1964 in film

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The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including two highly successful musical films, Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1964
Rank	Title	Studio	Box-office gross rental
1	Mary Poppins	Walt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution	$31,000,000[1]
2	My Fair Lady	Warner Bros.	$30,000,000[2]
3	Goldfinger	United Artists/Eon Productions	$22,500,000[1]
4	The Carpetbaggers	Paramount Pictures	$15,500,000[1]
5	From Russia With Love	United Artists/Eon Productions	$9,200,000[1]
6	A Shot in the Dark	United Artists/The Mirisch Company	$6,748,000[3]
7	A Hard Day's Night	United Artists	$6,165,000[3]
8	What a Way to Go!	20th Century Fox	$6,100,000[4]
9	The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Metro-Goldwyn Mayer	$6,040,000[3]
10	The Pink Panther	United Artists/The Mirisch Company	$5,935,000[3]

Events

January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, The Carpetbaggers, is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success.
March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, Kissin' Cousins, is released to theaters.
July 6 – A Hard Day's Night, the first Beatles film, premieres.
August 27 – The film Mary Poppins is released. Not only is it a massive hit with both critics and audiences, but it also becomes Disney's highest-grossing film of all time. It goes on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews.
October – In Photoplay magazine, Hedda Hopper announces that Sophia Loren and Paul Newman will star in the film version of Arthur Miller's play After the Fall, with Loren in the role that was written about Marilyn Monroe. The film is never made.

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady – Warner Bros.

Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady

Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady

Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins

Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov – Topkapi

Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek

Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Becket

Best Actor: Peter O'Toole – Becket

Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater

Comedy or Musical:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady

Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady

Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins

Other

Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May

Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead – Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

1964 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

January 1964
- 19 January
  - Strait-Jacket
- 22 January
  - The Comedy of Terrors
  - Zulu
- 29 January
  - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  - Man's Favorite Sport?
- 30 January
  - A Global Affair
February 1964
- 5 February
  - Man in the Middle
- 12 February
  - Seven Days in May
- 19 February
  - Dead Ringer
  - Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
- 24 February
  - Crack in the World
March 1964
- 6 March
  - Kissin' Cousins
- 8 March
  - The Last Man on Earth (United States/Italy)
- 11 March
  - Becket
  - Mail Order Bride
- 12 March
  - A Tiger Walks
- 18 March
- 19 March
  - The World of Henry Orient
- 25 March
  - Flight from Ashiya
  - The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
- 26 March
  - The Fall of the Roman Empire
- 28 March
  - The Incredible Mr. Limpet

April–June

April 1964
- 3 April
  - Dark Purpose
- 5 April
  - The Best Man
- 8 April
  - Paris When It Sizzles
- 9 April
  - The Carpetbaggers
- 29 April
  - Mothra vs. Godzilla (Japan)
May 1964
- 20 May
  - Black Like Me
  - The Brass Bottle
  - Rhino!
  - Viva Las Vegas
June 1964
- 1 June
  - The New Interns
- 3 June
  - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
  - Honeymoon Hotel
- 10 June
  - Advance to the Rear
  - Bedtime Story
- 11 June
  - The Unsinkable Molly Brown
- 17 June
  - Robinson Crusoe on Mars
- 23 June
  - A Shot in the Dark
- 24 June
  - Flipper's New Adventure
  - Robin and the 7 Hoods
- 25 June
  - Circus World

July–September

July 1964
- 2 July
  - The Moon-Spinners
- 6 July
  - A Hard Day's Night
- 7 July
  - The Killers
- 22 July
  - Bikini Beach
  - Good Neighbor Sam
  - Marnie
- 29 July
  - One Potato, Two Potato
August 1964
- 5 August
  - Ride the Wild Surf
- 6 August
  - The Night of the Iguana
- 11 August
  - Dogora (Japan)
- 12 August
  - A House Is Not a Home
  - The Patsy
- 26 August
  - I'd Rather Be Rich
- 27 August
  - Mary Poppins
September 1964
- 2 September
  - The 7th Dawn
  - Topkapi
- 12 September
  - A Fistful of Dollars (Italy)
- 16 September
  - The Secret Invasion
- 18 September
  - Goldfinger
- 27 September
  - Lilith

