The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...

's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', as well as two highly successful musical films, '' Funny Girl'' and '' Oliver!'', the former earning

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the

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(an honour she shared with

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for her role in '' The Lion in Winter'') and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* November 1 – The

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's film rating system is introduced.

Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968

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(Venice Film Festival): :'' Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos'' (''Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed''), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :'' Ole dole doff'' (''Who Saw Him Die?''), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden

Films released

US unless stated

January–March

*January 1968 **January 3 ***'' The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' **January 8 ***''

Wild 90 ''Wild 90'' is a 1968 experimental film directed and produced by American novelist Norman Mailer, who also plays the starring role. The film is a creative collaboration based on three friends, Norman Mailer, Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox, who are s ...

'' **January 12 ***'' Nobody's Perfect'' **January 17 ***'' The Biggest Bundle of Them All'' **January 18 ***'' Spider Baby'' **January 24 ***'' Danger: Diabolik'' (

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/ U.S.) ***''

Firecreek ''Firecreek'' is a 1968 American Western film directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda in his second role as an antagonist that year alongside Sergio Leone's ''Once Upon a Time in the West''. The film is similar ...

'' ***'' Maryjane'' ***'' Sebastian'' **January 25 ***'' Up the Junction'' **January 29 ***'' How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life'' *February 1968 **February 7 ***''

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'' ***''

Sol Madrid ''Sol Madrid'' is a 1968 film directed by Brian G. Hutton and filmed in Acapulco. It was released in the UK as ''The Heroin Gang''. The MGM film starred David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Telly Savalas and Ricardo Montalban with John Cassavetes bei ...

'' **February 8 ***'' Blackbeard's Ghost'' ***'' Sweet November'' **February 11 ***''

Charlie Bubbles ''Charlie Bubbles'' is a 1968 British comedy-drama film directed by Albert Finney in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Finney alongside Billie Whitelaw and Liza Minnelli. It was screened at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival on the 11th, ...

'' **February 18 ***''

The Money Jungle ''The Money Jungle'' is a 1968 American drama film directed by Francis D. Lyon and written by Charles A. Wallace. The film stars John Ericson, Lola Albright, Leslie Parrish, Nehemiah Persoff, Charles Drake, Kent Smith and Don Rickles. The film ...

'' **February 21 ***''

Bye Bye Braverman ''Bye Bye Braverman'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Herbert Sargent was adapted from the 1964 novel ''To an Early Grave'' by Wallace Markfield. Plot When minor writer Leslie Braverman dies suddenly ...

'' ***'' The Power'' **February 24 ***'' Kuroneko'' (

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) **February 29 ***''

The Secret War of Harry Frigg ''The Secret War of Harry Frigg'' is a 1968 American comedy war film set in World War II. It was directed by Jack Smight and stars Paul Newman. Plot Several brigadier generals (American, British, and French) are unexpectedly taken prisoner by th ...

'' *March 1968 **March 1 ***''

Day of the Evil Gun ''Day of the Evil Gun'' is a 1968 American traditional Western starring Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, and Dean Jagger. It was directed by Jerry Thorpe. Plot Angie Warfield and her two children are kidnapped by Apaches. Lorn Warfield (Glenn Ford ...

'' **March 5 ***'' Romeo and Juliet'' **March 6 ***'' P.J.'' ***''

Psych-Out ''Psych-Out'' is a 1968 American psychedelic film about hippies, psychedelic music and recreational drugs starring Susan Strasberg, Jack Nicholson (the film's leading man despite being billed under supporting player Dean Stockwell) and Bruce De ...

'' **March 8 ***'' A Man Called Gannon'' ***''

Stay Away, Joe ''Stay Away, Joe'' is a 1968 American comedy western film with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Katy Jurado and Joan Blondell. Directed by Peter Tewksbury, the film is based on the 1953 satir ...

'' **March 11 ***''

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'' **March 13 ***''

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'' **March 18 ***'' The Producers'' **March 20 ***'' No Way to Treat a Lady'' ***'' Gamera vs. Viras'' (

) **March 21 ***''

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band ''The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band'' is a 1968 American comedy musical western film from Walt Disney Productions. Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, the film is based on a biography by Laura Bower Van Nuys, directed by Michael ...

'' **March 27 ***'' Arizona Bushwhackers'' **March 29 ***'' Madigan''

April–June

*April 1968 **April 2 ***''

A Dandy in Aspic ''A Dandy in Aspic'' is a 1968 neo-noir Technicolor and Panavision British spy film, directed by Anthony Mann, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Derek Marlowe and starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, and Mia Farrow. Costumes by P ...

'' ***''

The Scalphunters ''The Scalphunters'' is a 1968 American Western film starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Telly Savalas. The film was directed by Sydney Pollack, with the score written by Elmer Bernstein. Davis was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Su ...

'' **April 3 ***'' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' ***''

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'' **April 4 ***'' The Party'' **April 10 ***''

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'' ***'' Hammerhead'' ***'' Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows'' ***'' Will Penny'' **April 14 ***''

The Bofors Gun ''The Bofors Gun'' is a 1968 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Nicol Williamson, David Warner, Ian Holm and John Thaw. It was based on the play ''Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun'' by John McGrath. It is set in 1954, ...

'' **April 17 ***''

The Bride Wore Black ''The Bride Wore Black'' (french: La Mariée était en noir) is a 1968 French film directed by François Truffaut and based on the novel of the same name by William Irish, a pseudonym for Cornell Woolrich. It stars Jeanne Moreau, Charles Denner ...

'' (

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) ***''

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell ''The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, and Jeffrey Hunter. It was the final film for Tashlin, who died in 1972. Plot Master Sergeant Dan O'Farrell i ...

'' **April 20 ***'' Baby Love'' **April 23 ***''

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'' **April 24 ***'' Yours, Mine and Ours'' **April 26 ***'' Je t'aime, je t'aime'' (

) *May 1968 **May 1 ***''

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'' ***''

Don't Just Stand There! ''Don't Just Stand There!'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Ron Winston and written by Charles Williams. It is based on the 1966 novel ''The Wrong Venus'' by Charles Williams. The film stars Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore, Glynis Jo ...

'' ***''

The Mini-Skirt Mob ''The Mini-Skirt Mob'' is a 1968 outlaw biker film about an all-female motorcycle gang. The film was directed by Maury Dexter, and stars Diane McBain, Jeremy Slate, Sherry Jackson, Patty McCormack, Harry Dean Stanton and Sandra Marshall. P ...

