# 1967 in television

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The year 1967 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1967.

## Events

* January 15
** The inaugural Super Bowl is simulcast on CBS and NBC
** The Rolling Stones appear on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show, where, at Sullivan's insistence, they perform "Let's Spend the Night Together" as "Let's Spend Some Time Together."
* January 29 – The first CBS Playhouse presentation, The Final War of Olly Winter, is televised.
* February 16 – The first airing of "Space Seed", the Star Trek television episode that introduces popular villain Khan Noonien Singh, as played by Ricardo Montalbán, is aired on NBC.
* February 23 – The Beatles make a taped appearance on ABC's American Bandstand, where they premiere their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever".
* February 25 – Gene Kelly stars in Jack and the Beanstalk; airing on NBC and produced by Hanna-Barbera, it is the first TV special to combine live action and animation.
* March – Gunsmoke is renewed by CBS for the fall 1967 season. Aging (it was completing its 12th season) and declining in the ratings, CBS planned to cancel the western, but protests from viewers, network affiliates and even members of Congress and especially William S. Paley (Gunsmoke was Paley's wife's favorite show), the head of the network, lead the network to move the series from its longtime late Saturday time slot to early Mondays for the fall—displacing Gilligan's Island, which initially had been renewed for the fall but is cancelled instead. Gunsmoke would remain on CBS until 1975.
* March 6 – Mark Twain Tonight! starring Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain, premieres on CBS.
* March 11 – This was the last day that French-language TV stations in Canada were required to run "personals" (classified advertising) between 6–7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
* May 1 – The United Network (initially known as the Overmyer Network) launches broadcasting with the talk/variety show The Las Vegas Show—which would be the only show it airs, as both network and show disappear in June due in part to transmission expenses.
* May 13 – TV Bandeirantes São Paulo, a first network television station of Rede Bandeirantes, an officially regular broadcasting service to start in Brazil.
* May 15 – CBS News and BBC host the "Town Meeting of the World" with governor Ronald Reagan and senator Robert F. Kennedy.
* May – David Dortort appoints himself executive producer of Bonanza, a move which takes him out of the day-to-day running of the show but allows him to spend his efforts on another NBC western, The High Chaparral.
* June 12 – The fourth Peanuts special, You're in Love, Charlie Brown, with a springtime theme, has its premiere on CBS.
* June 15 – ATV0, Melbourne, launches color television in Australia with live coverage of the Pakenham races.
* June 25 – The special Our World becomes the first live worldwide "via satellite" TV broadcast, transmitting to 30 countries. Performers include Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash, Hunter Davies, and The Beatles (who perform "All You Need Is Love," a song composed especially for the occasion).
* July 1 – With live coverage from the Wimbledon Championships of tennis, BBC2 becomes Europe's first color TV broadcaster, although still in the experimental stage.
* July 28 – In the VPRO television show Hoepla, model Phil Bloom flashes nude in front of the cameras. Several angry viewers complain by sending letters of protests.
* August 6 – Formula One auto racing has its first colour TV broadcast, as the 1967 German Grand Prix raced at Nürburgring is colorcast to a West German audience on an experimental basis.
* August 21 – ABC's Dark Shadows and CBS's As the World Turns are the first daytime soaps on their respective networks to go color.
* August 25 – Color television is officially launched in West Germany (simultaneously by ARD and ZDF) at precisely 9:30 am, with a symbolic launch button pressed by Willy Brandt at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin.
* August 29 – The Fugitive finale proves to be one of the most-watched episodes of the decade.
* September 2 – At 12:30 pm, Channel 9 in Sioux City, Iowa switches from being KVTV (CBS basic) to KCAU-TV (ABC full-time). Three days later, CBS returns to the area when KMEG-TV signs-on.
* September 9 – NBC airs what will prove to be the pilot of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; which would have its actual series premiere on January 22, 1968.
* September 10 – The Who destroy their instruments during a performance on CBS's The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
* September 17 – The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show, but Jim Morrison performs it the way it was written and the band is banned from the show as a result.
* October 1
** First colour television broadcasts introduced in France, RSFSR and BSSR using SECAM system.
** In the VPRO TV show Hoepla, model Phil Bloom is seen reading a newspaper; when she folds the newspaper, she is completely nude (the first time someone appears nude in a television program).
* November 7 - The Golden Jubilee October Revolution Day Parades in Moscow, Leningrad and Minsk are first major events to be broadcast in color in the Soviet Union using SECAM system.
* November 19 – TVB launches free-to-air television in Hong Kong.
* November 27 – Thai Army Television converts from System M (a 525-line screen) to System B (625 lines) in preparation for PAL color (to be launched in 1969).
* December 2 – Color television is officially launched on BBC2.
* December 11 – NBC airs the all-star special Movin' With Nancy, featuring Nancy Sinatra and guests.
* December 21 – The only guests for a highly rated holiday episode of The Dean Martin Show are the family members of Martin and Frank Sinatra.
* December 26 – The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour airs on BBC1 in the UK.

