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The year '''1969 in film''' involved some significant events, with ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'', a film rated X, winning the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture.
[[United Artists]] will celebrated their 50th anniversary.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
{{see also|List of 1969 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1969
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $29,200,000<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=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[The Love Bug]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]
| $21,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $20,500,000<ref name="1969DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024132/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1969.shtml Top 20 Films of 1969 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Easy Rider]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $16,900,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
| 20th Century Fox
| $15,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
|''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]''
| Columbia
| $14,600,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
|''[[Paint Your Wagon (film)|Paint Your Wagon]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $14,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]''
| $14,300,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]''
| Columbia
| $11,900,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Goodbye, Columbus (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]''
| Paramount
| $10,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|}

==Events==
* [[January 14]] - [[Louis F. Polk Jr.]] becomes president and [[CEO]] of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
*[[February 23]] - [[Madhubala]] dies due to a [[Ventricular septal defect|congenital heart disease]], at age 36.
* [[June 22]] - American singer and actress [[Judy Garland]] dies at age 47 of an accidental [[barbiturate overdose]] in London.
* [[July 8]] - [[Kinney National Company|Kinney National Services Inc.]] acquire substantially all of the assets of [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]].
* [[July 13]] - [[Al Pacino]]'s film debut (''[[Me, Natalie]]'').
* Summer - Last year for prize giving at the [[Venice Film Festival]] until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive.
* [[August 8]] - [[Kirk Kerkorian]] buys 24% of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], becoming the biggest shareholder.
* [[August 9]] - [[Tate murders]]: [[Sharon Tate]], the 26-year-old pregnant actress, model and [[Roman Polanski]]'s wife, is murdered by [[Charles Manson]]'s "[[Manson Family|Family]]" at [[10050 Cielo Drive]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]], aside three friends and an unrelated man.
* [[August 29]] - [[The Color of Pomegranates]] now regarded as a landmark in film history
* [[September 20]] - [[Injun Trouble (1969 film)|Injun Trouble]] was released, becoming the final entry of [[Merrie Melodies]] before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down.
* [[November 10]] - [[Elvis Presley]]'s film career ends with the release of ''[[Change of Habit]]''.
* ''[[Jack and Jill: A Postscript]]'' becomes the first feature film to receive an [[AACTA Awards|Australian Film Institute Award]].

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[27th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>February 2, 1970 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[23rd British Academy Film Awards|23rd BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 8, 1970 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[42nd Academy Awards]]<br>April 7, 1970
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
|-
