Deaths
- Manuel Merino
- January 11 — Ignacy Machowski
- January 21 — Joseph O'Conor
- January 28 — Sally Mansfield
- February 6 — Titus Moody
- February 7 — King Moody
- February 12 — Tiberio Mitri
- February 16 — Howard W. Koch
- February 17 — Joe Bailey
- February 18 — Jeremy Longhurst
- February 19 — Nadezhda Sementsova
- February 20 — Arthur Cornell
- March 2 — Peggy Converse
- March 6 — Carl Don
- March 9 — Giancarlo Prete
- March 12 — Roswell A. Hoffmann
- March 26 — Diane Sayer
- March 27 — Anthony Dexter
- April 15 — Monroe P. Askins
- April 16 — Giacomo Gentilomo
- April 17 — Terry Scully
- June 23 — Paul Schreibman
- June 26 — William Bryant
- July 2 — Jack Gwillim
- July 8 — Joseph F. Robertson
- July 19 — Paul Beeson
- July 29 — Alex Nicol
- August 5 — Tom McCrory
- August 6 — Robert Dunham
- August 10 — James F. Liles
- August 25 — John Chambers
- September 12 — Nathanael León
- September 16 — Samuel Z. Arkoff
- September 17 — Barbara Drew
- September 29 — Risto Orko
- October 17 — Jay Livingston
- October 18 — Paul Radin
- October 21 — David Lowell Rich
- November 11 — Jack R. Glass
- November 16 — Maurice Vaccarino
- November 24 — William Read Woodfield
- December 5 — Artemio Antonini
- December 11 — Alan Fennell
- December 16 — Roy Brocksmith
- December 22 — Lance Fuller
- December 29 — Anatoli Kubatsky
- December 31 — Denny Arnold
Home Media Releases
- January 23 — The Wild Wild World of Batwoman (DVD)
- January 23 — Beginning of the End (DVD)
- January 30 — The Hellcats
- January 30 — Shorts, Volume 3
- November 20 — "Manos" The Hands of Fate (DVD)
- November 20 — Mitchell (DVD)
Events
- The Adventures of Edward the Less premieres on the Sci-Fi Channel web site.
- January 19 — Beverly Garland gets the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Award for her acting in many radio performances.
- February 23 — Stan Winston receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6522 Hollywood Blvd.
- March 25 — At the 73rd Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Rick Baker and Gail Ryan win the Best Makeup Award for How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- Dino De Laurentiis receives the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
- August 2 — Guy Williams receives a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
- December 17 — Martin Landau receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Blvd.
