1969 in film

Overview of the events of 1969 in film

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The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. United Artists will celebrated their 50th anniversary.

## Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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See also: List of 1969 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1969  Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals

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1  | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | 20th Century Fox | $29,200,000[1]
2  | The Love Bug | Buena Vista | $21,000,000[1]
3  | Midnight Cowboy | United Artists | $20,500,000[2]
4  | Easy Rider | Columbia | $16,900,000[1]
5  | Hello, Dolly! | 20th Century Fox  | $15,000,000[1]
6  | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Columbia  | $14,600,000[1]
7  | Paint Your Wagon | Paramount | $14,500,000[1]
8  | True Grit | $14,300,000[1]
9  | Cactus Flower | Columbia  | $11,900,000[1]
10  | Goodbye, Columbus | Paramount  | $10,500,000[1]

## Events

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* January 14 \- Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
* February 23 \- Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36.
* June 22 \- American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London.
* July 8 \- Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
* July 13 \- Al Pacino's film debut (Me, Natalie).
* Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive.
* August 8 \- Kirk Kerkorian buys 24% of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the biggest shareholder.
* August 9 \- Tate murders: Sharon Tate, the 26-year-old pregnant actress, model and Roman Polanski's wife, is murdered by Charles Manson's "Family" at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, aside three friends and an unrelated man.
* August 29 \- The Color of Pomegranates now regarded as a landmark in film history
* September 20 \- Injun Trouble was released, becoming the final entry of Merrie Melodies before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down.
* November 10 \- Elvis Presley's film career ends with the release of Change of Habit.
* Jack and Jill: A Postscript becomes the first feature film to receive an Australian Film Institute Award.

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 27th Golden Globe Awards
February 2, 1970 | 23rd BAFTA Awards
March 8, 1970 | 42nd Academy Awards
April 7, 1970

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Anne of the Thousand Days | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Midnight Cowboy
Best Director | Charles Jarrott
Anne of the Thousand Days | John Schlesinger
Midnight Cowboy
Best Actor | John Wayne
True Grit | Peter O'Toole
Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Dustin Hoffman
John and Mary / Midnight Cowboy | John Wayne
True Grit
Best Actress | Genevieve Bujold
Anne of the Thousand Days | Patty Duke
Me, Natalie | Maggie Smith
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Supporting Actor | Gig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Laurence Olivier
Oh! What a Lovely War | Gig Young
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actress | Goldie Hawn
Cactus Flower | Celia Johnson
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Goldie Hawn
Cactus Flower
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove
Anne of the Thousand Days | Waldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy | Waldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy
Best Screenplay, Original | William Goldman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Original Score | Burt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | N/A | Burt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
Hello, Dolly!
Best Original Song | "Jean"
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | N/A | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Foreign Language Film | Z | N/A | Z

