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The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | Spartacus | Universal | $14,000,000[1] |
2 | Psycho | Paramount [nb 1] | $9,100,000[1] |
3 | Exodus | United Artists | $8,500,000[1] |
4 | Swiss Family Robinson | Buena Vista | $8,100,000[3] |
5 | The Alamo | United Artists | $7,900,000[1] |
6 | The World of Suzie Wong | Paramount | $7,500,000[4] |
7 | BUtterfield 8 | MGM | $6,800,000[5] |
8 | The Apartment | United Artists | $6,700,000[1] |
9 | Ocean's 11 | Warner Bros. | $5,500,000[1] |
10 | From the Terrace | 20th Century Fox
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$5,200,000[1] |
- ^ After Psycho was released, Paramount transferred the film rights to Hitchcock, who later sold the distribution rights to Universal Pictures in 1962.[2]
Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1960 films in countries outside of North America.
Country | Title | Director | Revenue | Admissions | Source(s) |
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France | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | — | 13,826,124 | [6] |
West Germany | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | — | 13,525,000 | [7] |
India | Mughal-e-Azam | K. Asif | $23,110,000 | 100,000,000 | [n 1][10] |
Italy | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | — | 15,400,000 | [11] |
Soviet Union
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Far from the Motherland | Aleksei Shvachko | $2,625,000 | 42,000,000 | [n 3] |
Spain | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | — | 4,653,194 | [15] |
United Kingdom | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | — | 13,200,000 | [16] |
Events
- March 5 – For the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood to film G.I. Blues
- June 16 – Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's landmark film, Psycho in the United States. Controversial since release, it sets new standards in violence and sexuality on screen, and is a critical influence on the emerging slasher genre.
- August 10 – Filming of West Side Story begins.
- October 6 & December 16 – , released in the United States on these dates.
- October 27 – Film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning released, first of the British social-realist wave.
- November 4 – Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, the last film for both (though Monroe will be working on another at the time of her death).
Awards
Category/Organization | 18th Golden Globe Awards March 16, 1961 |
33rd Academy Awards April 17, 1961 | |
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Drama | Comedy or Musical | ||
Best Film | Spartacus | The Apartment (Comedy) Song Without End (Musical) |
The Apartment |
Best Director | Jack Cardiff Sons and Lovers |
Billy Wilder The Apartment | |
Best Actor | Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry |
Jack Lemmon The Apartment |
Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry |
Best Actress | Greer Garson Sunrise at Campobello |
Shirley MacLaine The Apartment |
Elizabeth Taylor BUtterfield 8 |
Best Supporting Actor | Sal Mineo Exodus |
Peter Ustinov Spartacus | |
Best Supporting Actress | Janet Leigh Psycho |
Shirley Jones Elmer Gantry | |
Best Foreign Language Film | La Vérité The Trials of Oscar Wilde The Virgin Spring |
The Virgin Spring |
1960 film releases
United States
unless stated
January–March
- January 1960
- 5 January
- Japan)
- 12 January
- 20 January
- 21 January
- Toby Tyler
- 26 January
- Two Way Stretch(U.K.)
- 27 January
- Cash McCall
- Japan)
- 28 January
- U.S.S.R.)
- 5 January
- February 1960
- 1 February
- 3 February
- 4 February
- 5 February
- Italy)
- 11 February
- Once More, with Feeling!
- U.K.)
- 19 February
- India)
- The Last Voyage
- 24 February
- 25 February
- U.K.)
- 27 February
- March 1960
- 1 March
- 2 March
- France)
- 3 March
- 4 March
- U.K.)
- 5 March
- 9 March
- 10 March
- France)
- 12 March
- 15 March
- 5 Branded Women
- U.K.)
- 17 March
- Breathless (France)
- 18 March
- France)
- 23 March
- France)
- 31 March
April–June
- April 1960
- 2 April
- 5 April
- U.K.)
- 6 April
- 10 April
- 13 April
- 14 April
- 15 April
- 21 April
- 24 April
- 27 April
- May 1960
- 16 May
- U.K.)
- 17 May
- U.K.)
- 19 May
- 25 May
- 26 May
- 16 May
- June 1960
- 3 June
- Japan)
- 7 June
- U.K.)
