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Overview of the events of 1962 in film
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with
Lawrence of Arabia winning seven
Academy Awards including
Best Picture and
Best Director .
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1962 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1962
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The Longest Day
20th Century Fox
$15,250,000
[1]
2
Lawrence of Arabia
Columbia
$15,000,000
[1]
3
The Music Man
Warner Bros.
$8,000,000
[1]
4
That Touch of Mink
Universal
$7,942,000
[2]
5
Mutiny on the Bounty
MGM
$7,410,000
[2]
6
To Kill a Mockingbird
Universal
$7,112,000
[2]
7
Hatari!
Paramount
$7,000,000
[2]
8
Gypsy
Warner Bros.
$6,000,000
[2]
9
Bon Voyage!
The Interns
Buena Vista Columbia
$5,000,000
[2]
10
In Search of the Castaways
Buena Vista
$4,900,000
[1]
Academy Awards :
Best Picture :
Lawrence of Arabia – Horizon-
Spiegel -
Lean ,
Columbia
Best Director :
David Lean –
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor :
Gregory Peck –
To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress :
Anne Bancroft –
The Miracle Worker
Best Supporting Actor :
Ed Begley –
Sweet Bird of Youth
Best Supporting Actress :
Patty Duke –
The Miracle Worker
Best Foreign Language Film :
Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray ), directed by
Serge Bourguignon , France
Golden Globe Awards :
Drama:
Best Picture :
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor :
Gregory Peck –
To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress :
Geraldine Page –
Sweet Bird of Youth
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture − Comedy :
That Touch of Mink
Best Picture − Musical :
The Music Man
Best Actor :
Marcello Mastroianni –
Divorce Italian Style
Best Actress :
Rosalind Russell –
Gypsy
Other
Best Director :
David Lean –
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Supporting Actor :
Omar Sharif –
Lawrence of Arabia
Best Supporting Actress :
Angela Lansbury –
The Manchurian Candidate
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Keeper of Promises (
O Pagador de Promessas ), directed by
Anselmo Duarte , Brazil
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Family Diary (Cronaca familiare , Journal intime ), directed by
Valerio Zurlini , France / Italy
My Name is Ivan (Ivanovo detstvo ), directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky , USSR
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
A Kind of Loving , directed by
John Schlesinger , United Kingdom
All of these films are from the
United States unless stated.
January 1962
1 January
9 January
11 January
12 January
14 January
17 January
18 January
19 January
26 January
February 1962
7 February
10 February
12 February
15 February
21 February
28 February
March 1962
1 March
5 March
7 March
9 March
10 March
14 March
21 March
23 March
28 March
April 1962
2 April
5 April
6 April
11 April
12 April
13 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
22 April
23 April
25 April
May 1962
3 May
9 May
17 May
24 May
25 May
29 May
June 1962
6 June
9 June
13 June
14 June
15 June
19 June
20 June
21 June
26 June
27 June
29 June
July 1962
3 July
4 July
5 July
7 July
15 July
16 July
17 July
21 July
25 July
26 July
28 July
August 1962
1 August
2 August
3 August
7 August
8 August
11 August
17 August
22 August
29 August
September 1962
15 September
16 September
25 September
26 September
27 September
October 1962
1 October
3 October
4 October
5 October
10 October
16 October
18 October
22 October
24 October
25 October
31 October
November 1962
1 November
2 November
8 November
14 November
21 November
27 November
December 1962
2 December
6 December
10 December
12 December
17 December
19 December
22 December
25 December
26 December
31 December
Notable films released in 1962
United States unless stated
Abhijan (The Expedition), directed by
Satyajit Ray – (
India )
Advise & Consent , directed by
Otto Preminger , starring
Henry Fonda ,
Charles Laughton ,
Walter Pidgeon ,
Don Murray ,
Peter Lawford
Alaverdoba , directed by
Giorgi Shengelaia – (
Georgia )
All Fall Down , directed by
John Frankenheimer , starring
Eva Marie Saint and
Warren Beatty
All Night Long , starring
Patrick McGoohan and
Richard Attenborough – (
U.K. )
All Souls' Day (Zaduszki) – (
Poland )
The American Beauty (La belle américaine), directed by
Robert Dhéry – (
France )
The Amphibian Man (Chelovek-amfibiya) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Appointment at the Tower , directed by
