1922

Events

• Walt Disney opens his Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City and creates eight animated shorts, several of which were based on popular fairy tales.

People

Births

• January 17 - Betty White (actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, author, and television personality)
• January 21 - Telly Savalas (film and television actor and singer)
• March 20 - Carl Reiner (actor, voice actor, director, producer, writer, and comedian)
• April 21 - Buddy Pepper (songwriter, composer, arranger, and actor)
• May 7 - Darren McGavin (actor)
• May 10 - Nancy Walker (actress, comedian, and director)
• May 27 - Christopher Lee (actor, voice actor, singer, author, and musician)
• June 12 - Fulton Burley (Disney Legend)
• July 26
  • Jason Robards (actor)
  • Blake Edwards (film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer)
• August 1 - Arthur Hill (actor)
• September 15 - Jackie Cooper (actor, television director, producer, and executive)
• September 22 - Lucille Dinning (singer and member of The Dinning Sisters)
• October 9 - Fyvush Finkel (actor and voice actor)
• October 28 - Gershon Kingsley (composer, arranger, keyboardist, and conductor)
• November 16 - Royal Dano (actor)
• November 26 - Charles M. Schulz (cartoonist and producer)
• November 29 - Laurie Main (actor and voice actor)
• December 21 - Paul Winchell (ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice actor, humanitarian, and inventor)
• December 28 - Stan Lee (founder of Marvel Comics)