October–December

October 1964
- 3 October
  - Cheyenne Autumn
- 7 October
  - Fail-Safe
- 8 October
  - The Outrage
- 11 October
  - The System
- 14 October
  - Invitation to a Gunfighter
  - Send Me No Flowers
- 24 October
  - The Lively Set
- 27 October
  - The Americanization of Emily
- 28 October
  - Rio Conchos
- 29 October
  - The Naked Kiss
  - The Time Travelers
November 1964
- 2 November
  - Where Love Has Gone
- 4 November
  - Kitten with a Whip
  - Youngblood Hawke
  - Your Cheatin' Heart
- 8 November
  - Fate Is the Hunter
- 9 November
  - My Fair Lady
- 11 November
  - Pajama Party
- 18 November
  - Goodbye Charlie
- 25 November
  - Ensign Pulver
- 27 November
  - Looking for Love
December 1964
- 3 December
  - Dear Heart
- 4 December
  - Kisses for My President
- 10 December
  - Father Goose
- 15 December
  - Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- 16 December
  - The Disorderly Orderly
- 18 December
  - Get Yourself a College Girl
- 20 December
  - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Japan)
- 22 December
  - Kiss Me, Stupid
- 25 December
  - The Pleasure Seekers
  - Sex and the Single Girl

Notable films released in 1964

United States unless stated

D

Dark Purpose, starring Shirley Jones
Dead Ringer, starring Bette Davis, Peter Lawford
Dear Heart, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Geraldine Page, Glenn Ford, Angela Lansbury
The Devil-Ship Pirates, starring Christopher Lee and Andrew Keir
Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci), directed by Jan Němec – (Czechoslovakia)
Diary of a Chambermaid (Le journal d'une femme de chambre), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Jeanne Moreau and Michel Piccoli – (France)
The Disorderly Orderly, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Jerry Lewis and Susan Oliver
Dog Eat Dog (a.k.a. When Strangers Meet), starring Jayne Mansfield
Dogora (a.k.a. Uchū Daikaijū Dogora), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
Dosti (Friendship) – (India)
Dr. Crippen, starring Donald Pleasence – (U.K.)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers (in three roles), George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, James Earl Jones – (U.K.)
Dry Summer (Susuz Yaz) – (Turkey)

E

The Earth Dies Screaming, starring Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price- (U.K.)
East of Sudan, starring Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms and Jenny Agutter – (U.K.)
Empire, directed by Andy Warhol
Ensign Pulver, a sequel to Mister Roberts, starring Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Jack Nicholson
The Evil of Frankenstein, starring Peter Cushing – (U.K.)
El extraño viaje (The Strange Voyage) – (Spain)
The Eyes of Annie Jones, starring Richard Conte and Francesca Annis – (U.K.)

F

Face of the Screaming Werewolf, starring Lon Chaney – (Mexico/United States)
Fail-Safe, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Edward Binns, Henry Fonda
The Fall of the Roman Empire, starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, Christopher Plummer, James Mason
Fantômas, starring Jean Marais – (France)
Fate Is the Hunter, starring Glenn Ford, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette
Father Goose, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (A Paty Jezdec je Strach), directed by Zbyněk Brynych – (Czechoslovakia)
First Men in the Moon, starring Edward Judd and Lionel Jeffries, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen – (U.K.)
A Fistful of Dollars, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood – (Italy)
The Flesh Eaters, starring Martin Kosleck
Flight from Ashiya, starring Yul Brynner and Richard Widmark
Flipper's New Adventure, starring Luke Halpin and Pamela Franklin
The Flower and the Angry Waves (Hana to dotō), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
For Those Who Think Young, starring Pamela Tiffin, James Darren, Ellen Burstyn, Nancy Sinatra, Tina Louise, Bob Denver
Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraţilor) – (Romania)

