On This Day - May
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- 1st
- 1909 - cinematographer John F Warren born in New York, USA
- 1919 - Dan O'Herlihy born in Wexford, Ireland
- 1935 - Ann Robinson born in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1939 - Mark Slade born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- 1949 - actress Marie Wright dies in London, England, UK
- 1957 - Grant Mitchell dies of thrombosis in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Hero" is broadcast for the first time
- 1961 - "Psycho" goes on general release in Denmark and Greece
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "What Frightened You, Fred" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Ten Minutes from Now" is broadcast for the first time
- 1981 - actor Barry Jones dies in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
- 2006 - writer Jay Presson Allen dies of a stroke in New York City, New York, USA
- 2st
- 1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1902 - actor Brian Aherne born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
- 1917 - actor Will Kuluva born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- 1919 - Than Wyenn born in New York, New York, USA
- 1924 - Theodore Bikel born in Vienna, Austria
- 1925 - actor Roscoe Lee Browne born in Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
- 1936 - Don Marshall born in San Diego, California, USA
- 1958 - actor Aubrey Dexter dies in Cape Town, South Africa
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Pearl Necklace" is broadcast for the first time
- 1982 - actor Hugh Marlowe dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
- 1990 - actress Ann Casson dies in Hampstead, England, UK
- 1998 - actor Gene Raymond dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1998 - actress Maidie Norman dies of cancer in San Jose, California, USA
- 3rd
- 1888 - actress Beulah Bondi born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1893 - Hope Landin born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- 1901 - composer Hugo Friedhofer born in San Francisco, California, USA
- 1902 - actor Walter Slezak born in Vienna, Austria
- 1906 - actress Mary Astor born in Quincy, Illinois, USA
- 1932 - Robert Osborne born in Colfax, Washington, USA
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Banquo's Chair" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Dark Pool" is broadcast for the first time
- 1965 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Night Fever" is broadcast for the first time
- 1966 - actor Wylie Watson dies
- 1967 - Nina Mae McKinney dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
- 1967 - actor Harry Hines dies of emphysema in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1979 - Erin O'Brien-Moore dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1986 - Robert Alda dies of a stroke in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1996 - actor Jack Weston dies in New York, New York, USA
- 4th
- 1906 - actor Esmond Knight born in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK
- 1915 - actor Curt Conway born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 1932 - Susan Brown born in San Francisco, California, USA
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Festive Season" is broadcast for the first time
- 1977 - Lillian Kemble-Cooper dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1982 - actress Edna Holland dies of an aneurysm in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1984 - actress Diana Dors dies of cancer in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
- 5th
- 1902 - actor Alexander Lockwood born in Poland
- 1907 - actor Benny Baker born in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- 1908 - Robert Foulk born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1910 - Bill Baucom born
- 1915 - Ben Wright born in London, England, UK
- 1922 - actor John Van Dreelen born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- 1922 - writer Joseph Stefano born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1932 - Will Hutchins born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole" is broadcast for the first time
- 1983 - actor John Williams dies in La Jolla, California, USA
- 1999 - Elspeth March dies in London, England, UK
- 2005 - actress Elisabeth Fraser dies of heart failure in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 6th
- 1904 - actor Raymond Bailey born in San Francisco, California, USA
- 1904 - actress Catherine Lacey born in London, England, UK
- 1912 - actor Bill Quinn born in New York, New York, USA
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Baby Sitter" is broadcast for the first time
- 1973 - film editor W Donn Hayes dies in Sun City, California, USA
- 1984 - actor Ned Wever dies in Laguna Hills, California, USA
- 1992 - actress Marlene Dietrich dies of kidney failure in Paris, France
- 1993 - actress Ann Todd dies of a stroke in London, England, UK
- 7th
- 1888 - Selmer Jackson born in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA
- 1900 - actor Ralph Truman born in London, England, UK
- 1915 - Hedley Mattingly born in London, England, UK
- 1922 - Darren McGavin born in San Joaquin, California, USA
- 1923 - actress Anne Baxter born in Michigan City, Indiana, USA
- 1925 - Lilyan Chauvin born in Paris, France
- 1932 - assistant director Colin M Brewer born in London, England, UK
- 1962 - Dominik Möll born in Bühl, West Germany
- 1967 - actress Judith Evelyn dies of cancer in New York, New York, USA
- 8th
- 1914 - actress Carmen Mathews born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1935 - Horst Ebersberg born in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria
- 1950 - actor Franklin Dyall dies in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Insomnia" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Most Likely to Succeed" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Sign of Satan" is broadcast for the first time
