The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. '' A Man for All Seasons'' won six

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...

, including Best Picture.

Top-grossing films

North America

The top ten 1966 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1966 films in countries outside North America.

Events

* October 19 –

Gulf and Western Industries Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. (stylized as Gulf+Western) was an American conglomerate. The company originally focused on manufacturing and resource extraction, but it began purchasing a number of entertainment companies beginning in 1966 ...

acquire

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

. * November – Seven Arts Productions reach agreement to acquire

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

for $32 million, later forming a new company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * December 15 – Entertainment pioneer

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...

, best known for his creation of

Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white ...

, breakthroughs in the field of

animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

filmmaking Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

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design and other achievements, dies at the age of 65. He died while he was producing ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' is an 1894 collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who ...

'', ''

The Happiest Millionaire ''The Happiest Millionaire'' is a 1967 American musical film starring Fred MacMurray, based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr., Anthony Drexel Biddle. The film, featuring music by the Sherman Brothe ...

'', and ''

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' is a 1968 American animated musical fantasy short film based on the third, fifth, ninth, and tenth chapters of ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' and the second, eighth, and ninth chapters from '' The House at Pooh Corn ...

''; the last three films under his personal supervision.

Awards

: : Best Picture: '' A Man for All Seasons'' – Highland, Columbia : Best Director:

Fred Zinnemann Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an American film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thriller film, thrillers, western (genre), westerns, film ...

– '' A Man for All Seasons'' : Best Actor:

Paul Scofield David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award for his work. Scofield ...

– '' A Man for All Seasons'' : Best Actress:

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...

– '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' : Best Supporting Actor: Walter Matthau – ''

The Fortune Cookie ''The Fortune Cookie'' (alternative United Kingdom, British title: ''Meet Whiplash Willie'') is a 1966 American black comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It is the first film in which Jack Lemmon collaborated with Wal ...

'' : Best Supporting Actress: Sandy Dennis – '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' : Best Foreign Language Film: '' A Man and a Woman'' (''Un homme et une femme''), directed by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical ...

, France

BAFTA Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best Cinema of the United Kingdom, British and Worl ...

: : Best Film from any Source: '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' : Best British film: '' The Spy Who Came In from the Cold''

Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual Awards ceremony, award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally ...

: : Drama: : Best Picture: '' A Man for All Seasons'' : Best Actor:

– '' A Man for All Seasons'' : Best Actress:

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (; 27 April 1932 2024), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, was a French film actress who appeared in 70 films from 1947 until 2019. Having begun her film career at age 14, she studied acting and ...

– '' A Man and a Woman'' : Comedy or Musical: : Best Picture: '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' : Best Actor: Alan Arkin – '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' : Best Actress: Lynn Redgrave – '' Georgy Girl'' : Other : Best Supporting Actor:

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and Film producer, producer. Attenborough was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Acade ...

– '' The Sand Pebbles'' : Best Supporting Actress: Jocelyne LaGarde – ''

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'' : Best Director:

– '' A Man for All Seasons''

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

(Cannes Film Festival): : '' A Man and a Woman'' (''Un homme et une femme''), directed by

, France : '' Signore & Signori'' (''The Birds, the Bees and the Italians''), directed by

Pietro Germi Pietro Germi (; 14 September 1914 – 5 December 1974) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his development of the Italian neorealism, neorealist and genres. His 1961 film ''Divorce Italian Style'' earned him a Ac ...

, Italy Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Location: Italy

Silver Ribbon The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

* Best Actor winner in '' Questa volta parliamo di uomini'' (This Time Let's Talk about Men): Nino Manfredi ** Nominee in '' The 10th Victim'':

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...

** A third nominee was not determined. * Best Actress winner in '' La fuga'': Giovanna Ralli ** Nominees in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': Giulietta Masina and in '' The Mandrake'': Rosanna Schiaffino * Best Supporting Actor winner in '' I Knew Her Well'':

Ugo Tognazzi Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...

** Nominees in ''The Mandrake'':

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ...

and Romolo Valli * Best Supporting Actress winner in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': Sandra Milo ** Nominee in '' Made in Italy''

Anna Magnani Anna Maria Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Academy Award-winning Italian actress.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', 3 October 1973, pg. 47 She was known for her explosive acting and earthy, realistic portrayals of ...

** A third nominee was not determined. * Best Director winner in ''I Knew Her Well'': Antonio Pietrangeli ** Nominees in '' Fists in the Pocket'':

Marco Bellocchio Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...

and in ''Juliet of the Spirits'':

Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...

* Best Foreign Director winner in '' The Servant'':

Joseph Losey Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Hollywood ...

** Nominees in '' Hamlet (1964 film)'': Grigori Kozintsev and in '' King and Country'': Joseph Losey * Best Screenplay winner in ''I Knew Her Well'':

Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...

, Antonio Pietrangeli and Ruggero Maccari ** Nominees in ''Fists in the Pocket'':

and in '' Sandra'': Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli,

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...

* Best Cinematography, B/W winner in ''Sandra'': Armando Nannuzzi * Best Cinematography, Color winner in '' Juliet of the Spirits'': Gianni Di Venanzo. In memory of. * Best Costume Design winner in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': Piero Gherardi * Best Score winner in '' Seven Golden Men'': Armando Trovajoli * Best Producer – Short Film winner in '' Con il cuore fermo Sicilia'': Clodio Cinematografica * Best Short Film winner in '' Antonio Ligabue, pittore'': Raffaele Andreassi * Best Original Story winner in ''Fists in the Pocket'':

** Nominees in ''I Knew Her Well'': Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola, Antonio Pietrangeli and in ''Seven Golden Men'': Marco Vicario * Best Producer winner in ''Seven Golden Men'': Marco Vicario ** Nominee in ''Fists in the Pocket'': Enzo Doria ** A third nominee was not determined. * Best Production Design winner in ''Juliet of the Spirits'': Piero Gherardi.

Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...

(Venice Film Festival): : '' The Battle of Algiers'' (''La Battaglia di Algeri''), directed by

Gillo Pontecorvo Gilberto Pontecorvo (; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama '' The Battle of Algiers'' (19 ...

, Algeria / Italy

Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...

(Berlin Film Festival): : ''

Cul-de-sac A dead end, also known as a ''cul-de-sac'' (; , ), a no-through road or a no-exit road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet. Dead ends are added to roads in urban planning designs to limit traffic in residential areas. Some d ...

'', directed by

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (; born 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Roman Polanski, numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Britis ...

, United Kingdom

1966 film releases

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

unless stated

January–March

* January 1966 ** 5 January *** '' 7 Women'' *** '' Agent for H.A.R.M.'' ** 9 January *** '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' ( U.K.) ** 16 January *** '' Our Man Flint'' ** 20 January *** '' The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' *** ''

Judith The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Christian Old Testament of the Bible but Development of the Hebrew Bible canon, excluded from the ...

'' ** 27 January *** ''

Moment to Moment ''Moment to Moment'' is a 1966 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman and Sean Garrison. Plot Kay Stanton lives on the French Riviera with her psychiatrist husband Neil Sta ...

