Year 1968 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

• Jan 1 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
• Jan 1 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Jan 2 KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting
• Jan 4 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million to CBS
• Jan 7 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV
• Jan 12 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
• Jan 15 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
• Jan 19 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, Ohio (IND) begins broadcasting
• Jan 20 Arthur Penn's film "Bonnie and Clyde" premieres in Paris, France with stars Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway in attendance
• Jan 22 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC
• Feb 5 KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
• Feb 6 KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Feb 7 WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Feb 8 "Planet of the Apes" premieres in New York City

• Feb 14 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting


• Feb 15 WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Mar 1 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
• Mar 7 The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television
• Mar 14 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA

• Mar 18 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Mar 18 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Mar 25 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Apr 1 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast

• Apr 3 "Planet of the Apes", starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell premiers nationally in United States
• Apr 8 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King
• Apr 8 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Apr 10 40th Academy Awards: "In the Heat of the Night", Rod Steiger & Katherine Hepburn win
• Apr 11 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Apr 24 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas
• May 2 Israeli television begins transmitting

• May 12 WSKG TV channel 46 (PBS) in Binghamton, NY, begins broadcasting

• May 19 20th Emmy Awards: "Get Smart", "Mission Impossible" & Barbara Bain win
• May 21 Paul McCartney and girlfriend Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
• May 21 WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Jun 2 WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
• Jun 6 WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Jun 10 "Danny Thomas Hour" last airs on NBC-TV
• Jun 10 KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
• Jun 10 WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast
• Jun 12 U.S. premiere of horror film "Rosemary's Baby", based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Ira Levin
• Jun 17 KQEC TV channel 32 in San Francisco, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Jun 21 18th Berlin International Film Festival: "Who Saw Him Die?" wins the Golden Bear
• Jul 14 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Jul 15 "One Life to Live", American soap opera, premieres on TV
• Jul 17 The Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London
• Aug 1 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
• Aug 4 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
• Aug 5 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
• Aug 25 29th Venice Film Festival: "Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed" directed by Alexander Kluge wins Golden Lion

• Sep 9 WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 9 WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Sep 15 WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, Ohio (IND) begins broadcasting
• Sep 15 WXON TV channel 20 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
• Sep 16 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
• Sep 18 "Funny Girl" biopic film based on life of Fanny Brice premieres, directed by William Wyler, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
• Sep 21 Police drama "Adam-12" debuts on NBC in the US
• Sep 22 KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
• Sep 23 WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 23 WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Sep 24 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
• Sep 26 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
• Sep 26 "Oliver!" directed by Carol Reed and starring Mark Lester and Ron Moody premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)

• Oct 5 KPLM (now KESQ) TV channel 42 in Palm Springs, CA (ABC) begins
• Oct 9 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 12 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore NYC after 17 performances

• Oct 26 KMIR TV channel 36 in Palm Springs, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Nov 1 Noël Coward's "Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 36 performances
• Nov 4 WRDU (now WPTF) TV channel 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
• Nov 4 WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
• Nov 6 The film "Head" starring the Monkees opens in New York.
• Nov 12 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Nov 14 U.S. premiere of film version of Morris L. West's best seller "The Shoes of the Fisherman"
• Nov 17 KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Nov 17 "Heidi Game", NBC cuts to show "Heidi" and misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
• Nov 21 The Supremes & The Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
• Nov 22 1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek - Captain Kirk and Uhura)
• Nov 23 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth NYC after 36 performances
• Nov 25 15th National Film Awards (India): "Hatey Bazarey" wins the Golden Lotus
• Dec 3 NBC Elvis comeback special airs

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Birthdays in Film & TV

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 235

• Jan 2 Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)
• Jan 2 Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
• Jan 3 Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)
• Jan 5 Carl Evans, American actor (Guiding Light), born in NYC, New York
• Jan 6 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
• Jan 8 Ami Dolenz, American actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 9 Joey Lauren Adams, American actress, born in North Little Rock, Arkansas
• Jan 11 Sharon Brown, American actress (Chantal-Generations), born in NYC, New York

• Jan 12 Rachael Harris, American actress, born in Worthington, Ohio
• Jan 13 Chara [Miwa Watabiki], Japanese singer and actress (Swallowtail Butterfly), born in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

