1985 in film

Overview of the events of 1985 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

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

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See also: List of 1985 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1985[1] Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross

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1  | Back to the Future | Universal | $210,609,762
2  | Rambo: First Blood Part II | TriStar / Carolco | $150,415,432
3  | Rocky IV | MGM | $127,873,716
4  | The Color Purple | Warner Bros. | $94,175,854
5  | Out of Africa | Universal | $87,071,205
6  | Cocoon | 20th Century Fox | $76,113,124
7  | The Jewel of the Nile | $75,973,200
8  | Witness | Paramount | $68,706,993
9  | The Goonies | Warner Bros. | $61,389,680
10  | Spies Like Us | $60,088,980

### Context

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The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984.[2][3] Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts.[4] Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction.[5][3] Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that many fantasy films had imitated them.[6] There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executives were not fond of these films, but the financial rewards were too significant to ignore. The few films aimed at older audiences, like Cocoon, were surprise successes.[3][7] Only Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II were successful blockbusters, earning more than double the box office of Cocoon.[3] Films offering escapism and pro-America themes like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV had also fared well.[7]

The glut of youth-targeted films like Return to Oz and The Black Cauldron, and science-fiction comedies like Weird Science, Real Genius, and My Science Project had resulted in a string of failures. Executives said that the films were all very similar and marketed in the same way, offering no variety for audiences.[3][5]

## Events

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* April – Rupert Murdoch's News Group Publications officially acquires 50% of TCF Holdings, parent company of 20th Century Fox, for $250 million from Marvin Davis and his family.[8]
* June 5 – The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
* December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 43rd Golden Globe Awards
January 24, 1986 | 39th BAFTA Awards
March 16, 1986 | 58th Academy Awards
March 24, 1986

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Out of Africa | Prizzi's Honor | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Out of Africa
Best Director | John Huston
Prizzi's Honor | N/A | Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa
Best Actor | Jon Voight
Runaway Train | Jack Nicholson
Prizzi's Honor | William Hurt
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actress | Whoopi Goldberg
The Color Purple | Kathleen Turner
Prizzi's Honor | Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India | Geraldine Page
The Trip to Bountiful
Best Supporting Actor | Klaus Maria Brandauer
Out of Africa | Denholm Elliott
Defence of the Realm | Don Ameche
Cocoon
Best Supporting Actress | Meg Tilly
Agnes of God | Rosanna Arquette
Desperately Seeking Susan | Anjelica Huston
Prizzi's Honor
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Woody Allen
The Purple Rose of Cairo | Richard Condon and Janet Roach
Prizzi's Honor | Kurt Luedtke
Out of Africa
Best Screenplay, Original | Woody Allen
The Purple Rose of Cairo | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace
Witness
Best Original Score | John Barry
Out of Africa | Maurice Jarre
Witness | John Barry
Out of Africa
Best Original Song | "Say You, Say Me"
White Nights | N/A | "Say You, Say Me"
White Nights
Best Foreign Language Film | The Official Story | Colonel Redl | The Official Story

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany
Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

## 1985 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 1985
* List of Argentine films of 1985
* List of Australian films of 1985
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1985
* List of British films of 1985
* List of Canadian films of 1985
* List of French films of 1985
* List of Hong Kong films of 1985
* List of Indian films of 1985
* List of Hindi films of 1985
* List of Kannada films of 1985
* List of Malayalam films of 1985
* List of Marathi films of 1985
* List of Tamil films of 1985
* List of Telugu films of 1985
* List of Japanese films of 1985
* List of Mexican films of 1985
* List of Pakistani films of 1985
* List of South Korean films of 1985
* List of Soviet films of 1985
* List of Spanish films of 1985

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 1985
* List of animated feature films of 1985
* List of avant-garde films of 1985
* List of comedy films of 1985
* List of drama films of 1985
* List of horror films of 1985
* List of science fiction films of 1985
* List of thriller films of 1985
* List of western films of 1985

