Editing 1978 in film

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The year '''1978 in film''' involved some significant events.

==Highest-grossing films (U.S.)==
{{see also|List of 1978 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1978 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 1978
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $159,978,870<ref>{{Cite magazine|  title ='Grease,' $4,500,000, In 1,248 Situations For Re-Re-Runs| magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = May 23, 1979 | page = 27}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $134,218,018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Superman'', Box Office Information|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Animal House|National Lampoon's Animal House]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $120,091,123<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=animalhouse.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Animal House'', Box Office Information|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Every Which Way but Loose (film)|Every Which Way but Loose]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $85,196,485<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=everywhichwaybutloose.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Every Which Way But Loose'', Box Office Information|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
|''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $81,640,278<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=heavencanwait.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Heaven Can Wait'', Box Office Information|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $78,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hooper.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Hooper'', Box Office Information|access-date=June 24, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Jaws 2]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $77,737,272<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jaws2.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Jaws 2'', Box Office Information|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
|  ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $49,579,269<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=revengeofthepinkpanther.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''Revenge of the Pink Panther'', Box Office Information|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $48,979,328<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deerhunter.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=''The Deer Hunter'', Box Office Information|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''
| [[Compass International Pictures|Compass International]]
| $47,000,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halloween |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl995526145/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
|}

==Events==
* February 6 – [[David Begelman]] resigns as president of [[Columbia Pictures]].
* March 1 – [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial.
* March – [[Leigh Brackett]] completes the first draft for ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', but dies only two weeks later.
* June – [[Daniel Melnick]] becomes head of [[Columbia Pictures]] after the [[David Begelman]] scandal.
* June 4 – ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', starring [[John Travolta]] and [[Olivia Newton-John]], has its world premiere at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. It becomes the [[List of highest-grossing musicals|highest-grossing musical ever]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]' highest-grossing film.
* July 20 – [[Alan Hirschfield]] is fired as president and CEO of [[Columbia Pictures]]. He is replaced by [[Francis T. Vincent]].
* August – Production begins on ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''.
* September – [[George Lucas]] purchases Bulltail Ranch, on Lucas Valley Road, for the development of [[Skywalker Ranch]].
* October 25 – ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'' is released.
* November 17 – ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' airs on [[CBS]]. The special gives fans their first glimpse of [[Boba Fett]], a character from the upcoming sequel. But he was not enough for the special to avoid negative reviews upon airing.
* December 10 – ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' premieres at the [[Kennedy Centre]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and has a European Royal Charity Premiere at the [[Empire, Leicester Square]] in [[London]] three days later in the presence of [[Elizabeth II|HM Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]].

== Awards ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[36th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 27, 1979 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[32nd British Academy Film Awards|32nd BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 22, 1979 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[51st Academy Awards]]<br>April 9, 1979
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
|-