'' ***'' Tarzan and the Jungle Boy'' **May 2 ***'' The Odd Couple'' **May 10 ***'' Project X'' **May 15 ***'' The Devil's Brigade'' ***'' The Swimmer'' *** ''Witchfinder General'' (aka ''The Conqueror Worm'') **May 17 ***''

Journey to Shiloh ''Journey to Shiloh'' is a 1968 American Western film directed by William Hale and starring James Caan, Michael Sarrazin and Brenda Scott. The film is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Will Henry first published in 1960. Plot ...

'' **May 23 ***'' Kona Coast'' ***'' Prudence and the Pill'' **May 24 ***'' The Savage Seven'' ***''

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? ''What's So Bad About Feeling Good?'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by George Seaton and starring George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore. The film was a box office disappointment. Plot Pete (George Peppard) is a former advertising exec ...

'' **May 28 ***'' Boom!'' ***'' The Detective'' **May 29 ***'' Madigan's Millions'' ***'' Villa Rides'' ***'' Wild in the Streets'' *June 1968 **June 1 ***'' Bandolero!'' **June 5 ***''

Angels from Hell ''Angels from Hell'' is a 1968 action film directed by Bruce Kessler and starring Tom Stern and Arlene Martel. It was the first film produced by Joe Solomon's Fanfare Films, a firm Solomon had created with the profits from three previous biker f ...

'' ***''

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'' ***'' For Singles Only'' ***'' Jigsaw'' **June 8 ***'' Kill!'' (

) **June 10 ***''

Petulia ''Petulia'' is a 1968 British-American drama film directed by Richard Lester and starring Julie Christie, George C. Scott and Richard Chamberlain. The film has a screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus from a story by Barbara Turner and is based on ...

'' **June 12 ***'' Rosemary's Baby'' ***'' Speedway'' ***'' The Sweet Ride'' **June 19 ***''

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'' ***'' The Thomas Crown Affair'' ***'' The Lost Continent'' ***'' Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?'' **June 21 ***''

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'' **June 25 ***'' The Secret Life of an American Wife'' **June 26 ***'' Never a Dull Moment''

July–September

*July 1968 ** July 3 ***'' Dark of the Sun'' ***'' Eve'' **July 12 ***'' Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River'' ***'' A Lovely Way to Die'' **July 14 ***'' Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?'' **July 15 ***'' Interlude'' **July 17 ***'' For Love of Ivy'' **July 19 ***'' Inspector Clouseau'' **July 20 ***''

The Devil Rides Out ''The Devil Rides Out'' is a 1934 novel by Dennis Wheatley telling a disturbing story of black magic and the occult. The four main characters, the Duke de Richleau, Rex van Ryn, Simon Aron and Richard Eaton, appear in a series of novels by Whea ...

'' **July 23 ***'' Isabel'' **July 24 ***''

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'' ***'' The Strange Affair'' **July 29 ***'' In Enemy Country'' **July 31 ***''

5 Card Stud ''5 Card Stud'' is a 1968 American Western mystery film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum. The script is based on a novel by Ray Gaulden and was written by Marguerite Roberts, who also wrote the screenplay o ...

'' ***'' Asterix the Gaul'' ***'' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' *August 1968 **August 1 ***''

Destroy All Monsters is a 1968 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film, which was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, is the ninth film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, and features eleven monster ...

'' (

) **August 3 ***''

Hang 'Em High ''Hang 'Em High'' is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film directed by Ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching; Inger Stevens as ...

'' **August 7 ***'' Farewell, Friend'' (

) ***''

With Six You Get Eggroll ''With Six You Get Eggroll'' is a 1968 American romantic comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Doris Day, Brian Keith, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin, and Pat Carroll. It was the first film that was produced by the CBS Television Ne ...

'' **August 15 ***'' Targets'' ***'' A Time to Sing'' **August 18 ***'' Stolen Kisses'' (

) **August 20 ***'' How Sweet It Is!'' **August 22 ***''

Nobody Runs Forever ''Nobody Runs Forever'', also called ''The High Commissioner'', is a 1968 British political neo noir spy thriller action film directed by Ralph Thomas and based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel '' The High Commissioner''. It stars Rod Taylor as Au ...

'' **August 24 ***'' A Stranger in Town'' **August 26 ***''

Rachel, Rachel ''Rachel, Rachel'' is a 1968 American technicolor drama film produced and directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife, Joanne Woodward, in the title role and co-starring Estelle Parsons and James Olson. The screenplay, by Stewart Stern based ...

'' **August 28 ***'' The Hell with Heroes'' *September 1968 **September 2 ***'' Negatives'' **September 11 ***'' The Young Runaways'' **September 12 ***'' Spirits of the Dead'' (

) **September 15 ***'' Song of Summer'' ( U.K.) **September 18 ***'' Funny Girl'' ***'' Pretty Poison'' **September 19 ***'' Hot Millions'' **September 22 ***''The Split (film), The Split'' **September 23 ***''Charly'' **September 26 ***'' Oliver!'' ( U.K.)

October–December

*October 1968 **October 1 ***''Night of the Living Dead'' **October 2 ***''Coogan's Bluff (film), Coogan's Bluff'' **October 7 ***''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'' **October 8 ***''Deadfall (1968 film), Deadfall'' **October 9 ***''Finian's Rainbow (1968 film), Finian's Rainbow'' ***''If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (film), If He Hollers, Let Him Go!'' **October 10 ***''Barbarella (film), Barbarella'' (U.S.) **October 13 ***''The Subject Was Roses (film), The Subject Was Roses'' **October 14 ***''Paper Lion (film), Paper Lion'' **October 16 ***''The Boston Strangler (film), The Boston Strangler'' ***''The Girl on a Motorcycle'' **October 17 ***''Bullitt'' **October 19 ***''A Flea in Her Ear (film), A Flea in Her Ear'' **October 22 ***''Star! (film), Star!'' ***''Vixen!'' ***''Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women'' **October 23 ***''Live a Little, Love a Little'' ***''Secret Ceremony'' **October 24 ***''Ice Station Zebra'' **October 30 ***'' The Lion in Winter'' **October 31 ***''Ace High (1968 film), Ace High'' (

) ***''They Came to Rob Las Vegas'' *November 1968 **November 6 ***''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'' ***''Head (film), Head'' **November 13 ***''Killers Three'' ***''Yellow Submarine (film), Yellow Submarine'' **November 15 ***''The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie), The Shoes of the Fisherman'' **November 16 ***''The Legend of Lylah Clare'' **November 18 ***''House of Cards (1968 film), House of Cards'' **November 20 ***''Lady in Cement'' ***''La Prisonnière (film), Woman in Chains'' (

