Deaths
- January — Paddy Seale
- January 12 — Kinji Fukasaku
- January 17 — Richard Crenna
- January 18 — Gavin Lyall
- February — F. Sherwin Green
- February 3 — Lana Clarkson
- February 5 — René Cardona Jr.
- February 27 — Jean Sullivan
- March 2 — Fred Freiberger
- March 13 — Christiane Schmidtmer
- March 23 — Eisei Amamoto
- March 24 — Philip Yordan
- April 1 — Guidarino Guidi
- April 8 — Bing Russell
- April 17 — Ray Mendoza
- May 26 — Burr DeBenning
- May 28 — Peter MacLean
- May 28 — Helen Carscallen
- June 3 — Riccardo Petrazzi
- June 6 — Alice Lyon
- June 8 — Herschel Burke Gilbert
- June 12 — Gregory Peck
- June 16 — Carlos Rivas
- June 24 — Alex Gordon
- June 24 — Barbara Weeks
- June 25 — Mario Cassar
- June 27 — Skip Ward
- June 28 — George Baxt
- July 4 — Tyler McVey
- July 14 — Aage Wiltrup
- July 24 — Iya Arepina
- July 28 — True Boardman
- July 30 — Marian Carr
- August 6 — Larry Taylor
- August 30 — Reg Thomason
- September 1 — Rand Brooks
- September 5 — Kir Bulychyov
- September 13 — Yelena Myshkova
- October 1 — Joy N. Houck Jr.
- October 10 — Edward Czerniuk
- October 11 — Omero Capanna
- October 16 — Mark Hanna
- October 20 — Jack Elam
- October 24 — Joanna Lee
- November 4 — Jorge Stahl Jr.
- November 12 — Kay E. Kuter
- November 22 — David Stern
- November 23 — Jack Pollexfen
- December 2 — Don House
- December 3 — Claire Polan
- December 19 — Les Tremayne
- December 27 — Robert Enrietto
Home Media Releases
- February 11 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 2
- April 8 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 3
- November 18 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 4
Events
- January 19 — Gene Hackman wins the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th Annual Golden Globes ceremony.
- April 7 — Beau Bridges receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
- April 10 — Regis Philbin receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd.
- April 15 — Mike Nelson's Death Rat!: A Novel by Michael J. Nelson is published.
- May 13 — Rod Lauren is arrested for the 2001 murder of his wife Nida Blanca a.k.a. Dorothy Jones.
