May 1932 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

May 2 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)

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, American actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord), born in Atwater, California
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 (Much Ado About Nothing, The Time Machine), born in Glasgow, Scotland
May 9 Geraldine McEwan, British actress (Agatha Christie's Miss Marple), born in Old Windsor Berkshire (d. 2015)
May 10 Francoise Fabian, French actress (Happy New Year), born in Algiers, French Algeria
May 19 Claude Blanchard, French Canadian singer, comedian and actor, born in Joliette, Canada (d. 2006)
May 21 Dan Wakefield, American novelist (Going All The Way; New York In The Fifties), journalist (The Atlantic, 1968-81), and screenwriter, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
May 26 "Grishata" Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (At Each Kilometer), born in Tranchovitsa, Bulgaria (d. 1980)
May 26 Alvin Ing, American stage and screen singer and actor (Flower Drum Song), born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaiʻi (d. 2021)