Events in Film & TV
The Mask of Zorro
Jul 17 "The Mask of Zorro" directed by Martin Campbell, starring Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Anthony Hopkins is released
Saving Private Ryan
Jul 24 "Saving Private Ryan", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon, is released (Academy Awards Best Director 1999)
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jul 8 Jaden Smith, American actor (The Karate Kid), born in Malibu, California
- Jul 8 Maya Hawke, American actress (Stranger Things), born in New York City
- Jul 10 Angus Cloud, American actor (Euphoria), born in Oakland, California (d. 2023)
- Jul 24 Bindi Irwin, Australian TV personality, conservationist; daughter of Steve Irwin, born in Buderim, Australia
- Jul 31 Bretman Rock [Laforga], Filipino-American social media personality (MTV's Following: Bretman Rock), born in Sanchez-Mira, Philippines
Weddings in Film & TV
Barbra Streisand
Jul 1 Eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer Barbra Streisand (57) weds actor James Brolin (58) in Malibu, California
Robert Evans
Jul 12 "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg (36) weds "Chinatown" film producer Robert Evans (68) in Beverly Hills, California. Marriage lasts nine days.
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jul 20 June Byers, American professional wrestler (b. 1922)
- Jul 21 Robert Young, American actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.), dies at 91
- Jul 23 John Hopkins, English TV, film and stage writer (Z-Cars), dies at 67
- Jul 27 Binnie Barnes, British actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers), dies at 95
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)
Jul 29 American Tony and Academy Award-winning theater and ballet choreographer and director (West Side Story; Peter Pan), dies shortly after suffering a strokeat 79
- Jul 30 Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American TV host (Howdy Doody), dies of cancer at 80
- Jul 30 David Hunt, British diplomat winner of the BBC's Mastermind television quiz (1977), dies at 84
