January 1963 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jan 5 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Camelot", starring Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet, closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 873 performances and winning 4 Tony Awards

Jan 24 Buddy Rogers & Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ & Thesz becomes NWA champion

Jan 3 Jerome Young, American pro wrestler (New Jack), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
Jan 4 Dave Foley, actor and comedian (Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson on NewsRadio)
Jan 11 Jason Connery, British actor (Robin of Sherwood), born in Rome, Italy
Jan 12 François Girard, French Canadian film director and screenwriter, born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec
Jan 14 Adjoa Andoh, English actress (Casualty, Bridgerton), born in Bristol, England

Jan 14 American producer, director, writer (Ocean's Eleven, Traffic), born in Atlanta, Georgia

Jan 16 James May, English television presenter, born in Bristol, United Kingdom
Jan 18 Tom Alexander, American model, and actor (Forbidden Dance; Dream A Little Evil), born in New York City (d. 1992)
Jan 20 James Denton, American actor, born in Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 23 Gail O'Grady, American actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect, NYPD Blue), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jan 29 Bob Holly 'Hardcore Holly', American professional wrestler, born in Glendale, California
Jan 31 John Dye, American actor (Touched by an Angel - "Andrew"), born in Amory, Mississippi (d. 2011)

Jan 12 Actor and comedian Bob Newhart (33) weds Virginia "Ginnie" Quinn

Jan 2 Dick Powell [Richard Ewing Powell], American singer, actor, producer and director (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater), dies from cancer at 58
Jan 2 Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
Jan 21 Al St. John, American vaudeville and silent film comic (Young and Dumb),and talkie character actor billed as "Fuzzy" St. John (Outlaws of the Plains), dies of a heart attack at 70
Jan 26 Ole Olsen, American comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
Jan 27 John Farrow, Australian director and actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island), dies from a heart attack at 58