Births[]
- February 23 — Joshua Fredric Smith
- June 6 — Erin Lilley
- December 18 — Baron Vaughn
Deaths[]
- January 3 — Ivan Triesault
- January 17 — Marcia Knight
- January 20 — Don Mason
- February — Doris Rich
- February 4 — Don Torpin
- February 6 — Franz Schafheitlin
- February 8 — Yuli Kun
- February 11 — Oldrich Lukes
- February 13 — David Janssen
- March 1 — Catherine Finn
- March 17 — Farciot Edouart
- March 18 — Richard Caffey
- March 30 — David Sharpe
- April — Jan Kayne
- April 15 — Raymond Bailey
- April 15 — Marshall Reed
- April 25 — Mario Bava
- June 19 — Bill Giorgio
- June 30 — Thomas Browne Henry
- July — Phillip St. George
- July 7 — Daniel White
- July 15 — Norman Stevans
- July 22 — Vsevolod Tyagushev
- August 1 — Strother Martin
- August 17 — Nino Dal Fabbro
- August 25 — Gower Champion
- August 26 — Knox Manning
- September 1 — Frank McCoy
- September 3 — Dirch Passer
- October 6 — Ray Walker
- October 17 — Edwin Max
- October 19 — Raúl Lavista
- November 6 — Newton P. Jacobs
- November 8 — Julian Wintle
- November 25 — Dick Haynes
- December 13 — Ray Buffum
- December 16 — Jan Fethke
- December 19 — Ralph E. Black
- December 20 — Tadashi Yamauchi
- December 25 — Karel Stepanek
- December 29 — Roy Engel
- December 29 — Larry Dunn
- December 30 — Frank Baker
Movie Premieres[]
- February 14 — The Pumaman (Italy)
- July — Hangar 18
- November — The Day Time Ended (U.S.)
Events[]
- April 14 — The first volume of The Golden Turkey Awards is published.
- April 14 — At the 52nd Academy Awards, Nick Allder, Brian Johnson, Carlo Rambaldi, H. R. Giger, and Dennis Ayling win the Best Visual Effects Award for Alien.