May 1968 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

May 2 Israeli television begins transmitting

Music Single

May 11 Irish actor Richard Harris releases single "MacArthur Park"; it becomes a million-seller topping the charts in Canada and Australia, and peaking at #2 in US and #4 in UK

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

Wonderwall

May 15 "Wonderwall" with music by George Harrison, premieres at Cannes Film Festival

TV Show Appearance

May 15 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", to promote Apple Records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host

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

Film & TV History

May 31 Movie star James Stewart retires from the US Air Force after 27 years of service

Birthdays in Film & TV

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 Al Murray, British comedian
May 10 Erik Palladino, American actor
May 11 Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
May 12 Scott Schwartz, American actor, born in Sacramento, California
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, American actor (Whiz Kids - "Hamilton"), born in Montclair, New Jersey
May 16 Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress (Naked Killer), born in Hong Kong
May 19 Jeanne Basone, Brubank California, wrestler (Hollywood-GLOW)
May 20 Timothy Olyphant, American stage and screen actor (Deadwood; Justified; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
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 Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director
May 26 Pat Kenney [Simon Diamond], American professional wrestler, born in Wilmington, Delaware

Kylie Minogue (55 years old)

May 28 Australian pop singer-songwriter ("Can't Get You Out of My Head"), and actress, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Deaths in Film & TV

May 5 Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician, dies of accidental suffocation at 62
May 9 Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Avengers), dies at 90
May 9 Marion Lorne [MacDougall] American stage and Emmy Award-winning screen actress (Bewitched - "Aunt Clara"; Mister Peepers - "Mrs. Gurney"; The Graduate), dies of a heart attack at 84
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, English American actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
May 23 James Burke, American actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81