1964: Tim Blake Nelson was born in Tulsa, Okla. He played Dr. Samuel Sterns in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk and is slated to played the green-skinned hero’s nemesis the Leader in a future sequel.
1968: Jeffery Donovan was in Amesbury, Mass. Star of the espionage series Burn Notice, Donovan appeared in the 2002 episode “Lagrimas” of the superhero show Witchblade.
1985: Chester Gould died in Woodstock, Ill., at the age of 84. Born in Pawnee, Okla., he created the comic strip Dick Tracy in 1931. Over the next 46 years, Gould has his square-jawed detective face off against a slew of twisted and aptly named criminals such as Flattop Jones, Mumbles, 3-D Magee, Pruneface, and Shoulders. The strip inspired a number of live-action adaptations including four movie serials, several feature films, and a television series. Gould retired from the strip in 1977.
(Image: poster for Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, 1947, RKO Pictures)
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