1969 in film

The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

 * January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36.
 * June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London.
 * July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
 * July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (Me, Natalie).
 * Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive.
 * August 8 - Kirk Kerkorian buys 24% of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the biggest shareholder.
 * August 9 - Tate murders: Sharon Tate, the 26-year-old pregnant actress, model and Roman Polanski's wife, is murdered by Charles Manson's "Family" at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, aside three friends and an unrelated man.
 * September 20 - Injun Trouble was released, becoming the final entry of Merrie Melodies before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down.
 * November 10 - Elvis Presley's film career ends with the release of Change of Habit.
 * Jack and Jill: A Postscript becomes the first feature film to receive an Australian Film Institute Award.

Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Želimir Žilnik, Yugoslavia

By country/region

 * List of American films of 1969
 * List of Argentine films of 1969
 * List of Australian films of 1969
 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1969
 * List of British films of 1969
 * List of Canadian films of 1969
 * List of French films of 1969
 * List of Hong Kong films of 1969
 * List of Indian films of 1969
 * List of Hindi films of 1969
 * List of Kannada films of 1969
 * List of Malayalam films of 1969
 * List of Marathi films of 1969
 * List of Tamil films of 1969
 * List of Telugu films of 1969
 * List of Japanese films of 1969
 * List of Mexican films of 1969
 * List of Pakistani films of 1969
 * List of South Korean films of 1969
 * List of Soviet films of 1969
 * List of Spanish films of 1969

By genre/medium

 * List of action films of 1969
 * List of animated feature films of 1969
 * List of avant-garde films of 1969
 * List of comedy films of 1969
 * List of drama films of 1969
 * List of horror films of 1969
 * List of science fiction films of 1969
 * List of thriller films of 1969
 * List of western films of 1969

Notable films released in 1969

 * Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

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 * 100 Rifles, starring Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds

A

 * Ådalen 31, directed by Bo Widerberg – (Sweden)
 * Adelheid, directed by František Vláčil – (Czechoslovakia)
 * The Adjutant of His Excellency (Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Age of Consent, directed by Michael Powell, starring James Mason and Helen Mirren – (Australia)
 * Alfred the Great, starring David Hemmings – (U.K.)
 * Alice's Restaurant, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Arlo Guthrie
 * All Monsters Attack (Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki, also known as Godzilla's Revenge), directed by Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
 * All My Compatriots (Všichni dobří rodáci) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Angel in My Pocket, starring Andy Griffith
 * Anne of the Thousand Days, starring Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, John Colicos, Anthony Quayle – winner of 4 Golden Globes – (U.K.)
 * The April Fools, starring Jack Lemmon, Catherine Deneuve, Peter Lawford
 * Aradhana (Worship) – (India)
 * Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Lino Ventura and Simone Signoret – (France)
 * The Arrangement, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Kirk Douglas and Deborah Kerr
 * Arthur? Arthur!, starring Shelley Winters, Terry-Thomas, Tammy Grimes
 * The Assassination Bureau, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas – (U.K.)

B

 * Ballad of Carl-Henning (Balladen om Carl-Henning) – (Denmark)
 * Bambi Meets Godzilla, very short cult film by Marv Newland
 * Battle of Britain, starring Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer – (U.K.)
 * Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi), starring Sergei Bondarchuk and Yul Brynner – (Yugoslavia)
 * The Bed-Sitting Room, directed by Richard Lester, starring Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Marty Feldman – (U.K.)
 * Before Winter Comes, starring David Niven – (U.K.)
 * The Big Bounce, starring Ryan O'Neal and Leigh Taylor-Young
 * Blue Movie, directed by Andy Warhol
 * Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon
 * Boy (Shonen), directed by Nagisa Oshima – (Japan)
 * A Boy Named Charlie Brown
 * The Brain (Le Cerveau), starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven – (France/Italy)
 * The Bridge at Remagen, starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, Robert Vaughn
 * The Brothers Karamazov (Bratya Karamazovy) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * Burn! (Queimada), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, starring Marlon Brando – (Italy)
 * The Bushbaby, directed by John Trent and starring Margaret Brooks and Lou Gossett
 * Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross

