1938 in film

Last updated August 28, 2025

The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1938 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1938
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	RKO/Walt Disney	$3,996,000^[1]^[2]
2	Boys Town	MGM	$2,828,000^[3]
3	Alexander's Ragtime Band	20th Century Fox	$2,630,000^[4]
4	Test Pilot	MGM	$2,431,000^[3]
5	You Can't Take It with You	Columbia	$2,182,000^[4]
6	Sweethearts	MGM	$2,017,000^[5]
7	In Old Chicago	20th Century Fox	$1,964,000^[4]
8	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Warner Bros.	$1,928,000^[6]
9	Love Finds Andy Hardy	MGM	$1,637,000^[3]
10	Marie Antoinette	MGM	$1,633,000^[3]

Events

January – MGM announces that Judy Garland will be cast in the role of Dorothy Gale in the upcoming The Wizard of Oz film. Ray Bolger is cast as the Tin Woodman and Buddy Ebsen as the Scarecrow. At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. On July 25, MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the Cowardly Lion.
January 21 – Pioneering French film director Georges Méliès, best remembered for groundbreaking films like A Trip to the Moon and The Impossible Voyage , dies in Paris, aged 76.
February 4 – Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , the first-ever full-length animated feature film, is released nationally in the United States, less than two months after its premiere in Los Angeles. The film is a huge box office success, and briefly holds the record as the highest-grossing sound film of all time.
February 24 – The entertainment trade newspaper Variety confirms that the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the screen
April 5 – Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz.
April 20 – Leonard Slye appears in his first starring role as Roy Rogers in Under Western Stars . He becomes one of the most popular Western stars being ranked number one from 1943 to 1952 and would become known as "King of the Cowboys".
May 7 – Lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Harold Arlen begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz.
May 14 – Release of Warner Bros.' epic swashbuckler film The Adventures of Robin Hood , starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Critically acclaimed for its vivid use of Technicolor, as well as its memorable action scenes, the film goes on to win three Academy Awards.
October 13 – Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio lot in Culver City, California, initially with Richard Thorpe as director.
October 21 – Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his Tin Woodman make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen is replaced by Jack Haley.
December 22 – MGM's first feature film in three-strip Technicolor, Sweethearts , starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, is released.
December 23 – Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hamilton, cast in the role of the Wicked Witch of the West, leaves the film for six weeks.
Orson Welles makes Too Much Johnson , starring Joseph Cotten. It is never completed and first released only in 2013.
Producer George Minter establishes Renown Pictures, a British film distributor.^[7]

Academy Awards

Best Picture: You Can't Take It with You – Columbia
Best Director: Frank Capra – You Can't Take It with You
Best Actor: Spencer Tracy – Boys Town
Best Actress: Bette Davis – Jezebel
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan – Kentucky
Best Supporting Actress: Fay Bainter – Jezebel

1938 film releases

October–December

October 1938
- October 14
  - Young Dr. Kildare
- October 28
  - The Citadel
  - Men with Wings
November 1938
- November 11
  - If I Were King
December 1938
- December 22
  - Sweethearts

Notable films released in 1938

United States unless stated

A

Adiós Buenos Aires , directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos, starring Amelia Bence – (Argentina)
The Adventures of Marco Polo , directed by Archie Mayo, starring Gary Cooper and Basil Rathbone
The Adventures of Robin Hood , directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , directed by Norman Taurog, starring Tommy Kelly
Águila o sol (Heads or Tails), directed by Arcady Boytler, starring Cantinflas – (Mexico)
Alexander Nevsky , directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Nikolay Cherkasov – (USSR)
Alexander's Ragtime Band , directed by Henry King, starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche and Ethel Merman
Algiers , directed by John Cromwell, starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse , directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart
Angels with Dirty Faces , directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan and the Dead End Kids

B

The Baker's Wife (La femme du boulanger), directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Raimu – (France)
Bank Holiday , starring Margaret Lockwood – (GB)
La Bête humaine (The Human Beast), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin and Simone Simon – (France)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 , directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope
Billy the Kid Returns , directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette
Block-Heads , directed by John G. Blystone, starring Laurel and Hardy
Blondie , directed by Frank R. Strayer, starring Penny Singleton
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife , directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert and David Niven
Boys Town , directed by Norman Taurog, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
Bringing Up Baby , directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
The Buccaneer , directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fredric March