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar , starring
Salah Zulfikar and
Soad Hosny – (
Egypt )
Asli-Naqli (Real and Fake), starring
Dev Anand – (
India )
Atraco a las tres (Robbery at 3 O'Clock) – (
Spain )
Attack of the Normans (I normanni), directed by
Giuseppe Vari – (
Italy )
An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma no aji), directed by
Yasujirō Ozu – (
Japan )
The Awful Dr. Orloff (Gritos en la noche), directed by
Jesús Franco – (
Spain )
Baat Ek Raat Ki (A Tale of One Night), starring
Dev Anand – (
India )
Bachelor Flat , starring
Terry-Thomas ,
Tuesday Weld ,
Celeste Holm
Bees Saal Baad – (
India )
The Bellboy and the Playgirls , directed by
Francis Ford Coppola and
Fritz Umgelter
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar , starring
Jackie Chan and
Sammo Hung – (
Hong Kong )
Billy Budd , directed by and starring
Peter Ustinov , with
Robert Ryan and
Terence Stamp – (
U.K. )
Billy Rose's Jumbo , starring
Doris Day and
Jimmy Durante
Birdman of Alcatraz , directed by
John Frankenheimer , starring
Burt Lancaster ,
Karl Malden ,
Telly Savalas
Boccaccio '70 , directed by
Federico Fellini ,
Mario Monicelli ,
Vittorio De Sica and
Luchino Visconti , starring
Anita Ekberg and
Sophia Loren – (
Italy )
Bon Voyage! , starring
Fred MacMurray and
Jane Wyman
The Boys , directed by
Sidney J. Furie , starring
Richard Todd – (
U.K. )
Boys' Night Out , starring
Kim Novak and
James Garner
The Brain That Wouldn't Die , starring
Virginia Leith
The Brainiac (El baron del terror) , directed by
Chano Urueta – (
Mexico )
The Bread of Those Early Years (Das Brot der frühen Jahre) – (
West Germany )
The Broken Land , starring
Kent Taylor ,
Diana Darrin and
Jack Nicholson
Cape Fear , directed by
J. Lee Thompson , starring
Gregory Peck ,
Robert Mitchum ,
Polly Bergen ,
Telly Savalas
Captain Clegg (released as Night Creatures in the U.S.), directed by
Peter Graham Scott – (
U.K. )
Carnival of Souls , directed by
Herk Harvey
Carry On Cruising , starring
Sid James and
Kenneth Williams – (
U.K. )
Carry On Jack , starring
Kenneth Williams ,
Bernard Cribbins and
Juliet Mills – (
U.K. )
Cartouche , starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Claudia Cardinale – (
France /
Italy )
The Chapman Report , directed by
George Cukor , starring
Jane Fonda ,
Shelley Winters ,
Claire Bloom ,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Chased by the Dogs (El less wal kilab) – (
Egypt )
Cléo from 5 to 7 , directed by
Agnès Varda – (
France )
The Condemned of Altona (I sequestrati di Altona), directed by
Vittorio De Sica , starring
Sophia Loren and
Maximilian Schell – (
Italy )
Convicts 4 , starring
Ben Gazzara ,
Stuart Whitman ,
Vincent Price ,
Ray Walston ,
Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Counterfeit Traitor , directed by
George Seaton , starring
William Holden
Crazy Paradise (Det tossede paradis), directed by
Gabriel Axel and starring
Dirch Passer – (
Denmark )
Crooks Anonymous , starring
Leslie Phillips and
Julie Christie
Damon and Pythias (Il tiranno di Siracusa), directed by
Curtis Bernhardt – (U.S./
Italy )
David and Lisa , starring
Keir Dullea and
Janet Margolin
The Day of the Triffids , starring
Howard Keel – (
U.K. )
Days of Wine and Roses , directed by
Blake Edwards , starring
Jack Lemmon ,
Lee Remick ,
Charles Bickford ,
Jack Klugman
Dead Man's Evidence , directed by
Francis Searle – (
U.K. )
The Devil's Agent (Im Namen des Teufels), directed by
John Paddy Carstairs – (
U.K. /
West Germany /
Ireland )
Le Doulos (The Finger Man), directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville , starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo – (
France )
Dr. No , first
James Bond film, directed by
Terence Young , starring
Sean Connery ,
Joseph Wiseman ,
Jack Lord ,
Ursula Andress – (
U.K. )
Dungeon of Harrow , directed by
Pat Boyette
The Easy Life (Il sorpasso), directed by
Dino Risi , starring
Vittorio Gassman and
Jean-Louis Trintignant – (
Italy )
Eclipse (L'Eclisse), directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni , starring
Alain Delon and
Monica Vitti – (Italy/
France )
Eighteen in the Sun (Diciottenni al sole), directed by
Camillo Mastrocinque – (
Italy )
Electra , directed by
Michael Cacoyannis , starring
Irene Papas – (
Greece )
The Elusive Corporal (Le Caporal épinglé), directed by
Jean Renoir , starring
Jean-Pierre Cassel and
Claude Brasseur – (
France )
Escape from East Berlin , directed by
Robert Siodmak , starring
Don Murray
Escape from Zahrain , starring
Yul Brynner ,
Sal Mineo and
Jack Warden