C

 * Cactus Flower, starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn
 * Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, starring Anthony Newley and Joan Collins
 * Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, starring Robert Ryan and Chuck Connors
 * Carry On Camping, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor – (U.K.)
 * Castle Keep, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk
 * The Chairman, starring Gregory Peck
 * Change of Habit, starring Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner
 * Chastity, starring Cher
 * Che!, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Omar Sharif and Jack Palance
 * The Color of Pomegranates (Nran guyne) – (U.S.S.R.)
 * The Comic, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Dick Van Dyke
 * Il Commissario Pepe (Police Chief pepe), starring Ugo Tognazzi – (Italy)
 * The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, starring Kurt Russell
 * The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol) – (Czechoslovakia)

D

 * The Damned (La caduta degli dei), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Dirk Bogarde and Ingrid Thulin – (Italy/West Germany)
 * Daughter of the Mind, starring Don Murray and Ray Milland
 * De Sade, starring Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, John Huston – (U.S./West Germany)
 * Death of a Gunfighter, starring Richard Widmark and Lena Horne
 * Dillinger Is Dead (Dillinger è morto), starring Michel Piccoli and Anita Pallenberg – (Italy)
 * Don't Drink the Water, directed by Howard Morris, written by Woody Allen, starring Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell, Michael Constantine
 * Do Raaste (Two Roads) – (India)
 * Doppelgänger, starring Roy Thinnes, Lynn Loring, Herbert Lom
 * Double Suicide (Shinjū: Ten no amijima) – (Japan)
 * Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv
 * The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro), directed by Glauber Rocha – (Brazil)

E

 * Easy Rider, directed by and starring Dennis Hopper, with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson
 * End of a Priest (Farářův konec) – (Czechoslovakia)
 * Eros Plus Massacre (Erosu purasu gyakusatsu) – (Japan)
 * Everything for Sale (Wszystko na sprzedaż), written and directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
 * The Exquisite Cadaver (Las crueles), starring Capucine – (Spain)
 * The Extraordinary Seaman, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda
 * Eye of the Cat, starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker

F

 * Fellini Satyricon, directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
 * Flashback, directed by Raffaele Andreassi – (Italy)
 * Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, directed by Terence Fisher, starring Peter Cushing – (U.K.)
 * Fraulein Doktor, starring Suzy Kendall, Kenneth More, Capucine
 * Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no Sōretsu), by Toshio Matsumoto – (Japan)

G

 * Gaily, Gaily, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, George Kennedy, Margot Kidder
 * A Gentle Woman (Une femme douce), directed by Robert Bresson, starring Dominique Sanda – (France)
 * The Girl from Rio, starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler and George Sanders – (Spain/West Germany/U.S.)
 * Goodbye, Columbus, starring Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw and Jack Klugman
 * Goodbye, Mr. Chips, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark
 * Good Morning, My Dear Wife, starring Salah Zulfikar and Nelly – (Egypt)
 * Goyokin, directed by Hideo Gosha – (Japan)
 * The Grasshopper, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown
 * The Great Love (Le grand amour) – (France)
 * Guns of the Magnificent Seven, directed by Paul Wendkos, starring George Kennedy and James Whitmore
 * The Gypsy Moths, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Bonnie Bedelia

H

 * Hail, Hero! directed by David Miller Starring Michael Douglas and Peter Strauss.
 * Hamlet, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Nicol Williamson, Marianne Faithfull, Anthony Hopkins – (U.K.)
 * Handcuffs (Lisice) – (Yugoslavia)
 * Hannibal Brooks, starring Oliver Reed
 * The Happy Ending, starring Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones, Lloyd Bridges and Teresa Wright
 * Hard Contract, starring James Coburn, Lee Remick, Burgess Meredith – (U.K.)
 * The Haunted House of Horror (a.k.a. Horror House or The Dark), starring Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth – (U.K.)
 * Hello, Dolly!, directed by Gene Kelly, starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Tommy Tune, Louis Armstrong
 * Hello Down There, starring Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Jim Backus, Charlotte Rae, Ken Berry, Roddy McDowall, Richard Dreyfuss
 * Honeycomb (La madriguera), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin – (Spain)
 * The Honeymoon Killers, starring Tony LoBianco and Shirley Stoler
 * Hook, Line & Sinker, starring Jerry Lewis and Peter Lawford
 * How to Commit Marriage, starring Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman, Tina Louise, Maureen Arthur, Leslie Nielsen
 * Heaven Is Never a Great Distance, starring Mohammad Ali Fardin – Iran

