Events in Film & TV
- Jan 15 CBS' premiere of TV made teen drug abuse drama, "Not My Kid", based on the previous year's book by Beth Polson
- Jan 22 Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
- Jan 23 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
Golden Globes
Jan 26 42nd Golden Globes: "Amadeus", F. Murray Abraham, & Sally Field win
Sally Field
F. Murray Abraham
Event of Interest
Feb 24 Yul Brynner reprised his role in "The King & I"
Yul Brynner
Event of Interest
Mar 1 Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
Liza Minnelli
Television Premiere
Mar 3 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis premieres on ABC TV in the US
Bruce Willis
- Mar 5 38th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Killing Fields" Best Film, Wim Wenders Best Director
- Mar 6 Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "The King & I"
Film and TV Awards
Mar 12 11th People's Choice Awards: Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Joan Collins & Linda Evans win (TV)
- Mar 18 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC for $3.5 billion, first transfer of ownership of a TV network
Academy Awards
Mar 25 57th Academy Awards: "Amadeus", F. Murray Abraham & Sally Field win
F. Murray Abraham
Sally Field
Event of Interest
Mar 27 Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Billy Dee Williams
WrestleMania
Mar 31 WrestleMania I, Madison Square Garden, NYC: Hulk Hogan & Mr T beat Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorf
Hulk Hogan
Mr. T
- Apr 30 "Shoah", French documentary about the Holocaust, directed by Claude Lanzmann, starring Richard Glazar and Raul Hilberg, premieres in Paris
- May 13 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
- May 18 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
- May 20 38th Cannes Film Festival: "When Father Was Away on Business" directed by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d'Or
Film Premier
May 22 "A View to a Kill", 14th James Bond film, last to star Roger Moore, also starring Grace Jones and Christopher Walken, premieres in San Francisco
Roger Moore
Christopher Walken
Event of Interest
May 23 President Ronald Reagan awards Jimmy Stewart the Presidential Medal of Freedom and promotes him to Major General on the Retired List
James Stewart
Ronald Reagan
Album Release
Jun 1 Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
Weird Al Yankovic
Television Debut
Jun 3 "Larry King Live" debuts on CNN, airing each weeknight through December, 2010
Larry King
Film Release
Jun 13 "Prizzi's Honor", starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, and Anjelica Huston, is released
Anjelica Huston
Jack Nicholson
Event of Interest
Jul 3 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover
Ted Turner
- Jul 3 Tinker Bell's first nightly flight at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida
Film Release
Jul 3 "Back to the Future" directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd is released
Michael J. Fox
- Jul 15 Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
Event of Interest
Jul 25 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirms he has AIDS
Rock Hudson
Event of Interest
Aug 1 Emmy 12th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 6th time
Susan Lucci
- Aug 1 18th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
Music Recording
Aug 7 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
Barbra Streisand
Television Premiere
Aug 16 CBS' premiere of its TV adaptation of "Death of A Salesman", staring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich
Dustin Hoffman
- Aug 26 42nd Venice Film Festival: "Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond)" directed by Agnes Varda wins the Golden Lion
Event of Interest
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
Jerry Lewis
- Sep 14 Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986
Television Debut
Sep 14 "The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC
Betty White
Estelle Getty
Television Debut
Sep 29 "Amazing Stories" by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV
Steven Spielberg
- Sep 29 "MacGyver" starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
Event of Interest
Sep 30 Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM (NY)
Howard Stern
- Oct 26 CBS' premiere of fact based TV film "Children of the Night", based on sociology student Lois Lee's expose on female crime and inconsistent enforcement of prostitution laws in Los Angeles
- Nov 1 Nostalgia Television begins on cable
- Nov 4 "Edge of Darkness" first airs on BBC Two, featuring Bob Peck and Joanne Whalley
Television Premiere
Nov 5 CBS' premiere of TV made Lucille Ball drama "Stone Pillow"
Lucille Ball
Television Premiere
Nov 24 NBC miniseries "Mussolini: The Untold Story" starring George C. Scott premieres in the US
Benito Mussolini
George C. Scott
- Dec 1 Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
Event of Interest
Dec 1 TV mini series "Anne of Green Gables" based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, starring Megan Follows is first shown on CBS in Canada
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Event of Interest
Dec 3 7th ACE Cable Awards: Shelley Duvall wins the Golden CableACE for "Faerie Tale Theatre"
Shelley Duvall
- Dec 8 NBC premiere of thriller "Final Jeopardy", starring Richard Thomas and Mary Crosby
Film Premier
Dec 10 "Out of Africa", based on the book by Isak Dinesen, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1986)
- Dec 11 General Electric acquires RCA Corp & its subsidiary, NBC
Film Premier
Dec 16 Film "The Color Purple" based on novel by Alice Walker, directed by Stephen Spielberg starring Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover premieres in New York
- Dec 20 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 5 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor, born in Burnaby, Canada (d. 2001)
