Deaths
- January 10 — Arthur Batanides
- January 27 — Loretta Agar
- February 7 — Robert Montgomery Jr.
- February 8 — Sidney Hayers
- February 9 — Buck Young
- February 24 — Duke Hobbie
- March 3 — Tommy Thompson
- March 15 — Wally Rose
- April 25 — Alla Larionova
- May 1 — Steve Reeves
- May 8 — X Brands
- May 10 — Craig Stevens
- May 12 — Henning Schellerup
- May 20 — Edward Bernds
- May 31 — Andrew Faulds
- June 18 — Derek Sydney
- June 28 — Michael Ripper
- July 2 — Dana Bertolette
- July 18 — Roberto Contreras
- July 22 — Eric Christmas
- July 27 — Val Dufour
- July 30 — Max Showalter
- July 30 — Nan Leslie
- August 14 — John Milford
- August 19 — Lee Sholem
- August 25 — Jack Nitzsche
- August 30 — Joseph H. Lewis
- September 19 — Gloria Talbott
- September 19 — Ann Doran
- September 21 — R. Wright Campbell
- November 11 — Rayford Barnes
- December 2 — David Commons
- December 3 — Jun Fukuda
- December 10 — Marie Windsor
- December 20 — Richard Hazard
- December 23 — Billy Barty
- December 26 — Leo Gordon
- December 29 — Herb Willis
Home Media Releases
- March 21 — The Side Hackers
- March 21 — The Creeping Terror
- March 21 — Bloodlust!
- April 25 — Eegah (DVD)
- April 25 — The Brain That Wouldn't Die (DVD)
- November 1 — Play MST for Me 3: the Music of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Events
- March 26 — At the 72nd Academy Awards, Gregg Rudloff, John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, and David Lee win the Best Sound Award for The Matrix.
- June 20 — The book Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese is published.