C

Carefree , directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Ralph Bellamy
Carmen, la de Triana (Carmen, the Girl from Triana), directed by Florián Rey, starring Imperio Argentina – (Spain/Germany)
Charlie Chan in Honolulu , directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sidney Toler
A Christmas Carol , directed by Edwin L. Marin, starring Reginald Owen
The Citadel , directed by King Vidor, starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell – (GB)
Climbing High , directed by Carol Reed, starring Jessie Matthews and Michael Redgrave – (GB)
Cocoanut Grove , directed by Alfred Santell, starring Fred MacMurray
College Swing , directed by Raoul Walsh, starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye and Bob Hope
Convict 99 , directed by Marcel Varnel, starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt – (GB)
Crime School , directed by Lewis Seiler, starring the Dead End Kids and Humphrey Bogart
The Crowd Roars , directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Robert Taylor and Maureen O'Sullivan

D

Dangerous to Know , directed by Robert Florey, starring Anna May Wong and Akim Tamiroff
The Dawn Patrol , directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone and David Niven
Diao Chan , directed by Bu Wancang – (China)
The Divorce of Lady X , directed by Tim Whelan, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson – (GB)
The Drum , directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Sabu and Raymond Massey – (GB)
Ducháček Will Fix It (Ducháček to zařídí), directed by Karel Lamač – (Czechoslovakia)

F

Ferdinand the Bull , a Disney animated short
Fools for Scandal , directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Carole Lombard and Ralph Bellamy
The Four Companions (Die vier Gesellen), directed by Carl Froelich, starring Ingrid Bergman – (Germany)
Four Daughters , directed by Michael Curtiz, starring the Lane Sisters, Claude Rains and John Garfield
Four Men and a Prayer , directed by John Ford, starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders and David Niven
Four's a Crowd , directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles

G

The Gaunt Stranger , directed by Walter Forde, starring Sonnie Hale – (GB)
The Girl of the Golden West , directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Walter Pidgeon
Give Me a Sailor , directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Martha Raye, Bob Hope and Betty Grable
Gold Is Where You Find It , directed by Michael Curtiz, starring George Brent, Olivia de Havilland and Claude Rains

H

Hard to Get , directed by Ray Enright, starring Dick Powell and Olivia de Havilland
Having Wonderful Time , directed by Alfred Santell, starring Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Lucille Ball
Her Jungle Love , directed by George Archainbaud, starring Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland
Holiday , directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
Honeysuckle (Madreselva), directed by Luis César Amadori, starring Libertad Lamarque – (Argentina)
Hotel du Nord , directed by Marcel Carné – (France)

I

I Am the Law , directed by Alexander Hall, starring Edward G. Robinson
If I Were King , directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone
In Old Chicago , directed by Henry King, starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche
Inspector Hornleigh , directed by Eugene Forde, starring Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim – (GB)
International Settlement , directed by Eugene Forde, starring Dolores del Río and George Sanders

J

J'accuse! , directed by Abel Gance – (France)
Jezebel , directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda and George Brent
Judge Hardy's Children , directed by George B. Seitz, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker and Fay Holden
Just Around the Corner , directed by Irving Cummings, starring Shirley Temple

K

Kentucky , directed by David Butler, starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene and Walter Brennan
Kentucky Moonshine , directed by David Butler, starring the Ritz Brothers
Kidnapped , directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew
Kilómetro 111 , directed by Mario Soffici – (Argentina)
The King Kong That Appeared in Edo (Edo ni Arawareta Kingu Kongu) (lost), directed by Sōya Kumagai – (Japan)

L

The Lady Vanishes , directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave – (GB)
Listen, Darling , directed by Edwin L. Marin, starring Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor and Walter Pidgeon
Little Miss Broadway , directed by Irving Cummings, starring Shirley Temple, Edna May Oliver and Jimmy Durante
Little Tough Guy , directed by Harold Young, starring the Dead End Kids
Lord Jeff , directed by Sam Wood, starring Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney and Charles Coburn
Love Finds Andy Hardy , directed by George B. Seitz, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden and Lana Turner