- Jan 5 Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jan 12 Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress, born in Madrid, Spain
- Jan 12 Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer (Insecure), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 17 Kangin [Kim Young-woon], South Korean singer, dancer, actor and DJ (Super Junior), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Jan 18 Minnisha Lamba, Indian actress & model, born in New Delhi, India
- Jan 21 Sasha Pivovarova, Russian Model
- Jan 23 Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel, born in Eastermar, Netherlands
- Jan 29 Isabel Lucas, Australian actress, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Feb 1 Jodi Gordon, Australian actress & model, born in Mackay, Australia
- Feb 4 Bug Hall, American actor, born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Feb 5 Crystal Hunt, American actress, born in Clearwater, Florida
- Feb 7 Tina Majorino, actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)
- Feb 7 Clara Bryant, American actress
- Feb 9 David Gallagher, American actor
- Feb 12 Saskia Burmeister Croft, Australian actress, born in Sydney, Australia
- Feb 13 Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress, born in South Korea
- Feb 14 Jacob Parker, American actor (Evening Shade), born in Bixby, Oklahoma
- Feb 14 Karima Adebibe, Moroccan-English actress & model, born in Bethnal Green, London
- Feb 14 Heart Evangelista, Filipina singer & actress, born in Manila, Philippines
- Feb 14 Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer & actress, born in British Hong Kong
- Feb 17 Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
- Feb 19 Haylie Duff, American actress (7th Heaven; Napoleon Dynamite), and singer-songwriter, born in Houston, Texas
- Feb 19 Arielle Kebbel, American actress
- Feb 26 Ally Hilfiger, American actress & daughter of Tommy Hilfiger, born in New York City
- Feb 27 Juliana Imai, Brazilian model, born in Paraná, Brazil
- Mar 2 Robert Iler, American actor
- Mar 5 Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
- Mar 6 Albert Reed, American model
- Mar 8 Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
Emile Hirsch
Mar 13 Emile Hirsch, American actor (Into the Wild, Speed Racer), born in Topanga, California
Emile Hirsch
Keira Knightley
Mar 26 Keira Knightley, English actress (Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean), born in London, England
Keira Knightley
- Mar 26 Jonathan Groff, American stage actor
- Mar 27 Caroline Winberg, Swedish supermodel, born in Sollentuna Municipality, Sweden
- Mar 30 Miss Fame [Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen], American drag queen, model, and TV personality (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Templeton, California
- Apr 1 Josh Zuckerman, American actor
- Apr 9 Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer and actor, born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
- Apr 12 Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel (IMG Models), born in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Apr 16 Benjamín Rojas, Argentine actor and singer, born in La Plata, Argentina
- Apr 23 Angel Locsin, Filipina TV and movie actress (Mulawin), born in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
- Apr 25 Jonathan Halyalkar, American actor (Billy-Who's the Boss), born in Ramsey, New Jersey
- May 1 Drew Sidora, American actress
Lily Allen
May 2 Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter (It's Not Me, It's You) and TV presenter (Lily Allen and Friends), born in London
Lily Allen
- May 3 Greg Raposo, American singer and actor, born in New York
- May 5 Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and media personality, born in Tokyo
- May 8 Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress
- May 14 Sally Martin, American actress
- May 16 Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
- May 21 Kano [Robinson], English rapper and actor, born in London
- May 22 Caridee English, American Model
- May 25 Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress (Floribella), born in Massarelos, Porto, Portugal
- Jun 2 Ana Cristina, Cuban American singer, composer, and actress
- Jun 3 Detox Icunt [Matthew Sanderson], American drag queen, recording artist and TV personality (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Orlando, Florida
- Jun 4 Bar Refaeli, Israeli model
- Jun 4 Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (d. 2006)
- Jun 6 Drew Galloway, Scottish professional wrestler
- Jun 9 Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress (Neerja), born in Bombay, India
- Jun 11 Anja Rubik, Polish supermodel, born in Rzeszów, Poland
- Jun 12 Kendra Wilkinson, American Television Personality and glamour model, born in San Diego, California
- Jun 13 Raz-B [De'Mario Thornton], American R&B actor and singer (B2K), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Lana Del Rey
Jun 21 Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriter (Born to Die, Ultraviolence), and model (H&M), born in NYC, New York
Lana Del Rey
Ashley Tisdale
Jul 2 Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer (High School Musical), born in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Ashley Tisdale
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Jul 14 Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress, writer and director (Fleabag), born in London, England
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- Jul 18 Chace Crawford, American actor
- Jul 20 John Francis Daley, American actor
- Jul 22 Akira Tozawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- Jul 25 James Lafferty, American actor (One Tree Hill-Nathan Scott), born in Hemet, California
- Jul 25 Jasmine Lennard, British model and reality TV star (Big Brother), born in Belgravia, Westminster, England
