June 1970 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Music History

Jun 3 Ray Davies of The Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC commercial reference ban

  • Jun 4 WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting
  • Jun 5 KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, Montana (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • Jun 7 22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire win
  • Jun 20 "Ray Stevens Show" debuts on NBC-TV
  • Jun 22 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting
  • Jun 23 "Red Skelton Show" last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV
  • Jun 24 "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Jun 1 Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel, born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands
  • Jun 1 R. Madhavan, Indian actor (Run, 3 Idiots), born in Jamshedpur, India
  • Jun 1 Rene Liu "Milk Tea", Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress, born in Taipei, Taiwan
  • Jun 2 Karen Mok, Hong Kong actress and singer (Around the World in 80 Days), born in Hong Kong
  • Jun 5 Izabella Scorupco, Polish Swedish actress (Golden Eye), born in Bialystok, Poland
  • Jun 8 "Seu" Jorge [da Silva], Brazilian musical artist, songwriter, singer, and actor (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), born in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Jun 12 Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor (Andromeda), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • Jun 14 Todd Manning, fictional character portrayed by Roger Howarth and Trevor St. John from US daytime drama "One Life to Live", is born
  • Jun 15 Leah Remini, American actress
  • Jun 16 Clifton Collins Jr., American actor (Westworld), bornin Los Angeles, California
  • Jun 17 Michael Showalter, American comedian, screenwriter (Stella), and film director (The Big Sick; The Eyes of Tammy Faye), born in Princeton, New Jersey
  • Jun 17 Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian (SNL, 2002-10; The Last Man on Earth), born in Alameda County, California
  • Jun 18 Arvind Swami, Indian actor (Thani Oruvan), born in Madras, India
  • Jun 18 Greg Yaitanes, American Emmy Award-winning television director and producer (House, M.D.), born in Wellesley, Massachusetts
  • Jun 20 Michelle Reis, Hong Kong actress (Fallen Angels), born in Hong Kong
  • Jun 25 Lucy Benjamin, British actress (EastEnders), born in Reading, Berkshire, England

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Jun 26 American actor (School Ties, Robin-Batman Forever), born in Winnetka, Illinois

  • Jun 26 Matt Letscher, American actor (The Mask of Zorro-Captain Harrison Love), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
  • Jun 26 Nick Offerman, American actor (Parks and Recreation), born in Joliet, Illinois
  • Jun 26 Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), born in Studio City, California
  • Jun 26 Sean Hayes, American actor (Will & Grace), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jun 28 Mike White, American filmmaker and actor (The White Lotus), born in Pasadena, California
  • Jun 28 Steve Burton, American actor (Chris-Out of this World), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Jun 30 Brian Bloom, American actor (As the World Turns), born in Merrick, New York

Weddings in Film & TV

  • Jun 4 "When Harry Met Sally" actor Billy Crystal (22) weds guidance counselor Janice Goldfinger

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jun 2 Albert Lamorisse, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • Jun 4 Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
  • Jun 4 Sonny Tufts [Bowen Charleton Tufts III], American actor (The Seven Year Itch, Variety Girl), dies from pneumonia at 58
  • Jun 11 Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer's Kiss, Fear and Desire), accidentally electrocutes himself at 55
  • Jun 16 Brian Piccolo, American NFL football running back, 1965-69 (Chicago Bears), and subject of the 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song", dies of cancer at 26