February 1962 in Film & Television History

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

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, Filipino American actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver), born at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines
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 (The Big Breakfast), born in London, England

Feb 22 Australian naturalist and TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter), born in Melbourne, Victoria

Feb 24 Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
Feb 27 Adam Baldwin, American actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard), born in Winnetka, Illinois
Feb 27 Grant Show, American actor (Jack Hanson-Melrose Place), born in Detroit, Michigan
Feb 28 Rae Dawn Chong, actress (Quest for Fire), born in Edmonton, Alberta

Feb 15 Vladimir Sokoloff, Russian actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72
Feb 17 Joseph Kearns, American actor (George-Dennis the Menace), des 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