Events in Film & TV
- Feb 8 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Feb 16 "La Jetée", French film directed by Chris Marker, starring Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich and Jacques Ledoux, is released
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Feb 2 Michael T Weiss, actor (Jarod-Pretender, Days of our Lives), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Feb 4 Michael Riley, Canadian actor
- Feb 5 Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow], American actress (Single White Female, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 7 Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
- Feb 11 Scott Kolden, American actor (Scott-Me & the Champ), born in Torrance, California
- Feb 13 Hugh Dennis, English comedian and actor (Not Going out), born in Kettering, England
- Feb 14 Michael Higgs, English actor, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Feb 14 Sakina Jaffrey, American actress, born in NYC, New York
- Feb 15 Renee Props, American actress (Elly Snyder-As the World Turns), born in Oklahoma
- Feb 16 Alexa Kenin, American actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), born in NYC, New York
- Feb 17 Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver)
- Feb 18 Julie Strain, American actress (Witchcraft IV), born in Concord, California
- Feb 20 Ria Coyne, American comedienne (Betsy-Batman Forever), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Feb 21 Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter
Steve Irwin
Feb 22 Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist & TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 2006)
Steve Irwin
Deaths in Film & TV
- Feb 15 Vladimir Sokoloff, Russian actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72
- Feb 17 Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55
- Feb 19 James Barton, American actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh), dies at 71
- Feb 20 Halliwell Hobbes, British actor (Gaslight, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 84
- Feb 27 Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
- Feb 28 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70