1958 in film
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The year 1958 in film in the US involved some significant events, including the hit musicals South Pacific and Gigi, the latter of which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1958 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | South Pacific | 20th Century Fox
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$16,300,000[1] |
2 | Auntie Mame | Warner Bros. | $9,100,000[1] |
3 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | MGM | $7,660,000[2] |
4 | No Time for Sergeants | Warner Bros. | $7,500,000[1] |
5 | Gigi | MGM | $6,500,000[2] |
6 | The Vikings | United Artists | $6,000,000[1] |
7 | The Young Lions | 20th Century Fox | $4,480,000[3] |
8 | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | $4,400,000[3] | |
9 | Some Came Running | MGM | $4,245,000[2] |
10 | Indiscreet | Warner Bros. | $3,600,000[4] |
Events
- January 29 – Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an early example of the French New Wave; it is also notable for the improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis. Le Beau Sergeis credited as the first French New Wave feature.
- February 16 – In the Money by William Beaudine is released. It will be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began in 1946.
- February 27 – Harry Cohn, the remaining founder of Columbia Pictures and one of the last remaining Hollywood movie moguls, dies.
- The second installment of Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible is officially released, having previously been shelved for political reasons. It would be the last of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible trilogy as the director died during production on Part III.
- April – MGM and rejoins Columbia Pictureslater becoming vice president and general manager of the studio.
- April 22 – MGM.
- May 15 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases Gigi, one of the last classic MGM musicals. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, produced by Arthur Freed, and written by Alan Jay Lerner, the film is released to considerable critical and commercial success and will become the highest-grossing musical ever made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, until That's Entertainment! in 1974.
- May 17 – Joseph E. Levine presents a picture on his own for the first time with 1954's Attila in an all-out exploitation saturation booking in the United States earning rentals of $2 million.
- August 31 – Carry on Sergeant, the first film in the popular British Carry Onseries, opens.
- October – Universal Pictures sells the Universal lot to Music Corporation of America for $11.25 million and leases it back for $1 million a year.
- November 15 – During production of Solomon and Sheba in Madrid, Spain, actor Tyrone Power dies of a massive heart attack. The production of the film is halted and it is finished in late 1959. Power, who was playing the role of King Solomon, is replaced in the film by Yul Brynner.
- December 16 – MCA Inc. acquires the Universal Pictures studio lot for $11 million. It will later acquire the studio.
Awards
Category/Organization | 16th Golden Globe Awards March 5, 1959 |
31st Academy Awards April 6, 1959 | |
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Drama | Comedy or Musical | ||
Best Film | The Defiant Ones | Auntie Mame (Comedy) Gigi (Musical) |
Gigi |
Best Director | Vincente Minnelli Gigi | ||
Best Actor | David Niven Separate Tables |
Danny Kaye Me and the Colonel |
David Niven Separate Tables |
Best Actress | Susan Hayward I Want to Live! |
Rosalind Russell Auntie Mame |
Susan Hayward I Want to Live! |
Best Supporting Actor | Burl Ives The Big Country | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Hermione Gingold Gigi |
Wendy Hiller Separate Tables | |
Best Foreign Language Film | Girl and the River The Road a Year Long Rosemary |
Mon Oncle |
Notable films released in 1958
United States
unless stated
A
- India)
- Ambush at Cimarron Pass, starring Scott Brady and Clint Eastwood
- U.S.S.R.)
