Events in Film & TV
Television Premiere
1959-09-12 American western series "Bonanza" starring Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, and Michael Landon premieres on NBC-TV
- 1961-05-15 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
- 1972-08-13 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th & last episode of American western series "Bonanza"
- 1973-01-16 NBC presents 440th & final showing of western series "Bonanza"
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1902-01-12 Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1976)
- 1903-03-28 Charles Starrett, American actor (The Mask of Fu Manchu, Bonanza Town), born in Athol, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
- 1915-02-12 Lorne Greene [Lyon Chaim Green], Canadian actor (Bonanza - "Ben Cartwright"; Battlestar Galactica), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 1987)
- 1915-10-18 Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1980)
- 1921-01-17 Dehl Berti, Chiricahua Apache actor (Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Guns of Paradise), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1991)
- 1928-05-18 Pernell Roberts, American actor (Bonanza - "Adam"; Trapper John, M.D.), born in Waycross, Georgia (d. 2010)
- 1928-12-10 Dan Blocker, American actor Cimarron City - "Tiny"; Bonanza - "Hoss"), born in DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas (d. 1972)
Michael Landon (1936-1991)
1936-10-31 American actor (Bonanza - "Little Joe"; Little House on the Prairie - "Charles"; Highway to Heaven - "Jonathan"), born in Forest Hills, New York
- 1938-08-25 David Canary, American actor (Bonanza, All My Children), born in Elwood, Indiana (d. 2015)
- 1956-01-17 Mitch Vogel, American actor (Jamie-Bonanza), born in Alhambra, California
- 1964-06-20 Michael Landon Jr., American actor and director (Little House on the Prairie; Bonanza (TV movies)), born in Encino, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1972-05-13 Dan Blocker, American actor (Cimarron City - "Tiny"; Bonanza - "Hoss"), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 43
- 1976-04-02 Ray Teal, American actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Bonanza), dies at 74
- 1979-06-17 Lou Frizzell, American character actor (Summer of '42; Bonanza - "Dusty Rhodes"), dies at 59
- 1980-11-09 Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu), dies from accidental asphyxiation at 65
- 1986-03-22 Charles Starrett, American actor (The Mask of Fu Manchu, Bonanza Town), dies at 82
- 1987-09-11 Lorne Greene [Lyon Chaim Green], Canadian actor (Bonanza - "Ben Cartwright"; Battlestar Galactica), dies of pneumonia following heart surgery at 72
Michael Landon (1936-1991)
1991-07-01 American actor (Bonanza - "Little Joe"; Little House on the Prairie - "Charles"; Highway to Heaven - "Jonathan"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 54
- 1991-11-26 Dehl Berti, Chiricahua Apache actor (Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Guns of Paradise), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 2010-01-24 Pernell Roberts, American actor (Bonanza- "Adam"; Trapper John, M.D.), dies at 81
- 2015-11-16 David Canary, American actor (Bonanza, All My Children), dies at 77