Births
- Mario Navarro
- January 1 — Don Keith Opper
- January 2 — Nadia Cassini
- January 7 — George Buza
- January 16 — Caroline Munro
- February 5 — Ric Carrott
- February 17 — Don Scardino
- April 3 — Robert Lantos
- May 24 — Ricardo Franco
- May 26 — Dan Pastorini
- May 29 — Cotter Smith
- June 24 — Sam Scarber
- July 3 — Susan Penhaligon
- July 27 — Maury Chaykin
- July 27 — Susan Gordon
- August 1 — Hubie Kerns Jr.
- October 20 — Craig R. Baxley
- November 14 — Ryô Hayami
- November 24 — Charles Braive
- December 11 — Boris Shcherbakov
- December 13 — Tetsuya Ushio
Deaths
- March 10 — Kenneth Lawton
Events
- March 24 — At the 21st Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Jay Livingston and Ray Evans win the Best Original Song Award for "Buttons and Bows", featured in The Paleface.
- Paul Weatherwax wins the Best Film Editing Award for The Naked City.