## Births

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* January 1 - Juliana Harkavy, American actress
* January 2 - Carla Juri, Swiss actress
* January 3
* Nicole Beharie, American actress
* Leah Gibson, Canadian actress
* January 5 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian child actor, singer and dancer (died 2001)
* January 6
* Hugh Skinner, English actor
* Adam Pearson (actor), British actor, presenter and campaigner
* January 9 - James Acaster, English comedian and actor
* January 10 - Alex Meraz, American actor and dancer
* January 11 – Aja Naomi King, American actress[9]
* January 12 - Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer
* January 13 - Ellen Wong, Canadian actress
* January 16 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor[10]
* January 19 - Damien Chazelle, American film director[11]
* January 22 - Tim Dillon, American stand-up comedian and actor
* January 23 - Doutzen Kroes, Dutch actress and model
* January 25
* Claudia Kim, South Korean actress and model
* Hartley Sawyer, American actor
* Michael Trevino, American actor
* January 26 - Edwin Hodge, American actor
* January 28 - Tom Hopper, British actor
* January 29 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model
* February 2 - Romain Cogitore, French film director[12]
* February 5 - Paige Howard, American actress
* February 6 - Crystal Reed, American actress
* February 7
* Tina Majorino, American actress
* Deborah Ann Woll, American actress and model
* February 9
* David Gallagher, American actor and singer
* Rachel Melvin, American actress
* February 14 - Jake Lacy, American actor
* February 15 - Natalie Morales, American actress and director
* February 17 - Anne Curtis, Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host
* February 19
* Haylie Duff, American actress and singer
* Arielle Kebbel, American actress and model
* Tatanka Means, Native American activist, actor
* February 22 - Zach Roerig, American actor
* March 1 - Michael Conner Humphreys, American actor
* March 3 - Nathalie Kelley, Australian actress
* March 5 - Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
* March 9 - Jolyon Coy, English actor and writer
* March 10 - Cooper Andrews, American actor
* March 13 - Emile Hirsch, American actor[13]
* March 15
* Eva Amurri, American actress
* Kellan Lutz, American actor
* March 18 - Bianca King, Filipino-British former actress and model
* March 21 - Sonequa Martin-Green, American actress and producer
* March 22 - Katie Stuart, Canadian actress and stunt performer
* March 23 - Maryana Spivak, Russian actress
* March 24 - Jeremy James Kissner, American actor
* March 26
* Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
* Keira Knightley, English actress[14]
* Francesca Marie Smith, American actress and writer
* March 27 – Ram Charan, Indian film actor[15]
* March 31 - Jessica Szohr, American actress
* April 1 - Josh Zuckerman, American actor
* April 7 - Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress
* April 9
* Annie Funke, American actress
* Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese singer, actor and television host
* April 10
* Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director
* Christie Laing, Canadian actress
* April 12 - Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese former singer and actress
* April 16
* Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
* Benjamin Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
* Gregor Schmidinger, Austrian screenwriter and director
* April 17
* Rooney Mara, American actress
* Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
* Maiken Pius, Estonian actress
* April 20 - Billy Magnussen, American actor
* April 22 - Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress
* April 23 - Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
* April 27 - Sheila Vand, American actress
* April 30 - Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model[16]
* May 3 - Meagan Tandy, American actress and model
* May 5
* Clark Duke, American actor, comedian and director
* Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
* May 6 - Jamie Winstone, English actress, daughter of actor Ray Winstone
* May 9 - Chris Zylka, American actor and model
* May 10 - Odette Annable, American actress
* May 11
* Aimee Horne, Australian actress, singer and voice-over artist
* Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress
* May 14
* Lina Esco, American actress, producer and director
* Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
* May 15 - Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
* May 16
* Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
* Andrew Keenan-Bolger, American actor
* Julia Voth, Canadian actress and model
* May 17 - Sophie McShera, English actress
* May 22
* Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress and model
* Chris Salvatore, American actor, singer-songwriter, and model
* May 25
* Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer, actress and television host
* Lauren Frost, American actress and singer
* May 28 - Carey Mulligan, English actress[17]
* May 29
* Blake Foster, American actor
* Yukihiro Takiguchi, Japanese actor, singer and model (died 2019)
* May 30 - Sam Gifaldi, American actor
* May 31 - Zoraida Gómez, Mexican actress
* June 2 - Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress
* June 4 - Bar Refaeli, Israeli model, television host and actress
* June 7 - Adam Nagaitis, British actor
* June 9 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress and model[18]
* June 10
* Susannah Fielding, English actress
* Andrew Lees, Australian actor
* June 12
* Dave Franco, American actor
* Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress
* June 16 - Débora Nascimento, Brazilian actress and model
* June 18
* Sorel Carradine, American actress
* Alex Hirsch, American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist and producer
* June 21 - Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter[19]
* June 22 - Douglas Smith, Canadian actor
* June 27 - Martin Sensmeier, American actor and model
* June 28 - Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, American actress
* June 30
* Lasarus Ratuere, Australian actor
* Hugh Sheridan, Australian actor, musician and television presenter
* July 1 - Léa Seydoux, French actress
* July 2
* Nelson Franklin, American actor
* Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer
* July 5
* François Arnaud, Canadian actor
* Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress and singer
* July 6 - Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
* July 7 - Seo Woo, South Korean actress
* July 11 - Nitya Vidyasagar, Indian-American actress
* July 14
* Lee Kwang-soo, South Korean actor, entertainer and model
* Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress and writer
* July 15
* Tomer Capone, Israeli actor
* Pedro Carvalho, Portuguese actor
* Agniya Kuznetsova, Russian actress
* Crowd Lu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
* Ecstasia Sanders, American-Canadian actress
* July 16
* Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
* Hiroyuki Onoue, Japanese actor
* Rosa Salazar, Canadian-American actress
* Cha Ye-ryun, South Korean actress
* July 17 - Caitlin Van Zandt, American actor
* July 18
* Chace Crawford, American actor
* James Norton, English actor
* July 20 - John Francis Daley, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and musician
* July 21 - Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
* July 22 - Blake Harrison, English actor, voice actor and dancer
* July 25
* James Lafferty, American actor, director and producer
* Shantel VanSanten, American model and actress
* July 27
* Aljin Abella, Australian actor of Filipino descent
* Lou Taylor, American actor
* July 28 - Jon Michael Hill, American actor
* July 30 - Aml Ameen, British actor
* August 1 - Henry Lloyd-Hughes, English actor
* August 2 - Georgina Haig, Australian actress
* August 9 - Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
* August 10 - Jared Nathan, American actor (died 2006)
* August 11 - Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress
* August 12 - África Zavala, Mexican actress
* August 15 - Emily Kinney, American actress, singer and songwriter
* August 16
* Arden Cho, American actress, singer and model
* Cristin Milioti, American actress and singer
* August 17 - Yū Aoi, Japanese actress
* August 18 - Desiree Casado, former actress
* August 21 - Laura Haddock, English actress
* August 23 - Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
* August 27 - Kayla Ewell, American actress
* September 2 - Yani Gellman, Canadian actor
* September 4 - Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
* September 6 - Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian
* September 10
* Monica Lopera, Colombian-American actress
* Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
* September 16
* Max Minghella, English actor and filmmaker
* Madeline Zima, American actress
* September 21 - Robert Hoffman, American actor
* September 22 - Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
* September 23 - Hasan Minhaj, American actor and stand-up comedian
* September 24 - Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
* September 25 - Eréndira Ibarra, Mexican actress
* September 26 - Talulah Riley, English actress
* September 27 - Grace Helbig, American actress, comedian and YouTuber
* September 30 - Ben Lewis, Canadian actor and writer
* October 1 - Emerald Fennell, English screen actress and director
* October 5 - Carolina Bartczak, Canadian-Polish actress
* October 6 - Ida Engvoll, Swedish actress
* October 8 - Max Crumm, American actor and singer
* October 10 - Aaron Himelstein, American actor
* October 11 - Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
* October 17 - Max Irons, English-Irish actor and model
* October 24 - Tim Pocock, Australian actor
* October 25 - John Robinson, American actor
* October 26
* Qi Wei, Chinese actress
* Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress[20]
* October 28 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
* October 31 - Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
* November 2 - Josh Grelle, American voice actor
* November 5 - Annet Mahendru, American actress
* November 7 - Lucas Neff, American actor
* November 10 - Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
* November 15 - Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Danish actor
* November 20 - Dan Byrd, American actor
* November 21 - Ronny Chieng, Malaysian comedian and actor
* November 23 - Katie Crown, Canadian-American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
* November 26 - Arturo Castro, Guatemalan actor
* November 27 - Alison Pill, Canadian actress
* November 30
* Gia Crovatin, American actress and producer
* Kaley Cuoco, American actress
* Daniel Ings, English actor
* Chrissy Teigen, American actress, model and television personality
* December 1 - Janelle Monáe, American singer, rapper and actress
* December 3 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
* December 5 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
* December 6 - Max Kasch, American actor and musician
* December 10 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
* December 13 - Rachel Hendrix, American actress
* December 25 - Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress
* December 27 - Jessica Harmon, Canadian actress and director