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Želimir Žilnik, Yugoslavia

## 1969 films

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### By country/region

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

### By genre/medium

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

## Short film series

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

## Births

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* January 1
* Morris Chestnut, American actor
* Mr. Lawrence, American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director
* Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018)
* January 2
* Nicholas Gleaves, English actor
* Tommy Morrison, American professional boxer, mixed martial artist and actor (d. 2013)
* January 3 - John Ales, American actor
* January 5 - Shea Whigham, American actor
* January 6 - Norman Reedus, American actor
* January 8 - Ami Dolenz, American former actress
* January 11 - Kyle Richards, American actress
* January 14 – Jason Bateman, American actor
* January 15 - Meret Becker, German actress and singer
* January 17 – James Waterston, American actor
* January 18 – Dave Bautista, American actor and former professional wrestler
* January 20 - Reno Wilson, American actor
* January 21
* Karina Lombard, Tahitan actress
* Matt Willig, American actor and former football player
* January 22 - Olivia d'Abo, British actress and singer
* January 23 - Stephanie Romanov, American actress
* January 27 – Patton Oswalt, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer
* January 28 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
* January 29 - Sam Trammell, American actor
* February 3 - Shane Rangi, New Zealand actor
* February 4 - Brandy Ledford, American actress and model
* February 5
* Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter and actor
* Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and producer
* February 6
* April Haney, American former actress and singer
* Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese actor and singer
* David Hayter, Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
* February 8
* Brian Krause, American actor
* Mary McCormack, American actress
* February 11
* Jennifer Aniston, American actress
* Lee Tockar, Canadian voice actor and visual artist
* February 12 - Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer and screenwriter
* February 13 - Andrew Bryniarski, American actor
* February 15 - James Riordan, American actor
* February 21 - Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, American actress
* February 22 - Thomas Jane, American actor
* February 26 - Steve Agee, American comedian, actor, writer and musician
* February 28 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
* March 1 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
* March 6
* Adam Fogerty, English actor
* Amy Pietz, American actress and singer
* March 8 - Don Hall, American director, voice actor and writer
* March 10
* Paget Brewster, American actress
* Dave Sheridan, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician
* March 11 – Terrence Howard, American actor
* March 15 - Kim Raver, American actress and producer
* March 16 - Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian
* March 17 - Patrick Van Horn, American actor
* March 19 - Connor Trinneer, American actor
* March 23 - Richard Cadell, Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter
* March 27 - Kevin Corrigan, American character actor
* March 28 - Brett Ratner, American director and producer
* April 2 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor
* April 3 – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
* April 6 – Paul Rudd, American actor
* April 21
* Toby Stephens, English actor
* Joel de la Fuente, American actor
* April 23 – Byron Thames, American actor
* April 24 - Rory McCann, Scottish actor
* April 25
* Gina Torres, American actress
* Renée Zellweger, American actress
* April 29 - Paul Adelstein, American actor
* May 1 – Wes Anderson, American director
* May 2 - Karel Dobrý, Czech actor
* May 10 - Lenny Venito, American actor
* May 12 - Kim Fields, American actress and director
* May 14 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
* May 15 - Kirk DeMicco, American filmmaker
* May 22 - Michael Kelly, American actor
* May 24 – Carl Anthony Payne II, American actor
* May 25 – Anne Heche, American actress (d. 2022)
* May 27 - Glenn Ficarra, American screenwriter, director and producer
* May 28 - Justin Kirk, American actor
* June 1 – Teri Polo, American actress
* June 2 - Ol Parker, English director, producer and screenwriter
* June 3 - Tate Taylor, American filmmaker and actor
* June 4
* Rob Huebel, American actor, comedian and writer
* Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born American actor and comedian
* June 6 - Nina Sosanya, English actress and narrator
* June 7
* Adam Buxton, English actor, comedian and writer
* Kim Rhodes, American actress
* Anthony Simcoe, Australian actor
* June 8 - J. P. Manoux, American actor, director and writer
* June 9 - Josh Hamilton, American actor
* June 11 – Peter Dinklage, American actor
* June 12 - Andrew Howard, Welsh actor
* June 13 - Laura Kightlinger, American actress, writer and comedian
* June 15 – Ice Cube, American actor and rapper
* June 18 - Ella Kenion, English comedy actress
* June 19 - Sean Anders, American director and screenwriter
* June 21 - Lloyd Avery II, American actor (d. 2005)
* June 23 - Martin Klebba, American character actor and stunt performer
* June 24 - Jensen Daggett, American actress
* June 28
* Tichina Arnold, American actress
* Angeline Ball, Irish actress
* Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
* June 29 - Aleks Paunovic, Canadian actor
* July 2 - John Emmet Tracy, American-Canadian actor
* July 3
* Shawnee Smith, American actress and singer
* Gedeon Burkhard, German actor
* July 4 - Charles Paraventi, American-born Brazilian actor
* July 5 - RZA, American rapper, actor and filmmaker
* July 6 - Brian Van Holt, American actor
* July 7 - Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
* July 8 - Rachael Lillis, American voice actress and screenwriter (d. 2024)
* July 10
* Jamie Glover, English actor
* Gale Harold, American Actor
