Editing 1923 in film

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This is an overview of '''1923 in film''', including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top eight films released in 1923 by U.S. gross are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+Highest-grossing films of 1923
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
|''{{sort|ten|[[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)|The Ten Commandments]]}}''
|rowspan="2"|[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $4,169,798<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
|''{{sort|cover|[[The Covered Wagon]]}}''
| $3,500,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book|last=Finler|first=Joel Waldo|year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-1-903364-66-6|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356#v=twopage 356–357]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[Safety Last!]]''<br>''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
|[[Pathé Exchange]]<br>[[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $1,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
|''[[Scaramouche (1923 film)|Scaramouche]]'' 
|[[Metro Pictures|Metro]]
| $1,000,000<ref name=AllTime>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-Time Film Rental Champs|date=October 15, 1990|page=M182}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
|''[[Adam's Rib (1923 film)|Adam's Rib]]''
| Paramount
| $881,206<ref name=birchard/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
|''[[Main Street (1923 film)|Main Street]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[Warner Bros.]]
| $510,000<ref name="warners">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 2 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
|''{{sort|gold|[[The Gold Diggers (1923 film)|The Gold Diggers]]}}'' 
| $470,000<ref name="warners"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
|''[[Tiger Rose (1923 film)|Tiger Rose]]'' 
| $466,000<ref name="warners"/>
|}

==Events==
*April 4 – [[Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.]] incorporated in the United States.
*April 15 – [[Lee De Forest]] demonstrates the [[Phonofilm]] [[talking picture|sound-on-film]] system at the [[Rivoli Theatre (South Fallsburg, New York)|Rivoli Theater]] in New York with a series of short musical films featuring [[vaudeville]] performers.
*[[Henry Roussel]]'s ''Les Opprimés'' is released, introducing [[Matte (filmmaking)|matte]]s (painted by [[W. Percy Day]]) to French cinema.
*October 16 – Brothers [[Walt Disney|Walt]] and [[Roy O. Disney]] establish [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney Brothers Studio]] (later to be known as [[Walt Disney Productions]]).

==Notable films released in 1923==
[[List of American films of 1923|American films]] unless stated otherwise

===A===
*''[[Adam's Rib (1923 film)|Adam's Rib]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]]
*''[[The Ancient Law]] (Das alte Gesetz)'', directed by [[E. A. Dupont]], starring [[Henny Porten]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Ashes of Vengeance]]'', directed by [[Frank Lloyd]], starring [[Norma Talmadge]] and [[Wallace Beery]]
*''[[The Audacious Mr. Squire]]'', directed by [[Edwin Greenwood]], starring [[Jack Buchanan]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])

===B===
*''[[The Balloonatic]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]]
*''[[Barsoum Looking for a Job]]'', directed by Mohammed Bayoumi, starring [[Bishara Wakim]] – ([[List of Egyptian films of the 1920s|Egypt]])
*''The Bells'', directed by [[Edwin Greenwood]], based on the 1867 play ''[[Le Juif polonais|The Polish Jew]]'' by [[Erckmann-Chatrian]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 258">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 258. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[The Bishop of the Ozarks]]'' (lost), directed by [[Finis Fox]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 258"/>
*''[[Black Oxen]]'', directed by [[Frank Lloyd]], starring [[Corinne Griffith]]
*''[[The Blizzard (1923 film)|The Blizzard]]'' (lost), directed by [[Mauritz Stiller]] – ([[List of Swedish films before 1930|Sweden]])
*''Blood and Soul (Chi to Rei)'', directed by [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 258"/> – ([[List of Japanese films of the 1920s|Japan]])
*''[[The Blue Lagoon (1923 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'' (lost), directed by William Bowden and [[Dick Cruikshanks]], starring [[Molly Adair]] and [[Arthur Pusey]] - ([[British films of 1923|GB]] / [[List of South African films|South Africa]])
*''[[Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923 film)|Bonnie Prince Charlie]]'' (lost), directed by [[Charles Calvert (director)|Charles Calvert]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Gladys Cooper]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[The Brass Bottle (1923 film)|The Brass Bottle]]'' (lost), directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]]