G

Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon), directed by Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (The Policeman of Saint-Tropez) – (France)
Gertrud, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (Denmark)
Get Yourself a College Girl, starring Mary Ann Mobley and Nancy Sinatra
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen) – (Japan)
Girl with Green Eyes, starring Peter Finch and Rita Tushingham – (U.K.)
A Global Affair, starring Bob Hope
Goldfinger, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Gert Fröbe – (U.K.)
Goodbye Charlie, starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Pat Boone
Good Neighbor Sam, starring Jack Lemmon and Romy Schneider
The Gorgon, starring Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley, Christopher Lee- (U.K.)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Il Vangelo secondo Matteo), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (Italy)
Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (France)
The Guns (Os Fuzis) – (Brazil/Argentina)
Guns at Batasi, starring Richard Attenborough and Jack Hawkins – (U.K.)

H

Hamlet (a.k.a. Richard Burton's Hamlet)
Hamlet – (U.S.S.R.)
Haqeeqat (Reality) – (India)
A Hard Day's Night, directed by Richard Lester, starring The Beatles – (U.K.)
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, a Hanna-Barbera feature production
Hide and Seek, starring Ian Carmichael and Curd Jürgens – (U.K.)
Honeymoon Hotel, starring Robert Morse and Robert Goulet
Hot Enough for June, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina – (U.K.)
A House Is Not a Home, starring Shelley Winters and Robert Taylor
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland

I

I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) – (Cuba/U.S.S.R.)
I'd Rather Be Rich, starring Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams
The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan
Intentions of Murder (Akai satsui), directed by Shōhei Imamura – (Japan)
Invitation to a Gunfighter, starring Yul Brynner, George Segal, Janice Rule

J

Joy House (Les Felins), directed by René Clément, starring Alain Delon and Jane Fonda – (France)

K

The Killers, remake of 1946 film, directed by Don Siegel, starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes and, in his final film, Ronald Reagan
King & Country, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay – (U.K.)
Kiss Me Quick!, starring Althea Currier
Kiss Me, Stupid, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Dean Martin and Kim Novak
Kisses for My President, starring Polly Bergen and Fred MacMurray
Kissin' Cousins, starring Elvis Presley and Yvonne Craig
Kitten with a Whip, starring Ann-Margret and John Forsythe
Kwaidan, directed by Masaki Kobayashi – (Japan)

L

Lady General Hua Mu-lan (a.k.a. Hua Mu Lan) – (Hong Kong)
Lady in a Cage, directed by Walter Grauman, starring Olivia de Havilland and James Caan
The Last Man on Earth (L'ultimo uomo della Terra), starring Vincent Price – (United States/Italy)
The Last Steps (Les pas perdus), starring Michèle Morgan and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (France)
Leader, starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (India)
The Leather Boys, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Rita Tushingham – (U.K.)
Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera) – (Czechoslovakia)
Lilith, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg
The Lively Set, starring James Darren, Pamela Tiffin and Doug McClure
The Lonely Wife (Charulata), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
Looking for Love, starring Connie Francis
The Luck of Ginger Coffey, directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Robert Shaw

M

Madu Tiga (Three Wives), starring P. Ramlee – (Malaysia)
Mail Order Bride, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Buddy Ebsen and Lois Nettleton
Man in the Middle, starring Robert Mitchum
Man's Favorite Sport?, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss
Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery
Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'italiana), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni – (Italy)
A Married Woman (Une femme mariée), directed by Jean-Luc Godard – (France)
Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke—winner of 5 Academy Awards
The Masque of the Red Death, starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court and Jane Asher – (U.K.)
Men and Women (Noite Vazia) – (Brazil)
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk
The Moon-Spinners, starring Hayley Mills
Mothra vs. Godzilla (Godzilla vs. The Thing), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
Murder Ahoy!, starring Margaret Rutherford and Lionel Jeffries
Murder Most Foul, starring Margaret Rutherford and Ron Moody
My Fair Lady, directed by George Cukor, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison – winner of 8 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes and BAFTA for best film
My Friend Lefterakis (O filos mou o Lefterakis) – (Greece)

N

The Naked Kiss, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Constance Towers
The New Interns, starring Dean Jones, Michael Callan, Stefanie Powers, Barbara Eden
The Night of the Iguana, directed by John Huston, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon
The Night Walker, starring Barbara Stanwyck (her last film) and Robert Taylor
Nobody Waved Good-bye – (Canada)
Nothing But a Man, starring Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Yaphet Kotto
Nothing But the Best, starring Alan Bates and Millicent Martin – (U.K.)