* July 13 - Ken Jeong, American stand-up comedian, actor and producer
* July 17
* Jason Clarke, Australian actor
* Kazuki Kitamura, Japanese actor
* July 19 - Bodhi Elfman, American actor
* July 20 - Josh Holloway, American actor
* July 21 – Godfrey, American actor, comedian
* July 22 – James Arnold Taylor, American actor, writer and producer
* July 24
* Rick Fox, Canadian-Bahamian former basketball player and actor
* Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer
* July 25 - Dave B. Mitchell, American voice actor
* July 28
* Alexis Arquette, American actress (d. 2016)
* Noma Dumezweni, British actress
* July 30 - Simon Baker, Australian actor
* July 31
* Ben Chaplin, British actor
* Loren Dean, American actor
* August 4 – Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor
* August 5
* Chuck Campbell, Canadian actor and comedian
* Kim Mai Guest, American voice actress
* August 6 - Chris Edgerly, American voice actor, comedian and singer
* August 8 - Chris Beetem, American actor
* August 12 - Nev Fountain, English writer
* August 15 - Kimberley Kates, American actress and producer
* August 16
* Kate Higgins, American voice actress and singer
* Andy Milder, American actor
* August 17 - Donnie Wahlberg, American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and producer
* August 18
* Edward Norton, American actor
* Christian Slater, American actor
* August 19
* Viveka Davis, American actress
* Paula Jai Parker, American actress
* Matthew Perry, Canadian-American actor (d. 2023)
* August 21 - Nathan Jones, Australian actor and former professional wrestler
* August 24 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor and producer
* August 27
* Reece Shearsmith, English actor, writer and comedian
* Chandra Wilson, American actress and director
* August 28
* Jack Black, American actor, comedian, musician
* Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor and television director
* August 31 - Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
* September 3
* Noah Baumbach, American director and screenwriter
* John Fugelsang, American actor, comedian, writer and television host
* September 4 - Noah Taylor, Australian actor
* September 6 - Trina McGee, American actress
* September 7 - Angie Everhart, American actress
* September 13
* Ace Bhatti, British actor
* Dominic Fumusa, American actor
* Tyler Perry, American actor
* September 14
* Bong Joon-ho, Korean director and screenwriter
* Oscar Kightley, Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, director and comedian
* September 20 - Victoria Dillard, American former actress
* September 21 - Ivan Shvedoff, Russian actor
* September 22 - Sue Perkins, English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer
* September 23
* Crispin Bonham-Carter, English actor
* Shaw Jones, American actor
* September 25 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
* September 26 - David Slade, British director and actor
* September 29 – Erika Eleniak, American actress
* September 30
* Silas Weir Mitchell, American character actor
* Mark Smith, British actor
* October 1 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor
* October 3 – Gwen Stefani, American singer, songwriter and actress
* October 4
* Abraham Benrubi, American actor
* Jerry Minor, American actor, comedian and writer
* October 6 - Rob Campbell, American actor
* October 7 - Bobbie Brown, American actress
* October 8
* Jeremy Davies, American actor
* Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor
* October 9 – Steve McQueen, English director
* October 10
* Manu Bennett, New Zealand actor
* Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress and comedian
* October 15 – Dominic West, English actor
* October 16 - Terri J. Vaughn, American actress, director and producer
* October 17
* Wood Harris, American actor
* Kevin Stea, American actor, singer and director
* Nancy Sullivan, American actress, television presenter, and screenwriter
* October 19
* Roger Cross, Jamaican-born Canadian actor
* Trey Parker, American actor, creator of South Park
* October 22 - Spike Jonze, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
* October 25 - Nika Futterman, American actress, voice actress and singer
* October 26 - Robert Maillet, Canadian actor and former professional wrestler
* October 27 - Peter O'Meara, Irish actor
* October 31 - David Coburn, American actor
* November 4
* Matthew McConaughey, American actor
* Samantha Smith, American actress
* November 8 - Jonathan Slavin, American actor
* November 10
* Jennifer Cody, American dancer and actress
* Ellen Pompeo, American actress
* November 13 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor[3]
* November 19 - Erika Alexander, American actress, writer and producer
* November 20 - Callie Thorne, American actress
* November 21 - John Ortiz, American actor
* November 27
* Elizabeth Marvel, American actress
* Chin Han, Singaporean actor
* November 28
* Martin Cummins, Canadian actor
* Colman Domingo, American actor, writer and director
* November 30
* Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer and screenwriter
* Conan Stevens, Australian actor
* Chris Weitz, American director, screenwriter and producer
* December 5 - Eric Etebari, Iranian-American actor
* Lynne Ramsay, Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer
* Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian and writer
* December 7 - Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality (d. 2011)
* December 9 - Allison Smith, American actress, singer, writer and director
* December 10 - Stephen Billington, English actor
* December 11 - Max Martini, American actor, writer and director
* December 13 - Tony Curran, Scottish actor
* December 14 - Greg Hemphill, Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, writer and director
* December 15
* Adriana Esteves, Brazilian actress
* Ralph Ineson, English actor and narrator
* December 19 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
* December 20 - Brian O'Halloran, American actor, producer and podcaster
* December 21 – Julie Delpy, French actress
* December 27 - Sarah Vowell, American actress
* December 29
* Jennifer Ehle, American actress
* Patrick Fischler, American character actor
* December 30 - Meredith Monroe, American actress

