Events in Film & TV
Radio History
Jan 28 "The Goon Show"'s final episode on BBC radio
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Michael David Morrison, American actor (As the World Turns - "Caleb"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1993)
- 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 6 Paul Azinger, American golfer, broadcaster (PGA C'ship 1993, 12 PGA Tour titles), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts
- 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 12 Oliver Platt, Canadian actor, born in Windsor, Canada
Kevin Anderson (63 years old)
Jan 13 American actor (Hoffa, Sleeping with the Enemy), born in Gurnee, Illinois
- Jan 15 Kelly Asbury, American animated film director (Shrek 2, Smurfs: The Lost Village), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 2020)
- Jan 17 Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor, born in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
- Jan 18 Mark Rylance [David Mark Rylance Waters], English actor (Bridge of Spies) & theatre director, born in Ashford, Kent
Michael Hutchence (1960-1997)
Jan 22 Australian rock vocalist (INXS - "Devil Inside": "New Sensation"), and actor (Dogs in Space), born in Sydney, Australia
- Jan 23 Misha Mck, American actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C), born in East Orange New Jersey
- Jan 28 John Caliri, American actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble), born in Providence Rhode Island
- Jan 29 Gia Carangi, American model (one of 1st supermodels), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
- Jan 29 Matthew Ashford, American actor (Days of Our Lives - "Jack Devaraux"), born in Davenport, Iowa
- Jan 29 Sean Kerly, English field hockey forward (Olympic gold 1988, bronze 1984) and broadcaster, born in Whistable, England
- Jan 30 Tony O'Dell, American actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class), born in Pasadena, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Bob Denver
Jan 22 Comedic actor Bob Denver (25) weds Maggie Ryan in California
Adolph Green
Jan 31 American songwriter Adolph Green weds (for 3rd and final time) American actress and singer Phyllis Newman in NYC
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 1 Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades), dies of barbiturate overdose at 50
- Jan 2 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor & director (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 character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
- Jan 31 Lowell Gilmore, American actor (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Living Christ Series), dies at 53
