Year 1958 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

• Jan 1 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Jan 6 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Jan 15 New York Yankees announce that 140 MLB games to be televised on WPIX TV this season in a deal worth over $1 million dollars
• Jan 20 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Jan 21 KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Jan 22 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
• Jan 26 Jack Smith takes over from Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"

• Feb 1 WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Feb 2 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
• Feb 8 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Feb 11 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Feb 17 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Mar 3 KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
• Mar 5 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast


• Mar 11 Charles Van Doren finally loses on US TV game show "Twenty-One" after winning $129,000 - later revealed to be fixed
• Mar 15 KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

• Mar 27 CBS Labs announce new stereophonic records
• Apr 1 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

• Apr 16 5th National Film Awards (India): "Do Aankhen Barah Haath" wins the Golden Lotus
• May 5 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting

• May 18 11th Cannes Film Festival: "The Cranes Are Flying" directed by Mikhail Kalatozov wins the Palme d'Or
• Jun 2 Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
• Jun 12 "Make Me Laugh" TV Game Show last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979
• Jun 27 8th Berlin International Film Festival: "Wild Strawberries" wins Golden Bear
• Jul 1 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave

• Aug 18 Actress Betsy Palmer joins Today Show panel
• Aug 18 TV game show scandal investigation starts
• Aug 24 19th Venice Film Festival: "Rickshaw Man" directed by Hiroshi Inagaki wins Golden Lion
• Sep 2 KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 5 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Sep 5 WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 6 Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959
• Sep 10 WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 14 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Sep 22 KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Sep 29 "Studio One" TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
• Sep 29 "Texan" debuts on CBS-TV
• Oct 5 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 8 KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
• Oct 12 WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

• Oct 27 WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Nov 5 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
• Nov 10 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Nov 17 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Nov 28 KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Nov 30 WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Dec 2 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Dec 5 WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting

Birthdays in Film & TV

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 213

• Jan 1 Ren Woods, actress (Fanta-Roots), born in Portland, Oregon
• Jan 3 Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
• Jan 4 Matt Frewer, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor), born in Washington, D.C.
• Jan 4 Julian Sands, English actor (A Room with a View, Arachnophobia), born in Otley, Yorkshire, England
• Jan 4 Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
• Jan 4 Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
• Jan 6 Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist, television presenter and newspaper editor
• Jan 6 Scott Bryce, American actor (As the World Turns), born in NYC, New York
• Jan 8 Rey Misterio Sr., Mexican wrestler, born in Tijuana, Mexico
• Jan 20 Lorenzo Lamas, American actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 21 Miguel Alejandro, American actor (Popi), born in NYC, New York
• Jan 24 Jools Holland, British rock keyboardist (Squeeze), and TV presenter (Later...), born in Blackheath, London
• Jan 25 Dinah Manoff, American actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol Weston-Empty Nest), born in NYC, New York

• Jan 29 Judy Norton-Taylor, American actress (Mary Ellen - The Waltons), born in Santa Monica, California
• Jan 30 Brett Butler, American comedian (Grace-Grace Under Fire), born in Montgomery, Alabama
• Feb 1 Jackie Shroff, Indian actor, born in Udgir, India
• Feb 3 Lizzie Borden, director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
• Feb 4 Mary Ann Pascal, actress (Samantha-Brothers)
• Feb 6 Barry Miller, American actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married), born in Los Angeles, California
• Feb 6 Cecily Adams, American actress & casting director (American Heart), born in Jamaica, New York City (d. 2004)
• Feb 7 Michele Drake, playmate (May, 1979), born in La Jolla, California
• Feb 8 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2007)
• Feb 11 Michael Jackson, British television producer & executive (BBC2), born in Cheshire, England
• Feb 12 Ruth Guerri, US-Italian nude model (July, 1983), born in St Louis, Missouri
• Feb 13 Pernilla August, Swedish actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Feb 13 Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1993)
• Feb 14 Perry Stephens, German actor (Loving, All My Children), born in Frankfurt, Germany
• Feb 16 Ice-T [Tracy Marrow], American rapper and actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six), born in Newark, New Jersey
• Feb 16 Lisa Loring, actress (As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family)
• Feb 17 Heidi Hagman, American actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place), born in New York City
• Feb 20 James Wilby, Burma, actor (Howards End, Maurice)
• Feb 21 Jack Coleman, Easton Pa, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
• Feb 24 Susan Scannell, actress (Nicole-Dynasty), born in Lexington, Massachusetts
• Feb 26 Jeff Fithian, American actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies), born in Van Nuys, California
• Feb 26 Joe Fithian, American actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies), born in Van Nuys, California
• Feb 26 Greg Germann, American actor, born in Houston, Texas
• Feb 28 Jeanne Mas, French pop singer ("Toute première fois"), and actress, born in Alicante, Spain
• Mar 3 Miranda Richardson, Southport England, actress (Damage, Crying Game)
• Mar 4 Patricia Heaton, actress (Debra-Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Cleveland, Ohio

• Mar 5 William "Bill" Timoney, American actor, voice actor, director, script writer and producer (Addicted to Love, All My Children), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
• Mar 7 Rik Mayall, English comedian & actor (Drop Dead Fred, The Young Ones), born in Epping, Essex, (d. 2014)
• Mar 9 Martin Fry, British pop singer-songwriter (ABC - "The Look Of Love"; "All of My Heart"), born in Stretford, Lancashire, England
• Mar 9 Jack Kenny, American television writer and producer (Warehouse 13), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Mar 10 Sharon Stone, American actress (Basic Instinct, Sliver, Casino), born in Meadville, Pennsylvania
• Mar 11 Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
• Mar 15 Laura Carrington, American actress (Louisa-Alphabet City, General Hospital), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 17 Pat Bolland, Canadian Broadcaster

