Editing 1918 in film

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The year '''1918 in film''' involved some significant events.

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==Events==
*January 27 – [[Tarzan]] makes his film debut in ''[[Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film)|Tarzan of the Apes]]''.
*March 10 – [[Warner Bros.]] release their first produced picture, ''[[My Four Years in Germany]]''.
*July – The animated ''[[The Sinking of the Lusitania]]'' is one of the first examples of animation being used for something other than comedy.
*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the [[Motion Picture Patents Company]] disbands.
*[[Louis B. Mayer]] arrives in [[Los Angeles]] and forms Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation.
*28&nbsp;mm safety standard film, designed by Alexander Victor, becomes one of the earliest film formats to use "safety film" [[film base|bases]] in order to safeguard the amateur market against nitrate fires.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+Highest-grossing films of 1918
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Studio !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
|''[[Old Wives for New]]''
|rowspan="5"|[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $286,504<ref name="birchard">{{cite book|last=Birchard|first=Robert S.|date=2004|title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813123240}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
|''[[The Squaw Man (1918 film)|The Squaw Man]]''
| $283,556<ref name="birchard"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[The Whispering Chorus]]''
| $242,109<ref name="birchard"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
|''[[We Can't Have Everything]]''
| $207,890<ref name="birchard"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
|''[[Till I Come Back to You]]''
| $183,834<ref name="birchard"/>
|-
|}

==Notable films released in 1918==
=== Argentina ===
{{Main|List of Argentine films before 1930}}
*''[[Buenos Aires tenebroso]]'', directed by [[Juan Glize]]
*''[[En un día de gloria]]'', directed by [[Mario Gallo (director)|Mario Gallo]] and [[Alberto Traversa]]
*''[[La garra porteña]]'', directed by Juan Glize 
*''[[Sin dejar rastros]]'', directed by [[Quirino Cristiani]]
*''[[Violeta o La reina del tango]]'', directed by Juan Glize

=== Egypt ===
{{Main|List of Egyptian films before 1920}}
*''Bedouin's honor'' (Sharaf El Badawi), starring and directing by [[Mohammed Karim]]
*''The Deadly Flowers'' (Al Azhar Al Momita), starring and directing by [[Mohammed Karim]]

=== France ===
{{Main|List of French films of 1918}}
*''The Ghost of the Rancho'' (aka ''Range Busters''), directed by William Worthington, starring Bryant Washburn and Rhea Mitchell, a hybrid Horror/Western/Comedy
*''[[The Tenth Symphony]]'' (La Dixième Symphonie), directed by [[Abel Gance]], starring Séverin-Mars and [[Jean Toulout]] 
*''[[Tih Minh]]'', directed by [[Louis Feuillade]], starring [[René Cresté]] 
*''Vendemiaire'', directed by [[Louis Feuillade]]

=== Germany ===
{{Main|List of German films 1895-1918}}
*''[[Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne]]'', directed by Eugen Illes and Joseph Klein, starring Max Auzinger and Hilde Wotner; released in the U.S. as ''Sacrifice'';  this was the 2nd film adaptation based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Carmen (1918 film)|Carmen]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Pola Negri]]
*''[[Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart]]'' (''Dr. Hart's Diary''), directed by [[Paul Leni]]
*''Eyes of the Mummy'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Pola Negri and Emil Jannings
*''[[I Don't Want to Be a Man]]'' (''Ich möchte kein Mann sein''), directed by Ernst Lubitsch
*''The Other Self'', aka ''Das Andere Ich'' (Austrian) directed by Fritz Freisler, starring Fritz Kortner 
*''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (aka ''Der Rettenfanger von Hameln''), written and directed by [[Paul Wegener]], starring Wegener and [[Lyda Salmonova]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>

=== Great Britain ===
{{Main|List of British films before 1920}}
*''The Haunted Hotel'', an 11-minute comedy short directed by Fred Rains (Claude's father), starring Will Asher and Marion Peake<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Victory and Peace]]'', directed by [[Herbert Brenon]]

