Year 1976 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

• Jan 1 NBC replaces the peacock logo
• Jan 14 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)

• Jan 16 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV

• Feb 1 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV

• Feb 2 "Rich Little Show" debuts on NBC-TV

• Feb 29 ABC-TV broadcasts premiere of 1965's hit "The Sound of Music"
• Mar 2 Walt Disney World logs its 50 millionth guest

• Mar 29 48th Academy Awards: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", its stars Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher, and director Miloš Forman win

• May 1 Empress Lilly, replica of a paddle steamer, dedicated at Walt Disney World, Florida
• May 11 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
• May 11 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV

• May 28 29th Cannes Film Festival: "Taxi Driver" directed by Martin Scorsese wins the Palme d'Or

• Jun 11 "Magnificent Marble Machine" last airs on NBC-TV

• Jun 20 Disney's River Country opens at Bay Lake (closed 2001)
• Jun 24 1975 movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" released in Germany

• Jul 12 1st "Family Feud" game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson
• Jul 21 9th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
• Aug 30 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of NBC's "Today Show"

• Sep 11 Dorothy Kathleen Benham (Minn), 20, crowned 49th Miss America 1977
• Sep 17 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California, named after Star Trek Enterprise with cast attending

• Sep 27 TV drama “Dawn: Portrait of A Teenage Runaway", starring Eve Plumb premieres on US network NBC
• Sep 29 "Alice" debuts on CBS-TV
• Nov 7 "Gone With the Wind" televised

• Nov 20 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live": haggling with Lorne Michaels; performing "Here Comes the Sun" and "Homeward Bound" with Paul Simon; and airing two music videos

• Dec 18 "Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC

Birthdays in Film & TV

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 220

• Jan 1 Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress

• Jan 2 Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
• Jan 2 Paz Vega, Spanish actress
• Jan 3 Alisen Down, Canadian actress
• Jan 3 Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
• Jan 3 Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
• Jan 6 Danny Pintauro, American actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss), born in Milltown, New Jersey
• Jan 7 Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model, born in Barcelona
• Jan 8 Jenny Lewis, American actress (Becky-Life With Lucy), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Jan 9 Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer, born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Jan 12 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress & singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
• Jan 13 Michael Peña, American actor
• Jan 15 Dorian Missick, American actor, born in East Orange, New Jersey
• Jan 22 Balthazar Getty, American actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 23 Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress & singer, born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
• Jan 23 Nigel McGuinness, English pro wrestler and broadcaster (ROH World Champion 2003-06; NXT UK), born in London, England
• Jan 26 Frankie Rayder, American model, born in River Falls, Wisconsin,
• Jan 27 Clint Ford, American voice actor
• Jan 27 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
• Jan 28 Lee Ingleby, British actor
• Jan 28 Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• Jan 29 Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Russian-Soviet model, born in Saratov, Russia
• Jan 29 Charles Divins, American model & actor, born in Dallas, Texas
• Jan 30 Andy Milonakis, American comedian, born in Katonah, New York
• Feb 2 Lori Beth Denberg, American actress

• Feb 5 Tony Jaa, Thai actor & martial artist, born in Surin, Thailand
• Feb 5 Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor, born in Mumbai, India
• Feb 9 Charlie Day, American actor
• Feb 10 Keeley Hawes, British actress, born in Marylebone, United Kingdom
• Feb 11 Brice Beckham, American actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare), born in Long Beach, California
• Feb 11 André Wickström, Finland-Swedish comedian & actor, born in Sipoo, Finland
• Feb 12 Christopher Pettiet, American actor (Young Riders), born in Los Angeles, California
• Feb 12 Anna Benson, US model, born in Mableton, United States
• Feb 12 Silvia Saint, Czech actress, born in Kyjov, Czech Republic
• Feb 16 Eric Byrnes, American baseball outfielder and broadcaster (Oakland A's, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in Redwood City, California
• Feb 16 Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor
• Feb 17 Kelly Carlson, American actress
• Feb 20 Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
• Feb 23 Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Feb 24 Crista Flanagan, American television comedian
• Feb 25 Rashida Jones, American actress (Parks and Recreation), writer, model, and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
• Feb 28 Ali Larter, American actress and model
• Feb 28 Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor

• Mar 1 Dave Malkoff, American TV News Reporter
• Mar 4 Sean Covel, American film producer
• Mar 5 Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
• Mar 6 Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
• Mar 8 Freddie Prinze Jr, actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
• Mar 9 Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host, born in Montreal, Quebec
• Mar 10 Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
• Mar 12 Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
• Mar 13 Danny Masterson, American actor (That '70s Show), born in Long Island, New York
• Mar 15 Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
• Mar 16 Paul Schneider, American actor
• Mar 16 Nick Spano, American actor
• Mar 17 Brittany Daniel, American actress
• Mar 17 Cynthia Daniel, American actress and photographer
• Mar 18 Michael Spillane, American wrestler, better known as Mike Quackenbush
• Mar 18 Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress
• Mar 19 Rachel Blanchard, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Mar 22 Kellie Shanygne Williams, actress (Laura-Family Matters), born in Washington, D.C.