| Best Film || ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' || ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Michael Cimino]]<br>''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' || [[Alan Parker]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || [[Michael Cimino]]<br>''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Jon Voight]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' || [[Warren Beatty]]<br>''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' || [[Richard Dreyfuss]]<br>''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' || [[Jon Voight]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' || [[Ellen Burstyn]]<br>''[[Same Time, Next Year (film)|Same Time, Next Year]]''<br>[[Maggie Smith]]<br>''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="3" | [[John Hurt]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || [[Christopher Walken]]<br>''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Dyan Cannon]]<br>''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' || [[Geraldine Page]]<br>''[[Interiors]]'' || [[Maggie Smith]]<br>''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Oliver Stone]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Alvin Sargent]]<br>''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'' || [[Oliver Stone]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Nancy Dowd]], [[Waldo Salt]] and [[Robert C. Jones]]<br>''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Giorgio Moroder]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || [[John Williams]]<br>''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' || [[Giorgio Moroder]]<br>''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''<br>[[Joe Renzetti]]<br>''[[The Buddy Holly Story]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[Last Dance (Donna Summer song)|Last Dance]]"<br>''[[Thank God It's Friday (film)|Thank God It's Friday]]'' || N/A || "[[Last Dance (Donna Summer song)|Last Dance]]"<br>''[[Thank God It's Friday (film)|Thank God It's Friday]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Autumn Sonata]]'' || N/A || ''[[Get Out Your Handkerchiefs]]''
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Tree of Wooden Clogs]]''''' (L'Albero degli zoccoli), directed by [[Ermanno Olmi]], Italy

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Trout (film)|Trout]]''''' (''Las Truchas''), directed by [[José Luis García Sánchez]], Spain
:'''''[[What Max Said]]''''' (''Las Palabras de Max''), directed by [[Emilio Martínez-Lázaro]], Spain

== 1978 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1978]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1978]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1978]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1978]]
* [[List of British films of 1978]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1978]]
* [[List of French films of 1978]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1978]]
* List of Indian films of 1978
** [[List of Hindi films of 1978]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1978]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1978]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1978]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1978]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1978]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1978]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1978]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1978]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1978]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1978]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1978]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1978|List of action films of 1978]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1978]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1978]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1978|List of comedy films of 1978]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1978|List of drama films of 1978]]
* [[List of horror films of 1978]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1978fc|List of science fiction films of 1978]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1978|List of thriller films of 1978]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1978]]

==Births==
* January 1 – [[Christian Tessier]], Canadian actor
* January 2
**[[Raghda Khateb]], Syrian voice actress
**[[Megumi Toyoguchi]], Japanese voice actress
* January 3 – [[Kimberley Locke]], American singer-songwriter and model
* January 5
**[[Clarine Harp]], American voice actress
**[[January Jones]], American actress and model
**[[America Olivo]], American actress and singer
* January 6 – [[Tara Spencer-Nairn]], Canadian actress
* January 8 – [[Scott Whyte]], American actor
* January 9 – [[AJ McLean]], American musician, singer, dancer, actor, and entertainer
* January 10 – [[Antonio Cupo]], Canadian film and television actor
* January 14 - [[Blake Ritson]], English actor
* January 15  
** [[Eddie Cahill]], American actor
** [[Jamie Clayton]], American actress, model
* January 17
**[[Pampita]], Argentine model, actress, television personality
**[[Takatoshi Kaneko]], Japanese actor
**[[Ricky Wilson (British musician)|Ricky Wilson]], English actor, singer
* January 20 – [[Omar Sy]], French actor
