Francis "Frank" Finlay, CBE (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English stage, film and television actor.
 He was Oscar-nominated for his supporting role in Olivier's 1965 film of "Othello" and got his first leading role on television in 1971 as "Casanova", which led to appearances on "The Morecambe and Wise Show".
 He also appeared in the controversial drama "Bouquet of Barbed Wire".
Laura Mennell (born April 18, 1980) is a Canadian actress known for her roles in "Alphas", "Haven", "Van Helsing" and "Watchmen".
 In 2011/2012 Mennell co-starred on the Sci-fi television series "Alphas".
 Laura appeared as Charlotte Cross in the fifth season of the SyFy series "Haven".
 In 2016 Laura currently appears in the Sci-Fi series "Van Helsing" as Rebecca.
 Despite being best known for her numerous science fiction roles, Mennell says she is not concerned about being typecast.
Professor Abraham Van Helsing is a fictional character and the main protagonist from the 1897 Gothic horror novel "Dracula".
 Van Helsing is an aged Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "MD, D.Ph.
, D.Litt.
, etc, etc," indicating a wealth of experience, education, and expertise.
 The character is best known throughout his many adaptations as a vampire hunter and the archenemy of Count Dracula.
Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 animated film by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
 It features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Robbie Coltrane and David Wenham.
 "The London Assignment" is an animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture "Van Helsing" (released the same year).
 It tells of the events before the film.
Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Studios as a sequel to the 1931 film "Dracula".
 Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden in the title role, Marguerite Churchill and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, Edward Van Sloan – although his character's name was altered from Van Helsing to Von Helsing.
Van Helsing: From Beneath The Rue Morgue is a one-shot comic book from Dark Horse Comics, based on the film "Van Helsing".
 It is based on the premise that Gabriel Van Helsing lived in Paris, and from his own perspective, telling his story through an inform sent to the Monsignor.
 It's not a sequel, nor a continuation of the movie.
 It's a side-story, within the same universe and timeline of the Van Helsing universe.
 The comic book draws inspiration from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Invisible Man" and "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H. G. Wells.
Van Helsing is a 2004 American dark fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers.
 It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious.
 The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and '40s (also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley), of which Sommers is a fan.
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is an action role-playing video game developed by the Hungarian independent development studio NeocoreGames.
 Based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, the game focuses on the trials of young Van Helsing, son of the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from the book.
 The game is set in a gothic-noir 19th-century Eastern Europe and contains "intentionally anachronistic humor and gadgetry".
Van Helsing is a third-person shooter for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Mobile phone, which is based on the 2004 action/horror film of the same name by Stephen Sommers.
 Starting off with the killing of Mr. Hyde in Paris, one must use the character of Van Helsing to hunt down Dracula in Transylvania.
 The character of Carl is completely missing from the video game but to reasonable accuracy, the characters of Anna Valerious, Velkan Valerious, Igor, Dracula and his three brides are portrayed as in the movie.
Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
 Produced by the BBC (in the then standard video/film hybrid format), it first aired on BBC 2 on 22 December 1977.
 It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book.
 Directed by Philip Saville, it stars Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula and Frank Finlay as Van Helsing.

Question: When does the actor born who was a star as Van Helsing?
Answer: 6 August 1926