1916 in Film & Television

• Jun 15 Boeing Model 1 [B & W Seaplane], the 1st Boeing product, flies for the 1st time

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 104

• Jan 1 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1993)
• Jan 3 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
• Jan 4 Lionel Newman, American film music composer (Peyton Place), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1989)
• Jan 6 David Bruce [Marden Andrew McBroom], American actor (The Mad Ghoul, Flying Tigers), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 1976)
• Jan 11 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Jan 12 House Peters Jr., American actor (King of the Rocket Man), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2008)
• Jan 13 Osa Massen [Aase Madsen Iversen], Dutch actress (Jack London, Rocketship X-M), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2006)
• Jan 20 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2001)
• Feb 1 Bruce Gordon, American actor (The Untouchables), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (d. 2011)
• Feb 4 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker
• Feb 8 Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men, Kings Row, Bus Stop), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1973)
• Feb 13 James Griffith, actor (Sheriff of Cochise), born in Los Angeles, California
• Feb 14 Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), born in Staten Island, New York
• Feb 15 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks), born in Muncie, Indiana (d. 1999)
• Feb 17 Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon)
• Feb 20 Paul Tripp, American TV host (Mr I Magination), born in NYC, New York
• Feb 26 Jackie Gleason, American comedian (Jackie Gleason Show, Honeymooners), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987)
• Mar 6 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
• Mar 10 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), born in Rochford, England (d. 1996)
• Mar 14 Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter
• Mar 16 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist, Giant), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2004)
• Mar 19 Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000)
• Mar 26 Sterling Hayden, NJ, actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra)
• Mar 31 John Vivyan, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Mar 31 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
• Apr 4 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1990)

• Apr 7 Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
• Apr 10 Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), born in London, England (d. 1987)
• Apr 11 Howard W. Koch, American producer and director (Frankenstein, Airplane II), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
• Apr 12 Brian Connell, British writer and broadcaster, born in Hertford (d. 1999)
• Apr 13 Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
• Apr 21 Sidney Clute, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Apr 24 Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler, born in Banat, Michigan (d. 2002)
• Apr 26 Vic Perrin, American actor (d. 1989)
• May 1 Glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)
• May 7 Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire (d. 1986)
• May 14 Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Cal-Bachelor Father), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1970)
• May 15 Bill Williams, American actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels), born in Brooklyn, New York
• May 16 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
• May 16 Bernard Braden, Canadian-born British broadcaster and actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1993)
• May 31 John Vivyan, actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life)
• May 31 Judy Campbell [Judith Mary Gamble], British actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie), born in Grantham, England (d. 2004)
• Jun 8 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri), born in Salò, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2007)
• Jun 10 Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian (Percy-Coronation Street)
• Jun 12 Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1983)
• Jun 14 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2001)
• Jun 18 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
• Jun 19 Pat Buttram, actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres)
• Jun 19 George Pravda, Austria-Hungary, actor (Thunderball, Firefox), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
• Jun 20 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster/actor (Once in a Lifetime)
• Jun 22 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
• Jun 23 Irene Worth [Hattie Abrams], American actress (Nicolas & Alexandra), born in Fairbury, Nebraska (d. 2002)
• Jun 29 Ruth Warrick, American actress and singer (Citizen Kane, All My Children), born in Saint Joseph, Missouri (d. 2005)

• Jul 2 Ken Curtis, [Curtis Gates], actor (Ripcord, Festus - Gunsmoke), born in Lamar, Colorado (d. 1991)
• Jul 11 Reg Varney, English actor
• Jul 27 Keenan Wynn, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
• Jul 28 David Brown, American film producer ("The Sting", "Jaws", "Cocoon"), born in NYC, New York
• Jul 28 Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jul 29 Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
• Jul 30 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
• Jul 31 Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), born in London, England
• Aug 10 John Clark, Hampton IA, actor (Graveyard of Horror)
• Aug 19 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1972)
• Aug 22 John Slater, actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass), born in London, England
• Aug 24 Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell), born in Petoskey, Michigan (d. 1994)
• Aug 25 Erich Von Stroheim Jr, American actor and director (Napoleon, Sunset Boulevard), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1968)
• Aug 25 Van Johnson, American actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2008)
• Aug 27 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress (Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1994)
• Aug 29 George Montgomery, American actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination), born in Brady, Montana (d. 2000)
• Aug 31 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
• Sep 2 Penny Santon [Pierina Burlando], American actress (Fletch, Roll Out, Matt Houston), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)
• Sep 5 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2002)

• Sep 15 Margaret Lockwood, British actress (Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes), born in Karachi, India (d. 1990)
• Sep 18 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (Final Justice, South Pacific, The Barefoot Contessa), born in Bolognia, Italy (d. 1994)

• Oct 3 Shelby Storck, American television producer (d. 1969)
• Oct 4 George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
• Oct 10 Benson Fong, actor (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
• Oct 12 Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1994)
• Oct 17 Robert Lowery, actor (Murder Over NY), born in Kansas City, Missouri
• Oct 19 David Lewis, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Oct 21 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1974)
• Oct 22 Sid Miller, Shenandoah Pa, actor (Donald O'Connor Texaco Show)
• Oct 27 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)

• Nov 12 Liam Dunn, NJ, actor (Koska & his Family)
• Nov 12 Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
• Nov 20 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
• Nov 23 Michael Gough, English actor (Hammer Horror Films, Search for the Nile), born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (d. 2011)
• Nov 27 Chick Hearn, American NBA broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 2002)
• Nov 29 Frances "Fran" Ryan, American actress (Stripes, The Long Riders), born n Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
• Nov 30 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Village of Damned, Question 7), born in Bath, England (d. 1976)
• Dec 2 John Bentley, British actor (African Patrol, Crossroads), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2009)
• Dec 5 Margaret Hayes, American actress (Blackboard Jungle, Robert Montgomery Presents), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1977)
• Dec 8 Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. 2006)

• Dec 13 Mark Stevens, American actor (Big Town, Martin Kane, Private Eye), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1994)

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