'' * February 1966 ** 2 February *** '' The Rare Breed'' ** 9 February *** '' Made in Paris'' ** 12 February *** '' Drop Dead Darling'' ** 18 February *** '' The Silencers'' ** 19 February *** '' The Chase'' ** 21 February *** '' Lord Love a Duck'' ** 23 February *** '' Harper'' ** 25 February *** '' The Sword of Doom'' (

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

) * March 1966 ** 2 March *** '' Blood Bath'' ** 4 March *** '' The Group'' *** '' The Oscar'' ** 5 March *** '' The Magic Serpent'' (

) ** 9 March *** '' Johnny Reno'' ** 14 March *** '' Born Free'' ( U.K.) *** '' War and Peace Part I'' (

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

) ** 25 March *** ''

A Man Could Get Killed ''A Man Could Get Killed'' is a 1966 American Adventure film, adventure comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and Cliff Owen, shot on various locations in Portugal and starring James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, and Rob ...

'' ( U.K.) ** 30 March *** '' Cast a Giant Shadow'' *** '' Hold On!'' *** '' The Trouble with Angels'' ** 31 March *** '' Frankie and Johnny''

April–June

* April 1966 ** 1 April *** '' Hold On!'' ** 4 April *** ''

The Singing Nun Jeanne-Paule Marie "Jeannine" Deckers (17 October 1933 – 29 March 1985), better known as and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Catholic Church in Belgium, Belgian Catholic singer-songwriter and former member ...

'' ** 6 April *** '' Django'' ** 7 April *** '' Hold Me While I'm Naked'' ** 10 April *** '' Tokyo Drifter'' (

) ** 13 April *** '' The Dirty Game'' ** 17 April *** ''

Daimajin is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' series centering on an eponymous fictitious giant warrior god. It initially consisted of a film trilogy shot simultaneously and released in 1966 with three different directors and predominantly the same crew. The seri ...

'' (

) *** '' Gamera vs. Barugon'' (

) * May 1966 ** 5 May *** '' Arabesque'' ( U.K.) *** '' Our Man in Marrakesh'' ( U.K.) *** ''

Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talen ...

'' ( U.K.) ** 11 May *** '' The Fat Spy'' ** 14 May *** '' Destination Inner Space'' ** 19 May *** '' The Deadly Bees'' ( U.K.) ** 25 May *** '' Au hasard Balthazar'' (

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

) *** '' Blindfold'' *** '' The Last of the Secret Agents?'' *** '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' ** 27 May *** '' The Wrong Box'' ( U.K.) ** 31 May *** '' A Big Hand for the Little Lady'' * June 1966 ** 1 June *** '' The Daydreamer'' ** 7 June *** '' Fireball 500'' ** 8 June *** '' Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!'' ** 9 June *** '' The Glass Bottom Boat'' *** '' Paradise, Hawaiian Style'' ** 10 June *** '' Nevada Smith'' ** 15 June *** '' Assault on a Queen'' *** '' Duel at Diablo'' *** '' Munster, Go Home!'' *** ''

Stagecoach A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...

'' *** '' The Endless Summer'' ** 21 June *** ''

The Blue Max ''The Blue Max'' is a 1966 war film , WW I film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Karl Michael Vogler, and Jeremy Kemp. The film was made in DeLuxe Color and was one of the last movies filme ...

'' ** 22 June *** '' Around the World Under the Sea'' *** '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' ** 29 June *** '' A Fine Madness'' *** '' Walk, Don't Run''

July–September

* July 1966 ** 1 July *** '' Incident at Phantom Hill'' ** 7 July *** '' Three on a Couch'' ** 12 July *** '' A Man and a Woman'' (

) ** 13 July *** '' How to Steal a Million'' ** 14 July *** '' Torn Curtain'' ** 20 July *** '' War and Peace Part II'' (

) *** '' The Wild Angels'' ** 29 July *** '' Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.'' ** 30 July *** ''

Batman Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...

'' ** 31 July *** '' The War of the Gargantuas'' (

) * August 1966 ** 3 August *** '' The Man Called Flintstone'' *** '' This Property Is Condemned'' ** 5 August *** '' Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.'' ( U.K.) ** 10 August *** '' The Idol'' ** 13 August *** '' Return of Daimajin'' (

) ** 16 August *** '' The Plainsman'' ** 24 August *** '' Alfie'' *** ''

Fantastic Voyage ''Fantastic Voyage'' is a 1966 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The film is about a submarine crew who is shrunk to microsco ...

'' ** 31 August *** ''

Persona A persona (plural personae or personas) is a strategic mask of identity in public, the public image of one's personality, the social role that one adopts, or simply a fictional Character (arts), character. It is also considered "an intermediary ...

'' (

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

) *** '' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' * September 1966 ** 1 September *** '' Waco'' ** 2 September *** '' The Brides of Fu Manchu'' ** 7 September *** ''

Beau Geste ''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a r ...

'' ** 8 September *** '' After the Fox'' *** '' Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die'' ** 14 September *** '' Ambush Bay'' *** '' Lost Command'' ** 15 September *** '' The Appaloosa'' *** ''

Chelsea Girls ''Chelsea Girls'' is a 1966 American experimental underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey. The film was Warhol's first major commercial success after a long line of avant-garde art films (both feature-length and short). I ...

'' ** 16 September *** ''

Fahrenheit 451 ''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 Dystopian fiction, dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" Book burning, burn any that are found. The novel follows in the ...

'' ( U.K.) ** 28 September *** '' The Bible: In the Beginning...''

October–December

* October 1966 ** 5 October *** ''

Seconds The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of ...

'' ** 9 October *** '' Alvarez Kelly'' ** 10 October *** ''

'' ** 11 October *** '' Mister Buddwing'' ** 12 October *** '' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' ** 13 October *** '' Any Wednesday'' ** 16 October *** '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (U.S./U.K.) *** '' The Poppy Is Also a Flower'' ** 17 October *** '' Georgy Girl'' *** '' Spinout'' ** 19 October *** ''

'' *** '' Return of the Seven'' ** 23 October *** '' Ride in the Whirlwind'' *** '' The Shooting'' ** 24 October *** '' 10:30 P.M. Summer'' ** 26 October *** '' Way...Way Out'' ** 27 October *** '' Texas Across the River'' ** 28 October *** '' An American Dream'' *** '' Chamber of Horrors'' *** '' Nashville Rebel'' * November 1966 ** 2 November *** '' Not with My Wife, You Don't!'' *** '' The Professionals'' *** '' What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' ** 5 November *** ''

Chappaqua Chappaqua ( ) is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in the administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of New Castle, New York, New Castle, in Northern Westchester, northern Westchester County, New York, Westchester Cou ...