| Best Film || ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' || ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]'' || colspan="2" | ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Charles Jarrott]]<br>''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' || colspan="2" | [[John Schlesinger]]<br>''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[John Wayne]]<br>''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]'' || [[Peter O'Toole]]<br>''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' || [[Dustin Hoffman]]<br>''[[John and Mary (film)|John and Mary]]'' / ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' || [[John Wayne]]<br>''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Genevieve Bujold]]<br>''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' || [[Patty Duke]]<br>''[[Me, Natalie]]'' || colspan="2" | [[Maggie Smith]]<br>''[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[Gig Young]]<br>''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]'' || [[Laurence Olivier]]<br>''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' || [[Gig Young]]<br>''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Goldie Hawn]]<br>''[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]'' || [[Celia Johnson]]<br>''[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]'' || [[Goldie Hawn]]<br>''[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Bridget Boland]], John Hale and Richard Sokolove<br>''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Waldo Salt]]<br>''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' || [[Waldo Salt]]<br>''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[William Goldman]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Burt Bacharach]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || N/A || [[Burt Bacharach]]<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''<br>[[Lennie Hayton]] and [[Lionel Newman]]<br>''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[Jean (song)|Jean]]"<br>''[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]'' || N/A || "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]"<br>''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'' || '''N/A''' || ''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]''
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]]''' (Cannes Film Festival):
:'''''[[If....]]''''', directed by [[Lindsay Anderson]], United Kingdom

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]]''' (Berlin Film Festival):
:'''''[[Rani Radovi]]''''' (''Early Works''), directed by [[Želimir Žilnik]], Yugoslavia

== 1969 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1969]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1969]]
* [[List of Australian films of the 1960s|List of Australian films of 1969]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1969]]
* [[List of British films of 1969]]
* [[List of Canadian films of the 1960s|List of Canadian films of 1969]]
* [[List of French films of 1969]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1969]]
* List of Indian films of 1969
** [[List of Hindi films of 1969]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1969]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1969]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1969]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1969]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1969]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1969]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1969]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1969]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1969]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1969]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1969]]

=== By genre/medium ===
* [[List of action films of the 1960s#1969|List of action films of 1969]]
* [[List of animated feature films of the 1960s#1969|List of animated feature films of 1969]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1960s: 1965–1969|List of avant-garde films of 1969]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1960s#1969|List of comedy films of 1969]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1960s#1969|List of drama films of 1969]]
* [[List of horror films of 1969]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1960s#1969|List of science fiction films of 1969]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1960s#1969|List of thriller films of 1969]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1960s#1969|List of western films of 1969]]

==Short film series==
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]–1969)
*''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' ([[1931 in film|1931]]–1969)
* ''[[Cool Cat (Looney Tunes)|Cool Cat]]'' ([[1967 in film|1967]]—1969)
* ''[[Merlin the Magic Mouse]]'' ([[1967 in film|1967]]—1969)
