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Overview of the events of 1968 in film
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of
Stanley Kubrick 's
2001: A Space Odyssey , as well as two highly successful musical films,
Funny Girl and
Oliver! , the former earning
Barbra Streisand the
Academy Award for Best Actress (an honour she shared with
Katharine Hepburn for her role in
The Lion in Winter ) and the latter winning both the
Best Picture and
Best Director awards.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1968
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Funny Girl
Columbia
$24,900,000
[1]
2
2001: A Space Odyssey
MGM
$21,500,000
[1]
3
The Odd Couple
Paramount
$20,000,000
[1]
4
Bullitt
Warner Bros.
$19,000,000
[1]
5
Oliver!
Columbia
$16,800,000
[1]
6
Planet of the Apes
20th Century Fox
$15,000,000
[1]
7
Rosemary's Baby
Paramount
$15,000,000
[1]
8
Romeo and Juliet
Paramount
$14,500,000
[1]
9
Yours, Mine and Ours
United Artists
$11,500,000
[1]
10
The Lion in Winter
AVCO Embassy
$10,006,000
[2]
Events
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of
May 1968
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed ), directed by
Alexander Kluge , West Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die? ), directed by
Jan Troell , Sweden
Films released
US unless stated
January–March
January 1968
January 3
January 8
January 12
January 17
January 18
January 24
January 25
January 29
February 1968
February 7
February 8
February 11
February 18
February 21
February 24
February 29
March 1968
March 1
March 5
March 6
March 8
March 11
March 13
March 18
March 20
March 21
March 27
March 29
April–June
April 1968
April 2
April 3
April 4
April 10
April 14
April 17
April 20
April 23
April 24
April 26
May 1968
May 1
May 2
May 10
May 15
May 17
May 23
May 24
May 28
May 29
June 1968
June 1
June 5
June 8
June 10
June 12
June 19
June 21
June 25
June 26
July–September
July 1968
July 3
July 12
July 14
July 15
July 17
July 19
July 20
July 23
July 24
July 29
July 31
August 1968
August 1
August 3
August 7
August 15
August 18
August 20
August 22
August 24
August 26
August 28
September 1968
September 2
September 11
September 12
September 15
September 18
September 19
September 22
September 23
September 26
October–December
October 1968
October 1
October 2
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10
October 13
October 14
October 16
October 17
October 19
October 22
October 23
October 24
October 30
October 31
November 1968
November 6
November 13
November 15
November 16
November 18
November 20
November 24
November 27
November 28
November 30
December 1968
December 1
December 4
December 8
December 9
December 10
December 12
December 13
December 15
December 17
December 18
December 19
December 20
December 21
December 22
December 24
December 25
December 26
Notable films released in 1968
Note:
U.S. releases unless stated.
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Baby Love , starring
Linda Hayden and
Keith Barron – (
U.K. )
Bandits in Milan (Banditi a Milano ), starring
Gian Maria Volonté – (
Italy )
Bandolero! , starring
James Stewart ,
Dean Martin ,
Raquel Welch ,
George Kennedy ,
Will Geer
Barbarella , directed by
Roger Vadim , starring
Jane Fonda – (France/
Italy )
Be Sick... It's Free (Il medico della mutua ), starring
Alberto Sordi – (
Italy )
Berserk! , starring
Joan Crawford and
Diana Dors – (
U.K. )
Les Biches , directed by
Claude Chabrol , starring
Stéphane Audran and
Jean-Louis Trintignant – (
France )
The Biggest Bundle of Them All , starring
Raquel Welch and
Edward G. Robinson
The Birthday Party , directed by
William Friedkin , starring
Robert Shaw – (
U.K. )
Black Jesus (Seduto alla sua destra ), starring
Woody Strode – (
Italy )
Blackbeard's Ghost , starring
Dean Jones ,
Peter Ustinov ,
Suzanne Pleshette
Blue , starring
Terence Stamp ,
Joanna Pettet ,
Karl Malden , and
Ricardo Montalbán
The Bofors Gun , starring
Nicol Williamson and
