July 1952 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Jul 21 "The Quiet Man" film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara is released in the UK

Jul 24 "High Noon", American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released

Jul 1 Daniel "Dan" Aykroyd, Canadian-American comedian and actor (SNL, Dragnet), born in Ottawa, Canada
Jul 3 Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (In the Heat of the Night)
Jul 6 Grant Goodeve, US actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty), born in Middlebury, Connecticut
Jul 7 Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
Jul 9 John Tesh, American pianist and TV host (ET), born in Garden City, New York
Jul 11 Stephen Lang, American actor (Another You, Death of a Salesman), born in NYC, New York
Jul 14 Eric Laneuville, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 14 Jerry Houser, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 14 Stan Shaw, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jul 15 Terry O'Quinn, American actor

Jul 17 David Hasselhoff, American actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch), born in Baltimore, Maryland

Jul 20 Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
Jul 24 Gus Van Sant, American film director (Good Will Hunting), born in Louisville, Kentucky
Jul 26 Jan Randall, Canadian film and TV composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 28 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)

Jul 9 American educator, Presbyterian minister and TV host Fred Rogers (24) weds Sara Joanne Byrd

Jul 4 Walter Long, American actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol), dies at 73
Jul 18 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as "The World's Tallest Man," dies at 46