This Day in TV and Movie History
March 24

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What happened in history on this day: March 24?

On March 24 in ...

  • 1981 - ABC TV premieres Nightline TV show with Ted Koppel.

Births on March 24

  • 1887 - Birth of Roscoe Arbuckle AKA Fatty Arbuckle in Smith Center, Kansas, USA; actor (Keystone comedies).
  • 1895 - Birth of Sid Saylor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Wally - Waterfront).
  • 1903 - Birth of John Patrick Sutton Ludlow; actor (Agatha).
  • 1907 - Birth of Martin Kosleck [Nicolaie Yoshkin] Barkotzen in Germany; actor (Pursuit to Algiers).
  • 1909 - Birth of Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder; English radio comic/actor (Phoenix).
  • 1910 - Birth of Richard Conte in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Four Just Men, 13 Rue Madeleine, Hotel, Jean Arthur Show).
  • 1920 - Birth of Gene Nelson [Berg] in Seattle, Washington, USA; actor (Tea For Two, Oklahoma).
  • 1923 - Birth of Murray Hamilton in Washington, North Carolina, USA; actor (Rich Man Poor Man).
  • 1924 - Birth of Lois Andrews; actress (Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk).
  • 1924 - Birth of Norman Fell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Mr Roper - Three's Company, The End, Graduate).
  • 1925 - Birth of Mai Zetterling in Västerås, Sweden; actress (Hidden Agenda, Ringer).
  • 1928 - Birth of Vanessa Brown in Vienna, Austria; actress (My Favorite Husband).
  • 1930 - Birth of Kenneth Nelson in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA; actor (Henry Aldrich - Aldrich Family).
  • 1930 - Birth of Steve McQueen in Slater, Missouri, USA; actor (Wanted, Dead or Alive, The Blob, Bullitt).
  • 1931 - Birth of Connie Hines; American actress (Mr. Ed) (dies 2009).
  • 1932 - Birth of William Smith in Columbia, Missouri, USA; actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii Five-O).
  • 1952 - Birth of Nicholas Campbell in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Nick - The Insiders).
  • 1954 - Birth of Donna Pescow in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow).
  • 1954 - Birth of Robert Carradine in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Slim - The Cowboys, Wavelength).
  • 1960 - Birth of Kelly LeBrock in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Weird Science, Woman in Red).
  • 1966 - Birth of Tatjana Patitz in Hamburg, German Federal Republic; model/actress (Rising Sun).
  • 1970 - Birth of Lara Flynn Boyle in Davenport, Iowa, USA; actress (The Practice, The Temp, Twin Peaks).
  • 1977 - Birth of Olivia Burnette in San Clemente, California; actress (Torkelsons).
  • 1980 - Birth of Luke Edwards in Nevada City, California; actor (Newsie).

Deaths on March 24

  • 1968 - Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at age 61.
  • 1975 - Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at age 60.
  • 1976 - Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at age 66.
  • 1984 - Sam Jaffe, American actor (Dr Zorba - Ben Casey), dies of cancer at age 93 (born 1891).
  • 1986 - Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews - Trapper John MD), dies at age 67.
  • 1990 - Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies.
  • 1990 - Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 56.
  • 1993 - Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at age 60.
  • 2008 - Richard Widmark, actor (Tommy Udo - Kiss of Death), dies in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA, at age 93.
  • 2010 - Hollywood actor Robert Culp (Kelly Robinson - I Spy, Bill Maxwell - The Greatest American Hero, Everybody Loves Raymond) dies at age 79.

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