Ian Holm – (
U.K. )
Boom! , starring
Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton – (
U.K. )
The Boston Strangler , starring
Tony Curtis and
Henry Fonda
The Bride Wore Black (La Mariée était en noir ), directed by
François Truffaut , starring
Jeanne Moreau and
Michel Bouquet – (
France )
Brilliantovaya ruka (The Diamond Arm ) – a hugely popular Russian comedy – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Brotherhood , starring
Kirk Douglas
Bullitt , directed by
Peter Yates , starring
Steve McQueen ,
Jacqueline Bisset ,
Robert Vaughn
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell , starring
Gina Lollobrigida ,
Shelley Winters ,
Phil Silvers ,
Peter Lawford ,
Telly Savalas
Bye Bye Braverman , directed by
Sidney Lumet , starring
George Segal ,
Jessica Walter ,
Joseph Wiseman
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Candy , starring
Marlon Brando ,
Richard Burton ,
James Coburn ,
Ringo Starr – (
France /
Italy /
U.S. )
Capricious Summer (Rozmarné léto ), directed by
Jiří Menzel – (
Czechoslovakia )
Carry On... Up the Khyber , starring
Sid James and
Kenneth Williams – (
U.K. )
The Charge of the Light Brigade , directed by
Tony Richardson , starring
Trevor Howard ,
John Gielgud and
Vanessa Redgrave – (
U.K. )
Charly , starring
Cliff Robertson
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , starring
Dick Van Dyke – (
U.K. )
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach – (
West Germany )
Colonel Wolodyjowski , directed by
Jerzy Hoffman – (
Poland )
Coogan's Bluff , directed by
Don Siegel , starring
Clint Eastwood ,
Susan Clark ,
Lee J. Cobb ,
Don Stroud
Corruption , directed by
Robert Hartford-Davis – (
U.K. )
Countdown , directed by
Robert Altman and starring
James Caan and
Robert Duvall
Counterpoint , starring
Charlton Heston ,
Maximilian Schell ,
Leslie Nielsen
Curse of the Crimson Altar (a.k.a. The Crimson Cult ), starring
Christopher Lee and
Boris Karloff – (
U.K. )
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A Dandy in Aspic , starring
Laurence Harvey ,
Tom Courtenay , and
Mia Farrow – (
U.K. )
Danger: Diabolik , starring
John Phillip Law and
Michel Piccoli – (
Italy /
U.S. )
Dark of the Sun (a.k.a. The Mercenaries ), starring
Rod Taylor and
Yvette Mimieux – (
U.K. /U.S.)
Day of the Evil Gun , starring
Glenn Ford
The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta ), starring
Claudia Cardinale and
Franco Nero – (
Italy )
Dead Season (Myortvyy sezon ) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Deadfall , starring
Michael Caine – (
U.K. )
Death by Hanging (Kōshikei ), directed by
Nagisa Oshima – (
Japan )
Death Laid an Egg (La morte ha fatto l'uovo ), directed by
Giulio Questi – (
Italy /
France )
Destroy All Monsters (Kaijū Sōshingeki ), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan )
The Detective , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Lee Remick ,
Jacqueline Bisset ,
Jack Klugman ,
William Windom ,
Robert Duvall
The Devil Rides Out , starring
Christopher Lee and
Charles Gray – (
U.K. )
The Devil's Brigade , starring
William Holden ,
Cliff Robertson ,
Vince Edwards
Diamonds for Breakfast , directed by
Christopher Morahan – (
U.K. )
The Doll (Lalka), directed by
Wojciech Jerzy Has – (
Poland )
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River , starring
Jerry Lewis
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave , starring
Christopher Lee – (
U.K. )
Duniya (The World ), starring
Dev Anand and
Vyjayanthimala – (
India )
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Faces , directed by
John Cassavetes
Fando y Lis (Fando and Lis ) – (Mexico)
Finian's Rainbow , directed by
Francis Ford Coppola , starring
Fred Astaire ,
Petula Clark ,
Tommy Steele ,
Don Francks ,
Keenan Wynn ,
Al Freeman Jr.
Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes , directed by
Alexander Rou , starring
Natalya Sedykh and
Georgy Millyar – (U.S.S.R.)
