1937 in Film & Television

• Jan 25 1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio

• Apr 28 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)

• Jul 19 Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood
• Aug 10 5th Venice Film Festival opens
• Aug 11 "The Life of Emile Zola" directed by William Dieterle and starring Paul Muni premieres in New York (Best Picture 1938)

• Nov 13 NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
• Dec 12 NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY

• Dec 25 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 141

• Jan 3 Glen Larson, American television producer & writer (Battlestar Galactica, Magnum PI, & Knight Rider), born in Long Beach, CA, (d. 2014)
• Jan 4 Dyan Cannon [Samile Diane Friesen], American actress, director and producer (Heaven Can Wait), born in Tacoma, Washington
• Jan 12 Marie Dubois, French actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim), born in Paris, France (d. 2014)
• Jan 14 Shoban Babu, Indian actor, born in Nandigama, India (d. 2008)
• Jan 15 Margaret O'Brien, American actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis), born in San Diego, California
• Jan 16 Bob Bogle, Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
• Jan 16 Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
• Jan 20 Dorothy Provine, American actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat), born in Deadwood, South Dakota
• Jan 28 Ken Hill, English playwright and director, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1995)
• Jan 30 Vanessa Redgrave, British actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express), born in London, England
• Jan 30 Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (d. 2005)
• Jan 31 Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show), born in NYC, New York
• Jan 31 Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
• Feb 1 Garrett Morris, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Feb 2 Tom Smothers, American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show, Serial), born in NYC, New York
• Feb 2 Remak Ramsay, American actor
• Feb 4 Collin Wilcox, Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
• Feb 4 David Newman, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
• Feb 5 Stuart Damon, American actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Feb 8 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
• Feb 8 Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer)
• Feb 21 Gary Lockwood, Van Nuys Cal, actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant)
• Feb 25 Bob Schieffer, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Austin, Texas
• Feb 25 Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Doctor Zhivago, To Catch a Spy)
• Mar 1 Jed Allan, actor (Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara), born in The Bronx, New York
• Mar 3 Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
• Mar 6 Doug Dillard, actor (Clem-Popeye)
• Mar 7 Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song)
• Mar 10 Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
• Mar 11 Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
• Mar 17 Adam Wade, actor (Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe)
• Mar 20 Jerry Reed, American country music singer (When You're Hot, You're Hot) and actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2008)
• Mar 22 Angelo Badalamenti, American film composer (Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Mar 23 Tony Burton, actor (Rocky films) and boxer, born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2016)
• Mar 30 Jay W Macintosh, actress (Sons & Daughters), born in Gainesville, Georgia
• Mar 30 Warren Beatty, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy), born in Richmond, Virginia
• Apr 3 William Gaunt, English actor (Champions), born in Pudsey, Yorkshire
• Apr 3 Petunia Pig, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Frank Tashlin (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Porky's Romance"

• Apr 9 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster (Blue Peter), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
• Apr 13 Edward Fox, English actor (The Day of the Jackal, Gandhi), born in Chelsea, London
• Apr 17 Daffy Duck, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Porky's Duck Hunt"
• Apr 18 Robert Hooks,African-American actor (Fast Walking, Aaron Loves Angela), born in Washington, D.C.
• Apr 19 Elinor Donahue, American actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life), born in Tacoma, Washington

• Apr 25 Bo Brundin, Swedish actress (Rhinemann Exchange), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Apr 27 Sandy Dennis, American actress (Up the Down Staircase), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 1992)
• May 1 Una Stubbs, English actress ( Till Death Us Do Part), born in Welwyn Garden City
• May 2 Lorenzo Music, American writer, actor and voice actor (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
• May 4 Mr. Fuji [Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara], American professional wrestler, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2016)
• May 12 George Carlin, comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash), born in The Bronx, New York
• May 13 Zohra Lampert, American actress (Doctor's Hospital, Girl With Something Extra), born in NYC, New York
• May 14 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris)
• May 16 Yvonne Craig, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 2015)
• May 19 Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
• May 26 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Empire of Japan (d. 2019)
• May 27 Allan Carr, American producer and director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)