• Jan 15 Chad Lowe, American actor (Spencer, Apprentice to Murder), born in Dayton, Ohio
• Jan 16 David Chokachi, American actor (Baywatch), born in Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Jan 21 Charlotte Ross, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 22 Brian Jones, American sports radio and television host and former NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints), born in Iowa City, Iowa
• Jan 22 Frank Lebœuf, French actor, sports commentator and former footballer (1998 FIFA World Cup), born in Marseille, France
• Jan 25 Heinrich "Haini" Wolfgramm, Polynesian-American actor & musician (The Jets), born in San Francisco, California
• Jan 26 Ravi Teja, Indian film actor, born in Jaggampeta, India
• Jan 29 Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer (Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan), born in Queens, New York
• Jan 29 Sora Jung, Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
• Feb 1 Pauly Shore, American comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man), born in Hollywood, California
• Feb 1 Sean Millington, Canadian football fullback (Grey Cup 1994, 2000; BC Lions) and broadcaster (cfl.ca and CBC), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Feb 4 Kristen Marie, actress (Cheryl McKinnon-Another World)
• Feb 4 Marko Matvere, Estonian actor
• Feb 5 Eyþór Guðjónsson, Icelandic actor, born in Iceland
• Feb 8 Gary Coleman, American actor (Diff'rent Strokes), born in Zion, llinois (d. 2010)
• Feb 9 Rahul Roy, Indian actor
• Feb 10 Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster, born in Riau, Indonesia
• Feb 11 Mo Willems, American author & screenwriter, born in Des Plaines, Illinois
• Feb 12 Josh Brolin, American actor (Young Riders - "Jimmy Hickok"; W. - "George Bush"; Hail Caesar! -"Eddie Mannix"), born in Santa Monica, Canada
• Feb 12 Gregory Charles, French-Canadian performing artist, born in Montreal, Quebec
• Feb 14 Jules Asner, American television personality, born in Tempe, Arizona
• Feb 15 Kurt Robin McKinney, American actor (Ned-General Hospital), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Feb 18 Molly Ringwald, American actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink), born in Roseville California
• Feb 22 Jeri Ryan, American actress (7 of 9-Star Trek Voyager), born in Munich, Germany
• Feb 23 Stephanie Seymour, American actress/model (Sunny Side Up), born in San Diego, California
• Feb 24 Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
• Feb 29 Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress
• Feb 29 Frank Woodley, Australian comedian

• Mar 4 Patsy Kensit, English actress (Lethal Weapon 2, Hanover St), born in London, England
• Mar 6 Moira Kelly, actress (Cutting Edge)
• Mar 12 Aaron Eckhart, American actor
• Mar 13 Christopher Collett, American actor (Manhattan Project), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 14 Megan Follows, Canadian actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables), born in Toronto, Onario
• Mar 16 Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher
• Mar 18 Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
• Mar 28 Max Perlich, American actor (JH Brodie-Homicide), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Mar 28 Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter (Soccer AM with Helen Chamberlain), born in Northwood, London