I

 * If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, starring Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Michael Constantine
 * I'm an Elephant, Madame (Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame) – (West Germany)
 * The Italian Job, directed by Peter Collinson, starring Michael Caine and Noël Coward – (U.K.)
 * The Illustrated Man, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom
 * It's Tough Being a Man (Otoko wa tsurai yo) – (Japan)
 * Ittefaq, starring Rajesh Khanna – (India)

J

 * Jackal of Nahueltoro (El Chacal de Nahueltoro) – (Chile)
 * John and Mary, starring Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow

K

 * Katrina – (South Africa)
 * Katzelmacher, directed by and starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder with Hanna Schygulla – (West Germany)
 * Kes, directed by Ken Loach – (U.K.)
 * Khamoshi (Silence) – (India)

L

 * L'amour fou, directed by Jacques Rivette – (France)
 * The Land (Al-ard), directed by Youssef Chahine – (Egypt)
 * Larks on a String (Skřivánci na niti), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czechoslovakia) – banned until 1990
 * Last Summer, starring Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison, Catherine Burns
 * Laughter in the Dark (La Chambre obscure), directed by Tony Richardson, starring Nicol Williamson and Anna Karina – (France/U.K.)
 * Law and Order, directed by Frederick Wiseman (made for television)
 * The Learning Tree, directed by Gordon Parks
 * Lions Love, directed by Agnès Varda
 * Lock Up Your Daughters, starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Glynis Johns
 * Lost Flight, starring Anne Francis, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Dee Williams
 * The Lost Man, starring Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus
 * The Love God?, directed by Nat Hiken, starring Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Maureen Arthur
 * Love Is Colder Than Death (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder – (West Germany)

M

 * Machine Gun McCain, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk
 * Mackenna's Gold, starring Gregory Peck, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, and Omar Sharif
 * Macunaíma, directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade – (Brazil)
 * The Madwoman of Chaillot, starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Yul Brynner, Charles Boyer, John Gavin, Danny Kaye
 * The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Raquel Welch – (U.K.)
 * Marlowe, directed by Paul Bogart, starring James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Carroll O'Connor, Bruce Lee
 * Marooned, directed by John Sturges, starring Gregory Peck, David Janssen, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman
 * Marquis de Sade: Justine, starring Romina Power, Klaus Kinski, Jack Palance – (Italy)
 * Medea, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Maria Callas – (Italy/France/West Germany)
 * Medium Cool, directed by Haskell Wexler, starring Robert Forster, Marianna Hill, Peter Bonerz
 * Midas Run, starring Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Fred Astaire
 * Midnight Cowboy, directed by John Schlesinger, screenplay by Waldo Salt, starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman
 * The Milky Way (La voie lactée), directed by Luis Buñuel – (France/Italy/West Germany)
 * Mississippi Mermaid (La sirène du Mississipi [sic]), directed by François Truffaut, starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo – (France)
 * The Monitors, starring Guy Stockwell and Susan Oliver
 * Mon oncle Benjamin (My Uncle Benjamin) – (France)
 * Monsieur Hawarden – (Belgium/Netherlands)
 * Monte Carlo or Bust!, aka Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies, starring Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore – (U.K./France/Italy)
 * More, directed by Barbet Schroeder, starring Mimsy Farmer and Klaus Grünberg – (France/West Germany)
 * More Dead Than Alive, starring Clint Walker and Anne Francis
 * Mosquito Squadron, starring David McCallum – (U.K.)
 * My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud), directed by Éric Rohmer – (France)

N

 * The Night of Counting the Years (Al-Mummia) – (Egypt)
 *  Nightmare in Wax, starring Cameron Mitchell and Anne Helm
 * Number One, starring Charlton Heston, Jessica Walter, Bruce Dern

O

 * The Oblong Box, starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee
 * Oh! What a Lovely War, directed by Richard Attenborough, starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Mills – (U.K.)
 * On Her Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby (as James Bond), with Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas – (U.K.)