) **November 24 ***''Faces (1968 film), Faces'' ***''Joanna (1968 film), Joanna'' **November 27 ***''The Great Silence'' (

) ***''Hellfighters (film), Hellfighters'' **November 28 ***''Carry On Up the Khyber'' **November 30 ***''The Shakiest Gun in the West'' ***''Sympathy for the Devil (1968 film), Sympathy for the Devil'' *December 1968 **December 1 ***''The Green Slime'' **December 4 ***''Corruption (1968 film), Corruption'' ***''Where Eagles Dare'' **December 8 ***''The Fixer (1968 film), The Fixer'' **December 9 ***''The Birthday Party (1968 film), The Birthday Party'' **December 10 ***''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'' ***''The Magus (film), The Magus'' **December 12 ***''The Killing of Sister George (film), The Killing of Sister George'' **December 13 ***''Shalako (film), Shalako'' **December 15 ***''Curse of the Crimson Altar'' ***''Greetings (1968 film), Greetings'' **December 16 ***''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' ( U.K.) **December 17 ***''Candy (1968 film), Candy'' **December 18 ***''Hell in the Pacific'' ***''Isadora (film), Isadora'' ***''The Night They Raided Minsky's'' ***''Uptight (film), Uptight'' **December 19 ***''if....'' ***''Mayerling (1968 film), Mayerling'' ( U.K./

) ***''A Place for Lovers'' ***''Skidoo (film), Skidoo'' **December 20 ***''The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit'' ***''Three in the Attic'' ***''Twisted Nerve'' **December 21 ***''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (

) **December 22 ***''The Sea Gull'' **December 24 ***''The Love Bug'' **December 25 ***''Assignment to Kill'' ***''The Brotherhood (1968 film), The Brotherhood'' ***''The Sergeant (1968 film), The Sergeant'' ***''The Stalking Moon'' **December 26 ***''Monterey Pop'' ***''Krakatoa, East of Java'' (Sweden)

Notable films released in 1968

:Note: American films of 1975, U.S. releases unless stated.

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*''

'', starring Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens *''17th Parallel: Vietnam in War'' (''17e Parallele Le Vietnam en Guerre''), a documentary directed by Joris Ivens – (

/List of Vietnamese films, Vietnam) *'' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', directed by

, starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood – (U.S./ U.K.)

A

*''Aadmi (1968 film), Aadmi'', starring Dilip Kumar – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *''Aankhen (1968 film), Aankhen'' (''The Eyes'') – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *''Ace High (1968 film), Ace High'', starring Eli Wallach – (

) *''Adieu l'ami'' (''Farewell Friend''), starring Alain Delon and Charles Bronson – (

) *''All My Compatriots'' (''Všichni dobří rodáci'') – (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia) *''The Amorous Ones'' (''As Amorosas'') – (Brazilian films of the 1960s, Brazil) *''

'', starring Bette Davis – ( U.K.) *''

'', starring Robert Mitchum, Earl Holliman, Peter Falk *''Artists Under the Big Top'' (''Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos''), Golden Lion winner – (List of German films: 1960s, West Germany) *''Assignment to Kill'', starring Patrick O'Neal (actor), Patrick O'Neal and Joan Hackett *''Asterix and Cleopatra (film), Asterix and Cleopatra'' – (

/List of Belgian films, Belgium)

B

*'' Baby Love'', starring Linda Hayden (actress), Linda Hayden and Keith Barron– ( U.K.) *''Bandits in Milan'' (''Banditi a Milano''), starring Gian Maria Volonté – (

) *'' Bandolero!'', starring James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Will Geer *''Barbarella (film), Barbarella'', directed by Roger Vadim, starring Jane Fonda – (France/

) *''Be Sick... It's Free'' (''Il medico della mutua''), starring Alberto Sordi – (

) *''Berserk!'', starring Joan Crawford and Diana Dors – ( U.K.) *''Les Biches (1968 film), Les Biches'', directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran and Jean-Louis Trintignant – (

) *'' The Biggest Bundle of Them All'', starring Raquel Welch and Edward G. Robinson *''The Birthday Party (1968 film), The Birthday Party'', directed by William Friedkin, starring Robert Shaw (British actor), Robert Shaw – ( U.K.) *''Black Jesus (film), Black Jesus'' (''Seduto alla sua destra''), starring Woody Strode – (

) *'' Blackbeard's Ghost'', starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones, Peter Ustinov, Suzanne Pleshette *''

'', starring Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, and Ricardo Montalbán *''

'', starring Nicol Williamson and Ian Holm – ( U.K.) *''Boom! (1968 film), Boom!'', starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton – ( U.K.) *''The Boston Strangler (film), The Boston Strangler'', starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda *''

'' (''La Mariée était en noir''), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jeanne Moreau and Michel Bouquet – (

) *''Brilliantovaya ruka'' (''The Diamond Arm'') – a hugely popular Russian comedy – (Soviet films of 1968, U.S.S.R.) *''The Brotherhood (1968 film), The Brotherhood'', starring Kirk Douglas *''Bullitt'', directed by Peter Yates, starring Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn *''Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'', starring Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas *''

'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring George Segal, Jessica Walter, Joseph Wiseman

C

*''Candy (1968 film), Candy'', starring Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, Ringo Starr – (

/ U.S.) *''Capricious Summer'' (''Rozmarné léto''), directed by Jiří Menzel – (Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia) *''Carry On... Up the Khyber'', starring Sid James and Kenneth Williams – ( U.K.) *''

'', directed by Tony Richardson, starring Trevor Howard, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave – ( U.K.) *''Charly'', starring Cliff Robertson *''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', starring Dick Van Dyke – ( U.K.) *''The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'' – (List of German films of the 1960s, West Germany) *''Colonel Wolodyjowski (film), Colonel Wolodyjowski'', directed by Jerzy Hoffman – (List of Polish films of the 1960s, Poland) *''Coogan's Bluff (film), Coogan's Bluff'', directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Lee J. Cobb, Don Stroud *''Corruption (1968 film), Corruption'', directed by Robert Hartford-Davis – ( U.K.) *''

'', directed by Robert Altman and starring James Caan (actor), James Caan and Robert Duvall *''

'', starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen *''Curse of the Crimson Altar'' (a.k.a. ''The Crimson Cult''), starring Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff – ( U.K.)