- Andy Hardy Comes Home, starring Mickey Rooney
- Britain)
- Apache Territory, starring Rory Calhoun
- India)
- West Germany)
- Mexico)
- Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament), directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Zbigniew Cybulski – (Poland)
- Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, starring Allison Hayes
- Auntie Mame, starring Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest Tucker, Roger Smith, Peggy Cass
B
- Japan)
- The Barbarian and the Geisha, starring John Wayne and Eiko Ando
- France)
- Bell, Book and Candle, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs
- The Big Country, directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors
- Italy)
- The Black Orchid, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn
- The Blob, starring Steve McQueen
- The Bonnie Parker Story, starring Dorothy Provine
- The Bravados, starring Gregory Peck and Joan Collins
- Sweden)
- The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Lee J. Cobb, Claire Bloom
- The Buccaneer, directed by Anthony Quinn, starring Yul Brynner and Claire Bloom
- Buchanan Rides Alone, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott and Craig Stevens
C
- Egypt)
- Britain)
- Carve Her Name with Pride, starring Virginia McKenna and Paul Scofield – (Britain)
- Mexico)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson
- A Certain Smile, starring Rossano Brazzi and Joan Fontaine
- India)
- Britain)
- China Doll, starring Victor Mature
- The Colossus of New York, starring Ross Martin and Mala Powers
- Cowboy, starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon
- Britain)
- The Cry Baby Killer, directed by Roger Corman, featuring Jack Nicholson in his film debut
- Cry Terror!, starring James Mason, Inger Stevens, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson
D
- Damn Yankees, directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, starring Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston
- William Wellman, starring James Garner
- Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
- Czechoslovakia)
- Desire Under the Elms, starring Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives
- The Doctor's Dilemma, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Dirk Bogarde (Britain)
- Britain)
- Britain)
E
- Édes Anna, directed by Zoltán Fábri – (Hungary)
- France)
- Enchanted Island, starring Jane Powell
- Japan)
- Japan)
F
- Czechoslovakia)
- Netherlands)
- Flood Tide, starring George Nader and Cornell Borchers
- A Flower in Hell (Jiokhwa) – (South Korea)
- The Fly, starring Vincent Price
- Fort Massacre, starring Joel McCrea
- From Hell to Texas, starring Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Dennis Hopper
- From the Earth to the Moon, starring Joseph Cotten
G
- The Geisha Boy, starring Jerry Lewis
- Japan)
- Gigi, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier
- Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
- God's Little Acre, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Fay Spain, Tina Louise
- The Goddess, starring Kim Stanley
- France/Tunisia)
- Gunman's Walk, starring Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Kathryn Grant
H
- H8 – (Yugoslavia)
- Japan)
- UK/US)
- Italy)
- Japan)
- The Horse's Mouth, starring Alec Guinness – (Britain)
- Houseboat, starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
- Howrah Bridge, starring Madhubala and Ashok Kumar – (India)
- The Hunters, starring Robert Mitchum
I
- Britain)
- Golden Globefor Best Actress)
- I Was Monty's Double, starring M. E. Clifton James and John Mills – (Britain)
- Britain)
- USSR)
- Imitation General, directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Taina Elg
- France)
- In the Money, starring the Bowery Boys
- Britain)
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, directed by Mark Robson, starring Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat
- Intent to Kill, starring Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom
- Iron Flower (Vasvirág) – (Hungary)
- West Germany)
- Ray Corriganas the monster of the title
- U.S.S.R.)
J
- India)
- Magda and Salah Zulfikar – (Egypt)
K
- Kala Pani (Life Sentence), starring Dev Anand and Madhubala – (India)
- Britain)
- King Creole, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Elvis Presley, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Walter Matthau
L
- Lafayette Escadrille, World War I film starring Tab Hunter, with an early appearance by Clint Eastwood
- Norway)
- The Last Hurrah, starring Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone
- The Law and Jake Wade, starring Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark
- Italy)
- The Left Handed Gun, starring Paul Newman
- The Light in the Forest, starring Fess Parker
- The Lineup, starring Eli Wallach
- Lonelyhearts, starring Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Maureen Stapleton
- Tony Franciosa, Lee Remick
- France)
- The Lovers of Montparnasse (Les Amants de Montparnasse), directed by Jacques Becker and Max Ophüls– (France)
M
- Machine-Gun Kelly, starring Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot and Morey Amsterdam
- West Germany)
- India)
- Sweden)
- France)
- Britain)
- Italy)
- Man of the West, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Gary Cooper, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Lord, Julie London
- Marjorie Morningstar, starring Natalie Wood and Gene Kelly
- The Matchmaker, starring Shirley MacLaine
- Me and the Colonel, starring Danny Kaye
- Merry Andrew, starring Danny Kaye
- France)
- Mon Oncle, directed by and starring Jacques Tati – (France)
- Monster on the Campus, directed by Jack Arnold
- Murder by Contract, starring Vince Edwards
N
- U.S.)
- Britain)
- France)
- Britain)
- No Time for Sergeants, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton, Nick Adams
O
- The Old Man and the Sea, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, starring Spencer Tracy
- Onionhead, starring Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Felicia Farr, Joey Bishop
- Britain)
- Greece)
P
- Paris Holiday, starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg
- Party Girl, starring Cyd Charisse and Robert Taylor
- The Perfect Furlough, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
- Phagun, starring Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan – (India)
- Police, starring Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar – (India)
- The Proud Rebel, starring Alan Ladd and Olivia de Havilland
Q
- U.K.)