* January 24
**[[Mark Hildreth (actor)|Mark Hildreth]], Canadian actor, voice actor
**[[Kristen Schaal]], American actress, comedian and writer
* January 25 – [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]], Ukrainian actor and politician
* January 27 – [[Jake Pavelka]], American pilot, television personality
* January 28 – [[Stephen Farrelly]], Irish actor and professional wrestler
* January 29 - [[Julee Cerda]], South Korean-born American actress
* February 1 - [[Bryan Dick]], English actor
* February 7 – [[Ashton Kutcher]], American actor
* February 9
**[[Fede Álvarez]], Uruguyan filmmaker
**[[A. J. Buckley]], Canadian actor
* February 10 - [[Don Omar]], Puerto Rican singer, rapper and actor
* February 11 - [[Lymari Nadal]], Puerto Rican actress, producer and screenwriter
* February 12 – 
**[[Paul Anderson (actor)|Paul Anderson]], British actor
**[[Gethin Jones]], Welsh television presenter
* February 14 – [[Danai Gurira]], actress, playwright
* February 17
**[[Ashton Holmes]], American actor
**[[Rory Kinnear]], English actor and playwright
* February 20
**[[Jay Hernandez]], American actor
**[[Julia Jentsch]], German actress
**[[Chelsea Peretti]], American comedian, actress, television writer and singer-songwriter
* February 23 – [[Kris Lemche]], Canadian actor
* February 24 – [[Nicole Lyn]], Canadian actress
* February 28 - [[Geoffrey Arend]], American actor
* March 1 – [[Jensen Ackles]], American actor
* March 3 – [[Aarti Mann]], Indian-American actress
* March 5 – [[Kimberly McCullough]], American actress, dancer, director
* March 8 – [[Nick Zano]], American actor
* March 9 – [[Katherine Parkinson]], English actress
* March 16 – [[Sophie Hunter]], English actress and singer
* March 17 – [[Patrick Seitz]], American voice actor
* March 21 
**[[Kevin Federline]], American rapper, DJ, actor, television personality, professional wrestler, and fashion model
**[[Rani Mukerji]], Indian actress
* March 23 – [[Nicholle Tom]] and [[David Tom]], American actress and actor
* March 24 – [[Amanda Brugel]], Canadian actress
* March 25
**[[Teddy Lussi-Modeste]], French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2017 |title=Teddy-Lussi-Modeste attendu mardi à l’Autre cité |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-de-verdun/2017/10/01/un-realisateur-attendu-mardi-a-l-autre-cite |website=[[L'Est Républicain]] |language=fr}}</ref>
**[[Maribeth Monroe]], American actress, writer and comedian
* March 27 - [[Romesh Ranganathan]], British actor, comedian and presenter
* March 31 - [[Daniel Mays]], English actor
* April 1
**[[JJ Feild]], British-American actor
**[[Anamaria Marinca]], Romanian actress
* April 2 – [[Deon Richmond]], American actor
* April 3 – [[Matthew Goode]], English actor
* April 6 - [[Lauren Ridloff]], deaf American actress
* April 7  
**[[Duncan James]], English actor, television presenter and singer
**[[Scott McGillivray]], Canadian television host
* April 8
**[[Paola Núñez]], Mexican actress and producer
**[[Rachel Roberts (model)|Rachel Roberts]], Canadian model and actress
* April 12 – [[Riley Smith]], American actor
* April 13 – [[Kyle Howard]], American actor
* April 14 - [[Michelle Duncan]], Scottish-Canadian actress
* April 16 – [[Lara Dutta]], Indian actress 
* April 17 – [[Ido Mosseri]], Israeli actor, singer and musician
* April 19  
**[[James Franco]], American actor
**[[Joanna Gaines]], American designer, businesswoman, entrepreneur, television personality
* April 20
**[[Matt Austin (actor)|Matt Austin]], Canadian actor
**[[Clayne Crawford]], American actor
* April 23 – [[Ian Brennan (writer)|Ian Brennan]], American writer, actor, producer
* April 26  
** [[Stana Katic]], Canadian-American actress, producer
** [[Pablo Schreiber]], Canadian actor
* April 28  
**[[Nate Richert]], American actor, musician
**[[Drew Scott]], Canadian actor, realtor, and entrepreneur
**[[Jonathan Scott (reality TV)|Jonathan Scott]], Canadian reality television personality, contractor, illusionist, and television and film producer
* April 29 – [[Tyler Labine]], Canadian actor
* April 30 – [[Sandra Huller]], German actress
* May 1 – [[James Badge Dale]], American actor
* May 2 - [[Kumail Nanjiani]], Pakistani-American comedian, actor and screenwriter
* May 4 – [[Daisuke Ono]], Japanese voice actor and singer
* May 5 – [[Santiago Cabrera]], Venezuelan-born Chilean actor
* May 8  
**[[Matthew Davis]], American actor
**[[Ana Maria Lombo]], American musician and television personality
**[[Josie Maran]], American model, actress, and entrepreneur
* May 9 – [[Daniel Franzese]], American actor, comedian and activist 
* May 10
**[[Corri English]], American actress
**[[Kenan Thompson]], American actor, comedian
* May 11 – [[Warren Brown (actor)|Warren Brown]], English actor and former professional Thai boxer
* May 12
**[[Aaron Abrams]], Canadian actor, writer
**[[Malin Åkerman]], Swedish-Canadian actress
**[[Jason Biggs]], American actor
* May 13 - [[Patrick Hughes (filmmaker)|Patrick Hughes]], Australian director and screenwriter
* May 15
**[[Caroline Dhavernas]], Canadian actress
**[[David Krumholtz]], American actor
* May 16 – [[Jim Sturgess]], English actor
* May 17 
** [[Gabriel Hogan]], Canadian-born American actor
** [[Kat Foster]], American actress
* May 18 – [[Chad Donella]], Canadian actor
