: RICHARD BOONE, who played Masten Thrust in "The Last Dinosaur", is born in Los Angeles. Best remembered as Paladin on "Have Gun, Will Travel", the descendant of Daniel Boone and cousin of Pat Boone also starred in the TV series "Hec Ramsey", and films like "The Thunder of Drums".
ROSS ELLIOTT, who played George Ritchie in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" and Joe Burch in "Tarantula", is born in New York City. He was a former member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theater and performed in his radio production of "War of the Worlds".
1934: MITSUTERU YOKOYAMA, who created "Gigantor" and "Johnny Sokko and His Giant Robot", is born in Kobe.
1937: STACY KEACH SR., who was the voice of Walter on "Ultraman: The Adventure Begins", marries Mary Cain Peckham.
1944: BAKU HATAKEYAMA, who played Police Chief Gebah in "Time of the Apes" and Daita Oiwa/Ki Ranger on "Secret Task Force Goranger", is born Teruo Hatakeyama in Nagano. He died in 1986.
CRAIG STEVENS, who played Col. Joe Parkman in "The Deadly Mantis", marries Alexis Smith.
1972: Episode 12 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 12 of "Zone Fighter", "Terrorbeast HQ — Invade the Earth!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: FREDERICK HOLLANDER, who composed music used in "20 Million Miles to Earth", dies in Munich.
1977: Episode 11 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad" debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 7 of "Megaloman, Warrior of Fire", "Fighting the Warrior of Love", debuts on Japanese TV.
YUMIKO KOBAYASHI, who did the voice of Masaru Komyoji on "Kikaider: The Animation", is born in Chiba, Japan.
1988: MARJORIE CORSO, costume designer on "Earth vs. the Spider", dies.
1989: Episode 33 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Decisive Battle of the Bridge Over the Straits", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 17 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: "Godzilla" is released in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Russia.
2002: NAOZUMI YAMAMOTO, composer on "Space Giants" and "Operation: Mystery", dies.
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
6/17: Today in G-History
1866: REGINALD BARLOW, who played the engineer in "King Kong", is born in Cambridge, Mass.
1920: SETSUKO HARA, who was Amaterasu the Sun Goddess in "The Three Treasures", is born. Her other films include "No Regrets for Our Youth" and "Chushingura".
1926: SEIZO KATO is born in Tokyo. He was on "Kamen Rider Black RX" and was the voice of Satan on "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger".
1948: SHO KOSUGI, who provided the voice of "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero", is born in Tokyo.
1951: JOE PISCOPO, who had a bit part in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born in Passaic, N.J. He is best known as a former cast member on "Saturday Night Live".
1959: KAZUMI YAO, who played Buzuma on "Voiceslugger", is born in Ishikawa, Japan.
1961: KOICHI YAMADERA, who played the kids' TV host in "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" and TV studio producer in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Miyagi, Japan.
1972: Episode 64 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Miminga — Song of Extermination", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: REN YAMAMOTO, who played Masaji Sieji in "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" and other monster victims, dies of cerebral apoplexy.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
7/16: Today in G-History
1926: TAKETOSHI NAITO, who was in "Last Days of Planet Earth" and played Chief Cabinet Secretary Takegami in "Godzilla 1985", is born.
1932: HARRY RAYBOULD, who played the M.P. at the main gate in "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born.
1938: MICKEY FINN, who played road foreman Sam Haskel in "Earth vs. the Spider", is born in Hugo, Okla.
1943: JOAN VAN ARK, who played Frankie Bands in "The Last Dinosaur", is born in New York City.
1968: Episode 37 of "Ultra Seven", "The Stolen Ultra Eye" (a.k.a. "The Devil’s Angel"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1971: "Noroi no yakata: chi o suu me" ("Cursed House: Bloodsucking Eyes") a.k.a. "Lake of Dracula" is released in Japan.
1972: Episode 11 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 6 of "Kikaida 01", "The Magician Versus Zero One's Secret Ability!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 18 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Treachery of the Devil — Dangerous V3?", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 11 of "Condorman — Symbol of Justice" debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: "Godzilla vs. Megalon" is released in the U.S.
1979: Episode 20 of "Battle Fever J" debuts on Japanese TV.
1987: KOJI TSURUTA, who played younger Kumaso in "The Three Treasures" and reporter Kirioka in "Secret of the Telegian", dies of cancer.
1995: Episode 16 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
2001: The Asian Fantasy Film Expo 2 concludes.
2002: The Asian Fantasy Film Expo 3 concludes.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
6/15: Today in G-History
1928: FAY WRAY, who played Ann Darrow in "King Kong", marries John Monk Saunders.
RYUNOSUKE KANEDA, who played Azuka's father in "Godzilla vs. Biollante", is born.
