Deaths[]
- January 1 — Edmund Purdom
- January 1 — Michael Emmet
- January 4 — Laura Brock
- January 7 — Ray Dennis Steckler
- January 8 — Don Galloway
- January 9 — Harry Endo
- January 12 — Russ Conway
- January 14 — Ricardo Montalbán
- January 15 — Chuck Gaspar
- February 6 — Philip Carey
- February 13 — Gianna Maria Canale
- February 20 — Robert Quarry
- February 23 — Laurence Payne
- March 6 — Daniel Walker
- March 30 — Murray Kash
- April 3 — Tom Smith
- April 9 — Dale Swann
- April 12 — Noriko Honma
- April 18 — Michael Crane
- April 21 — Tony Johnson
- April 28 — Bradford Jackson
- May — Carolyn De Fonseca
- May — Goffredo Unger
- May 4 — Dom DeLuise
- May 5 — Manuel Capetillo
- May 7 — Jim B. Smith
- May 15 — Charles "Bud" Tingwell
- May 24 — Jack Lewis
- June 1 — Ken Clark
- June 3 — David Carradine
- June 4 — Ward Costello
- June 5 — Del Monroe
- June 9 — Karl Michael Vogler
- June 14 — Jesse Vogel
- July — Neil Swan
- July 7 — Whitey Hughes
- July 11 — John Breslin
- July 15 — Fred Lerner
- July 25 — Tony Brandt
- July 27 — Pearl Shear
- July 31 — Harry Alan Towers
- August 15 — Sammy Petrillo
- August 26 — Sadie Corre
- August 28 — Wayne Tippit
- September 8 — Ray Barrett
- September 10 — Peter Thornton
- September 17 — Dick Durock
- September 21 — Robert Ginty
- September 30 — Robert S. Baker
- October 3 — John Peverall
- October 17 — Douglas Blackwell
- October 21 — Duncan "Dean" Parkin
- October 30 — Clark Howat
- November 14 — William Davidson
- December 16 — José Ortiz Ramos
Home Media Releases[]
- February 3 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIV
- July 7 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XV
- December 1 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVI
Events[]
- February 22 — At the 81st Academy Awards, Greg Cannom wins the Best Makeup Award for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
- April 13 — Record producer Phil Spector is found guilty of second-degree murder for the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson.
- June 12 — Rebecca Hanson marries Tim Ryder.
- October 23 — Peter Graves receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6667 Hollywood Blvd.
- December 29 — Clowns in the Sky is made available on iTunes.