* May 21 – [[Chris Santos]], American actor
* May 22 – [[Ginnifer Goodwin]], American actress
* May 24 – [[Bryan Greenberg]], American actor
* May 25 – [[Kick Gurry]], Australian actor
* May 26 – [[Laurence Fox]], English actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
* May 28 – [[Jake Johnson]], actor, comedian
* May 29 – [[Adam Rickitt]], English actor, singer and model
* June 2
**[[Dominic Cooper]], English actor
**[[Nikki Cox]], American actress
**[[Justin Long]], American actor
* June 4
**[[Josh McDermitt]], American film and television actor and comedian
**[[Robin Lord Taylor]], American actor
* June 5
**[[Nick Kroll]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
**[[Jeff Schroeder]], American television and online talk show host
* June 6 - [[Judith Barsi]], American child actress (d. 1988)
* June 7 
**[[Bill Hader]], American actor, comedian
**[[Anna Torv]], Australian actress
* June 8 – [[Maria Menounos]], American actress
* June 9
**[[Michaela Conlin]], American actress
**[[Youssef Kerkour]], Moroccan-British actor
* June 10
**[[DJ Qualls]], American actor
**[[Shane West]], American actor
**[[Marko Zaror]], Chilean martial artist and actor
* June 11 – [[Joshua Jackson]], Canadian actor
* June 12 - [[Timothy Simons]], American actor and comedian
* June 13 – [[Ethan Embry]], American actor
* June 14 - [[Diablo Cody]], Canadian writer
* June 16 – [[Daniel Brühl]], German actor
* June 18 – [[Tara Platt]], American voice actress
* June 19
**[[Mía Maestro]], Argentine actress and singer-songwriter
**[[Zoe Saldana]], American actress
* June 20 
**[[Quinton Jackson]], American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler
**[[Mike Birbiglia]], American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer
* June 21 – [[Erica Durance]], Canadian actress
* June 22 - [[David Derrick Jr.]], American director and storyboard artist
* June 27 – [[Courtney Ford]], American actress
* June 28 – [[Ha Ji-won]], South Korean actress
* June 29 – 
**[[Luke Kirby]], Canadian actor
**[[Nicole Scherzinger]], American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality
* July 2 – [[Owain Yeoman]], Welsh actor
* July 3 – [[Ian Anthony Dale]], American actor
* July 4
**[[Becki Newton]], American actress
* July 6
**[[Adam Busch]], American actor, film director and singer
**[[Tia Mowry]] and [[Tamera Mowry]], American actresses
* July 9 – [[Kyle Davis (actor)|Kyle Davis]], American actor
* July 11 
**[[Dustin Demri-Burns]], English actor, comedian, and writer
**[[Jonjo O'Neill (actor)|Jonjo O'Neill]], Irish actor
**[[Thomas Stone]], Hungarian pornographic actor
* July 12
** [[Topher Grace]], American actor
** [[Michelle Rodriguez]], American actress
* July 15 – [[Greg Sestero]], American actor, writer
* July 17
**[[Justine Triet]], French film director, screenwriter and editor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justine Triet |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/directors/justine-triet |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=[[Critics' Week|La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes]]}}</ref>
** [[R. J. Williams]], American actor, television host, CEO of Young Hollywood
* July 20 
**[[Charlie Korsmo]], American former child actor
**[[Anatol Yusef]], English stage, film and television actor
* July 21
**[[Justin Bartha]], American actor
**[[Josh Hartnett]], American actor
* July 22
**[[Damien Bonnard]], French actor
**[[A. J. Cook]], Canadian actress
* July 23 - [[Pearry Reginald Teo]], Singaporean filmmaker (d. 2023)
* July 24 – [[Jeff Mauro]], American actor, chef
* July 27 - [[Jeff Fowler]], American director and animator
* July 29 - [[Paul King (director)|Paul King]], British writer and director
* August 2 – [[Natashia Williams]], American actress, model
* August 3 
**[[Tommy Dewey]], American actor, producer, writer
**[[Shanelle Workman]], American actress, voice actress, producer and director
* August 4 – Mick Cain, American actor
* August 6 – [[Lee Ji-ah]], South Korean actress
* August 7 - [[David Caves]], Northern Irish actor
* August 8 – [[Countess Vaughn]], American actress
* August 10
**[[Leo Fitzpatrick]], American actor
**[[Alison Folland]], American actress and filmmaker
* August 18 – [[Andy Samberg]], American actor, comedian
* August 19 - [[Michelle Borth]], American actress
* August 20 – [[Kris Smith]], English Australian model, television presenter and rugby league footballer
* August 22 – [[James Corden]], English singer, actor, television host
* August 23
** [[Kobe Bryant]], American actor and basketball player<ref>{{Cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->  |title=Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020: Coverage from The Athletic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1563062/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-1978-2020-coverage-from-the-athletic/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> (d. 2020)
** [[Andrew Rannells]], American actor, voice actor, singer
* August 24 – [[Beth Riesgraf]], American actress
* August 25 – [[Kel Mitchell]], American actor, comedian
* August 28 – [[Sam Wills]], New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime
* August 30 – [[Gianpaolo Venuta]], Canadian actor