• Mar 21 Brad Hall, comedian (SNL), born in Santa Barbara, California

• Mar 23 Serena Grandi [Fagioli], actress (Miranda), born in Bologna Italy
• Mar 25 James McDaniel, actor (Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue), born in Washington, D.C.
• Mar 28 Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler, born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota (d. 2003)
• Mar 29 Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Director-General of the National Trust, born in Alston, Cumbria
• Mar 29 Victor Salva, American film director (Jeepers Creepers), born in Martinez, California
• Mar 30 Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor
• Mar 31 Tony Cox, American actor

• Apr 3 Jaya Prada, Indian actress (Sargam) and politician, born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Apr 4 Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist
• Apr 7 Alexandra Neil, actress (Rose-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Apr 11 Brynn Hartman, American actress and murderer, born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (d. 1998)
• Apr 12 Howard Stableford, English actor and host, born in Preston, Lancashire
• Apr 14 Mike Hulbert, American golfer, broadcaster (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Elmira, New York
• Apr 14 John D'Aquino, American actor (seaQuest DSV), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Apr 14 Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor (12th Doctor in Doctor Who, The Thick of It), born in Glasgow, Scotland
• Apr 21 Andie MacDowell [Rosalie Anderson], American actress (Sex, Lies and Videotape, Green Card), born in Gaffney, South Carolina
• Apr 22 Ken Olandt, actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun)
• Apr 26 Giancarlo Esposito, American actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Apr 28 Nancy Lee Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara)
• Apr 29 Eve Plumb, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka), born in Burbank, California
• Apr 29 Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress (Scarface, Batman Returns, Hairspray), born in Santa Ana, California
• Apr 29 Gary Cohen, American baseball broadcaster, born in Queens, New York
• Apr 29 Marc Randolph, American entrepreneur and co-founder and ex-CEO of Netflix, born in Chappaqua, New York
• Apr 30 Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
• May 3 Kevin Kilner, American actor (Earth:Final Conflict), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• May 3 Sandi Toksvig, Danish-British comedian and radio presenter (The Great British Baking Show), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
• May 6 Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
• May 12 Beth Maitland, American actress (Traci-Young & Restless), born in Rapid City, South Dakota
• May 12 Kim Greist, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter), born in Stamford, Connecticut
• May 13 Frances Barber, Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
• May 15 Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
• May 20 Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, LA, TV host (Ron Reagon Show) and son of Ronald and Nancy Reagon

• May 26 Margaret Colin, American actress (Independence Day, Three Men & a Baby), born in Brooklyn, New York
• May 27 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons, Virgin High)

• May 30 Ted McGinley, actor (Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty), born in Newport Beach, California
• May 31 Kyle Secor, actor (Tim Bayliss-Homicide), born in Tacoma, Washington
• Jun 2 Lex Lugar [Larry Pfohl], wrestler (WWF/WCW/NWA), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Jun 3 Scott Valentine, actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover)
• Jun 4 Julie Gholson, American actress (Where the Lilies Bloom), born in Birmingham, Alabama
• Jun 7 Christopher Marcantel, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving), born in Smithtown, New York
• Jun 8 Keenan Ivory Wayans, American comedian (In Living Color), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 12 Rebecca Holden, American actress and singer (Knight Rider), born in Dallas, Texas
• Jun 17 Daniel McVicar, American actor (Clarke-Bold & Beautiful), born in Independence, Missouri
• Jun 17 Bobby Farrelly, American film director (Dumb and Dumber), born in Cumberland, Rhode Island
• Jun 20 Chuck Wagner, actor (Automan), born in Nashville, Tennessee

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Weddings in Film & TV

• May 7 "The Mark of Zorro" actor Tyrone Power (44) weds Debbie Ann Minardos

Divorces in Film & TV

Deaths in Film & TV

• Jan 13 Edna Purviance, American actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61
• Jan 13 Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (b. 1880)
• Feb 7 Walter Kingsford, British actor (Carefree, My Favorite Blonde), dies at 76
• Feb 10 Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
• Feb 20 Thurston Hall, American actor (Roaming Lady, In Society), dies at 75
• Mar 8 Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, German actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85
• Apr 4 Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure and abusive partner of actress Lana Turner, stabbed to death by Turner's daughter in self-defence at 32
• Apr 15 Estelle Taylor, American actress, dies at 64
• Apr 25 Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), dies at 46
• May 9 Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47

• May 27 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46

• Jun 27 Robert Greig, Australian actor (Sullivan's Travels, Horse Feathers), dies at 78
• Jul 7 Raymond Hackett, American husband of Blanche Sweet and actor (Faithless Lover), dies at 55
• Jul 18 John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), dies at 67
• Jul 20 Franklin Pangborn, American actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living), dies at 69
• Jul 29 Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61
• Aug 16 Paul Panzer, German-American silent film actor (The Perils of Pauline, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin), dies at 85
• Sep 26 Carl Brisson, Danish actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho, Murder at the Vanities), dies of jaundice at 64
• Oct 12 Ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30
• Oct 12 Gordon Griffith, American actor (first actor to portray Tarzan on film) and director, dies at 51
• Oct 15 John Hamilton, American actor (Superman), dies at 61
• Oct 24 Esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81
• Nov 15 Tyrone Power, American actor (The Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44
• Dec 1 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), dies from chronic throat disease at 45
• Dec 13 Brand Dirck Ochse, Dutch filmmaker and co-founder (Polygoon), dies at 66
• Dec 13 Tim Moore, American actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 71
• Dec 21 H. B. Warner, British actor (Sunset Boulevard, The King of Kings), dies at 83