===C===
*''[[Cameo Kirby (1923 film)|Cameo Kirby]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]
*''[[Circus Days]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]], starring [[Jackie Coogan]]
*''[[Cœur fidèle]] (Faithful Heart)'', directed by [[Jean Epstein]] – ([[French films of 1923|France]])
*''[[The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923 film)|The Courtship of Miles Standish]]'', directed by [[Frederic Richard Sullivan|Frederic Sullivan]]
*''[[The Covered Wagon]]'', directed by [[James Cruze]], starring [[J. Warren Kerrigan]] and [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]]

===D===
*''[[The Daring Years]]'' (lost), directed by [[Kenneth Webb (director)|Kenneth Webb]], starring [[Mildred Harris]] and [[Clara Bow]]
* ''[[The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning]] (Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning)'', directed by [[Robert Wiene]], starring [[Werner Krauss]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Drakula halála]] (Dracula's Death)'' (lost), directed by [[Károly Lajthay]] – ([[List of Hungarian films 1901-1947|Hungary]])
*''[[The Drums of Jeopardy (1923 film)|The Drums of Jeopardy]]'', directed by [[Edward Dillon (actor)|Edward Dillon]], starring [[Elaine Hammerstein]] and [[Wallace Beery]], based on the 1920 novel by [[Harold MacGrath]]

===E===
*''[[The Extra Girl]]'', directed by [[F. Richard Jones]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]

===F===
*''Faust'', directed by [[Bertram Phillips]], based on the 1808 [[Goethe's Faust|play]] by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 260. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[Frozen Hearts]]'', directed by J. A. Howe, starring [[Stan Laurel]]

===G===
*''[[The Gold Diggers (1923 film)|The Gold Diggers]]'' (lost), directed by [[Harry Beaumont]]	 
*''[[The Grub-Stake]]'', directed by Bert Van Tuyle, starring [[Nell Shipman]]

===H===
*''[[The Harbour Lights (1923 film)|The Harbour Lights]]'', directed by [[Tom Terriss]], starring [[Tom Moore (actor)|Tom Moore]] and [[Isobel Elsom]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''Hoy o Nuca, Bésame'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4989632/|title=Hoy o Nuca, Besame (1923) |work=imdb.com}}</ref>
*''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', directed by [[Wallace Worsley]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Patsy Ruth Miller]] and [[Norman Kerry]], based on the 1831 [[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame|novel]] by [[Victor Hugo]]

===I===
*''[[I Will Repay (film)|I Will Repay]]'', directed by [[Henry Kolker]], starring [[Holmes Herbert]] and [[Flora Le Breton]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[I.N.R.I. (film)|I.N.R.I.]]'', directed by [[Robert Wiene]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Isle of Lost Ships (1923 film)|The Isle of Lost Ships]]'' (lost), directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]]
*''[[Itching Palms]]'', directed by [[James W. Horne]], based on the play ''When Jerry Comes Home'' by Roy Briant

===L===
*''[[The Lady Owner]]'', directed by [[Walter West (director)|Walter West]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[The Last Moment (1923 film)|The Last Moment]]'' (lost), directed by J. Parker Read Jr., starring [[Henry Hull]], [[Doris Kenyon]] and [[Louis Wolheim]]
*''[[Little Old New York (1923 film)|Little Old New York]]'', directed by [[Sidney Olcott]], starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''The Lost Soul'', directed by [[Hugo Werner-Kahle]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 264. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of Austrian films of the 1920s|Austria]])
*''[[The Love Nest (1923 film)|The Love Nest]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]]
* ''[[The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots]]'', directed by [[Denison Clift]], starring [[Fay Compton]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])

===M===
*''[[Main Street (1923 film)|Main Street]]'' (lost), directed by [[Harry Beaumont]]
*''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1923 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]] (Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske)'', directed by [[Max Glass]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Merchant of Venice (1923 film)|The Merchant of Venice]] (Der Kaufmann von Venedig)'', directed by [[Peter Paul Felner]], starring [[Werner Krauss]] and [[Henny Porten]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Merry-Go-Round (1923 film)|Merry-Go-Round]]'', directed by [[Erich von Stroheim]], starring [[Mary Philbin]] and [[Norman Kerry]]
*''[[Miss Suwanna of Siam]] (Nang Sao Suwan)'' (lost), directed by [[Henry MacRae]]
*''[[The Monkey's Paw (1923 film)|The Monkey's Paw]]'', directed by [[Manning Haynes]], based on the 1902 [[The Monkey's Paw|short story]] by [[W. W. Jacobs]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[Mysteries of a Barbershop]] (Mysterien eines Friseursalons)'', directed by [[Erich Engel]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu'', 15-part serial directed by [[A. E. Coleby]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 265. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])