D

*''

'', starring Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, and Mia Farrow – ( U.K.) *'' Danger: Diabolik'', starring John Phillip Law and Michel Piccoli – (

/ U.S.) *'' Dark of the Sun'' (a.k.a. ''The Mercenaries''), starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux – ( U.K./U.S.) *''

'', starring Glenn Ford *''Il giorno della civetta (film), The Day of the Owl'' (''Il giorno della civetta''), starring Claudia Cardinale and Franco Nero – (

) *''Dead Season'' (''Myortvyy sezon'') – (Soviet films of 1968, U.S.S.R.) *''Deadfall (1968 film), Deadfall'', starring Michael Caine – ( U.K.) *''Death by Hanging'' (''Kōshikei''), directed by Nagisa Oshima – (

) *''Death Laid an Egg'' (''La morte ha fatto l'uovo''), directed by Giulio Questi – (

/American films of 1968, France) *''

'' (''Kaijū Sōshingeki''), directed by Ishirō Honda – (

) *'' The Detective'', starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Jack Klugman, William Windom (actor), William Windom, Robert Duvall *''

'', starring Christopher Lee and Charles Gray (actor), Charles Gray – ( U.K.) *'' The Devil's Brigade'', starring William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards *''Diamonds for Breakfast (film), Diamonds for Breakfast'', directed by Christopher Morahan – ( U.K.) *''The Doll (1968 film), The Doll'' (Lalka), directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has – (List of Polish films of the 1960s, Poland) *'' Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River'', starring Jerry Lewis *''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'', starring Christopher Lee – ( U.K.) *''Duniya (1968 film), Duniya'' (''The World''), starring Dev Anand and Vyjayanthimala – (Bollywood films of 1968, India)

E

*'' Eve'', starring Robert Walker (actor, born 1940), Robert Walker Jr., Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom *''Hasta el viento tiene miedo, Even the Wind is Frightened'' (''Hasta el viento tiene miedo'') – (Mexican films of 1968, Mexico)

F

*''Faces (1968 film), Faces'', directed by John Cassavetes *''Fando y Lis'' (''Fando and Lis'') – (Mexico) *''Finian's Rainbow (1968 film), Finian's Rainbow'', directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Al Freeman Jr. *''Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes'', directed by Alexander Rou, starring Natalya Sedykh and Georgy Millyar – (U.S.S.R.) *''

'', starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gary Lockwood, Jack Elam, James Best, Inger Stevens *''The Fixer (1968 film), The Fixer'', directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde – ( U.K.) *'' For Love of Ivy'', starring Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Robert Duvall *'' For Singles Only'', starring John Saxon, Mary Ann Mobley, Milton Berle *'' Funny Girl'', directed by William Wyler, starring

and Omar Sharif

G

*''The Girl on a Motorcycle'', starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull – ( U.K./

) *''The Girl with the Pistol'' (''La ragazza con la pistola''), starring Monica Vitti and Stanley Baker – (

) *''Great Catherine (film), Great Catherine'', starring Peter O'Toole and Jeanne Moreau *''The Great Silence'' (''Il grande silenzio''), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Klaus Kinski – (

) *''

'', directed by and starring John Wayne, with Jim Hutton, David Janssen *''Greetings (1968 film), Greetings'', directed by Brian De Palma, starring Robert De Niro *''Guns for San Sebastian'', starring Anthony Quinn, Charles Bronson and Anjanette Comer

H

*'' Hammerhead'', starring Vince Edwards and Diana Dors *''

'', directed by Ted Post, starring Clint Eastwood *''Hatsukoi Jigokuhen'' (''The Inferno of First Love'') – (

) *''Head (film), Head'', directed by Bob Rafelson, starring the Monkees *'' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'', starring Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke *''Hell in the Pacific'', directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune *''Hellfighters (film), Hellfighters'', starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton *''High School (1968 film), High School'', directed by Frederick Wiseman *''The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit'', starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones *'' Hot Millions'', starring Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith *''Hour of the Wolf'' (''Vargtimmen''), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) *''House of Cards (1968 film), House of Cards'', starring George Peppard, Inger Stevens and Orson Welles *'' How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life'', starring Dean Martin and Stella Stevens *'' How Sweet It Is!'', starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds

I

*''I Am Curious (Blue)'' (Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått) – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) *''I Love You, Alice B. Toklas'', starring Peter Sellers *''Ice Station Zebra'', directed by John Sturges, starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine *''If....'', directed by Lindsay Anderson, starring Malcolm McDowell – Palme d'Or winner – ( U.K.) *''The Immortal Story'', directed by and starring Orson Welles – (

) *'' In Enemy Country'', starring Anthony Franciosa *'' Inspector Clouseau'', starring Alan Arkin – ( U.K.) *'' Interlude'', starring Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris, Donald Sutherland *'' Isabel'', starring Geneviève Bujold – (List of Canadian films#1960s, Canada) *''Isadora (film), Isadora'', a.k.a. ''The Loves of Isadora'', a biopic of Isadora Duncan, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, James Fox – ( U.K.) *''It Rains in My Village'' (''Biće skoro propast sveta''), starring Annie Girardot – (List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s, Yugoslavia)

J

*'' Je t'aime, je t'aime'', directed by Alain Resnais – (

) *'' Jigsaw'', starring Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman and Hope Lange *''Joanna (1968 film), Joanna'', starring Geneviève Waïte

K

*'' Kill!'' (Kiru) – (

) *''Killers Three'', starring Dick Clark and Merle Haggard *''The Killing of Sister George (film), The Killing of Sister George'', directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Beryl Reid, Susannah York and Coral Browne *''King of Hearts (1968 film), King of Hearts'' – directed by Mohammad Ali Fardin (Iran) *'' Kona Coast'', starring Vera Miles and Richard Boone *'' Kuroneko'' (a.k.a. ''Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko'') – (

)

L

*''Lady in Cement'', starring Frank Sinatra, Dan Blocker, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan *''The Last of the Mohicans (1968 film), The Last of the Mohicans'' (''Ultimul Mohican'') – (List of Romanian films#1960s, Romania) *''The Legend of Lylah Clare'', starring Kim Novak and Peter Finch *''El Libro de piedra'' (''The Book of Stone'') – (Mexican films of 1968, Mexico) *'' The Lion in Winter'', starring Peter O'Toole and

– ( U.K.) *''The Little Golden Calf (film), The Little Golden Calf'' (''Zolotoy telyonok'') – (Soviet films of 1968, U.S.S.R.) *''Live a Little, Love a Little'', starring Elvis Presley and Michele Carey *''The Love Bug'', directed by Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson, starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett *'' A Lovely Way to Die'', starring Kirk Douglas and Sylva Koscina *''Lucía'' – (List of Cuban films, Cuba)

