1934 in Film & Television

• Jan 4 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange" premieres

• Jun 9 1st appearance of Donald Duck in a cartoon, "The Wise Little Hen"
• Aug 1 2nd Venice Film Festival opens
• Sep 12 "L'Atalante", French film directed by Jean Vigo, starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté, is released

• Dec 28 Film "Bright Eyes" premieres starring Shirley Temple and featuring the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop"

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 146

• Jan 6 Sylvia Syms, English actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine), born in London, England
• Jan 8 Roy Kinnear, Lancashire England, actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers)
• Jan 13 Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show), born in Washington, D.C.
• Jan 14 Richard Briers, English actor, (d. 2013)
• Jan 17 Donald Cammell, film director
• Jan 17 Shari Lewis, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop), born in The Bronx, New York
• Jan 20 Tom Baker, English actor (fourth Doctor in Doctor Who), born in Liverpool
• Jan 21 Audrey Dalton, Irish actress

• Jan 23 Lou Antonio, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Jan 25 Elizabeth Allen, actress (Laura-Bracken's World), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Jan 28 Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
• Jan 29 Noel Harrison, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE), born in London, England (d. 2013)
• Jan 30 Tammy Grimes, American actress (Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
• Jan 31 James Franciscus, Clayton Mo, actor (Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter)
• Feb 3 Jeremy Kemp, Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War)
• Feb 6 Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
• Feb 11 Tina Louise, American actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas), born in NYC, New York
• Feb 12 Annette Crosbie, British(?) actress
• Feb 13 George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane)
• Feb 14 Florence Henderson, actress and singer (Carol in The Brady Bunch), born in Dale, Indiana (d. 2016)
• Feb 15 Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
• Feb 17 Alan Bates, Allestree England, actor (Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman)
• Feb 17 Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor and author known for his stage alter egos (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson), born in Melbourne, Victoria
• Feb 19 Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• Feb 21 Rue McClanahan, Healdton Oklahoma, actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
• Feb 23 Linda Cristal, Argentinian actress (High Chapparal), born in Buenos Aires
• Feb 25 Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), born in London, England (d. 1993)
• Feb 27 Van Williams, American actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
• Mar 3 Gia Scala, Italian actress (Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water)
• Mar 4 Barbara McNair, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show), born in Racine, Wisconsin
• Mar 4 Anne Haney, American actress (Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire, Greta the secretary in Liar Liar), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2001)
• Mar 5 James B Sikking, CA, actor (Hill St Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser)
• Mar 6 John Noakes, British TV presenter, born in Yorkshire, England (d. 2017)
• Mar 9 Joyce Van Patten, American actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show), born in Queens, New York
• Mar 11 Sam Donaldson, ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time), born in El Paso, Texas
• Mar 21 Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie), (d. 2012)
• Mar 22 May Britt, Swedish actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr
• Mar 22 Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (d. 1994)
• Mar 23 Mark Rydell, American actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 23 Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
• Mar 24 William Smith, American actor
• Mar 26 Alan Arkin, American actor (Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 31 Richard Chamberlain, American actor (Dr Kildare), born in Beverly Hills, California
• Apr 1 Don Hastings, American actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Apr 2 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1997)
• Apr 4 Dorothy Grenfell Williams, radio producer and broadcaster, born in Johannesburg (d. 1994)
• Apr 7 Ian Richards, actor (Montgomery-Ike), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Apr 7 Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (d. 2007)
• Apr 16 Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
• Apr 18 James Drury, American actor (Virginian), born in NYC, New York
• Apr 18 Mark Kingston, actor (Intimate Contact)
• Apr 24 John Barbour, TV host (Real People), born in Toronto, Ontario