- 1966 - producer Erich Pommer dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1976 - actor Alan Baxter dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1983 - actress Fay Spain dies of cancer in Los Angeles County, California, USA
- 1994 - actor George Peppard dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 9th
- 1948 - "Rope" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1951 - actress Marie Ault dies in London, England, UK
- 1952 - actor Canada Lee dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
- 1958 - "Vertigo" premieres in San Francisco, California
- 1958 - actor Bill Goodwin dies in Palm Springs, California, USA
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "You Can't Trust a Man" is broadcast for the first time
- 1968 - actress Marion Lorne dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
- 1974 - actress Amy Brandon Thomas dies in London, England, UK
- 1981 - actress Vivian Gibson dies in Vienna, Austria
- 10th
- 1894 - composer Dimitri Tiomkin born in Kremenchuk, Poltava province, Ukraine
- 1902 - David O Selznick born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1914 - actor Charles McGraw born in New York, USA
- 1936 - "The 39 Steps" goes on general release in Finland
- 1941 - actor S J Warmington dies in London, England, UK
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Night with the Boys" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Dear Uncle George" is broadcast for the first time
- 1965 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Off Season" is broadcast for the first time
- 1968 - Philippa Bevans dies in New York, New York, USA
- 1976 - actor George Curzon dies in London, England, UK
- 1980 - Ralph Montgomery dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1990 - Susan Oliver dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2000 - Craig Stevens dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 11th
- 1911 - actor Doodles Weaver born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1919 - writer John Michael Hayes born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- 1936 - "The 39 Steps" goes on general release in Portugal
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Listen, Listen!" is broadcast for the first time
- 1959 - actor Alfred Tonkel dies in North Hollywood, California, USA
- 1975 - actor Walter Kinsella dies in Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- 1979 - actress Joan Chandler dies in New York, New York, USA
- 12th
- 1942 - Sally Carter-Ihnat born
- 1956 - actor Louis Calhern dies of a heart attack in Tokyo, Japan
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Man Greatly Beloved" is broadcast for the first time
- 1999 - actress Penny Santon dies in Burbank, California, USA
- 13th
- 1898 - actor Jack Tesler born in New York, New York, USA
- 1907 - Daphne du Maurier born in London, England, UK
- 1911 - Robert Middleton born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 1936 - Rafael Campos born in Santiago, Dominican Republic
- 1937 - Zohra Lampert born in New York, New York, USA
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Belfry" is broadcast for the first time
- 1968 - cinematographer Robert Burks dies in a house fire in Newport Beach, California, USA
- 1980 - Victor Romito dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
- 1988 - Paul Genge dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 14th
- 1853 - writer Hall Caine born in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
- 1888 - actor Miles Mander born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- 1906 - actor James Flavin born in Portland, Maine, USA
- 1921 - actor Richard Deacon born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 2003 - actress Wendy Hiller dies in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- 2004 - actress Anna Lee dies of pneumonia in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 15th
- 1902 - actress Anny Ondra born in Tarnów, Galicia, Poland
- 1905 - actor Joseph Cotten born in Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- 1909 - actor James Mason born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
- 1923 - Doris Dowling born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 1926 - writer Anthony Shaffer born in Liverpool, England, UK
- 1939 - "Jamaica Inn" goes on general release in the UK
- 1952 - actor Albert Bassermann dies of a heart attack in Zurich, Switzerland
- 1960 - actor Sam Buffington dies commits suicide in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "I Can Take Care of Myself" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Victim Four" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Who Needs an Enemy" is broadcast for the first time
- 1988 - actor Andrew Duggan dies of cancer in Westwood, California, USA
- 1994 - actor Gilbert Roland dies of cancer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1994 - actor Royal Dano dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 16th
- 1905 - actor Henry Fonda born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
- 1908 - John Holland born in Nebraska, USA
- 1918 - Barry Atwater born in Denver, Colorado, USA
- 1937 - Jocelyn Lane born in Vienna, Austria
- 1957 - actor John Brown dies in West Hollywood, California, USA
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Gloating Place" is broadcast for the first time
- 17th
- 1871 - actress Gertrude Hoffman born in Heidelberg, Germany
- 1923 - Alice Backes born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- 1955 - "Dial M for Murder" goes on general release in Portugal
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Your Witness" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Run for Doom" is broadcast for the first time
- 1981 - composer Hugo Friedhofer dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1999 - actor Henry Jones dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2004 - Tony Randall dies of pneumonia in New York, New York, USA