'' ** 7 November *** ''

'' ** 8 November *** '' Madame X'' ** 10 November *** '' Is Paris Burning?'' (

) *** ''

Penelope Penelope ( ; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπεια, ''Pēnelópeia'', or , ''Pēnelópē'') is a character in Homer's ''Odyssey.'' She was the queen of Homer's Ithaca, Ithaca and was the daughter of Spartan king Icarius (Spartan), Icarius and ...

'' *** '' Wings'' (

) ** 18 November *** '' Let's Kill Uncle'' ** 19 November *** '' Castle of Evil'' * December 1966 ** 1 December *** '' Follow Me, Boys!'' ** 8 December *** '' La Grande Vadrouille'' (

)/( U.K.) ** 9 December *** '' Once Before I Die'' *** '' Triple Cross'' *** ''

You're a Big Boy Now ''You're a Big Boy Now'' is a 1966 American comedy film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Based on David Benedictus' 1963 novel of the same name, it stars Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Kastner, Geraldine Page, her spouse Rip Torn, Kar ...

'' ** 10 December *** '' Daimajin Strikes Again'' (

) ** 12 December *** '' A Man for All Seasons'' *** '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' ** 15 December *** ''

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (, literally "''The good, the ugly, the bad''") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach a ...

'' *** '' The Quiller Memorandum'' ** 16 December *** ''

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev (, ; ) was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 29 January. Ear ...

'' (

) ** 17 December *** ''

El Dorado El Dorado () is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions � ...

'' *** '' Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster'' (

) *** '' Rage'' ** 18 December *** '' Blowup'' ** 20 December *** '' Murderers' Row'' *** '' The Sand Pebbles'' ** 21 December *** '' Gambit'' *** '' Grand Prix'' ** 21 December *** '' King of Hearts'' (

) ** 22 December *** '' Funeral in Berlin'' ( U.K./U.S.) ** 30 December *** '' One Million Years B.C.'' ( U.K.)

Notable films released in 1966

unless stated

#

* '' 10:30 P.M. Summer'', directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri and

Romy Schneider Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider (), was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to ...

* '' 7 Women'', the last film of

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

, starring

Anne Bancroft Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...

, Flora Robson, Margaret Leighton, Mildred Dunnock, Anna Lee

A

* '' Aakhri Khat'' (The Last Letter) – (

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

) * '' After the Fox'', starring

Peter Sellers Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show''. Sellers featured on a number of hit comi ...

and Victor Mature * '' Alfie'', directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring

Michael Caine Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, 14 March 1933) is a retired English actor. Known for his distinct Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films over Michael Caine filmography, a career that spanned eight decades an ...

Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...

, Millicent Martin – ( U.K.) * ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

'', a TV film starring

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud ( ; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Britis ...

Peter Cook Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishmen ...

– (U.K.) * '' Alvarez Kelly'', starring

William Holden William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film '' Stalag 17'' (1953) and the Pri ...

* '' Ambush Bay'', starring

Hugh O'Brian Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC Western (genre), Western television series ' ...

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...

and James Mitchum * '' An American Dream'', starring

Stuart Whitman Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to ...

, Janet Leigh,

Eleanor Parker Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films ''Caged (1950 film), Caged'' (1950), ''Detective Story (1951 film), Detective Story'' (1951 ...

* '' Amrapali'', starring Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt – (

) * ''

'', directed by

Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (, ; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. Works by Andrei Tarkovsky, His films e ...

– (

) * '' The Appaloosa'', starring

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,''Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia''

* '' Arabesque'', directed by

Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer. He received the Honorary Academy Award in 70th Academy Awards, 1998, and the Golden Lion#Golden Lion – Honorary Award, Career Golden Lion ...

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Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the ...

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Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

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Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, Ellipsis (narrative device), ellipses, an ...

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, starring Stephen Boyd, Franco Nero,

Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' att ...

Richard Harris Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous a ...

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The Big Gundown ''The Big Gundown'' () is a 1967 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian. It was followed by Run, Man, Run in 1968. Plot Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, ready-to- ...

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Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, particularly t ...

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Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January until he was Remova ...

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Birds Do It ''Birds Do It'' is a 1966 comedy film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O'Connell, Edward Andrews and Beverly Adams. It was made by Columbia Pictures and filmed at the Ivan Tors Studios in Miami. Plot There a ...

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Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale (), is an Italian actress. Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition ...

* '' Blowup'', directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...

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David Hemmings David Leslie Edward Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor, director, and producer of film and television. Originally trained as a boy soprano in operatic roles, he began appearing in films as a child actor in the ...

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Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared ...

Phyllis Diller Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, Actor, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, best known for her Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric stage persona, Self-deprecation, se ...

, Elke Sommer * '' A Bullet for the General'' (El Chucho, quién sabe?), starring Gian Maria Volonté and

Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor. Equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality, he appeared in over 130 film roles in a ...

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Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in '' The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. ...

Senta Berger Senta Verhoeven (née Berger; ''Austrian German:'' , ; born 13 May 1941) is an Austrian-German actress. She received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film, and television; her awards include three Bambi (prize), Bambi Awards, t ...

Yul Brynner Yuliy Borisovich Briner (; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (), was a Russian-born actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical ''The King and I'' (19 ...

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Arthur Penn Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, and a Tony Awards, Tony Awa ...

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Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist. Recognized as a film icon, Jane Fonda filmography, Fonda's work spans several genres and over six decades of film and television. She is the recipient of List of a ...

Angie Dickinson Angie Dickinson (born Angeline Brown; September 30, 1931) is an American retired actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many Anthology series#Television, anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough rol ...

and

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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (;''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''"Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol ...

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Nico Christa Päffgen (; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Nico had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's '' La Dolce Vita'' (1960) and Andy Warhol's ...

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Chimes at Midnight ''Chimes at Midnight'' (, released in most of Europe as ''Falstaff'') is a 1966 period comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. Its plot centers on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff and his ...

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Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential film ...

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Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Mo ...

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Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

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Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian, entertainer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwi ...

* '' Circus of Fear'', starring Christopher Lee, Leo Genn,

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Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...

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Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

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Come Drink with Me ''Come Drink with Me'' ( zh, t=大醉俠, l=Great Drunken Hero, p=Dà Zuì Xiá) is a 1966 Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming dynasty, it stars Cheng Pei- ...

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, starring Donald Pleasence and Françoise Dorléac – ( U.K.) * '' Curse of the Swamp Creature'', starring John Agar, Francine York * ''Curse of the Vampires'' (Dugo ng vampira, a.k.a. Blood of the Vampires or Creatures of Evil), directed by Gerardo de León – (

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

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Peter Cushing Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. He achieved recognition f ...

– ( U.K.) * '' The Daydreamer'', a Rankin-Bass and Embassy Pictures stop-motion/live-action film * '' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'', starring

James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.AllmoviBi ...

, Camilla Sparv, Robert Webber and Rose Marie * '' The Deadly Bees'', directed by Freddie Francis and starring Suzanna Leigh – ( U.K.) * '' Death of a Bureaucrat'' (La muerte de un burócrata), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea – (

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Giuseppe Vari Giuseppe Vari (9 March 1924 – 1 October 1993) was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Segni, Rome, Vari started his career as an editor of films and documentaries, collaborating among others with Fed ...