• Mar 30 Donna D'Errico, American actress (Baywatch) and Playboy playmate (Sep, 1995), born in Dothan, Alabama
• Mar 31 Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• Apr 1 Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director
• Apr 3 Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in London (d. 2001)
• Apr 4 Jennifer Lynch, American film director, screenwriter and author of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Apr 5 Tasia Valenza, American actress (All My Children), born in NYC, New York
• Apr 8 Patricia Arquette, American actress (Boyhood, True Romance), born in NYC, New York
• Apr 10 Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian (MADtv, 7 Up spokesman), born in Toulminville, Alabama
• Apr 12 Alicia Coppola, American actress (Lorna Devon-Another World), born in Huntington, New York
• Apr 14 Anthony Michael Hall, American actor (SNL, Breakfast Club), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Apr 15 Stacey Williams, American fashion model (SI Swimsuit 1996), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Apr 18 Mary Birdsong, American actress (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me), born in Florida
• Apr 18 David Hewlett, Canadian actor (Stargate Universe), born in Redhill, Surrey, England
• Apr 19 Ashley Judd, American actress (Kuffs, Sisters), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 19 Thomas Nock, Swiss actor (Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars), born in Zurich, Switzerland
• Apr 19 Arshad Warsi, Indian film actor (Lage Raho Munna Bhai), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Apr 24 Stacy Haiduk, American actress (Superboy - "Lana Lang"), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Apr 24 Aidan Gillen [Aidan Murphy], Irish actor (Queer as Folk, Game of Thrones), born in Dublin, Ireland
• Apr 27 Cristian Mungiu, Romanian filmmaker (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), born in Iași, Romania
• Apr 28 Jeff Grosso, American skateboarder (host Youtube’s 'Vans Loveletters to Skateboarding'), born in Glendale, California (d. 2020)
• Apr 30 Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)
• May 1 Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
• May 2 Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor, born in Otawara, Tochigi, Japan
• May 2 Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress, born in Merlimau, Malacca, Malaysia
• May 3 Debora Caprioglio, Italian actress (Big Game Hunter), born in Mestre, Italy
• May 4 Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh, born in Leeds, England
• May 10 Erik Palladino, American actor
• May 10 Al Murray, British comedian
• May 11 Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
• May 12 Scott Schwartz, American actor
• May 12 Catherine Tate, British comedian
• May 14 Greg Davis, Welsh-born, British stand-up comedian, actor, and former secondary school teacher (We Are Klang, The Inbetweeners, Cuckoo, Taskmaster), born in St Asaph, Denbighshire
• May 15 Todd Porter, NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
• May 16 Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress (Naked Killer), born in Hong Kong
• May 19 Jeanne Basone, Brubank California, wrestler (Hollywood-GLOW)
• May 21 Julie Vega, Filipina child actress and singer, born in Quezon City, Philippines (d. 1985)
• May 22 Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
• May 23 Guinevere Turner, American actress
• May 26 Pat Kenney [Simon Diamond], American professional wrestler, born in Wilmington, Delaware
• May 26 Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
• Jun 1 Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors)
• Jun 2 Jon Culshaw, British comedian and impressionist
• Jun 4 Scott Wolf, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Jun 10 Susan Haskell, actress (Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business)

• Jun 11 Staci Baldwin, Miss Washington pageant winner, sued when told 27 too old for compete for Miss USA, born in Kirkland, Washington
• Jun 11 Sophie Okonedo, English actress (Hotel Rwanda), born in London
• Jun 14 Yasmine Bleeth, American actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 14 Faizon Love, American actor and comedian, born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

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Weddings in Film & TV

• Aug 25 "The Outlaw" actress Jane Russell (47) weds actor Roger Barrett (47) at the Community Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California
• Aug 28 1 day marriage of TV character Murphy Brown

Divorces in Film & TV

Deaths in Film & TV

• Jan 5 Jean Murat, French actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders), dies at 79
• Jan 10 Basil Sydney, British actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife), dies of pleurisy at 73
• Jan 10 Howard Smith, American actor (Kiss of Death, Call Northside 777), dies at 74
• Jan 15 John Davidson, American actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat), dies at 80
• Jan 18 Bert Wheeler, American actor (Brave Eagle, The Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers), dies at 72
• Jan 18 John Ridgely, American actor (Northern Pursuit, They Died with Their Boots On, Air Force), dies from a heart ailment at 58
• Jan 25 Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
• Feb 4 Eddie Baker, American actor (A Man About Town, Collars and Cuffs), dies of emphysema at 70
• Feb 6 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
• Feb 7 Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), dies of a drug overdose at 36
• Feb 9 Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
• Feb 11 Howard Lindsay, American playwright, actor and director (State of the Union), dies at 78
• Feb 13 Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
• Feb 17 Donald Wolfit, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed), dies of heart ailment at 65
• Feb 19 Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), dies at 65
• Feb 19 Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
• Feb 20 Anthony Asquith, British film director (Court Martial), dies at 65
• Feb 26 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
• Feb 28 Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), dies from cancer at 41
• Feb 28 Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
• Mar 10 Helen Walker, American actress (Brewster's Million, Lucky Jordan), dies of cancer at 47
• Mar 16 June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
• Mar 24 Howard Petrie, American actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61
• Mar 24 Alice Guy-Blaché, French film director who was the first woman to direct a film (The Fairy of the Cabbages), dies at 94
• Mar 25 Douglas Evans, American actor (At War with the Army, South Pacific Trail), dies at 64
• Mar 30 Bobby Driscoll, American Academy Juvenile Award-winning actor (Song Of The South; The Window), dies of heart failure at 31 [date reflects discovery of his body in a deserted NYC tenement]
• Apr 5 Lois Andrews [Lorraine Gourley], American actress (Dixie Dugan, Meet Me After the Show, The Desert Hawk), dies of lung cancer at 44
• Apr 16 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
• Apr 17 Margaret Seddon, American actress (Mr Deeds Goes to Town), dies at 95
• Apr 20 Marion Weeks, American silent film actress, and Ziegfield Follies singer and dancer, dies of stroke at 81
• Apr 20 H.B. "Toby" Halicki, American filmmaker, stunt driver, and actor (Gone In 60 Seconds), killed shooting a stunt at 48
• Apr 24 Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62
• Apr 24 Tommy Noonan, American actor, screenwriter and producer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises), dies of a brain tumor at 46
• May 5 Albert Van Dekker, American actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture), dies of accidental suffocation at 62
• May 9 Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Avengers), dies at 90
• May 9 Marion Lorne, American actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
• May 9 Phil Arnold, American actor (Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 58
• May 10 Philippa Bevans, British actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient), dies at 55
• May 10 Scotty Beckett, American actor (Our Gang, Listen Darling, Battleground), dies from either an overdose, or as a result from a beating at 38
• May 21 Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
• May 23 James Burke, American actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
• Jun 4 Dorothy Gish [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70
• Jun 7 Dan Duryea, American actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at 60

