November 1968 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Nov 1 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater, NYC; runs 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 Psychedelic feature film "Head" starring the Monkees premieres in New York City
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 "Heidi Game", NBC cuts to show "Heidi" and misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
Nov 17 KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting

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 Musical revue "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth Theatre, NYC, after 44 performances
Nov 25 15th National Film Awards (India): "Hatey Bazarey" wins the Golden Lotus

Nov 1 Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor (The Letter, A Promise), born in Gonghang-dong, Seoul
Nov 2 Brandi Brandt, American Playboy playmate (October, 1987). convicted of drug smuggling, born in Santa Clara, California
Nov 3 Debbie Rochon, Canadian actress (Tromeo & Juliet), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 3 Kleber Mendonca Filho, Brazilian film director (Bacurau,), born in Recife, Brazil
Nov 5 Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress (A Walk in the Clouds), born in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nov 5 Sam Rockwell, American actor (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), born in Daly, California
Nov 6 Kelly Rutherford, American actress (Generations, Gossip Girl), born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Nov 8 Keith Jones, Canadian NHL right wing, 1992-2000 (Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, and 1 other team), broadcaster. 2005-23 (NBC, Philadelphia Flyers), and team executive, 2023-present (Philadelphia), born in Brantford, Ontario
Nov 8 Parker Posey, American actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 8 Zara Whites, Dutch actress, born in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands
Nov 11 David L. Cook, American Christian country singer and comedian, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
Nov 12 Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Nov 12 Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler, born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 14 Serge Postigo, Canadian actor

Nov 18 American actor (Meet the Parents, Zoolander), born in Dallas, Texas

Nov 18 Romany Malco, American actor (Weeds, No Ordinary Family), rapper and music producer (College Boyz - "Victim of the Ghetto"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 21 Tamara Gorski, Canadian actress (Mrs, 'Arris Goes to Paris), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nov 25 Jory Husain, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 27 Michael Vartan, French American actor (Alias), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Nov 30 DuShon Monique Brown, American actor (Prison Break, Connie-Chicago Fire), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)

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 9 Gerald Mohr, American radio and screen actor (The Angry Red Planet; The Sniper; Foreign Intrigue), dies of a heart attack at 54
Nov 18 Walter Wanger [Feuchtwanger], American film producer (Cleopatra), dies at 74
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