### Also in 1967

* All CBS soap operas transition from live to tape broadcasts
* PAL and SECAM video standards introduced
* A taped appearance by The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, premiering their new music video for the song "Hello Goodbye"
* The FCC orders that cigarette ads on television, radio and in print must include a warning about the health risks of smoking
* The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is established
* Cissy King replaces Barbara Boylan as Bobby Burgess's dance partner on The Lawrence Welk Show.

## Programs/Programmes

* American Bandstand (1952–89)
* Another World (1964–99)
* Armchair Theatre (1956–68)
* As the World Turns (1956–2010)
* Batman (1966–68)
* Bewitched (1964–72)
* Blue Peter (UK) (1958–present)
* Bonanza (1959–73)
* Bozo the Clown (1949–present)
* Candid Camera (1948–present)
* Captain Kangaroo (1955–84)
* Come Dancing (UK) (1949–95)
* Coronation Street (UK) (1960–present)
* Crossroads (UK) (1964–88, 2001–03)
* Daniel Boone (1964–70)
* Dark Shadows (1966–71)
* Days of Our Lives (1965–present)
* Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–76)
* Doctor Who (UK) (1963–89, 1996, 2005–present)
* Face the Nation (1954–present)
* Family Affair (1966–71)
* Four Corners (Australia) (1961–present)
* General Hospital (1963–present)
* Get Smart (1965–70)
* Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–70)
* Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007)
* Green Acres (1965–71)
* Gunsmoke (1955–75)
* Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–present)
* Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
* Hogan's Heroes (1965–71)
* I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70)
* I Spy (1965–1968)
* It's Academic (1961–present)
* Jeopardy! (1964–75, 1984–present)
* Lost in Space (1965–68)
* Love of Life (1951–80)
* Match Game (1962–69, 1973–84, 1990–91, 1998–99)
* Meet the Press (1947–present)
* Mission: Impossible (1966–73)
* Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1963–88, 2002–present)
* My Three Sons (1960–72)
* Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–78)
* Panorama (UK) (1953–present)
* Petticoat Junction (1963–70)
* Peyton Place (1964–69)
* Play School (1966–present)
* Run for Your Life (1965–1968)
* Search for Tomorrow (1951–86)
* Star Trek (1966–69)
* That Girl (1966–71)
* The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68)
* The Avengers (UK) (1961–69)
* The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–68)
* The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–71)
* The Dean Martin Show (1965–74)
* The Doctors (1963–82)
* The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–71)
* The Edge of Night (1956–84)
* The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–68)
* The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–83)
* The Guiding Light (1952–2009)
* The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970)
* The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962–present)
* The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–82)
* The Lucy Show (1962–68)
* The Mavis Bramston Show (Australia) (1964–68)
* The Mike Douglas Show (1961–82)
* The Money Programme (UK) (1966–present)
* The Monkees (1966–68)
* The Mothers-in-Law (1967–69)
* The Newlywed Game (1966–74)
* The Saint (UK) (1962–69)
* The Secret Storm (1954–74)
* The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–present)
* The Today Show (1952–present)
* The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–92)
* The Wednesday Play (UK) (1964–70)
* This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
* Tom and Jerry (1965–72, 1975–77, 1980–82)
* Top of the Pops (UK) (1964–2006)
* Truth or Consequences (1950–88)
* Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–69)
* What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–2008)
* World of Sport (1965–85)
* Z-Cars (UK) (1962–78)