- Queen of Outer Space, directed by Edward Bernds, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, and Laurie Mitchell.
- The Quiet American, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave
R
- India)
- The Reluctant Debutante, starring Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, Sandra Dee
- Britain)
- Japan)
- Ride a Crooked Trail, starring Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau
- Rock-A-Bye Baby, starring Jerry Lewis
- Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Rosaura a las 10) – (Argentina)
S
- Saddle the Wind, starring Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes
- India)
- Screaming Mimi, starring Anita Ekberg
- Separate Tables, starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, David Niven
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, starring Kerwin Mathews
- The Sheepman, starring Glenn Ford and Shirley MacLaine
- Britain)
- The Sign of Zorro
- Tommy Sands
- India)
- Some Came Running, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine
- South Pacific, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston
- Stage Struck, starring Henry Fonda and Susan Strasberg
- Stakeout on Dope Street, starring Abby Dalton
- St. Louis Blues, featuring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
- Czechoslovakia)
- Summer Love, starring John Saxon and Jill St. John
T
- Britain)
- Tamango, starring Dorothy Dandridge
- The Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone
- Teacher's Pet, starring Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren
- Ten North Frederick, starring Gary Cooper and Suzy Parker
- Terror in a Texas Town, starring Sterling Hayden
- This Happy Feeling, starring Debbie Reynolds, John Saxon, Alexis Smith
- Thunder Road, starring Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die, starring John Gavin
- The Tinder Box (Das Feuerzeug) – (East Germany)
- US)
- Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Errol Flynn
- Torpedo Run, starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine
- Touch of Evil, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marlene Dietrich
- Britain)
- The True Story of Lynn Stuart, starring Betsy Palmer
- The Tunnel of Love, starring Doris Day and Richard Widmark
- Twilight for the Gods, starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse
U
- Japan)
V
- India)
- Japan)
- Spain)
- Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
- Netherlands)
- )
W
- White Wilderness, a Disney nature film
Y
- The Young Lions, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin
Film series
Carry On series (1958–1992
)
Short film series
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1969)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
- Woody Woodpecker (1940–1972)
Ending this year
- Droopy (1943-1958)
- Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
Births
- January 3 - Simon Greenall, English actor, presenter, comedian, producer and writer
- January 4
- Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor, singer and comedian
- Julian Sands, English actor (d. 2023)
- January 7 - Linda Kozlowski, American former actress
- January 8 - George Jackson, American director and producer (d. 2000)
- January 11 - Alyson Reed, American actress
- January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
- January 21 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
- January 26 – Ellen DeGeneres, American actress and comedian
- February 2 - Douglas McGrath, American screenwriter, director and actor (d. 2022)
- February 6
- Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (d. 2004)
- Barry Miller, American actor
- February 10
- Bess Motta, American actress and singer
- Rupert Vansittart, English character actor
- February 13
- Pernilla August, Swedish actress
- Donal Gibson, American former actor
- Tip Tipping, English stuntman and actor (d. 1993)
- February 15 - Shaun Toub, Iranian-American actor
- February 16
- Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, actor and producer
- Lisa Loring, American actress (d. 2023)
- February 19
- Leslie David Baker, American actor
- Pierre-Loup Rajot, French actor and director
- February 21
- Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor
- Denise Dowse, American actress and director (d. 2022)
- February 26
- Greg Germann, American actor
- Chris Phillips, American voice actor
- March 3
- Bob Nelson, American stand-up comedian and actor
- Miranda Richardson, English actress
- March 7 - Rik Mayall, English actor, comedian and writer (d. 2014)
- March 10 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
- March 14 - Russell Todd, American former actor
- March 18 - Christian Clemenson, American actor
- March 19
- Robin Hurlstone, British actor
- Fred Stoller, American actor and stand-up comedian
- March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress
- March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker
- March 27 - Adrian Rawlins, English actor
- March 29 – Anu Lamp, Estonian actress
- March 30 - Maurice LaMarche, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
- March 31
- Tony Cox, American actor
- Sylvester Groth, German actor
- April 3
- Alec Baldwin, American actor
- Jaan Rekkor, Estonian actor
- April 4 - Constance Shulman, American actress
- April 14 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor, writer and director
- April 19 - Steve Antin, American actor, stunt performer, producer and director
- April 21 – Andie MacDowell, American actress
- April 26 - Giancarlo Esposito, American actor
- April 29 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