=== Hungary ===
{{Main|List of Hungarian films 1901-1947}}
*''[[99 (1918 film)|A 99-es számú bérkocsi]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz|Mihály Kertész]], starring: |[[Cläre Lotto]] and [[Béla Lugosi]] 
*''[[Alraune (1918 film)|Alraune]]'', directed by Mihály Kertész and Edmund Fritz, starring: [[Géza Erdélyi]] and [[Gyula Gál]] ([[Lost film]]); first film adaptation based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers
*''[[Casanova (1918 film)|Casanova]]'', directed by [[Alfréd Deésy]], starring [[Alfréd Deésy]]
*''[[Faun (film)|Faun]]'', directed by [[Alexander Korda]], starring: [[Gábor Rajnay]] and [[Artúr Somlay]] 
*''[[Mary Ann (film)|Mary Ann]]'', directed by [[Alexander Korda]], starring: [[Ica von Lenkeffy]] and [[Tivadar Uray]]
*''[[Masked Ball|Álarcosbál]]'' ||[[Alfréd Deésy]], starring: Béla Lugosi
*''[[The Merry Widow (1918 film)|A víg Özvegy]]'', directed by Mihály Kertész 
*''[[The Devil (1918 Hungarian film)|Az ördög]]'', directed by Mihály Kertész
*''[[Karoly bakak]]'', directed by [[Zoltan Korda]] 
*''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1918 film)|Az Élet királya]]'', directed by Alfréd Deésy, starring Béla Lugosi and [[Norbert Dán]]; based on the 1890 Oscar Wilde novel
*''[[The Leopard (1918 film)|Küzdelem a létért]]'', directed by Alfréd Deésy, starring: Béla Lugosi
*''[[Lili (1918 film)|Lili]]'', directed by [[Cornelius Hintner]]
*''[[Lulu (1918 film)|Lulu]]'', directed by Mihály Kertész
*''[[The Sunflower Woman|A Napraforgós hölgy]]'', directed by Mihály Kertész, starring: [[Lucy Doraine]], [[Cläre Lotto]] and [[Iván Petrovich]]
*''[[The Merry Widow (1918 film)|A Víg özvegy]]'', directed by Mihály Kertész, starring: [[Mihály Várkonyi]], [[Berta Valero]], [[Endre Boross Árpád id. Latabár]], [[Miklós Szomory]] and [[József Bánhidy]]

=== Italy ===
{{Main|List of Italian films of 1918}}
*''[[Fabiola (1918 film)|Fabiola]]'' directed by [[Enrico Guazzoni]]

=== Japan ===
*''Akakabe Myojin'' (aka ''Kaibyo Kaidan'') a Ghost-Cat film starring Matsunosuke Onoe, produced by Nikkatsu Films
*''Izumo Kaidan'' (Japanese) aka ''Ghost Story of Izumo'', starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Kitsuraku Arashi, produced by Nikkatsu Films
*''Yotsuya Kaidan Jitsuhi Kanetani Goro''/ ''The Ghost of Yotsuya'' (Japanese) the 2nd ever film adaptation of the 1825 stage play ''Yotsuya Kaidan'' by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; starring Matsunosuke Onoe and Sentaro Nakamura<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>

=== Sweden ===
{{Main|List of Swedish films before 1930}}
*''[[The Outlaw and His Wife]]'' (Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru), directed by & starring [[Victor Sjöström]]  (aka Victor Seastrom)

=== Denmark ===

* ''[[A Trip to Mars|A trip to Mars]],'' directed by Holger-Madsen.<ref>{{Citation |last=Holger-Madsen |title=Himmelskibet |type=Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008100/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |others=Gunnar Tolnæs, Zanny Petersen, Nicolai Neiiendam |publisher=Nordisk Film}}</ref>