M

Mad About Music , directed by Norman Taurog, starring Deanna Durbin and Herbert Marshall
The Mad Miss Manton , directed by Leigh Jason, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
A Man to Remember , directed by Garson Kanin, starring Anne Shirley
Marie Antoinette , directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore and Robert Morley
Men with Wings , directed by William A. Wellman, starring Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland
Merrily We Live , directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne and Billie Burke
Mollenard , directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Harry Baur – (France)
Mother Carey's Chickens , directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Anne Shirley
The Mountain Calls (Der Berg ruft), directed by Luis Trenker – (Germany)
Mr. Moto's Gamble , directed by James Tinling, starring Peter Lorre
Mr. Wong, Detective , directed by William Nigh, starring Boris Karloff
My Bill , directed by John Farrow, starring Kay Francis and Dickie Moore

O

Of Human Hearts , directed by Clarence Brown, starring Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi
Old Bones of the River , directed by Marcel Varnel, starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt – (GB)
Olympia , documentary directed by Leni Riefenstahl – (Germany)
Out West with the Hardys , directed by George B. Seitz, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker and Fay Holden

P

Paradise for Three , directed by Edward Buzzell, starring Frank Morgan, Robert Young and Mary Astor
Paweł i Gaweł (Pawel and Gawel), directed by Mieczysław Krawicz – (Poland)
Port of Seven Seas , directed by James Whale, starring Wallace Beery, Frank Morgan and Maureen O'Sullivan
Port of Shadows (Le Quai des brumes), directed by Marcel Carné, starring Jean Gabin, Michel Simon and Michèle Morgan – (France)
Prison Break , directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Barton MacLane and Glenda Farrell
Professor Beware , directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Harold Lloyd
Professor Mamlock , directed by Herbert Rappaport – (USSR)
Pygmalion , directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller – (GB)

R

Rawhide , directed by Ray Taylor, starring Lou Gehrig
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm , directed by Allan Dwan, starring Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott and Gloria Stuart
Red River Range , directed by George Sherman, starring John Wayne
Room Service , directed by William A. Seiter, starring the Marx Brothers and Lucille Ball

S

The Saint in New York , directed by Ben Holmes, starring Louis Hayward
Save a Little Sunshine , directed by Norman Lee, starring Patricia Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder – (GB)
The Shopworn Angel , directed by H. C. Potter, starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon
Sidewalks of London , directed by Tim Whelan, starring Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison – (GB)
Sing You Sinners , directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray and Donald O'Connor
The Sisters , directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Errol Flynn and Bette Davis
Sixty Glorious Years , directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Anna Neagle – (GB)
A Slight Case of Murder , directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Edward G. Robinson
Suez , directed by Allan Dwan, starring Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
Sweethearts , directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Frank Morgan

T

The Terror of Tiny Town , directed by Sam Newfield, starring Billy Curtis
Test Pilot , directed by Victor Fleming, starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore
That Certain Age , directed by Edward Ludwig, starring Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas and Jackie Cooper
There Goes My Heart , Norman Z. McLeod, starring Fredric March and Virginia Bruce
They Drive by Night , directed by Arthur B. Woods, starring Emlyn Williams and Ernest Thesiger – (GB)
Three Comrades , directed by Frank Borzage, starring Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone and Robert Young
Tom Sawyer, Detective , directed by Louis King, starring Donald O'Connor
Too Hot to Handle , directed by Jack Conway, starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Walter Pidgeon

U-V

Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (Leave on Parole), directed by Karl Ritter – (Germany)
Valley of the Giants , directed by William Keighley, starring Wayne Morris and Claire Trevor
Vivacious Lady , directed by George Stevens, starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart
Volga-Volga , directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, starring Lyubov Orlova – (USSR)