• Jun 1 Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress, born in Dublin, Ireland
• Jun 4 Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler and commentator, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1999)
• Jun 11 Luciana Paluzzi, Italian-American actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball), born in Rome, Italy
• Jun 11 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2012)
• Jun 11 Johnny Brown, American comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams), born in St Petersburg, Florida
• Jun 14 Jørgen Leth, Danish film director (A Sunday in Hell), born in Aarhus, Denmark
• Jun 17 Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor (Mission Impossible), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Jun 18 Varbara Ann Teer, American actress/director (National Black Theatre Company)
• Jun 20 Jerry Keller, rocker/actor (If Ever I See You Again)
• Jun 26 Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor and director, born in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
• Jun 28 Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
• Jul 2 Polly Holliday, Jasper Ala, actress (Flo-Alice, Flo-Flo)
• Jul 6 Ned Beatty, actor (Deliverance, Repossed, Network), born in Lexington, Kentucky
• Jul 8 Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)

• Jul 13 Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), born in Selma, Alabama (d. 2019)
• Jul 17 Elmer Fudd [originally Egghead], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debut as Egghead in "Egghead Rides Again"
• Jul 19 Richard Jordan [Robert Anson Jordan Jr.], American actor (Dune, Gettysburg), born in NYC, New York
• Jul 20 Ken Ogata, Japanese actor
• Jul 22 Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• Jul 23 Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (Dirty Harry, Lenny), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
• Jul 27 Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside), born in Augusta, Kentucky (d. 2009)
• Jul 28 Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
• Aug 3 Steven Berkoff, English actor (Rambo: First Blood Part II), born in Stepney, London
• Aug 5 Alan Howard, theatre and film actor (Royal Shakespeare Company), born in London (d. 2015)
• Aug 6 Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)

• Aug 11 Allegra Kent, American actress (Addams Family)
• Aug 11 Anna Massey, actress (De Sade, Doll's House)
• Aug 16 Lorraine Gary, American actress (Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 4), born in NYC, New York
• Aug 18 William George Rushton, actor, author and cartoonist (TW3), born in London, England (d. 1996)
• Aug 20 Jim Bowen, British TV game show host (Bullseye) and comedian, born in Heswall, England (d. 2018)
• Aug 20 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007)
• Aug 27 Tommy Sands, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Aug 31 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Apart, Because the Cats)
• Aug 31 Warren Berlinger, actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Sep 1 Ron O'Neal, actor (Superfly), born in Utica, New York
• Sep 2 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister), born in London, England
• Sep 4 Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)

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• Oct 5 Two-time Oscar winner actor Anthony Quinn (22) weds actress Katherine de Mille (26)

• Jan 2 Ross Alexander, American actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), commits suicide by gunshot at 29
• Jan 13 Martin Elmer Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, dies at 52
• Jan 21 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898)
• Feb 3 Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (b. 1887)
• Mar 6 Frank Vosper, British actor (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rome Express), dies at sea at 37
• Apr 29 William Gillette, American actor, playwright and manager (Sherlock Holmes on stage), dies at 83
• May 1 Snitz Edwards, Hungarian actor (College, Phantom of the Opera), dies at 69
• May 10 William Tedmarsh, British silent movie actor (Two Beds and No Sleep), dies at 61
• Jun 25 Colin Clive, British actor (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Mad Love), dies from complications of tuberculosis at 37
• Sep 2 Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies
• Sep 15 Clifford Heatherley, actress (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48
• Oct 15 James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail), dies from a heart attack at 70
• Nov 6 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, British actor and theatre director (Kathleen), dies at 84
• Nov 10 Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), dies from tuberculosis at 37
• Nov 13 Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress and writer (Rocky Mountain Mystery, The Heart of Maryland), dies at 75
• Dec 12 Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57
• Dec 21 Ted Healy [Ernest Lee Nash], American actor and comedian (Mad Love, San Francisco, Soup to Nuts), dies from acute toxic nephritis at 41

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