Deaths[]
- January 1 — Jerry Summers
- January 2 — Osa Massen
- January 6 — Johnny Lange
- January 7 — John Baer
- January 9 — Don Stewart
- January 14 — Shelley Winters
- January 23 — Joseph M. Newman
- February 8 — Akira Ifukube
- February 12 — Geordie Hormel
- February 17 — Paul Carr
- February 25 — Darren McGavin
- March 3 — Paul Smith
- March 10 — Craig Huebing
- March 11 — Lindsay Shonteff
- March 17 — Gordon Gale
- March 21 — Sal Mungo
- April 1 — Wade Popwell
- April 4 — Gary Gray
- April 8 — Tommy J. Huff
- April 10 — Paul Hipp
- April 12 — José Manuel Martín
- April 13 — John Read
- April 23 — Jennifer Jayne
- May 1 — Betsy Jones-Moreland
- May 6 — Andre Brummer
- May 7 — Alfredo Salazar
- May 12 — Mino Doro
- May 14 — Paul Marco
- June 7 — Bill Reese
- June 8 — Robert Donner
- June 10 — Sally Frei
- June 14 — Monty Berman
- June 21 — Paul Nevens
- June 25 — Kenneth Griffith
- July 16 — Barbara Eiler
- July 19 — Tim Condren
- July 20 — Robert Cornthwaite
- July 23 — Mick Dillon
- July 29 — Edwin Tobolowsky
- August 12 — Nicholas Webster
- August 14 — Helmut Grewald
- August 17 — Sig Shore
- August 19 — Tony LaMarca
- August 21 — Lomax Study
- September — Ursula Hansen
- September 8 — S. John Launer
- September 10 — Kevin G. Tracey
- September 14 — Mickey Hargitay
- September 15 — Bill Cassady
- September 23 — Tim Rooney
- October 1 — Alan Cailou
- October 20 — Takuya Fujioka
- October 20 — Jane Wyatt
- October 26 — Patsy Lee Parsons
- November 2 — Joseph Mangine
- November 10 — Jack Palance
- November 16 — Noboru Nakaya
- November 23 — Nicholas Carras
- November 30 — Jackie Blaisdell
- December 4 — Adam Williams
- December 7 — Cormel Daniel
- December 10 — Joe Giannone
- December 12 — Aviva Crane
- December 13 — Keith Larsen
- December 18 — Mavor Moore
- December 27 — Ray Dannis
Home Media Releases[]
- April 6 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Region 2, Germany)
- May 16 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 9
- August 29 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 10
Events[]
- September 6 — RiffTrax founded.