P

 * Paint Your Wagon, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, with songs by Lerner and Loewe
 * The Passion of Anna, directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson – (Sweden)
 * Phantom India, directed by Louis Malle – (France; made for television)
 * Pigsty (Porcile), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini – (Italy)
 * La Piscine (The Swimming Pool), starring Alain Delon and Romy Schneider – (France)
 * Play Dirty, starring Michael Caine – (U.K.)
 * Popi, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Alan Arkin and Rita Moreno
 * The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Maggie Smith (Academy Award winner) – (U.K.)
 * The Promise, starring John Castle and Ian McKellen – (U.K.)
 * Putney Swope, directed by Robert Downey, Sr.

Q

 * A Quiet Place in the Country (Un tranquillo posto di campagna), starring Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave – (Italy/France)

R

 * The Rain People, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Caan, Robert Duvall, Shirley Knight
 * Rani Radovi (Early Years) – Golden Bear winner – (Yugoslavia)
 * Rascal, starring Bill Mumy and Steve Forrest
 * The Red Tent (Krasnaya palatka) – (U.S.S.R./Italy/U.K.)
 * The Reivers, based on the novel by William Faulkner, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Steve McQueen, Rupert Crosse, Sharon Farrell, Mitch Vogel, Will Geer, narrated by Burgess Meredith
 * La residencia (The Boarding School), starring Lilli Palmer – (Spain)
 * Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie), directed by René Clément, starring Charles Bronson and Marlène Jobert – (France)
 * Ring of Bright Water, starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna – (U.K.)
 * Riot, starring Jim Brown and Gene Hackman
 * The Royal Hunt of the Sun, starring Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer – (U.K./U.S.)

S

 * Sabata, starring Lee Van Cleef – (Italy)
 * Salesman, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
 * Sam Whiskey, starring Burt Reynolds and Angie Dickinson
 * Satyakam, starring Dharmendra and Ashok Kumar – (India)
 * The Secret of Santa Vittoria, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Anthony Quinn and Anna Magnani
 * Shining Star, starring Ahmad Ghadakchian and Forouzan – (Iran)
 * Shinsengumi, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
 * The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des siciliens), starring Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura – (France)
 * Sinful Davey, directed by John Huston, starring John Hurt
 * Slaves, directed by Herbert Biberman, starring Dionne Warwick, Ossie Davis and Stephen Boyd
 * Some Girls Do, starring Richard Johnson and Daliah Lavi
 * Some Kind of a Nut, starring Dick Van Dyke, Rosemary Forsyth and Angie Dickinson
 * The Sorrow and the Pity, directed by Marcel Ophuls – (France)
 * The Southern Star, starring George Segal, Orson Welles and Ursula Andress
 * Staircase, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Rex Harrison and Richard Burton
 * The Sterile Cuckoo, starring Liza Minnelli
 * Stiletto, starring Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Joseph Wiseman and Patrick O'Neal
 * Support Your Local Sheriff!, starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan and Jack Elam
 * Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Shirley MacLaine

T

 * Take the Money and Run, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Janet Margolin and Louise Lasser
 * A Talent for Loving, directed by Richard Quine, starring Richard Widmark, Cesar Romero, Topol, Fran Jeffries
 * They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Jane Fonda, Gig Young, Michael Sarrazin, Red Buttons
 * Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, starring Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake
 * The Great Bank Robbery
 * This Man Must Die (Que la bête meure), directed by Claude Chabrol – (France/Italy)
 * Three Into Two Won't Go, starring Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Peggy Ashcroft
 * Till Death Us Do Part, starring Warren Mitchell and Dandy Nichols – (U.K.)
 * A Time for Dying, starring Audie Murphy and Anne Randall
 * Topaz, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Frederick Stafford, John Forsythe, John Vernon, Roscoe Lee Browne
 * Troika, directed by Fredric Hobbs, starring Hobbs, Richard Faun, Morgan Upton, Nate Thurmond, and Gloria Rossi
 * The Trouble with Girls, directed by Peter Tewksbury, starring Elvis Presley, Vincent Price, Dabney Coleman, Sheree North, John Carradine, Susan Olsen
 * True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Jeff Corey, Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, Dennis Hopper
 * Twinky, starring Charles Bronson and Susan George – (U.K.)

