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This page covers significant events of the year '''1973 in film'''.
[[Warner Bros.]] and [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

==Highest-grossing films==
===United States and Canada===
{{see also|List of 1973 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1973
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[The Exorcist]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $88,500,000<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=PA360#v=twopage 360–361]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
|''[[The Sting]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $79,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[American Graffiti]]''
| $55,900,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]''
| [[Monogram Pictures|Allied Artists]] 
| $22,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[The Way We Were]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $22,457,000<ref name="1973DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024154/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1973.shtml Top 20 Films of 1973 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
|''[[Magnum Force]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $20,100,000<ref name="1973DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''
| United Artists
| $16,711,000<ref name="1973DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $16,559,000<ref name="1973DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $15,925,000<ref name="1973DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Serpico (film)|Serpico]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
| $15,400,000<ref name="North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1973">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1973/top-grossing-movies |title=North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1973 |website=the-numbers.com |accessdate=2023-12-09}}</ref>
|}

===Outside North America===
The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|-
! Country !! Title !! Studio !! Gross !! {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in France|France]]
| ''[[The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob]]''
| [[:fr:Société nouvelle de cinématographie|SNC]]
| 7,295,727 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1973 |website=JP's Box-Office |year=1973 |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cinema of Germany|Germany]]
| ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures]]
| 8,500,000 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Allemagne -1973 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanall.php?year=1973 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| ''[[The House of 72 Tenants]]''
| [[Shaw Brothers Studio]]
| {{HK$|5,600,000}}
| <ref>{{cite book |last1=Fu |first1=Poshek |last2=Desser |first2=David |title=The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity |date=2002 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9780521776028 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sELZJ5vihJUC&pg=PA95 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in India|India]]
| ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]''
| [[R. K. Films]]
| {{INR|110,000,000}} ({{US$|14,210,000}})
| <ref name="boi73">{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=179&catName=MTk3Mw==/1973.htm |title=Box Office 1973 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=2011-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721044326/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=179&catName=MTk3Mw%3D%3D%2F1973.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|{{INR|7.742}} per [[US dollar]] in 1973<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref>|group=nb}}
|-
| [[Cinema of Italy|Italy]]
| ''[[Malicious (1973 film)|Malicious]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
| 11,756,327 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Italie −1973 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1973 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[The Headless Horseman (1972 film)|The Headless Horseman]]''
| [[Lenfilm]]
| 64,900,000 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinokultura.com/plus/prokat2.html |title=Prokat2 |publisher=Kinokultura.com |access-date=2012-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510033800/http://www.kinokultura.com/plus/prokat2.html |archive-date=2012-05-10 }}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Spain|Spain]]
| ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]''
| TBD
| 125.8 million [[Spanish Peseta|₧]]
| <ref>{{Cite book|publisher=[[ICAA (Spain)|ICAA]]|url=https://www.cultura.gob.es/dam/jcr:827e5c7d-1cf9-44c9-9d8b-78fcdd5f39b8/boletin-1973.pdf|page=323|title=Boletín informativo del control de taquila. Datos de cuatro trimestre 1973|year=1974}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''
| [[Eon Productions]]
| 9,000,000 admissions
| <ref name=BFI>{{cite web|title=The Ultimate Chart: 1–100|date=28 November 2004|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|access-date=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005826/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|archive-date=3 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

==Worldwide gross revenue==
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|-
! Title !! Worldwide gross !! Country !! {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