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Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members ...

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Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmake ...

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Lino Ventura Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...

– (

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Mario Bava Mario Bava (; 31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish ...

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Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles co ...

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James Caan James Edmund Caan ( ; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in ''The Godfather'' (1972), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award an ...

* '' The Elusive Avengers'' (Neulovimye mstiteli), directed by

Edmond Keosayan Edmond Gareginovich Keosayan (; ; 9 October 1936 – 21 April 1994) was an Armenian Soviet Union, Soviet film director and musician. * 1952-54 — worked in Yerevan watch factory. 1954-56 — studied in Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, ...

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Deborah Kerr Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a Scottish actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first person from Scotland to be no ...

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François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a ...

, starring Julie Christie and Oskar Werner – ( U.K.) * '' The Family Way'', a Boulting brothers film, starring Hayley Mills and

Hywel Bennett Hywel Thomas Bennett (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in '' The Family Way'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom '' Shelley'' ( ...

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Richard Fleischer Richard Owen Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. His career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. He was the ...

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Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life. He ...

Brian Donlevy Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, who was noted for playing dangerous and tough characters. Usually appearing in supporting roles, among his best-known films are '' Beau Geste'' (1939), '' The Great ...

* '' Fighting Elegy'' (Kenka erejii), directed by

Seijun Suzuki , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their florid visual style, absurd humour, and a playful rejection of traditional film grammar. He made 40 predominately ...

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and Joanne Woodward * '' Fireball 500'', starring

Frankie Avalon Francis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940), better known as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' singles from 1958 to late 1962, including Record ...

, Annette Funicello, Fabian Forte * '' Follow Me, Boys!'', directed by

Norman Tokar Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 – April 6, 1979) was an American film director, director, actor and occasionally writer and producer of serial television and feature films, who directed many of the early episodes of ''Leave it to Beaver'', and ...

, starring

Fred MacMurray Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film le ...

, Vera Miles,

Kurt Russell Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor before transitioning to leading roles as an adult in various genres such as action adventures, science-fiction, westerns, romance films, co ...

* '' For Love and Gold'' (L'armata Brancaleone), directed by

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...

, starring

Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman (; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as , was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important producti ...

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Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and ver ...

, starring

Jack Lemmon John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received num ...

and Walter Matthau * '' Frankie and Johnny'', starring

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...

and Donna Douglas * '' Funeral in Berlin'', starring

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Richard Lester Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director, who spent the majority of his professional life in the United Kingdom. He is known for the fast-paced, flamboyant directing he brought to his comedy films, mo ...

, starring Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford,

Phil Silvers Phil Silvers (born Phillip Silver; May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years. He achieved major popularity w ...

Michael Crawford Michael Patrick Smith (born 19 January 1942), known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian and singer. Crawford is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom '' Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', Cornel ...

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* '' The Game Is Over'' (La curée), directed by

Roger Vadim Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director, and producer, as well as an author, artist, and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, s ...

and starring

– (

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Alan Bates Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the Cinema of the United Kingdom#The 1960s, 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down ...

– ( U.K.) * '' The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'', starring

Don Knotts Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'', for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He als ...

* '' The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini'', starring Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Nancy Sinatra * '' The Glass Bottom Boat'', starring

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey ...

and Rod Taylor * '' Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster'' (Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō) – (

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Sergio Leone Sergio Leone ( ; ; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. Leone's film-making style ...

, starring

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...

Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach ( ; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a British Aca ...

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– (

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John Frankenheimer John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits are ''Birdman of Alcatraz (film), Birdman of Alcatraz'', ''The Manc ...

, starring James Garner,

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor and producer. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, he is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time. He often played hypermasculine characters and was noted for his commandin ...

, Eva Marie Saint, Jessica Walter * '' The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery'', starring

Frankie Howerd Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian. Early life Howerd was born the son of a soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Deat ...

and Dora Bryan – ( U.K.) * '' The Group'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Joanna Pettet and Jessica Walter * '' Gunpoint (film), Gunpoint'', starring Audie Murphy, Joan Staley and Warren Stevens

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* ''The Hawks and the Sparrows'' (Uccellacci e uccellini), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, starring

– (

) * ''The Hellbenders'' (I Crudeli), starring Joseph Cotten – (Italy) * ''Here Is Your Life'' (Här har du ditt liv) – (

) * ''The Hills Run Red (1966 film), The Hills Run Red'' (Un Fiume di dollari), directed by Carlo Lizzani – (Italy) * '' Hold On!'', starring Peter Noone and Shelley Fabares * '' How to Steal a Million'', directed by William Wyler, starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole * ''Hotel Paradiso (film), Hotel Paradiso'', directed by Peter Glenville and starring Alec Guinness – ( U.K.) * ''The Hunchback of Soho'' (Der Bucklige von Soho), directed by Alfred Vohrer – (

) * ''Hunger (1966 film), Hunger'' (Sult) – (Danish films of the 1960s, Denmark/Norwegian films of the 1960s, Norway/

) * ''La caza, The Hunt'' (La Caza), directed by Carlos Saura – (

)

I

* '' The Idol'', directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Jennifer Jones and Michael Parks – ( U.K.) * '' Incident at Phantom Hill'', directed by Earl Bellamy * '' Is Paris Burning?'' (Paris brûle-t-il?), directed by René Clément, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron – (

/American films of 1978, United States) * ''Island of Terror'', starring

, Edward Judd, Carole Gray * ''It Happened Here'', starring Sebastian Shaw (actor), Sebastian Shaw – ( U.K.)

J

* ''Jack Frost (1964 film), Jack Frost'' (Морозко), directed by Alexander Rou – (

) * ''John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums'', a documentary narrated by

and directed by Bruce Herschensohn * '' Johnny Reno'', starring Jane Russell * ''Johnny Yuma (film), Johnny Yuma'', directed by Romolo Girolami and starring Mark Damon – (

) * ''

'', starring

and Peter Finch – (Israeli films of the 1960s, Israel/U.K./U.S.)