U

 * Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight – (Japan)
 * The Undefeated, starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson
 * The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran – (France)

V

 * The Valley of Gwangi, starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen completing work by Willis O'Brien
 * Viimne reliikvia, directed by Grigori Kromanov (Estonian SSR, U.S.S.R.)
 * Viva Max!, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, John Astin, Jonathan Winters

W

 * The Wedding Party, directed by Wilford Leach, Brian De Palma and Cynthia Monroe
 * What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, starring Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon and Rosemary Forsyth
 * What's Good for the Goose, starring Norman Wisdom and Sally Geeson – (U.K.)
 * Where It's At, starring David Janssen and Rosemary Forsyth
 * Where's Jack?, starring Stanley Baker and Tommy Steele – (U.K.)
 * White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni), directed by Vladimir Motyl – (U.S.S.R.)
 * The Wild Bunch, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates
 * Winning, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Richard Thomas, Robert Wagner
 * The Witness (A tanu), directed by Péter Bacsó – (Hungary)
 * Women in Love, directed by Ken Russell, starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson – (U.K.)
 * The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (Nagagutsu o Haita Neko), directed by Kimio Yabuki – (Japan)
 * The Wrecking Crew, starring Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan, Tina Louise and Sharon Tate

Y

 * Young Billy Young, starring Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jr.

Z

 * Z, directed by Costa Gavras, starring Yves Montand and Irene Papas – (France/Algeria)

Short film series

 * Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
 * Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
 * Cool Cat (1967—1969)
 * Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967—1969)
 * The Pink Panther (1963–1969, 1971–1977, 1978–1980)
 * The Inspector (1965-1969)
 * The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971)
 * Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971)
 * Tijuana Toads (1969–1972)
 * Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949, 1951–1972)
 * Chilly Willy (1955–1972)
 * The Beary Family (1962–1972)

