Saturday, April 23, 2005
4/23: Today in G-History
1919: YOSHITARO NAMURA, executive producer on "Mount Hakkoda", is born in Tokyo.
1930: ALAN OPPENHEIMER, who played Dr. Contrare in the U.S. release of "Gammera the Invincible", is born in New York City. He is a veteran of sitcoms and cartoons, and was the voice of Mighty Mouse and Skeletor.
1931: HAJIME TSUBURAYA, the eldest son of Eiji Tsuburaya, is born. He was director and special effects director on "Ultra Q", "Ultraman", "Ultra Seven", "Return of Ultraman", "Ultraman 80", and "Ultraman: Monster Big Battle", as well as producer of "Mirrorman" and "Jumborg Ace".
1938: KATSUO NAKAMURA, who played Hoichi the Earless in "Kwaidan" and the fisherman in Yaizu Harbor in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Tokyo. He also played Lise in "Princess From the Moon".
1957: KENJI KAWAI, composer for "Red Spectacles", "Ringu", "Ringu 2", and "Dark Water", is born in Tokyo.
1958: JERZY GUDEJKO, who played Murphy in “Avalon”, is born in Gdansk, Poland.
1972: Episode 4 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
CARLTON HOLDER, writer on "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender", is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He also wrote "Bridge of Dragons" and "El Padrino".
1973: Episode 4 of "Zone Fighter", "Onslaught! The Garoga Army Attacks — Enter Godzilla", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 3 of "Inazuman Flash" debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: JAMES FLAVIN, who played Second Mate Briggs in "King Kong", dies of a ruptured aorta in Los Angeles.
1977: Episode 4 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad" debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: KUON SAYAKA, who was on "Kamen Rider Ryuki", is born in Tokyo.
1983: Episode 12 of "Science Task Force Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 9 of "Super Animal Task Force Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.
EITARO OZAWA, who played Inspector Miyashita in "The H-Man", Minister of Justice Kinami in "Gorath", and Finance Minister Kanzaki in "Godzilla 1985", dies.
1989: Episode 25 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Bride of the Scorpion Seat", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 9 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: "The Mighty Peking Man" has a limited re-release in the U.S.
2000: Episode 13 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Suspicion", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Dark Water" is released in Belgium.
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Friday, April 22, 2005
4/22: Today in G-History
1902: NATE D. SLOTT, second assistant director on "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born in Chicago.
1932: ISAO TOMITA, who composed the scores for "Black Lizard", "Mighty Jack", and "Last Days of Planet Earth", is born. He also did the music for "Kimba the White Lion" and was Ridley Scott's initial choice to score "Alien".
1945: HARUKO WANIBUCHI, who played Ryouko Ema in "House", is born in Tokyo.
1967: "Dai kyoju Gappa" ("Great Giant Monster Gappa") a.k.a. "Monster from a Prehistoric Planet" a.k.a. "Gappa the Triphibian Monster" is released in Japan.
1972: Episode 56 of "Kamen Rider", "Amazon’s Poison Butterfly Kirira", debuts on Japanese TV.
No year given: VICTOR MCCAY, who played the desk man in “The Ring Two”, is born.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
4/21: Today in G-History
1904: SVEN GYLDMARK, composer for "Reptilicus", is born in Sollerod, Denmark.
1935: CHARLES GRODIN, who played Fred Wilson in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born Charles Grodinsky in Pittsburgh.
1968: Episode 29 of "Ultra Seven", "Solitary Earthman" (a.k.a. "The Apprentice Alien"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 3 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi" debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: MERIAN C. COOPER, who co-directed and co-wrote "King Kong" and "Son of Kong", and produced and wrote "Mighty Joe Young", and played the pilot of the plane that killed Kong, dies of cancer in San Diego.
Episode 10 of "Kamen Rider V3", "Double Typhoon’s Secret", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 41 of "Kikaida", "Magnificence the Jiro Mid Air Break Up!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 4 of "Condorman — Symbol of Justice", "Shining! Golden Condorman", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 12 of "Battle Fever J" debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: JOE SAWYER, who played Captain O'Connell in "Them!", dies from liver cancer in Ashland, Ore.
1985: GEORGE KHOURY, who played Verrico the fisherman in "20 Million Miles to Earth", dies in Los Angeles.
1995: Episode 8 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "Crash!! A Super Giant Battle", debuts on Japanese TV.
2001: "King Kong vs. Godzilla" is released on DVD in Japan.
2003: Volumes 4 and 5 of "Space Sheriff Shaider" are released on DVD in Japan.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
4/20: Today in G-History
1904: BRUCE CABOT, who played Jack Driscoll in "King Kong", is born Etienne Pelissier Jacques du Bujac in Carlsbad, N.M. His other films include "What Price Hollywood?", "The Roadhouse Murder", "Lucky Devils", "Ann Vickers", "The Great Jasper", "Flying Devils", "Finishing School", "Murder on the Blackboard", "Let 'Em Have It", "Show Them No Mercy", "Last of the Mohicans", "Angel and the Badman", "The Comancheros", "Hatari!", "McClintock!", "The War Wagon", "Cat Ballou", "The Green Berets", "The Hellfighters", "Chisum", "The Chase", "Diamonds Are Forever", and "Big Jake".
1912: BRAM STOKER, author of "Dracula" which became the basis for "Lake of Dracula", dies in London, England.
