What happened in history on this day: November 23?
On November 23 in ...
- 1963 - BBC debuts the sci-fi TV series Doctor Who.
- 1983 - Paramount releases the film Terms of Endearment to theaters.
Births on November 23
- 1887 - Birth of Boris Karloff AKA William H Pratt in Dulwich, England; actor (Frankenstein) (dies 1969).
- 1888 - Birth of Harpo Marx [Adolph] in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Marx brothers) (dies 1964).
- 1903 - Birth of Victor Jory; actor (Gone With the Wind, Papillon, Dodge City).
- 1915 - Birth of Esther Loretta Ray AKA Ellen Drew in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Isle of the Dead, Christmas in July).
- 1915 - Birth of John Dehner in Staten Island, New York, USA; Disney animator, radio deejay, actor (Gunsmoke, Palladin in CBS Radio's Have Gun Will Travel, Young Maverick, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence, How the West was Won, Temperatures Rising, Doris Day Show, Don Knotts Show.
- 1917 - Birth of George O'Hanlon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Calvin - Life of Riley, George Jetson - The Jetsons).
- 1917 - Birth of Michael Gough in Malaya; actor (Search for the Nile).
- 1926 - Birth of Don Gordon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Prentiss - Lucan).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Easton in Milwaukee, USA; actor (Someone Up There Likes Me).
- 1939 - Birth of Susan Anspach in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Grace - Yellow Rose, Blume in Love).
- 1945 - Birth of Steve Landesberg in Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Barney Miller).
- 1951 - Birth of David Rappaport in London, England; midget actor (Wizard, Time Bandits).
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Brainard in Louisiana, USA; actor (Joey Martin - All My Children).
- 1958 - Birth of David Wallace in Miami, Florida, USA; actor (General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus).
- 1959 - Birth of Maxwell Caulfield in Derbyshire, England; actor (Miles - The Colbys).
- 1964 - Birth of Boyd Kestner; actor (Outsiders).
Deaths on November 23
- 1962 - Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at age 81.
- 1972 - Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at age 56.
- 1979 - Death of Merle Oberon at age 68, British actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) (born 1911).
- 1982 - Reverend Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at age 47.
- 1987 - Death of Marcia Henderson at age 58 in Yakima, Washington, USA; actress (Kathleen - The Aldrich Family, Two Girls Named Smith, World of Giants, Dear Phoebe).
- 2005 - Death of Beverly Tyler at age 78 of a pulmonary embolism; actress/vocalist (Shower of Stars TV show, Cavalcade of Stars, Lorelei Kilbourne - Big Town TV show).
- 2018 - Death of Nicolas Roeg at age 90; director (Walkabout movie, Don't Look Now movie).
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