## Deaths

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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

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January | 5 | Robert Surtees | 78 | US | Cinematographer |

* The Graduate
* Ben-Hur

5 | John Paxton | 73 | US | Screenwriter |

* Murder, My Sweet
* Crossfire

11 | Edward Buzzell | 89 | US | Director |

* Go West
* Neptune's Daughter

12 | Paul Luty | 52 | UK | Actor |

* The Water Babies
* The Dresser

13 | Carol Wayne | 42 | US | Actress |

* The Party
* Heartbreakers

14 | Jetta Goudal | 93 | Netherlands | Actress |

* Lady of the Pavements
* Paris at Midnight

18 | Wilfrid Brambell | 72 | Ireland | Actor |

* Steptoe and Son
* A Hard Day's Night

18 | Georgie Stoll | 82 | US | Composer, Musical Director |

* Meet Me in St. Louis
* Anchors Aweigh

25 | Paul J. Smith | 78 | US | Composer |

* Pinocchio
* Cinderella

29 | Chic Murray | 65 | UK | Actor |

* Casino Royale
* Gregory's Girl

February | 4 | John Wexley | 77 | US | Screenwriter |

* Angels with Dirty Faces
* Confessions of a Nazi Spy

6 | Neil McCarthy | 52 | UK | Actor |

* Where Eagles Dare
* Clash of the Titans

10 | Wanda Tuchock | 86 | US | Screenwriter |

* Finishing School
* The Foxes of Harrow

11 | Henry Hathaway | 86 | US | Director |

* True Grit
* How the West Was Won

11 | Heinz Roemheld | 83 | US | Composer |

* The Lady from Shanghai
* Yankee Doodle Dandy

12 | Nicholas Colasanto | 61 | US | Actor |

* Raging Bull
* Fat City

19 | Dorothy Black | 85 | South Africa | Actress |

* The Night Has Eyes
* The Farmer's Wife

20 | Clarence Nash | 80 | US | Voice Actor |

* The Three Caballeros
* Fun and Fancy Free

21 | Ina Claire | 91 | US | Actress |

* The Awful Truth
* Ninotchka

21 | Louis Hayward | 75 | South Africa | Actor |

* House by the River
* And Then There Were None

22 | Alexander Scourby | 71 | US | Actor |

* The Big Heat
* Giant

24 | Joseph C. Wright | 92 | US | Art Director |

* Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
* Guys and Dolls

27 | J. Pat O'Malley | 80 | UK | Actor |

* One Hundred and One Dalmatians
* Hello, Dolly!