*''[[The Pink Panther (character)|The Pink Panther]]'' (1963–1969, 1971–1977, 1978–1980)
*''[[The Inspector]]'' (1965-1969)
*''[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]'' (1969–1971)
*''[[Roland and Rattfink]]'' (1968–1971)
*''[[Tijuana Toads]]'' (1969–1972)
*''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' (1941–1949, 1951–1972)
*''[[Chilly Willy]]'' (1955–1972)
*''[[The Beary Family]]'' (1962–1972)

==Births==
*January 1
**[[Morris Chestnut]], American actor
**[[Mr. Lawrence]], American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director
**[[Verne Troyer]], American actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*January 2
**[[Nicholas Gleaves]], English actor
**[[Tommy Morrison]], American professional boxer, mixed martial artist and actor (d. [[2013 in film|2013]])
*January 3 - [[John Ales]], American actor
*January 5 - [[Shea Whigham]], American actor
*January 6 - [[Norman Reedus]], American actor
*January 8 - [[Ami Dolenz]], American former actress
*January 11 - [[Kyle Richards]], American actress
*January 14 – [[Jason Bateman]], American actor
*January 15 - [[Meret Becker]], German actress and singer
*January 17 – [[James Waterston]], American actor
*January 18 – [[Dave Bautista]], American actor and former professional wrestler
*January 20 - [[Reno Wilson]], American actor
*January 21
**[[Karina Lombard]], Tahitan actress
**[[Matt Willig]], American actor and former football player
*January 22 - [[Olivia d'Abo]], British actress and singer
*January 23 - [[Stephanie Romanov]], American actress
*January 27 – [[Patton Oswalt]], American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer
*January 28 - [[Kathryn Morris]], American actress
*January 29 - [[Sam Trammell]], American actor
*February 3 - [[Shane Rangi]], New Zealand actor
*February 4 - [[Brandy Ledford]], American actress and model
*February 5
**[[Bobby Brown]], American singer-songwriter and actor
**[[Michael Sheen]], Welsh actor and producer
*February 6
**[[April Haney]], American former actress and singer
**[[Masaharu Fukuyama]], Japanese actor and singer
**[[David Hayter]], Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
*February 8 
**[[Brian Krause]], American actor
**[[Mary McCormack]], American actress
*February 11
**[[Jennifer Aniston]], American actress
**[[Lee Tockar]], Canadian voice actor and visual artist
*February 12 - [[Darren Aronofsky]], American director, producer and screenwriter
*February 13 - [[Andrew Bryniarski]], American actor
*February 15 - [[James Riordan (actor)|James Riordan]], American actor
*February 21 - [[Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor]], American actress
*February 22 - [[Thomas Jane]], American actor
*February 26 - [[Steve Agee]], American comedian, actor, writer and musician
*February 28 - [[Robert Sean Leonard]], American actor
*March 1 – [[Javier Bardem]], Spanish actor
*March 6 - [[Amy Pietz]], American actress and singer
*March 8 - [[Don Hall (filmmaker)|Don Hall]], American director, voice actor and writer
*March 10
**[[Paget Brewster]], American actress
**[[Dave Sheridan (actor)|Dave Sheridan]], American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician
*March 11 – [[Terrence Howard]], American actor
*March 15 - [[Kim Raver]], American actress and producer
*March 16 - [[Judah Friedlander]], American actor and comedian
*March 17 - [[Patrick Van Horn]], American actor
*March 19 - [[Connor Trinneer]], American actor
*March 23 - [[Richard Cadell]], Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter
*March 27 - [[Kevin Corrigan]], American character actor
*March 28 - [[Brett Ratner]], American director and producer
*April 2 – [[Ajay Devgan]], Indian actor
*April 3 – [[Ben Mendelsohn]], Australian actor
*April 6 – [[Paul Rudd]], American actor
*April 21 
**[[Toby Stephens]], English actor
**[[Joel de la Fuente]], American actor
*April 23 – [[Byron Thames]], American actor
*April 24 - [[Rory McCann]], Scottish actor
*April 25
**[[Gina Torres]], American actress
**[[Renée Zellweger]], American actress
*April 29 - [[Paul Adelstein]], American actor
*May 1 – [[Wes Anderson]], American director
*May 2 - [[Karel Dobrý]], Czech actor
*May 10 - [[Lenny Venito]], American actor
*May 12 - [[Kim Fields]], American actress and director
*May 14 – [[Cate Blanchett]], Australian actress
*May 15 - [[Kirk DeMicco]], American filmmaker