## Deaths

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* January 1 – Barton MacLane, 66, American actor, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre[4]
* January 3 – Howard McNear, 63, American actor, Anatomy of a Murder, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Blue Hawaii, Follow That Dream[5][6]
* January 4 – Violet and Daisy Hilton, 60, English conjoined twins, actresses, appeared in film Freaks
* January 8 – Leslie Goodwins, 69, English director, The Mummy's Curse, Mexican Spitfire
* January 27 – Charles Winninger, 84, American actor, Destry Rides Again, The Sun Shines Bright
* February 2 – Boris Karloff, 81, English actor, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Raven
* February 5 – Thelma Ritter, 66, American actress, Rear Window, All About Eve
* February 9 – Gabby Hayes, 83, American actor, The Man from Utah, In Old Oklahoma
* February 11 – James Lanphier, 48, American actor, The Pink Panther, The Party
* February 19 - Madge Blake, 69, American actress, The Long, Long Trailer, Batman
* February 23 - Madhubala, 36, Indian actress, Mahal, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mughal-E-Azam
* February 27 – John Boles, 73, American actor, Frankenstein, Stella Dallas
* March 18 – Barbara Bates, 43, American actress, The Caddy, All About Eve
* March 19 – Lola Braccini, 79, Italian actress, My Little One, What a Distinguished Family
* March 25 – Alan Mowbray, 72, British actor, Terror by Night, My Darling Clementine
* April 2 – Fortunio Bonanova, 74, Spanish actor, Citizen Kane, An Affair to Remember
* April 23 – Krzysztof Komeda, 37, Polish composer, Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers
* May 3 – Karl Freund, 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director, Metropolis, The Mummy, Key Largo
* May 24
* Paul Birch, 57, American actor, The Gun Runners, Gunmen from Laredo
* Mitzi Green, 48, American actress, Lost in Alaska, Skippy
* May 27 – Jeffrey Hunter, 42, American actor, The Searchers, King of Kings
* June 2 – Leo Gorcey, 51, American actor, Ghost Chasers, Spook Busters
* June 8 – Robert Taylor, 57, American actor, Quo Vadis, Camille, Bataan, Ivanhoe
* June 10 – Frank Lawton, 64, English actor, A Night to Remember, The Devil-Doll
* June 13 – Martita Hunt, 70, Argentine-English actress, Becket, Great Expectations
* June 19 – Natalie Talmadge, 73, American silent screen actress, Our Hospitality, Intolerance
* June 20 – Rudolf Schwarzkogler, 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker, Satisfaction
* June 22 – Judy Garland, 47, American actress and singer, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born[7]
* June 23 – Stanley Andrews, 77, American actor, West of Wyoming, Across the Badlands, Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
* July 5 - Lambert Hillyer, 75, American director, Dracula's Daughter, Batman
* July 5 – Leo McCarey, 72, American director, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way
* July 7 - Erskine Sanford, 83, American actor, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons
* July 8 – Gladys Swarthout, 68, American singer, Romance in the Dark, Give Us This Night
* July 13 - Bess Meredyth, 79, American screenwriter, The Unsuspected, Charlie Chan at the Opera
* July 15 - Peter van Eyck, 57, Polish actor, The Wages of Fear, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
* July 17 - Harry Benham, 85, American actor, Nicholas Nickleby
* July 18 - Barbara Pepper, 54, American actress, The Rogues Tavern, Kiss Me, Stupid[8]
* July 26
* Andrés Soler, 70, Mexican actor, A Day with the Devil, The Great Madcap,
* Raymond Walburn, 81, American actor, High, Wide, and Handsome, Third Finger, Left Hand
* August 1 – Donald Keith, 65, American actor, The Plastic Age, Parisian Love
* August 9 – Sharon Tate, 26, American actress, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Valley of the Dolls
* August 14 – Sigrid Gurie, 58, American actress, Algiers, The Adventures of Marco Polo
* August 15 – William Goetz, 66, American producer, studio executive, Sayonara, Les Misérables
* August 18 – Mildred Davis, 68, American actress, Safety Last!, Grandma’s Boy
* August 26 – Martin Miller, 69, Czech actor, 55 Days at Peking, The Pink Panther
* September 14 – James Anderson, 48, American actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, Take the Money and Run
* September 19 – Rex Ingram, 73, American actor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Thief of Bagdad
* October 8 – Eduardo Ciannelli, 81, Italian actor, Gunga Din, Strange Cargo
* October 12 – Sonja Henie, 57, Norwegian actress, former Olympic ice skater, Sun Valley Serenade, One in a Million
* October 15 – Rod La Rocque, 70, American actor, Meet John Doe, The Shadow Strikes[9]
* October 28 – Constance Dowling, 49, American actress, Up in Arms, The Well-Groomed Bride
* November 5 – Lloyd Corrigan, 69, American actor, Son of Paleface, The Thin Man Goes Home
* November 8 – Dave O'Brien, 57, American actor, Captain Midnight, Brand of the Devil
* December 3 – Ruth White, 55, American actress, To Kill a Mockingbird, No Way to Treat a Lady
* December 7 – Eric Portman, 68, British actor, A Canterbury Tale, The Bedford Incident
* December 13 – Luigi Pavese, 72, Italian actor, Toto in Color, Il Mattatore
* December 22
* Ilse Steppat, 52, German actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
* Josef von Sternberg, 73, Austrian director, The Blue Angel, Macao