M

*'' Madigan'', directed by Don Siegel, starring Richard Widmark, Inger Stevens, Henry Fonda, James Whitmore, Susan Clark *''The Magus (film), The Magus'', starring Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn and Candice Bergen – ( U.K.) *''The Man Who Lies'' (''L'homme qui ment'' / ''Muž, ktorý luže''), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant – (

/Czech films of the 1960s, Czechoslovakia) *''The Man Who Lost His Shadow'', directed by Kamal El Sheikh, starring Salah Zulfikar, Magda al-Sabahi, Magda and Kamal el-Shennawi, Kamal El-Shennawi – (List of Egyptian films of 1968, Egypt) *''Mandabi'' (''Le mendat''), directed by Ousmane Sembène – (List of Senegalese films, Senegal) *''Matthew's Days'' (''Żywot Mateusza'') – (List of Polish films of the 1960s, Poland) *''Mayerling (1968 film), Mayerling'', starring Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve – ( U.K./

) *''Memories of Underdevelopment'' (''Memorias del Subdesarrollo'') – (List of Cuban films, Cuba) *''Mera Naam Joker'' (''My Name is Joker''), directed by and starring Raj Kapoor – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *''The Mercenary (film), The Mercenary'', also known as ''A Professional Gun'', starring Franco Nero and Jack Palance – (

) *''A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film), A Midsummer Night's Dream'', directed by Peter Hall (director), Peter Hall, starring Derek Godfrey, Ian Holm, Judi Dench and Helen Mirren – ( U.K.) *''A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (film), A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die'', starring Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy (actor), Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan – (

) *''

'', starring Lola Albright and Leslie Parrish *''Monterey Pop'', a concert film by D. A. Pennebaker, featuring Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, Jimi Hendrix and others *''More Dead Than Alive'', starring Clint Walker and Anne Francis *''Murder a la Mod'', directed by Brian De Palma *''My Wife's Goblin'', directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab, starring Salah Zulfikar and Shadia – (List of Egyptian films of 1968, Egypt)

N

*''Naked Childhood, Naked Children'' (''L'enfance nue''), directed by Maurice Pialat – (

) *''Neel Kamal (1968 film), Neel Kamal'' – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *'' Negatives'', starring Peter McEnery, Glenda Jackson and Diane Cilento– ( U.K.) *'' Never a Dull Moment'', starring Dick Van Dyke, Dorothy Provine, Edward G. Robinson *''The Night of the Following Day'', starring Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno *''Night of the Living Dead'', first in the zombie trilogy by George A. Romero *''The Night They Raided Minsky's'', directed by William Friedkin, starring Jason Robards *''

'' (a.k.a. ''The High Commissioner''), directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Rod Taylor, Scobie Malone and Christopher Plummer – ( U.K./U.S.) *'' Nobody's Perfect'', starring Doug McClure *'' No Way to Treat a Lady'', starring Rod Steiger, George Segal, Lee Remick *''Las Noches del Hombre Lobo'' (''Nights of the Werewolf'') – (Spanish films of 1968, Spain/

)

O

*'' The Odd Couple'', directed by Gene Saks, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau *'' Oliver!'', directed by Carol Reed, starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Mark Lester – winner of six 41st Academy Awards, Academy Awards – ( U.K.) *''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (''C'era una volta il West''), directed by Sergio Leone, starring Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards – (

) *''

'', starring Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, Kurt Russell, Wally Cox, Lesley Ann Warren *''Sympathy for the Devil (1968 film), One Plus One'' (a.k.a. ''Sympathy for the Devil''), a docudrama directed by Jean-Luc Godard, featuring the Rolling Stones – ( U.K.) *''

'', starring Tom Courtenay and Romy Schneider – ( U.K.)

P

*''Padosan'' (''Neighbour''), starring Sunil Dutt – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *''Palo y hueso'' (''Stick and Bone'') – (List of Argentine films of 1968, Argentina) *'' The Party'', directed by Blake Edwards, starring Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet *''Performance (film), Performance'', directed by Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell, starring Mick Jagger and James Fox – ( U.K.) *''

'', starring Julie Christie and George C. Scott *''The Pink Jungle'', starring James Garner *'' P.J.'', starring George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Raymond Burr, Susan Saint James *''A Place for Lovers'' (''Amanti''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Faye Dunaway *''

'', directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter *''The Power (film 1968), The Power'', starring George Hamilton (actor), George Hamilton *'' Pretty Poison'', starring Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins *''

'', starring Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller *'' The Producers'', written and directed by Mel Brooks, starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn *''Il profeta, The Prophet'' (''Il profeta''), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman and Ann-Margret – (

) *''The Profound Desire of the Gods'' (''Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubō''), directed by Shohei Imamura – (

) *'' Project X'', directed by William Castle *'' Prudence and the Pill'', starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven – ( U.K.) *''

'', directed by Richard Rush (director), Richard Rush, starring Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson

R

*''

'', directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward *'' Romeo and Juliet'', directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey – ( U.K./

) *'' Rosemary's Baby'', directed by Roman Polanski, starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes

S

*''Saathi (1968 film), Saathi'', starring Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar and Simi Garewal – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *''

'', directed by Richard Donner, starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford – ( U.K.) *''

'', starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Telly Savalas *''The Sea Gull'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Simone Signoret – (U.S./ U.K./Greek films of the 1960s, Greece) *'' Sebastian'', starring Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York – ( U.K.) *''Secret Ceremony'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow and Robert Mitchum *'' The Secret Life of an American Wife'', starring Walter Matthau *''

'', starring Paul Newman *''The Sergeant (1968 film), The Sergeant'', starring Rod Steiger and John Phillip Law *''Sergeant Ryker'', starring Lee Marvin and Vera Miles *''The Shakiest Gun in the West'', starring Don Knotts and Barbara Rhoades *''Shalako (film), Shalako'', starring Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot – ( U.K.) *''Shame (1968 film), Shame'' (''Skammen''), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden)* * ''Sherlock Holmes'' (British) a series of 15 Sherlock Holmes films made for BBC-TV, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson *''The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie), The Shoes of the Fisherman'', starring Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Oskar Werner, Leo McKern, David Janssen, Barbara Jefford *''Signs of Life (1968 film), Signs of Life'' (''Lebenszeichen''), directed by Werner Herzog – (List of German films of the 1960s, West Germany) *''Single Room Furnished'', starring Jayne Mansfield in her final film *''Skidoo (film), Skidoo'', directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing and, in his final film, Groucho Marx *''