Eva (released in the U.K. as Eve ), starring
Jeanne Moreau ,
Stanley Baker and
Virna Lisi – (
Italy /
France )
Experiment in Terror , directed by
Blake Edwards , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Lee Remick ,
Stefanie Powers ,
Ross Martin
The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Baron Prášil), directed by
Karel Zeman – (
Czechoslovakia )
Family Diary (Cronaca familiare), starring
Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
The Female: Seventy Times Seven (Setenta veces siete), starring
Isabel Sarli – (
Argentina )
Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules
Five Finger Exercise , starring
Rosalind Russell
Five Miles to Midnight , starring
Sophia Loren
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Follow That Dream , starring
Elvis Presley ,
Arthur O'Connell ,
Joanna Moore
The Four Days of Naples (Le Quattro giornate di Napoli) – (
Italy )
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Glenn Ford ,
Ingrid Thulin ,
Yvette Mimieux
Freud: The Secret Passion , directed by
John Huston , starring
Montgomery Clift ,
Susannah York ,
Larry Parks
The Fury of Hercules (La furia di Ercole), written and directed by
Gianfranco Parolini – (
Italy )
Gay Purr-ee , an animated musical with the voices of
Judy Garland and
Mel Blanc
Geronimo , starring Chuck Connors
Gigot , starring
Jackie Gleason
Girls! Girls! Girls! , starring
Elvis Presley
Go to Blazes , directed by
Michael Truman – (U.K.)
The Golden Arrow (L'arciere delle mille e una notte) , directed by
Antonio Margheriti – (
Italy )
Gorath , directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
The Grim Reaper (La commare secca), directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci – (
Italy )
Gundamma Katha , starring
N. T. Rama Rao – (
India )
Guns of Darkness , directed by
Anthony Asquith , starring
David Niven and
James Robertson Justice – (U.K.)
Gypsy , directed by
Mervyn LeRoy , starring
Rosalind Russell ,
Karl Malden ,
Natalie Wood
H.M.S. Defiant , starring
Alec Guinness and
Dirk Bogarde – (
U.K. )
Half Ticket , starring
Kishore Kumar and
Madhubala – (
India )
Hand of Death , starring
John Agar
Hands of a Stranger , directed by
Newt Arnold
Harakiri (Seppuku), directed by
Masaki Kobayashi – (
Japan )
Hatari! , directed by
Howard Hawks , starring
John Wayne ,
Red Buttons ,
Hardy Krüger ,
Elsa Martinelli
Hell Is for Heroes , starring
Steve McQueen and
Bobby Darin
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man , directed by
Martin Ritt , starring
Richard Beymer ,
Diane Baker ,
Corinne Calvet ,
Paul Newman
Hero's Island , starring
James Mason and
Rip Torn
Hombre de la esquina rosada (Man on Pink Corner) – (
Argentina )
The Horizontal Lieutenant , starring
Jim Hutton and
Paula Prentiss
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock), directed by
Riccardo Freda – (
Italy )
House of Women , starring
Shirley Knight and
Constance Ford
How the West Was Won , starring
James Stewart ,
Henry Fonda ,
Eli Wallach ,
John Wayne ,
Debbie Reynolds ,
Gregory Peck ,
Carroll Baker ,
George Peppard and more
Hussar Ballad (Gusarskaya ballada) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Hussar of the Dead (El Húsar de la Muerte), (Restored, originally released in
1925 ) – (
Chile )
If a Man Answers , starring
Bobby Darin and
Sandra Dee
In Search of the Castaways , starring
Hayley Mills and
Maurice Chevalier
In the Affirmative (L'Amour avec des si), directed by
Claude Lelouch – (
France )
In the French Style , starring
Jean Seberg
The Inn on the River (Das Gasthaus an der Themse), directed by
Alfred Vohrer – (
West Germany )
The Inspector , aka Lisa , directed by
Mark Robson , starring
Dolores Hart
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (Die Unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse), starring
Wolfgang Preiss – (
West Germany )
The Intruder , directed by
Roger Corman , starring
William Shatner
The Iron Maiden , starring
Anne Helm and
Jeff Donnell
It Happened in Athens , starring
Jayne Mansfield – (
Greece /
United States )
It's Only Money , directed by
Frank Tashlin . starring
Jerry Lewis and
Joan O'Brien
Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky – (
U.S.S.R. )
The L-Shaped Room , directed by
Bryan Forbes , starring
Leslie Caron and
Tom Bell – (
U.K. )
Lawrence of Arabia , directed by
David Lean , starring
Peter O'Toole ,
Omar Sharif ,
Anthony Quinn ,
Alec Guinness ,
José Ferrer – (
UK /
US )
The Legend of Lobo , a
Walt Disney production
Life for Ruth , starring
Patrick McGoohan and
Michael Craig – (U.K.)