*May 22 - [[Michael Kelly (actor)|Michael Kelly]], American actor
*May 24 – [[Carl Anthony Payne II]], American actor
*May 25 – [[Anne Heche]], American actress (d. [[2022 in film|2022]])
*May 27 - [[Glenn Ficarra]], American screenwriter, director and producer
*May 28 - [[Justin Kirk]], American actor
*June 1 – [[Teri Polo]], American actress
*June 2 - [[Ol Parker]], English director, producer and screenwriter
*June 3 - [[Tate Taylor (filmmaker)|Tate Taylor]], American filmmaker and actor
*June 4
**[[Rob Huebel]], American actor, comedian and writer
**[[Horatio Sanz]], Chilean-born American actor and comedian
*June 6 - [[Nina Sosanya]], English actress and narrator
*June 7
**[[Adam Buxton]], English actor, comedian and writer
**[[Kim Rhodes]], American actress
**[[Anthony Simcoe]], Australian actor
*June 8 - [[J. P. Manoux]], American actor, director and writer
*June 9 - [[Josh Hamilton (actor)|Josh Hamilton]], American actor
*June 11 – [[Peter Dinklage]], American actor
*June 12 - [[Andrew Howard]], Welsh actor
*June 13 - [[Laura Kightlinger]], American actress, writer and comedian
*June 15 – [[Ice Cube]], American actor and rapper
*June 18 - [[Ella Kenion]], English comedy actress
*June 19 - [[Sean Anders]], American director and screenwriter
*June 21 - [[Lloyd Avery II]], American actor (d. [[2005 in film|2005]])
*June 23 - [[Martin Klebba]], American character actor and stunt performer
*June 24 - [[Jensen Daggett]], American actress
*June 28
**[[Tichina Arnold]], American actress
**[[Angeline Ball]], Irish actress
**[[Ayelet Zurer]], Israeli actress
*June 29 - [[Aleks Paunovic]], Canadian actor
*July 2 - [[John Emmet Tracy]], American-Canadian actor
*July 3
**[[Shawnee Smith]], American actress and singer
**[[Gedeon Burkhard]], German actor
*July 4 - [[Charles Paraventi]], American-born Brazilian actor
*July 5 - [[RZA]], American rapper, actor and filmmaker
*July 6 - [[Brian Van Holt]], American actor
*July 7 - [[Cree Summer]], American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
*July 8 - [[Rachael Lillis]], American voice actress and screenwriter (d. [[2024 in film|2024]])
*July 10
**[[Jamie Glover]], English actor
**[[Gale Harold]], American Actor
*July 13 - [[Ken Jeong]], American stand-up comedian, actor and producer
*July 17
**[[Jason Clarke]], Australian actor
**[[Kazuki Kitamura]], Japanese actor
*July 19 - [[Bodhi Elfman]], American actor
*July 20 - [[Josh Holloway]], American actor
*July 21 – [[Godfrey (comedian)|Godfrey]], American actor, comedian
*July 22 – [[James Arnold Taylor]], American actor, writer and producer
*July 24
**[[Rick Fox]], Canadian-Bahamian former basketball player and actor
**[[Jennifer Lopez]], American actress, singer
*July 25 - [[Dave B. Mitchell]], American voice actor
*July 28
**[[Alexis Arquette]], American actress (d. [[2016 in film|2016]])
**[[Noma Dumezweni]], British actress
*July 30 - [[Simon Baker]], Australian actor
*July 31 - [[Loren Dean]], American actor
*August 4 – [[Vlad Ivanov]], Romanian actor
*August 5
**[[Chuck Campbell]], Canadian actor and comedian
**[[Kim Mai Guest]], American voice actress
*August 6 - [[Chris Edgerly]], American voice actor, comedian and singer
*August 8 - [[Chris Beetem]], American actor
*August 12 - [[Nev Fountain]], English writer
*August 15 - [[Kimberley Kates]], American actress and producer
*August 16 - [[Kate Higgins]], American voice actress and singer
*August 17 - [[Donnie Wahlberg]], American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and producer
*August 18
** [[Edward Norton]], American actor
** [[Christian Slater]], American actor
*August 19
**[[Viveka Davis]], American actress
**[[Paula Jai Parker]], American actress
**[[Matthew Perry]], Canadian-American actor (d. [[2023 in film|2023]])
*August 21 - [[Nathan Jones (wrestler)|Nathan Jones]], Australian actor and former professional wrestler
*August 24 - [[Pierfrancesco Favino]], Italian actor and producer
*August 27
**[[Reece Shearsmith]], English actor, writer and comedian
**[[Chandra Wilson]], American actress and director
*August 28
**[[Jack Black]], American actor, comedian, musician
**[[Jason Priestley]], Canadian-American actor and television director
*August 31 - [[Jonathan LaPaglia]], Australian actor
*September 3
**[[Noah Baumbach]], American director and screenwriter
**[[John Fugelsang]], American actor, comedian, writer and television host
*September 4 - [[Noah Taylor]], Australian actor
