1929 in Film & Television

• Jan 3 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS president
• Jan 8 CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
• Jan 13 Humanist Society established, Hollywood, California
• Feb 1 "The Broadway Melody" directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bessie Love is released. 1st film with sound to win an Oscar (Outstanding Picture 1930)
• Feb 5 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in San Francisco

• Sep 2 WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
• Oct 24 Rudy Vallee's "The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour" begins broadcasting on NBC radio

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 135

• Jan 7 Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
• Jan 7 Terry Moore [Helen Luella Koford], American actress (Little Sheba), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 8 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor (The Chess Players, Gandhi), born in Punjab, India (d. 2015)
• Jan 11 Nicoletta Orsomando, Italian TV presenter, born in Casapulla
• Jan 14 Aleksander Petrovic, film director
• Jan 19 Ulu Grosbard, Belgian actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love)
• Jan 20 Arte Johnson, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 26 Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (d. 2000)
• Jan 31 Jean Simmons, British actress (Thorn Birds, Guys & Dolls),born in London, England (d. 2010)
• Feb 4 Jerry Adler, American actor
• Feb 6 Pierre Brice, French actor
• Feb 14 Vic Morrow, American actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie), born in NYC, New York
• Feb 15 Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day)
• Feb 17 Dame Patricia Routledge, British actress and singer (Keeping Up Appearances, Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters), born in Tranmere, Birkenhead
• Feb 19 Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
• Feb 20 Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill], American actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1989)
• Feb 21 James Beck, English actor (d. 1973)
• Feb 22 James Hong, American actor
• Feb 22 Rebecca Schull [Wattenberg], American actress (Wings, United 93), born in New York City, New York
• Feb 23 Eduard W "Ed" Bauer, [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
• Feb 24 Richard B Shull, actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo), born in Evanston, Illinois
• Mar 11 Timothy Carey, American actor (Paths of Glory, The Killing), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
• Mar 13 Peter Breck, American actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2012)
• Mar 16 Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (Ich suche Dich, Rosemary) and Miss Austria (1949), born in Vienna, Austria
• Mar 20 Germán Robles, Spanish actor
• Mar 21 James Coco, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death), born in The Bronx, New York
• Mar 21 Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV)
• Mar 21 Maurice Catarcio, wrestler
• Mar 23 James Maxwell, American actor and director (The Portrait of a Lady, The Shadow of the Tower, The Evil of Frankenstein), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• Mar 25 Kenneth Haigh, Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile)
• Mar 27 Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1988)
• Mar 29 Ronald Clive Williams, Welsh actor and comedian (Twin Town), born in Cefneithin, Carmarthenshire, Wales (d. 1997)
• Mar 29 Utpal Dutt, Indian actor and director (Manusher Adhikar), born in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, India (d. 1993)
• Mar 30 Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
• Mar 30 Shirley Stoler, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Mar 31 Lee Patterson, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Apr 1 Jane Powell, American singer and actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers), born in Portland, Oregon
• Apr 3 Lee Leonard, American television personality (ESPN, CNN), born in NYC, New York
• Apr 5 Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 2001)
• Apr 6 Joi Lansing [Joyce Brown], American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer (Touch of Evil, Bob Cummings Show), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1972)
• Apr 8 Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor, director and composer (Le Far West, Pain in the A__), born in Schaerbeek, Brussels (d. 1978)
• Apr 8 WIlliam K Everson, film historian

• Apr 12 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, Scottish actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko), born in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland (d. 2013)
• Apr 14 Gerry Anderson, English television producer, (d. 2012)
• Apr 18 Peter Jeffrey, actor (Dr Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity)
• Apr 24 Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
• Apr 24 Shammi [Nargis Rabadi], Indian actress (Half Ticket, Dekh Bhai Dekh), born in Bombay, British India (d. 2018)
• Apr 30 Peter Carsten, Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible)

• May 5 John S Ragin, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME), born in Newark, New Jersey
• May 9 Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
• May 14 Henry McGee, British actor (d. 2006)
• May 23 Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness)
• May 25 Warren Frost, American actor
• May 29 Katie Boyle, [Lady Sander Saunders], British broadcaster
• May 30 Michael Mellinger, Bavaria, actor (Goldfinger)
• May 31 Elaine Stewart, actress (Take the High Ground), born in Montclair, New Jersey
• Jun 6 Sunil Dutt, Indian Bollywood director, actor and politician (Yaadein, Mother India, Khandaan), born in Jhelum, Punjab (d. 2005)
• Jun 7 The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager (d. 1983)
• Jun 10 Harald Juhnke, actor (Guitars of Love), born in Berlin, Germany
• Jun 13 Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual designer (Star Wars, E.T.), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012)
• Jun 16 Ramon Bieri, American actor (d. 2001)
• Jun 16 Pauline Yates, English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), born in St Helens, Merseyside
• Jun 19 Thelma Barlow, English actress (Mavis on Coronation Street)
• Jun 20 Ronald Hines, British actor (Not in Front of the Children, Pack of Lies), born in London, England (d. 2017)
• Jun 23 Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
• Jun 27 William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
• Jun 28 Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jun 29 Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
• Jun 29 Leigh Snowden [Martha Lee Estes], American actress (All That Heaven Allows), born in Covington, Tennessee (d. 1982)
• Jul 5 Katherine Helmond, actress (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss), born in Galveston, Texas
• Jul 18 Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
• Jul 20 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)
• Jul 21 Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• Jul 22 Vivien Merchant, actress (Under Milk Wood), born in Manchester, England
• Jul 31 Don Murray, American actor (Bus Stop, Advise & Consent, Endless Love), born in Hollywood, California
• Aug 4 Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, born in Khandwa, Central Provinces, British (d. 1987)
• Aug 13 Pat Harrington Jr, actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time), born in NYC, New (d. 2016)
• Aug 16 Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
• Aug 20 Norma Connolly, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Aug 28 Rokie Roker, actress (Helen-Jeffersons), born in Miami, Florida
• Sep 2 Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)

• Sep 7 John Milford, Johnstown NY, actor (Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James)
• Sep 7 T. P. McKenna, Irish actor (Rivals, Holocaust), born in Mullagh, Ireland (d. 2011)
• Sep 14 Maurice Vachon, French Canadian professional wrestler
• Sep 17 Pat Crowley, American actress
• Sep 20 Anne Meara, Brooklyn New York comedian/actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place)
• Sep 23 Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster
• Sep 25 Ronnie Barker, British comedian (the Two Ronnies)
• Sep 25 Barbara Walters, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Sep 27 Sada Thompson, actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness), born in Des Moines, Iowa
• Sep 28 Marilyn Clark, actress (House of Party Beach), born in Spokane, Washington
• Oct 2 Moses Gunn, actor (Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft), born in St Louis, Missouri
• Oct 4 Scotty Beckett, actor (Listen Darling, Battleground), born in Oakland, California
• Oct 5 Skip Homeier, actor (Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 7 Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive
• Oct 11 Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
• Oct 12 Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter, born in Reykjavik, Iceland (d. 2007)

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• Jul 22 American Playwright Eugene O'Neill (40) marries 3rd wife actress Carlotta Monterey (40)

• Feb 12 Lillie Langtry [Emilie Charlotte Le Breton], American actress (His Neighbor's Wife), dies at 75
• Jun 9 Lewis Bennison, American actor, dies at 44
• Jul 2 Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
• Jul 3 Dustin Farnum, American actor (Squaw Man, Virginian, The Flaming Frontier), dies at 55
• Aug 2 Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
• Sep 15 Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58
• Oct 3 Jeanne Eagels, actress (The Letter), dies at 35

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