- 9 June
- Mexico)
- 15 June
- 16 June
- 17 June
- 22 June
- 23 June
- 24 June
- 27 June
- Letter Never Sent (Russia)
- 28 June
- 29 June
- L'Avventura (Italy)
- Strangers When We Meet
- 3 June
July–September
- July 1960
- 7 July
- 10 July
- 13 July
- 15 July
- 20 July
- 25 July
- U.K.)
- 30 July
- Japan)
- August 1960
- 5 August
- Last Woman on Earth
- India)
- India)
- 7 August
- 9 August
- Make Mine Mink (U.K.)
- 10 August
- 11 August
- Italy)
- Song Without End
- 14 August
- Japan)
- 17 August
- Hong Kong)
- The Time Machine
- 20 August
- 5 August
- September 1960
- 6 September
- France)
- 8 September
- 9 September
- 14 September
- 15 September
- 16 September
- 19 September
- The Bad Sleep Well (Japan)
- 28 September
- 29 September
- Italy)
- Surprise Package
- 30 September
- 6 September
October–December
- October 1960
- 1 October
- Autumn Has Already Started
- United States)
- 6 October
- 8 October
- Japan)
- Japan)
- 9 October
- Japan)
- 12 October
- 13 October
- 17 October
- Sweden)
- 18 October
- U.K.)
- 24 October
- 27 October
- Italy)
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (U.K.)
- 28 October
- France)
- 31 October
- Man in the Moon (U.K.)
- 1 October
- November 1960
- 1 November
- Japan)
- Ten Who Dared
- 3 November
- Spain)
- Five Cartridges (East Germany)
- The Housemaid (South Korea)
- 4 November
- 10 November
- U.K./U.S.)
- 13 November
- Japan)
- North to Alaska
- 14 November
- 16 November
- Italy)
- 22 November
- 23 November
- Go to Hell, Hoodlums!
- Japan)
- 25 November
- Italy)
- 1 November
- December 1960
- 1 December
- 7 December
- U.K.)
- 8 December
- 9 December
- 11 December
- 12 December
- Egypt)
- Greece)
- 14 December
- Italy)
- 16 December
- 17 December
- 20 December
- 21 December
- 23 December
- 28 December
- 30 December
Notable films released in 1960
United States
unless stated
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- The 3rd Voice, directed by Hubert Cornfield, starring Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London
- 5 Branded Women, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jeanne Moreau
- 13 Ghosts, directed by William Castle
A
- Italy)
- Japan)
- The Alamo, directed by and starring John Wayne, co-starring Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills, Frankie Avalon, Richard Boone
- Malaysia/Singapore)
- U.K.)
- India)
- The Apartment, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edie Adams
- Japan)
- L'Avventura (The Adventure), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy)
B
- Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście) – (Poland)
- Barsaat Ki Raat, starring Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan – (India)
- The Bad Sleep Well (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
- Because They're Young, starring Dick Clark
- U.K.)
- The Bellboy, starring Jerry Lewis
- Bells Are Ringing, starring Dean Martin and Judy Holliday
- Beyond the Time Barrier
- France)
- Italy)
- Les Bonnes Femmes (The Girls), directed by Claude Chabrol – (France)
- The Bramble Bush, starring Richard Burton and Angie Dickinson
- Breathless (À bout de souffle), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg – (France)
- U.K.)
- Turkey)
- BUtterfield 8, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey
C
- Can-Can, starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Louis Jourdan, Juliet Prowse
- U.K.)
- Cash McCall, starring James Garner and Natalie Wood
- U.K.)
- Brazil)
- Cimarron, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter
- Cinderfella, starring Jerry Lewis and Anna Maria Alberghetti
- U.K.)
- Cleopatra's Daughter, starring Debra Paget
- India)
- Spain)
- College Confidential, starring Mamie Van Doren
- Comanche Station, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott
- Come Back, Africa, documentary film – (South Africa)
- Crack in the Mirror, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman, Juliette Gréco
- U.K.)
- Japan)
D
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, starring Dorothy McGuire, Shirley Knight, Robert Preston
- U.K.)
