Events in Film & TV
- Aug 10 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)
- Aug 10 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
- Aug 19 9th Venice Film Festival opens
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 8 Floyd Reese, American football administrator (GM Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 1994-2006) and analyst (ESPN's NFL Live, ESPN.com), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2021)
- Aug 14 Joseph Marcell, British actor (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), born in Castries, Saint Lucia
- Aug 17 Bo Rucker, American actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up), born in Tampa, Florida
- Aug 20 John Noble, Australian actor (Dr. Walter Bishop-Fringe) and theatre director, born in Port Pirie, Australia
- Aug 22 Eleonora Brown, Italian actress (The Sailor from Gibraltar), born in Naples, Italy
- Aug 22 Rob Buckman, British broadcaster and actor (Pink Medicine Show), born in London
- Aug 27 Sgt. Slaughter, American professional wrestler, born in Meeker County, Minnesota
- Aug 28 Vonda N. McIntyre, American sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Aug 30 Lewis Black, American stand-up comedian (Lewis Black's Root of All Evil), born in Washington, D.C.
- Aug 31 Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter (Happy Days, Splash), born in New York City
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