## Debuts

* January 7
** The Forsyte Saga, BBC drama in 26 50-minute episodes
** A prime-time edition of The Newlywed Game (1967–1971) on ABC
* January 9 – Mr. Terrific on CBS (last aired on August 27, 1967)
* January 13 – Rango on ABC (last aired on September 1, 1967)
* February 5 – The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) on CBS
* February 13 – Mr. Dressup (1967–1996) on CBC
* July 3 – News at Ten (1967–1999, 2001–2004, 2008–present) on ITV in the UK
* September 5
** The Prisoner on Canada's CTV Television Network
** Good Morning World on CBS (1967–1968)
* September 6 – He & She (1967–1968) and Dundee and the Culhane (fall 1967 only) both on CBS
* September 7
** The Flying Nun (1967–1970) on ABC
** Cimarron Strip (1967–1968) on CBS
* September 8 – Hondo (ended December 29, 1967) on ABC
* September 9 – Spider-Man (1967–1970) and George of the Jungle (1967) on ABC
* September 10 – The Mothers-in-Law (1967–1969) and The High Chaparral (1967–1971) both on NBC
* September 11 – The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978) on CBS
* September 14 – Ironside (1967–1975) on NBC
* September 16 – Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS
* September 18 – Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–1973) on CBS daytime
* September 29 – The Prisoner is broadcast in the UK on ATV and Grampian Television
* October 1 – Ultra Seven (1967–1968) on TBS in Japan
* December 26 – Do Not Adjust Your Set on ITV (1967–1969)

## Ending this year

| Date | Show | Debut |
| March 14 | Combat! | 1962 |
| March 17 | The Green Hornet | 1966 |
| April 9 | Ultraman (Japan) | 1966 |
| April 15 | Flipper | 1964 |
| April 22 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1965 |
| May 5 | Rango | 1967 |
| May 21 | Kimba the White Lion (Japan) | 1966 |
| August 29 | The Fugitive | 1963 |
| September 1 | The Time Tunnel | 1966 |
| September 3 | What's My Line? | 1950 |
| September 4 | Gilligan's Island | 1964 |
| September 16 | Space Ghost | 1966 |
| October 4 | Batfink | 1966 |

