1973 in television
Date Name Age Notability
January 24 J. Carrol Naish 77 Character actor ( Life With Luigi )
January 28 John Banner 63 Actor ( Sgt . Schultz on Hogan 's Heroes )
March 13 Stacy Harris 54 U.S. actor ( Dragnet , The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp )
April 26 Irene Ryan 70 Actress ( Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies )
September 21 Diana Sands 39 Actress ( The Fugitive )
October 2 Paul Hartman 69 Actor ( Emmett Clark on The Andy Griffith Show )
December 23 Irna Phillips 72 Soap opera writer and creator ( The Guiding Light , As the World Turns )
Deaths
The year 1973 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in that year.