=== United States ===
{{Main|List of American films of 1918}}
*''[[Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley]]'', directed by [[Marshall Neilan]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]
*''Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Pacific''
*''[[Are Crooks Dishonest?]]'', a [[Harold Lloyd]] short
*''[[Arizona (1918 film)|Arizona]]'', starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*''[[The Bell Boy]]'', a [[Fatty Arbuckle|'Fatty' Arbuckle]] / [[Buster Keaton]] short
*''The Bells'', directed by Ernest C. Warde, starring Frank Keenan and Lois Wilson; this was the 4th film adaptation of [[Erckmann-Chatrian]]'s 1867 stage play ''Le Juif Polonaise'' (''The Polish Jew'')<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''Black Sherlock Holmes'', produced by Ebony Pictures, starring Sam Robinson as a black version of Sherlock Holmes 
*''[['Blue Blazes' Rawden]]'', starring [[William S. Hart]]  
*''[[The Blue Bird (1918 film)|The Blue Bird]]'', directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]]
*''[[Bound in Morocco]]'', directed by [[Allan Dwan]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*''[[The Burden of Proof (1918 film)|The Burden of Proof]]'', directed by Julius Steger; starring [[Marion Davies]] 
*''[[Cecilia of the Pink Roses]]'', directed by Julius Steger; starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''[[The Cook (1918 film)|The Cook]]'', a [[Fatty Arbuckle|'Fatty' Arbuckle]]/[[Buster Keaton]] short
*''The Craving'' (aka ''Delirium'') directed by Francis Ford for Universal Pictures, starring Francis Ford and Peter Gerald<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Cupid Angling]]'', starring [[Ruth Roland]]
*''[[The Eyes of Julia Deep]]'', starring [[Mary Miles Minter]]
*''[[The Ghost of Slumber Mountain]]'', written and directed by Willis O'Brien (who also starred in it and handled the special animation effects);  existing print runs only 12 minutes
*''[[The Goddess of Lost Lake]]'', starring [[Louise Glaum]]
*''The Haunted House'', produced and written by Edward Frazee, a very obscure lost film (cast unknown)
*''[[Headin' South]]'', directed by [[Allan Dwan]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*''[[The Heart of Humanity]]'', starring [[Erich von Stroheim]]
*''[[Hearts of the World]]'', directed by [[D.W. Griffith]], starring [[Lillian Gish]] and [[Dorothy Gish]]
*''[[The House of Mirth (1918 film)|The House of Mirth]]'', directed by [[Albert Capellani]], starring [[Katherine Corri Harris]]
*''[[Huck and Tom]]''
*''[[The Lamb (1918 film)|The Lamb]]'', a [[Harold Lloyd]] short.
*''[[Men Who Have Made Love to Me]]'', starring [[Mary MacLane]]
*''[[Mickey (1918 film)|Mickey]]'', directed by [[F. Richard Jones]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]
*''[[M'Liss (1918 film)|M'Liss]]'', directed by [[Marshall Neilan]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Thomas Meighan]]
*''[[Moonshine (1918 film)|Moonshine]]'', a [[Fatty Arbuckle|'Fatty' Arbuckle]]/[[Buster Keaton]] short
*''[[My Four Years in Germany]]'', the first film produced by the four [[Warner Brothers]]
*''[[On the Quiet]]'', directed by [[Chester Withey]], starring [[John Barrymore|Jack Barrymore]]
*''[[Out of the Inkwell]]'', an animated film directed by [[Max Fleischer]]
*''[[Out West (1918 film)|Out West]]'', a [[Fatty Arbuckle|'Fatty' Arbuckle]]/[[Buster Keaton]] short
*''[[The Romance of Tarzan]]'', starring [[Elmo Lincoln]]
*''[[Salomé (1918 film)|Salomé]]'', directed by [[J. Gordon Edwards (director)|J. Gordon Edwards]], starring [[Theda Bara]]
*''The Silent Mystery'', a 15-chapter serial directed by Francis Ford, starring Ford and Rosemary Theby;  a five-reel condensed version was also released at some point
*''[[The Sinking of the Lusitania]]'', a short animated propaganda film by [[Winsor McCay]]; likely the longest animated film of its time.
*''[[Stella Maris (1918 film)|Stella Maris]]'', directed by [[Marshall Neilan]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]
*''[[Tarzan of the Apes (1918 film)|Tarzan of the Apes]]'', directed by [[Scott Sidney]], starring [[Elmo Lincoln]] and [[Enid Markey]]
*''The Two-Soul Woman'', directed by Elmer Clifton for Universal Pictures, starring Priscilla Dean and Ashton Dearholt, based on the novel by Gelett Burgess<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''
*''[[Under the Yoke (film)|Under the Yoke]]'', directed by [[J. Gordon Edwards (director)|J. Gordon Edwards]], starring [[Theda Bara]]
*''[[Under the Greenwood Tree (1918 film)|Under the Greenwood Tree]]'' directed by [[Emile Chautard]] starring [[Elsie Ferguson]]
*''[[The Whispering Chorus]]'', starring [[Raymond Hatton]] and [[Kathlyn Williams]]
*''[[Why Pick on Me? (1918 film)|Why Pick on Me?]]'', starring [[Harold Lloyd]] and [[Bebe Daniels]]