W

We're Going to Be Rich , directed by Monty Banks starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy – (GB)
White Banners , directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Claude Rains and Jackie Cooper
Woman Against Woman , directed by Robert B. Sinclair, starring Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce and Mary Astor
A Woman's Face (En kvinnas ansikte), directed by Gustaf Molander, starring Ingrid Bergman – (Sweden)

Y

Yahya el Hub , directed by Mohammed Karim, starring Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Leila Mourad – (Egypt)
A Yank at Oxford , directed by Jack Conway, starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn – (GB)
You Can't Take It with You , directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart and Edward Arnold
Young Dr. Kildare , directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore
The Young in Heart , directed by Richard Wallace, starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard and Billie Burke

Z

La Zandunga , directed by Fernando de Fuentes, starring Lupe Vélez and Arturo de Córdova – (Mexico)

Serials

Dick Tracy Returns , starring Ralph Byrd
The Fighting Devil Dogs , starring Lee Powell and Herman Brix
Flaming Frontiers
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars , starring Buster Crabbe
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Hawk of the Wilderness , starring Herman Brix
The Lone Ranger
The Secret of Treasure Island
The Spider's Web
Red Barry

Comedy film series

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945)
Our Gang (1922–1944)
Marx Brothers (1929–1937)
The Three Stooges (1934–1959)

Animated short film series

Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
Silly Symphonies
- The Moth and the Flame
- Wynken, Blynken and Nod
- Farmyard Symphony
- Merbabies
- Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Screen Songs (1929-1938)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Terrytoons (1930–1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Scrappy (1931–1941)
Betty Boop (1932–1939)
Popeye (1933–1957)
Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
Donald Duck (1937–1956)
Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938–1942)
The Captain and the Kids (1938–1939)