27 | David Huffman | 39 | US | Actor |

* Firefox
* F.I.S.T.

March | 1 | Alfred Zeisler | 92 | US | Producer, Director |

* Victor and Victoria
* Fear

3 | Connie Gilchrist | 89 | US | Actress |

* A Letter to Three Wives
* Some Came Running

3 | Noel Purcell | 84 | Ireland | Actor |

* Moby Dick
* Mutiny on the Bounty

5 | Thomas Little | 98 | US | Set Decorator |

* All About Eve
* The Day the Earth Stood Still

8 | Edward Andrews | 70 | US | Actor |

* The Harder They Fall
* Sixteen Candles

19 | Anthony Nelson Keys | 73 | UK | Producer |

* Dracula
* The Curse of Frankenstein

21 | Michael Redgrave | 77 | UK | Actor |

* The Lady Vanishes
* The Importance of Being Earnest

21 | Michael Trubshawe | 79 | UK | Actor |

* The Pink Panther
* The Guns of Navarone

April | 16 | Scott Brady | 60 | US | Actor |

* Johnny Guitar
* The China Syndrome

21 | John Welsh | 70 | Ireland | Actor |

* Krull
* Lucky Jim

23 | Kent Smith | 78 | US | Actor |

* Cat People
* Nora Prentiss

25 | Richard Haydn | 80 | UK | Actor |

* The Sound of Music
* Alice in Wonderland

26 | Albert Maltz | 76 | US | Screenwriter |

* This Gun for Hire
* Broken Arrow

May | 1 | George Pravda | 68 | Czech Republic | Actor |

* Thunderball
* Firefox

4 | Harry Earles | 83 | US | Actor |

* Freaks
* The Unholy Three

7 | Dawn Addams | 54 | UK | Actress |

* The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
* The Robe

8 | Susan Morrow | 53 | US | Actress |

* The Savage
* Cat-Women of the Moon

8 | Dolph Sweet | 64 | US | Actor |

* Finian's Rainbow
* Colossus: The Forbin Project

9 | Edmond O'Brien | 69 | US | Actor |

* The Barefoot Contessa
* The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

13 | Selma Diamond | 64 | Canada | Actress |

* My Favorite Year
* Bang the Drum Slowly

13 | Leatrice Joy | 91 | US | Actress |

* Vanity
* Triumph

14 | Frank Westmore | 62 | ?? | Makeup Artist |

* The Ten Commandments
* The Towering Inferno

16 | Margaret Hamilton | 82 | US | Actress |

* The Wizard of Oz
* Brewster McCloud

17 | Hugh Burden | 72 | UK | Actor |

* The Ruling Class
* Funeral in Berlin

20 | George Memmoli | 46 | US | Actor |

* Mean Streets
* Phantom of the Paradise

22 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 75 | Germany | Animator, Director |

* The Jungle Book
* Robin Hood

22 | Gerald Case | 80 | UK | Actor |

* Vampyres
* The Elephant Man

25 | Robert Nathan | 91 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Clock
* Pagan Love Song

