1960 in Film & Television

• Feb 11 Jack Paar walks off his TV show
• Feb 19 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts

• Feb 29 KRET TV channel 23 in Richardson, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Mar 17 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Mar 17 One of the first French New Wave films, "Breathless", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France
• Apr 2 KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast

• Apr 28 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
• May 1 7th National Film Awards (India): "Apur Sansar" wins the Golden Lotus
• May 3 Musical "Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, premieres in NYC (world's longest running musical)
• May 13 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
• May 15 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting


• May 15 "L'Avventura", Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti. premieres at Cannes

• May 23 WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• May 23 WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (NYC)
• Jun 1 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Jun 2 Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)
• Jun 5 "George Gobel Show" last airs on CBS-TV

• Jun 9 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
• Jun 12 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins

• Jun 23 "The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom" last airs on ABC-TV
• Jun 24 10th Berlin International Film Festival: "El Lazarillo de Tormes" wins Golden Bear
• Jul 12 XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
• Jul 31 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
• Aug 10 Los Angeles premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
• Aug 24 21st Venice Film Festival: "Tomorrow Is My Turn" directed by Andre Cayatte wins Golden Lion

• Sep 14 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 20 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 28 "Millionaire" last airs on CBS-TV
• Sep 28 "Queen For A Day" moves to ABC-TV
• Sep 29 "Johnny Ringo" TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV


• Sep 29 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
• Sep 29 "Outlaws" TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV

• Oct 1 KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 3 "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke
• Oct 3 US sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" premieres in CBS (runs till 1968)
• Oct 5 KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting

• Oct 7 TV series "Route 66" premieres on CBS
• Oct 10 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 12 Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated with a sword during a televised debate live on TV by 17-year old nationalist Otoya Yamaguchi
• Oct 13 Third presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood & Kennedy in NY
• Oct 19 KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting
• Nov 7 KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcasting
• Nov 13 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children in Amude, Spain
• Nov 23 Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
• Nov 25 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
• Nov 25 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
• Nov 27 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
• Nov 28 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
• Dec 9 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 219

• Jan 1 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb Snyder-As the World Turns)
• Jan 3 Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
• Jan 4 April Winchell, American actress
• Jan 6 Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer, born in London, England
• Jan 7 David Marciano, American actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South), born in Newark New Jersey
• Jan 7 Tierre Turner, American actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid), born in Detroit Michigan
• Jan 8 Jolanda Egger, Playboy playmate (June, 1983), born in Lucerne, Switzerland
• Jan 12 Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
• Jan 13 Kevin Anderson, American actor (Hoffa, Sleeping with the Enemy), born in Gurnee Illinois
• Jan 15 Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
• Jan 17 Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor
• Jan 18 Mark Rylance [David Mark Rylance Waters], English actor (Bridge of Spies) and theatre director, born in Ashford, Kent

• Jan 23 Misha Mck, American actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C), born in East Orange New Jersey
• Jan 26 Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler
• Jan 28 John Caliri, American actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble), born in Providence Rhode Island
• Jan 29 Matthew Ashford, American actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives), born in Davenport Iowa
• Jan 29 Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
• Jan 30 Tony O'Dell, American actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class), born in Pasadena California
• Feb 2 Eric Shea, actor (Castaway Cowboy)
• Feb 3 B J Jefferson, American actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World), born in Dallas Texas
• Feb 3 Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
• Feb 3 Marty Jannetty, American Wrestler
• Feb 4 Pamelyn Ferdin, actress (Happy Birthday Wanda June, Tool Box Murders)
• Feb 4 Jenette Goldstein, American actress
• Feb 6 Megan Gallagher, actress (Slap Maxwell, Millennium), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
• Feb 7 James Spader, American actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin), born in NYC, New York
• Feb 9 Holly Johnson, rock vocalist (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), born in Liverpool, England
• Feb 10 Robert Addie, British actor, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 2003)
• Feb 13 Matt Salinger, US actor (Captain America, Deadly Deception), born in Windsor, Vermont
• Feb 14 Meg Tilly, Canadian–American actress (Big Chill, Impulse), born in Los Angeles, California
• Feb 16 Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress (An Autumn's Tale), born in Hong Kong
• Feb 18 Greta Scacchi, actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief), born in Milan, Italy
• Feb 19 Vicki Lynn Lasseter Iola Kansas, playmate (Feb, 1981)
• Feb 20 Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000), born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
• Feb 27 Stoney Jackson, actor (White Shadow, Insiders), born in Richmond, Virginia
• Feb 28 Dorothy Stratten [Hoogstraten], Canadian playmate (August, 1979), model and actress (Galixina), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1980)
• Mar 4 Russell Todd, actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World), born in Troy, New York
• Mar 4 Mykelti Williamson, American actor
• Mar 9 Linda Fiorentino, American actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Mar 10 Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
• Mar 11 Christophe Gans, French film director
• Mar 12 Courtney B Vance, actor (Hamburger Hill), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Mar 13 Joe Ranft, American screenwriter and animator (Toy Story, Cars), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2005)
• Mar 15 Donna Smith, playmate (March, 1985), born in Portland, Oregon
• Mar 15 Chris Sanders, American animator and director
• Mar 15 Marco Pennette, American television producer
• Mar 16 Jenny Eclair [Hargreaves], British comedienne, author and actress (Grumpy Old Women, Loose Women), born in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya
• Mar 17 Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979)
• Mar 17 Vicki Lewis, actress (Beth-Newsradio), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Mar 17 Arye Gross, American actor
• Mar 18 Claudia Udy, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Mar 18 Patricia Farinelli, playmate (December, 1981), born in Los Angeles, California
• Mar 18 Richard Biggs, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives), born in Columbus, Ohio
• Mar 18 James MacPherson, Scottish actor (Taggart, Sometimes), born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Mar 19 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
• Mar 23 Terry Sweeney, writer/comedian (SNL), born in St Albans, New York
• Mar 24 Kelly LeBrock, American actress (Weird Science, Woman in Red), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 24 Barry Horowitz, American professional wrestler
• Mar 25 Haywood Nelson, American actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 25 Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress
• Mar 26 Jennifer Grey, American actress (Dirty Dancing), Joel Grey's daughter, born in NYC, New York
• Mar 28 Chris Barrie, British actor ( Red Dwarf,), born in Hanover, West Germany
• Mar 31 Anne Howard, actress (Nicole Love-Another World), born in San Diego, California
• Apr 1 Michael Praed, British actor
• Apr 4 Jonathan Agnew, English cricket broadcaster, born in Macclesfield, Cheshire
• Apr 4 Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor (Agent Smith - The Matrix), born in Ibadan, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
• Apr 8 John Schneider, American actor
• Apr 10 Julie Fulton, American actress (Lime Steel), born in Evanston, Illinois
• Apr 11 Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and broadcaster (Top Gear), born in Doncaster, England
• Apr 14 Brian Forster, rocker (Partridge Family Drums)

