April 1962 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Academy Awards

Apr 9 34th Academy Awards: "West Side Story" (Best Picture, Director, and 8 more), Sophia Loren (Two Women) & Maximilian Schell (Judgement At Nuremberg) win

Film & TV History

Apr 16 Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News

Apr 21 9th National Film Awards (India): "Bhagini Nivedita" wins the Golden Lotus
Apr 24 Massachusetts Institute of Technology sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: California to Massachusetts

Birthdays in Film & TV

Apr 1 Phillip Schofield, English TV personality presenter (ITV This Morning, born in Oldham, England
Apr 2 Clark Gregg, American actor and director (Agent Phil Coulson), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 3 Jennifer Rubin, American actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Apr 5 Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
Apr 6 Pol Medina Jr., Filipino cartoonist (Pugad Baboy), born in Phillippines
Apr 7 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, Italian-born American actor (In the Heat of the Night), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1995)
Apr 10 Steve Tasker, American NFL wide receiver, broadcaster (Buffalo Bills, 7-time Pro Bowl), born in Smith Center, Kansas
Apr 12 Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler, born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama
Apr 15 (Ivor) "Nick" Kamen, British pop singer-songwriter (Each Time You Break My Heart; I Promised Myself), and model (Levi's), born in Harlow, Essex, England (d. 2021)
Apr 15 Tom Kane, American voice actor, born in Overland Park, Kansas
Apr 22 Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
Apr 23 John Hannah, Scottish actor (Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in East Kilbride, Scotland
Apr 26 Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian (Mad TV), born in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York
Apr 26 Michael Damian, American actor (Young & Restless) and singer ("Rock On"), born in San Diego, California
Apr 27 James LeGros, American actor (Point Break, Enemy of the State), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Divorces in Film & TV

Robert Wagner & Natalie Wood

Apr 27 American actress Natalie Wood (23) divorces American actor Robert Wagner (30) after almost 5 years of marriage; they remarry in 1972

Deaths in Film & TV

Apr 15 Clara Blandick [Clara Blanchard Dickey], American stage and screen character actress (Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn; Wizard of Oz),, commits suicide at 85
Apr 15 Esther Minciotti, Italian actress, dies at 73
Apr 17 Louise Fazenda, American vaudeville, and silent and sound screen actress (Mack Sennett comedies), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66
Apr 22 Vera Reynolds, American actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62