1932 in Film & Television

• Jan 10 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts

• Mar 24 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
• Apr 12 "Grand Hotel" directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore premieres in New York, includes the line "I want to be alone" (Best Picture/Production 1932)

• Apr 28 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC radio
• May 2 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
• Jul 28 "White Zombie" - 1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Béla Lugos is released in the US
• Aug 6 1st Venice Film Festival opens
• Aug 22 BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
• Sep 18 Actress Peg Entwistle commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign
• Oct 11 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
• Oct 20 Journalist Robert Trout joins CBS
• Nov 7 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio
• Nov 18 "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon

• Dec 2 "Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network

• Dec 22 "The Mummy" directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US - 1st Mummy horror film

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 139

• Jan 3 Mara Corday, actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion), born in Santa Monica, California
• Jan 4 Richard Stahl, actor (Howard-It's a Living), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Jan 9 Jane Ross [Breslaw], American actress (Star Trek, Rocket Attack U.S.A., Wild Is My Love), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
• Jan 10 Elaine Devry, American actress
• Jan 11 Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
• Jan 12 Des O'Connor, British television presenter
• Jan 14 Harriet Andersson, actress (Cries & Whispers), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Jan 15 Dean Smith, US actor/relay runner (Olympic gold 1952)
• Jan 19 Richard Lester, movie director (Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia)
• Jan 22 Piper Laurie, [Rosetta Jacobs], actress (Twin Peaks), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Jan 26 Ronald Allison, British author/broadcaster
• Jan 30 Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
• Feb 1 John Hart, American TV journalist (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News), born in Denver, Colorado
• Feb 2 Robert Mandan, American actor best known for his role as Chester Tate in US sitcom "Soap", born in Clever, Missouri (d. 2018)
• Feb 3 Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon), born in Canton, Ohio

• Feb 12 Lincoln Kilpatrick, actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show), born in St Louis, Missouri
• Feb 13 Susan Oliver, American actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1990)
• Feb 14 Alexander Kluge, German author and film director (Yesterday Girl), born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony
• Feb 16 Gretchen Wyler, American actress (Silk Stockings), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
• Feb 16 Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003)
• Feb 23 Majel Barrett, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2008)
• Feb 24 John Vernon, Canadian actor (Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry)
• Feb 25 Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone)

• Feb 28 Don Francks, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Mar 3 Mara Corday, American playmate (Oct, 1958), born in Santa Monica, California
• Mar 6 Jean Boht, English actress (Bread, Distant Voices, Still Lives), born in Bebington, England
• Mar 9 Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologist and actor, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• Mar 11 Valerie French, actress (Jubal), born in London, England
• Mar 24 William Smith, Columbia Mo, actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0)
• Apr 1 Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor
• Apr 1 Debbie Reynolds, American actress (Kathy Selden-Singin' in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2016)
• Apr 1 Gordon Jump, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains), born in Dayton, Ohio

• Apr 4 Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet filmmaker (Andrei Rublev, Mirror, Stalker), born in Zavrazhye, Russia, Soviet Union (d. 1986)
• Apr 9 Cheeta, chimpanzee actor
• Apr 10 Delphine Seyrig, French actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages), born in Beirut Lebanon
• Apr 10 Hari Rhodes, American actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1992)
• Apr 10 Omar Sharif [Michel Dimitri Shalhoub], Egyptian actor (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), born in Alexandria (d. 2015)
• Apr 11 Joel Grey, [Joe Katz], American actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Apr 13 Barney Simon, theatre director/writer
• Apr 14 Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
• Apr 16 Goopy Geer, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Rudolf Ising(Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Goopy Geer"
• Apr 21 Elaine May, American comedienne/writer/actress (New Leaf, Primary Colors), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Apr 24 Coen Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje), born in Amsterdam (d. 2000)
• Apr 25 William Roache, English actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street), born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
• Apr 26 Francis Lai, French film music composer

