1960s Timeline

Sept. 12, 1963 - Joan Crawford will make her debut in filmed television in Herbert B. Leonard’s “Route 66,” guest-starring in an episode...

Sept. 8, 1963 - Guy Williams (pictured with Kathie Browne), who starred in “The Mark of Zorro” T.V. series, has been signed to a...

Sept. 6, 1963 - Margarita Sierra, 25, one of the stars of the ABC-TV series “Surfside 6,” died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Hollywood...

Sept. 5, 1963 - Pete Seeger (pictured with Bob Dylan in Mississippi in July), the folk singer, said today he had refused to sign a...

Aug. 26, 1963 - Jonathan Winters (right with Jack Paar), the 37-year-old comedian, will star on a one-hour show over NBC-TV on Feb. 20 at...

Aug. 19, 1963 - Two highly acclaimed Japanese performers will appear on CBS television shows this fall. Sessue Hayakawa (pictured), who...

Aug. 17, 1963 - Dr. Ben Casey, who will switch his practice to Wednesdays at 9 p.m., will conclude his Monday night practice on Sept. 9...

Aug. 17, 1963 - Johnny Carson, the television performer and host of the “Tonight” show for NBC, was married today to Joanne Copeland, a...

July 31, 1963 - David Levy, former vice president of programs for NBC, will produce a television pilot film based on cartoon characters...

July 30, 1963 - “Bonanza” stars Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, and Pernell Roberts, in that order, swept the first four...

July 24, 1963 - MGM-TV’s new series, “The Lieutenant,” has been shooting on location at El Toro Marine Corps Air Base in California and...

July 21, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will return to Normandy next month for the filming of a CBS-TV program...

July 18, 1963 - “Temple Houston,” an hour-long series with Jeffrey Hunter (left) as a lawyer in the Southwest before the Civil War, will...

July 17, 1963 - A new television series called “The Fugitive” will debut Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 10 p.m. on ABC, and advance word on the...

June 30, 1963 - Cicely Tyson (pictured left with George C. Scott and Elizabeth Wilson) has been given a featured role in “East Side, West...

June 20, 1963 - On tonight’s series finale of “Leave It to Beaver,” the Cleavers reminisce when June finds a family photo album while...

June 15, 1963 - Dennis Weaver, who plays Chester on CBS’s “Gunsmoke,” will be the star of “Kentucky Jones,” a pilot show for an NBC...

June 11, 1963 - Merv Griffin, who lost his NBC television show last April, will return with another daytime series in September. Mr....

June 6, 1963 - “My Three Sons” will become “My Three Sons” plus two, come fall. Meredith MacRae, 19, will be a regular, as will Barry...

June 1, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a young man is convicted of killing the saloon girl he wished to marry. Matt is sure the young man...