| ''[[The Exorcist]]''
| $441,306,145{{#tag:ref|Includes gross revenue from re-releases|group=nb|name=Release}}
| [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
| <ref name="Mojo">{{cite web|title=The Exorcist (1973)|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=exorcist.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 28, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''
| $400,000,000<ref group="nb" name="Release"/>
| Worldwide
| <ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Wayne |title=Bruce Lee |date=2001 |publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers |isbn=978-1-58415-066-4 |pages=30–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/bruceleereallife00wayn/page/30/mode/2up |quote=After its release, ''Enter the Dragon'' became Warner Brothers' highest grossing movie of 1973. It has earned well over $400{{nbsp}}million}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Sting]]''
| $257,000,000
| United States
| <ref>{{cite web|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0070735/|title=The Sting|access-date=December 31, 2023|quote=Domestic $156,000,000}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |title=Universal's Foreign Champs|date=February 6, 1990 |page=122|quote=Foreign $101.0m}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''
| $161,800,000
| [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Live and Let Die|url=https://the-numbers.com/movies/1973/0LALD.php|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC|access-date=31 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531010153/https://the-numbers.com/movies/1973/0LALD.php|archive-date=31 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|''[[American Graffiti]]''
| $140,000,000
| United States
| <ref>{{cite web |title=American Graffiti (1973) – Financial Information |url=https://the-numbers.com/movie/American-Graffiti#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 30, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]''
| {{US$|{{#expr:300000000/7.74 round -6}}|long=no}}
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=On Independence Day, here are the most successful Indian movies of every decade since 1947 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/on-independence-day-here-are-the-most-successful-indian-movies-of-every-decade-since-1947/story-EIf9tdhbWfO38hftOSwQIM.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=15 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1973&locations=IN&start=1972 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1973 |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>
|}

The year's [[List of highest-grossing actors|highest-grossing actor]] worldwide was [[Hong Kong martial arts film]] star [[Bruce Lee]], who died the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eder |first1=Shirley |title='Kung Fu' Cult Immortalizing Lee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98067194/ |access-date=16 April 2022 |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=18 September 1973 |page=11 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Events==
*March – ''[[Five Fingers of Death]]'' is released in the United States and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Rage of Chop-Socky Films; Karate Breaks Out of Chinatown|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 9, 1974|page=72}}</ref>
*April 11 – [[Kim Jong-il]] publishes his film treatise ''[[On the Art of the Cinema]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=David-West|first=Alzo|date=January 2009|title=The Literary Ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il: An Introduction to North Korean Meta-Authorial Perspectives|url=http://clogic.eserver.org/2009/david-west.pdf|journal=[[Cultural Logic]]|volume=12|page=14|issn=1097-3087|access-date=2015-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123131224/http://clogic.eserver.org/2009/David-west.pdf|archive-date=2015-11-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*May 1 – The [[Marx Brothers]]' [[Zeppo Marx]] divorces his second wife, [[Barbara Blakely]]; she will marry actor/singer [[Frank Sinatra]] in 1976.
*July 20 – Martial arts legend [[Bruce Lee]] dies before ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'' is released on July 26.
*August 17 – The sci-fi movie ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]'' is the first feature film to use [[digital image processing]].
*December 25 – ''[[The Sting]]'' is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time.
*December 26 – ''[[The Exorcist]]'' reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[31st Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 26, 1974 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[27th British Academy Film Awards|27th BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 6, 1974 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[46th Academy Awards]]<br>April 2, 1974
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
|-