- 2005 - actor Frank Gorshin dies of pneumonia in Burbank, California, USA
- 18th
- 1908 - actor Rodney Ackland born in London, England, UK
- 1911 - Wally Rose born
- 1917 - actor James Donald born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- 1923 - actor Liam Sullivan born in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
- 1926 - Sara Shane born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 1931 - Robert Morse born in Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- 1949 - cinematographer Joseph A Valentine dies in Cheviot Hills, California, USA
- 1956 - "The Trouble with Harry" goes on general release in Finland
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Post Mortem" is broadcast for the first time
- 1961 - Ann Codee dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1981 - actor Richard Hale dies of a heart attack in Northridge, California, USA
- 1993 - actor Alex Gerry dies in Ventura County, California, USA
- 1995 - actress Elizabeth Montgomery dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 19th
- 1883 - actor Harvey Braban born in Brighton, England, UK
- 1896 - producer Michael Balcon born in Birmingham, England, UK
- 1921 - Daniel Gélin born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Martha Mason, Movie Star" is broadcast for the first time
- 1989 - actor Robert Webber dies in Malibu, California, USA
- 2005 - actor Henry Corden dies of emphysema in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 20th
- 1897 - actor John Ruddock born in Lima, Peru
- 1901 - Otto Waldis born in Vienna, Austria
- 1905 - actor John Emery born in New York, New York, USA
- 1908 - actor James Stewart born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Hidden Thing" is broadcast for the first time
- 1989 - composer Lyn Murray dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 21st
- 1898 - cinematographer Glen MacWilliams born in Saratoga, California, USA
- 1902 - actor Garry Marsh born in at sea
- 1904 - actor Robert Montgomery born in Beacon, New York, USA
- 1915 - actress Cathleen Cordell born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- 1917 - actor Raymond Burr born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
- 1918 - Dennis Day born in The Bronx, New York, USA
- 1923 - actor Rick Jason born in New York, New York, USA
- 1924 - Peggy Cass born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 1968 - Doris Lloyd dies of a heart ailment in Santa Barbara, California, USA
- 1970 - Vinton Haworth dies of a heart attack in Van Nuys, California, USA
- 1971 - actor Dennis King dies of a heart ailment in New York, New York, USA
- 1987 - Alejandro Rey dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1993 - John Holland dies of pneumonia in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1998 - Robert Gist dies
- 2000 - actor John Gielgud dies of natural causes in Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- 2005 - actor Howard Morris dies of a heart ailment in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 22st
- 1907 - actor Laurence Olivier born in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK
- 1910 - Molly Lamont born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa
- 1932 - Merry Anders born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "One Grave Too Many" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Opportunity" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Bed of Roses" is broadcast for the first time
- 1984 - actor John Marley dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
- 1986 - actor Martin Gabel dies of a heart attack in New York, USA
- 1994 - actress Jane Dulo dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1997 - actor Donald Curtis dies in Desert Hot Springs, California, USA
- 2001 - actor Jack Watling dies of cancer in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- 23rd
- 1882 - actor James Gleason born in New York, New York, USA
- 1890 - actor Herbert Marshall born in London, England, UK
- 1908 - actress Linda Watkins born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 1910 - actor Scatman Crothers born in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- 1920 - Sid Melton born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- 1931 - Barbara Barrie born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1940 - Laura Devon born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1942 - Zalman King born in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Self Defense" is broadcast for the first time
- 1967 - actor Philip Coolidge dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1970 - Nydia Westman dies of cancer in Burbank, California, USA
- 1987 - actor Humphrey Davis dies in Edgewater, New Jersey, USA
- 1992 - actor William Keene dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1993 - actor James Millhollin dies of cancer in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
- 2001 - actor Harry Townes dies in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- 24th
- 1907 - actor Willis Bouchey born in Michigan, USA
- 1914 - actress Lilli Palmer born in Poznan, Poland
- 1916 - Peter Whitney born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Human Interest Story" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Death of a Cop" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - actress Renee Godfrey dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1972 - actor Gavin Muir dies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- 1978 - Barry Atwater dies of a stroke in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1979 - actor Jan Arvan dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1987 - actress Hermione Gingold dies of pneumonia in New York, New York, USA
- 1996 - actor John Abbott dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2003 - actor Don Hanmer dies in Monterey, California, USA.