Firecreek , starring
James Stewart ,
Henry Fonda ,
Gary Lockwood ,
Jack Elam ,
James Best ,
Inger Stevens
The Fixer , directed by
John Frankenheimer , starring
Alan Bates and
Dirk Bogarde – (
U.K. )
For Love of Ivy , starring
Sidney Poitier ,
Abbey Lincoln ,
Robert Duvall
For Singles Only , starring
John Saxon ,
Mary Ann Mobley ,
Milton Berle
Funny Girl , directed by
William Wyler , starring
Barbra Streisand and
Omar Sharif
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The Girl on a Motorcycle , starring
Alain Delon and
Marianne Faithfull – (
U.K. /
France )
The Girl with the Pistol (La ragazza con la pistola ), starring
Monica Vitti and
Stanley Baker – (
Italy )
Great Catherine , starring
Peter O'Toole and
Jeanne Moreau
The Great Silence (Il grande silenzio ), starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant and
Klaus Kinski – (
Italy )
The Green Berets , directed by and starring
John Wayne , with
Jim Hutton ,
David Janssen
Greetings , directed by
Brian De Palma , starring
Robert De Niro
Guns for San Sebastian , starring
Anthony Quinn ,
Charles Bronson and
Anjanette Comer
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Hammerhead , starring
Vince Edwards and
Diana Dors
Hang 'Em High , directed by
Ted Post , starring
Clint Eastwood
Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (The Inferno of First Love ) – (
Japan )
Head , directed by
Bob Rafelson , starring
the Monkees
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter , starring
Alan Arkin and
Sondra Locke
Hell in the Pacific , directed by
John Boorman , starring
Lee Marvin and
Toshiro Mifune
Hellfighters , starring
John Wayne ,
Katharine Ross ,
Jim Hutton
High School , directed by
Frederick Wiseman
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit , starring
Dean Jones
Hot Millions , starring
Peter Ustinov and
Maggie Smith
Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen ), directed by
Ingmar Bergman , starring
Max von Sydow and
Liv Ullmann – (
Sweden )
House of Cards , starring
George Peppard ,
Inger Stevens and
Orson Welles
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life , starring
Dean Martin and
Stella Stevens
How Sweet It Is! , starring
James Garner and
Debbie Reynolds
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I Am Curious (Blue) (Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått) – (
Sweden )
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas , starring
Peter Sellers
Ice Station Zebra , directed by
John Sturges , starring
Rock Hudson ,
Patrick McGoohan ,
Jim Brown ,
Ernest Borgnine
If.... , directed by
Lindsay Anderson , starring
Malcolm McDowell – Palme d'Or winner – (
U.K. )
The Immortal Story , directed by and starring
Orson Welles – (
France )
In Enemy Country , starring
Anthony Franciosa
Inspector Clouseau , starring
Alan Arkin – (
U.K. )
Interlude , starring
Oskar Werner ,
Barbara Ferris ,
Donald Sutherland
Isabel , starring
Geneviève Bujold – (
Canada )
Isadora , a.k.a. The Loves of Isadora , a
biopic of
Isadora Duncan , directed by
Karel Reisz , starring
Vanessa Redgrave ,
Jason Robards ,
James Fox – (
U.K. )
It Rains in My Village (Biće skoro propast sveta ), starring
Annie Girardot – (
Yugoslavia )
J
K
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Lady in Cement , starring
Frank Sinatra ,
Dan Blocker ,
Raquel Welch ,
Richard Conte ,
Martin Gabel ,
Lainie Kazan
The Last of the Mohicans (Ultimul Mohican ) – (
Romania )
The Legend of Lylah Clare , starring
Kim Novak and
Peter Finch
El Libro de piedra (The Book of Stone ) – (
Mexico )
The Lion in Winter , starring
Peter O'Toole and
Katharine Hepburn – (
U.K. )
The Little Golden Calf (Zolotoy telyonok ) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Live a Little, Love a Little , starring
Elvis Presley and
Michele Carey
The Love Bug , directed by
Robert Stevenson , starring
Dean Jones ,
Michele Lee ,
Buddy Hackett
A Lovely Way to Die , starring
Kirk Douglas and
Sylva Koscina
Lucía – (
Cuba )
M
Madigan , directed by
Don Siegel , starring
Richard Widmark ,
Inger Stevens ,
Henry Fonda ,
James Whitmore ,
Susan Clark
The Magus , starring
Michael Caine ,
Anthony Quinn and
Candice Bergen – (
U.K. )
The Man Who Lies (L'homme qui ment / Muž, ktorý luže ), starring