| Best Film || ''[[The Exorcist]]'' || ''[[American Graffiti]]'' || ''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]'' || ''[[The Sting]]''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[William Friedkin]]<br>''[[The Exorcist]]'' || [[François Truffaut]]<br>''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]'' || [[George Roy Hill]]<br>''[[The Sting]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Al Pacino]]<br>''[[Serpico]]'' || [[George Segal]]<br>''[[A Touch of Class (film)|A Touch of Class]]'' || [[Walter Matthau]]<br>''[[Charley Varrick]]'' and ''[[Pete 'n' Tillie]]'' || [[Jack Lemmon]]<br>''[[Save the Tiger]]''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Marsha Mason]]<br>''[[Cinderella Liberty]]'' || [[Glenda Jackson]]<br>''[[A Touch of Class (film)|A Touch of Class]]'' || [[Stephane Audran]]<br>''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]'' and [[Just Before Nightfall]] || [[Glenda Jackson]]<br>''[[A Touch of Class (film)|A Touch of Class]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[John Houseman]]<br>''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]'' || [[Arthur Lowe]]<br>''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' || [[John Houseman]]<br>''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Linda Blair]]<br>''[[The Exorcist]]'' || [[Valentina Cortese]]<br>''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]'' || [[Tatum O'Neal]]<br>''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[William Peter Blatty]]<br>''[[The Exorcist]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Luis Buñuel]] and [[Jean-Claude Carriere]]<br>''[[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]]'' || [[William Peter Blatty]]<br>''[[The Exorcist]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[David S. Ward]]<br>''[[The Sting]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Neil Diamond]]<br>''[[Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film)|Jonathan Livingston Seagull]]'' || [[Alan Price]]<br>''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' || [[Marvin Hamlisch]]<br>''[[The Way We Were]]''<br>[[Marvin Hamlisch]]<br>''[[The Sting]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]"<br>''[[The Way We Were]]'' || N/A || "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]"<br>''[[The Way We Were]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[The Pedestrian (film)|The Pedestrian]]'' || N/A || ''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]''
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Hireling]]''''', directed by [[Alan Bridges]], United Kingdom
:'''''[[Scarecrow (1973 film)|Scarecrow]]''''', directed by [[Jerry Schatzberg]], United States

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Ashani Sanket]]''''' (''Distant Thunder''), directed by [[Satyajit Ray]], India

== 1973 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1973]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1973]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1973]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1973]]
* [[List of British films of 1973]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1973]]
* [[List of French films of 1973]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1973]]
* List of Indian films of 1973
** [[List of Hindi films of 1973]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1973]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1973]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1973]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1973]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1973]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1973]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1973]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1973]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1973]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1973]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1973]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1973|List of action films of 1973]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1973]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1973]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1973|List of comedy films of 1973]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1973|List of drama films of 1973]]
* [[List of horror films of 1973]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1973fc|List of science fiction films of 1973]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1973|List of thriller films of 1973]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1973]]

==Births==
*January 4 - [[Damon Gupton]], American actor
*January 7 – [[Baiba Broka (actress)|Baiba Broka]], Latvian actress
*January 10 – [[Ryan Drummond]], American actor and comedian
*January 14 – [[Katie Griffin]], Canadian actress and singer.
*January 17 - [[Bob Persichetti]], American animator, story artist, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
*January 18 - [[Ben Willbond]], English actor and screenwriter
*January 23 – [[Lanei Chapman]], American actress
*January 24 – [[William Gregory Lee]], American actor
*January 29 – [[Arben Bajraktaraj]], Korovan-born French actor
*January 30 - [[Jordan Prentice]], Canadian actor
*January 31
**[[Portia de Rossi]], Australian-Canadian actress
**[[Matthew Faber]], American actor (d. 2020)
*February 9 - [[Colin Egglesfield]], American actor
*February 12 – [[Tara Strong]], Canadian-American voice actress
*February 14 - [[Kristen Dalton (actress)|Kristen Dalton]], American actress
*February 15 - [[Sarah Wynter]], Australian actress
*February 17 – [[Lucy Davis]], English actress
*February 18 – [[Tom Wisdom]], English actor
*February 20 - [[Andrea Savage]], American actress and comedian
*February 25 – [[Anson Mount]], American actor
*February 27 – [[Li Bingbing]], Chinese actress
*March 1 – [[Jack Davenport]], English actor
*March 3 - [[Matthew Marsden]], English-American actor, producer and singer
