Deaths[]
- January 4 — Harry Fowler
- January 7 — Hideaki Nitani
- January 9 — Andrea Bosic
- February 1 — Tony Giorgio
- February 2 — Allene Simmons
- February 6 — Peter Breck
- February 13 — Frank Brana
- February 14 — Allan Morrison
- February 17 — Atsuo Okunaka
- February 20 — Herbert S. Alpert
- March 25 — Bill Weston
- March 28 — Neil Travis
- April 7 — Mike Wallace
- April 15 — Peter Wragg
- April 18 — Robert O. Ragland
- April 28 — Patricia Medina
- April 29 — Joel Goldsmith
- May 5 — Jeanne Evans
- May 5 — Stephen Lord
- May 27 — Shannon O'Neil
- May 28 — Matthew Yuricich
- June 4 — Stan Jolley
- June 19 — Richard Lynch
- June 20 — Ken Johnson
- July 8 — Ernest Borgnine
- July 17 — Morgan Paull
- July 20 — Tony Epper
- August 8 — Kurt Maetzig
- August 10 — Carlo Rambaldi
- August 15 — Mark L. Rosen
- August 17 — Richard Hilliard
- August 22 — Jeffrey Stone
- August 24 — Steve Franken
- September 15 — Roger Hampton
- September 16 — Don L. Cash
- October 4 — Yvonne Winslow
- October 12 — Norman Grabowski
- October 13 — Gary Collins
- October 16 — Earle Lyon
- October 17 — Louanna Gardner
- October 28 — Merry Anders
- November 14 — John Brinkley
- November 14 — Bill Saito
- December 2 — Fred Waugh
- December 5 — Earl Watson
- December 10 — Marla English
- December 22 — Cliff Osmond
- December 25 — Drummond Marais
- December 26 — Gerry Anderson
Home Media Releases[]
- March 20 — The Wild Wild World of Batwoman
- March 20 — Girl in Gold Boots
- March 27 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIII
- July 31 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIV
- December 4 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXV
Events[]
- Joel Hodgson begins his Riffing Myself one man show.
- January 21 — Timothy Van Patten and Terence Winter win the Banff Rockie Award for Best Continuing Series for their work on Boardwalk Empire.
- February 22 — Jennifer Aniston receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6270 Hollywood Blvd.
- February 26 — At the 84th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Christopher Plummer wins the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Beginners, becoming its oldest recipient.
- James Earl Jones receives an Honorary Award for his legacy of consistent excellence and uncommon versatility.
- March 15 — Jonah Ray’s second comedy album Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello is released. Its title was inspired by a MST3K joke.
- April 5 — Adam West receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6764 Hollywood Blvd.
- July 17 — Rattlers, the final (official) Cinematic Titanic production, is released.
- August 16 — RiffTrax Live presents "Manos" The Hands of Fate (previously Experiment #424).
- November 30 — Rick Baker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6764 Hollywood Blvd.