July 2015 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film & TV History

Jul 9 48th San Diego Comic-Con begins (till 12th) - includes preview of new Star Wars film by J.J. Abrams

Film Release

Jul 17 Marvel's "Ant-Man", starring Paul Rudd as the titular character, is released

Comic-Book Artist and Marvel Creative Leader Stan Lee

Film & TV History

Jul 23 Supreme Court rejects Bill Cosby's petition against a civil case of his alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1974

Weddings in Film & TV

Ashton Kutcher

Jul 4 American "That 70s Show" actor Ashton Kutcher (37) weds Ukranian-American "That 70s Show" actress Mila Kunis (31) in Los Angeles

Vanessa Williams

Jul 4 American actress and singer Vanessa Williams (52) weds Jim Skrip in Buffalo, New York

Jul 10 Fashion model Nicky Hilton (31) weds banker James Rothschild at Kensington Palace in London

Jennie Garth

Jul 11 Actress Jennie Garth (43) weds actor David Abrams in Los Olivos, California

Jul 25 TV personality Beatrice Borromeo (30) weds Pierre Casiraghi (28) in the gardens of the Prince's Palace of Monaco in Monte Carlo
Jul 30 Filmmaker Guy Ritchie (47) weds model Jacqui Ainsley (33) in Ashcombe House in Wiltshire

Deaths in Film & TV

Jul 3 Diana Douglas, Bermudian-born American actress (The Indian Fighter), dies at 92
Jul 3 Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), dies at 89
Jul 10 Omar Sharif [Michel Dimitri Shalhoub], Egyptian actor (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 83
Jul 10 Roger Rees, Welsh Tony winning stage and screen actor (Cheers - "Robin Colcord"), dies of brain cancer at 71

Satoru Iwata (1959-2015)

Jul 11 Japanese video game designer, President and CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55

Jul 18 Alex Rocco, American actor (The Godfather, The Famous Teddy Z), dies at 79
Jul 21 Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American stage and screen singer and actor (The Sound of Music; Fiddler On The Roof; The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; 200 Motels), folk singer (co-founder Newport Folk Festival), and political activist, dies at 91
Jul 29 Peter O'Sullevan, British horse racing commentator 'the voice of racing', dies at 97
Jul 31 Gerald S O'Loughlin, American actor and director (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels), dies at 93

Roddy Piper (1954-2015)

Jul 31 Canadian pro wrestler (WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight C'ship 1992; World Tag Team C'ship [Ric Flair] 2006), dies from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hypertension at 61