*March 4 – [[Len Wiseman]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*March 8 - [[Boris Kodjoe]], German actor and producer
*March 10 – [[Natasha Alam]], Uzbekistani–American actress and model
*March 13 – [[Ólafur Darri Ólafsson]], Icelandic-American actor, producer and screenwriter
*March 16 - [[Jerome Flynn]], English actor and singer
*March 18 – [[Luci Christian]], American voice actress
*March 19 - [[Jill Culton]], American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
*March 20
**[[Jane March]], English actress and model
**[[Cedric Yarbrough]], American actor and comedian
*March 21 - [[Vanessa Branch]], English-born American actress
*March 22 - [[Clay Kaytis]], American animator and director
*March 24 – [[Jim Parsons]], American actor and producer
*April 1 - [[Kris Marshall]], English actor
*April 2
**[[Simon Farnaby]], English actor, comedian and writer
**[[Roselyn Sánchez]], Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, actress, producer and writer
*April 3 – [[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]], American actor, comedian and producer
*April 6
**[[Lori Heuring]], American actress
**[[Cindy Robinson]], American voice actress
*April 10 – [[Guillaume Canet]], French actor
*April 11
**[[Kris Marshall]], English actor
**[[Alec Musser]], American actor and fitness model (d. 2024)
*April 12 - [[Amr Waked]], Egyptian actor
*April 14 – [[Adrien Brody]], American actor
*April 19
**[[Michael Bacall]], American screenwriter and actor
**[[David Soren (animator)|David Soren]], Canadian director, writer, voice actor and storyboard artist
*April 22 – [[Christopher Sabat]], American voice actor
*April 30
**[[Robyn Griggs]], American actress (d. 2022)
**[[Antonino Isordia]], Mexican director
*May 5 – [[Tina Yothers]], American actress
*May 8
**[[Marcus Brigstocke]], British comedian and actor
**[[Jonathon Young]], Canadian actor
*May 10 – [[Tora Sudiro]], Indonesian actor
*May 12 - [[Mackenzie Astin]], American actor
*May 17
**[[Sasha Alexander]], American actress and director
**[[Matthew McGrory]], American actor (d. 2005)
*May 21 - [[Noel Fielding]], English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
*May 25 - [[Jossara Jinaro]], Brazilian-American actress (d. 2022)
*May 27 - [[Jack McBrayer]], American actor, singer and comedian
*May 30 - [[Minae Noji]], Japanese-American actress
*June 1 - [[Adam Garcia]], Australian actor
*June 2 - [[Kevin Feige]], American producer
*June 4 - [[Matt Corboy]], American actor
*June 8 - [[Lexa Doig]], Canadian actress
*June 9 - [[Orlando Wells]], English actor and writer
*June 12 - [[Mel Rodriguez]], American actor
*June 15
**[[Neil Patrick Harris]], American actor
**[[Pia Miranda]], Australian actress
*June 16 – [[Eddie Cibrian]], American actor
*June 17 - [[Louis Leterrier]], French director and producer
*June 18 - [[Julie Depardieu]], French actress
*June 19 - [[Leticia Spiller]], Brazilian actress
*June 21 – [[Juliette Lewis]], American actress
*June 22 - [[Tracy Melchior]], American actress
*June 24 - [[Alexander Beyer]], German actor
*June 27 - [[Razaaq Adoti]], British actor, producer and screenwriter
*June 29 - [[Lance Barber]], American actor
*June 30 - [[Jon Gunn]], American director and screenwriter
*July 2 - [[Peter Kay]], English comedian and actor
*July 3 - [[Patrick Wilson]], American actor, director and singer
*July 6 - [[William Lee Scott]], American actor
*July 8 
** [[Sebastian Maniscalco]], American stand-up comedian and actor
** [[Kathleen Robertson]], Canadian actress
*July 9 - [[Enrique Murciano]], American actor
*July 10 - [[Annie Mumolo]], American actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
*July 11 - [[Jason Liebrecht]], American voice actor
*July 15 - [[Rachel Pickup]], British actress
*July 16 - [[Robert Jayne]], American actor
*July 19 - [[Saïd Taghmaoui]], French-American actor and screenwriter
*July 20
**[[Omar Epps]], American actor, rapper and producer
**[[Roberto Orci]], Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2025)
*July 22 - [[Jaime Camil]], Mexican actor and singer
*July 23
**[[Daisy Donovan]], English television presenter, actress and writer 
**[[Kathryn Hahn]], American actress and comedian
*July 24 - [[Jamie Denbo]], American actress, writer and comedian
*July 25 - [[David Denman]], American actor
*July 26
**[[Kate Beckinsale]], English actress
**[[Gaetano Bruno]], Italian actor
*July 29
**[[Stephen Dorff]], American actor
**[[Dileep Rao]], American actor
*July 31 - [[Daniel Evans (actor)|Daniel Evans]], Welsh actor and director
*August 1 - [[Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)|Eduardo Noriega]], Spanish actor
*August 2 - [[Simon Kinberg]], British-born American filmmaker
*August 3 - [[Michael Ealy]], American actor
*August 5 - [[Michael Hollick]], American actor
*August 6
**[[Asia Carrera]], American pornographic actress
**[[David Campbell (singer)|David Campbell]], Australian singer, actor and television personality
**[[Vera Farmiga]], American actress
*August 8 – [[Jessica Calvello]], American voice actress
*August 9 - [[Kevin McKidd]], Scottish actor and television director
*August 14 - [[Jamie Sives]], Scottish actor
*August 18 - [[Carmen Serano]], American actress
*August 19 - [[Ahmed Best]], American actor, comedian and musician
*August 22 – [[Kristen Wiig]], American actress and comedian
*August 24
**[[Dave Chappelle]], American actor
**[[Carmine Giovinazzo]], American actor, writer and musician
**[[Grey Griffin]], American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
**[[Barrett Oliver]], American child actor
*August 25 - [[Ben Falcone]], American filmmaker, comedian and actor