Births

 * January 1
 * Morris Chestnut, American actor
 * Mr. Lawrence, American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director
 * Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018)
 * January 2
 * Nicholas Gleaves, English actor
 * Tommy Morrison, American professional boxer, mixed martial artist and actor (died 2013)
 * January 3 - John Ales, American actor
 * January 5 - Shea Whigham, American actor
 * January 6 - Norman Reedus, American actor
 * January 8 - Ami Dolenz, American former actress
 * January 14 – Jason Bateman, American actor
 * January 15 - Meret Becker, German actress and singer
 * January 17 – James Waterston, American actor
 * January 18 – Dave Bautista, American actor and former professional wrestler
 * January 20 - Reno Wilson, American actor
 * January 21
 * Karina Lombard, Tahitan actress
 * Matt Willig, American actor and former football player
 * January 22 - Olivia d'Abo, British actress and singer
 * January 27 – Patton Oswalt, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer
 * January 28 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
 * February 3 - Shane Rangi, New Zealand actor
 * February 4 - Brandy Ledford, American actress and model
 * February 5
 * Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter and actor
 * Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and producer
 * February 6
 * April Haney, American former actress and singer
 * Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese actor and singer
 * David Hayter, Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
 * February 8
 * Brian Krause, American actor
 * Mary McCormack, American actress
 * February 11
 * Jennifer Aniston, American actress
 * Lee Tockar, Canadian voice actor and visual artist
 * February 12 - Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer and screenwriter
 * February 13 - Andrew Bryniarski, American actor
 * February 15 - James Riordan, American actor
 * February 22 - Thomas Jane, American actor
 * February 26 - Steve Agee, American comedian, actor, writer and musician
 * February 28 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
 * March 1 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
 * March 8 - Don Hall, American director, voice actor and writer
 * March 10
 * Paget Brewster, American actress
 * Dave Sheridan, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician
 * March 11 – Terrence Howard, American actor
 * March 15 - Kim Raver, American actress and producer
 * March 16 - Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian
 * March 17 - Patrick Van Horn, American actor
 * March 19 - Connor Trinneer, American actor
 * March 23 - Richard Cadell, Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter
 * March 27 - Kevin Corrigan, American character actor
 * March 28 - Brett Ratner, American director and producer
 * April 2 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor
 * April 3 – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
 * April 6 – Paul Rudd, American actor
 * April 21
 * Toby Stephens, English actor
 * Joel de la Fuente, American actor
 * April 23 – Byron Thames, American actor
 * April 24 - Rory McCann, Scottish actor
 * April 25
 * Gina Torres, American actress
 * Renée Zellweger, American actress
 * April 29 - Paul Adelstein, American actor
 * May 1 – Wes Anderson, American director
 * May 2 - Karel Dobrý, Czech actor
 * May 10 - Lenny Venito, American actor
 * May 12 - Kim Fields, American actress and director
 * May 14 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
 * May 15 - Kirk DeMicco, American filmmaker
 * May 22 - Michael Kelly, American actor
 * May 24 – Carl Anthony Payne II, American actor
 * May 25 – Anne Heche, American actress (died 2022)
 * May 27 - Glenn Ficarra, American screenwriter, director and producer
 * June 1 – Teri Polo, American actress
 * June 4
 * Rob Huebel, American actor, comedian and writer
 * Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born American actor and comedian
 * June 6 - Nina Sosanya, English actress and narrator
 * June 7
 * Adam Buxton, English actor, comedian and writer
 * Kim Rhodes, American actress
 * Anthony Simcoe, Australian actor
 * June 8 - J. P. Manoux, American actor, director and writer
 * June 9 - Josh Hamilton, American actor
 * June 11 – Peter Dinklage, American actor
 * June 15 – Ice Cube, American actor and rapper
 * June 18 - Ella Kenion, English comedy actress
 * June 19 - Sean Anders, American director and screenwriter
 * June 21 - Lloyd Avery II, American actor (died 2006)
 * June 23 - Martin Klebba, American character actor and stunt performer
 * June 24 - Jensen Daggett, American actress
 * June 28
 * Tichina Arnold, American actress
 * Angeline Ball, Irish actress
 * Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
 * June 29 - Aleks Paunovic, Canadian actor
 * July 3 - Gedeon Burkhard, German actor
 * July 4 - Charles Paraventi, American-born Brazilian actor
 * July 5 - RZA, American rapper, actor and filmmaker
 * July 6 - Brian Van Holt, American actor
 * July 7 - Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
 * July 10
 * Jamie Glover, English actor
 * Gale Harold, American Actor
 * July 13 - Ken Jeong, American stand-up comedian, actor and producer