26 | Harold Hecht | 77 | US | Producer |

* Marty
* Sweet Smell of Success

30 | Talbot Jennings | 90 | US | Screenwriter |

* Mutiny on the Bounty
* Knights of the Round Table

June | 1 | Richard Greene | 66 | UK | Actor |

* Kentucky
* The Hound of the Baskervilles

7 | Gordon Rollings | 59 | UK | Actor |

* The Bed Sitting Room
* Superman II

8 | Charles LeMaire | 88 | US | Costume Designer |

* All About Eve
* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

9 | Clifford Evans | 73 | UK | Actor |

* Kiss of the Vampire
* The Curse of the Werewolf

10 | George Chandler | 86 | US | Actor |

* Fury
* Roxie Hart

12 | Dominique Laffin | 33 | France | Actress |

* The Crying Woman
* This Sweet Sickness

17 | John Boulting | 71 | UK | Producer, Director |

* Lucky Jim
* I'm All Right Jack

17 | Georgia Hale | 84 | US | Actress |

* The Gold Rush
* The Great Gatsby

24 | Valentine Dyall | 77 | UK | Actor |

* Henry V
* The Haunting

28 | James Craig | 73 | US | Actor |

* Kitty Foyle
* The Human Comedy

July | 3 | Nelson Leigh | 80 | US | Actor |

* Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
* World Without End

7 | Ewen Solon | 67 | New Zealand | Actor |

* The Message
* Tarzan the Magnificent

8 | Phil Foster | 71 | US | Actor |

* Bang the Drum Slowly
* Conquest of Space

8 | Victor Rendina | 68 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* Racing with the Moon

9 | Rafael Campos | 49 | Dominican Republic | Actor |

* Blackboard Jungle
* Where the Buffalo Roam

10 | Arthur J. Ornitz | 68 | US | Cinematographer |

* Serpico
* The Boys in the Band

16 | Elsie Wagstaff | 86 | UK | Actress |

* Meet Sexton Blake
* The Interrupted Journey

17 | Margo | 68 | Mexico | Actress |

* The Leopard Man
* Lost Horizon

19 | Henry Mollison | 80 | UK | Actor |

* The Man in the White Suit
* A Bride for Henry

20 | Estelle Evans | 78 | Bahamas | Actress |

* To Kill a Mockingbird
* The Learning Tree

21 | Alvah Bessie | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* Northern Pursuit
* Objective, Burma!

23 | Mickey Shaughnessy | 64 | US | Actor |

* From Here to Eternity
* Jailhouse Rock

23 | Tom Waldman | 63 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Party
* High Time

27 | Michel Audiard | 65 | France | Screenwriter, Director |

* He Died with His Eyes Open
* Garde à Vue

28 | Grant Williams | 53 | US | Actor |

* The Incredible Shrinking Man
* PT 109

August | 1 | Al Overton | 73 | US | Sound Engineer |

* Diamonds Are Forever
* The Shootist

1 | Joseph Walker | 92 | US | Cinematographer |

* It Happened One Night
* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

2 | Bob Holt | 56 | US | Actor |

* Gremlins
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks

2 | Frank Faylen | 79 | US | Actor |

* Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
* It's a Wonderful Life

7 | Grayson Hall | 62 | US | Actress |

* House of Dark Shadows
* The Night of the Iguana

8 | Louise Brooks | 78 | US | Actress |

* Pandora's Box
* Diary of a Lost Girl

8 | Milton H. Greene | 63 | US | Producer |

* The Prince and the Showgirl
* Bus Stop

10 | Kenny Baker | 72 | US | Singer, Actor |

* The Harvey Girls
* At the Circus

12 | Patrick Hines | 55 | US | Actor |

* Amadeus
* 1776

13 | Marion Martin | 77 | US | Actress |

* The Big Street
* The Man in the Iron Mask

14 | Gale Sondergaard | 86 | US | Actress |

* Anthony Adverse
* Anna and the King of Siam

15 | Lester Cole | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* Blood on the Sun
* High Wall

