Deaths
- January 18 — Frankie Marvin
- January 26 — Mario Petri
- January 23 — Merritt Stone
- February 8 — Tom Greenway
- February 8 — Marvin Miller
- February 10 — John Nickolaus Jr.
- February 11 — Heinz Roemheld
- February 13 — Al Jacobs
- March 25 — Arthur Millan
- April 16 — Scott Brady
- May 13 — Kenner Kemp
- June 1 — Richard Greene
- June 27 — Jane Ross
- July 3 — Nelson Leigh
- July 9 — Rafael Campos
- July 14 — William White
- July 21 — Lawrence Woolner
- July 28 — Grant Williams
- July 29 — James Nolan
- August 30 — Tom Howard
- September 6 — Jane Frazee
- September 9 — Robert Henderson
- September 23 — Mickey Simpson
- September 25 — Clark Paylow
- September 30 — Floyd Crosby
- October 2 — Sidney Clute
- October 2 — Rock Hudson
- October 4 — Gleb Strizhenov
- October 16 — Claude Stroud
- October 18 — Jun Tazaki
- October 24 — Masaichi Nagata
- October 28 — Gabor Curtiz
- November 15 — Alan Foster
- November 30 — Aaron Saxon
- December 1 — Phil Tucker
- December 26 — Harold P. Warren
Movie Premieres
- Gamera (U.S.)
- May — Final Justice
- September — Warrior of the Lost World (U.S.)
- September 1 — City Limits
- October — Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
Events
- September 18 — Gary Collins receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6922 Hollywood Blvd.