*September 6 - [[Trina McGee]], American actress
*September 7 - [[Angie Everhart]], American actress
*September 13
**[[Ace Bhatti]], British actor
**[[Dominic Fumusa]], American actor
**[[Tyler Perry]], American actor
*September 14
**[[Bong Joon-ho]], Korean director and screenwriter
**[[Oscar Kightley]], Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, director and comedian
*September 20 - [[Victoria Dillard]], American former actress
*September 21 - [[Ivan Shvedoff]], Russian actor
*September 22 - [[Sue Perkins]], English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer
*September 23
**[[Crispin Bonham-Carter]], English actor
**[[Shaw Jones]], American actor
*September 25 – [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], Welsh actress
*September 26 - [[David Slade]], British director and actor
*September 29 – [[Erika Eleniak]], American actress
*September 30
**[[Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)|Silas Weir Mitchell]], American character actor
**[[Mark Smith (actor, born 1969)|Mark Smith]], British actor
*October 1 – [[Zach Galifianakis]], American actor
*October 3 – [[Gwen Stefani]], American singer, songwriter and actress
*October 4
**[[Abraham Benrubi]], American actor
**[[Jerry Minor]], American actor, comedian and writer
*October 7 - [[Bobbie Brown]], American actress
*October 8
**[[Jeremy Davies]], American actor
**[[Dylan Neal]], Canadian-American actor
*October 9 – [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]], English director
*October 10
**[[Manu Bennett]], New Zealand actor
**[[Wendi McLendon-Covey]], American actress and comedian
*October 15 – [[Dominic West]], English actor
*October 16 - [[Terri J. Vaughn]], American actress, director and producer
*October 17
**[[Wood Harris]], American actor
**[[Kevin Stea]], American actor, singer and director
**[[Nancy Sullivan (American actress)|Nancy Sullivan]], American actress, television presenter, and screenwriter
*October 19
**[[Roger Cross]], Jamaican-born Canadian actor
**[[Trey Parker]], American actor, creator of ''[[South Park]]''
*October 22 - [[Spike Jonze]], American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
*October 25 - [[Nika Futterman]], American actress, voice actress and singer
*October 26 - [[Robert Maillet]], Canadian actor and former professional wrestler
*October 27 - [[Peter O'Meara]], Irish actor
*October 31 - [[David Coburn (actor)|David Coburn]], American actor
*November 4
**[[Matthew McConaughey]], American actor
**[[Samantha Smith (actress)|Samantha Smith]], American actress
*November 10
**[[Jennifer Cody]], American dancer and actress
**[[Ellen Pompeo]], American actress
*November 13 – [[Gerard Butler]], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerard Butler |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbda95d0c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810093723/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbda95d0c |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=11 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*November 19 - [[Erika Alexander]], American actress, writer and producer
*November 20 - [[Callie Thorne]], American actress
*November 21 - [[John Ortiz]], American actor
*November 27
**[[Elizabeth Marvel]], American actress
**[[Chin Han (actor, born 1969)|Chin Han]], Singaporean actor
*November 28
**[[Martin Cummins]], Canadian actor
**[[Colman Domingo]], American actor, writer and director
*November 30
**[[Marc Forster]], German-Swiss director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Conan Stevens]], Australian actor
**[[Chris Weitz]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*December 5 - [[Eric Etebari]], Iranian-American actor
**[[Lynne Ramsay]], Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer
**[[Catherine Tate]], English actress, comedian and writer
*December 7 - [[Patrice O'Neal]], American stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality (d. [[2011 in film|2011]])
*December 9 - [[Allison Smith (actress)|Allison Smith]], American actress, singer, writer and director
*December 10 - [[Stephen Billington]], English actor
*December 11 - [[Max Martini]], American actor, writer and director
*December 13 - [[Tony Curran]], Scottish actor
*December 14 - [[Greg Hemphill]], Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, writer and director