• Jun 29 Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
• Jun 30 John Gough, American actor (Smooth as Satin, In the Land of the Tortilla, Circus Kid), dies at 73
• Jul 1 Virginia Weidler, American child actress (Babes on Broadway, All This & Heaven Too), dies of heart disease at 42
• Jul 9 John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62
• Jul 27 Lillian Harvey [Pape], British actress (Invitation to the Waltz; Congress Dance), dies of liver failure at 62
• Jul 31 Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66
• Aug 19 Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44
• Aug 25 John George [Tufei Fatella], Syrian actor (Black Orchids, Don Juan, Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies from emphysema at 70
• Aug 26 Kay Francis, American actress (Charley's Aunt, False Madonna), dies of cancer at 63
• Aug 29 Victor Sutherland, American actor (Captive City), dies at 79
• Aug 30 William Talman, American actor (Crashout, The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason), dies of lung cancer at 53
• Aug 31 Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60
• Sep 3 Isabel Withers, American actress, dies at 72
• Sep 18 Franchot Tone, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent), dies from lung cancer at 63
• Sep 18 Francis McDonald, American actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77
• Sep 28 Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird), dies at 64
• Oct 10 Wilhelmina Johanna "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress and acting teacher (GoetheJane Eyre), dies at 71
• Oct 13 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62
• Oct 15 Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62
• Oct 18 Lee Tracy, American actor (Dinner at Eight, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies of cancer at 70
• Oct 20 Bud Flanagan [Chaim Reuben Weintrop], English comedian (duo with Chesney Alley), dies at 72
• Oct 25 Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), dies at 83
• Oct 30 Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61
• Oct 30 Ramon Novarro [Jose Samaniegos], Mexican-American actor (Ben-Hur, Mata Hari), is murdered at 69
• Nov 5 Estelle Hemsley, American actress (Leech Woman, Take a Giant Step), dies at 81
• Nov 5 Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
• Nov 8 Wendell Corey, American actor (Rear Window, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies from a liver ailment at 54
• Nov 10 Gerald Mohr, American actor (The Angry Red Planet, The Sniper, Foreign Intrigue), dies from a heart attack at 54
• Nov 20 Cathy Lewis, American actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
• Nov 20 Helen Gardner, American silent film actress (Sandra), dies at 84
• Nov 25 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
• Dec 1 Hugo Haas, Czechoslovakian actor and director (Bait, Pick Up, 2 Smart People), dies of asthma at 66
• Dec 5 Fred Clark, American actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54
• Dec 10 Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65
• Dec 12 Tallulah Bankhead, American stage and film actress (Lifeboat, They Knew What They Wanted), dies of pneumonia at 65
• Dec 18 Joan Tabor, American actress (Teenage Millionaire), dies at 36 after accidentally overdosing on influenza medication