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November 1992 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Nov 4 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
  • Nov 5 Revival of George Kelly's 1924 play "The Show Off", starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll, opens at Criterion Center Stage Right, NYC; runs for 45 performances
  • Nov 12 British TV comedy "Absolutely Fabulous" written by Jennifer Saunders, starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley first appears on the BBC
  • Nov 17 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test

Film Release

Nov 18 "Malcolm X" film directed by Spike Lee starring Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett is released in the US

Malcolm X
African American Muslim Minister and Civil Rights Activist Malcolm X
Spike Lee
Director Spike Lee
Denzel Washington
Actor Denzel Washington

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Nov 6 Robert Aramayo, English actor (The Lord Of the Rings: The Rings of Power), born in Kingston upon Hull, England
  • Nov 11 Trey Smith [Willard Carroll Smith III], American actor and son of Will Smith, born in Los Angeles, California
  • Nov 16 Adam Robert Worton, American twin actor (Baby's Day Out), born in Newark, Delaware
  • Nov 16 Jacob Joseph Worton, American twin actor (Baby's Day Out), born in Newark, Delaware
  • Nov 17 Darian Weiss, American actor
  • Nov 18 Nathan Kress, American actor (iCarly - "Freddie"; Into The Storm), born in Glendale, California

Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus (30 years old)

Nov 23 American actress and singer (Hannah Montana, "The Climb"), born in Franklin, Tennessee

Miley Cyrus
  • Nov 28 Kianna Underwood, American actress

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Nov 2 Hal Roach, silent film producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100
  • Nov 3 John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78
  • Nov 4 Regina Carrol, American actress (Jessi's Girl), dies of cancer at 49
  • Nov 7 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love), dies following a stroke at 65
  • Nov 10 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
  • Nov 12 Charles "Honi" Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Dirty Dancing), dies of cancer at 81
  • Nov 12 David Oliver, American actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
  • Nov 12 Eddie Mayehoff, American actor (Hour Glass, That's My Boy, How to Murder Your Wife), dies of natural causes at 83
  • Nov 14 Clem Beauchamp, American film actor, stuntman, and production manager (Tarzan; Dick Tracy; The Adventures of Superman), dies at 94
  • Nov 14 Robert Reese, American actor, dies of natural causes at 66
  • Nov 19 Diane Varsi, American actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54
  • Nov 22 Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81
  • Nov 22 Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), dies at 87
  • Nov 23 Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
  • Nov 24 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer and actress (Bridge Too Far), dies at 85
  • Nov 26 Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36
  • Nov 28 Bill Kearns, American actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69
  • Nov 29 Robert F. Simon, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Operation Petticoat; M*A*S*H), dies at 83
  • Nov 29 Robert Shayne [Shaen Dawe], American stage and screen character actor (Invaders from Mars; The Adventures of Superman; Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of lung cancer at 92

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