March 1935 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Mar 24 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network

Film Release

Mar 28 Influential Nazi Propaganda film "Triumph of the Will" released showing Nuremberg rallies, commissioned by Adolf Hitler and directed by Leni Riefenstahl

Birthdays in Film & TV

Mar 1 Robert Conrad [Conrad R. Falk], American actor (Wild Wild West), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
Mar 2 Al Waxman, Canadian actor (Cagney & Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms), born in Toronto, Ontario
Mar 2 Porky Pig, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Friz Freleng and Frank Tashlin (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "I Haven't Got a Hat"
Mar 11 Sandra Milo, Italian actress
Mar 12 Arnold Margolin, American television writer and producer (Love American Style), born in Illinois
Mar 13 Don Nute, American actor, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
Mar 13 Joseph Mascolo, American actor (Days of Our Lives), born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2016)
Mar 13 Leslie Parrish, American actress and activist, born in Melrose, Massachusetts

Judd Hirsch (88 years old)

Mar 15 American Emmy and Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Taxi - "Alex";, I'm Not Rappaport; Dear John; Ordinary People), born in The Bronx, New York

Mar 17 (Patrick Henry} "Adam" Wade, American pop singer (The Writing On The Wall), actor (Kiss Me Goodbye), and 1st US Black game show host (Musical Chairs), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
Mar 19 Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
Mar 19 Phyllis Newman, actress (Coming of Age, TW3), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Mar 20 Ted Bessell, American director and actor (Don-That Girl, Gomer Pyle- Frankie), born in Flushing, New York (d. 1996)
Mar 22 M[ichael] Emmet Walsh, American actor (Wildcats, War Party), born in Ogdensburg New York
Mar 23 Barry Cryer, British comic, writer (The Kenny Everett Show; Ross Abbot; The Two Ronnies), and actor (All You Need Is Cash), born in Leeds, England (d. 2022)
Mar 24 Mary Berry, English food writer and TV presenter (The Great British Bake Off), born in Bath, England
Mar 25 Susan Engel, British actress (Ascendancy), born in Vienna, Austria
Mar 27 Julian Glover, English actor (QED, Heat & Dust, Mandela), born in Hampstead, London

Michael Parkinson (88 years old)

Mar 28 English broadcaster and talkshow host (Parkinson), born in Cudworth, West Riding

Deaths in Film & TV

Mar 6 Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor and comedian (The Wrong Millionaire, Secret Svensson), dies from brain fever at 39
Mar 8 Ruan Lingyu [Fenggen], Chinese silent film actress (The Goddess), commits suicide at 24
Mar 10 Barend Barendse, Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht), dies at 82
Mar 23 Florence Moore, American vaudeville, stage and silent screen actress, dies of cancer at 48