- Jul 27 Benedita Pereira, Portuguese actress, born in Porto, Portugal
- Jul 27 Lou Taylor Pucci, American actor (Thumbsucker), born in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
- Jul 28 Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, born in Yellowknife, Canada
- Aug 2 Davey Boy Smith Jr. [Harry Smith], Canadian professional wrestler (multiple tag team champion), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Aug 9 Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer (Pitch Perfect), born in Portland, Maine
- Aug 14 Charlotte Kate Fox, American actress (Asadora, Massan), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Aug 16 Agnes Bruckner, American actress, born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Aug 17 Yū Aoi, Japanese actress (Hula Girls), born in Kasuga, Japan
- Aug 28 James Jagger, American actor (Vinyl) and son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall, born in NYC, New York
- Aug 29 Jeffrey Licon, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 8 Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant (Miss Jamaica Universe 2010), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Sep 14 Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer, born in Nerima, Tokyo
- Sep 16 Madeline Zima, American actress (The Nanny, Californication), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Sep 21 Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor
- Sep 22 Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress (Orphan Black), born in Regina, Saskatchewan
Hasan Minhaj
Sep 23 Hasan Minhaj, American stand-up comedian (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj), born in Davis, California
Hasan Minhaj
- Oct 10 Aaron Himelstein, American actor (Austin Powers in Goldmember), born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Feb 2 NFL running back, broadcaster, actor and felon O.J. Simpson marries second wife Nicole Brown (murdered 1994)
O.J. Simpson
Wedding of Interest
Feb 8 Director Martin Scorsese (42) weds producer Barbara De Fina (35)
Martin Scorsese
Wedding of Interest
Feb 24 NFL quarterback Joe Montana (28) weds actress and model Jennifer Wallace
Joe Montana
- Mar 9 Actors Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed
Wedding of Interest
Mar 16 Actress Maureen McCormick (28) weds Michael Cummings
Maureen McCormick
Wedding of Interest
Mar 23 Musician Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley
Billy Joel
- Jun 22 "Dallas" actress Victoria Principal (35) weds plastic surgeon Harry Glassman (43) in Dallas
Wedding of Interest
Dec 15 Actor Sylvester Stallone (39) weds "Rocky IV" actress Brigitte Nielsen (22) in Beverly Hills, California
Sylvester Stallone
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
Jan 7 Actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) divorces fellow R&B singer James DeBarge (21) only 4 months after getting married
Janet Jackson
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 5 Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906
- Jan 7 Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931)
- Jan 14 Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86
- Jan 18 Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day's Night, Steptoe and Son), dies from cancer at 72
- Jan 21 Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
- Jan 30 Ken Mayers, American actor (Little Big Man, Dick Tracey, Space Patrol), dies at 66
- Feb 6 Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
- Feb 8 Marvin Miller [Mueller], American actor (Space Patrol, Dead Reckoning, Millionaire), dies from a heart attack at 71
- Feb 8 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Feb 11 Heinz Roemheld, American film composer (Yankee Doodle Dandy; Ruby Gentry), dies of pneumonia at 83
- Feb 11 Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
- Feb 12 Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (Cheers, Family Plot, The Counterfeit Killer), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Feb 16 Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
- Feb 17 Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67
- Feb 18 Willy Alberti [Carel Verbrugge], Dutch singer and actor (Riffin in Amsterdam), dies at 58
- Feb 19 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66
- Feb 21 Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 89
- Feb 21 Louis Hayward, British-American actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75
- Feb 22 Alexander Scourby, American actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71
- Feb 27 David Huffman, American actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), murdered at 39
- Feb 27 J Pat O'Malley, Irish-British actor (101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book), dies at 80
- Feb 28 Charita Bauer, American actress (The Guiding Light, Aldrich Family), dies following long illness at 62
- Mar 8 Edward Andrews, American actor (Tea & Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat), dies of a heart attack at 70
- Mar 21 Michael Redgrave, British actor (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 77 of Parkinson's Disease
- Mar 25 Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (Gertrud, Hooray for the Blue Hussars), dies at 75
- Mar 28 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
- Mar 30 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
- Apr 5 Arthur Negus, English antiques expert and broadcaster (Antiques Roadshow), dies at 82
- Apr 14 Noele Gordon, British actress (Crossroads) dies at 65
- Apr 16 Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney], American actor (Shotgun Slade, China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 60
- Apr 23 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies from heart disease at 78
- Apr 25 Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