- Desire in the Dust, starring Joan Bennett, Martha Hyer, Raymond Burr
- India)
- Sweden)
- Italy)
E
- Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones
- Hong Kong)
- U.K.)
- Italy)
- Italy)
- Exodus, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, John Derek
- France)
F
- The Facts of Life, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
- Japan)
- Faust – (West Germany)
- Five Cartridges (Fünf Patronenhülsen) – (East Germany)
- Flaming Star, starring Elvis Presley and Barbara Eden
- Italy)
- From the Terrace, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ina Balin, George Grizzard, Myrna Loy
G
- G.I. Blues, starring Elvis Presley and Juliet Prowse
- Admiral "Bull" Halsey starring James Cagney
- Girl of the Night, starring Anne Francis and John Kerr
- Japan)
- Goliath and the Dragon
- Disneyanimated short
- The Grass Is Greener, starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
- Guns of the Timberland, starring Alan Ladd
H
- Hell Bent for Leather, starring Audie Murphy and Felicia Farr
- U.K.)
- Heller in Pink Tights, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn
- Hell to Eternity, starring Jeffrey Hunter and David Janssen
- Japan)
- High Time, starring Bing Crosby
- Egypt)
- France)
- Home from the Hill, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard
- House of Usher, directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price
- The Housemaid (Hanyeo) – (South Korea)
- Japan)
- The Hypnotic Eye, starring Jacques Bergerac
I
- Italy)
- I Aim at the Stars, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Curd Jürgens, Herbert Lom, Gia Scala
- Ice Palace, starring Richard Burton, Robert Ryan and Carolyn Jones
- Jason Robards, Jr., Myron McCormick, and Robert Redford– (made for TV)
- Inherit the Wind, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Dick York
- Inni Attahim, directed by Hassan el-Imam, starring Zubaida Tharwat, Salah Zulfikar, Emad Hamdy – (Egypt)
- Innocent Sorcerers (Niewinni czarodzieje), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
- It Started in Naples, starring Clark Gable and Sophia Loren
J
- Jaali Note (Counterfeit Money), starring Madhubala and Dev Anand – (India)
- Japan)
- India)
K
- India)
- Knights of the Teutonic Order (Krzyżacy), directed by Aleksander Ford – (Poland)
L
- U.S.S.R.)
- The Last Voyage, starring Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone
- The Last Witness (Der Letzte Zeuge) – (West Germany)
- Last Woman on Earth, directed by Roger Corman
- Japan)
- U.K.)
- Let's Make Love, starring Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand
- The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman
- Linda, starring Carol White – (U.K.)
- The Lost World, starring Michael Rennie and Jill St. John
- Love and Adoration, directed by Hassan el-Imam, starring Salah Zulfikar and Taheyya Kariokka – (Egypt)
- India)
M
- Mexico)
- Brazil)
- The Magnificent Seven, directed by John Sturges, starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz
- Make Mine Mink, starring Terry-Thomas – (U.K.)
- Netherlands)
- Man in the Moon, starring Kenneth More – (U.K.)
- India)
- Midnight Lace, starring Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
- U.K.)
- Money and Women, directed by Hassan el-Imam, starring Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny – (Egypt)
- The Mountain Road, starring James Stewart
- Mrs. Warren's Profession (Frau Warrens Gewerbe), starring Lilli Palmer (West Germany)
- India)
- Henry Morgan
N
- Japan)
- U.K.)
- United States)
- U.K.)
- Japan)
- The Ninth Circle (Deveti krug) – (Yugoslavia)
- North to Alaska, starring John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Capucine, Fabian Forte
O
- Obaltan (a.k.a. The Stray Bullet) – (South Korea)
- Once More, with Feeling!, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Yul Brynner
- Greece)
P
- India)
- The Party Is Over (Fin de fiesta) – (Argentina)
- Italy/West Germany)
- U.K.)
- Pepe, starring Cantinflas
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies, starring Doris Day and David Niven
- Pollyanna, starring Hayley Mills
- Portrait in Black, starring Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee
- The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, starring Mickey Rooney and Mamie Van Doren
- Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, John Gavin
- U.K.)
- France)
Q
- U.S.S.R.)