24 | Morrie Ryskind | 89 | US | Screenwriter |

* A Night at the Opera
* My Man Godfrey

28 | Ruth Gordon | 88 | US | Actress, Screenwriter |

* Rosemary's Baby
* Harold and Maude

29 | Evelyn Ankers | 67 | Chile | Actress |

* The Wolf Man
* The Ghost of Frankenstein

29 | Patrick Barr | 77 | UK | Actor |

* The Dam Busters
* Octopussy

30 | Tom Howard | 75 | UK | Special Effects Artist |

* Blithe Spirit
* Tom Thumb

September | 4 | Isabel Jeans | 93 | UK | Actress |

* Gigi
* Suspicion

4 | George O'Brien | 86 | US | Actor |

* Sunrise
* She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

6 | Johnny Desmond | 65 | US | Actor, Singer |

* Escape from San Quentin
* Calypso Heat Wave

6 | Jane Frazee | 67 | US | Actress, Singer |

* San Antonio Rose
* Calendar Girl

10 | Alexa Kenin | 23 | US | Actress |

* Honkytonk Man
* Pretty in Pink

11 | William Alwyn | 79 | UK | Composer |

* The Crimson Pirate
* A Night to Remember

14 | Julian Beck | 60 | US | Actor |

* The Cotton Club
* Oedipus Rex

23 | Harvey Parry | 85 | US | Stuntman |

* Escape from New York
* Johnny Dangerously

24 | Paul Mann | 71 | Canada | Actor |

* America, America
* Fiddler on the Roof

26 | Frank Bracht | 75 | US | Film Editor |

* The Odd Couple
* White Christmas

27 | Lloyd Nolan | 83 | US | Actor |

* Peyton Place
* Hannah and Her Sisters

28 | L. B. Abbott | 77 | US | Special Effects Artist |

* Patton
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

29 | Arthur Krams | 73 | US | Set Decorator |

* The Rose Tattoo
* Holiday in Mexico

30 | Simone Signoret | 64 | France | Actress |

* Room at the Top
* Ship of Fools

30 | Floyd Crosby | 85 | US | Cinematographer |

* High Noon
* The Pit and the Pendulum

October | 2 | Rock Hudson | 59 | US | Actor |

* Giant
* Pillow Talk

6 | Nelson Riddle | 64 | US | Composer |

* The Great Gatsby
* Lolita

8 | Theresa Harris | 78 | US | Actress |

* Jezebel
* Blossoms in the Dust

10 | Yul Brynner | 65 | Russia | Actor |

* The King and I
* The Magnificent Seven

10 | Orson Welles | 70 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter |

* Citizen Kane
* Touch of Evil

11 | Elwood Ullman | 82 | US | Screenwriter |

* Snow White and the Three Stooges
* Tickle Me

13 | Francesca Bertini | 93 | Italy | Actress |

* Odette
* 1900

16 | Franklin Milton | 78 | US | Sound Engineer |

* Ben-Hur
* Grand Prix

21 | Diane Thomas | 39 | US | Screenwriter |

* Romancing the Stone

22 | Stefano Satta Flores | 48 | Italy | Actor |

* We All Loved Each Other So Much
* Four Flies on Grey Velvet

24 | Masaichi Nagata | 79 | Japan | Producer |

* Rashomon
* Gamera, the Giant Monster

28 | William Bramley | 57 | US | Actor |

* West Side Story
* Getting Straight

29 | John Davis Lodge | 82 | US | Actor |

* The Scarlet Empress
* The Little Colonel

30 | Kirby Grant | 73 | US | Actor |

* Trail of the Yukon
* Northwest Territory

30 | David Oxley | 64 | UK | Actor |

* The Hound of the Baskervilles
* House of the Living Dead

November | 1 | Phil Silvers | 74 | US | Actor |

* You're in the Army Now
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

6 | Sanjeev Kumar | 47 | India | Actor |

* Sholay
* Aandhi

9 | Helen Rose | 81 | US | Costume Designer |

* The Bad and the Beautiful
* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