## Births

| Date | Name | Notability |
| January 2 | Tia Carrere | American actress (Relic Hunter) |
| January 2 | James Marshall | Actor (Twin Peaks) |
| January 8 | R. Kelly | Singer |
| January 9 | David Costabile | Actor |
| January 9 | Dave Matthews | Guitarist |
| January 10 | Jeremy Cumpston | Actor |
| January 13 | Suzanne Cryer | Actress (Two Guys and a Girl, Silicon Valley) |
| January 16 | Lynda Baquero | American correspondent |
| January 19 | Christine Tucci | Actress |
| January 19 | Javier Cámara | Actor |
| January 20 | Stacey Dash | Actress (Clueless) |
| January 24 | Phil LaMarr | Actor (Mad TV, Futurama, The Weekenders, Static Shock, Justice League, Samurai Jack, Ozzy & Drix, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) |
| January 26 | Bryan Callen | Actor and comedian (Mad TV) |
| February 1 | Gabrielle Fitzpatrick | Australian actress (The Man from Snowy River) |
| February 2 | Jenny Lumet | Actress |
| February 5 | Chris Parnell | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) |
| February 10 | Laura Dern | Actress (The Last Man on Earth) |
| February 10 | Vince Gilligan | American writer |
| February 12 | Jane Skinner | American former daytime news anchor |
| February 13 | Carolyn Lawrence | Voice actress (voice of Sandy on SpongeBob SquarePants and Cindy on Jimmy Neutron) |
| February 16 | Keith Gretzky | Hockey player |
| February 18 | Tracey Edmonds | Anchor |
| February 19 | Benicio del Toro | Actor |
| February 20 | David Herman | Actor and comedian (Mad TV, Futurama, King of the Hill) |
| February 20 | Andrew Shue | Actor (Melrose Place) |
| February 22 | Paul Lieberstein | Screenwriter, actor and producer (The Office) |
| February 22 | Bentley Mitchum | Actor |
| February 23 | Paul Anthony Stewart | Actor (Guiding Light) |
| February 23 | Eric Kaplan | Writer |
| February 26 | Currie Graham | Actor |
| February 28 | Charles Chun | Actor |
| March 1 | George Eads | Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Savannah, MacGyver) |
| March 6 | Connie Britton | Actress and singer (Spin City, Friday Night Lights, Nashville) |
| March 7 | Jeff Eastin | Writer |
| March 9 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Screenwriter |
| March 11 | John Barrowman | Scottish-American actor (Arrow) |
| March 11 | George Gray | American television personality |
| March 16 | Lauren Graham | Actress (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood) |
| March 16 | Richard James Simpson | Singer |
| March 17 | Billy Corgan | Singer |
| March 23 | Sandra Dee Robinson | Actress (Another World) |
| March 25 | Ben Mankiewicz | American television personality |
| March 27 | Talisa Soto | Actress |
| March 28 | Tracey Needham | Actress (Life Goes On, JAG) |
| March 29 | Michel Hazanavicius | Producer |
| March 29 | Christopher Thornton | Actor |
| April 2 | Renée Estevez | Actress |
| April 6 | Kathleen Barr | Canadian voice actress (Kevin and Marie on Ed, Edd n Eddy) |
| April 9 | Margaret Josephs | American television personality |
| April 17 | Leslie Bega | Actress (Head of the Class, CSI: NY, The Sopranos) |
| April 17 | Kimberly Elise | Actress |
| April 17 | Liz Phair | Singer |
| April 17 | Henry Ian Cusick | Peruvian-Scottish actor (Lost) |
| April 18 | Maria Bello | Actress (ER) |
| April 20 | Lara Jill Miller | Actress and voice actress (Gimme a Break!, voice of Lisa Loud on The Loud House) |
| April 22 | Sheryl Lee | Actress |
| April 22 | Sherri Shepherd | Actress and comedian (Everybody Loves Raymond, Less than Perfect) |
| April 23 | Melina Kanakaredes | Actress (Guiding Light, Providence, CSI: NY) |
| April 25 | Jane Clayson Johnson | American journalist |
| April 26 | Glenn Jacobs | Pro wrestler |
| April 26 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | English actress (Without a Trace) |
| April 27 | Jason Whitlock | Sports commentator |
| April 28 | Kari Wuhrer | Actress and singer (Sliders) |
| April 28 | Jonathan Gilbert | Actor |
| May 1 | Tim McGraw | Actor |
| May 2 | Mika Brzezinski | Talk show host |
| May 4 | Ana Gasteyer | Actress (Suburgatory, Lady Dynamite, People of Earth) |
| May 5 | Buddy Giovinazzo | Filmmaker |
| May 12 | Brent Forrester | Writer |
| May 14 | Tony Siragusa | American National Football League defensive tackle (died 2022) |
| May 18 | Nancy Juvonen | Film producer |
| May 20 | Stephanie Niznik | Actress (Everwood) (died 2019) |
| May 20 | Gabriele Muccino | Director |
| May 21 | Chris Benoit | Canadian pro wrestler (NJPW, ECW, WCW, WWE) (died 2007) |
| May 22 | Brooke Smith | Actress |
| May 24 | Dana Ashbrook | Actor (Twin Peaks) |
| May 24 | Eric Close | Actor (Without a Trace, Nashville) |
| May 24 | Heavy D | Rapper (died 2011) |
| May 26 | Beth Mowins | American play-by-play announcer and sports journalist |
| May 27 | Eddie McClintock | Actor |
| May 27 | Lou Gish | Actress (died 2006) |
| May 28 | Glen Rice | NBA basketball player |
| May 30 | Ali Adler | Canadian-American television producer |
| May 31 | Phil Keoghan | Host |
| June 1 | Rick Peters | American actor |
| June 1 | Siggy Flicker | Israeli American television personality |
| June 3 | Anderson Cooper | American journalist |
| June 3 | Jason Jones | American actor |
| June 4 | Michael Greyeyes | Actor |
| June 5 | Ron Livingston | American actor |
| June 5 | David Ushery | American television news anchor |
| June 6 | Max Casella | Actor (Doogie Howser, M.D., The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire) |
| June 6 | Paul Giamatti | Actor |
| June 8 | Dan Futterman | Actor (Judging Amy) |
| June 10 | June Carryl | Actress |
| June 16 | Daniel Zelman | Actor (Damages) |
| June 17 | Eric Stefani | Writer |
| June 18 | David Burke | Writer |
| June 19 | Araceli González | Actress |
| June 19 | Chris Larkin | Actor |
| June 20 | Nicole Kidman | Actress |
| June 21 | Jim Breuer | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
| June 21 | Carrie Preston | Actress |
| June 24 | Sherry Stringfield | Actress (ER) |
| June 25 | Veena Sud | American television writer |
| June 25 | Desiree Gruber | American television producer |
| June 28 | Gil Bellows | Actor (Ally McBeal, The Agency) |
| June 28 | Allan Heinberg | American film screenwriter |
| June 28 | Peter Linz | American puppeteer |
| June 29 | Melora Hardin | Actress and singer (Monk, The Office) |
| July 1 | Pamela Anderson | Model and actress (Baywatch) |