Light in the Piazza , starring
Olivia de Havilland ,
Yvette Mimieux ,
George Hamilton
The Lion , starring
William Holden and
Trevor Howard
Lisa (aka The Inspector ), starring
Stephen Boyd – (U.S./U.K.)
Lolita , directed by
Stanley Kubrick , starring
James Mason ,
Shelley Winters ,
Peter Sellers ,
Sue Lyon
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner , directed by
Tony Richardson , starring
Tom Courtenay – (
U.K. )
Lonely Are the Brave , starring
Kirk Douglas ,
Walter Matthau ,
Gena Rowlands ,
George Kennedy ,
Carroll O'Connor
Lonely Boy , a documentary about
Paul Anka – (
Canada )
Long Day's Journey into Night , directed by
Sidney Lumet , starring
Katharine Hepburn
The Longest Day , starring
John Wayne ,
Henry Fonda ,
Richard Burton ,
Sean Connery ,
Robert Mitchum ,
Rod Steiger and more
Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow (Koiya koi nasuna koi) , directed by
Tomu Uchida – (
Japan )
Love at Twenty , a film in 5 segments directed by
François Truffaut ,
Shintaro Ishihara ,
Andrzej Wajda ,
Renzo Rossellini and
Marcel Ophüls – (International)
Love on a Pillow , starring
Brigitte Bardot – (
France )
Lulu , directed by
Rolf Thiele , starring
Nadja Tiller – (
Austria )
Madison Avenue , starring
Dana Andrews ,
Jeanne Crain ,
Eleanor Parker
Mafioso , starring
Alberto Sordi – (Italy)
The Magic Sword , directed by
Bert I. Gordon
The Magnificent Concubine (Yang Kwei Fei) – (
Hong Kong )
The Main Attraction , starring
Pat Boone
Mamma Roma , directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini , starring
Anna Magnani – (
Italy )
The Man of Gold (Az aranyember) – (
Hungary )
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , directed by
John Ford , starring
John Wayne ,
James Stewart ,
Lee Marvin ,
Vera Miles ,
Edmond O'Brien ,
Woody Strode
The Manchurian Candidate , directed by
John Frankenheimer , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Laurence Harvey ,
Janet Leigh ,
Leslie Parrish ,
Angela Lansbury
March on Rome (La marcia su Roma), starring
Ugo Tognazzi and
Vittorio Gassman – (Italy)
Merrill's Marauders , directed by
Samuel Fuller , starring
Jeff Chandler and
Ty Hardin
Mediterranean Holiday (Traumreise unter weissen Segeln), a documentary directed by
Hermann Leitner and
Rudolf Nussgruber – (
West Germany )
The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (열녀문 – Yeolnyeomun ), directed by
Shin Sang-ok – (
South Korea )
The Miracle Worker , directed by
Arthur Penn , starring
Anne Bancroft and
Patty Duke
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol , (on
NBC -TV)
Mix Me a Person , directed by
Leslie Norman , starring
Anne Baxter ,
Donald Sinden and
Adam Faith – (
U.K. )
Mondo Cane , directed by
Paolo Cavara ,
Franco Prosperi and
Gualtiero Jacopetti – (
Italy )
A Monkey in Winter (Un singe en hiver), directed by Henri Verneuil – (
France )
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation , starring
James Stewart and
Maureen O'Hara
Moon Pilot , starring
Tom Tryon
The Music Man , starring
Robert Preston ,
Shirley Jones ,
Buddy Hackett ,
Paul Ford ,
Ron Howard
Mutiny on the Bounty , starring
Marlon Brando and
Trevor Howard
My Geisha , starring
Shirley MacLaine
My Life to Live (Vivre sa vie), directed by
Jean-Luc Godard , starring
Anna Karina – (
France )
Panic in Year Zero! , starring
Ray Milland and
Frankie Avalon
Period of Adjustment , starring
Jane Fonda ,
Jim Hutton ,
Anthony Franciosa ,
Lois Nettleton
Phaedra , directed by
Jules Dassin , starring
Melina Mercouri and
Anthony Perkins – (
Greece )
The Phantom of the Opera , starring
Herbert Lom – (
U.K. )
The Pigeon That Took Rome , starring
Charlton Heston
The Pirates of Blood River , directed by
John Gilling – (
U.K. )
Pitfall (Otoshiana) – (
Japan )
Play It Cool , starring
Billy Fury – (
U.K. )
Pontius Pilate , starring
Jean Marais ,
Jeanne Crain ,
Basil Rathbone
Premature Burial , directed by
Roger Corman , starring
Ray Milland ,
Hazel Court ,
