1/26: Today in G-History
Reaper G
in "Son of Kong", is born in Kalamazoo, Mich.
1905: CHARLES LANE, who played a guy at the bar in "Mighty Joe Young",
is born in San Francisco. He also appeared in the films "Smart Money",
"Twentieth Century", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", "You Can't Take It with
You", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "It's a
Wonderful Life", "State of the Union", and "No Time for Sergeants";
the TV shows “I Love Lucy”, "Topper", “The Real McCoys”, “Perry
Mason”, “Dennis the Menace”, “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”, “The
Twilight Zone”, “Mr. Ed”, “The Lucy Show”, “The Beverly Hillbillies”,
“Petticoat Junction”, “Bewitched”, “Get Smart”, “Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C.”, “The Munsters”, “Green Acres”, “The Flying Nun”, “Maude”,
“Little House on the Prairie”, “Soap”, and “L.A. Law”; and the TV
movies “Sybil” and “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes”.
1915: WILLIAM HOPPER, who played Dr. Ned Jackson in "The Deadly
Mantis" and Col. Robert Calder in "20 Million Miles to Earth", is born
in New York City. The son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, he is best
remembered as Paul Drake on "Perry Mason".
JACQUES R. MARQUETTE, cinematographer on the U.S. inserts for
"Varan the Unbelievable", is born in New York City. He also produced
"The Brain from Planet Arous" and "Teenage Monster".
1949: TOMOKO OGAWA, who played Sunate in "The Magic Serpent", is born
in Hiroshima.
1969: Episode 20 of “Operation: Mystery” debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 17 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "Witchcraft-Human
Petrification!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 43 of "Transforming Ninja Arashi", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 37 of "Kikaida 01", "Master Swordsman: Waruda Emerges
Through the Mist", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 50 of "Kamen Rider V3", "A Little Friendship", debuts on
Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 17 of "Army of the Apes", "The Rescuing of Ape Father
and Son from the Renegade Soldiers!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: HAE-IL PARK, who played Park Nam-il in "The Host", is born in
South Korea.
1978: ATSUKO KURUSU, who played Yoko Yagami a.k.a. Pink Racer on "High-
Speed Squadron Carranger", "High-Speed Squadron Carranger vs.
Ohranger", and "Electromagnetic Squadron Megaranger vs. Carranger", is
born in Ibaraki, Japan.
1979: SARA RUE, who played the babysitter in "The Ring", is born in
New York City. She was also on the TV series "Popular" and in the film
"This Time Around".
1980: Episode 52, the final episode of "Battle Fever J", "The Heroes'
Symphony", debuts on Japanese TV.
1985: Episode 51, the final episode of "Super Electron Bioman",
"Goodbye Pibo", debuts on Japanese TV.
1996: Episode 44 of "Superpower Squadron Ohranger", "World's Strongest
Beauty", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Kamen Rider 555" ("Masked Rider 555") a.k.a. "Kamen Rider
Faizu" premieres on Japanese TV.
2007: "Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers" is released on DVD in
Japan.