• Apr 19 Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress (The Tiger and the Snow)
• Apr 24 Paula Yates, English TV personality (The Big Breakfast), born in London (d. 2000)
• Apr 25 Bruce Redman, Australian film producer
• Apr 29 Joseph Guzaldo, actor (Stir Crazy), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Apr 29 Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
• May 3 Amy Steel, American actress (April Fool's Day), born in Pennsylvania
• May 4 Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian, born in Sydney, Australia
• May 6 Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego Oregon, actress (Frankie Reed-Sisters)
• May 10 Victoria Rowell, actress (Drucilla-Young & Restless), born in Portland, Maine
• May 13 Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn, actor (Pastorale)
• May 14 Steve Williams, American wrestler
• May 15 Rob Bowman, American film director
• May 16 Anne Parillaud, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood), born in Paris, France
• May 17 Fiona Hutchison, actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light), born in Miami, Florida
• May 20 Tony Goldwyn, actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red), born in Los Angeles, California
• May 20 John Billingsley, American actor
• May 21 Mohanlal, Indian actor
• May 24 Kristin Scott Thomas, British actress (The English Patient, Mission: Impossible), born in Redruth, Cornwall, England
• May 29 Adrian Paul, actor (Dance to Win, Highlander), born in London, England
• May 31 Chris Elliott, actor/comedian (Get a Life, David Letterman Show), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 4 Bradley Walsh, British actor
• Jun 5 Leslie Hendrix, American actress
• Jun 6 Lola Forner, Spanish actress (Wheels on Meals, Armour of God) and Miss Spain 1979, born in Alicante, Spain
• Jun 7 Bill Prady, American television producer
• Jun 10 Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
• Jun 11 Mehmet Oz, surgeon and TV personality (The Dr. Oz Show), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Jun 17 Thomas Haden Church, American actor (Sideways), born in Yolo, California
• Jun 18 Ralph Brown, British actor

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• Jan 31 Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in NYC

• Jun 6 Singer-actress Eartha Kitt (33) weds Bill McDonald

• Nov 13 US Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt (divorced 1968)
• Nov 27 Actress Lana Turner marries for the 6th time to Frederick May

• Jan 1 Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades), dies of barbiturate overdose at 50
• Jan 2 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
• Jan 20 Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (Coquette, Deluge), dies at 72
• Jan 24 John Miljan, American actor (The Ten Commandments, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox), dies at 67
• Jan 25 Diana Barrymore, American actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife), dies of an alcohol and drug overdose at 38
• Jan 29 Louis Jean Heydt, American actor (Waterfront, Gone with the Wind, The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 54
• Jan 31 Lowell Gilmore, American actor (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Living Christ Series), dies at 53
• Feb 3 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, dies in an automobile accident at 38
• Feb 28 Jonathan Hale [Hatley], Canadian-born American actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68
• Mar 3 Sammy White, American comedian and actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65
• Mar 26 Ian Keith, American actor (Abraham Lincoln, Queen Christina, Cleopatra, 3 Musketeers), dies from a heart attack at 61
• Apr 5 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88
• Apr 24 John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
• Apr 25 Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
• May 27 Edward Brophy, American character actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys), dies at 65
• May 27 George Zucco, British actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), dies at 74
• Jun 4 Lucien Littlefield, American actor (Blondie), dies at 64
• Jun 20 Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 (b. 1880)
• Jul 24 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
• Aug 10 FranFrank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), dies at 74
• Aug 22 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
• Aug 29 Alexander Gauge, actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 46
• Sep 6 Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
• Sep 23 Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72
• Oct 6 Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), dies from diabetes at 50
• Oct 11 Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], American actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50
• Oct 15 Clara Kimball Young, American actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70
• Oct 15 Henny Porten, silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70
• Oct 15 Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84
• Nov 3 Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack, Little Kaintuck), dies at 59
• Nov 5 Mack Sennett, director and producer (Keystone Cops), dies
• Nov 5 Ward Bond, American actor (Wagon Train, It's a Wonderful Life), dies of a heart attack at 57
• Nov 14 Walter Catlett, American actor (Climax, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), dies of a stroke at 71

• Nov 19 Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
• Dec 14 Gregory Ratoff, Russian producer, director and actor (Exodus, Skyscraper Souls, Corsican Brothers), dies of leukemia at 63
• Dec 16 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
• Dec 31 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69

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