Heather Angel
Pressure Point , starring
Sidney Poitier and
Bobby Darin
Pretty Foe by
Esmail Koushan (Iran)
Professor , starring
Shammi Kapoor – (
India )
The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (Das Rätsel der Roten Orchidee), directed by
Helmut Ashley – (
West Germany )
Redhead (Die Rote or La rossa) – (
West Germany /
Italy )
Requiem for a Heavyweight , starring
Anthony Quinn ,
Jackie Gleason ,
Mickey Rooney ,
Julie Harris
Revenge of the Snakes (Yılanların öcü) – (
Turkey )
Ride the High Country (a.k.a. Guns in the Afternoon), directed by
Sam Peckinpah , starring
Joel McCrea and
Randolph Scott
The Road to Hong Kong , directed by
Norman Panama , starring
Bing Crosby ,
Bob Hope and
Joan Collins
Roaring Years (Anni ruggenti), starring
Nino Manfredi – (
Italy )
Rome Adventure , starring
Angie Dickinson and
Suzanne Pleshette
Der rote Rausch (The Red Intoxication), starring
Klaus Kinski – (
Austria )
Safe at Home! , starring
Mickey Mantle and
Roger Maris
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (King, Queen and Slave), starring
Meena Kumari and
Guru Dutt – (
India )
Salvatore Giuliano , directed by
Francesco Rosi – (
Italy )
Samar , directed by and starring
George Montgomery
Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô), directed by
Akira Kurosawa , starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan )
Satan in High Heels , starring
Meg Myles and
Grayson Hall
Sergeants 3 , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Dean Martin ,
Sammy Davis, Jr. ,
Peter Lawford ,
Joey Bishop
Seven Seas to Calais (Il dominatore dei sette mari), directed by
Rudolph Maté
– (
Italy )
Shaheed , starring
Musarrat Nazir ,
Talish ,
Allauddin ,
Ejaz ,
Saqi (
Pakistani film on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict )
She'll Have to Go (released in the United States as Maid for Murder ), directed by
Robert Asher – (
U.K. )
She Knows Y'Know , directed by
Montgomery Tully – (
U.K. )
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace / Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (German) a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Terence Fisher, written by Curt Siodmak, starring Christopher Lee as Holmes and Thorley Walters as Watson
Slaughter of the Vampires (La strage dei vampiri), directed by
Roberto Mauri – (
Italy )
Solo for Sparrow , directed by
Gordon Flemyng – (
U.K. )
Some People , starring
Kenneth More – (
U.K. )
Something's Got to Give , starring
Marilyn Monroe and
Dean Martin (unfinished)
The Spiral Road , starring
Rock Hudson and
Gena Rowlands
State Fair , starring
Pat Boone ,
Tom Ewell ,
Ann-Margret ,
Pamela Tiffin ,
Bobby Darin
The Suitor (Le Soupirant) – (
France )
Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), starring
Hardy Krüger and
Nicole Courcel – (
France )
Sweet Bird of Youth , starring
Paul Newman ,
Geraldine Page ,
Shirley Knight ,
Ed Begley ,
Rip Torn
Swordsman of Siena (La congiura dei dieci/Le mercenaire), starring
Stewart Granger – (Italy/
France )
A Symposium on Popular Songs , a
Disney animation
The Tale of Zatoichi (Zatōichi monogatari), directed by
Kenji Misumi – (
Japan )
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatōichi Monogatari), starring
Shintaro Katsu – (Japan)
Tales of Terror , starring
Vincent Price ,
Peter Lorre and
Basil Rathbone
Taras Bulba , starring
Yul Brynner and
Tony Curtis
Tarzan Goes to India ,
Jock Mahoney 's first film as
Tarzan
Tender Is the Night , starring
Jennifer Jones
Term of Trial , starring
Laurence Olivier and
Simone Signoret – (
U.K. )
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse), starring
Wolfgang Preiss – (
West Germany )
That Touch of Mink , starring
Cary Grant and
Doris Day
Thérèse Desqueyroux , starring
Emmanuelle Riva and
Philippe Noiret – (
France )
The Three Stooges In Orbit , starring the
Three Stooges
Time to Remember , directed by
Charles Jarrott – (
U.K. )
To Kill a Mockingbird , directed by