1973: Episode 37 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "X Zone Destruction Order!", debuts on Japanese TV.'
1974: Episode 18 of "Kamen Rider X", "Scary!! It’s Government of Darkness' Betwitching Cat Strategy!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 11 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Jumbo Mecha Tokyo Mission of Destruction", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 50 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Gargantuan Explosion!! Zaborger Base", debuts on Japanese TV.
1990: Episode 16 of "Earth Task Force Fiveman", "The Little Hero", debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: Episode 18 of "Electromagnetic Task Force Megaranger", "Defend! Mystery Boy’s Forest", debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: LEON M. LEON, who did the sound on "The Deadly Mantis", dies in North Hollywood, Calif.
2001: The Asian Fantasy Film Expo 2 kicks off at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center in Saddle Brook, N.J. Hiroko Sakurai, Tomoo Haraguchi, Carl Craig, and Peter Fernandez are among the featured guests, and "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" has its U.S. theatrical premiere.
2002: The Asian Fantasy Film Expo 3 kicks off in Saddle Brook, N.J. Shusuke Kaneko, Teruyoshi Nakano, and Carl Craig are among the guests.
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Monday, June 14, 2004
6/14: Today in G-History
1893: JOSEPH FORTE, who played Putnam the coroner in "Them!", is born.
1909: BURL IVES, who played Dr. Paulis in "The Bermuda Depths", is born Burle Icle Ivanhoe Ives in Hunt, Ill. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "The Big Country" and originated the role of Big Daddy in the stage and screen versions of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", but is perhaps best remembered as the snowman in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".
1910: TAKEO MURATA, who co-wrote "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", "Half-Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", "Godzilla Raids Again", and "Rodan", is born in Tokyo.
1918: FRANKLYN FARNUM, who played a ballet-goer in "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms", marries Alma Rubens.
1942: HIROSHI MIYAUCHI, who played Shiro Kazami a.k.a. "Kamen Rider V3" in his own series (for which he also sang the theme song) and in "Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron", "5 Kamen Riders vs. King Dark", "8 Kamen Riders vs. Galaxy King", "Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie", "Kamen Rider 10's Birth! Riders Unite", and guest appearances on the TV series "Kamen Rider X", "Kamen Rider Stronger", and "Kamen Rider Sky", is born in Chiba, Japan. He also played Akira Shinmei the Blue Ranger on "Secret Task Force Goranger", Ken Hayakawa a.k.a. "Vigilante Zubat", Shokichi Banba/Big One on "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", Morrei in "The War in Space", Masaki Tosuke in "Special Police: Winspector", "Special Rescue Command Solbrain", and "Special Investigator Exceedraft", Captain Miura in "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "Superpower Task Force Ohranger vs. Kakuranger", and "Highspeed Task Force Carranger vs. Ohranger", and "Hundred Beast Task Force Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai" (for which he also reprised his "Goranger" and "JAKQ" roles), and was in Toei's "Spiderman".
1973: Episode 11 of "Robot Detective" debuts on Japanese TV.
"Godzilla vs. Megalon" premieres in South Korea on TV.
1975: Episode 10 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 11 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: JIMMY CROSS, who played the sergeant at the reception desk in "The Amazing Colossal Man", dies at 74 of a stroke in Los Angeles.
1994: HENRY MANCINI, who composed stock music used in "Tarantula", "The Deadly Mantis", and the U.S. release of "King Kong vs. Godzilla", dies of cancer in Los Angeles at 70.
1997: RICHARD JAECKEL, who played Perry Lawton in "Latitude Zero" and Vince Elliott in "The Green Slime", dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Calif. at 70.
2002: TAKAYASU SUGIURA, star of "Ultraman Cosmos", is arrested on charges of assault and extortion. The show is temporarilty pulled from TV as a result.
2003: AAGE WILTRUP, cinematographer on "Reptilicus", dies in Horsholm, Denmark.
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Sunday, June 13, 2004
6/13: Today in G-History
1888: HARRY TYLER, who played an inmate in "Them!" and Manhattan Tunnel spectator in "The Deadly Mantis", is born in New York City.
1920: EIJI OKADA, who played project leader Dr. Kato in "The X From Outer Space", is born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He also played Salabad in "ESPY" and was in "Deathquake". Okada was best known in the West for "Hiroshima mon amour", "The Ugly American", "Woman in the Dunes", and "Traffic Jam".
1953: "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" is released in the U.S.
1964: KAORI MIZUSHIMA, who played Eleven in "Gunhed", is born in Tokyo.
1977: SELWYN WARD, who played T.J. Johnson a.k.a. the Red Turbo Ranger on "Power Rangers Turbo" and the Blue Space Power Ranger on "Power Rangers in Space" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", is born.
1980: Episode 37 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 32 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
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