Jean-Louis Trintignant – (
France /
Czechoslovakia )
The Man Who Lost His Shadow , directed by
Kamal El Sheikh , starring
Salah Zulfikar ,
Magda and
Kamal El-Shennawi – (
Egypt )
Mandabi (Le mendat ), directed by
Ousmane Sembène – (
Senegal )
Matthew's Days (Żywot Mateusza ) – (
Poland )
Mayerling , starring
Omar Sharif and
Catherine Deneuve – (
U.K. /
France )
Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del Subdesarrollo ) – (
Cuba )
Mera Naam Joker (My Name is Joker ), directed by and starring
Raj Kapoor – (
India )
The Mercenary , also known as A Professional Gun , starring
Franco Nero and
Jack Palance – (
Italy )
A Midsummer Night's Dream , directed by
Peter Hall , starring
Derek Godfrey ,
Ian Holm ,
Judi Dench and
Helen Mirren – (
U.K. )
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die , starring
Alex Cord ,
Arthur Kennedy ,
Robert Ryan – (
Italy )
The Money Jungle , starring
Lola Albright and
Leslie Parrish
Monterey Pop , a
concert film by
D. A. Pennebaker , featuring
Simon & Garfunkel ,
The Mamas & the Papas ,
Jimi Hendrix and others
Murder a la Mod , directed by
Brian De Palma
My Wife's Goblin , directed by
Fatin Abdel Wahab , starring
Salah Zulfikar and
Shadia – (
Egypt )
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Naked Children (L'enfance nue ), directed by
Maurice Pialat – (
France )
Neel Kamal – (
India )
Negatives , starring
Peter McEnery ,
Glenda Jackson and
Diane Cilento – (
U.K. )
Never a Dull Moment , starring
Dick Van Dyke ,
Dorothy Provine ,
Edward G. Robinson
The Night of the Following Day , starring
Marlon Brando ,
Richard Boone ,
Rita Moreno
Night of the Living Dead , first in the zombie trilogy by
George A. Romero
The Night They Raided Minsky's , directed by
William Friedkin , starring
Jason Robards
The Nile and the Life , directed by
Youssef Chahine , starring
Salah Zulfikar – (
Egypt )
Nobody Runs Forever (a.k.a. The High Commissioner ), directed by
Ralph Thomas , starring
Rod Taylor ,
Scobie Malone and
Christopher Plummer – (
U.K. /U.S.)
Nobody's Perfect , starring
Doug McClure
No Way to Treat a Lady , starring
Rod Steiger ,
George Segal ,
Lee Remick
Las Noches del Hombre Lobo (Nights of the Werewolf ) – (
Spain /
France )
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The Odd Couple , directed by
Gene Saks , starring
Jack Lemmon and
Walter Matthau
Oliver! , directed by
Carol Reed , starring
Ron Moody ,
Oliver Reed ,
Shani Wallis ,
Jack Wild ,
Mark Lester – winner of six
Academy Awards – (
U.K. )
Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era una volta il West ), directed by
Sergio Leone , starring
Charles Bronson ,
Henry Fonda ,
Claudia Cardinale ,
Jason Robards – (
Italy )
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band , starring
Walter Brennan ,
Buddy Ebsen ,
Kurt Russell ,
Wally Cox ,
Lesley Ann Warren
One Plus One (a.k.a. Sympathy for the Devil ), a
docudrama directed by
Jean-Luc Godard , featuring
the Rolling Stones – (
U.K. )
Otley , starring
Tom Courtenay and
Romy Schneider – (
U.K. )
P
Padosan (Neighbour ), starring
Sunil Dutt – (
India )
Palo y hueso (Stick and Bone ) – (
Argentina )
The Party , directed by
Blake Edwards , starring
Peter Sellers and
Claudine Longet
Performance , directed by
Nicolas Roeg and
Donald Cammell , starring
Mick Jagger and
James Fox – (
U.K. )
Petulia , starring
Julie Christie and
George C. Scott
The Pink Jungle , starring
James Garner
P.J. , starring
George Peppard ,
Gayle Hunnicutt ,
Raymond Burr ,
Susan Saint James
A Place for Lovers (Amanti ), directed by
Vittorio De Sica , starring
Marcello Mastroianni and
Faye Dunaway
Planet of the Apes , directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner , starring
Charlton Heston ,
Roddy McDowall ,
Kim Hunter
The Power , starring
George Hamilton
Pretty Poison , starring
Tuesday Weld and
Anthony Perkins
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell , starring
Bob Hope and
Phyllis Diller
The Producers , written and directed by
Mel Brooks , starring
Zero Mostel ,
Gene Wilder ,
Kenneth Mars ,
Dick Shawn
The Prophet (Il profeta ), directed by
Dino Risi , starring
Vittorio Gassman and
Ann-Margret – (
Italy )