| July 2 | Peter Baker | Journalist |
| July 2 | Jonathan Capehart | Journalist |
| July 6 | Glen Mazzara | Writer |
| July 11 | John Henson | American comedian |
| July 12 | Natalie Desselle-Reid | Actress (Eve) (died 2020) |
| July 16 | Will Ferrell | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
| July 16 | Jonathan Adams | American actor (American Dreams, Bones, Last Man Standing) |
| July 16 | Brian Baker | Actor |
| July 18 | Vin Diesel | Actor |
| July 20 | Reed Diamond | Actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Dollhouse) |
| July 23 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Actor (died 2014) |
| July 25 | Matt LeBlanc | Actor (Joey on Friends) |
| July 25 | Wendy Raquel Robinson | Actress (The Steve Harvey Show, The Game) |
| July 26 | Jason Statham | Actor |
| July 27 | Sasha Mitchell | Actor (Dallas, Step by Step) |
| August 1 | José Padilha | Producer |
| August 2 | Aline Brosh McKenna | Producer |
| August 4 | Chuck Hogan | Screenwriter |
| August 9 | Deion Sanders | NFL football player, MLB baseball player and sports analyst |
| August 11 | Joe Rogan | Actor and comedian (NewsRadio) |
| August 12 | Brent Sexton | Actor |
| August 13 | Quinn Cummings | Actress (Family) |
| August 13 | Byron Mann | Actor |
| August 15 | Peter Hermann | Actor |
| August 17 | David Conrad | Actor |
| August 21 | Michael Bendetti | Actor and producer (21 Jump Street) |
| August 21 | Serj Tankian | Singer |
| August 22 | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Actor (Oz, Lost) |
| August 22 | Ty Burrell | Actor (Modern Family) |
| August 31 | Jonathan Cake | English actor (Chuck, Desperate Housewives) |
| September 6 | Chad Coleman | Actor (The Wire, The Walking Dead, The Expanse) |
| September 7 | Leslie Jones | Actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
| September 11 | Harry Connick Jr. | American actor |
| September 12 | Louis C.K. | American stand-up comedian |
| September 13 | Michael Johnson | Sprinter |
| September 14 | Dan Cortese | Actor (Veronica's Closet, What I Like About You) |
| September 17 | Malik Yoba | Actor (New York Undercover) |
| September 19 | Chris Sheridan | Actor |
| September 20 | Kristen Johnston | Actress (3rd Rock from the Sun) |
| September 20 | Victoria Dillard | American actress (Spin City) |
| September 22 | Matt Besser | Actor |
| September 23 | LisaRaye McCoy | Actress (All of Us) |
| September 23 | Jenna Stern | Actress |
| September 27 | Debi Derryberry | Voice actress (voice of Jimmy on Jimmy Neutron) |
| September 30 | Andrea Roth | Canadian actress |
| October 1 | Ajai Sanders | Actress (A Different World) |
| October 2 | Tom Kiesche | Actor |
| October 4 | Liev Schreiber | Actor (Ray Donovan) |
| October 4 | Jovita Moore | News anchor (died 2021) |
| October 6 | Bruno Bichir | Actor |
| October 7 | Toni Braxton | Singer |
| October 8 | Teddy Riley | Singer, songwriter and record producer |
| October 9 | Eddie Guerrero | WWE pro wrestler (died 2005) |
| October 10 | Michael Giacchino | Composer |
| October 11 | Artie Lange | Comedian and actor (Mad TV) |
| October 13 | Kate Walsh | Actress (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, 13 Reasons Why) |
| October 14 | Stephen A. Smith | Sports journalist |
| October 16 | Davina McCall | English TV presenter |
| October 18 | Eric Stuart | Voice actor (voice of Brock and James on Pokémon) and singer |
| October 18 | Lucky Yates | Voice actor |
| October 20 | Fred Coury | Drummer |
| October 21 | Marci Klein | Producer |
| October 23 | Walt Flanagan | Comic book manager |
| October 26 | Ali Farahnakian | Actor |
| October 26 | Keith Urban | Singer (American Idol, The Voice) |
| October 27 | Scott Weiland | Singer (died 2015) |
| October 28 | Julia Roberts | Actress |
| October 29 | Joely Fisher | Actress (Ellen, 'Til Death) |
| October 31 | Vanilla Ice | Rapper and actor |
| October 31 | Adam Schlesinger | American songwriter (died 2020) |
| November 1 | Kara Vallow | American television animation producer |
| November 1 | Michael Seitzman | American television producer |
| November 5 | Judy Reyes | Actress (Scrubs, Devious Maids) |
| November 8 | Courtney Thorne-Smith | Actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim) |
| November 13 | Jimmy Kimmel | Talk show host (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) |
| November 13 | Matt Weitzman | American producer |
| November 13 | Steve Zahn | American actor |
| November 15 | E-40 | Rapper and actor |
| November 16 | Lisa Bonet | Actress (The Cosby Show, A Different World) |
| November 17 | Ronnie DeVoe | American actor |
| November 17 | John Kennedy | American actor |
| November 19 | Randi Kaye | American television news journalist |
| November 22 | Mark Ruffalo | Actor |
| November 23 | Salli Richardson | Actress |
| November 25 | Curtis Baldwin | Actor (227) |
| November 25 | Niurka Marcos | Actress |
| November 28 | Anna Nicole Smith | Model and actress (The Anna Nicole Show) (died 2007) |
| November 28 | Stephnie Weir | Actress and comedian (Mad TV) |
| December 1 | Nestor Carbonell | Actor (Suddenly Susan, Kim Possible, Lost, Bates Motel) |
| December 6 | Judd Apatow | Producer |
| December 6 | Bryan Johnson | American podcaster |
| December 7 | Tino Martinez | Player |
| December 8 | Michelle Miller | National correspondent |
| December 10 | Arnold Pinnock | Actor |
| December 11 | Peter Kelamis | Canadian voice actor (Rolf on Ed, Edd n Eddy) |
| December 11 | Mo'Nique | Comedian and actress (The Parkers) |
| December 13 | Jamie Foxx | Actor (In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show) and singer |
| December 14 | Noelle Beck | American actress (Loving) |
| December 14 | Kirsten Powers | American author |
| December 15 | Keith Askins | NBA basketball player |
| December 17 | Sonia Satra | Actress (Guiding Light, One Life to Live) |
| December 19 | Bill Weir | American journalist |
| December 24 | John Carpenter | Game show contestant |
| December 28 | Sean Casey | Filmmaker |
| December 29 | Ashleigh Banfield | Canadian-American journalist |
| December 31 | Rebecca Rigg | Actress |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
| January 21 | Ann Sheridan | 51 | Actress (Another World) |
| February 21 | Charles Beaumont | 38 | Screenplay writer (Twilight Zone) |
| May 30 | Claude Rains | 77 | Actor |
| June 29 | Jayne Mansfield | 34 | Actress |

