Births
- John Hug
- January 8 — R.C. Bates
- January 12 — Joyce Molleur
- January 21 — Krista Nell
- January 31 — Richard Hylland
- February 13 — Joe Estevez
- March 12 — Dean Cundey
- March 26 — Johnny Crawford
- April 7 — Stacy Gregg
- April 7 — Stan Winston
- April 8 — Stuart Pankin
- May 22 — John Lazar
- June 10 — John Richardson
- June 13 — Sam F. Shaw
- June 15 — Roy Holder
- June 21 — Marcy Lafferty
- June 25 — Salli Sachse
- July 8 — Massimo Vanni
- July 9 — Norbert Weisser
- July 27 — John Achorn
- August 6 — Charla Doherty
- August 15 — Tim Pelt
- August 20 — Darwyn Swalve
- September 10 — Patricia Pearcy
- October 7 — J. Larry Carroll
- October 14 — Michael Sloan
- October 21 — Sally Frei
- October 24 — R.J. Robertson
- October 24 — Jefferson Richard
- October 31 — Emby Mellay
- November 4 — Evgeniy Karelskikh
- December 4 — George Maguire
- December 8 — Frank Pesce
- December 13 — Peter Wragg
Deaths
- February 2 — Rondo Hatton
- April 19 — Mae Busch
- November 30 — Robert E. Cline
Movie Premieres
Events
- March 7 — At the 18th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Sam Comer, Ernst Fegté, and Hans Dreier win the Best Art Direction — Interior Direction (Color) Award for Frenchman's Creek.
- John P. Fulton and Arthur Johns win the Best Special Effects Award for Wonder Man.
- April 25 — Phillip Terry and Joan Crawford get divorced.
- June 22 — Bill Williams and Barbara Hale get married.