===O===
*''[[On the Banks of the Wabash (film)|On the Banks of the Wabash]]'',  directed by [[J. Stuart Blackton]]
*''[[Our Hospitality]]'', directed by [[John G. Blystone]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]]
*''[[Out to Win (1923 film)|Out to Win]]'', directed by [[Denison Clift]], starring [[Catherine Calvert]] and [[Clive Brook]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])

===P===
*''[[Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923 film)|Paddy the Next Best Thing]]'' (lost), directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Mae Marsh]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[The Pilgrim (1923 film)|The Pilgrim]]'', a [[Charlie Chaplin]] film
*''[[Puritan Passions]]'' (lost), directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[Glenn Hunter (actor)|Glenn Hunter]] and [[Mary Astor]], based on the 1908 play [[The Scarecrow (play)|The Scarecrow]] by [[Percy MacKaye]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 266. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[The Purple Highway]]'' (lost), directed by [[Henry Kolker]], starring [[Madge Kennedy]]

===R===
*''[[Raskolnikow (film)|Raskolnikow]]'', directed by [[Robert Wiene]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''The Red Inn (L'auberge rouge)'', directed by [[Jean Epstein]], based on the 1831 [[L'Auberge rouge (short story)|short story]] by [[Honoré de Balzac]] (remade in 1951)<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 267. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of French films of 1923|France]])
*''[[Red Lights (1923 film)|Red Lights]]'', directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]], starring [[Marie Prevost]], based on the play ''The Rear Car'' by [[Edward Everett Rose]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 268. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Le Retour à la Raison]] (Return to Reason)'', directed by [[Man Ray]] – ([[List of French films of 1923|France]])
*''[[Rosita (film)|Rosita]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]
*''[[La Roue]] (The Wheel)'', directed by [[Abel Gance]] – ([[List of French films of 1923|France]])
*''[[Rupert of Hentzau (1923 film)|Rupert of Hentzau]]'' (lost), directed by [[Victor Heerman]]

===S===
*''[[Safety Last!]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]] and [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]]
*''[[Salomé (1923 film)|Salomé]]'', directed by [[Charles Bryant (actor)|Charles Bryant]], starring [[Alla Nazimova]]
*''[[Scaramouche (1923 film)|Scaramouche]]'', directed by [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Starring [[Ramón Novarro]], [[Alice Terry]] and [[Lewis Stone]]
*''[[Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination]] (Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination)'', directed by [[Arthur Robison]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Shock (1923 film)|The Shock]]'', directed by [[Lambert Hillyer]], starring [[Lon Chaney]]
*''[[The Shriek of Araby]]'', directed by [[F. Richard Jones]], starring [[Ben Turpin]]
*''[[The Sign of Four (1923 film)|The Sign of Four]]'', directed by [[Maurice Elvey]], starring [[Eille Norwood]], based on the 1890 [[The Sign of the Four|novel]] by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[Slave of Desire]]'', directed by [[George D. Baker]], starring [[Bessie Love]], based on the 1831 novel ''[[La Peau de chagrin]]'' by [[Honoré de Balzac]]
*''[[Souls for Sale]]'', directed by [[Rupert Hughes]], starring [[Eleanor Boardman]], [[Mae Busch]] and [[Richard Dix (actor)|Richard Dix]]
*''[[A Spectre Haunts Europe]]'', directed by [[Vladimir Gardin]], based on the 1842 short story ''[[The Masque of the Red Death]]'' by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 257. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of Soviet films of 1923|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Squibs M.P.]]'', directed by [[George Pearson (filmmaker)|George Pearson]], starring [[Betty Balfour]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
* ''[[The Street (1923 film)|The Street]] (Die Straße)'', directed by [[Karl Grune]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Suzanna (film)|Suzanna]]'', directed by [[F. Richard Jones]], starring [[Mabel Normand]]