K

* ''Kaleidoscope (1966 film), Kaleidoscope'', directed by Jack Smight, starring Warren Beatty – (U.K.) * ''Khartoum (film), Khartoum'', directed by Basil Dearden, starring Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier – ( U.K.) * ''Kill, Baby, Kill'', directed by

– (

) * '' King of Hearts'' (Le roi de cœur), directed by Philippe de Broca, starring

– (

) * ''Kriminal'' – (

)

L

* '' Let's Kill Uncle'', directed by William Castle * ''Lightning Bolt (film), Lightning Bolt'' (Operazione Goldman), directed by Antonio Margheriti – (

) * '' Lord Love a Duck'', starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld * '' Lost Command'', directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson, starring Anthony Quinn, George Segal, Alain Delon,

* '' Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.'', starring Dick Van Dyke and Nancy Kwan

M

* '' Madame X'', starring Lana Turner * '' Made in Paris'', starring Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Chad Everett, Edie Adams * ''Made in U.S.A. (1966 film), Made in U.S.A.'', directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Anna Karina and Jean-Pierre Léaud – (

) * ''Mademoiselle (1966 film), Mademoiselle'', directed by Tony Richardson, starring

– (

/ U.K.) * ''Mamta (1966 film), Mamta'', starring Ashok Kumar – (

) * '' A Man and a Woman'', directed by

, starring

and Jean-Louis Trintignant -- ''

'' winner – (France) * '' The Man Called Flintstone'', directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna * '' A Man for All Seasons'', directed by

, starring

, Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw,

– winner of 6

and 5 BAFTAs – ( U.K.) * ''

'', starring James Garner and Sandra Dee * ''Manos: The Hands of Fate'', starring and written, directed and produced by Harold P. Warren * ''Masculine-Feminine'' by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud – (

) * ''Mera Saaya'' (My Shadow), starring Sunil Dutt and Sadhana Shivdasani, Sadhana – (

) * ''Mission to Death'' * '' Mister Buddwing'', directed by Delbert Mann, starring James Garner, Jean Simmons, Angela Lansbury, Suzanne Pleshette, Katharine Ross * ''Misunderstood (1966 film), Misunderstood'' (Incompreso), directed by Luigi Comencini – (

) * ''

'', starring Monica Vitti and Terence Stamp – (U.K.) * ''

'', starring Jean Seberg and Honor Blackman * ''Morgan!'' (a.k.a. Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment), directed by Karel Reisz – ( U.K.) * '' Munster, Go Home!'', starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis (actor), Al Lewis * '' Murderers' Row'', starring Dean Martin (as Matt Helm), with Karl Malden, Camilla Sparv, Ann-Margret * ''My Wife, the Director General'', directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab, starring Salah Zulfikar and Shadia – (List of Egyptian films of 1966, Egypt)

N

* ''Namu, the Killer Whale'', directed by László Benedek * ''Navajo Joe'', starring Burt Reynolds – (

) * ''Nayak (1966 film), Nayak'', directed by Satyajit Ray – (Bengali films of the 1960s, India) * '' Nevada Smith'', starring Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Martin Landau, Suzanne Pleshette and Arthur Kennedy * ''Night Games (1966 film), Night Games'' (Nattlek), directed by Mai Zetterling and starring Ingrid Thulin – (

) * ''Nobody Wanted to Die'' (Niekas nenorėjo mirti) – (

) * '' Not with My Wife, You Don't!'', starring

, George C. Scott and Virna Lisi * ''The Nun (1966 film), The Nun'' (La religieuse), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Anna Karina – (

)

O

* '' Once Before I Die'', starring Ursula Andress and John Derek * '' One Million Years B.C.'', starring Raquel Welch – ( U.K.) * ''Operazione San Gennaro'' (a.k.a. The Treasure of San Gennaro), starring Nino Manfredi and

– (

) * '' The Oscar'', starring Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett * '' Our Man Flint'', starring

* '' Our Man in Marrakesh'', a.k.a. ''Bang! Bang! You're Dead!'', starring Tony Randall

P

* ''The Pad and How to Use It'', directed by Brian G. Hutton * '' Paradise, Hawaiian Style'', starring

* ''

'', starring Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Dick Shawn, Jonathan Winters, Ian Bannen and Arlene Golonka * ''Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus'' (Father Christmas Has Blue Eyes), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud – (

) * ''

'', directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann – (

) * ''Pharaoh (film), Pharaoh'' (Faraon), directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz – (

) * ''Phool Aur Patthar'', starring Dharmendra – (

) * ''Picture Mommy Dead'', starring Don Ameche and Zsa Zsa Gabor * ''The Plague of the Zombies'', starring André Morell – ( U.K.) * '' The Plainsman'', starring Don Murray (actor), Don Murray, Abby Dalton and Leslie Nielsen * '' The Poppy Is Also a Flower'', directed by Terence Young (director), Terence Young, starring

, Stephen Boyd, Rita Hayworth,

and

* ''The Pornographers'' (Erogotoshitachi yori Jinruigaku nyumon), directed by Shōhei Imamura – (

) * ''The Priest and the Girl'' (O Padre e a Moça) – (Brazilian films of the 1960s, Brazil) * '' The Professionals'', directed by Richard Brooks, starring Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance and

* ''The Projected Man'', starring Mary Peach, Bryant Haliday and Ronald Allen– ( U.K.)

Q

* ''Queen of Blood'', starring John Saxon, Basil Rathbone and Dennis Hopper * '' The Quiller Memorandum'', starring George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow and

– ( U.K./U.S.)

R

* '' Rage'', starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens * '' The Rare Breed'', starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith and Juliet Mills * ''A Report on the Party and the Guests'' (O slavnosti a hostech), directed by Jan Němec – (

) * '' The Reptile'', starring Noel Willman, Ray Barrett and Jennifer Daniel– ( U.K.) * '' Return of the Seven'', starring

, Robert Fuller (actor), Robert Fuller, Claude Akins and Warren Oates * '' Ride in the Whirlwind'', directed by Monte Hellman, starring Jack Nicholson and Millie Perkins * ''Ringo and His Golden Pistol'' (Johnny Oro), directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Mark Damon – (

) * ''Roman Candles (1966 film), Roman Candles'', directed by John Waters * ''Rondo (1966 film), Rondo'', directed by Zvonimir Berković– (List of Yugoslav films of the 1960s, Yugoslavia) * ''Rosalie'', a short directed by Walerian Borowczyk – (

) * ''The Round-Up (1965 film), The Round-Up'' (Szegénylegények), directed by Miklós Jancsó – (List of Hungarian films 1948–1989, Hungary) * ''Run, Appaloosa, Run'', starring Rex Allen * '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'', directed by Norman Jewison, starring Alan Arkin, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner and Eva Marie Saint

S

* '' The Sand Pebbles'', directed by Robert Wise, starring Steve McQueen,

, Candice Bergen and Richard Crenna * ''The Sandwich Man (1966 film), The Sandwich Man'', starring Michael Bentine and Dora Bryan – ( U.K.) * ''Savage Pampas (1966 film), Savage Pampas'', starring Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor, Ron Randell and Marc Lawrence (U.S./List of Spanish films of the 1960s, Spain/Lists of Argentine films, Argentina) * ''

'', directed by

, starring Rock Hudson * ''The She Beast'', starring Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy * ''Shiroi Kyotō'' (The White Tower) – (

) * '' The Shooting'', starring Warren Oates, Jack Nicholson and Millie Perkins * ''Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam'', directed by and starring N. T. Rama Rao – (Telugu films of the 1960s, India) * '' The Silencers'', starring Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Cyd Charisse and Nancy Kovack * ''

'', starring Debbie Reynolds and Greer Garson * ''Sound of Horror'', starring James Philbrook, Arturo Fernández (actor), Arturo Fernandez and Soledad Miranda * '' Spinout'', starring