*August 26 - [[Andy Muschietti]], Argentine filmmaker
*August 28 - [[Kirby Morrow]], Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020)
*September 1 - [[Guillem Morales]], Spanish director
*September 4
**[[Jason David Frank]], American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
**[[Lazlow Jones]], American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
*September 5
**[[Paddy Considine]], English actor, director, screenwriter and musician
**[[Rose McGowan]], American actress
*September 6 - [[Martin Hancock]], English actor
*September 7 – [[Shannon Elizabeth]], American actress
*September 12 –
**[[Maximiliano Hernández]], American actor
**[[Paul Walker]], American actor and producer (d. 2013)
*September 13 - [[Travis Knight]], American animator, producer and director
*September 14 – [[Andrew Lincoln]], English actor
*September 18 – [[James Marsden]], American actor
*September 19 - [[Nicholas Bishop]], English-born Australian actor
*September 25 - [[Bridgette Wilson]], American actress and singer
*September 26 – [[Julienne Davis]], American actress and model
*September 27 - [[Indira Varma]], British actress and narrator
*October 1 – [[Christian Borle]], American actor and singer
*October 2 – [[Efren Ramirez]], American actor
*October 3
**[[Keiko Agena]], American actress
**[[Sasha Alexander]], American actress and television director
**[[Neve Campbell]], Canadian actress
**[[Richard Ian Cox]], Welsh-Canadian voice actor
**[[Lena Headey]], English actress
*October 6 – [[Ioan Gruffudd]], Welsh actor
*October 8 - [[Jan Pavel Filipensky]], Czech actor
*October 10
**[[Mario Lopez]], American actor and television host
**[[S. S. Rajamouli]], Indian director
*October 21 - [[Sasha Roiz]], Israeli-born Canadian actor
*October 22 – [[Carmen Ejogo]], British actress and singer
*October 23 - [[Stéphane Debac]], French actor
*October 24
**[[Burgess Jenkins]], American actor
**[[Kurt Kuenne]], American filmmaker
*October 25 - [[Michael Weston]], American actor
*October 26 – [[Seth MacFarlane]], American actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, director and singer
*October 28 – [[Kim Seo-hyung]], South Korean actress 
*October 30
**[[Edge (wrestler)|Adam Copeland]], Canadian wrestler and actor
**[[Kemp Powers]], American filmmaker
*November 1
**[[Robert Luketic]], Australian director
**[[Aishwarya Rai]], Indian actress
*November 2 - [[Marisol Nichols]], American actress
*November 3 - [[Sticky Fingaz]], American rapper and actor
*November 4 - [[Steven Ogg]], Canadian actor
*November 11 - [[Chris McKay]], American filmmaker
*November 12 - [[Radha Mitchell]], Australian actress
*November 13 - [[John DeSantis]], Canadian actor
*November 14 - [[Dana Snyder]], American actor and voice actor
*November 17 - [[Maurizio Lombardi]], Italian actor
*November 21 - [[Brook Kerr]], American actress
*November 24
**[[J. C. Chandor]], American filmmaker
**[[Lucy Liemann]], British actress
**[[Danielle Nicolet]], American actress
*November 26 – [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor
*November 27
**[[Tadanobu Asano]], Japanese actor
**[[Sharlto Copley]], South African actor
*December 1 - [[Lombardo Boyar]], American actor
*December 3
**[[Bruno Campos]], Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
**[[Holly Marie Combs]], American actress and producer
*December 4 - [[Tyra Banks]], American television personality, producer, writer and actress
*December 11 - [[Mos Def]], American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
*December 14
**[[Thuy Trang]], Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2001)
**[[Jan Uuspõld]], Estonian actor
*December 17 - [[Rian Johnson]], American filmmaker
*December 27 - [[Wilson Cruz]], American actor
*December 28 - [[Seth Meyers]], American talk show host, actor and comedian
*December 30 - [[Christian McKay]], English actor

==Deaths==
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
|  '''Month''' ||  '''Date''' ||  '''Name''' ||  '''Age''' || '''Country''' ||  '''Profession''' ||  '''Notable films'''
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Franciska Gaal]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Paris Honeymoon]]''| ''[[The Buccaneer (1938 film)|The Buccaneer]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Coleman Francis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Red Zone Cuba]]''|''[[The Skydivers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Max Adrian]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Northern Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]''|''[[The Terrornauts]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[J. Carrol Naish]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sahara (1943 American film)|Sahara]]''|''[[A Medal for Benny]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Edward G. Robinson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Double Indemnity]]''|''[[Key Largo (film)|Key Largo]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Ludwig Stossel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]''| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Jack MacGowran]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Exorcist]]''|''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[David Bauer (actor)|David Bauer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Torture Garden (film)|Torture