===T===
*''[[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[Theodore Roberts]]
*''[[This Freedom]]'', directed by [[Denison Clift]], starring [[Fay Compton]] and [[Clive Brook]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[Three Ages]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]] and [[Wallace Beery]]
*''[[Three Wise Fools (1923 film)|Three Wise Fools]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]]
*''[[Through Fire and Water]]'', directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]], starring [[Clive Brook]] and [[Flora Le Breton]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[Tiger Rose (1923 film)|Tiger Rose]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)]], starring [[Lenore Ulric]]
*''[[The Treasure (1923 film)|The Treasure]] (Der Schatz)'', directed by [[G. W. Pabst]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Trilby (1923 film)|Trilby]]'', directed by [[James Young (director)|James Young]], based on the 1894 [[Trilby (novel)|novel]] by [[George du Maurier]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 270. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''Tut-Tut and his Terrible Tomb'', directed by [[Bertram Phillips]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])

===U===
*''[[Under the Red Robe (1923 film)|Under the Red Robe]]'',  directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[Robert B. Mantell]]
*''[[The Unknown Tomorrow]] (Das unbekannte Morgen)'', directed by [[Alexander Korda]], starring [[Werner Krauss]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===W===
*''[[While Paris Sleeps]]'' (lost), directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]], starring [[Lon Chaney]] and [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], based on a novel''The Glory of Love'' by Leslie Beresford<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 272. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[The White Shadow (film)|The White Shadow]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Betty Compson]] and [[Clive Brook]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])
*''[[The White Sister (1923 film)|The White Sister]]'', directed by [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]], starring [[Lillian Gish]] and [[Ronald Colman]]
*''[[Why Worry?]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]] and [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]] and [[Jobyna Ralston]]
*''[[Wild Bill Hickok (film)|Wild Bill Hickok]]'', directed by Clifford Smith, starring [[William S. Hart]]
*''[[Within the Law (1923 film)|Within the Law]]'', directed by [[Frank Lloyd]], starring [[Norma Talmadge]]
*''[[A Woman of Paris]]'', written and directed by [[Charles Chaplin]], starring [[Edna Purviance]]
*''[[Woman to Woman (1923 film)|Woman to Woman]]'' (lost), directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Betty Compson]] and [[Clive Brook]] – ([[British films of 1923|GB]])

==Short film series==
*''[[Charlie Chaplin]]'' (1914–23)
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' (1917–41)
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' (1921–43)
*''[[Our Gang]]'' (1922–[[1944 in film|44]])

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Felix the Cat]]'' (1919–36)
*''[[Koko the Clown]]'' (1919–34)
*''[[Aesop's Film Fables]]'' (1921–34)
*''[[Alice Comedies]]''
** ''Alice's Wonderland''
*''The Red Head Comedies'' (1923).