 * July 17
 * Jason Clarke, Australian actor
 * Kazuki Kitamura, Japanese actor
 * July 19 - Bodhi Elfman, American actor
 * July 20 - Josh Holloway, American actor
 * July 21 – Godfrey, American actor, comedian
 * July 22 – James Arnold Taylor, American actor, writer and producer
 * July 24
 * Rick Fox, Canadian-Bahamian former basketball player and actor
 * Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer
 * July 25 - Dave B. Mitchell, American voice actor
 * July 28
 * Alexis Arquette, American actress (died 2016)
 * Noma Dumezweni, British actress
 * July 30 - Simon Baker, Australian actor
 * July 31 - Loren Dean, American actor
 * August 4 – Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor
 * August 5
 * Chuck Campbell, Canadian actor and comedian
 * Kim Mai Guest, American voice actress
 * August 6 - Chris Edgerly, American voice actor, comedian and singer
 * August 8 - Chris Beetem, American actor
 * August 15 - Kimberley Kates, American actress and producer
 * August 16 - Kate Higgins, American voice actress and singer
 * August 17 - Donnie Wahlberg, American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and producer
 * August 18
 * Edward Norton, American actor
 * Christian Slater, American actor
 * August 19
 * Viveka Davis, American actress
 * Matthew Perry, Canadian-American actor (died 2023)
 * August 21 - Nathan Jones, Australian actor and former professional wrestler
 * August 24 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor and producer
 * August 27 - Reece Shearsmith, English actor, writer and comedian
 * August 28 – Jack Black, American actor, comedian, musician
 * September 3 - Noah Baumbach, American director and screenwriter
 * September 4 - Noah Taylor, Australian actor
 * September 7 - Angie Everhart, American actress
 * September 13
 * Ace Bhatti, British actor
 * Dominic Fumusa, American actor
 * Tyler Perry, American actor
 * September 14
 * Bong Joon-ho, Korean director and screenwriter
 * Oscar Kightley, Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, director and comedian
 * September 21 - Ivan Shvedoff, Russian actor
 * September 22 - Sue Perkins, English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer
 * September 23
 * Crispin Bonham-Carter, English actor
 * Shaw Jones, American actor
 * September 25 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
 * September 26 - David Slade, British director and actor
 * September 29 – Erika Eleniak, American actress
 * September 30
 * Silas Weir Mitchell, American character actor
 * Mark Smith, British actor
 * October 1 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor
 * October 3 – Gwen Stefani, American singer, songwriter and actress
 * October 4 - Abraham Benrubi, American actor
 * October 7 - Bobbie Brown, American actress
 * October 8
 * Jeremy Davies, American actor
 * Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor
 * October 9 – Steve McQueen, English director
 * October 10
 * Manu Bennett, New Zealand actor
 * Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress and comedian
 * October 15 – Dominic West, English actor
 * October 17
 * Wood Harris, American actor
 * Kevin Stea, American actor, singer and director
 * Nancy Sullivan, American actress, television presenter, and screenwriter
 * October 19
 * Roger Cross, Jamaican-born Canadian actor
 * Trey Parker, American actor, creator of South Park
 * October 22 - Spike Jonze, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
 * October 25 - Nika Futterman, American actress, voice actress and singer
 * October 26 - Robert Maillet, Canadian actor and former professional wrestler
 * November 4 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor
 * November 10
 * Jennifer Cody, American dancer and actress
 * Ellen Pompeo, American actress
 * November 13 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
 * November 19 - Erika Alexander, American actress, writer and producer
 * November 20 - Callie Thorne, American actress
 * November 21 - John Ortiz, American actor
 * November 27
 * Elizabeth Marvel, American actress
 * Chin Han, Singaporean actor
 * November 28
 * Martin Cummins, Canadian actor
 * Colman Domingo, American actor, writer and director
 * November 30
 * Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer and screenwriter
 * Conan Stevens, Australian actor
 * Chris Weitz, American director, screenwriter and producer
 * December 5 - Eric Etebari, Iranian-American actor
 * Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian and writer
 * December 7 - Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality (died 2011)
 * December 9 - Allison Smith, American actress, singer, writer and director
 * December 10 - Stephen Billington, English actor
 * December 11 - Max Martini, American actor, writer and director
 * December 13 - Tony Curran, Scottish actor
 * December 15
 * Adriana Esteves, Brazilian actress
 * Ralph Ineson, English actor and narrator
 * December 19 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
 * December 21 – Julie Delpy, French actress
 * December 27 - Sarah Vowell, American actress
 * December 29
 * Jennifer Ehle, American actress
 * Patrick Fischler, American character actor