## Film debuts

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* Bernard Alane – Hibernatus
* Adam Arkin – The Monitors
* Amitabh Bachchan – Saat Hindustani
* Bob Balaban – Midnight Cowboy
* Paul Bartel – Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value
* Bonnie Bedelia – The Gypsy Moths
* Ed Begley Jr. – The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
* Paul Benjamin – Midnight Cowboy
* Kate Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days
* Bernie Casey – Guns of the Magnificent Seven
* Jill Clayburgh – The Wedding Party
* James Cosmo – Battle of Britain
* Bruce Davison – Last Summer
* Lesley-Anne Down – The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
* Carmen Filpi – Wild Gypsies
* Bridget Fonda – Easy Rider
* Leif Garrett – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
* Björn Granath – Mistreatment
* Melanie Griffith – Smith!
* George Harris – The Gladiators
* Anjelica Huston – A Walk with Love and Death
* Raul Julia – Stiletto
* Paul Koslo – House of Zodiac
* K.P.A.C Lalitha – Kootu Kudumbam
* Lorenzo Lamas – 100 Rifles
* George Lazenby – On Her Majesty's Secret Service
* Joanna Lumley – Some Girls Do
* Richard Lynch – Tigress
* Robert F. Lyons – Pendulum
* Miriam Margoyles – A Nice Girl Like Me
* Ian McKellen – A Touch of Love
* Charles Napier – Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
* Michael Nouri – Goodbye, Columbus
* Ryan O'Neal – The Big Bounce
* Al Pacino – Me, Natalie
* Ron Rifkin – The Devil's 8
* Sydne Rome – Some Girls Do
* John Savage – The Master Beater
* Hanna Schygulla – Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
* Jane Seymour – Oh! What a Lovely War
* Sylvester Stallone – The Square Root
* Oliver Tobias – Arthur? Arthur!
* Beverly Todd – The Lost Man
* Brenda Vaccaro – Where It's At
* Christopher Walken – Me and My Brother
* M. Emmet Walsh – Midnight Cowboy
* Frank Welker – The Trouble with Girls
* Ray Wise – Dare the Devil

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
2. ^ Top 20 Films of 1969 by Domestic Revenue
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