Garden]]''|''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Tim Holt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]''|''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Wally Cox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Morituri (1965 film)|Morituri]]''|''[[The Bedford Incident]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Katina Paxinou]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Greece || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]''|''[[Rocco and His Brothers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Art Smith (actor)|Art Smith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[In a Lonely Place]]''|''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Cecil Kellaway]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''|''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Rupert Crosse]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Reivers (film)|The Reivers]]''|''[[Shadows (1959 film)|Shadows]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Robert Siodmak]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]''|''[[The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)|The Spiral Staircase]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Gregorio Fernandez]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[1956 FAMAS Awards|Higit Sa Lahat]]''|''[[Luksang Tagumpay]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Melville Cooper]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Petty Girl]]''|''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Carl Benton Reid]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Little Foxes (film)|The Little Foxes]]''|''[[The Trap (1959 film)|The Trap]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Lauritz Melchior]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer || {{hlist|''[[This Time for Keeps]]''| ''[[Two Sisters from Boston]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Kane Richmond]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Brick Bradford (serial)|Brick Bradford]]''| ''[[The Shadow Returns]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Ken Maynard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Range Law (1931 film)|Range Law]]''|''[[Tombstone Canyon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Noël Coward]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Songwriter || {{hlist|''[[Easy Virtue (1928 film)|Easy Virtue]]''|''[[In Which We Serve]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Ted de Corsia]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Killing (film)|The Killing]]''|''[[The Enforcer (1951 film)|The Enforcer]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Arthur Freed]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Songwriter, Producer || {{hlist|''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]''|''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Minna Gombell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Merry Widow (1934 film)|The Merry Widow]]''| ''[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''|''[[Double Jeopardy (1955 film)|Double Jeopardy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Merian C. Cooper]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''|''[[The Four Feathers (1929 film)|The Four Feathers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Ursula Jeans]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Woman in the Hall]]''| ''[[The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Irene Ryan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[San Diego, I Love You]]''| ''[[Heading for Heaven]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Charles Grayson (writer)|Charles Grayson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Woman on Pier 13]]''| ''[[Battle Hymn (film)|Battle Hymn]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Myrna Fahey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]''| ''[[The Story on Page One (film)|The Story on Page One]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Maxine Doyle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[6 Day Bike Rider]]''| ''[[Condemned to Live]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Jack E. Leonard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian || {{hlist|''[[Three Sailors and a Girl]]''| ''[[The Fat Spy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Lex Barker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[La Dolce Vita]]''|''[[Tarzan and the Slave Girl]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Frances Marion]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]''| ''[[Dinner at Eight (1933 film)|Dinner at Eight]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Vaughn Monroe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Meet the People]]''| ''[[Singing Guns]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[P. Ramlee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| Malaysia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Tiga Abdul]]''|''[[Love Parade (film)|Love Parade]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Max Terhune]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Purple Vigilantes]]''| ''[[Santa Fe Stampede]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[William Inge]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Playwright || {{hlist|''[[Splendor in the Grass]]''|''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Louise Latimer (actress)|Louise Latimer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Don't Turn 'Em Loose]]''| ''[[California Straight Ahead!