Events in Film & TV
Batman Appears!
May 1 Batman first appears in Detective Comics #27
- May 17 1st televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC, with Princeton University defeating Columbia University 2-1
Birthdays in Film & TV
Max Robinson (1939-1988)
May 1 1st African American network TV anchor (ABC), born in Richmond, Virginia
- May 1 Ray Aranha, American actor (Nick-Married People), born in Miami, Florida
- May 4 Paul Gleason, American actor (Breakfast Club, Die Hard), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2006)
- May 6 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), born in Chickasha Oklahoma (d. 1984)
- May 7 Marco St John, American actor (Rayford-Ball Four), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- May 9 Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
- May 13 Harvey Keitel, American actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs), born in New York City
- May 17 Wim de Bie, Dutch comedian, satirist, and writer (van Kooten & de Bie - The Simplistic Covenant), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2023)
- May 19 Henry Herbert, 17th earl of Pembroke, English peer and director (Emily) (d. 2003)
- May 19 James Fox, English actor (The Servant), born in London, England
- May 19 Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-born American actress (Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong), born in Hong Kong
- May 25 Dixie Carter, American actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night), born in McLemoresville, Tennessee (d. 2010)
Ian McKellen (84 years old)
May 25 English film and theatre actor (Lord of the Rings; X-Men), born in Burnley Lancashire
