Events in Film & TV
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1891 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope), born in Halluin, France (d. 1960)
- 1896 Phil Baker, American comedian (Who's Whose), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
- 1900 Preston Foster, American actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), born in Ocean City, New Jersey (d. 1970)
- 1904 Rodd Redwing, American actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
- 1905 Don Douglas, Scottish actor (The Black Castle), born in Kinleyside, Scotland (d. 1945)
- 1912 Durward Kirby, American TV announcer (Garry Moore Show), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2000)
- 1913 Dorothy Comingore [Linda Winters], American actress (Citizen Kane), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1971)
- 1915 Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor (No Hiding Place, The Saint), born in Hendon, Middlesex, England (d. 1990)
- 1916 Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell), born in Petoskey, Michigan (d. 1994)
- 1917 Dennis James, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- 1919 Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler, born in Otumba de Gómez Farías, Mexico (d. 2004)
- 1923 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (Invaders from Mars), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
- 1934 Kenny Baker, English actor (R2-D2 in Star Wars, Time Bandits), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2016)
- 1938 Mason Williams, American musician, songwriter, author and photographer (Classical Gas, Smother Brothers Comedy Hour), born in Abilene, Texas
- 1944 Rocky Johnson, Canadian pro wrestler (father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; with Tony Atlas first black champions in WWE history), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 2020)
- 1944 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2016)
- 1945 Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter, born in Pinehurst, North Carolina
- 1949 Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown), born in Brooklyn, New York
Stephen Fry
1957 Stephen Fry, English comedian, writer and actor (Blackadder, QI), born in London
Stephen Fry
- 1958 Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1960 Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker (Dead or Alive), born in Yao, Osaka, Japan
- 1961 Jared Harris, Irish-British actor (Valery Legasov-Chernobyl), born in Hammersmith, London
- 1962 David Koechner, American actor, born in Tipton, Missouri
- 1964 Dana Gould, American comedian and writer (The Simpsons 1989), born in Hopedale, Massachusetts
Marlee Matlin
1965 Marlee Matlin, American actress and the only deaf performer to win an Academy Award (Children of Lesser God), born in Morton Grove, Illinois
Marlee Matlin
- 1968 Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Toyko
- 1971 Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor, born in Rome, Italy
- 1973 Barret Oliver, American actor (The Neverending Story, Secret Garden), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1973 Dave Chappelle, American actor and comedian, born in Washington, D.C.
- 1973 Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor, born in Port Richmond, New York
- 1980 Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress (Punch), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1981 Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer and actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- 1981 Chad Michael Murray, American actor (One Tree Hill), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1981 Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, American model, born in New Jersey
- 1983 Christopher Parker, British actor (Eastenders), born in London
- 1984 Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor, born in Mississauga, Canada
Rupert Grint
1988 Rupert Grint, English actor (Harry Potter), born in Harlow, Essex, England
Rupert Grint
- 1995 Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1970 Actor Peter Sellers (44) weds model Miranda Quarry
Peter Sellers
Wedding of Interest
1987 Actor Patrick Dempsey (21) weds manager Rocky Parker (47)
Patrick Dempsey
Divorces in Film & TV
- 2009 American actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces TV personality Brandi Glanville (35) due to irreconcilable differences
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1956 Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
- 1957 Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), dies at 69
- 1967 Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
- 1973 Billy Greene, American actor (Single Room Furnished, One Man's Family), dies at 76
- 1980 Yootha Joyce, British actress (Man About the House, George and Mildred), dies of liver failure at 53
- 1983 Jack Somack, American actor (Ball Four, The Frisco Kid, Stockard Channing Show), dies of a heart attack at 64
- 1987 Malcolm Kirk, English wrestler (b. 1936)
- 1988 Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49
- 1991 Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97
- 1995 Gary Crosby, singer/actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61
- 1998 E. G. Marshall [Everett Eugene Grunz], American actor (12 Angry Men, The Defenders), dies of lung cancer at 84
- 1999 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks), dies of natural causes at 83
- 2001 Bettejane "Jane" Greer, American actress (Out of the Past, Prisoner of Zenda, Clown), dies at 76
- 2006 Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b.1979)
- 2007 Aaron Russo, American political activist, movie producer and director (Trading Places, Wise Guys, The Rose), dies of cancer at 64
- 2010 Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, dies at 46
- 2013 Julie Harris, American actress (Bell Jar, I Am a Camera, East of Eden), heart failure at 87
Richard Attenborough
2014 Richard Attenborough, English actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), dies at 90
Richard Attenborough