The Profound Desire of the Gods (Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō ), directed by
Shohei Imamura – (
Japan )
Project X , directed by
William Castle
Prudence and the Pill , starring
Deborah Kerr and
David Niven – (
U.K. )
Psych-Out , directed by
Richard Rush , starring
Susan Strasberg ,
Dean Stockwell ,
Jack Nicholson
R
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Saathi , starring
Vyjayanthimala ,
Rajendra Kumar and
Simi Garewal – (
India )
Salt and Pepper , directed by
Richard Donner , starring
Sammy Davis Jr. and
Peter Lawford – (
U.K. )
The Scalphunters , starring
Burt Lancaster ,
Ossie Davis and
Telly Savalas
The Sea Gull , directed by
Sidney Lumet , starring
Vanessa Redgrave and
Simone Signoret – (U.S./
U.K. /
Greece )
Sebastian , starring
Dirk Bogarde and
Susannah York – (
U.K. )
Secret Ceremony , starring
Elizabeth Taylor ,
Mia Farrow and
Robert Mitchum
The Secret Life of an American Wife , starring
Walter Matthau
The Secret War of Harry Frigg , starring
Paul Newman
The Sergeant , starring
Rod Steiger and
John Phillip Law
Sergeant Ryker , starring
Lee Marvin and
Vera Miles
The Shakiest Gun in the West , starring
Don Knotts and
Barbara Rhoades
Shalako , starring
Sean Connery and
Brigitte Bardot – (
U.K. )
Shame (Skammen ), directed by
Ingmar Bergman , starring
Liv Ullmann and
Max von Sydow – (
Sweden )*
Sherlock Holmes (British) a series of 15
Sherlock Holmes films made for BBC-TV, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson
The Shoes of the Fisherman , starring
Anthony Quinn ,
Laurence Olivier ,
John Gielgud ,
Oskar Werner ,
Leo McKern ,
David Janssen ,
Barbara Jefford
Signs of Life (Lebenszeichen ), directed by
Werner Herzog – (
West Germany )
Single Room Furnished , starring
Jayne Mansfield in her final film
Skidoo , directed by
Otto Preminger , starring
Jackie Gleason ,
Carol Channing and, in his final film,
Groucho Marx
Sol Madrid , starring
David McCallum ,
Stella Stevens ,
Rip Torn
Song of Summer , directed by
Ken Russell – (made for television) – (
U.K. )
Speedway , starring
Elvis Presley and
Nancy Sinatra
Spider Baby , starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
Spirits of the Dead , directed by
Federico Fellini ,
Louis Malle and
Roger Vadim , starring
Jane Fonda ,
Brigitte Bardot ,
Alain Delon ,
Terence Stamp ,
Peter Fonda – (
France /
Italy )
The Split , starring
Jim Brown ,
Gene Hackman ,
Ernest Borgnine ,
Julie Harris
The Stalking Moon , starring
Gregory Peck and
Eva Marie Saint
Star! , starring
Julie Andrews
Stay Away, Joe , starring
Elvis Presley
Stolen Kisses (Baisers volés ), directed by
François Truffaut , starring
Jean-Pierre Léaud and
Delphine Seyrig – (
France )
The Strange Affair , starring
Susan George – (
U.K. )
The Subject was Roses , starring
Patricia Neal ,
Jack Albertson ,
Martin Sheen
Sunghursh , starring
Dilip Kumar and
Vyjayanthimala – (
India )
The Swedish Kings (Shvedskite krale ), directed by
Lyudmil Kirkov , starring
Kiril Gospodinov – (
Bulgaria )
The Sweet Ride , starring
Michael Sarrazin and
Jacqueline Bisset
The Swimmer , starring
Burt Lancaster
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One , directed by
William Greaves
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Targets , directed by
Peter Bogdanovich , starring
Boris Karloff
Teorema , directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini , starring
Silvana Mangano and
Terence Stamp – (
Italy )
Tevye and His Seven Daughters (Tuvia Vesheva Benotav ), directed by
Menahem Golan – (
Israel )
They Came to Rob Las Vegas , starring
Gary Lockwood ,
Elke Sommer ,
Lee J. Cobb ,
Jack Palance
The Thomas Crown Affair , directed by
Norman Jewison , starring
Steve McQueen and
Faye Dunaway
Three in the Attic , starring
Christopher Jones ,
Yvette Mimieux ,
Judy Pace ,
Maggie Thrett
A Twist of Sand , starring
Richard Johnson and
Honor Blackman – (
U.K. )
Twisted Nerve , starring
Hywel Bennett and
Hayley Mills – (
U.K. )
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good? , starring
George Peppard and
Mary Tyler Moore
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows , starring
Rosalind Russell
Where Eagles Dare , directed by
Brian G. Hutton , starring
Richard Burton and
Clint Eastwood – (
U.K. /U.S.)
