1932 in film

Serials

Ordered by release date:

• January 4: Detective Lloyd, 12 chapters (216 min)
• February 1: The Shadow of the Eagle, 12 chapters (218 minutes)
• March 28: The Airmail Mystery, 12 chapters (225 min)
• May 17: The Last of the Mohicans, 12 chapters (231 minutes)
• June 20: Heroes of the West, 12 chapters (225 min)
• August 1: The Hurricane Express, 12 chapters (227 min)
• September 5: The Last Frontier, 12 chapters (213 minutes)
• September 12: Jungle Mystery, 12 chapters (240 min)
• November 1:
  The Devil Horse
  , 12 chapters (216 min)
• December 5: The Lost Special, 12 chapters (240 minutes)

Short film series

Ordered by release date:

• Buster Keaton (1917–1923, 1934–1937, 1939–1941)
• Laurel and Hardy (1927–1935); the team later made one instructional short subject, released nontheatrically in 1943
• Our Gang (1922–1944) The series was officially called both Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals until 1932, when Our Gang became the sole title of the series.
• Shirley Temple (1932–1934)

Animated short film series

Ordered by release date of the film series. This list only includes shorts released in 1932:

• Aesop's Film Fables
  (1921–1933)
• Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
• Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
• Silly Symphonies
  (1929–1939)
  • The Bird Store
  • The Bears and the Bees
  • Just Dogs
  • Flowers and Trees
  • King Neptune
  • Bugs in Love
  • Babes in the Woods
  • Santa's Workshop
• Screen Songs (1929–1938)
  • Sweet Jennie Lee (January 9)
  • Show Me the Way to Go Home (January 30)
  • When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (February 19)
  • Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
    (March 4)
  • Just One More Chance (April 1)
  • Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (April 22)
  • Shine On Harvest Moon
    (May 6)
  • Let Me Call You Sweetheart (May 20)
  • I Ain't Got Nobody (June 17)
  • You Try Somebody Else (July 29)
  • Rudy Vallee Melodies (August 5)
  • Down Among the Sugar Cane (August 26)
  • Just a Gigolo (September 9)
  • School Days
    (September 30)
  • Romantic Melodies (October 21)
  • When It's Sleepy Time Down South (November 11)
  • Sing a Song (December 2)
  • Time on My Hands (December 23)
• Talkartoons (1929–1932)
  • Minnie the Moocher (featuring Betty Boop)
  • Sink or Swim S.O.S (featuring Betty Boop)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
  • Bosko's Store
  • Bosko and Honey
  • Bosko the Lumberjack
  • Bosko and Bruno
  • Bosko's Party
• Flip the Frog (1930–1933)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Scrappy (1931–1941)
• Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) (1931–1933)
• Betty Boop (1932–1939)
  • Stopping the Show
  • Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
  • Betty Boop, M.D.
  • Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
  • Betty Boop's Ups and Down
  • Betty Boop for President
  • I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
  • Betty Boop's Museum
• Pooch the Pup (1932–1933)
  • The Athlete (August 29)^[8][9]
  • The Butcher Boy (September 26)^[8][10]
  • The Crowd Snores (October 24)^[8][11]
  • The Under Dog (November 7)^[8][12]
  • Cats and Dogs (December 5)^[8][13]
• Flowers and Trees (1933)

