April 1995 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Apr 2 WrestleMania XI, Hartford Civic Centre, CT: NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow

Apr 3 Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena

Apr 12 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jessye Norman, and Geoffrey Oryema

Apr 19 Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
Apr 21 British sitcom "Father Ted" written by Arthur Mathews & Graham Linehan, starring Dermot Morgan premieres on Channel 4
Apr 29 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV

Apr 1 American YouTube personality, born in Westlake, Ohio

Apr 17 Paulie Litt, American actor, born in New Jersey
Apr 17 Phoebe Dynevor, English actress (Bridgerton), born in Trafford, England
Apr 23 Gigi Hadid [Jelena Noura Hadid], American fashion model, born in Los Angeles, California

Apr 3 Canadian actress Neve Campbell (21) weds Canadian bartender and actor Jeff Colt; divorce in 1998

Apr 1 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50
Apr 1 Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
Apr 3 Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (Operation Mata Hari), dies at 66
Apr 4 Kenny Everett [Maurice James Christopher Cole], British TV personality and disc Jockey, dies at 50 of an AIDS related illness
Apr 4 Priscilla Lane [Mullican], American actress (Saboteur; Arsenic and Old Lace:, Bodyguard), dies of lung cancer at 77
Apr 14 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies from complications of mouth cancer at 85
Apr 16 Arthur English, British comedian and actor (Malachi's Cove, Are You Being Served?), dies of complications from emphysema at 75
Apr 16 Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80
Apr 16 Stewart Myles MacPherson, Canadian-born British broadcaster, dies at 86
Apr 23 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), Dutch radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting), dies at 70
Apr 25 Art Fleming [Fazzin], American actor, and TV game show host (Jeopardy, 1964-75, 1978-79), dies of pancreatic cancer at 70

Apr 25 American vaudeville, stage and screen dancer, singer (Top Hat), and Academy Award-winning actress (Kitty Foyle; Stage Door), dies at 83

Apr 25 Iosif Kheifits [Joseph Heifitz], Belarusian-Soviet film director (Baltic Days), dies at 89
Apr 26 Alexander Knox, Canadian actor & author (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind), dies of bone cancer at 88
Apr 28 Andrew Salkey, Panamanian-born novelist, dies at 67