Births[]
- January 21 — Robby Benson
- January 24 — Peter Woodward
- February 4 — Robert Stahoviak
- March 8 — Greta Blackburn
- March 19 — Jim Mallon
- April 18 — Eric Roberts
- May 26 — Barbara Stock
- June 1 — Robin Mattson
- August 21 — Kim Cattrall
- August 30 — Frank Conniff
- August 31 — Melissa Prophet
- October 22 — Valentine Monnier
- October 30 — Shanna Reed
- November 3 — Kevin Murphy
- November 8 — Randi Brooks
- November 22 — Richard Kind
- December 10 — Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Deaths[]
- March 12 — William Ruhl
- June 9 — B. Reeves Eason
- August 16 — Bela Lugosi
- August 24 — Mitchell Lewis
- August 24 — Barry Norton
- September 20 — Dick Gordon
- September 24 — John MacBurnie
- November 6 — Paul Kelly
- November 10 — Victor Young
- December 12 — John Elliott
- December 17 — Eddie Acuff
Movie Premieres[]
- Crash of Moons
- Manhunt in Space
- The Violent Years
- March 25 — Indestructible Man
- March 25 — World Without End
- April 1 — Swamp Diamonds
- April 26 — The Creature Walks Among Us
- June 15 — Gunslinger
- July — Fire Maidens of Outer Space (U.K.)
- July 15 — It Conquered the World
- August — The She-Creature
- August — The Beast of Hollow Mountain
- September 6 — Fire Maidens of Outer Space (U.S.)
- September 16 — The Sword and the Dragon (U.S.S.R.)
- November 21 — The Mole People
Events[]
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Elaine DuPont get married.
- March 21 — At the 28th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Ernest Borgnine wins the Best Actor Award for his role in Marty
- Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Sam Comer, and Arthur Krams win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for The Rose Tattoo.