1913: DICK WESSEL, who played the railroad detective at the boxcar in "Them!" is born in Wisconsin.
1935: SHINJI NAKAE, who was the narrator on "Kamen Rider", "Kamen Rider vs. Shocker", "Kamen Rider vs. Hell's Ambassador", "Kamen Rider V3", "Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron", and "Sky Rider", is born in Tokyo.
1940: GEORGE TAKEI, who dubbed the radio announcer in "Godzilla Raids Again" and various voices in "Rodan", is born in Los Angeles. He is best known as Hikaru Sulu on the "Star Trek" TV series and films.
1949: JESSICA LANGE, who played Dwan in the 1976 remake of "King Kong", is born in Cloquet, Minn. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Tootsie".
1959: "King Kong" is re-released in Denmark.
1964: ANDY SERKIS, who will play Lumpy the Cook and the title character in the 2005 remake of “King Kong”, is born in London. He is best known as Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
1965: DICK WESSEL, who played the railroad detective at the boxcar in "Them!", dies of a heart attack in Studio City, Calif.
1968: KAZUAKI KIRIYA, director, co-writer, cinematographer, and editor of “Casshern”, is born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
1973: ROBERT ARMSTRONG, who played Carl Denham in "King Kong" and "Son of Kong" and Max O'Hara in "Mighty Joe Young", dies in Santa Monica, Calif.
Episode 29 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Demonic Corps DAC", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 3 of "Robot Detective" debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 10 of "Kamen Rider X", "Government of Darkness — Secret Police! Apollo Geist", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 3 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Wild Rampage Hydrogen Bomb Gorikong", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 42 of "Electroid Zaborger", "Explore the Mystery of the Demon Lord 3-Headed Dragon!", debuts on Japanese TV.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
4/19: Today in G-History
1922: DON SHARP, who co-produced "Latitude Zero", is born in Hobart, Tasmania.
1930: RHODES REASON, who played Commander Carl Nelson in "King Kong Escapes", is born in Glendale, Calif. The brother of actor Rex Reason, he starred in the TV series "The White Hunter" and "Bus Stop", appeared on episodes of "Here’s Lucy", "Maverick", "77 Sunset Strip", "Death Valley Days", "The Time Tunnel", "Perry Mason", and "Star Trek", and played Daddy Warbucks in "Annie" on Broadway.
1960: MAKOTO ASHIKAWA, who played realtor Katsuya Suzuki in “Ju-on” and “Ju-on 2”, is born in Osaka.
1975: Episode 3 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider Stronger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1978: RUSSELL LAWRENCE, who played Mike Corbett the Magna Defender in "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender", is born in Miami.
1997: "Power Rangers Turbo" premieres on the Fox network.
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Monday, April 18, 2005
4/18: Today in G-History
1881: NOBLE JOHNSON, who played the native chief in "King Kong", is born in Marshall, MO. Co-founder of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, and one of the first successful African-American film producers, he was a childhood friend of Lon Chaney.
1918: SHINOBU HASHIMOTO, who wrote "Tidal Wave" and "Mount Hakkado", is born.
1980: Episode 29 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 24 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
2002: “Avalon” is released in the German-speaking region of Switzerland.
2003: "Onmyoji" premieres in the U.S. in New York City.
“Dragon Head” premieres in the U.S. at the Philadelphia International Film Festival.
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
4/17: Today in G-History
1929: MICHAEL FOREST, who was the voice of Olimpius on "Power Rangers
Lightspeed Rescue", "Power Rangers in 3D: Triple Force", and "Power
Rangers Lightspeed Rescue: The Queen's Wrath", is born Gerald Michael
Charlebois in Harvey, N.D. He also played Vance in "King Kong Lives"
and was in several Roger Corman films.
1951: OLIVIA HUSSEY, who played Marit in "Virus", is born Olivia Osuna
in Buenos Aires. Her other films include "The Battle of the Villa
Fiorita", "Romeo and Juliet", "All the Right Noises", "Lost Horizon",
"Black Christmas", "The Cat and the Canary", "Death on the Nile", "The
Man With Bogart's Face", "The Undeclared War", and "Psycho IV: The
Beginning".
1965: WILLIAM MAPOTHER, who played Matthew in "The Grudge", is born
in Louisville, Ken. He is a cousin of Tom Cruise.
1966: "Daimajin" ("Great Majin") a.k.a. "Majin" a.k.a. "Majin the
Hideous Idol" is released in Japan.
"Daikaiju ketto Gamera tai Barugon" a.k.a. "War of the Monsters"
a.k.a. "Gamera vs. Barugon" is released in Japan.
Episode 16 of "Ultra Q", "The Revenge of Garamon", debuts on Japanese
TV.
1967: Episode 42 of "The Space Giants", "Fierce Battle Between Capt.
Magma and Balzas" a.k.a. "The Plunge", debuts on Japanese TV.
1970: "The Green Slime" is released in Finland.
1971: OLIVIA HUSSEY, who played Marit in "Virus", marries Dean Paul
Martin.
1973: Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Scorpion-Man", debuts on
Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 47 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 27 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: "Kamen Raidaa Zetto Oo" ("Masked Rider ZO") a.k.a. "Kamen Rider
ZO" and the "Special Investigator Janperson" and "Five Star Task Force
Dairanger" movies are released in Japan.
Episode 3 of "Electronic Superhuman Gridman", "Telephone Panic
Crisis", premieres on Japanese TV.
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