Births

• January 3 – Dabney Coleman, American character actor
• January 4
  • Carlos Saura, Spanish director (died 2023)
  • Richard Stahl, American comic actor (died 2006)
• January 11 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican filmmaker, actor and singer
• January 19 – Richard Lester, American-born director working in England
• January 22 – Piper Laurie, American actress (died 2023)
• January 23 – James Rado, American actor, playwright, director and composer (died 2022)
• January 24 - Julie Bennett, American actress, realtor and talent agent (died 2020)
• February 3 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (died 1984)
• February 6 – François Truffaut, French director (died 1984)
• February 8 – John Williams, American film composer
• February 13
  • Susan Oliver, American actress (died 1990)
  • Barbara Shelley, English actress, "The First Leading Lady of British Horror" (died 2021)
• February 14
  • Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
  • Alexander Kluge, German director
• February 18 – Miloš Forman, Czech-born director (died 2018)
• February 23 – Majel Barrett, American actress (died 2008)
• February 24
  • Michel Legrand, French film composer (died 2019)
  • John Vernon, Canadian actor (died 2005)
• February 27 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (died 2011)
• February 28 – Francisco Colmenero, Mexican voice actor and voice director
• March 14 – Hiroshi Ōtake, Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022)
• March 27 – Robert Sacchi, Italian-American character actor (died 2021)
• March 31 –
  Nagisa Oshima
  , Japanese director (died 2013)
• April 1 – Debbie Reynolds, American singer, actress and dancer (died 2016)^[14]
• April 4
  • Anthony Perkins, American actor (died 1992)
  • Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director (died 1986)
• April 9 - Jack Smethurst, English actor (died 2022)
• April 10
  • Delphine Seyrig, French actress (died 1990)
  • Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (died 2015)
• April 11 - Joel Grey, American actor, singer, dancer and director
• April 21 - Elaine May, American comedian, director, screenwriter, playwright and actor
• April 25 - William Roache, English actor
• April 26 – Francis Lai, French film composer (died 2018)
• April 27
  • Anouk Aimée, French actress
  • Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, actor and voice actor (died 2014)
• May 2 - Bruce Glover, American character actor
• May 8 - Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• May 9 - Geraldine McEwan, English actress (died 2015)
• May 22 - Seth Sakai, American actor (died 2007)
• May 15 - John Glen, retired English director and editor
• May 27 - Steve Franken, American actor (died 2012)
• June 6
  • Anne Claire Poirier, Canadian director, producer and screenwriter
  • Billie Whitelaw, English actress (died 2014)
• June 10 – Branko Lustig, Croatian-born producer (died 2019)
• June 11 – Athol Fugard, South African playwright, actor and director
• June 12 - Mae Mercer, American singer and actress (died 2008)
• June 13 – Bob McGrath, American actor, singer and musician (died 2022)
• June 17 – Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor
• June 18
  • David Herriot, Irish actor (died 2000)
  • Sérgio Ricardo, Brazilian director and composer (died 2020)
• June 19
  • Marisa Pavan, Italian actress (died 2023)
  • Anna Maria Pierangeli, Italian actress (died 1971)
• June 22
  • Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005)
  • Prunella Scales, English actress
• June 29 –
  Soon-Tek Oh, Korean-American actor (died 2018
  )
• July 1 – Sonny Caldinez, Trinidadian actor, previously professional wrestler (died 2022)
• July 2 - Kenneth McMillan, American actor (died 1989)
• July 10 – Neile Adams, Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer
• July 29 – Mike Hodges, English screenwriter and director (died 2022)
• July 30 – Edd Byrnes, American actor (died 2020)
• August 2 – Peter O'Toole, Anglo-Irish actor (died 2013)
• August 5 – Ja'Net DuBois, American actress, singer and dancer (Good Times) (died 2020)
• August 9 – Denys Hawthorne, Irish actor (died 2009)
• August 10 - Murray Melvin, English actor (died 2023)
• August 15 – Bob Elkins, American character actor (died 2022)
• August 24 – W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor and voice actor (died 2019)
• August 25 – Nun Zairina, Indonesian dancer, actress, dance instructor, and model (died 2017)
• September 3 – Eileen Brennan, American actress (died 2013)
• September 4 – Edward de Souza, British character actor
• September 5 – Carol Lawrence, American actress
• September 12 – Kim Hamilton, American actress (died 2013)
• September 16 - George Chakiris, American actor
• September 21 – Mickey Kuhn, American actor (died 2022)
• September 26 – Richard Herd, American actor (died 2020)
• September 29 –
  Mehmood Ali
  , Indian actor, director and producer (died 2004)
• October 4
  • Felicia Farr, American actress and model
  • Edward Judd, British actor (died 2009)
• October 6 - Anna Quayle, English actress (died 2019)
• October 13
  • Dušan Makavejev, Serbian director (died 2019)
  • Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress and singer (died 2018)
• October 20 – William Christopher, American actor (died 2016)
• October 22 - Sheila Allen, English actress (died 2011)
• October 30 - Louis Malle, French director, screenwriter and producer (died 1995)
• November 1 - John Clark, English actor, director and producer (died 2023)
• November 2 - Terry Richards, British actor and stuntman (died 2014)
• November 10 – Roy Scheider, American actor (died 2008)
• November 12 - Jerry Douglas, American actor (died 2021)
• November 13
  • Al Mancini, American actor (died 2007)
  • Richard Mulligan, American actor (died 2000)
  • J. A. Preston, American actor
• November 15 – Petula Clark, English singer, actress and film composer
• November 20 - Richard Dawson, English-American actor, comedian and game-show host (died 2012)
• November 22 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (died 2016)
• November 25 - Takayo Fischer, American actress
• December 7 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress
• December 25 - Mabel King, American actress and singer (died 1999)
• December 26 - Robert V. Barron, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor (died 2000)
• December 28 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress (died 2022)
• December 30 - Macon McCalman, American actor (died 2005)

Deaths

• February 15 – Minnie Maddern Fiske, American stage star, also appeared in silent films (born 1865)
• June 30 – Bruno Kastner, German actor (born 1890)
• July 17 – Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor (born 1862)
• August 1 – James R. Quirk, American editor and publisher of Photoplay magazine (born 1884)
• August 10 – Rin Tin Tin, canine actor (born 1918)
• September 1 – Guy Oliver, American actor (born 1878)
• September 16 – Peg Entwistle, British-born American actress (born 1908)
• November 27 – Evelyn Preer, American actress, singer (born 1896)

Film debuts