O

Of Human Bondage, starring Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Siobhán McKenna – (U.K.)
One Potato, Two Potato, starring Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton and Richard Mulligan
Onibaba (Demon Woman), directed by Kaneto Shindo – (Japan)
The Outrage, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson, William Shatner

P

Pajama Party, starring Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Elsa Lanchester, Jesse White, Harvey Lembeck, Buster Keaton, Don Rickles
Pale Flower (Kawaita hana) – (Japan)
Panic Button, starring Jayne Mansfield and Maurice Chevalier
Paris When It Sizzles, starring William Holden and Audrey Hepburn with cameos by Tony Curtis and Marlene Dietrich
The Patsy, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, with Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris, Keenan Wynn, John Carradine, Peter Lorre
The Pawnbroker, directed by Sidney Lumet, with a music score by Quincy Jones, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Brock Peters
The Pleasure Seekers, starring Pamela Tiffin, Carol Lynley, Brian Keith, Tony Franciosa, Ann-Margret
The Pumpkin Eater, starring Anne Bancroft and Peter Finch – (U.K.)

Q

Quick, Before It Melts, starring George Maharis, Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer, Yvonne Craig

R

Rattle of a Simple Man directed by Muriel Box, starring Diane Cilento and Harry H. Corbett – (U.K.)
The Ravishing Idiot (Une ravissante idiote), starring Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins – (France)
Red Desert (Il deserto rosso), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring Monica Vitti and Richard Harris – (Italy)
Rhino!, starring Robert Culp
Ride the Wild Surf, starring Tab Hunter, Fabian Forte, Shelley Fabares and Barbara Eden
Ring of Spies, starring Bernard Lee – (U.K.)
Rio Conchos, starring Stuart Whitman, Tony Franciosa, Richard Boone, Wende Wagner
Robin and the 7 Hoods, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Barbara Rush, Peter Falk, Victor Buono, Edward G. Robinson
Robinson Crusoe on Mars, directed by Byron Haskin, starring Paul Mantee, Vic Lundin and Adam West
Roustabout, starring Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwyck
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – (TV film) from Rankin/Bass Productions

S

Sallah Shabati, starring Chaim Topol – (Israel)
Sangam, starring Vyjayanthimala, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar – (India)
Séance on a Wet Afternoon, starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough – (U.K.)
The Secret Invasion, starring Stewart Granger and Mickey Rooney
Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata), starring Stefania Sandrelli – (Italy)
Send Me No Flowers, starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson
Seven Days in May, directed by John Frankenheimer, written by Rod Serling, starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Martin Balsam, John Houseman
Seven Up! – documentary – (U.K.)
Sex and the Single Girl, starring Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall
Shehar Aur Sapna (The City and the Dream) – (India)
A Shot in the Dark, second Pink Panther film, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, with Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Burt Kwouk, Herbert Lom
Sleep, by Andy Warhol
Smokescreen, starring Yvonne Romain
The Soft Skin (La Peau Douce), directed by François Truffaut, starring Françoise Dorléac – (France)
Strait-Jacket, produced and directed by William Castle, starring Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, George Kennedy, Lee Majors
The System, starring Oliver Reed