=== U.S.S.R. ===
{{Main|Soviet films: 1917-1921}}
*''Cagliostro'', historical melodrama directed by Wladyslaw Starevitch, starring M. Yarosh and Arseniy Bibikov, based on the novel ''Count Cagliostro'' by E. Salias<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.</ref>
*''[[Father Sergius (film)|Father Sergius]]'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]], starring [[Ivan Mozzukhin]]

==Comedy film series==
Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected

===Buster Keaton (1917–1944)===
[[File:Goodnightnurse.jpg|thumb|150px|Snapshot of ''Good Night, Nurse!''.]]
{{Main|Buster Keaton filmography}}

Films starring [[Roscoe Arbuckle]], featuring [[Buster Keaton]] released in 1918:
*[[January 20]]: ''[[Out West (1918 film)|Out West]]'' as Sheriff / Saloon owner. 
*[[March 18]]: ''[[The Bell Boy]]'' as Bellboy.

===Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)===
[[File:Poster_-_A_Dog's_Life_01.jpg|thumb|150px|Film poster for ''A Dog's Life''.]]
{{Main|Charlie Chaplin filmography}}

*[[11 August]]: ''[[Triple Trouble (1918 film)|Triple Trouble]]''; compilation assembled by [[Leo White]] with scenes from ''Police'' and an unfinished short, ''Life'', along with new material shot by White. Chaplin includes this production in the filmography of [[My Autobiography (Chaplin)|his autobiography]].
*May 1918: ''Chase Me Charlie''; a seven-reel montage of [[Essanay films]], edited by [[Langford Reed]]. Released in [[England]].

[[Charlie Chaplin]] wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between [[1918]] and [[1923]]. These films were distributed by [[First National Pictures|First National]]. Below the movies released in 1918:

*[[14 April]]: ''[[A Dog's Life (1918 film)|A Dog's Life]]''
*[[29 September]]: ''[[The Bond]]''
*[[20 October]]: ''[[Shoulder Arms]]''

:'''Uncompleted and unreleased films'''
*''How to Make Movies'': Never assembled, although parts were used in ''[[The Chaplin Revue]]'' (see below)<br />Reconstructed in 1981 by [[Kevin Brownlow]] and [[David Gill (film historian)|David Gill]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Make Movies|publisher=Charlie Chaplin Encyclopedia|date=3 April 2010|url=http://www.charliechaplin.org.uk/How_to_Make_Movies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919145548/http://www.charliechaplin.org.uk/How_to_Make_Movies|archive-date=19 September 2010}}</ref>
*Untitled film: A charity film co-starring [[Harry Lauder]].

===Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)===
[[File:Hit_Him_Again_FilmPoster.jpeg|thumb|150px|''Hit Him Again''.]]
[[File:Bees_in_His_Bonnet_(Pathe,_1918)._One_Sheet_(28_X_41).jpg|thumb|150px|''Bees in His Bonnet''.]]
[[File:Back_to_the_Woods_FilmPoster.jpeg|thumb|150px|''Back to the Woods''.]]
{{Main|Harold Lloyd filmography}}

Glasses character ("The Boy"):
*''[[The Tip (film)|The Tip]]'' 
*''[[The Lamb (1918 film)|The Lamb]]'' 
*''[[Hit Him Again]]'' 
*''[[Beat It (film)|Beat It]]'' 
*''[[A Gasoline Wedding]]'' 
*''[[Look Pleasant, Please]]'' 
*''[[Here Come the Girls (1918 film)|Here Come the Girls]]'' 
*''[[Let's Go (1918 film)|Let's Go]]'' 
*''[[On the Jump]]'' 
*''[[Follow the Crowd (film)|Follow the Crowd]]'' 
*''[[Pipe the Whiskers]]'' as ''Janitor''
*''[[It's a Wild Life]]'' 
*''[[Hey There!]]'' 
*''[[Kicked Out (film)|Kicked Out]]'' 
*''[[The Non-Stop Kid]]'' 
*''[[Two-Gun Gussie]]'' 
*''[[Fireman Save My Child (1918 film)|Fireman Save My Child]]'' 
*''[[The City Slicker]]'' 
*''[[Sic 'Em, Towser]]'' 
*''[[Somewhere in Turkey]]'' 
*''[[Are Crooks Dishonest?]]'' – sometimes wrongly titled as ''Doing, Doing, Done'' 
*''[[An Ozark Romance]]'' 
*''[[Kicking the Germ Out of Germany]]'' 
*''[[That's Him]]'' 
*''[[Bride and Gloom (film)|Bride and Gloom]]'' 
*''[[Two Scrambled]]'' 
*''[[Bees in His Bonnet]]'' 
*''[[Swing Your Partners]]'' 
*''[[Why Pick on Me? (1918 film)|Why Pick on Me?]]'' 
*''[[Nothing but Trouble (1918 film)|Nothing but Trouble]]'' 
*''[[Back to the Woods (1918 film)|Back to the Woods]]'' 
*''[[Hear 'Em Rave]]'' 
*''[[Take a Chance (1918 film)|Take a Chance]]'' 
*''[[She Loves Me Not (1918 film)|She Loves Me Not]]''