- Apr 25 Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music, Alice in Wonderland), dies from a heart attack at 80
- May 1 George Pravda, Czech actor, dies at 68
- May 2 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
- May 6 Julie Vega, Filipina child actress and singer, dies at 16
- May 7 Dawn Addams, British actress (A King in New York, Star Maidens) who married the Prince of Roccasecca, dies of cancer at 54
- May 8 Adolphus "Dolph" Sweet, American actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up), dies of cancer at 64
- May 8 Redmond "Edmond" O'Brien, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
- May 11 Jorja Curtright, American actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack at 89
- May 15 Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
Margaret Hamilton
May 16 Margaret Hamilton, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
Margaret Hamilton
- May 17 Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
- May 18 Tex Terry, American actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
- May 20 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
- May 27 Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
- May 29 Madge West, American actress (McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
- Jun 1 Richard Greene, English composer and actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 67
- Jun 6 Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
- Jun 10 George Chandler, American actor (Fury, Lassie, The Fatal Glass of Beer), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 86
- Jun 11 Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
- Jun 27 Jane Ross [Breslaw], American actress (Star Trek, Rocket Attack U.S.A., Wild Is My Love), dies at 53
- Jun 28 James Craig [Meador], American actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops), dies of lung cancer at 73
- Jun 28 Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (O blofatzis, Anna of Rhodes), dies at 72
- Jul 5 Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73
- Jul 7 Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64
- Jul 8 Phil Foster, American comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
- Jul 9 Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49
- Jul 17 Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor
- Jul 21 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
- Jul 21 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
- Jul 28 Grant Williams, American actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54
- Jul 29 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69
- Aug 2 Frank Faylen, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life, Funny Girl), dies of pneumonia at 79
- Aug 7 Grayson Hall [Shirley Grossman], American actress (The Night of the Iguana, Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 62
- Aug 8 Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
- Aug 12 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor, dies in JAL 123 crash at 43
- Aug 13 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67
- Aug 14 Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86
- Aug 25 Samantha Smith, American peace activist and actress (invited to the Soviet Union during Cold War), dies in plane at 13
- Aug 28 Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, The Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88
- Aug 29 Evelyn Ankers, American actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67
- Aug 29 Patrick Barr, English actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77
- Sep 1 Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
- Sep 2 Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler
- Sep 4 George O'Brien, American actor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Human), dies of a stroke at 85
- Sep 4 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
- Sep 6 Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke, Beulah), dies at 70 of pneumonia
- Sep 10 Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
- Sep 11 Masako Natsume [Odate], Japanese actress and model (Tripitaka in "Monkey"), dies of leukaemia at 27
- Sep 23 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Sep 27 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83
Simone Signoret
Sep 30 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64
Simone Signoret
- Oct 2 George Savalas, Greek-American actor (Kojak, Kelly's Heroes), dies of leukaemia at 58
Rock Hudson
Oct 2 Rock Hudson, American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), dies of AIDS-related complications at 59
Rock Hudson
Orson Welles
Oct 10 Orson Welles, American actor and director (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), dies of a heart attack at 70
Orson Welles
Yul Brynner
Oct 10 Yul Brynner, Russian-Swiss actor (The King and I, The Ten Commandments), dies of cancer at 65
Yul Brynner
- Oct 12 Johnny Olson, American radio personality and television announcer (The Price is Right), dies at 75
- Oct 16 Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78
- Oct 29 John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), dies at 82
- Oct 30 Kirby Grant, American actor (Rustlers Round-Up, Yukon Gold, Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
- Oct 31 Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (Soldaten og Jenny, Det gælder os alle), dies at 72
Phil Silvers
Nov 1 Phil Silvers, American comedian and actor (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show), dies in his sleep at 73
Phil Silvers
- Nov 6 Joel Crothers, American actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44
- Nov 6 Sanjeev Kumar [Harihar Jariwala], Indian Bollywood actor (Angoor, Dastak, Koshish), dies of a heart attack at 47
- Nov 9 Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs
- Nov 17 Jimmy Ritz, American actor and comedian (Ritz Brothers-Blazing Stewardesses), dies of heart failure at 81