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The year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and it's the 9th year of the 1970's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 29 - A Night Full of Rain (Warner Bros.)
- March 17
- Crossed Swords (Warner Bros.; USA and Japan distribution only)
- An Enemy of the People (Warner Bros.)
- March 18 - Straight Time (Warner Bros.)
- April 14 - The Medusa Touch (Warner Bros.)
- May 10 - It Lives Again (Warner Bros.)
- May 19 - The Sea Gypsies (Warner Bros.)
- May 26 - Big Wednesday (Warner Bros.)
- June 2 - Capricorn One (Warner Bros.)
- July 14
- August 29 - Girlfriends (Warner Bros.)
- October 6
- Bloodbrothers (Warner Bros.)
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (Warner Bros.; New York City, New York)
- October - Fedora (United Artists; Chicago International Film Festival)
- November 1 - The Great Bank Hoax (Warner Bros.)
- November 22 - Movie Movie (Warner Bros.)
- December 10 - Superman (Warner Bros.; premiered in Washington, D.C.)
- December 11 - Superman (Warner Bros.; New York City, New York)
- December 13 - Superman (Warner Bros.; Boston, Massachusetts)
- December 14 - Superman (Warner Bros.; Los Angeles, California)
- December 15 - Superman (Warner Bros.)
- December 20 - Every Which Way but Loose (Warner Bros.)
Television[]
- January 10 - The Fitzpatricks (Warner Bros. Television) is ended on CBS.
- February 23 - Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court (Warner Bros. Cartoons/Chuck Jones Enterprises/Warner Bros. Television) is aired on CBS.
- April 21 - The 2nd season of Wonder Woman (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) is ended on CBS.
- September 9 - The 3rd season of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (Filmation/Warner Bros. Television) is premiered on CBS.
- September 22 - The 3rd season of Wonder Woman (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) is premiered on CBS.
- October 14 - The 3rd season of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (Filmation/Warner Bros. Television) is ended on CBS.
- November 4 - The Daffy Duck Show (Warner Bros. Cartoons/Chuck Jones Enterprises/Warner Bros. Television) is premiered on NBC.
- November 15 - How Bugs Bunny Won the West (Warner Bros. Cartoons/Chuck Jones Enterprises/Warner Bros. Television) is aired on CBS.
Theme parks[]
Books[]
People[]
Births[]
- March 8 - Arloa Reston (actress)
- April 16 - Nikki Griffin (actress, executive and manager)
- December 14 - Jordan Madley (actress)
Deaths[]
- January 5 - Sally Eilers (actress)
- January 9 - Noble Johnson (actor and film producer)
- January 11 - Michael Bates (actor)
- January 14 - Blossom Rock (actress and vaudevillian)
- January 18 - Carl Betz (actor)
- January 23
- Jack Oakie (actor)
- Kelly Thordsen (actor)
- January 27 - Oscar Homolka (actor)
- February 2 - William Holmes (film editor)
- February 8 - George Cannata (animator)
- February 9 - Angela Greene (actress)
- February 13 - Regina Wallace (actress)
- February 15 - Ilka Chase (actress, radio host and novelist)
- February 18 - Kathleen Lockhart (actress)
- February 22
- Daphne Pollard (vaudeville performer, actress, dancer and singer)
- Dennie Moore (actress)
- February 28 - Philip Ahn (actor and activist)
- March 2
- George Lovejoy Rockwell (vaudeville performer and radio personality)
- Ruth Dwyer (actress)
- March 13 - John Cazale (actor)
- March 16 - Kathryn Givney (actress)
- March 18 - Peggy Wood (actress and singer)
- March 22 - Karl Wallenda (daredevil and circus performer)
- March 25 - Leslie Fenton (actor and film director)
- March 27 - Wilfred Pickles (actor and radio presenter)
- April 1 - Lynne Roberts (actress)
- April 9 - Edythe Elliott (actress)
- April 11 - Ian MacDonald (actor)
- April 14 - Arline Pretty (actress)
- April 19 - Joe Dougherty (actor)
- May 2 - Mira McKinney (actress)
- May 8 - Eileen Crowe (actress)
- May 24 - Barry Atwater (actor)
- May 28 - Basil Davidovich (animator and layout artist)
- June 1 - John Burton (producer)
- June 16 - Joan Winfield (actress and talented violinist)
- July 4 - Sam Pottle (composer, conductor and musical director)
- August 14 - Joe Venuti (jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist)
- August 26 - Charles Boyer (actor)
- August 31 - Lee Garmes (cinematographer)
- September 6 - Harry Wilson (actor)
- September 9 - Jack L. Warner (film executive)
- September 12 - Frank Ferguson (actor)
- September 18 - Ann Shoemaker (actress)
- September 24
- Jay Adler(actor)
- Ruth Etting (singer and actress)
- October 8 - Karl Swenson (actor and voice actor)
- October 10 - Kathryn McGuire (dancer and actress)
- October 19 - Gig Young (actor)
- October 30 - Wallace MacDonald (actor and film producer)
- November 5 - Denis O'Dea (actor)
- November 16 - Claude Dauphin (actor)
- November 18 - Odette Myrtil (actress, singer and violinist)
- November 23
- June Martel (singer and actress)
- Maurice Murphy (actor)
- December 7 - I. Stanford Jolley (actor)
- December 12 - Fay Compton (actress)
- December 15 - Chill Wills (actor and singer)
- December 27 - Jean Inness (actress)
Artists Joined[]
Character debuts[]
- June - Killer Frost
- September 16 - The Skeleton Men
- October 7 - Tar Monster
Home video[]
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