Deaths

 * January 1 – Barton MacLane, 66, American actor, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
 * January 3 – Howard McNear, 63, American actor, Anatomy of a Murder, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Blue Hawaii, Follow That Dream
 * January 4 – Violet and Daisy Hilton, 60, English conjoined twins, actresses, appeared in film Freaks
 * January 8 – Leslie Goodwins, 69, English director, The Mummy's Curse, Mexican Spitfire
 * January 27 – Charles Winninger, 84, American actor, Destry Rides Again, The Sun Shines Bright
 * February 2 – Boris Karloff, 81, English actor, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Raven
 * February 5 – Thelma Ritter, 66, American actress, Rear Window, All About Eve
 * February 9 – Gabby Hayes, 83, American actor, The Man from Utah, In Old Oklahoma
 * February 11 – James Lanphier, 48, American actor, The Pink Panther, The Party
 * February 19 - Madge Blake, 69, American actress, The Long, Long Trailer, Batman
 * February 23 - Madhubala, 36, Indian actress, Mahal, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mughal-E-Azam
 * February 27 – John Boles, 73, American actor, Frankenstein, Stella Dallas
 * March 18 – Barbara Bates, 43, American actress, The Caddy, All About Eve
 * March 19 – Lola Braccini, 79, Italian actress, My Little One, What a Distinguished Family
 * March 25 – Alan Mowbray, 72, British actor, Terror by Night, My Darling Clementine
 * April 2 – Fortunio Bonanova, 74, Spanish actor, Citizen Kane, An Affair to Remember
 * April 23 – Krzysztof Komeda, 37, Polish composer, Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers
 * May 3 – Karl Freund, 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director, Metropolis, The Mummy, Key Largo
 * May 24
 * Paul Birch, 57, American actor, The Gun Runners, Gunmen from Laredo
 * Mitzi Green, 48, American actress, Lost in Alaska, Skippy
 * May 27 – Jeffrey Hunter, 42, American actor, The Searchers, King of Kings
 * June 2 – Leo Gorcey, 51, American actor, Ghost Chasers, Spook Busters
 * June 8 – Robert Taylor, 57, American actor, Quo Vadis, Camille, Bataan, Ivanhoe
 * June 10 – Frank Lawton, 64, English actor, A Night to Remember, The Devil-Doll
 * June 13 – Martita Hunt, 70, Argentine-English actress, Becket, Great Expectations
 * June 19 – Natalie Talmadge, 73, American silent screen actress, Our Hospitality, Intolerance
 * June 20 – Rudolf Schwarzkogler, 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker, Satisfaction
 * June 22 – Judy Garland, 47, American actress and singer, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born
 * June 23 – Stanley Andrews, 77, American actor, West of Wyoming, Across the Badlands, Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
 * July 5 - Lambert Hillyer, 75, American director, Dracula's Daughter, Batman
 * July 5 – Leo McCarey, 72, American director, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way
 * July 7 - Erskine Sanford, 83, American actor, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons
 * July 8 – Gladys Swarthout, 68, American singer, Romance in the Dark, Give Us This Night
 * July 13 - Bess Meredyth, 79, American screenwriter, The Unsuspected, Charlie Chan at the Opera
 * July 15 - Peter van Eyck, 57, Polish actor, The Wages of Fear, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
 * July 17 - Harry Benham, 85, American actor, Nicholas Nickleby
 * July 18 - Barbara Pepper, 54, American actress, The Rogues Tavern, Kiss Me, Stupid
 * July 26 – Raymond Walburn, 81, American actor, High, Wide, and Handsome, Third Finger, Left Hand
 * August 1 – Donald Keith, 65, American actor, The Plastic Age, Parisian Love
 * August 9 – Sharon Tate, 26, American actress, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Valley of the Dolls
 * August 14 – Sigrid Gurie, 58, American actress, Algiers, The Adventures of Marco Polo
 * August 15 – William Goetz, 66, American producer, studio executive, Sayonara, Les Misérables
 * August 18 – Mildred Davis, 68, American actress, Safety Last!, Grandma’s Boy
 * August 26 – Martin Miller, 69, Czech actor, 55 Days at Peking, The Pink Panther
 * September 14 – James Anderson, 48, American actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, Take the Money and Run
 * September 19 – Rex Ingram, 73, American actor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Thief of Bagdad
 * October 8 – Eduardo Ciannelli, 81, Italian actor, Gunga Din, Strange Cargo
 * October 12 – Sonja Henie, 57, Norwegian actress, former Olympic ice skater, Sun Valley Serenade, One in a Million
 * October 15 – Rod La Rocque, 70, American actor, Meet John Doe, The Shadow Strikes
 * October 28 – Constance Dowling, 49, American actress, Up in Arms, The Well-Groomed Bride
 * November 5 – Lloyd Corrigan, 69, American actor, Son of Paleface, The Thin Man Goes Home
 * November 8 – Dave O'Brien, 57, American actor, Captain Midnight, Brand of the Devil
 * December 3 – Ruth White, 55, American actress, To Kill a Mockingbird, No Way to Treat a Lady
 * December 7 – Eric Portman, 68, British actor, A Canterbury Tale, The Bedford Incident
 * December 13 – Luigi Pavese, 72, Italian actor, Toto in Color, Il Mattatore
 * December 22
 * Ilse Steppat, 52, German actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
 * Josef von Sternberg, 73, Austrian director, The Blue Angel, Macao