*December 15
**[[Adriana Esteves]], Brazilian actress
**[[Ralph Ineson]], English actor and narrator
*December 19 – [[Kristy Swanson]], American actress
*December 20 - [[Brian O'Halloran]], American actor, producer and podcaster
*December 21 – [[Julie Delpy]], French actress
*December 27 - [[Sarah Vowell]], American actress
*December 29
**[[Jennifer Ehle]], American actress
**[[Patrick Fischler]], American character actor
*December 30 - [[Meredith Monroe]], American actress

==Deaths==
*January 1 – [[Barton MacLane]], 66, American actor, ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=Movie Bad Guy, Barton MacLane, Dead At 66|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fVVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4378,287185&dq=barton+maclane+dead&hl=en|access-date=3 April 2017|work=The Evening Independent|agency=Associated Press|date=January 2, 1969}}</ref>
*January 3 – [[Howard McNear]], 63, American actor, ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'', ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'', ''[[Blue Hawaii]]'', ''[[Follow That Dream]]''<ref>Record of Howard McNear, [[Social Security Death Index]].</ref><ref>Record of Howard T. McNear. Ancestry.com. ''California Death Index, 1940-1997'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.</ref>
*January 4 – [[Violet Hilton|Violet]] and [[Daisy Hilton]], 60, English [[conjoined twins]], actresses, appeared in film ''[[Freaks (1932 film)|Freaks]]''
*January 8 – [[Leslie Goodwins]], 69, English director, ''[[The Mummy's Curse]]'', ''[[Mexican Spitfire (film)|Mexican Spitfire]]''
*January 27 – [[Charles Winninger]], 84, American actor, ''[[Destry Rides Again]]'', ''[[The Sun Shines Bright]]''
*February 2 – [[Boris Karloff]], 81, English actor, ''[[Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)|Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]'', ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'', ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'', ''[[The Raven (1935 film)|The Raven]]''
*February 5 – [[Thelma Ritter]], 66, American actress, ''[[Rear Window]]'', ''[[All About Eve]]''
*February 9 – [[Gabby Hayes]], 83, American actor, ''[[The Man from Utah]]'', ''[[In Old Oklahoma]]''
*February 11 – [[James Lanphier]], 48, American actor, ''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]'', ''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]''
*February 19 - [[Madge Blake]], 69, American actress, ''[[The Long, Long Trailer]]'', ''[[Batman (1966 film)|Batman]]''
*February 23 - [[Madhubala]], 36, Indian actress, ''[[Mahal (1949 film)|Mahal]]'', ''[[Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi]]'', ''[[Mughal-e-Azam|Mughal-E-Azam]]'' 
*February 27 – [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], 73, American actor, ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'', ''[[Stella Dallas (1937 film)|Stella Dallas]]''
*March 18 – [[Barbara Bates]], 43, American actress, ''[[The Caddy]]'', ''[[All About Eve]]''
*March 19 – [[Lola Braccini]], 79, Italian actress, ''[[My Little One (1933 film)|My Little One]]'', ''[[What a Distinguished Family]]''
*March 25 – [[Alan Mowbray]], 72, British actor, ''[[Terror by Night]]'', ''[[My Darling Clementine]]''
*April 2 – [[Fortunio Bonanova]], 74, Spanish actor, ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', ''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' 
*April 23 – [[Krzysztof Komeda]], 37, Polish composer, ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'', ''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers]]''
*May 3 – [[Karl Freund]], 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director, ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'', ''[[Key Largo (film)|Key Largo]]''
*May 24
**[[Paul Birch (actor)|Paul Birch]], 57, American actor, ''[[The Gun Runners]]'', ''[[Gunmen from Laredo]]''
**[[Mitzi Green]], 48, American actress, ''[[Lost in Alaska]]'', ''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]''
*May 27 – [[Jeffrey Hunter]], 42, American actor, ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'', ''[[King of Kings (1961 film)|King of Kings]]''
*June 2 – [[Leo Gorcey]], 51, American actor, ''[[Ghost Chasers]]'', ''[[Spook Busters]]''
*June 8 – [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], 57, American actor, ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'', ''[[Camille (1936 film)|Camille]]'', ''[[Bataan (film)|Bataan]]'', ''[[Ivanhoe (1952 film)|Ivanhoe]]''