• Apr 25 Denny "Scott" Miller, American actor (Wagon Train), born in Bloomington Ind, (d. 2014)
• May 4 Pete Barbutti, American comedian (Garry Moore Show), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
• May 9 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
• May 10 Gary Owens, American disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show), born in Mitchell, South Dakota
• May 10 Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar
• May 14 Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
• May 18 Dwayne Hickman, LA, actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini)
• May 19 David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate)
• May 27 Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author and screen-writer (Star Trek-"The City on the Edge of Forever"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
• May 29 Nanette Newman, English writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage), born in Northampton, England
• May 31 Jim Hutton, Binghamton NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
• Jun 1 Charles "Pat" Boone, American singer, actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade, No More Mr. Nice Guy) and TV personality (The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom), born in Jacksonville, Florida
• Jun 1 Peter Masterson, actor (Ambush Bay), born in Houston, Texas
• Jun 8 Millicent Martin, English actress (Alfie, Nothing but the Best), born in Romford, Essex
• Jun 12 John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (pioneered handheld work, lighting techniques and HD video development), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2001)
• Jun 16 Eileen Atkins, actress (Equus, Devil Within Her), born in London, England
• Jun 16 Janet Pilgrim, playmate (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956)
• Jun 16 Bill Cobbs [Wilbert], American actor (Night at the Museum, The Color of Money), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Jun 20 Wendy Craig, England, actress (Joseph Andrews)
• Jun 20 Rossana Podestà, Italian actress (Helen of Troy), (d. 2013)
• Jun 26 Josef Sommer, German-American actor (Witness, Target, Iceman, Forced March), born in Greifswald, Germany
• Jul 1 Jamie Farr, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH), born in Toledo, Ohio
• Jul 1 Jean Marsh, actress (Dark Places, Eagle has Landed), born in London, England

• Jul 1 Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter
• Jul 4 Colin Welland, British screenwriter (Chariots of Fire) and actor (Straw Dogs), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2015)
• Jul 8 Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), born in London, England
• Jul 15 Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (d. 1977)
• Jul 17 Pat McCormick, comedian (Don Rickles Show)
• Jul 18 Edward Bond, English playwright and director (Blow-up), born in Holloway, North London
• Jul 18 Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois (d. 2007)
• Jul 19 Willem Nijholt, Dutch actor (De Nietsnut, Respect, Op Afbetaling), born in Gombong, Central Java

• Jul 25 Claude Zidi, French film director and screenwriter (My New Partner), born in Paris
• Jul 26 Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (Adderly, Katts and Dog), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2015)
• Aug 3 Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler, born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1989)
• Aug 16 John Standing, British actor (Edward-Lime Street), born in London, England
• Aug 16 Ketty Lester, [Revoyda Frierson], US singer/actress (Love Letters)
• Aug 16 Pierre Richard, French actor and director (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe), born in Valenciennes, Nord, France
• Aug 20 Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen
• Aug 22 Diana Sands, American actress (Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife), born in NYC, New York
• Aug 22 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC), born in London (d. 2008)
• Aug 24 Kenny Baker, English actor (R2D2-Star Wars), born in Solihull (d. 2016)
• Aug 25 Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host and Senator, born in Iriga, Philippines
• Aug 30 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor (Drop Out, Family, Flanagan), born in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Aug 31 Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor

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• Feb 10 British-born actor "North by Northwest" Cary Grant (30) weds "City Lights" actress Virginia Cherrill (26)

• Mar 21 Lilyan Tashman, American actress (Millie, Bulldog Drummond), dies following cancer surgery at 34
• Apr 14 Gerald du Maurier, British actor (Power, Escape!, Masks and Faces), at 61
• Apr 14 Karl Dane, Danish-American comedian and actor (The Big Parade) dies at 47
• May 29 Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
• Jun 8 Dorothy Dell [Goff], American child actress (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel), dies in a road accident at 19
• Jun 27 Max Pallenberg, Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight), husband of Operetta star Fritzi Massary, dies in air crash at 56

• Sep 2 Russ Columbo [Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo], American baritone, violinist and actor (You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love), is shot at 26
• Sep 18 Marie Shotwell, actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54
• Oct 5 Jean Vigo, French actor and director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante), dies of complications from tuberculosis at 29
• Nov 16 Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland, dies at 82

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