- May 7 – Mayra Alejandra, Venezuelan actress (d. 2014)
- May 9
- Lorena Gale, Canadian actress (d. 2009)
- Chuck Russell, American filmmaker and actor
- May 12 – Tony Oliver, Puerto Rican voice actor
- May 16
- Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballet dancer (d. 2007)
- Don Fullilove, American actor
- May 20
- Judy Kuhn, American actress, singer and activist
- Matt McCoy, American actor
- May 23
- Drew Carey, American actor, voice actor, comedian, sports executive and game show host
- Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress and jazz singer
- William Kircher, New Zealand actor
- May 26 - Margaret Colin, American actress
- May 29 – Annette Bening, American actress
- May 30 - Ted McGinley, American actor
- May 31 - Roma Maffia, American actress
- June 2 - Mike Binder, American filmmaker, stand-up comedian and actor
- June 8 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
- June 17 - Kerry Shale, Canadian actor, voice-over artist and writer
- June 20 – Paul Poom, Estonian actor
- June 21
- Michael Bowen, American actor
- Eric Douglas, American actor and stand-up comedian (d. 2004)
- Josh Pais, American actor
- June 22 – Bruce Campbell, American actor and director
- June 24 - Tommy Lister Jr., American character actor and professional wrestler (d. 2020)
- June 25 - Igal Naor, Israeli actor
- June 27 - August Schmölzer, Austrian actor and writer
- June 28 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor and singer
- July 4 – Tõnu Oja, Estonian actor
- July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, English comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress
- July 8 – Kevin Bacon, American actor
- July 10 - Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director
- July 14 – Eva Arnaz, Indonesian actress
- July 27 - Vincenzo Nicoli, English-Italian actor
- July 30 - Richard Burgi, American actor
- August 3 – Lambert Wilson, French actor
- August 7
- Shannon Cochran, American actress
- Pete Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2022)
- August 8 - Harry Crosby, American investment banker and former actor
- August 9 – Arvo Kukumägi, Estonian actor (d. 2017)
- August 10 - Don Swayze, American character actor
- August 15
- Nicholas Bell, English actor
- Roger Rose, American actor
- August 16
- Angela Bassett, American actress
- Madonna, American pop singer and actress
- Toby Sedgwick, English actor and theatre director
- August 18
- Reg E. Cathey, American character actor (d. 2018)
- Madeleine Stowe, American actress
- August 20 - David O. Russell, American director, screenwriter and producer
- August 22 – Colm Feore, Canadian actor
- August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor and comedian
- August 25 – Tim Burton, American director, producer and screenwriter
- August 29
- Lenny Henry, British stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter
- Michael Jackson, American pop singer and actor (d. 2009)
- August 31 - Julie Brown, American actress, comedian, writer, singer and director
- September 3 – Steve Schirripa, American actor
- September 6
- Jeff Foxworthy, American actor, comedian, producer and writer
- Michael Winslow, American actor, beatboxer, and comedian
- September 10 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer and screenwriter
- September 15 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
- September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian-American actress
- September 20 - Ghassan Massoud, Syrian actor and filmmaker
- September 23 - Pat Skipper, American actor
- September 24 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
- October 2 - Jeffrey Weissman, American actor
- October 4 - Ned Luke, American actor
- October 9 – Michael Paré, American actor
- October 15 - Renée Jones, American former actress
- October 16 – Tim Robbins, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
- October 19 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
- October 20 – Viggo Mortensen, Danish actor
- October 25 - Phil Daniels, English actor
- November 1
- Will Finn, American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist and director
- Rachel Ticotin, American actress
- November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor
- November 10 - Stephen Herek, American director
- November 11 - Scott Plank, American actor (d. 2002)
- November 12 - Megan Mullally, American actress, comedian and singer
- November 16 – Marg Helgenberger, American actress
- November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
- November 18 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor
- November 22 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- November 24 - Alain Chabat, French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and producer
- November 28 - Thom Mathews, American actor
- December 6 - Nick Park, British director, producer and animator
- December 9 - Raja Gosnell, American filmmaker and editor
- December 11 - Tom Shadyac, American director, screenwriter and producer
- December 13
- Lynn-Holly Johnson, American retired figure skater and actress
- Amy Stoch, American actress
- December 16 - Katie Leigh, American voice actress
- December 22 - Lenny Von Dohlen, American actor (d. 2022)
- December 25 - Cheryl Chase, American voice actress
- December 29 - Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor
- December 30 – Pedro Costa, Portuguese director
- December 31
- Johnny Hardwick, American actor and voice actor (d. 2023)
- Bebe Neuwirth, American Actress
Deaths
- January 3 – Charles Williams, 59, American actor, writer, It's a Wonderful Life, Parole, Inc.