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Roger Delgado]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Terror of the Tongs]]''|''[[Hot Enough for June]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Fay Holden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Love Finds Andy Hardy]]''|''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Lars Tvinde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Norway || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[An-Magritt]]''|''[[By og land hand i hand]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Ernest Truex]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Adventures of Marco Polo]]''| ''[[His Girl Friday]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Betty Grable]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[How to Marry a Millionaire]]''|''[[Million Dollar Legs (1939 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[George Macready]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]''|''[[Paths of Glory]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Some Like It Hot]]''|''[[Alibi Ike]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Veronica Lake]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Sullivan's Travels]]''|''[[This Gun for Hire]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Robert Ryan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Wild Bunch]]''|''[[Bad Day at Black Rock]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]''|''[[High Noon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Jack Hawkins]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''|''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Bruce Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 32 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Enter the Dragon]]''|''[[Way of the Dragon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Guy Middleton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''|''[[Marry Me! (1949 film)|Marry Me!]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Jean-Pierre Melville]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Le Samouraï]]''|''[[Bob le flambeur]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Warren Duff]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Out of the Past]]''| ''[[Chicago Deadline]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Douglas Kennedy (actor)|Douglas Kennedy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dark Passage (film)|Dark Passage]]''|''[[The Amazing Transparent Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Peggie Castle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[99 River Street]]''|''[[I, the Jury (1953 film)|I, the Jury]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Veda Ann Borg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''| ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Eve Miller]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Kansas Pacific (film)|Kansas Pacific]]''| ''[[The Winning Team]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Louise Huff]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Disraeli (1921 film)|Disraeli]]''|''[[Great Expectations (1917 film)|Great Expectations]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Michael Dunn (actor)|Michael Dunn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Ship of Fools (film)|Ship of Fools]]''|''[[You're a Big Boy Now]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[John Ford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]''|''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Betty Field]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]''|''[[Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Glenn Strange]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Mad Monster]]''|''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Diana Sands]] || style="text-align:center;"| 39 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''|''[[The Landlord]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Ted Adams (actor)|Ted Adams]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury]]''|''[[Across the Rio Grande (film)|Across the Rio Grande]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Anna Magnani]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Rome, Open City]]''|''[[The Rose Tattoo (film)|The Rose Tattoo]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Norma Crane]] || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[All in a Night's Work (film)|All in a Night's Work]]''|''[[They Call Me Mister Tibbs!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Mantan Moreland]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian || {{hlist|''[[Mantan Messes Up]]''|''[[Sky Dragon]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Sidney Blackmer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''|''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Dennis Price]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''| ''[[Ten Little Indians (1965 film)|Ten Little Indians]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Cleo Moore]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[One Girl's Confession]]''|''[[Over-Exposed]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Crane Wilbur]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director || {{hlist|''[[Solomon and Sheba]]''| ''[[House of Wax (1953 film)|House of Wax]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Allan Lane]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Crime Ring (1938 film)|Crime Ring]]''| ''[[Santa Fe Uprising]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Lila Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Blood and Sand (1922 film)|Blood and Sand]]''| ''[[Misbehaving Ladies]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Viola Lawrence]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[The Lady from Shanghai]]'' | ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Claire Dodd]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Roberta (1935 film)|Roberta]]''|''[[In the Navy (film)|In the Navy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933)|Robert Ellis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Retreat, Hell!]]''