Year 1973 in Film & Television

• Jan 6 "Schoolhouse Rock" premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock

• Jan 7 WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Jan 14 Dancer Roy Castle is measured at 1,440 taps/min on BBC TV
• Jan 16 NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza"

• Jan 21 Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger"
• Jan 28 "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV
• Jan 28 Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"

• Feb 2 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV

• Mar 12 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In last airs on NBC-TV
• Mar 20 NBC TV premiere of pilot episode of "Police Story", based on Los Angeles Police Dept. Joseph Wambaugh's writings
• Mar 26 TV Soap "The Young & the Restless" premieres on CBS
• Mar 27 45th Academy Awards: "The Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win. Marlon Brando then turns down the Oscar for best actor to protest Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in film.


• Apr 2 CBS radio begins on the hour news, 24 hours a day

• May 14 French film "Day for Night" written and directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Léaud premieres at Cannes (Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film)
• May 16 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar

• May 25 26th Cannes Film Festival: "The Hireling" directed by Alan Bridges and "Scarecrow" directed by Jerry Schatzberg jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
• Jun 19 "The Rocky Horror Show" stage production first opens in London written by Richard O'Brian and directed by Jim Sharman and starring Tim Curry
• Jun 22 23rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Distant Thunder" wins the Golden Bear

• Jun 30 "Burns & Schreiber Comedy Hour" TV Variety; debut on ABC

• Aug 11 "American Graffiti", directed by George Lucas, opens in cinemas across the United States
• Aug 16 5th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Sheraton Hotel, Harbor Island
• Sep 3 American golfer Billy Casper finishes at 20-under-par 264 to beat Australian Bruce Devlin by 1 stroke to win the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open; his 50th PGA Tour title

• Sep 8 Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
• Sep 8 "Star Trek - Animated Series" premieres on TV
• Sep 13 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
• Sep 27 “The Way We Were” single released by Barbra Streisand (Billboard Song of the Year 1974)

• Oct 20 Mariette Hartley appears on "The Bob Newhart Show" in the episode "Have You Met Miss Dietz?"
• Nov 2 "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV
• Nov 6 James Bond film "Man With the Golden Gun" starring Roger Moore begins filming
• Dec 15 Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 222

• Jan 2 Lucy Davis, British actress
• Jan 2 Will Kirby, American actor
• Jan 3 Dan Harmon, American voice actor, producer and writer (Rick and Morty, Community), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Jan 4 Harmony Korine, American film director and artist, born in Bolinas, California
• Jan 5 Georgia Apostolou, Greek actress, born in Athens, Greece (d. 2016)
• Jan 10 Ryan Drummond, American voice actor, born in Lima, Ohio
• Jan 11 Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress (Magma M. and Kasia i Tomek), born in Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland
• Jan 11 Rockmond Dunbar, American actor (Earth 2, Prison Break), born in Berkeley, California
• Jan 12 Greg Morton, American actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Jan 12 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
• Jan 13 Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
• Jan 16 Josie Davis, American actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge, Two and a Half Men), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 18 Burnie Burns, American film producer & comedian (Machinima, Rooster Teeth), born in Rochester, New York
• Jan 19 Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity, born in Madison, Wisconsin
• Jan 23 Lanei Chapman, American actress, born in os Angeles, California
• Jan 25 Ace Steel [Christopher Guy], American professional wrestler, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 27 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place (Trinidad & Tobago, 1997)
• Jan 31 Portia de Rossi, Australian actress, born in Horsham, Australia
• Feb 1 Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress, born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
• Feb 5 Diego Serrano, Ecuadorian-born American actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World), born in Quito, Ecuador
• Feb 9 Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• Feb 11 Jeon Do-yeon, Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
• Feb 12 Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress (Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Feb 15 Alex Borstein, American actress and animator (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), born in Highland Park, Illinois
• Feb 21 Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer & TV host, born in Hong Kong
• Feb 22 Kimberly Davies, Australian actress (Baywatch), born in Melbourne, Victoria
• Feb 25 Anson Mount, American actor
• Mar 1 Chris Webber, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1997, 2000–2003; Washington Bullets/Wizards, Sacramento Kings) and broadcaster (NBA Gametime Live; TNT), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Mar 1 Jack Davenport, English actor (Pirates of the Caribbean), born in London, England
• Mar 2 Paul Popowich, actor (Tommy Tricker & Stamp Traveler)
• Mar 3 Matthew Marsden, English actor and singer
• Mar 8 Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
• Mar 10 Eva Herzigova, Czech, model (Guess Jeans, Wonderbra), born in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia
• Mar 10 Chris Sutton, English soccer striker, manager, broadcaster (1 cap; Blackburn Rovers, Celtic; BT Sport, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sport.), born in Nottingham, England
• Mar 17 Amelia Weatherly, actress (Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City)
• Mar 18 Luci Christian, American voice actress
• Mar 19 Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
• Mar 20 Jane March, Edgeware England, actress (Lover)
• Mar 20 Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor
• Mar 20 Cedric Yarbrough, American actor
• Mar 21 Ananda Lewis, American model and television personality
• Mar 21 Jerry Supiran, American actor
• Mar 22 Dax Griffin, KS, actor (Tim Truman-Sunset Beach)