'', starring David McCallum, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn *'' Song of Summer'', directed by Ken Russell – (made for television) – ( U.K.) *'' Speedway'', starring Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra *'' Spider Baby'', starring Lon Chaney Jr. *'' Spirits of the Dead'', directed by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle and Roger Vadim, starring Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda – (

) *''The Split (film), The Split'', starring Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Julie Harris (actress), Julie Harris *''The Stalking Moon'', starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint *''Star! (film), Star!'', starring Julie Andrews *''

'', starring Elvis Presley *'' Stolen Kisses'' (''Baisers volés''), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Delphine Seyrig – (

) *'' The Strange Affair'', starring Susan George (actress), Susan George – ( U.K.) *''The Subject Was Roses (film), The Subject was Roses'', starring Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen *''Sunghursh'', starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala – (Bollywood films of 1968, India) *''The Swedish Kings (film), The Swedish Kings'' (''Shvedskite krale''), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Kiril Gospodinov – (Bulgarian films of the 1960s, Bulgaria) *'' The Sweet Ride'', starring Michael Sarrazin and Jacqueline Bisset * '' The Swimmer'', starring Burt Lancaster

T

*'' Targets'', directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Boris Karloff *''Teorema (film), Teorema'', directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring Silvana Mangano and Terence Stamp – (

) *''Tevye and His Seven Daughters'' (''Tuvia Vesheva Benotav''), directed by Menahem Golan – (1968 in Israeli film, Israel) *''They Came to Rob Las Vegas'', starring Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Palance *'' The Thomas Crown Affair'', directed by Norman Jewison, starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway *''Three in the Attic'', starring Christopher Jones (actor), Christopher Jones, Yvette Mimieux, Judy Pace, Maggie Thrett *''A Twist of Sand'', starring Richard Johnson (actor), Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman – ( U.K.) *''Twisted Nerve'', starring Hywel Bennett and Hayley Mills – ( U.K.)

U

*''The Unfaithful Wife'' (''La Femme infidèle''), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran – (

) *'' Up the Junction'', starring Dennis Waterman and Suzy Kendall – ( U.K.)

V

*'' Villa Rides'', starring Yul Brynner and Robert Mitchum *''Vixen!'', directed by Russ Meyer

W

*''

'', starring George Peppard and Mary Tyler Moore *'' Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows'', starring Rosalind Russell *''Where Eagles Dare'', directed by Brian G. Hutton, starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood – ( U.K./U.S.) *''Ole dole doff, Who Saw Him Die?'' (''Ole dole doff''), directed by Jan Troell – (Swedish films of the 1960s, Sweden) *'' The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'', starring Elke Sommer and Bob Crane *''

'', directed by and starring Norman Mailer *'' Wild in the Streets'', starring Christopher Jones (actor), Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook *'' Will Penny'', starring Charlton Heston and Joan Hackett *''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' (animation short) *''Witchfinder General (film), Witchfinder General'', directed by Michael Reeves, starring Vincent Price – ( U.K.) *''

'', directed by Howard Morris, starring Doris Day, Brian Keith, Barbara Hershey *''La Prisonnière (film), Woman in Chains'' (''La prisonnière''), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot – (

)

Y

*''Yellow Submarine (film), Yellow Submarine'', an animated film with music by The Beatles – ( U.K.) *'' Yours, Mine and Ours'', starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda

Short film series

*''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) *''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953 in film, 1953–1968) *''Daffy Duck'' (1937–1968) * ''Cool Cat (Looney Tunes), Cool Cat'' (1967 in film, 1967–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Merlin the Magic Mouse'' (1967 in film, 1967–1969 in film, 1969)

