This Day in TV and Movie History
December 10

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What happened in history on this day: December 10?

On December 10 in ...

  • 1982 - Paramount releases the film 48 HRS. to theaters.
  • 1994 - The ABC TV network airs the two-hour special Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic.
  • 1994 - The 100th episode of US TV show Baywatch airs.

Births on December 10

  • 1886 - Birth of Victor McLaglen in England; actor (Informer, Academy Award-1935).
  • 1889 - Birth of Ray Collins in Sacramento, California, USA; actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie).
  • 1890 - Birth of George Merritt in London, England; actor (I Monster, Q Planes).
  • 1903 - Birth of George J Lewis in Guadalajara, México; actor (Don - Zorro).
  • 1907 - Birth of Amedeo Nazzari Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy; actor (Lure of Sila).
  • 1910 - Birth of Dennis Morgan in Prentice, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Dennis - 21 Beacon Street).
  • 1912 - Birth of Rien van Nunen; Dutch actor (Spuit Elf).
  • 1918 - Birth of Anne Gwynne in Waco, Texas, USA; actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein).
  • 1923 - Birth of Harold Gould in Schenectady, New York, USA; actor (He and She, Martin - Rhoda, The Big Bus).
  • 1928 - Birth of John Colicos in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Battlestar Galactica).
  • 1929 - Birth of Dan Blocker in Texas, USA; actor (Tiny - Cimarron City, Hoss - Bonanza).
  • 1937 - Birth of Don Sebesky in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; orchestra leader (Jimmy Dean Show).
  • 1941 - Birth of Fionnula Flanagan in Dublin, Ireland; actress (Rich Man Poor Man).
  • 1941 - Birth of Peter Michael Goetz; actor (Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives).
  • 1941 - Birth of Tim Considine in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Mike - My Three Sons).
  • 1941 - Birth of Tommy Kirk; actor (Disneyland - Old Yeller, Hardy Boys).
  • 1941 - Birth of Tommy Rettig in Jackson Heights, New York, USA; actor (Jeff's Collie - Lassie).
  • 1942 - Birth of Bear Bossu [Berend F Gertenbach]; actor/vocalist (Pub Chantant).
  • 1943 - Birth of Theodore Wilson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms).
  • 1944 - Birth of Tisha Sterling in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Coogan's Bluff).
  • 1946 - Birth of Gloria Loring in New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (Days of Our Lives).
  • 1947 - Birth of Wayne Northrop in Sumner, Washington, USA; actor (Roman - Days of Our Lives).
  • 1951 - Birth of Johnny Rodriquez; American actor (Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party).
  • 1952 - Birth of Susan Hallock Dey in Illinois, USA; actress (First Love, The Partridge Family, L.A. Law).
  • 1953 - Birth of Jack Scalia; actor/director (Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force).
  • 1958 - Birth of John J York in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mac Scorpio - General Hospital).
  • 1959 - Birth of Burke Moses in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sean Baxter - As the World Turns).
  • 1960 - Birth of Kenneth Branagh in Belfast, Ireland; actor/director (High Season, Dead Again).
  • 1961 - Birth of Nia Peeples [Vernia] in Hollywood, California, USA; actress/dancer/singer/host (Fame, Party Machine).
  • 1983 - Birth of Patrick Flueger; American actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The 4400).
  • 1985 - Birth of Raven-Symoné Pearman; American actress (Cosby Show), singer.

Deaths on December 10

  • 1959 - Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at age 40.
  • 1968 - Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at age 65.
  • 1973 - Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at age 81.
  • 1974 - Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson - Breaking Point), dies at age 50.
  • 1978 - Death of Edward D Wood Junior of heart failure at age 54, American filmmaker (Plan 9) (born 1924).
  • 1979 - Ann Dvorak, American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at age 67 (born 1911).
  • 1983 - Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at age 84.
  • 1983 - Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at age 74.
  • 1986 - Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies.
  • 1988 - Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS.
  • 1988 - Richard Castellano, actor (Honor thy Father), dies at age 55.
  • 1996 - Death of Faron Young of suicide at age 34; country singer/actor (Hidden Guns).

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