• Mar 26 Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
• Mar 26 T.R. Knight, American actor
• Mar 26 Matt Burke, Australian rugby union fullback (81 caps; NSW Waratahs; Eastwood) and broadcaster (Network 10), born in Sydney, Australia
• Mar 28 Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
• Apr 1 Christian Finnegan, American comedian
• Apr 2 Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican actress, born in San Juan
• Apr 3 Jamie Bamber, English actor (Battlestar Galactica), born in Hammersmith, London
• Apr 3 Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor (Geometry in Venice), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Apr 3 Adam Scott, American actor (Parks and Recreation), born in Santa Cruz, California
• Apr 5 Élodie Bouchez, French actress
• Apr 6 Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress/singer
• Apr 6 Gina Yashere, English comedian
• Apr 7 Ève Salvail, Canadian model
• Apr 10 Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director (Tell No One), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• Apr 11 Jennifer Esposito, American television actor (Summer of Sam), born in NYC, New York
• Apr 12 Claudia Jordan, American actress (The Real Housewives of Atlanta), born in Providence, Rhode Island

• Apr 24 Gabby Logan, British television presenter, born in Leeds, England
• Apr 27 Andre Gower, American actor (Monster Squad), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 28 Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
• Apr 28 Jorge Garcia, American actor
• May 2 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter (The Lives of Others), born in Cologne, Germany
• May 5 Tina Yothers, American actress (Jennifer-Family Ties), born in Whittier, California
• May 9 Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
• May 11 James Haven, American actor
• May 12 MacKenzie Astin, American actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids), born in Los Angeles, California
• May 12 Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress
• May 14 Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
• May 16 Jason Acuña "Wee-Man", American television personality
• May 16 Tori Spelling, American actress and reality TV star (90210), born in Los Angeles, California
• May 17 Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
• May 17 Sasha Alexander, American television actress
• May 20 Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
• May 21 Noel Fielding, British comedian (The Mighty Boosh, The Great British Baking Show), born in London, England
• May 22 Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
• May 23 Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit (Curacao, 1997)
• May 24 Dermot O'Leary, British-Irish television presenter (The X Factor), born in Colchester, Essex, England
• May 25 Demetri Martin, American comedian (We Bare Bears), born in NYC, New York
• May 25 Molly Sims, American model and actress, born in Murray, Kentucky
• May 27 Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
• May 30 Leigh Francis, British comedian
• Jun 1 Adam Garcia, Australian actor

• Jun 7 Song Yun-ah, South Korean model and actress
• Jun 8 Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
• Jun 8 Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress
• Jun 9 Laura Ponte, Spanish model and royal
• Jun 9 Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
• Jun 10 David Friedman, American child actor (Little House on the Prairie), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 11 Robby Kiger, American actor (Josh Fox-Crazy Like a Fox), born in Encino, California
• Jun 13 Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer and actress, born in Sulejówek, Poland
• Jun 14 Michael Cade, American actor (Sylvester Winkle-California Dreams), born in New Jersey

• Jun 15 Pia Miranda, Australian actress
• Jun 15 Greg Vaughan, American actor, born in Dallas, Texas
• Jun 16 Eddie Cibrian [Edward Carl], American actor (Sunset Beach, Third Watch), born in Burbank, California

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• Jul 6 "The Avengers" actress Diana Rigg (35) weds Israeli painter Menachen Gueffen (43)

• Jan 11 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83
• Jan 15 Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
• Jan 17 Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), dies at 77
• Jan 19 Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69
• Jan 24 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 73
• Jan 26 Edward G. Robinson [Goldenberg], Romanian actor (Double Indemnity, The Stranger, The Ten Commandments), dies at 79
• Jan 28 John Banner, Austrian-born American actor (Hogan's Heroes, Lone Ranger, 36 Hours), dies of a abdominal haemorrhage at 63
• Jan 29 Ludwig Stössel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera, The Pride of the Yankees), dies at 89
• Jan 30 Jack MacGowran, Irish actor (King Lear, The Quiet Man, The Exorcist), dies of influenza at 54
• Feb 9 Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
• Feb 15 Tim Holt [Charles John Holt III], American actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), dies of bone cancer at 54
• Feb 15 Wallace "Wally" Cox, American comedian and actor (Mister, Underdog, Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies of a heart attack at 48
• Feb 20 Maurice Dallimore, British actor (The Collector, Me and My Girl), dies from Laennec's cirrhosis at 60
• Feb 22 Katina Paxinou, actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies at 72
• Feb 24 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of heart attack at 73
• Feb 26 Mary Finney, American actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
• Feb 28 Cecil Kellaway, South African-born American actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78
• Feb 28 Hope Landin, American actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79
• Mar 5 Rupert Crosse, American actor, 1st African-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award (The Reivers), dies of lung cancer at 45
• Mar 13 Stacy Harris, Canadian born actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54
• Mar 16 Carl Benton Reid, American actor (Pressure Point, In a Lonely Place), dies at 79
• Mar 17 Geertruida Magdelena Wilhelmina Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
• Mar 18 Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), dies at 82
• Mar 23 Ken Maynard, American stuntman and actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies of stomach cancer at 77