Who Saw Him Die? (Ole dole doff ), directed by
Jan Troell – (
Sweden )
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz , starring
Elke Sommer and
Bob Crane
Wild 90 , directed by and starring
Norman Mailer
Wild in the Streets , starring
Christopher Jones ,
Shelley Winters ,
Hal Holbrook
Will Penny , starring
Charlton Heston and
Joan Hackett
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (animation short)
Witchfinder General , directed by
Michael Reeves , starring
Vincent Price – (
U.K. )
With Six You Get Eggroll , directed by
Howard Morris , starring
Doris Day ,
Brian Keith ,
Barbara Hershey
Woman in Chains (La prisonnière ), directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot – (
France )
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David Ayer , American filmmaker
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January 20 -
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February 21 -
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February 24 -
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Timothy Olyphant , American actor
May 25 -
Kevin Heffernan , American actor, writer, producer and director
May 27 -
Spencer Kayden , American actress, comedian and writer
May 28 -
Kylie Minogue , Australian actress and singer
June 2
June 4
June 9 -
Eddie Marsan , English actor
June 10 -
Bill Burr , American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
June 12 -
Sarah Trigger , retired British actress
June 13 –
Fred Tatasciore , American voice actor
June 14 -
Faizon Love , Cuban-born American actor and comedian
June 16 -
James Patrick Stuart , American actor
June 19 -
Kim Walker , American actress (d. 2001)
June 20 -
Robert Rodriguez , American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor
June 26 -
Travis Fine , American actor, writer, director and producer
June 29 -
Brian d'Arcy James , American actor and musician
July 1 -
Jordi Mollà , Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker
July 5 -
Michael Stuhlbarg , American actor
July 7
July 8 –
Billy Crudup , American actor
July 11 -
Conrad Vernon , American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist
July 15
July 17 -
Beth Littleford , American actress and comedian
July 18
July 19 -
William Houston , English actor
July 21 -
Samuli Edelmann , Finnish actor and singer
July 23 -
Shawn Levy , Canadian director, producer and actor
July 24
July 26 –
Olivia Williams , British actress
July 27
July 30 -
Terry Crews , American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player
August 4 -
Daniel Dae Kim , South Korean-American actor and producer
August 7 -
Sophie Lee , Australian actress
August 9
August 10 -
Cate Shortland , Australian screenwriter, director and writer
August 11
August 14
August 15 -
Debra Messing , American actress
August 17
August 21 -
Julian Lewis Jones , Welsh actor
August 25 -
David Alan Basche , American actor
August 27 -
Lisa Marie Newmyer , American actress
August 28 –
Billy Boyd , Scottish actor
September 2
September 4 –
John DiMaggio , American actor and voice actor
September 5 -
Glenn Fleshler , American actor
September 6 -
Mark Ivanir , Israeli actor
September 7 -
Camille Japy , Belgian-French actor
September 8
Brian Huskey , American character actor, comedian and writer
Simon J. Smith , British animator, director, visual effects artist and voice actor
September 9
September 10 –
Guy Ritchie , English director, screenwriter
September 12 -
Paul F. Tompkins , American comedian, actor and writer
September 15 –
Danny Nucci , American actor
September 16 -
Marc Anthony , American singer-songwriter and actor
September 19 –
Shawn Doyle , Canadian actor