* ''The Spy with a Cold Nose'', directed by Daniel Petrie – ( U.K.) * ''

'', starring Ann-Margret,

, Red Buttons, Alex Cord, Mike Connors and Stefanie Powers * ''Stop the World – I Want to Get Off#Film adaptation, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off'', directed by Philip Saville * ''Suraj (1966 film), Suraj'', starring Vyjayanthimala and Rajendra Kumar – (

) * ''The Swinger'', starring Ann-Margret, Tony Franciosa and Yvonne Romain * '' The Sword of Doom'' (Dai-bosatsu tōge) – (

)

T

* ''Tarzan and the Valley of Gold'', starring Mike Henry (American football), Mike Henry and Nancy Kovack * ''Teesri Kasam'' (Third Oath), starring Raj Kapoor – (

) * '' Texas Across the River'', starring Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth, Peter Graves, Joey Bishop * ''They're a Weird Mob (film), They're a Weird Mob'', directed by Powell and Pressburger – (Australian films of the 1960s, Australia) * '' This Property Is Condemned'', directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Natalie Wood,

, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid * '' Three on a Couch'', directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, with Janet Leigh, Leslie Parrish, Mary Ann Mobley * '' Thunderbirds Are Go'', produced by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson, voices of Peter Dyneley, Shane Rimmer, Matt Zimmerman (actor), Matt Zimmerman, David Graham (actor), David Graham, Christine Finn, Sylvia Anderson, Jeremy Wilkin, Ray Barrett * ''Tiempo de morir, Time to Die'' (''Tiempo de morir''), directed by Arturo Ripstein, starring Marga López and Jorge Martínez de Hoyos – (List of Mexican films of 1966, Mexico) * '' Tokyo Drifter'' (Tōkyō nagaremono), directed by

– (

) * '' Torn Curtain'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews * ''Trace of Stones'' (Spur der Steine) – (List of East German films#1960s, East Germany) * ''The Trap (1966 film), The Trap'', starring Rita Tushingham and Oliver Reed – ( U.K./List of Canadian films, Canada) * '' Triple Cross'', starring Christopher Plummer, Claudine Auger, Gert Fröbe – (U.K./

) * '' The Trouble with Angels'', directed by Ida Lupino, starring Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills * ''Trunk to Cairo'', directed by Menahem Golan, starring Audie Murphy – (Israeli films of the 1960s, Israel) * ''The Trygon Factor'', starring Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire and Robert Morley – ( U.K./List of Canadian films, West Germany)

U

* ''The Ugly Dachshund'', directed by

and starring Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette * ''Ukamau'' (And So it Is) – (List of Bolivian films#1960s, Bolivia) * ''The Uncle (1965 film), The Uncle'', directed by Desmond Davis and starring Rupert Davies – ( U.K.)

V

* ''Liolà (film), A Very Handy Man'' (Liolà), directed by Alessandro Blasetti – (

) * ''Very Happy Alexander'' (''Alexandre le bienheureux''), directed by Yves Robert, starring Philippe Noiret – (

)

W

* '' Waco'', starring Jane Russell and Howard Keel * '' Walk, Don't Run'', starring Cary Grant (in his final film), Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton * ''The War Is Over (1966 film), The War Is Over'' (La Guerre est Finie), directed by Alain Resnais, starring

and Ingrid Thulin – (

) * '' The War of the Gargantuas'' (Furankenshutain no Kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira) – (

) * '' Way...Way Out'', starring Jerry Lewis and Connie Stevens * '' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'', directed by Blake Edwards, starring

and Dick Shawn * ''Where the Spies Are'', directed by Val Guest and starring David Niven – ( U.K.) * ''Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?'' (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) – (

) * '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', directed by Mike Nichols, starring

, ( Best Actress Oscar), Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis * '' The Wild Angels'', starring Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra * '' Wings'' (Крылья), directed by Larisa Shepitko – (

) * ''Winnetou and the Crossbreed'' (Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi), directed by Harald Philipp – (

) * ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' (animated short) * ''The Witches (1966 film), The Witches'', starring Joan Fontaine * '' The Wrong Box'', starring John Mills,

, Nanette Newman – ( U.K.)

Y

* ''Yesterday Girl'', directed by Alexander Kluge – (

) * ''Young Törless'' (Der junge Törless), directed by Volker Schlöndorff – (

) * ''

'', directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Peter Kastner, Elizabeth Hartman, Karen Black, Julie Harris (American actress), Julie Harris

Z

* ''Zatoichi's Pilgrimage'' (Zatōichi umi o wataru), directed by Kazuo Ikehiro – (

) * ''Zatoichi's Vengeance'' (Zatōichi no uta ga kikoeru) is a 1966 Japanese ''chambara'' film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

Short film series

* ''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Sylvester the Cat'' (1944 in film, 1944–1966) * ''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953 in film, 1953–1968 in film, 1968) * ''Daffy Duck'' (1937–1968)

