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1984 was the 5th year of 1980's.
Notable Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
- January 13
- Betrayal (New Line Cinema; limited)
- Warriors of the Wasteland (New Line Cinema)
- January 19 - Copkiller (New Line Cinema; New York City, New York)
- February 3 - Star 80 (Warner Bros.)
- February 15 - The Blade Masters (New Line Cinema)
- February 17
- Lassiter (Warner Bros.)
- The Right Stuff (Warner Bros.)
- March 9 - Mike's Murder (Warner Bros.)
- March 23 - Police Academy (Warner Bros.)
- March 30
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Warner Bros.)
- Purple Hearts (Warner Bros.)
- April 13 - Swing Shift (Warner Bros.)
- May 2 - The Mission (New Line Cinema; limited)
- May 18 - Finders Keepers (Warner Bros.)
- June 1 - Once Upon a Time in America (Warner Bros.)
- June 8 - Gremlins (Warner Bros.)
- June 29 - Cannonball Run II (Warner Bros.)
- June - Blind Date (New Line Cinema)
- July 13 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.; re-issue)
- July 20 - The NeverEnding Story (Warner Bros.)
- July 27 - Purple Rain (Warner Bros.)
- August 3 - Grandview, U.S.A. (Warner Bros.)
- August 15 - Half a Life (New Line Cinema; limited)
- August 17 - Tightrope (Warner Bros.)
- August 24 - Cal (Warner Bros.)
- September 21 - Windy City (limited)
- September 28 - Irreconcilable Differences (Warner Bros.)
- September 30 - The Ninja Mission (Warner Bros.)
- October 19 - The Little Drummer Girl (Warner Bros.)
- October 26 - American Dreamer (Warner Bros.)
- November 2 - The Killing Fields (Warner Bros.; New York City, New York)
- November 7
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (New Line Cinema)
- Oh, God! You Devil (Warner Bros.)
- Special Effects (New Line Cinema)
- November 16
- Perfect Strangers (New Line Cinema)
- Razorback (Warner Bros.)
- December 7 - City Heat (Warner Bros.)
- December 21 - Protocol (Warner Bros.)
Television[]
Television Shows[]
Television Films[]
- February 12 - To Catch a King (HBO Premiere Films)
- March 24 - The Cold Room (HBO Premiere Films)
- April 22 - The Far Pavilions (HBO Premiere Films)
- May 2 - The Blood of Others (HBO Premiere Films)
- June 20 - Sakharov (HBO Premiere Films)
- July 15 - Draw! (HBO Premiere Films)
- October 14 - Countdown to Looking Glass (HBO Premiere Films)
- October 20 - The Guardian (HBO Premiere Films)
- November 18 - The Glitter Dome (Warner Bros. Television/HBO Premiere Films/Telepictures)
Theme park happenings[]
Comics[]
Books[]
VHS releases[]
Business[]
People[]
Births[]
- January 4 - Robin Sydney (actress)
- April 2 - Tiffany Brouwer (actress and producer)
- April 25 - Jillian Bell (comedian, actress and screenwriter)
- May 19 - Catherine Haena Kim (actress and model)
- August 25 - Anya Monzikova (actress and model)
- November 7 - Carlee Baker (actress, writer and producer)
Deaths[]
- January 2 - David Detiege (writer and director)
- January 7 - Walter Forde (actor, screenwriter and director)
- January 11 - Jack La Rue (actor)
- January 20 - Michael Brooke (peer and actor)
- February 11 - John Comer (actor)
- February 15
- Ethel Merman (actress and singer)
- Avon Long (actor and singer)
- February 22 - Ralph Emerson (actor)
- March 1 - Jackie Coogan (actor and comedian)
- March 2 - Yola d'Avril (actress)
- March 5 - William Powell (actor)
- March 6 - Henry Wilcoxon (actor)
- March 8 - Marjorie Riordan (actress, model and clinical psychologist)
- March 10
- June Marlowe (actress)
- Eugene Poddany (composer)
- March 13 - Salvatore Baccaro (actor)
- March 28 - Ben Washam (animator)
- April 16 - Byron Haskin (producer and director)
- April 26
- May McAvoy (actress)
- Henry Rowland (actor)
- April 28 - Treg Brown (sound editor)
- April 29 - Richard Benedict (actor, writer and director)
- May 7 - Ruth Renick (actress)
- May 12 - Ben Roberts (screenwriter and producer)
- May 19 - Terry O. Morse (film director and editor)
- May 20 - Peter Bull (actor and author)
- May 24 - Bob Clampett (animator, producer, director and puppeteer)
- June 1 - Ruthelma Stevens (actress)
- June 7 - George Givot (comedian and actor)
- June 11 - Ernst Haeussermann (theatre director and actor)
- June 15 - Ned Glass (actor)
- June 24 - William Keighley (actor and film director)
- June 26 - Sybil Seely (actress)
- July 7 - Flora Robson (actress)
- July 23
- Lloyd Gough (actor)
- Anthony Sharp (actor, writer and director)
- July 28
- Bess Flowers (actress)
- Jim Bannon (actor and radio announcer)
- July 29
- Fred Waring (musician, bandleader and radio and television personality)
- Woodrow Parfrey (actor)
- August 4
- Edmon Ryan (actor)
- Walter Burke (actor)
- Howard Culver (actor)
- August 5 - Richard Burton (actor)
- August 8 - Richard Deacon (actor)
- August 13 - Clyde Cook (actor)
- August 19 - George Meeker (actor)
- August 22
- Charley Foy (actor)
- Freddie Steele (professional boxer and film actor)
- August 26 - Julie Stevens (actress)
- September 17 - Richard Basehart (actor)
- September 24 - Neil Hamilton (actor)
- September 25
- Walter Pidgeon (actor)
- Laverne Harding (animator and cartoonist)
- October 3
- Raymond McKee (actor)
- Steve Pendleton (actor)
- October 12 - Nellie Bly Baker (actress)
- October 15 - Gary Vinson (actor)
- October 18 - Mickey Brantford (actor and production manager)
- October 22 - Napoleon Whiting (actor)
- October 24
- Walter Woolf King (actor and singer)
- James Philbrook (actor)
- October 29 - Soo Yong (actress)
- November 16 - Murray Alper (actor)
- December 2 - Harry Sukman (composer)
- December 8 - Luther Adler (actor)
- December 13 - Margaret Livingston (actress and businesswoman)
- December 19 - Michael Sasanoff (writer)
- December 24 - Peter Lawford (actor)
Books[]
- Gremlins (from Buena Vista Records)
Artists Joined[]
Character debuts[]
- June 8 - Gizmo, Stripe, Billy Peltzer, Kate Beringer, Rand Peltzer, Ruby Deagle, Lynn Peltzer, Gerald Hopkins, Murray Futterman, Roy Hanson, Mr. Wing, Frank Reilly, Pete Fountaine, Brent Frye, Roland Corben, Sheila Futterman.
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