Births
Deaths
- January 8 — Dudley Foster
- January 15 — Coleman Francis
- January 28 — John Banner
- February 4 — Brydon Baker
- February 24 — Art Smith
- March 6 — Aleksandr Ptushko
- March 22 — Billy Dix
- March 31 — Kurt Rackelmann
- April 3 — John Call
- May 19 — Louis J. Haszillo
- June 7 — Charles Hannawalt
- June 7 — Lane Bradford
- June 9 — Carlo D'Angelo
- June 24 — Bud Westmore
- June 25 — Frank Hagney
- July 2 — George Macready
- July 3 — Wally Westmore
- July 6 — Patrick McVey
- July 12 — Lon Chaney Jr.
- August 4 — Sam Katzman
- August 10 — Douglas Kennedy
- August 11 — Peggie Castle
- August 11 — Ichiro Sugai
- August 18 — Frank Mills
- August 27 — Kenneth J. Warren
- September 18 — Nora Nicholson
- September 19 — Bobby Gilbert
- September 20 — Glenn Strange
- September 23 — Charles Previn
Movie Premieres
- February 26 — Stranded in Space
- March 17 — Godzilla vs. Megalon (Japan)
Events
- March 27 — At the 45th Academy Awards, Francis Ford Coppola wins the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for The Godfather.
- July 11 — Ann-Margret receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6501 Hollywood Blvd.
- October 20 — Marcy Lafferty and William Shatner get married.