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May 2, 2023
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...
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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