• Apr 27 Anouk Aimée, French actress (A Man and A Woman), born in Paris
• Apr 29 King Hu, film director
• May 2 Bruce Glover, American actor (Diamonds are Forever), born in Chicago, Illinois
• May 3 Robert Osborne, American film historian (Turner Classic Movies), born in Colfax, Washington (d. 2017)
• May 5 Will Hutchins, Atwater California, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
• May 7 Hans Boskamp [Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hoelscher], Dutch actor and producer (Oh My Papa), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2011)
• May 8 Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• May 9 Geraldine McEwan, English actress (Agatha Christie's Miss Marple), born in Old Windsor Berkshire
• May 10 Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
• May 15 John Glen, Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire)
• May 19 Claude Blanchard, Quebec comedian and actor (d. 2006)
• May 26 Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
• Jun 4 John Drew Barrymore, American actor (Pantomine Quiz), born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2004)
• Jun 6 Billie Whitelaw, British actress (Omen, Adding Machine), born in Coventry, Warwickshire (d. 2014)
• Jun 10 Gardner McKay, American actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 10 George Burns, British TV host
• Jun 10 Branko Lustig, film producer
• Jun 16 David Keylsey, actor/director
• Jun 19 Marisa Pavan, Cagliari Italy, actress (Solomon & Sheba, Rose Tattoo)
• Jun 19 Pier Angeli [Anna Maria Pierangeli], Italian actress (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge), born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (d. 1971)
• Jun 22 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Mola Ram, Mr. India- Mogambo), born in Lahore, Punjab (d. 2005)
• Jun 22 Prunella Scales, English actress
• Jun 27 Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, born in Izmir, Turkey (d. 2015)
• Jun 28 Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, Isleton CA, actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid)
• Jul 2 Ken McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jul 5 Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948)
• Jul 6 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017)
• Jul 11 Alex Hassilev, actor and musician (Limeliters), born in Paris, France
• Jul 11 Bob McGrath, American actor
• Jul 14 Roosevelt Grier, Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On)
• Jul 15 Nina Van Pallandt, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (American Gigolo)
• Jul 16 Milly Vitale, actress (7 Little Foys, War & Peace, Juggler), born in Rome, Italy
• Jul 18 Robert Ellis Miller, American film director
• Jul 20 Nam June Paik, Seoul Korea, video artist (Medium is the Medium)
• Jul 29 Marguerite Empey, [Diane Webber], Los Angelas California, playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956)

• Jul 31 Sam Coppola, US actor (Saturday Night Fever), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2012)
• Aug 1 Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (d. 1972)
• Aug 2 Peter O'Toole, Irish actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia), (d. 2013)
• Aug 3 Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress (Indian Fighter)
• Aug 6 Anneli Sauli, [Savolainen], actress (Milkmaid)
• Aug 7 Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress (Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown)
• Aug 7 Edward Hardwicke, British actor
• Aug 17 Chet Allen, Chickasha Oklahoma, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter)
• Aug 20 Anthony Ainley, British actor (d. 2004)
• Aug 21 Melvin Van Peebles, American actor and director (Sophisticated Gent), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Sep 3 Richard Tyler, American actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family), born in NYC, New York
• Sep 3 Eileen Brennan, American actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
• Sep 4 Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
• Sep 9 Sylvia Miles, actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely), born in NYC, New York
• Sep 10 Bo Goldman, American screenwriter

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• Aug 3 Austro-Hungarian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger (26) weds Marion Mill

• Jan 7 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy, Bright Paradise), dies at 60
• Feb 15 Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66
• Jun 22 Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (b. 1892)
• Aug 10 Rin Tin Tin, American Hollywood shepherd dog (Clash of the Wolves), dies at 13
• Nov 4 Belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41
• Nov 23 Percy Pitt, English composer (BBC), dies at 63
• Nov 27 Evelyn Preer, African-American actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs), dies at 36

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