===Lupino Lane (1915–1939)===
{{Main|Lupino Lane}}
Short films acting as his character ''Mr. Butterbun'' released in 1918:

*''His Busy Day'' 
*''His Salad Days''  
*''Love and Lobster'' 
*''The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals''
*''The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure'' 
*''The Haunted Hotel''

==Births==
*January 29 – [[John Forsythe]], actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*February 4 – [[Ida Lupino]], actress, director (died [[1995 in film|1995]])
*February 15 - [[Allan Arbus]], actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*February 16 – Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of [[The Andrews Sisters]] (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*February 19 - [[Fay McKenzie]], American actress and singer (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*March 1 – [[Roger Delgado]], actor (died [[1973 in film|1973]])
*March 9
**[[Marguerite Chapman]], actress (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
**[[Mickey Spillane]], writer, actor (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*March 14 –[[Dennis Patrick]], actor (died [[2002 in film|2002]]) 
*April 14 – [[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]], actress, singer (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*April 17 
**[[William Holden]], actor (died [[1981 in film|1981]])
**[[Anne Shirley (actress)|Anne Shirley]], actress (died [[1993 in film|1993]])
*April 18 – [[Shinobu Hashimoto]], screenwriter (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*May 14 – [[June Duprez]], actress (died [[1984 in film|1984]])
*May 15 – [[Joseph Wiseman]], Canadian-American actor (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*May 20 - [[Patricia Ellis]], American actress (died [[1970 in film|1970]])
*May 21 - [[Jeanne Bates]], American actress (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*May 26 – [[John Dall]], actor (died [[1971 in film|1971]])
*June 8 – [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], actor, singer (died [[1987 in film|1987]])
*June 10 - [[Barry Morse]], actor (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*June 11 – [[Jane Bryan]], actress (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*June 13 - [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]], actor (died [[1996 in film|1996]])
*June 15 - [[Elisabeth Waldo]], American former musician and actress
*June 21 - [[Adriana Sivieri]], Italian actress (died [[1970 in film|1970]])
*June 26 – [[Ellen Liiger]], actress (died [[1987 in film|1987]])
*July 6 – [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]], actor (died [[1977 in film|1977]])
*July 8 – [[Craig Stevens (actor)|Craig Stevens]], American actor (died [[2000 in film|2000]])
*July 14 – [[Ingmar Bergman]], Swedish actor, writer, director (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*July 16 – [[William Bishop (actor)|William Bishop]], actor (died [[1959 in film|1959]])
*July 18 – [[Jane Frazee]], singer, actress (died [[1985 in film|1985]])
*July 25 - [[Nan Grey]], actress (died [[1993 in film|1993]])
*July 26 – [[Marjorie Lord]], actress (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*August 1 – [[Cheryl Walker (actress)|Cheryl Walker]], model, actress (died [[1971 in film|1971]])
*August 9 – [[Robert Aldrich]], director (died [[1983 in film|1983]])
*August 17 – [[Evelyn Ankers]], actress (died 1985)
*August 25 – [[Richard Greene]], actor (died 1985)
*September 10 – [[Rin Tin Tin]], canine actor (died [[1932 in film|1932]])
*September 13 – [[Dick Haymes]], Argentine actor, singer (died [[1980 in film|1980]])
*September 16 - [[Branka Veselinović]], Serbian actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*September 21 – [[Rand Brooks]], American actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*September 24 - [[Audra Lindley]], American actress (died [[1997 in film|1997]])
*September 28 – [[Arnold Stang]], American actor and comedian (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*October 9 – [[Lila Kedrova]], Russian-born actress (died [[2000 in film|2000]])
*October 13
**[[Yvette Thuot]], Canadian actress (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
**[[Robert Walker (actor, born 1918)|Robert Walker]], actor (died [[1951 in film|1951]])
*October 17 – [[Rita Hayworth]], actress (died 1987)
*October 23 - [[Peggy Moran]], actress (died 2002)
*October 25 - [[Milton Selzer]], actor (died 2005)
*October 27 – [[Teresa Wright]], actress (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*October 29 – [[Diana Serra Cary]], born Peggy-Jean Montgomery ("Baby Peggy"), child silent film actress (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*November 4 
**[[Art Carney]], actor (died 2003)
**[[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]], actor (died [[1994 in film|1994]])
*November 27 - [[Stephen Elliott (actor)|Stephen Elliott]], actor (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*November 30 – [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]], actor (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*December 10 – [[Anne Gwynne]], actress, model (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*December 15 – [[Jeff Chandler (actor)|Jeff Chandler]], actor (died [[1961 in film|1961]])
*December 23 - [[Kumar Pallana]], Indian-American character actress (died [[2013 in film|2013]])