• Mar 23 Keri Russell, American actress (Felicity, The Americans), born in Fountain Valley, California
• Mar 25 Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor
• Mar 25 Gigi Leung, Hong Kong actress and singer (Tempting Heart), born in Hong Kong
• Mar 26 Amy Smart, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
• Mar 26 Natalia Livingston, American actress (General Hospital, Days of Our Lives), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
• Mar 26 Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress, born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
• Mar 31 Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)
• Apr 1 David Oyelowo, English Nigerian actor (Spooks, Lincoln), born in Oxford, England
• Apr 3 Will Mellor, English actor (Hollyoaks), born in Bredbury, Greater Manchester
• Apr 5 Sterling K. Brown, American actor (The People v. O. J. Simpson, This is Us), born in St. Louis, Missouri
• Apr 6 Candace H Cameron Bure, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
• Apr 7 Kevin Alejandro, American actor

• Apr 13 Valentina Cervi, Italian actress, born in Rome, Italy
• Apr 13 Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor, born in Seoul
• Apr 15 Susan Ward, American actress
• Apr 16 Lukas Haas, American actor and musician (Witness, Inception), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 16 Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress (Three Times), born in Taipei, Taiwan
• Apr 17 Monet Mazur, American actress and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 17 Alex Nesic, Serbian-French-American actor, born in Santa Barbara, California

• Apr 20 Joey Lawrence, American actor (Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Apr 24 Shane McDermott, American actor (Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing), born in Middletown, New York
• Apr 27 Sally Hawkins, English film actress (The Shape of Water), born in London, England
• May 1 Darius McCrary, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters)
• May 4 Heather Kozar, playmate (Jan, 1998), born in Akron, Ohio
• May 5 Sage Stallone, American actor (Rocky V) and the eldest son of Sylvester Stallone, born in Los Angeles, California
• May 14 Martine McCutcheon, British actress
• May 23 Kelly Marie Monaco, playmate (April, 1997), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May 25 Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (28 Days Later), born in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland
• May 25 Ethan Suplee, American actor (American History X), born in Manhattan, New York
• May 26 Benji Gregory, American actor (Brian Tanner-Alf), born in Encino, California
• May 28 Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
• May 29 Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball infielder/outfielder, broadcaster (Baltimore Orioles), born in Des Moines, Iowa

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Weddings in Film & TV

• Jun 25 Actor Peter Lawford (52) weds aspiring actress Deborah Gould (25)

Divorces in Film & TV

Deaths in Film & TV

• Jan 4 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
• Jan 13 Margaret Leighton, British actress (The Go-Between, The Night of the Iguana), dies of multiple sclerosis at 53
• Jan 18 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
• Jan 19 Kevin Coughlin, American actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in a hit and run at 30
• Jan 23 Paul Robeson, American singer (Old Man River), actor and civil rights activist, dies in Philadelphia at 77
• Jan 23 Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (The Fortress; Passport to Pimlico), dies at 62
• Jan 29 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies of a heart attack at 59
• Feb 2 Johan Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
• Feb 5 Roger Livesey, Welsh actor (Drum, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), dies from bowel cancer at 69
• Feb 6 Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam), dies at 50
• Feb 11 Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
• Feb 11 Charles "Charlie" Naughton, Scottish actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
• Feb 11 Lee J. Cobb [Leo Jacoby], American actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies from a heart attack at 64
• Feb 12 Sal Mineo, American actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
• Feb 13 Alice "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies of pancreatic cancer at 77
• Feb 17 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Le Plaisir, Every Man is My Enemy), dies from heart failure at 65
• Feb 18 Eddie Dowling, American actor (Rainbow Man, Anywhere USA), dies at 80
• Feb 18 Joseph Henabery, actor and director (Cobra), dies at 88
• Feb 21 Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74
• Feb 22 Angela Baddeley, English actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
• Feb 23 John Forest "Fuzzy" Knight, American actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady), dies at 74
• Feb 24 H Allen Smith, TV host (Armchair Detective), dies at 69
• Feb 24 Julian Rivero, American actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express), dies at 85
• Mar 6 Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer, actor (world light heavyweight champion 1932-34), dies of Paget's disease of bone at 68
• Mar 13 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
• Mar 14 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
• Mar 19 Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (Backbiters, Napoleon), dies at 86
• Mar 20 Michael Goodliffe, British actor (A Night to Remember, Cromwell, 5th Day of Peace), commits suicide at 61
• Mar 21 Spider Sabich, American alpine skier (Olympics 1968), dies when shot by actress Claudine Longet at 31
• Mar 24 Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
• Mar 28 Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
• Mar 30 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
• Apr 2 Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), dies at 74