*June 10 – [[Frank Lawton]], 64, English actor, ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night to Remember]]'', ''[[The Devil-Doll]]''
*June 13 – [[Martita Hunt]], 70, Argentine-English actress, ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'', ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]''
*June 19 – [[Natalie Talmadge]], 73, American silent screen actress, ''[[Our Hospitality]]'', ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]''
*June 20 – [[Rudolf Schwarzkogler]], 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker, ''Satisfaction''
*June 22 – [[Judy Garland]], 47, American actress and singer, ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'', ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star Is Born]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Judy Garland {{!}} American singer and actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Judy-Garland |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*June 23 – [[Stanley Andrews]], 77, American actor, ''[[West of Wyoming]]'', ''[[Across the Badlands]]'', ''[[Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders]]''
*July 5 - [[Lambert Hillyer]], 75, American director, ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]'', ''[[Batman (serial)|Batman]]''
*July 5 – [[Leo McCarey]], 72, American director, ''[[An Affair to Remember]]'', ''[[Going My Way]]''
*July 7 - [[Erskine Sanford]], 83, American actor, ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]''
*July 8 – [[Gladys Swarthout]], 68, American singer, ''[[Romance in the Dark]]'', ''[[Give Us This Night]]''
*July 13 - [[Bess Meredyth]], 79, American screenwriter, ''[[The Unsuspected]]'', ''[[Charlie Chan at the Opera]]'' 
*July 15 - [[Peter van Eyck]], 57, Polish actor, ''[[The Wages of Fear]]'', ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]''
*July 17 - [[Harry Benham]], 85, American actor, ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1912 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]''
*July 18 - [[Barbara Pepper]], 54, American actress, ''[[The Rogues Tavern]]'', ''[[Kiss Me, Stupid]]''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|page=144|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Barbara+Pepper%22+actress&pg=PA144|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
*July 26 
** [[Andrés Soler]], 70, Mexican actor, ''[[A Day with the Devil]]'', ''[[The Great Madcap]]'',
** [[Raymond Walburn]], 81, American actor, ''[[High, Wide, and Handsome]]'', ''[[Third Finger, Left Hand (film)|Third Finger, Left Hand]]'' 
*August 1 – [[Donald Keith (actor)|Donald Keith]], 65, American actor, ''[[The Plastic Age (film)|The Plastic Age]]'', ''[[Parisian Love]]''
*August 9 – [[Sharon Tate]], 26, American actress, ''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers]]'', ''[[Valley of the Dolls (film)|Valley of the Dolls]]''
*August 14 – [[Sigrid Gurie]], 58, American actress, ''[[Algiers (1938 film)|Algiers]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Marco Polo]]''
*August 15 – [[William Goetz]], 66, American producer, studio executive, ''[[Sayonara (film)|Sayonara]]'', ''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*August 18 – [[Mildred Davis]], 68, American actress, [[Safety Last!]], [[Grandma's Boy (1922 film)|Grandma’s Boy]]
*August 26 – [[Martin Miller (actor)|Martin Miller]], 69, Czech actor, ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'', ''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]''
*September 14 – [[James Anderson (American actor)|James Anderson]], 48, American actor, ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]''
*September 19 – [[Rex Ingram (actor)|Rex Ingram]], 73, American actor, ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939 film)|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'', ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]''
*October 8 – [[Eduardo Ciannelli]], 81, Italian actor, ''[[Gunga Din (film)|Gunga Din]]'', ''[[Strange Cargo (1940 film)|Strange Cargo]]''
*October 12 – [[Sonja Henie]], 57, Norwegian actress, former [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] ice skater, ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]'', ''[[One in a Million (1936 film)|One in a Million]]''
