June 1974 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Jun 21 24th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" wins the Golden Bear
  • Jun 27 American TV variety program "The Flip Wilson Show" last airs on NBC-TV, after 4 seasons, winning 2 Emmy Awards

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Jun 3 Arianne Zuker, American actress (Days of Our Lives), born in Northridge, California
  • Jun 5 Chad Allen [Lazzari], American actor (David-Our House, St Elsewhere), born in Cerritos, California
  • Jun 6 Danny Strong, American actor
  • Jun 6 Sonya Walger, British actress
  • Jun 7 David Filoni, American director, producer, and screenwriter (Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-20 TV series); The Mandalorian), born in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
  • Jun 7 Edward "Bear" Grylls, British adventurer, author and TV presenter (Man vs. Wild), born in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland
  • Jun 9 Randy Winn, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 2002; TB Devil Rays, Seattle Mariners, SF Giants) and analyst (NBC Sports Bay Area), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jun 13 Brande Roderick, American actress
  • Jun 13 Steve-O, American television personality
  • Jun 13 Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
  • Jun 14 Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress
  • Jun 18 Bumper Robinson, American actor (Webster; A Different World; Flatland), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Jun 22 Donald Faison, American actor (Scrubs - "Dr. Turk"), born in Harlem, New York City

VijayVijay (48 years old)

Jun 22 Indian actor and singer (Poove Unakkaga), born in Madras (now Chennai), India

  • Jun 23 Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
  • Jun 25 Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress (one of the most popular and highest-paid Hindi film actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s), born in Mumbai, India
  • Jun 25 Nisha Ganatra, Canadian film director (Chutney Popcorn), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Jun 26 Matt Striker, American professional wrestler, born in Queens, New York
  • Jun 27 Christian Kane, American actor (Leverage, The Librarians), born in Dallas, Texas
  • Jun 28 Rob Dyrdek, American entrepreneur, TV personality (Ridiculousness) and professional skateboarder, born in Kettering, Ohio

Weddings in Film & TV

  • Jun 5 "Sly and the Family Stone" frontman Sly Stone (31) weds model-actress Kathy Silva at Madison Square Garden

Richard Harris

Jun 7 Irish actor and singer Richard Harris (43) weds American actress Ann Turkel (27); divorce in 1982


Divorces in Film & TV

Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

Jun 26 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 5th divorce from Welsh actor Richard Burton, after just over 10 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jun 2 Elliott Sullivan, American actor (The Persuaders!, Fury Below, Sergeant), dies from a heart attack at 66
  • Jun 6 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
  • Jun 9 Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin'; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman - "Professor Pepperwinkle), dies at 80
  • Jun 16 Mauritz Hugo, Swedish actor (Atomic Blonde, Death Valley Gunfighter), dies from heart disease at 65
  • Jun 17 Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50
  • Jun 28 Frank Sutton, American actor (Marty, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.), dies of a heart attack at 50