Births

*January 1 - Tom DeSanto, American producer and screenwriter *January 2 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor *January 6 – John Singleton, American director and writer (d. 2019) *January 12 **Farrah Forke, American actress (d. 2022) **Rachael Harris, American actor and comedian *January 14 – LL Cool J, American rapper, actor *January 15 - Rosanne Sorrentino, American former child actress *January 18 - David Ayer, American filmmaker *January 19 – Matt Hill, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian *January 20 - Chris Miller (animator), American voice actor, animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist *January 29 – Edward Burns, American actor and producer *February 1 – Pauly Shore, American actor *February 12 **Josh Brolin, American actor **Chynna Phillips, American singer and actress *February 13 - Kelly Hu, American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen *February 14 - Phill Lewis, Phil Lewis, American actor, comedian and director *February 18 – Molly Ringwald, American actress *March 2 – Daniel Craig, British actor *March 4 – Patsy Kensit, English actress *March 6 - Moira Kelly, American actress *March 12 **Aaron Eckhart, American actor **Jason Lively, American actor *March 20 **Jaime Cardriche, American actor (d. 2000) **Lawrence Makoare, New Zealand actor of Māori descent *March 26 - Max Perlich, American actor *March 29 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer *March 30 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer *April 3 - Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001) *April 8 **Patricia Arquette, American actress **Shawn Fonteno, American actor and rapper *April 13 - Andrew Pleavin, English actor *April 14 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor *April 18 - Mary Birdsong, American actress, comedian, writer and singer *April 19 – Ashley Judd, American actress *April 24 **Aidan Gillen, Irish actor **Stacy Haiduk, American actress *May 3 – Amy Ryan, American actress *May 11 - Jeffrey Donovan, American actor *May 12 **Tony Hawk, American actor and professional skateboarder **Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian and writer *May 16 - Stephen Mangan, English actor, comedian and presenter *May 20 – Timothy Olyphant, American actor *May 28 - Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer *June 2 **Navid Negahban, Iranian-American actor **Nickolai Stoilov, Bulgarian-American actor and writer *June 4 - Joey Mazzarino, American actor, puppeteer, writer and director *June 9 - Eddie Marsan, English actor *June 10 - Bill Burr, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer *June 14 - Faizon Love, Cuban-born American actor and comedian *June 16 - James Patrick Stuart, American actor *June 19 - Kim Walker (actress), American actress (d. 2001) *June 20 - Robert Rodriguez, American filmmaker and visual effects supervisor *June 29 - Brian d'Arcy James, American actor and musician *July 1 - Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker *July 5 - Michael Stuhlbarg, American actor *July 7 **Danny Jacobs (actor), American actor and comedian **Allen Payne, American actor *July 8 – Billy Crudup, American actor *July 11 - Conrad Vernon, American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist *July 15 - Stan Kirsch, American actor (d. 2020) *July 18 **Grant Bowler, New-Zealand-Australian actor **Alex Désert, American actor and musician *July 23 - Shawn Levy, Canadian director, producer and actor *July 24 – Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer *July 26 – Olivia Williams, British actress *July 27 **Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor **Julian McMahon, Australian-American actor *July 30 - Terry Crews, American actor, comedian, activist, artist, bodybuilder and former professional football player *August 4 - Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor and producer *August 9 **Gillian Anderson, American-British actress **Eric Bana, Australian actor *August 10 - Cate Shortland, Australian screenwriter, director and writer *August 11 – Sophie Okonedo, British actress *August 14 **Catherine Bell (actress), British actress and model **Terry Notary, American actor and stunt co-ordinator/double *August 15 - Debra Messing, American actress *August 21 - Julian Lewis Jones, Welsh actor *August 27 - Lisa Marie Newmyer, American actress *August 28 – Billy Boyd (actor), Billy Boyd, Scottish actor *September 2 - Kristen Cloke, American actress *September 4 – John DiMaggio, American actor and voice actor *September 5 - Glenn Fleshler, American actor *September 7 - Camille Japy, Belgian-French actor *September 8 **Brian Huskey, American character actor, comedian and writer **Simon J. Smith, British animator, director, visual effects artist and voice actor *September 9 – Julia Sawalha, English actress *September 10 – Guy Ritchie, English director, screenwriter *September 12 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor and writer *September 15 – Danny Nucci, American actor *September 15 – Shawn Doyle, Canadian actor *September 20 - Chad Stahelski, American stuntman and director *September 22 – Megan Hollingshead, American voice actress *September 25 – Will Smith, American actor *September 26 – Jim Caviezel, American actor *September 28 – Naomi Watts, British actress *September 29 - Massi Furlan, Italian-American actor and producer *October – Musola Cathrine Kaseketi, Zambian director *October 2 **Lucy Cohu, English actress **Joey Slotnick, American actor *October 9 - James Dreyfus, English actor *October 11 **Tiffany Grant, American voice actress **Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer *October 12 – Hugh Jackman, Australian actor *October 13 **Tisha Campbell, American actress **Alex Ferns, Scottish actor and television personality *October 17 - Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and actor *October 19 - Yayan Ruhian, Indonesian martial artist and actor *October 23 - Maria Darling, British voice actress *October 24 - Mark Walton (story artist), American story artist and voice actor *October 25 - Melinda McGraw, American actress *October 27 – Dileep (actor), Dileep, Indian actor *November 5 – Sam Rockwell, American actor *November 6 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress *November 8 **Bruno Gunn, American actor **Parker Posey, American actress *November 10 – Tracy Morgan, American actor, voice actor and comedian *November 16 - James Parks (actor), American actor *November 18 – Owen Wilson, American actor *November 21 **Todd Farmer, American screenwriter and actor **Sean Schemmel, American voice actor *December 2 – Lucy Liu, American actress *December 3 – Brendan Fraser, American-Canadian actor *December 5 - Margaret Cho, American stand-up comedian, actress and musician *December 6 - Oliver Masucci, German actor *December 7 – Greg Ayres, American voice actor *December 13 - Scott Stuber, American film producer *December 18 **Craig Grant, American poet and actor (d. 2021) **Daniel Oreskes, American actor **Nina Wadia, British actress and comedian *December 20 - Joe Cornish, English comedian and filmmaker