- 2006 - art director and production designer Henry Bumstead dies of cancer in Pasadena, USA
- 25th
- 1888 - Miles Malleson born in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- 1918 - Robert Gibbons born in Illinois, USA
- 1918 - actor Claude Akins born in Nelson, Georgia, USA
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Crocodile Case" is broadcast for the first time
- 1974 - director and actor Donald Crisp dies of a stroke in Van Nuys, California, USA
- 1985 - actor Henry Hunter dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1990 - actor Vic Tayback dies of heart failure in Glendale, California, USA
- 1995 - actress Dany Robin dies in Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- 1999 - actress Hillary Brooke dies in Bonsall, California, USA
- 26th
- 1895 - actor Paul Lukas born in Budapest, Hungary
- 1905 - film editor Derek N Twist born in London, England, UK
- 1908 - Robert Morley born in Semley, Wiltshire, England, UK
- 1915 - Sam Edwards born in Macon, Georgia, USA
- 1918 - actor John Dall born in New York, New York, USA
- 1925 - actor Alec McCowen born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
- 1927 - Jacques Bergerac born in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
- 1936 - Lili Kardell born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The West Warlock Time Capsule" is broadcast for the first time
- 1959 - actor Joe Gilbert dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1971 - actor John Longden dies in London, England, UK
- 1977 - Jim Boles dies of a heart attack in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
- 2000 - writer Samuel A Taylor dies of heart failure in Blue Hill, Maine, USA
- 27th
- 1879 - actress Lucile Watson born in Québec, Canada
- 1898 - cinematographer Lee Garmes born in Peoria, Illinois, USA
- 1903 - actor Norman Willis born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1911 - actor Vincent Price born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 1912 - actor Richard Waring born in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- 1913 - actress Linden Travers born in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England, UK
- 1919 - Ray Montgomery born
- 1922 - Christopher Lee born in Belgravia, London, England, UK
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Legacy" is broadcast for the first time
- 1969 - actor Jeffrey Hunter dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1976 - actress Ruth McDevitt dies in Hollywood, California, USA
- 2003 - actor John Carlyle dies of cancer in West Hollywood, California, USA
- 28th
- 1897 - actor Henry Kendall born in London, England, UK
- 1915 - Jay Livingston born in McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1915 - Scott McKay born in Pleasantville, Iowa, USA
- 1918 - actress Elizabeth Harrower born in Alameda, California, USA
- 1940 - actor and director Randle Ayrton dies in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- 1960 - actor George Zucco dies of pneumonia in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1969 - actor Rhys Williams dies in Santa Monica, California, USA
- 1986 - actress Lurene Tuttle dies in Encino, California, USA
- 29th
- 1911 - actress Vivi Janiss born in Nebraska, USA
- 1912 - actress Iris Adrian born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1917 - Baynes Barron born
- 1919 - Allen Joseph born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- 1948 - actress Dame May Whitty dies of cancer in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1954 - "Dial M for Murder" goes on general release in the USA
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Party Line" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Twelve Hour Caper" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Second Verdict" is broadcast for the first time
- 1996 - actress Tamara Toumanova dies in Santa Monica, California, USA
- 30th
- 1917 - actor Peter Leeds born in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- 1936 - Ruta Lee born in Montréal, Québec, Canada
- 1953 - cinematographer George Barnes dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1963 - "The Birds" goes on general release in Argentina
- 1967 - actor Claude Rains dies in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA
- 2006 - actor Robert Sterling dies of natural causes in Brentwood, California, USA
- 31st
- 1899 - actor Rusty Lane born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1904 - Ted Bliss born
- 1915 - actress Barbara Pepper born in New York, USA
- 1921 - actress Alida Valli born in Pola, Istria, Italy
- 1922 - actor Denholm Elliott born in Ealing, London, England, UK
- 1942 - Tina Hedström born
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Dusty Drawer" is broadcast for the first time
- 1961 - actress Ruby Goodwin dies in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Secret Life" is broadcast for the first time
- 1994 - writer Sidney Gilliat dies in Wiltshire, England, UK
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