2003

Deaths

• January 12 — Kinji Fukasaku
• January 17 — Richard Crenna
• January 18 — Gavin Lyall
• February 3 — Lana Clarkson
• February 5 — René Cardona Jr.
• February 27 — Jean Sullivan
• March 2 — Fred Freiberger
• March 13 — Christiane Schmidtmer
• March 23 — Eisei Amamoto
• March 24 — Philip Yordan
• April 8 — Bing Russell
• April 17 — Ray Mendoza
• May 26 — Burr DeBenning
• May 28 — Peter MacLean
• May 28 — Helen Carscallen
• June 3 — Riccardo Petrazzi
• June 6 — Alice Lyon
• June 12 — Gregory Peck
• June 16 — Carlos Rivas
• June 24 — Alex Gordon
• June 24 — Barbara Weeks
• June 25 — Mario Cassar
• June 27 — Skip Ward
• June 28 — George Baxt
• July 4 — Tyler McVey
• July 14 — Aage Wiltrup
• July 24 — Iya Arepina
• July 28 — True Boardman
• July 30 — Marian Carr
• August 6 — Larry Taylor
• August 30 — Reg Thomason
• September 1 — Rand Brooks
• September 5 — Kir Bulychyov
• September 13 — Yelena Myshkova
• October 1 — Joy N. Houck Jr.
• October 10 — Edward Czerniuk
• October 11 — Omero Capanna
• October 16 — Mark Hanna
• October 20 — Jack Elam
• November 4 — Jorge Stahl Jr.
• November 12 — Kay E. Kuter
• November 22 — David Stern
• November 23 — Jack Pollexfen
• December 2 — Don House
• December 3 — Claire Polan
• December 19 — Les Tremayne
• December 27 — Robert Enrietto

Home Media Releases

• February 11 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 2
• April 8 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 3
• November 18 — The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 4

Events

• January 19 — Gene Hackman wins the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th Annual Golden Globes ceremony.
• April 7 — Beau Bridges receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
• April 15 — Mike Nelson's Death Rat!: A Novel by Michael J. Nelson is published.
• May 13 — Rod Lauren is arrested for the 2001 murder of his wife Nida Blanca a.k.a. Dorothy Jones.