1970 was the 1st year of the 1970's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature Films[]
- January 14 - Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
- February 4 - Start the Revolution Without Me
- February 11 - Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
- March 12 - Moon Zero Two
- March 26 - Woodstock
- April 15 - Once You Kiss a Stranger
- May 6 - The Phynx
- May 13 - The Ballad of Cable Hogue
- June 7 - Taste the Blood of Dracula
- July - Which Way to the Front?
- July 29 - Chisum
- August 3 - Performance
- September 4 - Which Way to the Front?
- October 20 - Rabbit, Run
- October 24 - Trog
- November 12 - The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
- November 20 - Flap
- December 25 - There Was a Crooked Man...
Television[]
People[]
Births[]
- April 21 - Nicole Sullivan (actress, voice artist and comedian)
- August 15 - Anthony Anderson (actor, comedian and game show host)
Deaths[]
- January 7 - Robert Barrat (actor)
- January 19 - Hal March (comedian, actor and television quiz show emcee)
- January 23 - Nell Shipman (actress, author, screenwriter, producer, director, animal rights activist and animal trainer)
- January 24 - Guy Teague (actor and stuntman)
- January 31 - Edward Lexy (actor)
- February 2
- Lawrence Gray (actor)
- Fernand Gravey (actor)
- February 5 - Jay Eaton (actor)
- February 6 - Roscoe Karns (actor)
- February 14 - Arthur Edeson (cinematographer)
- February 22 - Edward Selzer (producer)
- February 24 - Conrad Nagel (actor)
- February 28
- Norbert Brodine (cinematographer)
- John T. Smith (voice actor)
- March 15 - David Horne (actor)
- March 26 - Patricia Ellis (actress)
- April 4 - Byron Foulger (actor)
- April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell (actress)
- April 17 - Milton Kibbee (actor)
- April 23 - Lillian West (actress)
- April 25 - Anita Louise (actress)
- April 27 - Arthur Shields (actor)
- April 28 - Ed Begley (actor)
- April 30 - Inger Stevens (actress)
- May 11 - Nora Gordon (actress)
- May 14 - Billie Burke (actress)
- July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau (actress)
- July 14 - Preston Foster (actor)
- July 17 - Juano Hernández (actor)
- July 26 - Claud Allister (actor)
- July 29 - Frankie Lee (child actor)
- August 1 - Frances Farmer (actress)
- August 14 - Steve Darrell (actor)
- August 15 - Duane Thompson (actress)
- August 21 - Herman Cohen (animator)
- August 24 - Frederick Leister (actor)
- August 28 - Dan Riss (actor)
- August 29 - Mary Clare (actress)
- September 11 - Chester Morris (actor)
- September 15 - Blue Washington (actor and baseball player)
- September 27 - Fred Coby (actor)
- September 29 - Edward Everett Horton (actor, singer and dancer)
- October 9 - Earl Baldwin (screenwriter)
- October 21 - Ernest Haller (cinematographer)
- November 8 - Renzo Cesana (actor, writer, composer and songwriter)
- December 2 - Pat Flaherty (actor)
- December 8 - Tyrell Davis (actor)
- December 23 - Charlie Ruggles (actor)
- December 31 - Suzanne Dalbert (actress)
Character debuts[]
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