Births
- January 3 — Conrad Brooks
- January 9 — Patrick Conway
- January 11 — Peter Baldwin
- January 15 — Derek Meddings
- January 17 — James Earl Jones
- January 17 — Lindsley Parsons Jr.
- January 22 — Fernando Cicero
- January 25 — Harold Lloyd Jr.
- January 29 — Bunty Webb
- February 6 — Mamie Van Doren
- February 7 — Gloria Talbott
- February 13 — Mark Weston
- February 19 — Alla Larionova
- March 13 — Wolfgang Kohlhaase
- March 20 — Hal Linden
- March 22 — William Shatner
- March 27 — David Janssen
- April 5 — Hector Olivera
- April 7 — Del Monroe
- April 16 — Godfrey James
- April 27 — Robert Donner
- May 9 — Jan Holden
- May 21 — Fulvia Franco
- May 29 — Samuel Gelfman
- June 9 — Patsy Parsons
- June 15 — Robert King
- June 16 — Dick Dial
- June 22 — Robie Robinson
- July 2 — Robert Ito
- July 6 — Robert Dunham
- July 7 — Nan Peterson
- July 9 — Bill DeLand
- July 10 — Tito Carpi
- July 11 — Tab Hunter
- July 30 — Bruno Mattei
- August 2 — Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
- August 9 — Ron Gans
- August 18 — Grant Williams
- August 18 — Lynette Bernay
- August 19 — James Crabe
- August 25 — Regis Philbin
- August 27 — Andrea Scotti
- September 3 — Evan Thompson
- September 9 — Barbara Florian
- September 12 — Bill McKinney
- September 13 — Barbara Bain
- September 19 — Ray Danton
- September 26 — John Brinkley
- October 15 — Ken Miller
- October 30 — Ori Levy
- October 30 — Anthony Bailey
- November 1 — Kon Ômura
- November 1 — Shunsuke Kikuchi
- November 10 — Vilis Lapenieks
- November 14 — Jennifer Jayne
- November 19 — Fabio Sabag
- November 20 — Aarón Hernán
- December 2 — Dick Bush
- December 9 — William Reynolds
- December 9 — Luciano Marin
- December 13 — Randy Starr
- December 19 — Ginger Stanley
- December 19 — Gil Vidal
- December 21 — Moira Orfei
- December 28 — Martin Milner
- December 31 — Mario Valdermarin
Events
- November 10 — At the 4th Academy Awards, Floyd Crosby wins the Best Cinematography Award for Tabu: A Story of the South Seas.