• Apr 7 Mary Margaret McBride, American radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC), dies at 76
• Apr 11 Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59
• Apr 12 Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
• Apr 14 Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60
• Apr 23 James Flavin, American actor (King Kong, In Cold Blood, Man With a Camera), dies from a ruptured aorta at 69
• Apr 23 Ronald Radd, British actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
• Apr 23 Shimen Ruskin, Polish actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time), dies at 69
• Apr 25 Carol Reed, English film director (Agony & Ecstasy, Oliver!), dies at 69
• Apr 25 Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
• Apr 26 Allan Jackson, American newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60
• Apr 26 Neil McCallum, British-Canadian actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
• Apr 26 Sid James [Solomon Joel Cohen], South African-born British character & comedy actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On), dies from a heart attack at 62
• May 1 Rex O'Malley, British actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75
• May 3 David Bruce [Marden Andrew McBroom], American actor (The Mad Ghoul, Flying Tigers), dies from a heart attack at 60
• May 7 Alan Baxter, American actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches), dies at 67
• May 27 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
• Jun 2 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
• Jun 5 Violet Wilkey, American actress (b. 1903)
• Jun 6 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85
• Jun 9 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
• Jun 10 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103
• Jun 28 Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu), dies of pneumonia at 49
• Jul 2 Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73
• Jul 3 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
• Jul 7 Norman Foster, American actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies at 75
• Jul 12 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72
• Jul 19 Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth], American actor (She Demons, Tormented, The Spider), dies at 73
• Jul 24 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
• Jul 28 Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
• Aug 7 Cecil Weston, South African-born actress (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86
• Aug 10 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, American actor (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
• Aug 17 Murvyn Vye [Marvin], American actor (Road to Bali, Bob Cummings Show), dies of natural causes at 63
• Aug 17 William Redfield, American actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage), dies of leukaemia at 49
• Aug 19 Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75
• Aug 20 Phyllis Konstam, British actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
• Aug 26 Warner Anderson, American actor (The Bubble, Destination Moon, Peyton Place), dies at 65
• Aug 27 Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films, dies of a heart attack at 53
• Aug 29 Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy, Family Affair), ODs at 18
• Sep 10 Dorothy Devore, actress (Newscast, Senor Daredevil), dies at 77
• Sep 10 George Baxter, French actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged), dies at 71
• Sep 13 Albert Tessier, French Canadian priest, historian and filmmaker (b. 1895)
• Sep 20 Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
• Sep 24 Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), dies of a heart attack at 54
• Sep 24 Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74
• Oct 4 Alexander Gray, American actor (Sally, This is Music), dies at 85
• Oct 5 Barbara Nichols, American actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly), dies of complications from organ damage at 47
• Oct 14 Edith Evans, English actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
• Oct 31 Linda Watkins, American actress (From Hell it Came, Harpy), dies at 68
• Nov 1 Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungarian actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies of a heart attack at 58
• Nov 9 Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), dies of a heart attack at 56
• Nov 15 Jean Gabin, French actor (Moulin Rouge, La Grande Illusion), dies at 72
• Nov 21 Niles Welch, American actor (Cornered), dies at 88
• Nov 22 Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59
• Nov 28 Rosalind Russell, American actress (Mame), dies of cancer at 68
• Nov 29 Godfrey Cambridge, American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem), dies of a heart attack at 43
• Nov 29 Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...), dies at 86
• Nov 30 Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
• Dec 2 William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
• Dec 3 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
• Dec 9 Nino Martini, Italian actor (The Gay Desperado, Here's to Romance), dies from a heart attack at 71
• Dec 12 John "Jack" Cassidy, American singer and actor (Oscar-He & She, The Eiger Sanction), dies in a fire at 49
• Dec 20 Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adv of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80
• Dec 23 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies
• Dec 24 Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
• Dec 25 Frankie Darro [Frank Johnson], American actor (Radio Ranch, Wild Boys of the Road, Valley of Wanted Men), dies of a heart attack at 58