Deaths

*January 7 - Hugo Butler, 53, Canadian screenwriter, ''Edison, the Man'', ''Lassie Come Home'' *January 18 – John Ridgely, 58, American actor, ''The Big Sleep (1946 film), The Big Sleep'', ''God Is My Co-Pilot (film), God Is My Co-Pilot'' *January 25 - Virginia Maskell, 31, British actress, ''Only Two Can Play'', ''Virgin Island (film), Virgin Island'' *February 4 – Eddie Baker (actor), Eddie Baker, 70, American actor, ''Oranges and Lemons (film), Oranges and Lemons'', ''Giant (1956 film), Giant'' *February 7 – Nick Adams (actor, born 1931), Nick Adams, 36, American actor, ''Pillow Talk (film), Pillow Talk'', ''Rebel Without a Cause'' *February 13 – Mae Marsh, 73, American actress, ''The Birth of a Nation'', ''3 Godfathers'' *February 20 – Anthony Asquith, 65, British director, ''The V.I.P.s (film), The V.I.P.s'', ''The Winslow Boy (1948 film), The Winslow Boy'' *March 10 – Helen Walker, 47, American actress, ''Impact (1949 film), Impact'', ''Call Northside 777'' *March 11 – Pearl Doles Bell, 84, American film scenarist, novelist and editor, ''Her Elephant Man'' *March 16 – June Collyer, 63, American actress, ''Hangman's House'', ''A Face in the Fog'' *March 18 - Harry Kurnitz, 60, American screenwriter, ''Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film), Witness for the Prosecution'', ''How to Steal a Million'' *March 20 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, 79, Danish director, ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'', ''Gertrud (film), Gertrud'' *March 24 – Alice Guy-Blaché, 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker, ''The Pit and the Pendulum (1913 film), The Pit and the Pendulum'', ''The Great Adventure (1918 film), The Great Adventure'' *March 30 – Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor, ''Peter Pan (1953 film), Peter Pan'', ''Treasure Island (1950 film), Treasure Island'' *April 5 – Lois Andrews, 44, American actress, ''Dixie Dugan (1943 film), Dixie Dugan'', ''The Desert Hawk (1950 film), The Desert Hawk'' *April 6 – Keith Pyott, 66, English actor, ''Village of the Damned (1960 film), Village of the Damned'' *April 16 – Fay Bainter, 74, American actress, ''Woman of the Year'', ''The Children's Hour (film), The Children's Hour'' *April 24 – Tommy Noonan, 46, American actor, ''A Star is Born (1954 film), A Star is Born'', ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' *May 5 – Albert Dekker, 62, American actor, ''The Wild Bunch'', ''Kiss Me Deadly'' *May 9 **Albert Lewin, 73, American director, ''Pandora and the Flying Dutchman'', ''The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film), The Picture of Dorian Gray'' **Marion Lorne, 84, American actress, ''The Graduate (film), The Graduate'', ''Strangers on a Train (film), Strangers on a Train'' *May 10 – Scotty Beckett, 38, American actor, ''My Favorite Wife'', ''The Jolson Story'' *May 21 – Doris Lloyd, 71, British actress, ''Disraeli (1929 film), Disraeli'', ''Kind Lady (1951 film), Kind Lady'' *May 23 – James Burke (actor), James Burke, 81, American actor, ''Little Orphan Annie (1938 film), Little Orphan Annie'', ''The Timber Trail'' *May 25 – Charles K. Feldman, 64, American producer, ''A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film), A Streetcar Named Desire'', ''The Seven Year Itch'' *May 26 - Joseph MacDonald, 62, Mexico-born American cinematographer, ''My Darling Clementine'', ''The Young Lions (film), The Young Lions'' *May 27 – Denise Legeay, 70, French actress, ''Happy Couple'', ''Zigano'' *May 31 – Preben Uglebjerg, 37, Danish actor, ''Pigen og vandpytten'' *June 4 – Dorothy Gish, 70, American actress, ''The Cardinal (film), The Cardinal'', ''Orphans of the Storm'' *June 7 – Dan Duryea, 61, American actor, ''Winchester '73'', ''Scarlet Street'' *June 8 - Patricia Jessel, 47, British actress, ''The City of the Dead (film), The City of the Dead'', ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' *June 21 – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, 72, Danish actress *June 24 – Tony Hancock, 44, British comedian, ''Call Me Genius'', ''The Punch and Judy Man'' *June 29 – Hans Egede Budtz, 78, Danish actor, ''Nøddebo Præstegård (1934 film), Nøddebo Præstegård'' *July 1 – Virginia Weidler, 41, American actress, ''The Philadelphia Story (film), The Philadelphia Story'', ''The Women (1939 film), The Women'' *July 12 – Antonio Pietrangeli, 49, Italian director, ''It Happened in Rome'', ''The Magnificent Cuckold'' *July 27 – Lilian Harvey, 62, British actress and singer, ''Waltz of Love'', ''Let's Live Tonight'' *July 30 – Alexander Hall, 74, American director, ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'', ''Little Miss Marker'' *August 23 – Hunt Stromberg, 74, American producer, ''The Thin Man (film), The Thin Man'', ''The Great Ziegfeld'' *August 26 – Kay Francis, 63, American actress, ''Charley's Aunt (1941 film), Charley's Aunt'', ''Little Men (1940 film), Little Men'' *August 30 – William Talman (actor), William Talman, 53, American actor, ''The Hitch-Hiker'', ''Crashout'' *August 31 – Dennis O'Keefe, 60, American actor, ''T-Men'', ''Raw Deal (1948 film), Raw Deal'' *September 3 – Isabel Withers, 72, American actress, ''Possessed (1947 film), Possessed'', ''Lady of Burlesque'' *September 16 - Nedrick Young, 54, American screenwriter, ''Inherit the Wind (1960 film), Inherit the Wind'', ''The Defiant Ones (film), The Defiant Ones'' *September 18 – Franchot Tone, 63, American actor, ''Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film), The Mutiny on the Bounty'', ''Advise & Consent (film), Advise & Consent'' *September 24 - Virginia Valli, 70, American actress, ''The Pleasure Garden (1925 film), The Pleasure Garden'', ''Evening Clothes'' *October 18 – Lee Tracy, 70, American actor, ''Dinner at Eight (1933 film), Dinner at Eight'', ''The Best Man (1964 film), The Best Man'' *October 29 – Pert Kelton, 61, American actress, ''The Music Man (1962 film), The Music Man'', ''Sing and Like It'' *October 30 – Ramon Novarro, 69, Mexican actor, ''Ben-Hur (1925 film), Ben-Hur'', ''Mata Hari (1931 film), Mata Hari'' *November 8 – Wendell Corey, 54, American actor, ''Rear Window'', ''Harriet Craig'' *November 9 – Gerald Mohr, 54, American actor, ''Gilda'', ''The Angry Red Planet'' *November 18 – Walter Wanger, 74, American producer, ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'', ''I Want to Live!'' *November 25 – Upton Sinclair, 90, American author and producer, ''There Will Be Blood'', ''The Gnome-Mobile'' *December 2 – Colin Kenny (actor), Colin Kenny, 79, Irish actor, ''The Adventures of Robin Hood (film), The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Captain Blood (1935 film), Captain Blood'' *December 4 - Archie Mayo, 77, American director, ''The Petrified Forest'', ''A Night in Casablanca'' *December 5 – Fred Clark, 54, American actor, ''White Heat'', ''Auntie Mame (film), Auntie Mame'' *December 12 – Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress, ''Lifeboat (1944 film), Lifeboat'', ''Stage Door Canteen (film), Stage Door Canteen'', ''Fanatic (film), Die! Die! My Darling'' *December 14 – Jack Rice, 75, American actor, ''Lady, Let's Dance'', ''Beware of Blondie'' *December 15 – Dorothy Abbott, 47, American actress, ''South Pacific (1958 film), South Pacific'', ''Red, Hot and Blue (film), Red, Hot and Blue'' *December 20 - John Steinbeck, 66, American author and screenwriter, ''Viva Zapata!'', ''The Red Pony (1949 film), The Red Pony'' *December 28 - Harry Woods (actor), Harry Woods, 79, American actress, ''Days of Jesse James'', ''The Ghost Rider (1943 film), The Ghost Rider''

Film debuts

*Rutanya Alda – ''Greetings (1968 film), Greetings'' *Gary Busey – '' Wild in the Streets'' *John Cleese – '' Interlude'' *Timothy Dalton – '' The Lion in Winter'' *Frederic Forrest – ''The Filthy Five'' *Gerrit Graham – ''Greetings'' *Goldie Hawn – ''

'' *Barbara Hershey – ''

'' *Howard Hesseman – ''

'' *Madeline Kahn – ''The Dove (1968 film), The Dove'' *Lainie Kazan – ''Dayton's Devils'' *Stacy Keach – '' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' *Margot Kidder – ''The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar'' *Sally Kirkland – ''

'' *Sondra Locke – ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' *Marsha Mason – ''Beyond the Law (1968 Italian film), Beyond the Law'' *Malcolm McDowell – ''If...., if...'' *Chuck Norris – ''The Wrecking Crew (1968 film), The Wrecking Crew'' *Austin Pendleton – ''Petulia'' *Hanna Schygulla – ''The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp'' *Talia Shire – ''The Wild Racers'' *

– '' Funny Girl'' *Jack Thompson (actor), Jack Thompson – ''Personnel, or People?''

References

External links

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