Births

January 1 – Frank Langella, American actor
January 3 – Tom Bower, American actor (died 2024)
January 4 – Jim Norton, Irish character actor
January 6 – Larisa Shepitko, Soviet director (died 1979)
January 8 – Bob Eubanks, American television personality and game show host
January 9 – Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japanese filmmaker (died 2020)^[8]
January 12 – Lewis Fiander, Australian actor (died 2016)
January 13
- William B. Davis, Canadian actor
- Billy Gray, American actor
January 14 – Jack Jones, American singer, actor (died 2024)
January 16 - Michael Pataki, American actor (died 2010)
January 21
- Doug Lennox, Canadian actor and writer (died 2015)
- John Savident, British actor (died 2024)
January 26 – Henry Jaglom, English-born director and playwright
January 29 – Aminah Cendrakasih, Indonesian actress (died 2022)
February 1 - Sherman Hemsley, American actor (died 2012)
February 2 – Bo Hopkins, American actor (died 2022)
February 3
- Marshall Efron, American actor (died 2019)
- John Mahon, American actor (died 2020)
February 12 – Oliver Reed, English actor (died 1999)
February 16 - Barry Primus, American actor, director and writer
February 17 – Yvonne Romain, English actress
February 19 – René Muñoz, Cuban-born actor, Mexico-based screenwriter (died 2000)
February 20 – Richard Beymer, American actor and film maker
February 22 – Karin Dor, German actress (died 2017)
February 23
- Alan Ford, English actor
- Jiří Menzel, Czech director (died 2020)
- Diane Varsi, American actress (died 1992)
February 24
- James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)
- Robert A. Silverman, Canadian actor
February 25
- Diane Baker, American actress and producer
- Malcolm Tierney, English actor (died 2014)
March 4 – Paula Prentiss, American actress
March 5 – Fred Williamson, American actor
March 8 – George Innes, British actor
March 9 – Charles Siebert, American actor and television director (died 2022)
March 10 – Micole Mercurio, American actress (died 2016)
March 18
- Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter, actor and comedian
- Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (died 2017)
March 25 – Hoyt Axton, American country music singer-songwriter, actor (died 1999)
April 2 – Hans-Michael Rehberg, German actor (died 2017)
April 6 – Roy Thinnes, American actor
April 15 – Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
April 18 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (died 1995)
April 20 – Michael Greer, American actor and comedian (died 2002)
April 21 – Reni Santoni, American actor (died 2020)
April 23 – Katsuo Nakamura, Japanese actor
May 5 – Michael Murphy, American actor
May 6 – Hartmut Becker, German actor (died 2022)
May 11 – Judy Farrell, American actress (died 2023)
May 12 – Luana Anders, American actress (died 1996)
May 13 – Buck Taylor, American actor
May 14 – Michael Preston, English actor
May 17 – Jason Bernard, American actor (died 1996)
May 19 – Bryan Marshall, British actor (died 2019)
May 20 – Rainer Basedow, German actor (died 2022)
May 22
- Richard Benjamin, American actor, director
- Frank Converse, American actor
- John Nolan, British actor
May 23 - Robert Watts, British film producer (died 2024)
May 24 – Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, writer, director, musician and comedian
June 7 – Ann Beach, British actress (died 2017)
June 12 – Tom Oliver, Australian actor
June 16
- Michael Culver, English actor (died 2024)
- Helen Ryan, British actress
June 18 – Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (died 2005)
June 19 - Ian Smith, Australian actor
June 21
- Ron Ely, American actor (died 2024)
- Celia Rodriguez, Filipina actress
June 25 – Giampiero Littera, Italian actor
June 27 – Kathryn Beaumont, English-American actress and singer
July 6 – Luana Patten, American actress (died 1996)
July 8 – Andrey Myagkov, Soviet/Russian actor (died 2021)
July 9 – Brian Dennehy, American actor (died 2020)
July 11 – Jiří Krampol, Czech actor (died 2025)
July 18 – Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director
July 20
- Diana Rigg, English actress (died 2020)
- Natalie Wood, American actress (died 1981)
July 22 – Terence Stamp, English actor (died 2025)
July 23 – Ronny Cox, American actor, singer-songwriter
July 25
- Pilar Seurat, Philippine-American actress (died 2001)
- Renée Victor, American actress (died 2025)
July 27 - Danielle De Metz, French actress
July 29 - Enzo G. Castellari, Italian director, screenwriter and actor
July 30 – Michael Bell, American actor
August 6
- Paul Bartel, American actor, writer and director (died 2000)
- Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
August 8 – Connie Stevens, American actress, singer
August 9 – Burton Gilliam, American actor
August 14 - James Fargo, American film director
August 15
- Ron Dean, American actor
- Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress
August 19 – Diana Muldaur, American actress
August 26 – Susan Harrison, American actress (died 2019)
August 29 – Elliott Gould, American actor
September 2
- Clarence Felder, American actor
- Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (died 2013)
- Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
September 8 – Philip L. Clarke, American voice actor (died 2013)
September 9 - Bill Raymond, American actor
September 12 – Michael Leader, English actor (died 2016)
September 17 - Paul Benedict, American actor (died 2008)
September 26 – Jonathan Goldsmith, American character actor
September 28 – Ben E. King, American soul singer (died 2015)
October 1
- Tunç Başaran, Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor (died 2019)
- Tony Darrow, Italian-American actor
- Stella Stevens, American actress (died 2023)
October 2 – Rex Reed, American film critic and "actor"
October 4 – Loretta Long, American actress, voice artist and singer
October 10 – Steve Gordon, American filmmaker (died 1982)
October 12 - Geoff Murphy, New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director and screenwriter (died 2018)
October 13 – Christiane Hörbiger, Austrian actress (died 2022)
October 18
- Barbara Baldavin, American actress (died 2024)
- Dawn Wells, American actress (died 2020)
October 20 - Dolores Hart, American actress and nun
October 22
- Derek Jacobi, British actor
- Christopher Lloyd, American actor
October 30 – Ed Lauter, American actor and stand-up comedian (died 2013)
November 13 – Jean Seberg, American actress (died 1979)
November 20
- Ardeshir Kazemi, Iranian actor
- Dick Smothers, American actor, comedian, composer and musician
November 26 – Rich Little, Canadian-American voice actor
November 28 – Michael Ritchie, American director, producer and writer (died 2001)
December 6 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor
December 12 - Leslie Schofield, English actor
December 14 – Hal Williams, American actor
December 16
- Neil Connery, Scottish actor (died 2021)
- Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
December 18 – Roger E. Mosley, American actor, director and writer (died 2022)
December 21 – Larry Bryggman, American actor
December 24 - Philippe Nahon, French actor (died 2020)
December 28 - Frank Kelly, Irish actor (died 2016)
December 29 – Jon Voight, American actor

