June 1949 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jun 1 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting

Television Debut

Jun 4 "Cavalcade of Stars" television variety program debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950

Jun 6 "It Pays To Be Ignorant" game show debut on CBS-TV
Jun 6 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
Jun 14 WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Jun 24 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
Jun 25 "Long-Haired Hare", animated short starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters
Jun 27 "Captain Video & His Video Rangers" debut on DUMONT-TV - Television's first sci-fi series

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jun 4 Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe), born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
Jun 6 Holly Near, American folk singer, actress and activist, born in Ukiah, California
Jun 8 Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter, born in North Canton, Ohio (d. 1986)
Jun 9 Francis Monkman, British film composer, musician and songwriter (Curved Air; Sky), born in Hampstead, North London
Jun 10 Kevin Corcoran, American actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
Jun 14 Rochelle Firestone, American actress (Hellhole), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Jun 15 Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Jun 15 Simon Callow, English actor (Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in London, England
Jun 16 Kale Browne, American actor (Michael Hudson-Another World), born in San Rafael, California

Lionel Richie (73 years old)

Jun 20 American singer (Commodores, 1968-82; "Easy"; "Three Times A Lady"; solo -"Hello"; "All Night Long"), and TV personality (American Idol, 2018-22), born in Tuskegee, Alabama

Jun 22 Lindsay Wagner, American actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks), born in Los Angeles, California

Meryl Streep (73 years old)

Jun 22 American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice), born in Summit, New Jersey

Jun 25 Brenda Sykes, American actress (Ozzie's Girls; Getting Straight), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Jun 25 Kene Holliday, American actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country), born in NYC, New York
Jun 25 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, born in Denton, Texas (d. 2020)