May 1986 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

May 16 "Top Gun", directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise premieres

May 16 Action film "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, directed by Tony Scott, is released across the US

May 16 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from the dead on TV show "Dallas"

May 19 39th Cannes Film Festival: "The Mission" directed by Roland Joffe wins the Palme d'Or
May 20 Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA
May 20 Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv

May 22 American singer and actress Cher calls David Letterman an "a**hole" while a guest on his "Late Night" TV program (NBC)

May 2 James Kirk, Canadian actor (She's the Man), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
May 3 Pom Klementiff, French actress (Oldboy; Marvel Universe films), born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
May 3 Poppy Delevingne, British model and actress (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), born in London, England
May 6 Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Canada
May 7 Mark Furze, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Orange, New South Wales
May 11 Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch real-time strategy gamer and professional esports player (2× World Cyber Games champion), born in Nieuwegein, Netherlands
May 12 Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress (Revenge, Captain America films), born in Port Perry, Ontario
May 13 Giuliana Marino, German model, Playboy Playmate (Apr 2005, Playmate of the Year 2006), born in Nuremberg, Germany

May 13 American actress, writer and producer (Girls), born in New York City

May 13 English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight), born in London, England

May 16 American actress (Transformers) and model, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

May 17 Tahj Mowry, American actor
May 19 Eric Lloyd, American actor
May 21 Da'Vine Joy Randolph, American actress (High Fidelity), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 23 Ryan Coogler, American director and screenwriter (Fruitvale Station, The Black Panther), born in Oakland, California
May 24 Jordan Metcalfe, English actor (Genie in the House), born in Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England
May 25 Juri Ueno, Japanese actress (Last Friends), born in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan
May 28 Joseph Cross, American actor
May 28 Seth Rollins [Colby Lopez], American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Buffalo, Iowa
May 29 Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler (Hornswaggle), born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
May 29 Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican-American fashion model

May 3 American Mousketeer-actress-singer Annette Funicello (43) weds American harness racing horse breeder and trainer Glen Holt (55), until her death in 2013
May 16 "King Crimson" founder and guitarist Robert Fripp (40) weds British actress and rock singer Toyah Wilcox (27) at Church of St. Mary, St. Cuthurga and All Saints in Witchampton, England

May 1 Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
May 3 Robert Alda, American actor (Supertrain, By Popular Demand), dies at 72
May 7 Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter, (Godspell), dies from complications of HIV/AIDS at 36
May 9 Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), dies of a heart attack at 62
May 12 Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian British stage actress, dies at 85
May 12 Lee Bonnell, American actor, dies at 67
May 22 Martin Gabel, American stage, radio and screen character actor (The Thief; Marnie; Lady In Cement), and television panelist (What's My Line?), dies of a heart attack at 73
May 23 Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
May 24 Gunnar Bjornstrand, Swedish actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
May 24 Yakima Canutt [Enos Edward], American rodeo cowboy, actor and director(Texas Terror), dies at 90
May 28 Lurene Tuttle, American actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79