Robert Mulligan , starring
Gregory Peck
Tobacco (Tyutyun) – (
Bulgaria )
Tonny , directed by
Nils R. Müller and
Per Gjersøe – (
Norway )
Too Late Blues , directed by
John Cassavetes , starring
Bobby Darin and
Stella Stevens
Tower of London , starring
Vincent Price
Treasure of the Silver Lake , directed by
Harald Reinl – (
West Germany )
The Cursed Palace , starring
Salah Zulfikar and
Mariam Fakhr Eddine – (
Egypt )
The Trial (Le Procès), directed by and starring
Orson Welles with
Anthony Perkins and
Jeanne Moreau – (France/
Italy /
West Germany )
The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc), directed by
Robert Bresson – (
France )
Tudor – (
Romania )
The Twelve Chairs (Las doce sillas), directed by
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – (
Cuba )
Two for the Seesaw , starring
Shirley MacLaine and
Robert Mitchum
Two Half Times in Hell (Két félidő a pokolban), directed by
Zoltán Fábri – (
Hungary )
Two Weeks in Another Town , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Kirk Douglas ,
Edward G. Robinson ,
George Hamilton ,
Cyd Charisse
Walk on the Wild Side , starring
Laurence Harvey ,
Capucine ,
Jane Fonda
Waltz of the Toreadors (a.k.a. The Amorous General), directed by
John Guillermin , starring
Peter Sellers – (
U.K. )
War of the Buttons (La Guerre des boutons) – (
France )
We Joined the Navy , starring
Kenneth More – (
U.K. )
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , directed by
Robert Aldrich , starring
Bette Davis and
Joan Crawford
Who's Got the Action? starring
Dean Martin and
Lana Turner
The Witch's Curse (Maciste all'inferno), directed by
Riccardo Freda – (
Italy )
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm , starring
Laurence Harvey and
Claire Bloom
January 4 –
Michael France , American screenwriter (d. 2013)
January 5 –
Suzy Amis Cameron , American actress
January 7 –
Kiiri Tamm , Estonian actress
January 9 -
Conrad Goode , American actor, screenwriter, screenwriter, producer and musician
January 10 –
C. Martin Croker , American animator and voice actor (d. 2016)
January 11 –
Kim Coles , American actress, comedian and game show host
January 16 -
Peter Lurie , American voice actor, sports anchor and television personality
January 17 –
Jim Carrey , Canadian actor and comedian
January 20 -
Sophie Thompson , British actress
January 21 -
Marie Trintignant , French actress (d. 2003)
January 22
January 23 -
Richard Roxburgh , Australian actor, writer, producer and director
February 2 -
Michael T. Weiss , American actor
February 4
February 5 –
Jennifer Jason Leigh , American actress
February 7 -
Eddie Izzard , English stand-up comedian, actor and writer
February 8 -
Martin Wuttke , German actor and director
February 12 -
Diane Franklin , American actress and producer
February 13 –
Michele Greene , American actress
February 14
February 16 -
Alexa Kenin , American actress (d. 1985)
February 17 –
Lou Diamond Phillips , American actor
February 18 -
Julie Strain , American actress and model (d. 2021)
February 22
Steve Irwin , Australian zookeeper, television personality, conservationist, actor (d. 2006)
Ethan Wayne , American actor
February 27 –
Adam Baldwin , American actor
March 2 -
Jon Bon Jovi , American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
March 8 –
Cecilia Yip , Hong Kong actress
March 10 –
Jasmine Guy , American actress, singer, dancer and director
March 11 -
Jeffrey Nordling , American actor
March 12
March 18
March 20 –
Stephen Sommers , American director, screenwriter and producer
March 21
March 23 -
Jenny Wright , American actress
March 25 -
Thom Bierdz , American actor
March 26 -
Marita Geraghty , American actress
March 29 -
Tyra Ferrell , American actress
April 2 –
Clark Gregg , American actor, director and screenwriter
April 3 -
Jennifer Rubin , American actress and model
April 5 -
Lana Clarkson , American actress and model (d. 2003)
April 15 –
Tom Kane , American actor and voice actor