T

That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorléac – (France)
The Thin Red Line, starring Keir Dullea and Jack Warden
The Three Lives of Thomasina, starring Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber – (UK/US)
The Third Secret, starring Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento – (U.K.)
Three Outlaw Samurai (Sanbiki no samurai) – (Japan)
La Tía Tula (Aunt Tula) – (Spain)
A Tiger Walks, starring Brian Keith and Vera Miles
Time of Indifference (Gli indifferenti), starring Claudia Cardinale, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters – (Italy)
The Time Travelers, starring Preston Foster and Merry Anders
Tintin and the Blue Oranges
The Tomb of Ligeia, directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price and Elizabeth Shepherd
Topkapi, starring Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff
The Train, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau – (U.S./France/Italy)
Troubled Waters, a.k.a. Man with Two Faces, starring Tab Hunter
Two Stage Sisters (Wŭtái Jiěmèi) – (China)

U

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo – winner of Palme d'Or – (France)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, starring Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley
The Unvanquished (L'insoumis), starring Alain Delon – (France)

V

The Visit, directed by Bernhard Wicki – (West Germany/U.S./France/Italy)
Viva Las Vegas, starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret

W

Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote), directed by Henri Verneuil – (Italy/France)
Welcome, or No Trespassing (Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchyon), starring Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev – (U.S.S.R.)
What a Way to Go!, starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings, Dick Van Dyke
Where Love Has Gone, starring Bette Davis, Susan Hayward, Mike Connors, DeForest Kelley
Whirlwind (Shikonmado – Dai tatsumaki), directed by Hiroshi Inagaki – (Japan)
Wild West Story starring Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Lena Granhagen and Gerald Mohr
Witchcraft, starring Lon Chaney and Jack Hedley – (U.K.)
Woh Kaun Thi? (Who Was She?) – (India)
The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) – (Japan)
Woman of Straw, starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery – (U.K.)
Wonderful Life, starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows (US title: Swingers' Paradise[5]) – (U.K.)
The World of Henry Orient, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley

Y

The Yellow Rolls-Royce, starring Ingrid Bergman, Alain Delon, Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, Jeanne Moreau, George C. Scott, Art Carney, Omar Sharif – (U.K.)
Youngblood Hawke, starring James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, Eva Gabor, Mary Astor
Your Cheatin' Heart, a biopic of Hank Williams, starring George Hamilton

Z

Zhavoronok – (U.S.S.R.)
Zindagi, starring Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor -(India)
Zorba the Greek, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates – (Greece/U.K.)
Zulu, directed by Cy Endfield, starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins – (U.K.)

Short film series

Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Bugs Bunny (1940-1964)
Woody Woodpecker (1940–1972)
Chilly Willy (1953–1972)

Births

January 7 – Nicolas Cage, actor, producer and director
January 13 – Penelope Ann Miller, actress
January 18 – Jane Horrocks, actress
January 23 - Mariska Hargitay, actress
January 27 – Bridget Fonda, actress
February 5 – Laura Linney, actress
February 15 – Chris Farley, actor (d. 1997)
February 18 – Matt Dillon, actor
February 24 – Todd Field, director and actor
February 25 - Lee Evans, English stand-up comedian and actor
March 7 – Wanda Sykes, American actress, comedian and writer
March 9 – Juliette Binoche, actress
March 11 - Shane Richie, English actor, comedian, television presenter and singer
March 17 – Rob Lowe, actor
April 4 – David Cross, actor and comedian
April 7 – Russell Crowe, actor
April 20
- Crispin Glover, actor
- Andy Serkis, actor
April 24
- Djimon Hounsou, actor
- Cedric the Entertainer, actor and comedian
April 25 – Hank Azaria, actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
May 11 - Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, writer and director
May 12 – Pierre Morel, French film director
May 13 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian, television host, and writer
May 25 – Ray Stevenson, Irish actor
June 9 – Gloria Reuben, actress/singer
June 15 – Courteney Cox, actress
July 3 – Yeardley Smith, actress, voice actress, writer, author, comedian and painter
July 22
- John Leguizamo, actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
- David Spade, actor, comedian, writer
July 26 – Sandra Bullock, actress
July 28 — Lori Loughlin, actress
July 30 – Vivica A. Fox, actress
August 2 – Mary-Louise Parker, actress
August 16 – William Salyers, actor and voice actor
September 2 – Keanu Reeves, actor
September 14 – Faith Ford, American actress
September 16 - Molly Shannon, American actress and comedian
September 28 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian and writer
October 3 – Clive Owen, actor
October 14 - David Kaye, Canadian-American voice actor
October 25 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor and voice actor
November 14– Patrick Warburton, American actor and voice artist
November 29 – Don Cheadle, actor
December 4 – Marisa Tomei, actress
December 8 – Teri Hatcher, actress

