Birthdays:

Peter Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006), who starred in Young Frankenstein (1974), Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), Outland (1981), Echoes in the Darkness (1987), The Surgeon (1995), “The X-Files” (episode: Clyde Bruckman’s Final Response), Sweet Evil (1996), and Species II (1998).

Boyle in Young Frankenstein

Tyler Posey (October 18, 1991), who starred in Inside Out (2005), Scary Movie 5 (2013), “Teen Wolf,” “Scream: The TV Series,” and Truth or Dare (2018).

Posey in “Teen Wolf”

Movie releases:

1985: Re-Animator
2002: The Ring (US)
2013: Carrie

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