November 1964 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Nov 6 WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Nov 8 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • Nov 9 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden NYC for 192 performances

Music History

Nov 14 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", goes into lay-off due to star Carol Burnett's illness

  • Nov 15 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Nov 22 WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting

Film & TV History

Nov 27 Filming starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage"; cast includes Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, and Majel Barret; although it never airs, some footage re-used in "Menagerie" episode of the series


Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Nov 1 Daran Norris, American voice actor (The Fairly Odd Parents), born in Ferndale, Washington
  • Nov 6 Kerry Conran, American filmmaker (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), born in Flint, Michigan
  • Nov 7 Dana Plato, American actress (Kimberly-Diff'rent Strokes), born in Maywood, California (d. 1999)
  • Nov 9 John Joseph Thomas, American actor (Young Dan'l Boone), born in Arcadia, California
  • Nov 9 Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Nov 10 Jushin Liger [Keiichi Yamada], Japanese professional wrestler (WCW/NJPW), born in Hiroshima, Japan
  • Nov 11 Anabel Alonso, Spanish actress (7 Vidas), born in Barakaldo, Spain

Calista FlockhartCalista Flockhart (58 years old)

Nov 11 American actress (Ally McBeal), born in Freeport, Illinois

  • Nov 11 Philip McKeon, American actor (Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High), born in Westbury, New York
  • Nov 14 Patrick Warburton, American actor (Seinfeld; The Civilization of Maxwell Bright; The Tick), born in Paterson, New Jersey
  • Nov 16 Harry J. Lennix, American actor
  • Nov 16 Maeve Quinlan, American actress
  • Nov 17 Ralph Garman, American actor (The Joe Schmo Show), and radio personality, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Nov 20 Ned Vaughn, American actor (The Rescuer), born in Huntsville, Alabama
  • Nov 21 Liza Tarbuck, British actress (Watching), comedienne, and TVe and radio presenter, born in Liverpool, England
  • Nov 21 Marjorie Judith Vincent, Miss America (1991), born in Oak Park, Illinois
  • Nov 22 Robbie Slater, Australian soccer midfielder (44 caps; Blackburn Rovers, West Ham, Southampton, Northern Spirit) and broadcaster (Fox Sports), born in Ormskirk, England
  • Nov 22 Stephen Geoffreys, actor (Faternity Vacation), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Nov 23 Boyd Kestner, American actor (Outsiders), born in Virginia
  • Nov 24 Brad Sherwood, American comedian
  • Nov 24 Garret Dillahunt, American actor

Robin GivensRobin Givens (58 years old)

Nov 27 American model and actress (Darlene-Head of the Class) who married and divorced Mike Tyson, born in NYC, New York

  • Nov 29 Cork Graham [Frederick Graham], American journalist, actor and author, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Nov 29 Don Cheadle, American actor (Boogie Nights, Ocean's Trilogy), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Nov 29 Kris Kamm, American actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach), born in Evanston, Illinois
  • Nov 30 Michael Cudlitz, American actor

Weddings in Film & TV

Ellen Burstyn

Nov 12 Academy Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn weds actor Neil Nephew

José Ferrer

Nov 22 Actress Rosemary Clooney weds actor José Ferrer for the second time in Los Angeles, California


Deaths in Film & TV

  • Nov 10 Jimmie Dodd, American actor (The Mickey Mouse Club; Thundering Trails; Riders of the Rio Grande), and singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 54
  • Nov 14 Hendrik Gerrit Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
  • Nov 16 John Emery, American actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59
  • Nov 25 Clarence Kolb, American actor (My Little Margie - "Mr. Honeywell"), dies at 90
  • Nov 28 Charles Meredith, American actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70