R
- The Rat Race, starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Don Rickles
- The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Ray Danton and Karen Steele
- Egypt)
- France)
- Czechoslovakia)
- U.K.)
S
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts – (U.K.)
- The Savage Innocents, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Anthony Quinn
- Scent of Mystery, starring Denholm Elliott and Elizabeth Taylor
- U.K.)
- September Storm, starring Joanne Dru
- Sergeant Rutledge, starring Jeffrey Hunter and Woody Strode
- France)
- Seven Thieves, starring Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Eli Wallach, Joan Collins
- France)
- Sink the Bismarck!, starring Kenneth More – (U.K.)
- Mexico)
- Song Without End, starring Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Patricia Morison
- U.K.)
- Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis
- U.K.)
- The Story of Ruth, a Biblical drama starring Stuart Whitman and Peggy Wood
- Strangers When We Meet, starring Kim Novak, Kirk Douglas, Ernie Kovacs
- Norway)
- The Subterraneans, starring George Peppard
- Australia)
- Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, a.k.a. Season of Passion, starring Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Ernest Borgnine, John Mills
- Sunrise at Campobello, starring Ralph Bellamy (as Franklin D. Roosevelt) and Greer Garson
- Surprise Package, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward
- Swiss Family Robinson, starring John Mills and Dorothy McGuire
T
- Tall Story, starring Jane Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Ray Walston
- Tarzan the Magnificent, starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, John Carradine
- A Terrible Beauty, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Mitchum and Anne Heywood
- France)
- U.K.)
- The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Die tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse), directed by Fritz Lang – (West Germany)
- The Three Worlds of Gulliver, starring Kerwin Mathews
- The Time Machine, starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux
- Too Hot to Handle, starring Jayne Mansfield – (U.K.)
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde, starring Peter Finch – (U.K.)
- France)
- U.K.)
- Twelve Hours to Kill, starring Nico Minardos and Barbara Eden
- Two-Way Stretch, starring Peter Sellers – (U.K.)
- Italy)
U
- Under Ten Flags, starring Van Heflin and Charles Laughton
- The Unforgiven, starring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn
- Universe – (Canada)
V
- Vice Raid, starring Mamie Van Doren
- U.K.)
- Sweden)
- Visit to a Small Planet, starring Jerry Lewis
Viva Las Vegas, staring Elvis Presley
W
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army, starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson
- U.K.)
- Japan)
- Where the Boys Are, starring George Hamilton, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis
- Austria)
- Who Was That Lady?, starring Dean Martin, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh
- Wild River, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Montgomery Clift
- U.K./U.S.)
Y
- Greece)
- United States)
Z
- France)
Short film series
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Births
- January 4 – April Winchell, American actress, voice actress, writer, talk radio host and commentator
- January 9 – Terje Pennie, Estonian actress
- January 10 – Gurinder Chadha, British director
- January 12
- Wanda Cannon, Canadian actress
- Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
- January 13 – Kevin Anderson, American actor
- January 15 – Kelly Asbury, American director, writer and voice actor (died 2020)
- January 18 – Mark Rylance, English actor
- January 25 – Kerry Noonan, American actress
- February 4 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
- February 7
- Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer and puppeteer
- James Spader, American actor
- February 8 - Suzanna Hamilton, English actress
- February 9 – David Bateson, British actor and comedian
- February 13 – Matt Salinger, American actor and producer
- February 14 – Meg Tilly, Canadian-American actress
- February 18
- Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor
- Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
- February 20 – Wendee Lee, American voice actress
- February 21 – Joel McKinnon Miller, American actor
- February 22 - Brian Anthony Wilson, American actor
- February 25 – Douglas Hodge, English actor, director and musician
- February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (died 1980)
- March 12
- Jason Beghe, American actor
- Courtney B. Vance, American actor
- March 13 – Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator and voice actor (died 2005)
- March 17
- Arye Gross, American actor
- Vicki Lewis, American singer and actress
- Cameron Thor, American actor, filmmaker and acting coach