Births

* January 2 – Kate Hodge, American actress and producer * January 8 - Maria Pitillo, American former actress * January 13 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor * January 17 – Joshua Malina, American actor * January 20 – Rainn Wilson, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer * January 24 – Julie Dreyfus, French actress * January 31 – Dexter Fletcher, English film director and actor * February 1 – Anthony Johnson (actor), Anthony Johnson, American actor and comedian (d. 2021) * February 4 – Piret Kalda, Estonian actress * February 12 – Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor * February 13 – Neal McDonough, American actor and producer * February 14 – Kristen Dalton (actress), Kristen Dalton, American actress * February 15 **Mo Gallini, American actor **Cynthia Lamontagne, American former actress **Kim Myers, American actress * February 19 – Justine Bateman, American actress, writer, director and producer * February 22 – Rachel Dratch, American actress, comedian, writer and producer * February 24 ** Ben Miller, English actor ** Billy Zane, American actor * February 25 ** Alexis Denisof, American actor ** Téa Leoni, American actress * February 27 – Donal Logue, Canadian-Irish actor, producer and writer * March 1 ** Michelle Berube, American actress ** Zack Snyder, American director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer * March 3 – Tone Loc, American rapper and actor * March 4 – Steve Bastoni, Italian-born Australian actor * March 5 – Aasif Mandvi, British-American actor and comedian * March 9 – Alison Doody, Irish model and actress * March 10 – Stephen Mailer, American actor * March 14 ** Elise Neal, American actress ** Gary Anthony Williams, American actor, comedian and filmmaker * March 22 – Sara Crowe, Scottish actress * March 23 – Marin Hinkle, American actress * March 26 – Michael Imperioli, American actor * April 8 – Robin Wright, American actress * April 9 – Cynthia Nixon, American actress * April 13 – Andy Nyman, English actor, director and writer * April 14 – Lloyd Owen, British actor * April 22 – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor and producer * April 27 – Matt Reeves, American director, producer and screenwriter * May 3 – Firdous Bamji, Indian actor and writer * May 4 - Murray McArthur, English actor * May 10 – Ilian Djevelekov, Bulgarian film director and producer * May 12 – Stephen Baldwin, American actor * May 15 **Sommore, American comedian and actress **Greg Wise, English actor and producer * May 16 – Scott Reeves, American actor and country music singer * May 19 – Polly Walker, English actress * May 20 – Mindy Cohn, American actress and voice actress * May 23 – H. Jon Benjamin, American actor and comedian * May 26 – Helena Bonham Carter, English actress * May 28 - Roger Kumble, American director and screenwriter * May 30 - Fahim Fazli, Afghan-American actor * June 5 – Dwayne Hill, Canadian voice actor * June 7 – Tom McCarthy (director), Tom McCarthy, American director, screenwriter and actor * June 8 – Julianna Margulies, American actress * June 10 - Laura Silverman, American actress * June 16 – Phil Vischer, American filmmaker, animator, musician and voice actor * June 17 – Jason Patric, American actor * June 19 – Samuel West, English actor, director and voice actor * June 22 ** Carlos Gallardo (actor), Carlos Gallardo, Mexican actor, producer, screenwriter and director ** Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress * June 24 – Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006) * June 27 – J. J. Abrams, American filmmaker and composer * June 28 ** John Cusack, American actor, brother of actress Joan Cusack ** Şenay Gürler, Turkish actress ** Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress ** Sara Stewart, Scottish actress * June 29 – DJ Pooh, American rapper, actor and filmmaker * June 30 ** Ian Bliss, Australian character actor ** Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor * July 5 **Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, American director **Claudia Wells, American actress * July 6 ** Mark Mitchinson, English-born New Zealand actor ** Brian Posehn, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, musician and writer * July 7 ** Jim Gaffigan, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer ** William Haze, American actor (died 2016) * July 8 – Mike Nawrocki, American director, animator, writer and voice actor * July 9 ** Pamela Adlon, American actress, voice actress, screenwriter, producer and director ** Jamie Bartlett, British-born South African actor (d. 2022) * July 10 – A. O. Scott, American film critic of ''The New York Times'' * July 11 ** Debbe Dunning, American actress ** Greg Grunberg, American actor ** Elina Löwensohn, Romanian-American actress * July 12 – Tamsin Greig, English actress, narrator and comedian * July 14 – Matthew Fox, American actor * July 15 – Irène Jacob, French-born Swiss actress * July 16 – Scott Derrickson, American filmmaker * July 18 – Lori Alan, American actress and voice actress * July 19 – Nancy Carrell, American actress, comedian and writer * July 31 – Dean Cain, American actor, producer and television presenter * August 1 – Dan Gerson, American screenwriter and voice actor (d. 2016) * August 5 ** James Gunn, American filmmaker and actor ** Jonathan Silverman, American actor * August 8 – Verónica Falcón, Mexican actress * August 10 – André Sogliuzzo, American voice actor * August 14 – Halle Berry, American actress * August 15 ** Con O'Neill (actor), Con O'Neill, English actor ** Tasha de Vasconcelos, Mozambican-born Portuguese-Canadian actress * August 17 **Tom Gallop, American actor **Matt Maiellaro, American actor * August 18 **Sarita Choudhury, British actress **María Onetto, Argentine actress (d. 2023) * August 19 - Chris McGarry, American actor * August 20 ** Colin Cunningham, American actor ** David Rees Snell, American actor * August 25 – Julia Davis, English actress, comedian, director and writer * August 28 – Enzo Squillino Jr., British actor * August 29 – Stacey Travis, American actress * August 30 – Michael Michele, American actress * September 1 – James Nguyen, Vietnamese filmmaker * September 2 – Salma Hayek, Mexican actress * September 7 – Toby Jones, English actor * September 9 **David Bennent, Swiss actor **Adam Sandler, American actor * September 12 **Darren E. Burrows, American actor **Khaled El Nabawy, Egyptian actor * September 13 – Louis Mandylor, Australian actor * September 16 – Sean Frye, American former actor * September 20 – Niki Caro, New Zealand film director and screenwriter * September 22 ** Ira Heiden, American actor ** Ruth Jones, Welsh actress, comedian, writer and producer * September 25 – Jason Flemyng, English actor * September 29 – Ben Miles, English actor * October 6 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress * October 9 – Tim Herlihy, American actor, producer and screenwriter * October 10 - Bai Ling, Chinese-American actress * October 11 – Luke Perry, American actor (d. 2019) * October 16 – Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress * October 17 – Mark Gatiss, English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director and producer * October 19 – Jon Favreau, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * October 24 – Zahn McClarnon, American actor * October 26 – Steve Valentine, English actor * October 28 **Chris Bauer, American actor **Andy Richter, American actor, writer, comedian and talk show announcer * October 31 - Mike O'Malley, American actor, writer and producer * November 2 – David Schwimmer, American actor, director and producer * November 3 ** Vincent Franklin, English actor ** Jonathan Loughran, American actor * November 5 – Leni Parker, Canadian actress * November 6 – Peter DeLuise, American actor * November 11 – Vince Colosimo, Australian actor * November 17 – Sophie Marceau, French actress and director * November 19 ** Wolfgang Bodison, American actor ** Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist * November 22 ** Nicholas Rowe (actor), Nicholas Rowe, British actor ** Michael K. Williams, American actor (d. 2021) * November 23 – Vincent Cassel, French actor * November 25 – Billy Burke (actor), Billy Burke, American actor * November 26 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and television personality * December 1 – Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer and screenwriter * December 2 – Katherine LaNasa, American actress * December 4 ** Fred Armisen, American actor and comedian ** Carey Means, American voice and stage actor * December 7 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor * December 8 ** Tyler Mane, Canadian character actor ** Scott Shepherd (actor), Scott Shepherd, American actor ** Sinéad O'Connor, Irish actress and singer (d. 2023) * December 9 – Toby Huss, American actor * December 12 – Lydia Zimmermann, Spanish filmmaker * December 14 – Boris Isaković. Serbian actor * December 19 – Robert MacNaughton, American actor * December 20 – Paul Ritter, English actor (d. 2021) * December 21 ** Michelle Hurd, American actress ** Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor * December 24 – Diedrich Bader, American actor and voice actor * December 28 - David Fane, New Zealand actor * December 30 – Akosua Busia, Ghanaian actress and writer * December 31 **Bruce Ramsey, Canadian actor **Maddie Taylor, American voice actress and comedian

