Deaths[]
- Ted Cutlack
- Bontarô Miake
- Van Phillips
- Pat Ryan
- January 1 — M.J. Frankovich
- January 5 — Chester Schaeffer
- January 7 — David Lindup
- January 7 — Daniele Vargas
- January 9 — Steve Brodie
- January 11 — Grigori Yagdfeld
- January 17 — Dick Dial
- January 18 — Shigeo Tanaka
- January 19 — Augusto Benedico
- January 24 — John Bleifer
- February 1 — Nat Wachsberger
- February 4 — Joseph La Cava
- February 7 — Jeanne Gerson
- February 8 — Baruch Lumet
- February 11 — Ray Danton
- February 20 — John Kneubuhl
- February 24 — Gilbert Marchant
- February 25 — Guy Deghy
- February 25 — Ollie O'Toole
- March 2 — Robert Clatworthy
- March 10 — Dario Sabatello
- March 12 — Barbara Morrison
- March 17 — Jack Arnold
- March 21 — John Ireland
- March 22 — Jack H. Young
- April 7 — Alix Talton
- April 10 — Cec Linder
- April 16 — Neville Brand
- April 19 — James A. Rosenberger
- April 20 — Jimmy Lennon Sr.
- April 21 — Giovanna Galletti
- May 5 — Edmondo Amati
- May 8 — Richard Derr
- May 9 — Ben Frommer
- May 10 — Dan Sturkie
- May 12 — Robert Reed
- May 16 — Marisa Mell
- May 24 — Alfredo Wally Barrón
- May 26 — Bob Labansat
- May 31 — Robert Farfan
- June 25 — Jean Josipovici
- July 16 — Tatyana Pelttser
- July 19 — Ken Pettus
- July 20 — Herman King
- July 26 — Archie Dalzell
- August 16 — Malcolm Atterbury
- August 18 — John Sturges
- August 18 — Louis DeWitt
- August 25 — George R. Nelson
- August 26 — Arturo Martínez
- September 2 — Jeong-im Nam
- September 4 — John Van Dreelen
- September 7 — Arturo Dominici
- September 21 — Bill Williams
- October 4 — Robert Paltz
- October 10 — James Seay
- October 25 — David P. Lewis
- November 4 — Regina Carrol
- November 19 — Shinichi Sekizawa
- November 22 — Ronald Sinclair
- November 26 — Joby Blanshard
- November 29 — Robert Shayne
- December 20 — Peter Brocco
- December 22 — Jack Bohrer
- December 22 — Harry Bluestone
- December 25 — Sandra Dorne
Movie Premieres[]
Episode Premieres[]
- January 11 — Master Ninja I
- January 18 — The Castle of Fu Manchu
- January 25 — Master Ninja II (Final episode of Season 3.)
- June 6 — Space Travelers (First episode of Season 4.)
- June 13 — The Giant Gila Monster
- June 20 — City Limits
- June 27 — Teenagers from Outer Space
- July 4 — Being from Another Planet
- July 18 — Attack of the Giant Leeches
- July 25 — The Killer Shrews
- August 1 — Hercules Unchained
- August 15 — The Indestructible Man
- August 22 — Hercules Against the Moon Men
- August 29 — The Magic Sword
- September 12 — Hercules and the Captive Women
- September 19 — Manhunt in Space
- September 26 — Tormented
- November 25 — The Beatniks (Premiered on Turkey Day '92.)
- November 26 — Fire Maidens of Outer Space (Premiered on Turkey Day '92.)
- November 28 — Crash of Moons
- December 5 — Attack of the the Eye Creatures
- December 12 — The Rebel Set
- December 26 — The Human Duplicators (Last Season 4 episode of 1992.)
Special Premieres[]
- November 12 — This Is MST3K (Half-hour special hosted by Penn Jillette)
- November 25 to 27 — Turkey Day '92 (Second annual Thanksgiving marathon; features the premieres of The Beatniks and Fire Maidens from Outer Space.)
Events[]
- January 12 — At the 13th Annual Cable Ace Awards, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is nominated for Best Comedy Series. The award goes to Dream On.
- March 30 — At the 64th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Jonathan Demme wins the Best Director Award for The Silence of the Lambs.
- Jack Palance wins the Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in City Slickers.
- Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr., Robert Skotak, and Dennis Muren win the Best Visual Effects Award for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- April 23 — Brock Peters receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
- July 10-11 — Mystery Science Theater Alive! (The show's first official live performance).
- September 24 — The Sci-Fi Channel is launched.