==Births==
*January 1 – [[Valentina Cortese]], Italian actress (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*January 3 - [[Bud Tingwell]], Australian actor (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*January 5 - [[Boris Leskin]], Soviet-American actor (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*January 7 – [[Pinkas Braun]], Swiss actor, director (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*January 8 – [[Larry Storch]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*January 17 - [[Carol Raye]], British-born Australian actress, comedian and singer (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*January 19 – [[Jean Stapleton]], American actress (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*January 22 - [[Diana Douglas]], American actress (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*January 23 – [[Silvano Campeggi]], Italian poster designer (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*January 26 – [[Anne Jeffreys]], American actress (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*January 29 – [[Paddy Chayefsky]], American screenwriter (died [[1981 in film|1981]])
*February 2 – [[Bonita Granville]], American actress (died [[1988 in film|1988]])
*February 12 – [[Franco Zeffirelli]], Italian director (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*February 18 - [[Allan Melvin]], American actor and impressionist (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*February 21 – [[Lola Flores]], Spanish actress (died [[1995 in film|1995]])
*February 28 – [[Charles Durning]], American actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*March 10 – [[Dolores Fuller]], American actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*March 12 - [[Vladek Sheybal]], Polish character actor, singer and director (died [[1992 in film|1992]])
*March 19 – [[Pamela Britton]], American actress (died [[1974 in film|1974]])
*March 24 - [[Murray Hamilton]], American actor (died [[1986 in film|1986]])
*April 2 – [[Gloria Henry]], American actress (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*April 4
**[[Gene Reynolds]], American actor, producer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Peter Vaughan]], English character actor (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
*April 5 - [[Michael V. Gazzo]], American actor (died [[1995 in film|1995]])
*April 6 - [[Chang Feng]], Chinese actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 12 – [[Ann Miller]], American dancer, singer, actress (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*April 13 - [[Don Adams]], American actor, comedian and director (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*April 17
**[[Lindsay Anderson]], British director and actor (died [[1994 in film|1994]])
**[[Lon McCallister]], American actor (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*April 28 – [[Adele Mara]], American actress (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*April 29 - [[Irvin Kershner]], American director, actor and producer (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*May 4 – [[Eric Sykes]], British actor and comedian (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*May 7 – [[Anne Baxter]], actress (died [[1985 in film|1985]])
*May 14 – [[Mrinal Sen]], Bengali director (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*May 20 – [[Edith Fellows]], American actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*May 26
**[[James Arness]], American actor (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
**[[Roy Dotrice]], British actor (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*May 30 - [[Jimmy Lydon]], American actor and producer (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*June 5 - [[Peggy Stewart (actress)|Peggy Stewart]], American actress (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*June 8 – [[Peggy Maley]], American actress (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*June 12 – [[Herta Elviste]], Estonian actress (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*June 18 - [[Robert Ellenstein]], American actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*June 20 - [[Jerzy Nowak]], Polish actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*June 28 - [[Ray Boyle]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*July 6 – [[Cathy O'Donnell]], American actress (died [[1970 in film|1970]])
*July 8 - [[Val Bettin]], American actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*July 14 – [[Dale Robertson]], American actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*July 18 – [[Michael Medwin]], English actor and producer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*July 22 – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], Indian singer (died [[1976 in film|1976]])
*July 25
**[[Estelle Getty]], American actress and comedian (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
**[[Allan Lurie]], American voice actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*August 3 – [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (died [[1977 in film|1977]])
*August 9 -  [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]], American actor (died 2015)
*August 10
**[[Rhonda Fleming]], American actress (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Vernon Washington]], American character actor (died [[1988 in film|1988]])
*August 14 – [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*August 15 – [[Rose Marie]], American actress, singer (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*August 17 – [[Julius Harris]], American actor (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*August 24 - [[June Dayton]], American actress (died [[1994 in film|1994]])
*August 28 - [[Alexander Doré]], British actor, director and screenwriter (died [[2002 in film|2002]])
*August 29 – [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor and director (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*August 31 - [[Ed Grady]], American actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*September 7 – [[Peter Lawford]], British-American actor (died [[1984 in film|1984]])
*September 9 - [[Cliff Robertson]], American actor (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*September 11 - [[Betsy Drake]], American actress, writer (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*September 20 - [[Ricardo Montez]], Gibraltarian actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*September 23 
**[[Margaret Pellegrini]], American actress (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
**[[Jimmy Weldon]], American actor, ventriloquist and television host (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*September 27
**[[Tony Giorgio]], American actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
**[[Mary McCarty (actress)|Mary McCarty]], American actress (died [[1980 in film|1980]])
*September 28 - [[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]], American actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*October 1 – [[Kim Yaroshevskaya]], Russian-born Canadian actress (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*October 4 – [[Charlton Heston]], American actor (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*October 5 – [[Glynis Johns]], British actress (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*October 10 - [[Patrick Jordan]], British actor (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*October 16 – [[Linda Darnell]], American actress (died [[1965 in film|1965]])
*October 23 - [[Frank Sutton]], American actor (died [[1974 in film|1974]])
*November 12 - [[Richard Venture]], American actor (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*November 13 – [[Linda Christian]], Mexican-American actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*November 21 - [[Helen Horton]], American actress (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*November 28 
**[[Gloria Grahame]], American actress (died [[1981 in film|1981]])
**[[James Karen]], American actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*December 4 - [[Vincent Ball]], Australian retired actor
*December 10 – [[Harold Gould]], American actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*December 11 – [[Betsy Blair]], American actress (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*December 12 - [[Bob Barker]], American television game show host (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*December 29 
**[[Dina Merrill]], American actress (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
**[[Mike Nussbaum]], American actor and director (died [[2023 in film|2023]])