Deaths

January 19 – Robert McWade, 65, American actor, The Kennel Murder Case , The Dragon Murder Case , Cappy Ricks Returns , Mr. Cinderella
January 20 – Émile Cohl, 81, French film pioneer
January 21 – Georges Méliès, 76, French film pioneer, The Impossible Voyage , A Trip to the Moon , The Merry Frolics of Satan , The Conquest of the Pole
January 26 – Matthew Betz, 56, American actor, The Wedding March , The Patent Leather Kid , The Big House , The Hurricane Express
August 4 – Pearl White, 49, American silent film star, The Perils of Pauline , The Exploits of Elaine
August 6 – Warner Oland, 58, Swedish-born actor, The Jazz Singer , Shanghai Express , Charlie Chan in London , Charlie Chan at the Opera
September 19 – Pauline Frederick, 55, American stage & film actress, Thank You, Mr. Moto , Smouldering Fires , This Modern Age , Devil's Island
October 1 – Conway Tearle, 60, American stage & film actor, The Hurricane Express , Romeo and Juliet , Stella Maris , The Lost Zeppelin
December 25 – Harry Myers, 56, American film actor and director, City Lights , Baby
December 28 – Florence Lawrence, 48, Canadian actress, Hollywood's first "star", Lady Helen's Escapade , The Taming of the Shrew , The Mended Lute , Betrayed by a Handprint

Film debuts

Gianni Agus – The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Eddie Albert – Brother Rat
Jack Albertson – Next Time I Marry
Vivian Austin – The Goldwyn Follies
Griff Barnett – The Lone Ranger
Yves Brainville – The Curtain Rises
Rossano Brazzi – Il destino in tasca
Paul Bryar – Professor Beware
Richard Carlson – The Young in Heart
Jean Claudio – Rasputin
Hans Conried – Dramatic School
Marie Déa – The Foolish Virgin
Dora Doll – The Curtain Rises
Peter Finch – Dad and Dave Come to Town
Richard Fiske – Juvenile Court
John Garfield – Swingtime in the Movies
David Gorcey – Little Tough Guy
William Holden – Prison Farm
Patrick Holt – The Challenge
Bob Hope – The Big Broadcast of 1938
Carl Jaffe – Second Best Bed
Glynis Johns – South Riding
Evelyn Keyes – The Buccaneer
Harry Lauter – The Big Broadcast of 1938
June Lockhart – A Christmas Carol
Jeffrey Lynn – When Were You Born
Patrick Macnee – Pygmalion
Jerry Maren – The Terror of Tiny Town
Roddy McDowall – John Halifax
Shirley Mills – Child Bride
Peggy Moran – Gold Diggers in Paris
Reggie Nalder – Roxy and the Wonderteam
Tom Neal – Out West with the Hardys
James Nolan – Torchy Blane in Panama
Arthur O'Connell – Freshman Year
Maureen O'Hara – Kicking the Moon Around
Emory Parnell – Arson Gang Busters
Jon Pertwee – A Yank at Oxford
Leslie Phillips – Lassie from Lancashire
Hilda Plowright – Partners of the Plains
Robert Preston – King of Alcatraz
Vincent Price – Service de Luxe
Lillian Randolph – Life Goes On
Paula Raymond – Keep Smiling
Colette Régis – Rasputin
John Salew – George Takes the Air
Walter Sande – The Goldwyn Follies
Konstantin Shayne – Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Red Skelton – Having Wonderful Time
Shepperd Strudwick – Fast Company
Dub Taylor – You Can't Take It with You
Walter Tetley – A Trip to Paris
Victor Travers – You Can't Take It with You
Rick Vallin – Freshman Year
Charles Victor – The Return of the Frog
Richard Wattis – A Yank of Oxford
Ilse Werner – Finale

References

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↑ Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
↑ Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 18 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
↑ McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film (fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1887. ISBN 9781526111968.
↑ Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia (1989). 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, 18-21 December 1989. Organizing Committee of 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.

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