September 20 -
Chad Stahelski , American stuntman and director
September 22 –
Megan Hollingshead , American voice actress
September 25 –
Will Smith , American actor
September 26 –
Jim Caviezel , American actor
September 28 –
Naomi Watts , British actress
September 29
October –
Musola Cathrine Kaseketi , Zambian director
October 2
October 9
October 11
October 12
October 13
October 17 -
Ziggy Marley , Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and actor
October 19 -
Yayan Ruhian , Indonesian martial artist and actor
October 23 -
Maria Darling , British voice actress
October 24 -
Mark Walton , American story artist and voice actor
October 25 -
Melinda McGraw , American actress
October 27 –
Dileep , Indian actor
October 28 -
Stephen Hunter , New Zealand actor
October 29 -
Grayson McCouch , American actor
November 5 –
Sam Rockwell , American actor
November 6 –
Kelly Rutherford , American actress
November 8
November 10
November 16 -
James Parks , American actor
November 18
November 19 -
Mark Bonnar , Scottish actor
November 21
November 23 -
Brennan Brown , American actor
November 26 -
Chris Coppola , American actor and comedian
November 27 -
Michael Vartan , French-American actor
December 2
December 3 –
Brendan Fraser , American-Canadian actor
December 5 -
Margaret Cho , American stand-up comedian, actress and musician
December 6
December 7 –
Greg Ayres , American voice actor
December 13 -
Scott Stuber , American film producer
December 18
December 19
Ken Marino , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Chris Williams , Canadian-American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
December 20 -
Joe Cornish , English comedian and filmmaker
December 22 -
Dina Meyer , American actress
December 23 -
Angela Jones , American actress
December 25 -
Klea Scott , Panamanian-born Canadian actress
December 26 -
Byron Howard , American animator, director, producer and screenwriter
Deaths
January 7 -
Hugo Butler , 53, Canadian screenwriter,
Edison, the Man ,
Lassie Come Home
January 18 –
John Ridgely , 58, American actor,
The Big Sleep ,
God Is My Co-Pilot
January 25 -
Virginia Maskell , 31, British actress,
Only Two Can Play ,
Virgin Island
February 4 –
Eddie Baker , 70, American actor,
Oranges and Lemons ,
Giant
February 7 –
Nick Adams , 36, American actor,
Pillow Talk ,
Rebel Without a Cause
February 13 –
Mae Marsh , 73, American actress,
The Birth of a Nation ,
3 Godfathers
February 20 –
Anthony Asquith , 65, British director,
The V.I.P.s ,
The Winslow Boy
March 10 –
Helen Walker , 47, American actress,
Impact ,
Call Northside 777
March 11 –
Pearl Doles Bell , 84, American film scenarist, novelist and editor,
Her Elephant Man
March 16 –
June Collyer , 63, American actress,
Hangman's House ,
A Face in the Fog
March 18 -
Harry Kurnitz , 60, American screenwriter,
Witness for the Prosecution ,
How to Steal a Million
March 20 –
Carl Theodor Dreyer , 79, Danish director,
The Passion of Joan of Arc ,
Gertrud
March 24 –
Alice Guy-Blaché , 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker,
The Pit and the Pendulum ,
The Great Adventure
March 30 –
Bobby Driscoll , 31, American actor,
Peter Pan ,
Treasure Island
April 5 –
Lois Andrews , 44, American actress,
Dixie Dugan ,
The Desert Hawk
April 6 –
Keith Pyott , 66, English actor,
Village of the Damned
April 16 –
Fay Bainter , 74, American actress,
Woman of the Year ,
The Children's Hour
April 24 –
Tommy Noonan , 46, American actor,
A Star is Born ,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
May 5 –
Albert Dekker , 62, American actor,
The Wild Bunch ,
Kiss Me Deadly
May 9
May 10 –
Scotty Beckett , 38, American actor,