April 18 -
Jeff Dunham , American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor
April 23 -
John Hannah , Scottish actor
April 24 -
Jason Salkey , English actor
April 27 –
James LeGros , American actor
May 5 -
Manoj Sood , Indo-Canadian actor
May 9 -
Sean McNamara , American director, producer, actor and screenwriter
May 12 –
Emilio Estevez , American actor
May 14 -
Danny Huston , American actor, director and writer
May 17 -
Craig Ferguson , Scottish-American television host, comedian, author and actor
May 18
May 26 –
Bobcat Goldthwait , American actor, comedian and director
May 29 -
John D. LeMay , American former actor
May 31 -
Sebastian Koch , German actor
June 5
June 6 -
Todd Kimsey , American actor (d. 2016)
June 7 -
Lance Reddick , American actor and musician (d. 2023)
June 10
June 13 –
Ally Sheedy , American actress
June 16 -
Arnold Vosloo , South African actor
June 19 –
Paula Abdul , American singer
June 22 -
Nicholas Lea , Canadian actor
June 23 -
Billy Wirth , American actor and producer
June 27
June 30 -
Predrag Bjelac , Serbian actor
July 1 -
Andre Braugher , American actor (d. 2023)
July 2 -
Doug Benson , American comedian, television host and actor
July 3
July 4 -
Neil Morrissey , English actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and businessman
July 8 -
Oreste Baldini , Italian actor and voice actor
July 13
Michael Jace , American former character actor
Tom Kenny , American actor, voice actor, singer and comedian
July 15 –
Martin Roach , Canadian actor
July 18 -
Lee Arenberg , American actor
July 19 –
Anthony Edwards , American actor
July 20 –
Carlos Alazraqui , voice actor
July 23 -
Eriq La Salle , American actor, director, writer and producer
July 29
July 31 –
Wesley Snipes , American actor
August 1 -
Jesse Borrego , American actor
August 6 –
Michelle Yeoh , Malaysian actress
August 12 -
Miss Cleo , American television personality (d. 2016)
August 13 –
John Slattery , American actor
August 14 -
Steve Reevis , Native American actor (d. 2017)
August 15 -
David Zayas , Puerto Rican actor
August 16 –
Steve Carell , American actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, director
August 20
August 21 -
Cleo King , American actress
August 24 –
David Koechner , American actor and comedian
August 25 -
Rusty Schwimmer , American character actress and singer
August 27 –
Vic Mignogna , American voice actor
August 28 -
David Fincher , American filmmaker
August 29
August 31 –
Dee Bradley Baker , American voice actor
September 1 -
Michelle Meyrink , Canadian former actress
September 8 –
Thomas Kretschmann , German actor
September 11 –
Kristy McNichol , American actress
September 12 -
Amy Yasbeck , American actress
September 15 –
Scott McNeil , Australian-Canadian voice actor
September 16 -
Jonathan Pienaar , South African actor, writer and comedian
September 17
September 21 -
Mark Holden , Canadian actor, writer and producer
September 22 -
Rob Morrow , American actor and director
September 24 –
Nia Vardalos , Canadian-American actress and producer
September 26 –
Melissa Sue Anderson , American actress
September 29 -
Roger Bart , American actor and singer
October 1
October 2 –
Jeff Bennett , American actor and voice actor
October 5 -
Ricky Harris , American producer, actor and comedian (d. 2016)
October 6 -
Joaquín Cosío , Mexican actor
October 9 -
Peter Hewitt , English director and writer
October 11 –
Joan Cusack , American actress
October 12 –
Deborah Foreman , American actress
October 13
October 14 -
Trevor Goddard , English actor (d. 2003)
October 15 -
Simon Kunz , English actor
October 16 -
Christian Stolte , American character actor
October 17 -
Mike Judge , American actor, animator, filmmaker and musician
October 20 -
David Mickey Evans , American director and screenwriter
October 22 -
Bob Odenkirk , American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
October 26 –
Cary Elwes , English actor
October 27 -