==Deaths==
* January 18 – [[Wallace Reid]], American actor (born 1892)
* March 3 – [[Dante Testa]], Italian actor and director (born 1861)
* March 26 – [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress (born 1844)
* May 21 – [[Charles Kent (actor)|Charles Kent]], veteran actor and director (born 1852)
* June 11 – [[Porter Strong]], American silent film actor
* June 17 – [[Macey Harlam]], screen actor (born 1873)
* July 12 – Harry Lonsdale, stage and screen actor (born 1865)
* July 30 – [[Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1858)|Charles Hawtrey]], veteran British actor (born 1858)
* August 29 – [[Bernard Durning]], American actor and director, (born 1893)
* September 11 – [[Siegmund Lubin]], American motion picture pioneer (born 1851)
* September 26 – [[Jerome Patrick]], Broadway stage and silent film leading man (born 1883)
* October 28 – [[Joe Roberts (actor)|Joe Roberts]], American actor (born 1871)
* November 20 – [[Allen Holubar]], American actor and director (born 1888)
* November 30 – [[Martha Mansfield]], American actress (born 1899)
* December 28 – [[Frank Hayes (actor)|Frank Hayes]], American actor and comedian (born 1871)

==Film debuts==
*[[Frank Albertson]] – ''[[The Covered Wagon]]''
*[[Mariska Aldrich]] – ''[[Souls for Sale]]''
*[[Jean Arthur]] – ''[[Cameo Kirby (1923 film)|Cameo Kirby]]''
*[[Irving Bacon]] – ''[[Anna Christie (1923 film)|Anna Christie]]''
*[[Julie Bishop (actress)|Julie Bishop]] – ''[[Children of Jazz]]''
*[[Olive Borden]] – ''[[Ponjola]]''
*[[Mary Carlisle]] – ''Long Live the King''
*[[Marlene Dietrich]] – ''[[The Little Napoleon]]''
*[[Charles Farrell]] – ''[[The Cheat (1923 film)|The Cheat]]''
*[[Leslie Fenton]] – ''[[Gentle Julia (1923 film)|Gentle Julia]]''
*[[Bess Flowers]] – ''[[Hollywood (1923 film)|Hollywood]]''
*[[Carmelita Geraghty]] – ''[[Jealous Husbands]]''
*[[Gloria Grey]] – ''[[Bag and Baggage]]''
*[[James Hall (actor)|James Hall]] – ''Man Alone''
*[[Tim Holt]] – ''Hollywood''
*[[Carmencita Johnson]] – ''[[The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923 film)|The Courtship of Miles Standish]]''
*[[Mary Kid]] – ''[[Avalanche (1923 film)|Avalanche]]''
*[[Helen Mack]] – ''[[Success (1923 film)|Success]]''
*[[June Marlowe]] – ''Fighting Blood''
*[[Ken Maynard]] – ''[[Brass Commandments]]'' 
*[[Donald Meek]] – ''[[Six Cylinder Love (1923 film)|Six Cylinder Love]]''
*[[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] – ''Six Cylinder Love''
*[[Jack Oakie]] – ''[[His Children's Children]]''
*[[Edna May Oliver]] – ''[[Wife in Name Only]]''
*[[Madeleine Renaud]] – ''Vent debout'' 
*[[Marjorie Reynolds]] – ''[[Trilby (1923 film)|Trilby]]''
*[[Stanley Ridges]] – ''Success''
*[[Gilbert Roland]] – ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
*[[Dolores Rousse]] – ''[[No Mother to Guide Her]]''
*[[Martha Sleeper]] – ''The Mailman''
*[[Suzy Vernon]] – ''[[The Portrait (1923 film)|The Portrait]]''
*[[Erika von Thellmann]] – ''[[The Stone Rider]]''
*[[Harry Woods (actor)|Harry Woods]] – ''[[Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande]]''

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1923-01-01,1923-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1923 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1923-01-01,1923-12-31&adult=include List of 1923 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1923-01-01,1923-12-31&adult=include List of 1923 births] at [[IMDb]]

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