==Deaths==
*January 8 – [[Johannes Pääsuke]], 25, Estonian photographer and director (train crash)
*January 12 – Simeon Wiltsie, American actor  
*February 1 – [[Joseph Kaufman (director)|Joseph Kaufman]], 36, American silent film actor & director, married to film star [[Ethel Clayton]]  
*February 15 – [[Vernon Castle]], 30, American dancer & writer
*March 13 – [[William Courtleigh, Jr.]], 26, American actor
*April 30 – "Mother" [[Mary Maurice]], 73, American veteran stage & film actress 
*May 19 – [[Sidney Rankin Drew]], 26, American actor and director.  
*June 29 – [[John van den Broek]], 23, Dutch cinematographer
*July 4 – [[Walter Stradling]], 43, British cinematographer
*August 12 – [[Anna Held]], 46, Polish actress & singer
*September 21 – [[Hal August]], 28, American actor; 
*October 2 - [[Edwin Arden]], American stage & film actor 
*October 19 – [[Harold Lockwood]], 31, American actor
*October 22 – [[Myrtle Gonzalez]], 27, American actress
*October 22 – [[Julian L'Estrange]], 38, English actor
*October 28 – Louise Vale, American actress
*November 6 – [[William Shea (actor)|William Shea]], 67, Scottish veteran film actor & director
*November 18 – [[Wayland Trask Jr.]], 31, American comedian
*December 6 – [[Charles Gunn (actor)|Charles Gunn]], 35, American actor
*December 29 – [[Jode Mullally]], 32, American actor

==Debuts==
*[[Walter Abel]] – ''[[Out of a Clear Sky]]''
*[[Renée Adorée]] – ''[[£500 Reward]]''
*[[Erville Alderson]] – ''Her Man''
*[[Lionel Atwill]] – ''[[Eve's Daughter]]''
*[[Warner Baxter]] – ''[[All Woman (film)|All Woman]]''
*[[Karl Dane]] – ''[[My Four Years in Germany]]''
*[[Lya De Putti]] – ''[[The Emperor's Soldiers]]''
*[[Maude Eburne]] – ''[[A Pair of Sixes (film)|A Pair of Sixes]]''
*[[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] – ''The Beloved Impostor''
*[[Phillips Holmes]] – ''Uneasy Money''
*[[Allan Jeayes]] – ''[[Nelson (1918 film)|Nelson]]''
*[[Buck Jones]] – ''[[Western Blood]]''
*[[Cecil Kellaway]] – ''Bond and Word''
*[[Lila Lee]] – ''[[The Cruise of the Make-Believes]]''
*[[Ben Lyon]] – ''The Transgressor''
*[[Fay McKenzie]] – ''[[Station Content]]''
*[[Irene Rich]] – ''[[A Desert Wooing]]''
*[[Will Rogers]] – ''[[Laughing Bill Hyde]]''
*[[Elena Sangro]] – ''[[Fabiola (1918 film)|Fabiola]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1918-01-01,1918-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1918 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1918-01-01,1918-12-31&adult=include List of 1918 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1918-01-01,1918-12-31&adult=include List of 1918 births] at [[IMDb]]

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