19 | Jimmy Ritz | 81 | US | Actor |

* On the Avenue
* Pack Up Your Troubles

19 | Stepin Fetchit | 83 | US | Actor |

* Zenobia
* Charlie Chan in Egypt

27 | Harry Harvey Sr. | 84 | US | Actor |

* The Pride of the Yankees
* Ace in the Hole

December | 3 | Sam Gilman | 70 | US | Actor |

* One-Eyed Jacks
* The Missouri Breaks

5 | Howard Rodman | 73 | US | Screenwriter |

* Coogan's Bluff
* Charley Varrick

8 | Jack H. Skirball | 89 | US | Producer |

* Shadow of a Doubt
* Payment on Demand

11 | Kathleen Ryan | 63 | Ireland | Actress |

* Odd Man Out
* Esther Waters

12 | Anne Baxter | 62 | US | Actress |

* The Razor's Edge
* All About Eve

12 | Phil Karlson | 77 | US | Director |

* The Silencers
* Kid Galahad

14 | Bruce Weintraub | 33 | US | Set Decorator |

* Scarface
* Prizzi's Honor

17 | Harry M. Leonard | 85 | US | Sound Engineer |

* Laura
* Captain Eddie

22 | Lawrence Hauben | 54 | US | Screenwriter |

* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

23 | Gina Kaus | 92 | Austria | Screenwriter |

* The Red Danube
* The Robe

26 | Margarete Schön | 90 | Germany | Actress |

* Die Nibelungen
* The Street Song

28 | Renato Castellani | 72 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* Romeo and Juliet
* Under the Sun of Rome

31 | Ricky Nelson | 45 | US | Actor, Singer |

* Rio Bravo
* The Wackiest Ship in the Army

31 | Sam Spiegel | 84 | Poland | Producer |

* Lawrence of Arabia
* On the Waterfront

## Film debuts

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* Jane Adams – Bombs Away
* Joan Allen – Compromising Positions
* Kelly Asbury (animator) – The Black Cauldron
* Roger Ashton-Griffiths – Dreamchild
* Sean Astin – The Goonies
* John Aylward – Strings
* Fairuza Balk – Return to Oz
* Gary Basaraba – Alamo Bay
* Randall Batinkoff – Streetwalkin'
* Josh Brolin – The Goonies
* Tim Burton (director) – Pee Wee's Big Adventure
* Steve Buscemi – The Way It Is
* Helena Bonham Carter – A Room with a View
* Don Cheadle – Moving Violations
* Jude Ciccolella – Insignificance
* Blake Clark – St. Elmo's Fire
* Gary Cole – To Live and Die in L.A.
* Patrick Dempsey – Heaven Help Us
* Kevin Dillon – Heaven Help Us
* Ellen Albertini Dow – American Drive-In
* Charles S. Dutton – Cat's Eye
* Jeff Fahey – Silverado
* Linda Fiorentino – Vision Quest
* Guillermo Francella – El Telo y la Tele
* Vincent Gallo – The Way It Is
* Rupert Graves – A Room with a View
* LisaGay Hamilton – Krush Groove
* Ethan Hawke – Explorers
* John Hawkes – Future-Kill
* Dana Ivey – Explorers
* Ken Jenkins – What Comes Around
* Richard Jenkins – Silverado
* Elias Koteas – One Magic Christmas
* LL Cool J – Krush Groove
* Stephen Lang – Twice in a Lifetime
* Wallace Langham – Weird Science
* Hugh Laurie – Plenty
* John Leguizamo – Mixed Blood
* Melissa Leo – Always
* Tom Lister, Jr. – Runaway Train
* Dolph Lundgren – A View to a Kill
* Lesley Manville – Dance with a Stranger
* Jack McGee – Turk 182
* Viggo Mortensen – Witness
* Brigitte Nielsen – Red Sonja
* Danny Nucci – Explorers
* Hugh O'Conor – Lamb
* Carl Anthony Payne II – The Last Dragon
* Sarah Polley – One Magic Christmas
* Miranda Richardson – Dance with a Stranger
* Linus Roache – No Surrender
* Chris Rock – Krush Groove
* Kyra Sedgwick – War and Love
* Christian Slater – The Legend of Billie Jean
* Yeardley Smith – Heaven Help Us
* Mira Sorvino – The Stuff
* Fred Thompson – Marie
* Danny Trejo – Runaway Train
* Stanley Tucci – Prizzi's Honor
* Blair Underwood – Krush Groove
* Thomas F. Wilson – Back to the Future
* Noah Wyle – Lust in the Dust
* Billy Zane – Back to the Future

## References

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