1977 was the 8th year of 1970's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 10 - The Late Show (New York City, New York)
- March 24 - The Late Show (USA Film Festival)
- March 26 - Brothers (USA Film Festival)
- March 31 - Brothers (New York City, New York)
- June 13 - Viva Knievel!
- June 17 - Exorcist II: The Heretic
- June 28 - One on One premiered in Colorado.
- June 29 - One on One (Louisville, Kentucky)
- July - Greased Lightning
- July 15 - Outlaw Blues (New York City, New York)
- August - Outlaw Blues
- August 3 - One on One (Los Angeles, California)
- August 24 - One on One (New York City, New York)
- October 7
- October 14 - Starship Invasions
- November 10 - Brothers (Bismarck, North Dakota)
- November 20 - The Pack
- November 30 - The Goodbye Girl
- December 21 - The Gauntlet
- September 29 - Bobby Deerfield (New York City, New York)
Shorts[]
- May 25 - Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (re-issue)
Television[]
Artists Joined[]
Theme parks[]
People[]
Births[]
- January 22 - Casey B. Dolan (actress)
- March 1 - Adam Huss (actor, producer, director, singer and writer)
- May 13 - Neil Hopkins (actor, producer and writer)
- July 1 - Tyson Turrou (actor and producer)
- October 8 - Daniel Bess (actor)
Deaths[]
- January 5 - Onslow Stevens (actor)
- January 25 - Dale Van Sickel (college football, basketball and baseball player)
- January 26 - Margaret Hayes(actress)
- January 27 - Walter Baldwin (actor)
- February - Irv Spector (writer, animator and director)
- February 3 - Pauline Starke (actress)
- February 13 - James Ford (actor)
- February 18
- Ralph Graves (screenwriter, film director and actor)
- Andy Devine (character actor and comic cowboy sidekick)
- February 22
- Anthony Nicholls (actor)
- Edith Barrett (actress)
- March 3 - Carlyle Moore Jr. (actor)
- March 8 - Henry Hull (actor)
- March 14 - Helen Ferguson (actress and publicist)
- March 21 - Victor Beaumont (actor)
- April 17 - Marjorie Gateson (actress)
- April 20 - Bryan Foy (film producer and director)
- April 27 - Stanley Adams (actor and screenwriter)
- April 28 - Ricardo Cortez (actor and director)
- May 4 - Lillian Kemble-Cooper (actress)
- May 10 - Joan Crawford (actress)
- May 21 - Dorothy Christy (actress)
- June 2 - Mabel Todd (actress)
- June 7 - Raymond Cannon (actor, film director, screenwriter, journalist and author)
- June 14 - Alan Reed (actor and voice actor)
- June 19 - Geraldine Brooks (actress)
- June 20 - Abner Biberman (actor, director and screenwriter)
- June 29 - Lillie Hayward (screenwriter)
- August 9 - Edward Chapman (actor)
- August 10 - Vince Barnett (actor)
- August 16 - Elvis Presley (singer and actor)
- August 17 - Delmer Daves (director, screenwriter, producer and actor)
- August 19 - Groucho Marx (comedian, actor, writer and singer)
- August 22 - Sebastian Cabot (actor and voice actor)
- August 31 - Joseph Mell (actor)
- September 1 - Ethel Waters (singer and actress)
- September 2 - Stephen Dunne (actor, radio personality and disc jockey)
- September 5 - Claudia Dell (showgirl and actress)
- September 8 - Zero Mostel (actor, comedian and singer)
- September 11 - Leonard Carey (actor)
- September 27
- George Merritt (actor)
- Willis Bouchey (actor)
- September 29 - Robert McKimson (animator, illustrator and director)
- October 10 - Angelo Muscat (actor)
- October 14 - Bing Crosby (singer and actor)
- October 15 - Ralph Truman (actor)
- November 3 - Florence Vidor (actress)
- November 9 - Gertrude Astor (actress)
- November 15 - William C. McGann (film director)
- November 18 - Victor Francen (actor)
- November 25 - Richard Carlson (actor, director and screenwriter)
- November 27 - June Weaver (actress and vaudeville performer)
- November 28 - Trevor Bardette (actor)
- November 30 - Olga Petrova (actress, screenwriter and playwright)
- December 4 - Leila Hyams (actress)
- December 18 - Maureen Cusack (actress)
- December 26 - Howard Hawks (film director, producer and screenwriter)
- December 28 - Charlotte Greenwood (actress and dancer)
Character debuts[]
- September 24 - Pterodactyl Ghost
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