|''[[Gidget (film)|Gidget]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Constance Talmadge]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Duchess of Buffalo]]''|''[[Dulcy (1923 film)|Dulcy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Sessue Hayakawa]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''|''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)|Swiss Family Robinson]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Adele Buffington]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Circus Girl (film)|Circus Girl]]''| ''[[Picture Brides]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Laurence Harvey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| Lithuania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''|''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Michael O'Shea (actor)|Michael O'Shea]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Underworld Story]]''|''[[Parole, Inc.]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Ranald MacDougall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director || {{hlist|''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''| ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Bobby Darin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 37 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]''|''[[If a Man Answers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Steven Geray]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Ukraine || style="text-align:center;" | Actor || {{hlist|''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]''| ''[[Call Me Madam (film)|Call Me Madam]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[William Haines]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Show People]]''|''[[West Point (film)|West Point]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[A. Edward Sutherland]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Flying Deuces]]''| ''[[Dixie (film)|Dixie]]''}}
|-
|}

==Debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Danny Aiello]] – ''[[Bang the Drum Slowly (film)|Bang the Drum Slowly]]''
*[[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]] – ''[[The Last Detail]]''
*[[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]] – ''[[The Psychopath (1973 film)|The Psychopath]]''
*[[Daniel Auteuil]] – ''[[The Year 01]]''
*[[Graham Beckel]] – ''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]''
*[[Reb Brown]] – ''[[Sssssss]]''
*[[Dennis Burkley]] – ''Bummer!''
*[[Colleen Camp]] – ''[[Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]''
*[[John Candy]] – ''[[Class of '44]]''
*[[David Clennon]] – ''The Paper Chase''
*[[Laura Dern]] – ''[[White Lightning (1973 film)|White Lightning]]''
*[[Pino Donnagio]] – ''[[Don't Look Now]]'' (film composer)
*[[George Dzundza]] – ''[[Massage Parlor Murders (film)|Massage Parlor Murders]]''
*[[Anthony Edwards (actor)|Anthony Edwards]] – ''Big Zapper''
*[[Michael Ensign]] – ''[[Assassin (1973 film)|Assassin]]''
*[[Emilio Estevez]] – ''[[Badlands (film)|Badlands]]''
*[[Dexter Fletcher]] – ''[[Steptoe and Son Ride Again]]''
*[[Sasson Gabai]] – ''Light Out of Nowhere''
*[[Victor Garber]] – ''[[Godspell (film)|Godspell]]''
*[[Burton Gilliam]] – ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''
*[[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]] – ''[[Shamus (film)|Shamus]]''
*[[Irma P. Hall]] – ''[[Book of Numbers (film)|Book of Numbers]]''
*[[Rutger Hauer]] – ''[[Turkish Delight (1973 film)|Turkish Delight]]''
*[[William Hootkins]] – ''Big Zapper''
*[[Gérard Jugnot]] – ''The Year 01''
*[[Dimple Kapadia]] – ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]''
*[[Sylvia Kristel]] – ''[[Frank en Eva]]''
*[[Stan Lee]] – ''The Year 01''
*[[Kay Lenz]] – ''[[American Graffiti]]''
*[[Temuera Morrison]] – ''[[Rangi's Catch]]''
*[[Tatum O'Neal]] – ''Paper Moon''
*[[Bernadette Peters]] – ''[[Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies]]''
*[[Joe Pantoliano]] – ''Road Movie''
*[[John Rhys-Davies]] – ''[[Penny Gold]]''
*[[Allan Rich]] – ''[[Serpico]]''
*[[Henry G. Sanders]] – ''[[No Place to Hide (1973 film)|No Place to Hide]]''
*[[Charlie Sheen]] – ''Badlands''
*[[Bo Svenson]] – ''[[Maurie (film)|Maurie]]''
*[[Ana Torrent]] – ''[[The Spirit of the Beehive]]''
*[[Carl Weathers]] – ''[[Magnum Force]]''
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1973-01-01,1973-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1973 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1973-01-01,1973-12-31&adult=include List of 1973 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1973-01-01,1973-12-31&adult=include List of 1973 births] at [[IMDb]]

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