Births[]
- Greg Cannom
- Cameron Mitchell Jr.
- Ve Neill
- January 12 — Reiko Tokunaga
- January 22 — Nicholas von Sternberg
- January 29 — Janus Blythe
- February 7 — Kim Milford
- February 15 — Corey Yuen
- March 14 — Season Hubley
- March 17 — Sydne Rome
- April 11 — Jay Benedict
- April 17 — Olivia Hussey
- April 17 — Ed French
- April 29 — Ellen Crawford
- May 9 — Kevin Pike
- June 21 — Eb Lottimer
- June 26 — Pamela Bellwood
- July 1 — Joe Verroca
- July 6 — Jules Desjarlais
- August 6 — Jack Klaff
- August 24 — Noela Velasco
- August 31 — Hilary Farr
- September 11 — Gary Davis
- September 17 — Cassandra Peterson
- September 25 — Mark Hamill
- December 6 — Victor Styles
- December 19 — Bruce Katzman
- December 27 — Charles Band
Deaths[]
Movie Premieres[]
Events[]
- March 29 — At the 23rd Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
- Franz Waxman wins the Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Award for Sunset Boulevard.
- Jay Livingston and Ray Evans win the Best Original Song Award for "Mona Lisa", featured in Captain Cary, U.S.A..
- Sam Comer, Ray Moyer, Hans Dreier, and John Meehan win the Best Art Direction — Interior Direction (Black and White) Award for Sunset Boulevard.
- Sam Comer, Ray Moyer, Hans Dreier, and Walter H. Tyler win the Best Art Direction — Interior Direction (Color) Award for Samson and Delilah.
- May 16 — John Agar and Loretta Agar get married.
- August 13 — Richard Garland and Beverly Garland get married.
- October 6 — Glenn Langan and Adele Jergens get married.