1937 in film

Comedy film series

• Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
• Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
• Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
• Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945)
• Our Gang (1922–1944)
• Wheeler and Woolsey
  (1929–1937)
• The Marx Brothers
  (1929–1946)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)

Animated short film series

• Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
• Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
• Silly Symphonies
  • Woodland Café
  • Little Hiawatha
  • The Old Mill
• Screen Songs (1929–1938)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Scrappy (1931–1941)
• Betty Boop (1932–1939)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• Happy Harmonies (1934–1938)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949
  )
• Meany, Miny, and Moe (1936-1937)
• Donald Duck (1937–1956)

Births

• January 4 – Dyan Cannon, American actress
• January 7 – Harvey Evans, American actor (d. 2021)
• January 10 – John M. Watson Sr., American actor and musician (d. 2006)
• January 11 – Felix Silla, Italian actor, musician, stunt artist and voice artist (d. 2021)
• January 12 – Shirley Eaton, English actress and model
• January 14 – Stefano Satta Flores, Italian actor and voice actor (d. 1985)
• January 15 – Margaret O'Brien, American actress
• January 16 – Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress, singer, director and writer
• January 17 – Dick Durock, American actor and stuntman (d. 2009)
• January 24 – Julie Gregg, American actress (d. 2016)
• January 30 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
• January 31 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008)
• February 1 – Garrett Morris, American comedian, actor and singer
• February 2 – Tom Smothers, American comedian and musician (d. 2023)
• February 14 –
  Soher Al Bably, Egyptian actress (d. 2021
  )
• February 17 – Benjamin Whitrow, English actor (d. 2017)
• February 19 – David Margulies, American actor (d. 2016)
• February 21 – Gary Lockwood, American actor
• February 24 – Shawn Elliott, American actor and singer (d. 2016)
• February 25 – Tom Courtenay, English actor
• February 27 – Barbara Babcock, American character actress
• March 2 – BarBara Luna, American actress
• March 3 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
• March 5 – Sal Borgese, Italian actor
• March 10 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
• March 21 – Bill Capizzi, American voice actor (d. 2007)
• March 22 – Angelo Badalamenti, American screen composer (d. 2022)
• March 23 – Tony Burton, American actor (d. 2016)
• March 30
  • Warren Beatty, American actor and director
  • James D. Brubaker, American film producer (d. 2023)
• April 1 – Jordan Charney, American character actor
• April 2 – Ken Olfson, American actor (d. 1997)
• April 3 – Lawrence Dane, Canadian actor and producer (d. 2022)
• April 6
  • Terrence Hardiman, English actor (d. 2023)
  • Billy Dee Williams, American actor
• April 13
  • Corinne Cole, American actress
  • Edward Fox, English actor
• April 15
  • Uldis Pūcītis, Latvian actor (d. 2000)
  • Frank Vincent, American actor (d. 2017)
• April 18 – Robert Hooks, American actor and producer
• April 19 – Elinor Donahue, American actress
• April 20 – George Takei, American actor, author and activist
• April 22 – Jack Nicholson, American actor
• April 27 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
• May 5 – John Martino, American actor
• May 8 – Shin Seong-il, South Korean actor (d. 2018)
• May 12
  • George Carlin, American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic and author (d. 2008)
  • Susan Hampshire, English actress
• May 13 – Zohra Lampert, American actress
• May 16 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015)
• May 19 – Pat Roach, English actor and professional wrestler (d. 2004)
• June 1 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and director
• June 2 – Sally Kellerman, American actress and singer (d. 2022)
• June 10 – Luciana Paluzzi, Italian actress
• June 11
  • Johnny Brown, American actor and singer (d. 2022)
  • Chad Everett, American actor (d. 2012)
• June 14 – Jørgen Leth, Danish director
• June 16 – Charmian May, English character actress (d. 2002)
• June 17 - Arthur Schmidt, American film editor (d. 2023)
• June 26 – Sombat Metanee, Thai actor and film director (d. 2022)
• June 28 – Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
• July 2 – Polly Holliday, American retired actress
• July 6 – Ned Beatty, American character actor (d. 2021)
• July 12 – Bill Cosby, American stand-up comedian and actor
• July 16 –
  Ada Rogovtseva
  , Ukrainian actress
• July 19 – Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
• July 20
  • Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
  • Timothy Scott, American actor (d. 1995)
• July 21 – Gray Frederickson, American film producer (d. 2022)
• July 25 – Paul Collins, British actor
• July 28 – Viktor Merezhko, Russian screenwriter, actor, writer and television presenter (d. 2022)
• August 3 – Steven Berkoff, British actor and playwright
• August 5 – Alan Howard, English actor (d. 2015)
• August 6 – Barbara Windsor, English comedy actress (d. 2020)
• August 8 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor
• August 14
  • Fran Bennett, American actress (d. 2021)
  • Alberta Nelson, American actress (d. 2006)
• August 15 – Ella Mitchell, American actress
• August 16 – Lorraine Gary, American retired actress
• August 19 – Evadne Baker, English actress (d. 1995)
• August 26 – Kenji Utsumi, Japanese actor (d. 2013)
• September 1 – Tsai Chin, Chinese actress, singer and director
• September 4
  • Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
  • Nicholas Worth, American character actor (d. 2007)
• September 6 – Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian and singer
• September 7
  • Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor, producer and director (d. 2022)
  • John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
• September 10 – Brian Murray, South African actor and theatre director (d. 2018)
• September 13
  • Don Bluth, American director and producer
  • Meeli Sööt, Estonian actress (d. 2024)
• September 21
  • Ron Cobb, American-Australian graphic and film designer (d. 2020)
  • Aarne Üksküla, Estonian actor (d. 2017)
• September 24 – Dee Pollock, American actor (d. 2005)
• September 26 – Jerry Weintraub, American producer and actor (d. 2015)
• October 7 – Clive Graham, British actor (d. 2007)
• October 10
  • Vic Tablian, Armenian-British actor
  • Peter White, American actor (d. 2023)
• October 11 – Ron Leibman, American actor (d. 2019)
• October 15 – Linda Lavin, American actress and singer
• October 21 – Édith Scob, French actress (d. 2019)
• October 22 – Alan Ladd Jr., American film producer (d. 2022)
• November 4 – Loretta Swit, American actress
• November 5 – Harris Yulin, American actor
• November 17 – Peter Cook, English satirist and comedic actor (d. 1995)
• November 21
  • Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress (d. 2010)
  • Marlo Thomas, American actress and producer
• November 23 – Dora Cadavid, Colombian actress, singer and announcer (d. 2022)
• November 27 – Rodney Bewes, English actor (d. 2017)
• November 30 – Ridley Scott, English director and producer
• December 4
  • Max Baer Jr., American actor, producer, comedian and director
  • David Bailie, South African actor (d. 2021)
• December 7 – Kenneth Colley, English actor
• December 8 – James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
• December 9 – Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998)
• December 12 – Connie Francis, American singer and actress
• December 16 – Joyce Bulifant, American actress
• December 21 – Jane Fonda, American actress
• December 29 – Barbara Steele, English actress
• December 30 – Zaldy Zshornack, Filipino actor (d. 2002)
• December 31 – Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor

Deaths

• January 2 – Ross Alexander, 29, American actor, Captain Blood, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Flirtation Walk
• January 23 – Marie Prevost, 40, Canadian-born American actress, The Marriage Circle, The Racket, The Godless Girl, Cain and Mabel
• February 3 – Marija Leiko, 49, Latvian film actress, The Green Alley, The Rats
• May 1 – Snitz Edwards, 69, Austro-Hungarian-born American actor, The Thief of Bagdad, The Phantom of the Opera, Seven Chances, College
• May 10 – William Tedmarsh, 61, English-American silent film actor
• June 7
  • Jean Harlow, 26, American actress, The Public Enemy, Libeled Lady, Suzy, Red Dust
  • Monroe Owsley, 37, American actor, Holiday, Indiscreet, The Keyhole, Ex-Lady
• June 25 – Colin Clive, 37, British actor, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein
• September 21 – Osgood Perkins, 45, American actor, Scarface, Gold Diggers of 1937
• November 13 – Mrs. Leslie Carter, 75, American stage and screen actress, Becky Sharp, Rocky Mountain Mystery
• December 21 – Ted Healy, 41, American actor and creator of The Three Stooges, San Francisco, Mad Love, Beer and Pretzels, Soup to Nuts

Debuts

• Jack Carson – You Only Live Once
• Lee J. Cobb – North of the Rio Grande
• Broderick Crawford – Woman Chases Man
• Laraine Day – Stella Dallas
• Richard Farnsworth – A Day at the Races
• Susan Hayward – Hollywood Hotel
• Allyn Joslyn – They Won't Forget
• Carole Landis – The King and the Chorus Girl
• Donald O'Connor – It Can't Last Forever
• Ronald Reagan – Love Is on the Air
• Victor Sen Yung – The Good Earth
• Peggy Stewart – Wells Fargo
• Rosella Towne – Varsity Show
• Lana Turner – They Won't Forget

References