April 1974 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Apr 1 Pioneer Hall opens at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, Florida

Apr 2 46th Academy Awards: "The Sting", Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win

Apr 10 Magicians Penn Jillette and Teller first meet

Apr 21 "Julie and Dick In Covent Garden", music and comedy special starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with Carl Reiner, premieres on ABC-TV

Apr 3 Wu Jing, Chinese actor and martial artist (Wolf Warrior), born in Beijing, China
Apr 5 Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
Apr 8 Chino XL [Derek Keith Barbosa], American rapper and actor, born in The Bronx, New York
Apr 10 Helen Jane Long, British pianist and contemporary classical and film score composer (Embers; Vessel of Light), born in Hampshire, England
Apr 11 Anton Glanzelius, Danish actor (My Life as a Dog), born in Copenhagen, Denmark

Apr 11 Canadian model and actress (Battlestar Galactica, 2004-09), born in Donalda, Alberta

Apr 11 Zöe Lucker, British television actor, born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Apr 12 Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2006)
Apr 12 Marley Shelton, American actress (Sin City), born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 15 Danny Pino, American actor (Cold Case), born in Miami, Florida
Apr 15 Douglas Spain, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 15 Marena Bencomo, Miss Universe-2nd place (Venezuela, 1997)
Apr 16 Valarie Rae Miller, American actress, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
Apr 16 Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress, singer and director, born in Beijing, China
Apr 19 Akara Amarttayakul, Thai actor (Muay Thai Chaiya), born in Bangkok, Thailand
Apr 22 Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
Apr 23 Barry Watson, American actor (What About Brian), born in Traverse City, Michigan
Apr 24 Comedy Dave [David Lloyd Vitty], British radio personality, born in Hong Kong
Apr 24 Derek Luke, American actor (Antwone Fisher; 13 Reasons Why), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Apr 24 Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer (Supernatural), born in Toledo, Ohio
Apr 26 Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network), born in Birmingham, England
Apr 26 Ivana Miličević, Croatian-American actress (Banshee), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Apr 27 Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler, born in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada

Apr 28 Spanish actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno), born in Madrid, Spain

Apr 29 Anggun [Sasmi], Indonesian-French pop, rock, and world music singer-songwriter (Snow in the Sahara; In Your Mind), television personality, and U.N. global ambassador, born in Jakarta, Indonesia

Apr 12 "Coal Miner's Daughter" actress Sissy Spacek weds art director Jack Fisk

Apr 2 Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
Apr 5 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49
Apr 11 Charles Curtis "Curt" Conway, American actor (Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
Apr 12 Carl Jaffe, German actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), dies at 72
Apr 13 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71
Apr 17 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), dies of cancer at 52
Apr 18 Betty Compson, American actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
Apr 18 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright, filmmaker (Topaze; The Baker's Wife), and novelist, dies at 79
Apr 24 (William) "Bud" Abbott, American comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies of cancer at 78
Apr 28 Paul Page, American actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), dies at 70