Births[]
- February 7 — Alessandro Prete
- May 24 — Kevin Carvell
- October 21 — Dee Caspary
- November 2 — Danny Cooksey
Deaths[]
- Víctor Velázquez
- January 1 — Arthur Pierson
- January 28 — Jaime Contreras
- March 11 — Eugene C. Stone
- March 11 — Ray Heinz
- March 20 — Achille Piazzi
- March 22 — Paul Verhoeven
- May 8 — Sid Sidman
- May 11 — Fred Maguire
- May 25 — Arthur Nelson
- May 31 — John Roy
- June 6 — George Worthing Yates
- June 19 — Krista Nell
- June 21 — David Tamkin
- June 27 — Chester Jones
- July 25 — Povl Wøldike
- August 1 — Howard Joslin
- August 2 — Jean Yarbrough
- August 2 — Muir Mathieson
- August 13 — Oliver Emert
- August 14 — Robert A. Terry
- August 23 — Hank Patterson
- August 25 — Joseph Kane
- August 28 — Al Zimbalist
- September 8 — John Mylong
- September 20 — Ikio Sawamura
- October 2 — Wade Crosby
- October 5 — Fyodor Provorov
- October 23 — Barboura Morris
- October 24 — Martin Boddey
- November 1 — Troy Patterson
- November 20 — William Bagdad
- November 24 — Paul Vogel
- December 1 — Jack Chefe
- December 22 — Gordon Zahler
Movie Premieres[]
- August 13 — The Land That Time Forgot (U.S.)
- September 10 — Mitchell
- October 16 — The Giant Spider Invasion
Television Premieres[]
Events[]
- March 19 — Ernest Gold receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6434 Hollywood Blvd.
- April 8 — At the 47th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Francis Ford Coppola wins the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards for The Godfather Part II.
- George R. Nelson, Dean Tavoularis, and Angelo P. Graham win the Best Art Direction Award for The Godfather Part II.
- Joseph Biroc and Fred J. Koenekamp win the Best Cinematography Award for The Towering Inferno.
- Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress win the Best Editing Award for The Towering Inferno.