Events in Film & TV
- Dec 7 First use of the instant replay machine invented by CBS in a US Army vs Navy football game
Music History
Dec 10 6-year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on Andy Williams Show
Film Premiere
Dec 18 "The Pink Panther" film premieres, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and David Niven, with theme by Henry Mancini
Film Release
Dec 20 "Contempt" film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jack Palance, is released
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Dec 2 Rich Sutter, Canadian NHL right wing, 1983-95 (Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, and 4 other teams), and broadcaster (Rogers Sportsnet), born in Viking, Alberta
- Dec 5 Carrie Hamilton, American actress (Fame), born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
- Dec 8 Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler
- Dec 9 Bárbara Palacios, Venezuelan TV host and Miss Universe (1986), born in Madrid, Spain
- Dec 12 Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Tokyo
- Dec 12 Teresa Blake, American actress (Gloria Marsh-All My Children), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Dec 14 Cindy Gibb, American actress (Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood), born in Bennington, Vermont
- Dec 15 Helen Slater, American actress (Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 16 Benjamin Bratt, California, actor (Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law & Order)
- Dec 16 James Mangold, American filmmaker (Girl, Interrupted; Kate & Leopold; Walk the Line; Logan), born in New York City
- Dec 18 Allan Kayser, American actor
Brad Pitt (59 years old)
Dec 18 American actor (12 Monkeys, Fight Club) and producer (The Departed, 12 Years a Slave), born in Shawnee, Oklahoma
- Dec 19 Jennifer Beals, American actress (Flashdance; The Bride; The L-Word), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Dec 19 Til Schweiger, German actor
- Dec 20 Karen Moncrieff, American actress (Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives), born in Sacramento, California
- Dec 23 Keiji Muto, Japanese wrestler (NWA/WWC/NJPW), born in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Dec 24 Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress (The Royale Family), born in London (d. 2016)
- Dec 28 Malcolm Gets, American actor (Richard Karinsky-Caroline In the City), born in Waukegan, Illinois
- Dec 28 Willow Bay, American TV host (Good Morning America), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 29 Dave McKean, British artist & filmmaker, born in Maidenhead, United Kingdom
- Dec 30 Alessandra Mussolini, Italian actress (Ferragosto OK), born in Naples, Italy
Deaths in Film & TV
- Dec 2 Sabu [Dastagir], Indian actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Elephant Boy, Drum), dies of a heart attack at 39
- Dec 12 Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese film director (b. 1903)
- Dec 13 Stan Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Ghost Riders in the Sky"), and actor (Rio Grande; Ten Who Dared), dies of cancer at 49
- Dec 26 "Gorgeous George" Wagner, wrestler, dies
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