• Mar 29 Melville Cooper, English actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Father of the Bride), dies of cancer at 76 [1]
• Apr 7 Nick Stuart, Romanian-born American bandleader and actor (Secrets of Chinatown), dies of cancer at 69
• Apr 11 Ted Decorsia, American actor (The Killing, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), dies at 67
• Apr 13 Balraj Sahni [Yudhishthir], Indian Bollywood actor (Dharti Ke Lal), dies of cardiac arrest at 59
• Apr 14 Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88
• Apr 20 Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
• Apr 21 Ursula Jeans, British actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon, I Lived With You), dies of cancer at 66

• Apr 26 Irene Ryan, American actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
• Apr 28 Pat Henning, American actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 64
• Apr 30 Josie Sedgwick, American actress (The Best Man, Queen of the Round-Up), dies of stroke at 75
• May 2 Alan Carney [David Boughal], American actor (Zombies on Broadway, Take it from Me), dies at 61
• May 10 Jack E. Leonard, American comedian (Disorderly Orderly), dies at 62
• May 10 Loren Tindall, American actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost), dies of heart attack at 51
• May 11 Lex Barker, American actor, dies at 53
• May 12 Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85
• May 21 George Breakston, French-American producer, actor and director (Jungle Stampede, It Happened One Night), dies at 53
• May 23 Athena Lorde, American actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies of cancer at 57
• May 29 P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
• Jun 1 Mary Kornman, American actress (Desert Trail, Queen of the Jungle, Swing it Professor), dies at 57
• Jun 1 Walter Greaza, American actor (Treasury Man, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 76
• Jun 3 Dory Funk, professional wrestler (b. 1919)
• Jun 5 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82
• Jun 7 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50
• Jun 17 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), dies at 66
• Jun 18 Roger Delgado, English actor (Doctor Who, Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enough for June), dies in a road accident at 55
• Jun 23 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
• Jun 24 Mary Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99
• Jun 24 George "Bud" Hamilton Westmore, American film make-up artist (Westmore family), dies after a heart attack at 55
• Jun 26 Ernest Truex, American actor (Fluffy, Scared, His Girl Friday, Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 83
• Jun 29 Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), dies from cancer at 57

• Jul 2 George Macready, American actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73
• Jul 6 Joe E. Brown, American comedian (Buck Circus Hour), dies after long illness at 80
• Jul 6 Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
• Jul 7 Veronica Lake [Constance Ockleman], American actress (Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch), dies from hepatitis and acute kidney injury at 50
• Jul 11 Isabel Randolph, actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83
• Jul 11 Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), dies from lung cancer at 63
• Jul 12 Lon Chaney Jr, American actor (Larry Talbot-The Wolf Man, Lennie Small-Of Mice and Men), dies of heart failure at 67
• Jul 13 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies from a heart attack at 72
• Jul 18 Jack Hawkins, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story), dies of post-operative complications at 62

• Jul 21 Russell Hardie, American actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky), dies after long illness at 69
• Jul 24 Mary Frasca, singer/actress, dies in NYC
• Jul 28 Royal Butler [Edwin Richey], American actor (Zenobia), dies at 80
• Jul 29 Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72
• Jul 30 Guy Middleton, British actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Laughter in Paradise), dies following a heart attack at 66
• Aug 3 Ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje/It Hippie), dies at 84
• Aug 6 James Beck, British actor (Dad's Army), dies from pancreatitis at 44
• Aug 10 Douglas Kennedy, American actor (Dark Passage, The Lone Ranger & the Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer at 57
• Aug 11 Peggy Castle, American actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46
• Aug 16 Veda Ann Borg, American model and actress (Kid Galahad, Avalanche, Accomplice), dies of cancer at 58
• Aug 22 Louise Huff, American actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77
• Aug 24 Billy Greene, American actor (Single Room Furnished, One Man's Family), dies at 76
• Aug 29 Michael Dunn, American short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38
• Aug 29 Stringer Davis, English actress (Mouse on the Moon, Miranda), dies at about 77

• Aug 31 Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), dies at 66

• Sep 2 Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910)
• Sep 9 Samuel N Behrman, US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80
• Sep 13 Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men, Kings Row, Bus Stop), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 57
• Sep 16 Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63
• Sep 18 Nora Nicholson, British actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80
• Sep 19 Bobby Gilbert, American actor (Some Like It Hot, The Rebel Set), dies of hepatitis at 75
• Sep 20 Glenn Strange, American actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
• Sep 21 Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39

• Sep 28 Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
• Sep 28 Norma Crane, American actress (Tea & Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), dies of cancer at 44
• Oct 1 Joe Devlin, American actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 77
• Oct 2 Paul Hartman, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Inherit the Wind), dies at 69
• Oct 6 Dennis Price, English actor (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Separate Tables), dies at 58 (b. 1915)
• Oct 6 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary's Baby), dies of cancer at 78
• Oct 14 Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)

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