Deaths

January 21 - Joseph Schildkraut, 67, Austrian actor, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Life of Emile Zola, Viva Villa!
January 22 – Lissy Arna, 63, German actress, Eva in Silk, The Dance Goes On
January 27 – Norman Z. McLeod, 65, American director, The Paleface, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
January 29 – Alan Ladd, 50, American actor, Shane, The Blue Dahlia
February 24 – Frank Conroy, 73, British actor, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Naked City
February 27 – Orry-Kelly, 66, Australian costume designer, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon
February 29 – Frank Albertson, 55, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Psycho
March 10 – Arthur Hohl, 74, American actor, Cleopatra, Private Detective 62
March 23 – Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian actor, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon
April 18 – Ben Hecht, 70, American playwright and screenwriter, Notorious, His Girl Friday
May 10 – Carol Haney, 39, American dancer, actress, The Pajama Game, Invitation to the Dance
May 13 – Diana Wynyard, 58, British actress, Cavalcade, Gaslight
June 27 – Mona Barrie, 54, British actress, Mystery Woman, Ladies Love Danger
July 15 – Myles Connolly, 66, American screenwriter, State of the Union, Hans Christian Andersen
July 26 – William A. Seiter, 73, American film director, The Beautiful and Damned, Sons of the Desert, Roberta
August 5 – Charles Quigley, 58, American actor, The Shadow, The Game That Kills
August 6
- Cedric Hardwicke, 71, British actor, Rope, Suspicion
- Reed Howes, 64, American model and actor, The Dawn Rider, Paradise Canyon
August 12 – Ian Fleming, 56, British author of James Bond novels, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
August 27 – Gracie Allen, 69, American comedy actress, A Damsel in Distress, The Big Broadcast of 1936
September 23 – Fred M. Wilcox, 56, American director, Forbidden Planet, Lassie Come Home
September 28
- Harpo Marx, 75, American comedy actor (The Marx Brothers), Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera
- Nacio Herb Brown, 68, American songwriter and composer, The Broadway Melody, Glorifying the American Girl
October 10 – Eddie Cantor, 72, American actor, singer, comedian, Whoopee!, Kid Millions
October 15 – Cole Porter, 73, American composer and songwriter, Night and Day, High Society
October 19 – Russ Brown, American actor, Damn Yankees, Anatomy of a Murder
October 22 – Whip Wilson, 53, American actor, Night Raiders
October 23 – Jo Swerling, 71, American screenwriter, It's a Wonderful Life, Guys and Dolls
October 27 – Rudolph Maté, 66, Hungarian cinematographer and director, D.O.A., When Worlds Collide
November 10 – Sam Newfield, 64, American director, The Terror of Tiny Town, I Accuse My Parents
December 11 – Percy Kilbride, 76, American actor, The Southerner, State Fair
December 14 – William Bendix, 58, American actor, Lifeboat, Detective Story
December 31 – Gertrude Michael, 53, American actress, Murder at the Vanities, Women in Bondage

Film debuts

Jenny Agutter – East of Sudan
The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
Ellen Burstyn – For Those Who Think Young
David Carradine – Taggart
Dom DeLuise – Diary of a Bachelor
Judi Dench – The Third Secret
Olympia Dukakis – Twice a Man
Morgan Freeman – The Pawnbroker
Elliott Gould – Quick, Let's Get Married
James Earl Jones – Dr. Strangelove
Charlotte Rampling – A Hard Day's Night
Roy Scheider – The Curse of the Living Corpse
Raquel Welch – A House Is Not a Home

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