Birthdays in Film & TV
- 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, American actor (Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), born in Los Angeles, California
- May 19 David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate)
- May 25 David Burke, English actor (The Woman in Black), born in Liverpool, England
- May 27 Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author and screenwriter (Star Trek-"The City on the Edge of Forever"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
- May 29 Nanette Newman, English writer and actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage), born in Northampton, England
- May 31 Jim Hutton, Binghamton NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
Deaths in Film & TV
- May 29 Eugenie Besserer, American actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