Brontis Jodorowsky , Mexican-French actor
October 28
November 1 -
Brenda Chapman , American writer, storyboard artist and director
November 7 -
Tracie Savage , American actress and journalist
November 9 -
Rick Batalla , American actor
November 11
November 14 –
Harland Williams , Canadian-American actor and comedian
November 18 -
Tim Guinee , American actor
November 19 –
Jodie Foster , American actress and director
November 28 –
Jon Stewart , American actor and comedian
November 29 –
Andrew McCarthy , American actor
December 6 -
Janine Turner , American actress
December 9 –
Felicity Huffman , American actress
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December 10 -
Scott Capurro , American comedian, writer and actor
December 14 -
Ginger Lynn , American pornographic actress
December 18 -
James Sie , American actor
December 19 –
Jill Talley , American actress
December 22 –
Ralph Fiennes , English actor
December 23 -
Peter Ramsey , American storyboard artist, story artist, director, writer and producer
January 13 –
Ernie Kovacs , 42, American comedian, actor,
North to Alaska ,
Bell, Book and Candle
January 28 –
Hermann Wlach , 77, Austrian actor,
The Pearl Maker of Madrid
February 1 –
Carey Wilson , American screenwriter,
Mutiny on the Bounty
February 19 –
James Barton , American actor,
Here Comes the Groom ,
Yellow Sky
February 20 –
Halliwell Hobbes , 84, British actor,
Gaslight ,
That Hamilton Woman
February 27 –
Willie Best , 48, American actor,
Nothing but the Truth ,
The Red Dragon
February 28 –
Chic Johnson , 70, American comedian, actor,
Hellzapoppin'
March 17 –
Frank Orth , 82, American actor,
Nancy Drew... Detective ,
Here Come the Girls
April 10 –
Michael Curtiz , 75, Hungarian-born director,
Casablanca ,
The Adventures of Robin Hood
April 15 –
Clara Blandick , 85, American actress,
The Wizard of Oz ,
Tom Sawyer
April 17 –
Louise Fazenda , 66, American actress,
Tillie's Punctured Romance ,
Alice in Wonderland
April 22
May 14 –
Florence Auer , 82, American actress,
The Bishop's Wife ,
State of the Union
June 2 –
Aeneas MacKenzie , 72, Scottish screenwriter,
The Ten Commandments ,
Ivanhoe
June 6 –
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , 63, American actor,
Nevada ,
Southwest Passage
June 19
June 24 –
Lucile Watson , 83, Canadian actress,
Waterloo Bridge ,
Made for Each Other
July 2 –
Valeska Suratt , 80, American stage and screen actress,
The Immigrant
July 4 –
Rex Bell , 58, American actor,
Broadway to Cheyenne ,
Law and Lead
July 13 –
Jerry Wald , 50, American screenwriter and producer,
Mildred Pierce ,
Peyton Place
July 23 –
Victor Moore , 86, American actor,
It Happened on Fifth Avenue ,
Louisiana Purchase
July 30 –
Myron McCormick , 54, American actor,
The Hustler ,
No Time for Sergeants
August 5 –
Marilyn Monroe , 36, American actress, Hollywood icon,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ,
Some Like It Hot
August 23 –
Hoot Gibson , 70, American actor,
Action ,
The Horse Soldiers
September 7 –
Louis King , 64, American director,
Typhoon ,
Green Grass of Wyoming
October 2 –
Frank Lovejoy , 50, American actor,
The Hitch-Hiker ,
Goodbye, My Fancy
October 6 –
Tod Browning , 82, American director,
Dracula ,
Freaks
October 26 –
Louise Beavers , 60, American actress,
Holiday Inn ,
The Jackie Robinson Story
November 15 –
Irene , American costume designer,
Shall We Dance ,
Midnight Lace
December 15 –
Charles Laughton , 63, British actor,
Spartacus ,
Witness for the Prosecution
December 17 –
Thomas Mitchell , 70, American actor,
It's a Wonderful Life ,
Gone with the Wind
December 21 –
Syd Saylor , 67, American actor,
The Lost Jungle ,
The Three Mesquiteers
December 23 –
Luis Alberni , 76, Spanish actor,
Svengali ,
The Count of Monte Cristo
December 28 –
Kathleen Clifford , 75, American actress,
When the Clouds Roll By ,
Richard the Lion-Hearted
December 29 –
Hugh Sinclair , 59, British actor,
The Saint's Vacation ,
Judgment Deferred