- March 22 – Nicole Holofcener, American film director and screenwriter
- March 25 – Brenda Strong, American actress and director
- March 26 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
- March 29
- Annabella Sciorra, American actress and producer
- Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator (died 2017)
- March 31 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (died 2010)
- April 1 – Jennifer Runyon, American actress
- April 4
- Hugo Weaving, Australian actor
- Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-American actress
- April 7 – Elaine Miles, American actress
- April 14 – Brad Garrett, American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian and professional poker-player
- April 23
- Craig Sheffer, American actor
- Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
- April 29 - Steve Blum, American voice actor
- May 3 - Amy Steel, American actress
- May 9 - Lisa Henson, American actress and producer actress
- May 10 - Richard Graham, English actor
- May 20 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor, singer, producer, director and political activist
- May 21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor
- May 24
- Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
- Doug Jones, American actor
- May 26 - Doug Hutchison, American character actor
- May 31
- Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian
- Don Harvey, American actor and voice actor
- June 5 - James Isaac, American director and visual effects supervisor (died 2012)
- June 8 - Gary Trousdale, American animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
- June 16 - James M. Connor, American actor
- June 17 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
- June 18 - Barbara Broccoli, American-British producer
- June 27 - Jeremy Swift, English actor
- July 5
- Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman
- Pruitt Taylor Vince, American character actor
- July 10 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist
- July 11 – Jafar Panahi, Iranian director
- July 14 – Jane Lynch, American actress
- July 19 – Elizabeth Kaitan, Hungarian-American actress and model
- July 21 – Adrienne King, American actress and voice actress
- July 22 – John Leguizamo, American actor, comedian and producer
- July 23
- Jon Landau, American film producer
- Gabrielle Reidy, Irish actress (died 2014)
- July 30
- Richard Linklater, American director, producer and screenwriter
- Daniel McDonald, American actor (died 2007)
- August 5
- Steve Bannos, American actor
- John Mariano, American actor
- August 6 – Leland Orser, American actor
- August 7
- David Duchovny, American actor
- Rosana Pastor, Spanish actress
- August 10 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- August 16 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
- August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor
- August 18 – Richard McCabe, Scottish actor
- August 25 - Ashley Crow, American actress
- August 28 – Emma Samms, English actress
- August 29 – Viire Valdma, Estonian actress
- September 1 – Tahmineh Milani, Iranian filmmaker
- September 4 - Damon Wayans, American actor, comedian, producer and writer
- September 5 - Denis Forest, Canadian character actor (died 2002)
- September 9
- Bonnie Aarons, American actress
- Hugh Grant, English actor
- September 10
- Nancy Bernstein, American producer (died 2015)
- Colin Firth, English actor
- September 12
- Robert John Burke, American actor
- Felicity Montagu, English actress
- September 13 - Greg Baldwin, American actor and voice actor
- September 14
- Melissa Leo, American actress
- Callum Keith Rennie, British-born Canadian actor
- September 16 - Danny John-Jules, British actor and singer
- September 17
- Kevin Clash, American puppeteer, director and producer
- Frédéric Pierrot, French actor
- September 21 - Mary Mara, American actress (died 2022)
- September 27 – Debi Derryberry, American voice actress
- October 1 - Elizabeth Dennehy, American actress
- October 5 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director and producer
- October 9 – Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (died 2008)
- October 12 - Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor
- October 13 - Richard Sammel, German actor
- October 15 - Lobo Chan, British actor
- October 17
- Rob Marshall, American director and producer
- Grant Shaud, American actor
- October 18 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
- October 24 - BD Wong, American actor
- October 25 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director
- October 26 - Patrick Breen, American actor, screenwriter and director
- November 4 - Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
- November 5
- Tilda Swinton, English actress
- Yolanda Vázquez, Spanish actress
- November 6
- Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)
- Denzil Smith, Indian actor and producer
- November 8 – Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (died 2017)
