TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”
May 2, 1963 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” the first human space colonists are about to be rescued from the forsaken planet they've...
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May 2, 2023
Actress Dorothy Malone Files for Divorce
May 2, 1963 - Actress Dorothy Malone (right), 35, today filed for divorce against her husband of 4 years, French-born actor Jacques...
May 1, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Virginian”
May 1, 1963 - On tonight’s season finale of “The Virginian,” Garth (Lee J. Cobb) allows a controversial coal mine to be opened with...
May 1, 2023
Movies: “Hud”
May 1, 1963 - “Hud,” a contemporary Western drama with Paul Newman (left), Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal (right), and Brandon de Wilde,...
May 1, 2023
TV: Art Carney To Appear on “Du Pont Show of the Week”
May 1, 1963 - Art Carney (pictured in 1959) will star in “The Last Comedian,” an original teleplay to be staged by “Du Pont Show of the...
May 1, 2023
Movies: “Dead Ringer”
May 1, 1963 - Paul Henreid (left), who has been active as a television director, will direct his first feature film in 11 years, “Dead...
May 1, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Beverly Hillbillies”
May 1, 1963 - Tonight on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” when a couple who ran into the Clampett's car discover they're rich, they fake...
Apr 30, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Untouchables”
Apr. 30, 1963 - Tonight on “The Untouchables,” when a police captain's son is arrested in a drug sweep, Ness (Robert Stack) decides to...
Apr 30, 2023
Jayne Mansfield Divorces Mickey Hargitay
Apr. 30, 1963 - Actress Jayne Mansfield (right) today divorced Hungarian muscleman Mickey Hargitay (left), whom she married in 1958 and...
Apr 29, 2023
TV: George C. Scott in “East Side, West Side”
Apr. 29, 1963 - The last thing anyone would accuse George C. Scott (right with Gene Hackman) of being is a TV huckster. His career as an...
Apr 29, 2023
TV: Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Apr. 29, 1963 - Tonight on “The Andy Griffith Show,” the Darlings ask Andy to help them deal with wild mountain man Ernest T. Bass...
Apr 29, 2023
Movies: “Twilight of Honor”
Apr. 29, 1963 - Richard Chamberlain (right), star of NBC’s “Dr. Kildare,” will spend his vacation away from the series by starring in his...
Apr 28, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Bonanza”
Apr. 28, 1963 - Tonight on “Bonanza,” Hoss (Dan Blocker) tries to help Whizzer McGee (George Brenlin). Whizzer is a man with a short...
Apr 27, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Gunsmoke”
Apr. 27, 1963 - Tonight on “Gunsmoke,” a woman newly widowed (Mary LaRoche) is powerfully attracted to Quint (Burt Reynolds, pictured),...
Apr 26, 2023
Movies: “Bedtime Story”
Apr. 26, 1963 - Marlon Brando, who recently returned from a 40-city world tour for “The Ugly American,” will report to...
Apr 25, 2023
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Voted Best Play by New York Drama Critics Circle
Apr. 25, 1963 - The New York Drama Critics Circle today voted “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” the best play of the 1962-63 season....
Apr 25, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Dr. Kildare”
Apr. 25, 1963 - Tonight on “Dr. Kildare,” young woman is bitter toward her seriously ill father until he lapses into an irreversible...
Apr 24, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Naked City”
Apr. 24, 1963 - Tonight on “Naked City,” Lorraine Kershwood (Sandy Dennis, pictured) is the carrier of a deadly infectious disease. She...
Apr 24, 2023
Burnett, Stevenson, Cronkite Win Peabody Awards
Apr. 24, 1963 - Carol Burnett (pictured), Adlai Stevenson, and Walter Cronkite were among the winners of George Foster Peabody Awards...
Apr 23, 2023
TV: Tonight on “Combat!”
Apr. 23, 1963 - Tonight on “Combat,” the squad discovers an orphaned baby in a barn. The men must bring the infant with them as they...
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