Editing 1951 in film (section)

==Deaths==
[[File:Warner Baxter promo.jpg|thumb|200px|The Oscar winner Warner Baxter publicity photo.]]
*January 11 – [[Charles W. Goddard]], American playwright, screenwriter (born 1879), ''[[The Exploits of Elaine]]''
*January 18 – [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]], American actor (born 1888), ''[[Flight (1929 film)|Flight]]'', ''[[San Francisco (1936 film)|San Francisco]]''
*March 6 – [[Ivor Novello]], Welsh actor, singer, composer (born 1893), ''[[The Lodger (1932 film)|The Lodger]]'', ''[[I Lived with You]]''
*March 14 – [[Val Lewton]], Russian-American director (born 1904), ''[[Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]'', ''[[The Body Snatcher (1945 film)|The Body Snatcher]]''
*March 25 – [[Oscar Micheaux]], American director, author (born 1884), ''[[The Girl From Chicago]]''
*April 4 – [[Al Christie]], Canadian-born director, producer (born 1881), ''[[Charley's Aunt (1930 film)|Charley's Aunt]]''
*April 22 – [[Stanley Ridges]], British actor (born 1890), ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'', ''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]''
*May 2 – [[Edwin L. Marin]], American director (born 1899), ''[[Fort Worth (film)|Fort Worth]]'', ''[[Maisie (film)|Maisie]]'' 
*May 2 – [[Paul L. Stein]], Austrian director (born 1892), ''[[Red Wagon (film)|Red Wagon]]'', ''[[The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery]]''
*May 7 – [[Warner Baxter]], American actor (born 1882), ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'', ''[[Crime Doctor (film)|Crime Doctor]]''
*May 17 – [[S. Sylvan Simon]], American director (born 1910), ''[[The Fuller Brush Man]]'', ''[[I Love Trouble (1948 film)|I Love Trouble]]''
*May 29 – [[Fanny Brice]], American entertainer and actress, ''[[My Man (1928 film)|My Man]]'', ''[[Everybody Sing (film)|Everybody Sing]]''
*June 2 – [[Ernst Pittschau]], German actor (born 1883), ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917 German film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''
*June 6 – [[Olive Tell]], American actress (born 1894), ''[[The Trap (1919 film)|The Trap]]''
*June 9 – [[Mayo Methot]], American actress (born 1904), ''[[Marked Woman]]''
*July 23 – [[Robert J. Flaherty]], American documentary filmmaker (born 1884), ''[[Nanook of the North]]''
*August 16 – [[Louis Jouvet]], French actor (born 1887), ''[[Hôtel du Nord]]''
*August 28 – [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]], American actor (born 1918), ''[[Strangers on a Train (film)|Strangers on a Train]]'', ''[[The Clock (1945 film)|The Clock]]''
*August 30 – [[Konstantin Märska]], Estonian cinematographer (born 1896)
*August 31 – [[Paul Demel]], Czechoslovakian actor (born 1903)
*September 7 – [[Maria Montez]], Dominican-born actress (born 1912), ''[[Arabian Nights (1942 film)|Arabian Nights]]'', ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]''
*October 12 – [[Leon Errol]], Australian-born actor (born 1881), ''[[Never Give a Sucker an Even Break]]'', ''[[Joe Palooka, Champ|Joe Palooka]]''
*October 22 – [[Phil Rosen]], Polish-American director (born 1876), ''[[Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat]]'', ''[[Roar of the Press]]''
*November 3 – [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]], American director (born 1894), ''[[Tycoon (1947 film)|Tycoon]]'', ''[[Framed (1947 film)|Framed]]''