My Favorite Wife ,
The Jolson Story
May 21 –
Doris Lloyd , 71, British actress,
Disraeli ,
Kind Lady
May 23 –
James Burke , 81, American actor,
Little Orphan Annie ,
The Timber Trail
May 25 –
Charles K. Feldman , 64, American producer,
A Streetcar Named Desire ,
The Seven Year Itch
May 26 -
Joseph MacDonald , 62, Mexico-born American cinematographer,
My Darling Clementine ,
The Young Lions
May 27 –
Denise Legeay , 70, French actress,
Happy Couple ,
Zigano
May 31 –
Preben Uglebjerg , 37, Danish actor,
Pigen og vandpytten
June 4 –
Dorothy Gish , 70, American actress,
The Cardinal ,
Orphans of the Storm
June 7 –
Dan Duryea , 61, American actor,
Winchester '73 ,
Scarlet Street
June 8 -
Patricia Jessel , 47, British actress,
The City of the Dead ,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
June 21 –
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt , 72, Danish actress
June 24 –
Tony Hancock , 44, British comedian,
Call Me Genius ,
The Punch and Judy Man
June 29 –
Hans Egede Budtz , 78, Danish actor,
Nøddebo Præstegård
July 1 –
Virginia Weidler , 41, American actress,
The Philadelphia Story ,
The Women
July 12 –
Antonio Pietrangeli , 49, Italian director,
It Happened in Rome ,
The Magnificent Cuckold
July 27 –
Lilian Harvey , 62, British actress and singer,
Waltz of Love ,
Let's Live Tonight
July 30 –
Alexander Hall , 74, American director,
Here Comes Mr. Jordan ,
Little Miss Marker
August 23 –
Hunt Stromberg , 74, American producer,
The Thin Man ,
The Great Ziegfeld
August 25 –
John George , 70, Ottoman-born American actor,
Charley's Aunt ,
Don Juan
August 26 –
Kay Francis , 63, American actress,
Black Orchids ,
Little Men
August 30 –
William Talman , 53, American actor,
The Hitch-Hiker ,
Crashout
August 31 –
Dennis O'Keefe , 60, American actor,
T-Men ,
Raw Deal
September 3 –
Isabel Withers , 72, American actress,
Possessed ,
Lady of Burlesque
September 16 -
Nedrick Young , 54, American screenwriter,
Inherit the Wind ,
The Defiant Ones
September 18 –
Franchot Tone , 63, American actor,
The Mutiny on the Bounty ,
Advise & Consent
September 24 -
Virginia Valli , 70, American actress,
The Pleasure Garden ,
Evening Clothes
October 18 –
Lee Tracy , 70, American actor,
Dinner at Eight ,
The Best Man
October 29 –
Pert Kelton , 61, American actress,
The Music Man ,
Sing and Like It
October 30 –
Ramon Novarro , 69, Mexican actor,
Ben-Hur ,
Mata Hari
November 8 –
Wendell Corey , 54, American actor,
Rear Window ,
Harriet Craig
November 9 –
Gerald Mohr , 54, American actor,
Gilda ,
The Angry Red Planet
November 13 –
Berthold Bartosch , 74, Bohemian filmmaker,
The Idea
November 18 –
Walter Wanger , 74, American producer,
Cleopatra ,
I Want to Live!
November 20 –
Helen Gardner , 84 American actress,
Cleopatra
November 25 –
Upton Sinclair , 90, American author and producer,
There Will Be Blood ,
The Gnome-Mobile
December 2 –
Colin Kenny , 79, Irish actor,
The Adventures of Robin Hood ,
Captain Blood
December 4 -
Archie Mayo , 77, American director,
The Petrified Forest ,
A Night in Casablanca
December 5 –
Fred Clark , 54, American actor,
White Heat ,
Auntie Mame
December 12 –
Tallulah Bankhead , 66, American actress,
Lifeboat ,
Stage Door Canteen ,
Die! Die! My Darling
December 14 –
Jack Rice , 75, American actor,
Lady, Let's Dance ,
Beware of Blondie
December 15 –
Dorothy Abbott , 47, American actress,
South Pacific ,
Red, Hot and Blue
December 20 -
John Steinbeck , 66, American author and screenwriter,
Viva Zapata! ,
The Red Pony
December 28 -
Harry Woods , 79, American actress,
Days of Jesse James ,
The Ghost Rider
Film debuts
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