Deaths

* January 3 – Rex Lease, 62, American actor, ''Rough Riding Ranger'', ''Borrowed Wives'' * January 17 – Vincent J. Donehue, 50, American director, ''Lonelyhearts'', ''Sunrise at Campobello'' * January 22 – Herbert Marshall, 75, British actor, ''The Letter (1940 film), The Letter'', ''The Little Foxes (film), The Little Foxes'' * January 31 – Elizabeth Patterson (actress), Elizabeth Patterson, 90, American actress, ''The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Remember the Night'' * February 1 ** Buster Keaton, 70, American actor and director, ''The General (1926 film), The General'', ''Sherlock Jr.'' ** Hedda Hopper, 80, American gossip columnist and actress, ''Sunset Boulevard (film), Sunset Boulevard'', ''Topper (film), Topper'' * February 9 – Sophie Tucker, 82, Russian-born American singer and actress, ''Thoroughbreds Don't Cry'', ''Broadway Melody of 1938'' * February 18 – Robert Rossen, 57, American writer and director, ''The Hustler'', ''All the King's Men (1949 film), All the King's Men'' * February 19 – James Edward Grant, 60, American writer and director, ''Angel and the Badman'', ''The Alamo (1960 film), The Alamo'' * February 26 – Mientje Kling, 71, Dutch actress, ''The Devil in Amsterdam'' * March 3 ** William Frawley, 79, American actor, ''Miracle on 34th Street'', ''The Lemon Drop Kid'' ** Alice Pearce, 48, American actress, ''On the Town (film), On the Town'', ''The Disorderly Orderly'' * March 12 – Estelita Rodriguez, 34, Cuban actress, ''Tropical Heat Wave'', ''Rio Bravo (film), Rio Bravo'' * March 26 – Cyril Hume, 66, American screenwriter, ''The Great Gatsby (1949 film), The Great Gatsby'', ''Forbidden Planet'' * April 6 ** Julia Faye, 73, American actress, ''Chicago (1927 film), Chicago'', ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'' ** Edna Flugrath, 73, American silent-film actress, ''The Derby Winner'', ''The Pursuit of Pamela'' * April 16 – Marjie Millar, 34, American actress, ''Money from Home'', ''About Mrs. Leslie'' * June 5 – Natacha Rambova, 69, American actress, ''Salomé (1923 film), Salomé'', ''Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 film), Monsieur Beaucaire'' * June 11 – Wallace Ford, 68, British-born American actor, ''Another Face'', ''3 Ring Circus'' * June 19 – Ed Wynn, 79, American actor, ''Alice in Wonderland (1951 film), Alice in Wonderland'', ''Mary Poppins (film), Mary Poppins'' * July 5 – John P. Fulton, 63, American special effects supervisor, ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments'' * July 6 – Anne Nagel, 50, American actress, ''Under the Big Top'', ''My Little Chickadee'' * July 23 ** Douglass Montgomery, 59, American actor, ''Little Women (1933 film), Little Women'', ''Waterloo Bridge (1931 film), Waterloo Bridge'' ** Montgomery Clift, 45, American actor, ''From Here to Eternity'', ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' * August 3 – Lenny Bruce, 40, American satirist * August 15 ** Jan Kiepura, 64, Polish tenor and actor, ''My Song for You (film), My Song for You'' ** Seena Owen, 71, American actress, ''Queen Kelly, Victory (1940 film), Victory'' * August 23 – Francis X. Bushman, 83, American actor, ''Ben-Hur (1925 film), Ben-Hur'', ''The Phantom Planet'' * August 25 – Lance Comfort, 58, British director, ''Penn of Pennsylvania'', ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' * August 26 – Art Baker (actor), Art Baker, 68, American actor, ''Cover Up (1949 film), Cover Up'', ''The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film), The Farmer's Daughter'' * August 29 – Joseph Egger, 77, Austrian actor, ''A Fistful of Dollars'', ''For a Few Dollars More'' * September 14 – Nikolai Cherkasov, 63, Soviet actor, ''Alexander Nevsky (film), Alexander Nevsky'', ''Ivan The Terrible, Part II'' * September 22 – Jules Furthman, 78, American screenwriter, ''The Big Sleep (1946 film), The Big Sleep'', ''To Have and Have Not (film), To Have and Have Not'' * October 13 – Clifton Webb, 76, American actor, ''Laura (1944 film), Laura'', ''The Man Who Never Was'' * October 16 – George O'Hara (actor), George O'Hara, 67, American actor and writer, ''Side Street (1929 film), Side Street'', ''The Grapes of Wrath (film), The Grapes of Wrath'' * October 23 ** Eugenio Bava, 80, Italian cinematographer, ''Cabiria'', ''Quo Vadis (1913 film), Quo Vadis'' ** Claire McDowell, 88, American actress, ''The Mark of Zorro (1920 film), The Mark of Zorro'', ''Ben-Hur (1925 film), Ben-Hur'' * October 24 – Hans Dreier, 81, German art director of European and American films, ''Sunset Boulevard (film), Sunset Boulevard'', ''Double Indemnity'' * November 3 – Byron Barr, 49, American actor, ''Double Indemnity'', ''Pitfall (1948 film), Pitfall'' * November 9 – James V. Kern, 57, American screenwriter and director, ''Never Say Goodbye (1946 film), Never Say Goodbye'', ''Two Tickets to Broadway'' * December 14 ** Emma Dunn, 91, British actress, ''Mother (1914 film), Mother'', ''Life with Father (film), Life with Father'' ** Verna Felton, 76, American actress and voice actress, ''Picnic (1955 film), Picnic'', ''Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella'' ** Richard Whorf, 60, American actor and director, ''Christmas Holiday'', ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' * December 15 –

, 65, American producer, cartoonist and studio executive, ''Steamboat Willie'', ''Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella'', ''Fantasia (1940 film), Fantasia'' * December 19 – Betty Kuuskemaa, 87, Estonian actress, ', ' * December 22 ** Harry Beaumont, 78, American director, ''The Broadway Melody'', ''Enchanted April (1935 film), Enchanted April'' ** Robert Keith (actor), Robert Keith, 68, American actor, ''The Lineup (film), The Lineup'', ''Written on the Wind''

Film debuts

*Yves Afonso – ''Masculin Féminin'' *Héctor Alterio – ''Todo sol es amargo'' *Candice Bergen – '' The Group'' *Peter Boyle – ''The Group'' *Richard Bradford (actor), Richard Bradford – '' The Chase'' *Roberta Collins – '' Lord Love a Duck'' *Michael Douglas – '' Cast a Giant Shadow'' *Harrison Ford – '' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' *Ted Gehring – ''Swamp Country'' *Julien Guiomar – '' King of Hearts'' *Hal Holbrook – ''The Group'' *Paulo José – ''The Priest and the Girl'' *Stuart Margolin – ''Women of the Prehistoric Planet'' *Bette Midler – ''

'' *Helen Mirren – ''Press for Time'' *Ian Ogilvy – ''The She Beast'' *Alan Oppenheimer – ''Gammera the Invincible'' *Robert Pine – ''Gunpoint (film), Gunpoint'' *Maurice Roëves – ''The Fighting Prince of Donegal'' *Hiroyuki Sanada – ''Game of Chance'' *Anatoly Solonitsyn – ''

'' *Marco St. John – ''The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean'' *James Tolkan – ''The Three Sisters'' *Natalya Varley – ''Formula radugi'' *Sam Waterston – ''The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean'' *Mary Woronov – ''The Beard''

Notes

References

External links

List of 1966 films
at IMDb
List of 1966 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1966 births
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