- November 9 - Toni Hudson, American actress
- November 11 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director
- November 13 – Neil Flynn, American actor and comedian
- November 17 - RuPaul, American drag queen, television personality, actor, singer, producer and writer
- November 18
- Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
- John Shepherd, American actor and producer
- November 20 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
- November 26 – Greg Berg, American voice actor
- November 29 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress and singer
- November 30 – Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director
- December 3
- Daryl Hannah, American actress
- Julianne Moore, American actress
- December 9 – Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, writer, director, producer and voice actor
- December 10
- Kenneth Branagh, British actor and film director
- Michael Schoeffling, American actor and model
- December 22 - David Pasquesi, American actor and comedian
- December 26 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
- December 27
- Maryam d'Abo, British actress
- Traci Wolfe, American actress and model
Deaths
- January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, 50, American actress, The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm
- January 3 – Victor Sjöström, 80, Swedish film actor and director, The Phantom Carriage, Wild Strawberries
- January 4 – Dudley Nichols, 64, American screenwriter, Bringing Up Baby, Stagecoach
- January 21 – Matt Moore, 72, Irish-American actor, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Coquette
- January 24 – John Miljan, 67, American actor, The Plainsman, Mississippi
- February 3
- Fred Buscaglione, 38, Italian actor and singer
- Pride of the Yankees, The Hunted
- March 19 – Sonya Levien, 71, Russian screenwriter, Oklahoma!, Quo Vadis, Interrupted Melody
- April 5 – Alma Kruger, 90, American actress, His Girl Friday, Saboteur
- April 25 – Hope Emerson, 62, American actress, Caged, Adam's Rib
- May 27 – George Zucco, 74, British actor, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, My Favorite Blonde
- June 4 – Lucien Littlefield, 64, American actor, The Cat and the Canary, Dirty Work
- June 29 – Dimples Cooper, 46, Filipina actress, Ang Tatlong Hambog, Miracles of Love
- July 2 – The Call of the Wild
- July 15 – Lawrence Tibbett, 63, American singer and actor, The Rogue Song, Under Your Spell
- July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, 67, Irish production designer and art director, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful
- July 29 – Leonora Corbett, 52, British actress, Love on Wheels, Living Dangerously
- August 10 – Frank Lloyd, 74, Scottish director, Mutiny on the Bounty, Cavalcade
- September 4 – Alfred E. Green, 71, American director, Baby Face, Top Banana
- September 5 – Aku Korhonen, 57, Finnish actor
- September 11 – Edwin Justus Mayer, 63, American screenwriter, To Be or Not to Be, A Royal Scandal
- October 11 – Richard Cromwell, 50, American actor, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Jezebel
- October 15
- Maude Eburne, 84, Canadian actress, The Border Legion, Almost Married
- Clara Kimball Young, 70, American actress, My Official Wife, Kept Husbands
- November 3 – Paul Willis, 59, American silent-film actor, The Fall of a Nation
- November 5
- Mack Sennett, 80, Canadian-American producer and director, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Tango Tangles
- Ward Bond, 57, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, The Searchers, Rio Bravo
- November 14 – Walter Catlett, 71, American actor, comedian, Slightly Scandalous, Henry, the Rainmaker, Here Comes the Groom
- November 16 – Clark Gable, 59, American actor, It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone with the Wind[17]
- November 19 – Phyllis Haver, 61, American actress, Chicago, Sal of Singapore
- November 20 – Betty Lawford, 48, British actress, Criminal Lawyer, The Devil Thumbs a Ride
- December 14 – Gregory Ratoff, 67, Russian actor and director, All About Eve, Intermezzo
Film debuts
- Gila Almagor – Burning Sands
- John Astin – The Pusher
- Karen Black – The Prime Time
- Bruce Boa – Man in the Moon
- Dyan Cannon – The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
- Richard Chamberlain – The Secret of the Purple Reef
- Patrick Cranshaw – The Amazing Transparent Man
- Bruce Dern – Wild River
- Roy Dotrice – The Criminal
- Britt Ekland – G.I. Blues
- Albert Finney – The Entertainer
- Jane Fonda – Tall Story
- Derek Francis – The Criminal
- Sheila Hancock – Light Up the Sky!
- Diane Ladd – Murder, Inc.
- Murray Melvin – The Criminal
- Sylvia Miles – Murder, Inc.
- Peter O'Toole – Kidnapped
- Marisa Paredes – Police Calling 091
- Robert Redford – Tall Story
- Isela Vega – Verano violento
- Gian Maria Volonté – Under Ten Flags
- Susannah York – Tunes of Glory
Notes
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