Births[]
- February 1 — Bonnie Van Dyke
- February 6 — Christopher Month
- February 12 — Scott Aronesty
- February 21 — Christine Ebersole
- March 13 — Jon Mikl Thor
- March 24 — Eva Kryll
- April 3 — Brian James Ellis
- April 4 — Paul Gentry
- May 5 — Don E. FauntLeRoy
- May 19 — Albert Pyun
- June 12 — Gary Farmer
- July 4 — Stefano Fava
- July 4 — Rolf Giesen
- August 5 — Jack Eiseman
- August 14 — James Horner
- August 28 — Andy Armstrong
- September 1 — Alex Ponti
- September 29 — Miguel Angel Fuentes
- October 1 — William Wallace
- October 7 — Linda Griffiths
- October 12 — Mike Jones
- October 23 — Yelena Metyolkina
- November 1 — Kevin Brophy
- November 14 — Donna Conforti
- November 16 — Susan Kiger
- December 28 — Richard Band
Deaths[]
- January 5 — Jerome Ash
- February 2 — Alan Curtis
- February 27 — Mort Glickman
- April 6 — Fred C. Brannon
- June 5 — William Farnum
- June 20 — Arthur Caesar
Movie Premieres[]
- January 5 — The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (U.S.S.R.)
- May 15 — Phantom from Space
- May 31 — The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (U.S.)
- June 25 — Robot Monster
- September 4 — Project Moon Base
Events[]
- Richard Garland and Beverly Garland get divorced.
- March 4 — Buck Young and Peggy Stewart get married.
- March 19 — At the 25th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, Edward Carfagno, and F. Keogh Gleason win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for The Bad and the Beautiful.
- Harry Gerstad and Elmo Williams win the Best Editing Award for High Noon.
- December 28 — Keith Larsen and Susan Cummings get married.