## Television debuts

* Rutanya Alda – The Borgia Stick
* Tom Baker – Trapped!
* Ed Begley Jr. – My Three Sons
* Candice Bergen – Coronet Blue
* Dennis Christopher – The Time Tunnel
* Timothy Dalton – Sat'day While Sunday
* William Devane – N.Y.P.D.
* Antonio Fargas – Ironside
* Harrison Ford – The Virginian
* Frederic Forrest – Dark Shadows
* Paul Freeman – Champion House
* Michael Gambon – Softly, Softly
* Julius Harris – N.Y.P.D.
* Goldie Hawn – Good Morning World
* Eric Idle – No – That's Me Over Here!
* Diane Keen – Love Story
* Yaphet Kotto – NBC Experiment in Television
* Ed Lauter – Dark Shadows
* Kay Lenz – The Monroes
* Steve Martin – Off to See the Wizard
* Toshiro Mifune – Taiyo no Aitsu
* Helen Mirren – The Extravaganza of Golgotha Smuts
* Christopher Mitchum – Dundee and the Culhane
* Lorenzo Music – The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
* Annette O'Toole – My Three Sons
* Stephen Rea – Angel Pavement
* Buddy Rogers – The Lucy Show
* John Ritter – The Dating Game
* Alex Rocco – Batman
* Jan-Michael Vincent – Dragnet
* Michael York – The Forsyte Saga