Deaths[]
- January 6 — Robert Locke Lorraine
- January 13 — Joe Spinell
- January 18 — Eddie Foster
- January 31 — Kenneth Kessler
- February 3 — Frank Hursley
- February 11 — Roland Gross
- February 12 — Frank King
- February 12 — Attilio Dottesio
- February 13 — Ernestine Barrier
- February 22 — Joan Woodbury
- February 25 — Robert Foulk
- March 4 — Hiroshi Minami
- March 20 — Alan Gifford
- April 3 — Arthur Alexander
- April 3 — Norman Wooland
- April 24 — Mickey Finn
- April 25 — George Coulouris
- April 30 — Guy Williams
- May 2 — James Crabe
- May 9 — Timothy Farrell
- May 9 — Tiger Joe Marsh
- May 19 — Anton Diffring
- May 22 — Gerd Oswald
- May 25 — Junji Masuda
- June 6 — Steffen Zacharias
- July 2 — Ben Wright
- July 3 — Jim Backus
- July 4 — Vic Perrin
- July 14 — Cosmo Sardo
- July 18 — Maurice Seiderman
- July 27 — Britt Nilsson
- August 6 — Nat Levine
- August 7 — Augie Lohman
- August 11 — James Logan
- August 11 — Hal Torey
- August 20 — Joseph LaShelle
- September 15 — Michael Klinger
- September 18 — Helen Jay
- September 20 — David R. Loxton
- October 8 — Onest Conley
- October 8 — James Leicester
- October 23 — Armida
- October 30 — Joseph Beruh
- November 15 — Ralph Thomas
- December 2 — Richard Shannon
- December 10 — Robin Hughes
- December 11 — Howard Lang
- December 16 — Lee Van Cleef
- December 19 — George Callahan
- December 22 — Massimo Serato
- December 22 — Sherman H. Dryer
- December 25 — Domenico Scala
Movie Premieres[]
- March — Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
- March 21 — Outlaw
- June 2 — Lords of the Deep
- June 14 — Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (U.S.)
Episode Premieres[]
- January 8 — Gamera vs Guiron - Remade in Season 3 - See Gamera vs Guiron
- January 15 — Phase IV
- January 22 — Cosmic Princess
- January 29 — Humanoid Woman
- February 5 — Fugitive Alien - Remade in Season 3 - See Fugitive Alien
- February 19 — SST- Death Flight
- March 5 — Mighty Jack - Remade in Season 3 - See Mighty Jack
- March 12 — Superdome
- March 19 — City on Fire
- April 2 — Time of the Apes - Remade in Season 3 - See Time of the Apes
- May 7 — The Million Eyes of Sumuru
- May 14 — Hangar 18
- May 21 — The Last Chase
- May 28 — The Legend of Dinosaurs - Final KTMA episode
- November 18 — The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy - First episode to air on Comedy Channel, first Season 1 episode to air, Joel Hodgson's first appearance as Joel Robinson, Jim Mallon's first appearance as Gypsy, first short shown.
- November — The Crawling Eye - First episode produced for Season 1.
- December — The Mad Monster
- December — The Corpse Vanishes
- December — The Crawling Hand
- December — Robot Monster
- December — The Slime People
Events[]
- January 1 — Susan Bay and Leonard Nimoy get married.
- March 29 — At the 61st Academy Awards, Robert Short, Ve Neill, and Steve La Porte win the Best Makeup Award for Beetlejuice.
- May 1 — David Janssen posthumously receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7011 Hollywood Blvd.
- June 5-6 — Mystery Science Theater Live!! (First convention for the show.)
- July 14 — Paperwork is filed with the state of Minnesota pertaining to the creation of a new corporation, Best Brains Inc.
- September 2 — Kevin Murphy marries Jane.
- October 21 — Michael J. Nelson marries Bridget Jones.
- November 10 — Bill Conti receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6541 Hollywood Blvd.