- January 11 – Edna Purviance, 62, American actress, The Kid, A Woman of Paris
- January 13 – Jesse L. Lasky, 77, American producer, Wings, The Cocoanuts
- February 13 – Helen Twelvetrees, 49, American actress, A Bedtime Story, Now I'll Tell
- February 15 – William Berke, 54, American director, Dick Tracy, FBI Girl
- February 17 – Tala Birell, 50, Romanian actress, Women in the Night, Dangerous Millions
- February 20 – Thurston Hall, 75, American actor, We Have Our Moments, Chain Gang
- February 27 – Harry Cohn, 66, American film executive, co-founder of CBC Sales Association (Columbia Pictures), Platinum Blonde, American Madness
- March 22
- Mike Todd, 48, American producer, Around the World in 80 Days, This Is Cinerama
- Art Cohn, 48, American screenwriter, The Set-Up, Ten Thousand Bedrooms
- March 31 – Nicholas Nayfack, 49, American producer, Escape from Fort Bravo, Forbidden Planet
- April 9 – Sol M. Wurtzel, 67, American producer, Charlie Chan in Rio, Bright Eyes
- April 15 – Estelle Taylor, 63, American actress, Cimarron, The Ten Commandments
- May 2 – Henry Cornelius, 44, South African director, Genevieve, I Am a Camera
- May 9 – Bill Goodwin, 47, American actor, announcer Mickey, The Atomic Kid
- May 19 – Ronald Colman, 67, British actor, Lost Horizon, Random Harvest
- June 6 – Virginia Pearson, 72, American actress, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz
- June 9 – Robert Donat, 53, British actor, The 39 Steps, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- June 27 – Robert Greig, 78, Australian actor, They Just Had to Get Married, Love, Honor and Goodbye
- July 11 – Evelyn Varden, 65, American actress, The Night of the Hunter, Ten Thousand Bedrooms
- July 20 – Franklin Pangborn, 69, American actor, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, The Bank Dick
- August 1 – Albert E. Smith, 83, English director and producer, co-founder of Vitagraph Studios
- August 8 – Barbara Bennett, 51, American actress, Black Jack, Syncopation
- August 18 – Bonar Colleano, 34, British actor, Eight Iron Men, Joe MacBeth
- August 21 – Kurt Neumann, 50, German director, The Fly, Mohawk
- August 27 – Priscilla Lawson, 44, American actress, Flash Gordon, Rose Bowl
- October 4 – Ida Wüst, 74, German actress, Chamber Music
- November 15 – Tyrone Power, 44, American actor, Witness for the Prosecution, The Mark of Zorro
- December 1 – Boots Mallory, 45, American actress, Sing Sing Nights, Here's Flash Casey
- December 20 – Elisabeth Risdon, 71, British actress, Florence Nightingale, Five Came Back
- December 21 – H. B. Warner, 83, British actor, Lost Horizon, It's a Wonderful Life
Film debuts
- Claudine Auger – Christine
- Steven Berkoff – I Was Monty's Double
- Richard Briers – Girls at Sea
- Claudia Cardinale – Goha
- Veronica Cartwright – In Love and War
- Bradford Dillman – A Certain Smile
- Peter Falk – Wind Across the Everglades
- Steve Franken – Cop Hater
- Jerry Hardin – Thunder Road
- Nigel Hawthorne – Carve Her Name with Pride
- Ian Holm – Girls at Sea
- Lincoln Kilpatrick – Cop Hater
- Don Knotts – No Time for Sergeants
- Tina Louise – God's Little Acre
- Carol Lynley – The Light in the Forest
- Anna Massey – Gideon's Day
- Christopher Mitchum – Thunder Road
- Jack Nicholson – The Cry Baby Killer
- Suzanne Pleshette – The Geisha Boy
- Christopher Plummer – Stage Struck
- Vanessa Redgrave – Behind the Mask
- Run Silent, Run Deep
- Gena Rowlands – The High Cost of Loving
- Mitchell Ryan – Thunder Road
- Victor Spinetti – Behind the Mask
- Dudley Sutton – A Night to Remember
- Vic Tayback – The Power of the Resurrection
- Renée Taylor – The Mugger
- Jack Weston – Stage Struck
- John Williams (film composer) – Daddy-O
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ a b "All-Time Top Grosses". Variety. January 4, 1961. p. 49. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M140-M196.