April 1986 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Apr 7 WrestleMania II at 3 locations: Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy; Mr. T beats Roddy Piper in a boxing match

Apr 8 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California. Makes his day.

Apr 9 TV show "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character

Apr 21 Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on live TV and finds nothing, except great ratings for his spectacle

Apr 23 Disney World breaks ground for Victorian themed Grand Floridian Beach Resort (now known as Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa)
Apr 24 Film "Crocodile Dundee" starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski premieres in Australia (highest grossing film of the year in the US)
Apr 27 Captain Midnight (John R MacDougall) hacks into and interrupts HBO
Apr 27 Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" starring Gwen Verdon, opens at the Minskoff Theatre, NYC; runs for 368 performances, and wins a Tony Award for choreographer Bob Fosse

Apr 28 Soviet TV news program Vremya announces a nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station, 2 days after the event

Apr 3 Amanda Bynes, American actress (The Amanda Show), born in Thousand Oaks, California
Apr 8 Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer, born in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 9 Leighton Meester, American actress (Gossip Girl-Blair Waldorf), born in Fort Worth, Texas
Apr 10 Ayesha Takia, Indian actress (Taarzan: The Wonder Car), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Apr 14 Anne Watanabe, Japanese model, born in Tokyo, Japan

Apr 22 American actress (Aquaman), born in Austin, Texas

Apr 23 Jessica Stam, Canadian supermodel, born in Kincardine, Ontario
Apr 27 Jenna Coleman, British actress (Doctor Who), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Apr 29 Renee Alway, American Model and felon, born in Micigan
Apr 30 Dianna Agron, American Actress (Quinn Fabray-Glee), born in Savannah, Georgia

Apr 26 Actor and body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger (39) weds American journalist and newscaster Maria Shriver (30); divorce in 2011

Apr 13 Stephen Stucker, American actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies at 38
Apr 14 Horst Bastian, German writer and screenwriter, dies at 46
Apr 15 Tim McIntire, American actor (Brubaker; Stand By Your Man), singer-songwriter, and musician (Funzone), dies of congestive heart failure at 41
Apr 19 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
Apr 23 Otto Preminger, Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director, producer (Laura; Advise & Consent; Anatomy of A Murder), and actor (Stalag 17),, dies of lung cancer at 80
Apr 26 Bessie Love, American actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87