*October 15 – [[Rod La Rocque]], 70, American actor, ''[[Meet John Doe]]'', ''[[The Shadow Strikes]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8fwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5325,4307636&dq=rod-la-rocque&hl=en|title=Silent Film Star Rod La Rocque Dies|date=October 17, 1969|access-date=August 12, 2010}}</ref>
*October 28 – [[Constance Dowling]], 49, American actress, ''[[Up in Arms]]'', ''[[The Well-Groomed Bride]]''
*November 5 – [[Lloyd Corrigan]], 69, American actor, ''[[Son of Paleface]]'', ''[[The Thin Man Goes Home]]''
*November 8 – [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]], 57, American actor, ''[[Captain Midnight (serial)|Captain Midnight]]'', ''[[Brand of the Devil]]''
*December 3 – [[Ruth White (actress)|Ruth White]], 55, American actress, ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', ''[[No Way to Treat a Lady (film)|No Way to Treat a Lady]]''
*December 7 – [[Eric Portman]], 68, British actor, ''[[A Canterbury Tale]]'', ''[[The Bedford Incident]]''
*December 13 – [[Luigi Pavese]], 72, Italian actor, ''[[Toto in Color]]'', ''[[Il Mattatore]]''
*December 22 
**[[Ilse Steppat]], 52, German actress, ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
**[[Josef von Sternberg]], 73, Austrian director, ''[[The Blue Angel]]'', ''[[Macao (film)|Macao]]''

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Bernard Alane]] – ''[[Hibernatus]]''
*[[Adam Arkin]] – ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]''
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] – ''[[Saat Hindustani]]''
*[[Bob Balaban]] – ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
*[[Bonnie Bedelia]] – ''[[The Gypsy Moths]]''
*[[Ed Begley Jr.]] – ''[[The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes]]''
*[[Paul Benjamin]] – ''Midnight Cowboy''
*[[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]] – ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]''
*[[Bernie Casey]] – ''[[Guns of the Magnificent Seven]]''
*[[Jill Clayburgh]] – ''[[The Wedding Party (1969 film)|The Wedding Party]]''
*[[James Cosmo]] – ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]''
*[[Bruce Davison]] – ''[[Last Summer (1969 film)|Last Summer]]''
*[[Lesley-Anne Down]] – ''[[The Smashing Bird I Used to Know]]''
*[[Carmen Filpi]] – ''Wild Gypsies''
*[[Bridget Fonda]] – ''[[Easy Rider]]''
*[[Leif Garrett]] – ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]''
*[[Melanie Griffith]] – ''[[Smith!]]''
*[[George Harris (actor)|George Harris]] – ''[[The Gladiators (film)|The Gladiators]]''
*[[Anjelica Huston]] – ''[[A Walk with Love and Death]]''
*[[Raul Julia]] – ''[[Stiletto (1969 film)|Stiletto]]''
*[[Paul Koslo]] – ''House of Zodiac''
*[[K.P.A.C Lalitha]] – ''[[Kootu Kudumbam]]''
*[[George Lazenby]] – ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
*[[Joanna Lumley]] – ''[[Some Girls Do]]''
*[[Robert F. Lyons (actor)|Robert F. Lyons]] – ''[[Pendulum (1969 film)|Pendulum]]''
*[[Miriam Margoyles]] – ''[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]''
*[[Ian McKellen]] – ''[[A Touch of Love (1969 film)|A Touch of Love]]''
*[[Charles Napier (actor)|Charles Napier]] – ''[[Cherry, Harry & Raquel!]]''
*[[Ryan O'Neal]] – ''[[The Big Bounce (1969 film)|The Big Bounce]]''
*[[Al Pacino]] – ''[[Me, Natalie]]''
*[[Ron Rifkin]] – ''[[The Devil's 8]]''
*[[Sydne Rome]] – ''Some Girls Do''
*[[John Savage (actor)|John Savage]] – ''The Master Beater''
*[[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] – ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''
*[[Sylvester Stallone]] – ''The Square Root''
*[[Oliver Tobias]] – ''[[Arthur? Arthur!]]''
*[[Beverly Todd]] – ''[[The Lost Man]]''
*[[Brenda Vaccaro]] – ''[[Where It's At (film)|Where It's At]]''
*[[Christopher Walken]] – ''[[Me and My Brother (film)|Me and My Brother]]''
*[[M. Emmet Walsh]] – ''Midnight Cowboy''
*[[Frank Welker]] – ''[[The Trouble with Girls (film)|The Trouble with Girls]]''
*[[Ray Wise]] – ''Dare the Devil''
}}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1969-01-01,1969-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1969 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1969-01-01,1969-12-31&adult=include List of 1969 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1969-01-01,1969-12-31&adult=include List of 1969 births] at [[IMDb]]

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