* August 31 – [[Mike Erwin]], American actor
* September 1 - [[Nathalie Cox]], British actress
* September 3 – [[Nick Wechsler (actor)|Nick Wechsler]], American actor
* September 4 – [[Wes Bentley]], American actor
* September 5
**[[James Ponsoldt]], American director, actor and screenwriter
**[[Yu Nan]], Chinese actress
* September 7 – [[Devon Sawa]], Canadian actor
* September 12 – [[Benjamin McKenzie]], American actor
* September 16
**[[Carolina Dieckmann]], Brazilian actress
**Ebonie Smith, American former actress and model
* September 18 – [[Billy Eichner]], American comedian, actor, writer, and television personality
* September 20 – [[Charlie Weber (actor)|Charlie Weber]], American actor
* September 21 – [[Paulo Costanzo]], Canadian actor
* September 22 – [[Daniella Alonso]], American actress and fashion model
* September 23 – [[Anthony Mackie]], American actor
* September 24 - [[Christopher Nowinski]], American author, co-founder and executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; as well as a former professional wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment
* September 25 – [[Rossif Sutherland]], Canadian actor
* September 28 – [[Lucas Bryant]], Canadian actor
* September 29 – [[Nathan West]], American actor
* September 30 - [[Stark Sands]], American actor
* October 1 – [[Katie Aselton]], American actress, film director and producer
* October 3
**[[Christian Coulson]], English actor
**[[Shannyn Sossamon]], American actress
* October 6 - [[Lindsey Pearlman]], American actress (d. 2022)
* October 7
**[[Joe Armstrong (actor)|Joe Armstrong]], English actor
**[[Hattie Morahan]], English actress
* October 9 – [[Randy Spelling]], American actor
* October 10
**[[Trevor Eyster]], American actor
**[[Edan Gross]], American former child actor
**[[Jodi Lyn O'Keefe]], American actress
* October 11
**[[Wes Chatham]], American actor
**[[Trevor Donovan]], American actor
* October 14 – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], American singer, actor
* October 15
**[[Devon Gummersall]], American actor
**[[Matt Lutz]], American actor
* October 16 – [[Kala Savage]], American actress
* October 18 – [[Wesley Jonathan]], American actor
* October 21
**[[Will Estes]], American actor
**[[Michael McMillian]], American actor
* October 26 – 
**[[CM Punk]], American mixed martial artist, comic book writer and retired professional wrestler
**[[Anthony Carrino]], American contractor, designer, developer and television personality
* October 27 – [[David Walton (actor)|David Walton]], American actor
* October 28
**[[Gwendoline Christie]], English actress and model
**[[Justin Guarini]], American singer and actor
* October 30 - [[Matthew Morrison]], American singer, actor
* October 31 – [[Brian Hallisay]], American actor
* November 1 – [[Mary Kate Schellhardt]], American actress
* November 2
**[[Oliver Chris]], English actor
**[[Whit Hertford]], American theatre director, writer and actor
* November 7 - [[Will Gluck]], American director, producer, screenwriter and composer
* November 8 – [[Keir O'Donnell]], Australian-American actor
* November 9 – [[Sisqó]], American singer, actor, songwriter
* November 10
**[[David Paetkau]], Canadian actor
**[[Diplo]], American actor, DJ, record producer, rapper, songwriter
* November 12
**[[Nicolas Giraud]], French actor and filmmaker
**[[Alexandra Maria Lara]], Romanian-German actress
**[[Ashley Williams (actress)|Ashley Williams]], American actress
* November 13 - [[Marit Velle Kile]], Norwegian former actress
* November 17
**[[Nonso Anozie]], British actor
**[[Zoe Bell]], New Zealand stuntwoman, actress
**[[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]], Welsh actor
**[[Rachel McAdams]], Canadian actress
* November 19 – [[Eric Nenninger]], American actor
* November 20 - [[Nadine Velazquez]], American actress and model
* November 21 – [[Yasmine Al Massri]], International actress, dancer, video artist and human rights advocate
* November 23 – [[Kayvan Novak]], British actor, voice actor, and comedian
* November 24 – [[Katherine Heigl]], American actress
* November 25 – [[Taís Araújo]], Brazilian actress
* November 26 – [[Jun Fukuyama]], Japanese voice actor and singer
* November 28 – [[Jodie Resther]], Canadian actress
* November 29 – [[Lauren German]], American actress
* November 30
*[[Gael García Bernal]], Mexican film actor, director, and producer
* December 1
**[[Camille Cottin]], French actress and comedian
**[[Stefan Kapičić]], Serbian actor
* December 6 - [[K. D. Aubert]], American actress
* December 7
**[[Shiri Appleby]], American actress
**[[Kristofer Hivju]], Norwegian film actor, producer and writer
* December 8 – [[Ian Somerhalder]], American actor
* December 9 – [[Jesse Metcalfe]], American actor
* December 10 - [[Summer Phoenix]], American actress
* December 12 - [[Gbenga Akinnagbe]], American actor and writer
* December 13 – [[Cameron Douglas]], American actor
* December 15 – [[Will Wikle]], American actor and reality television personality
* December 16 – [[Joe Absolom]], English actor
* December 17 – [[Douglas Tait (actor)|Douglas Tait]], American actor, stuntman, filmmaker
* December 18
**[[Josh Dallas]], American actor
**[[Katie Holmes]], American actress
**[[Ravi Patel (actor)|Ravi Patel]], American actor
* December 21 
**[[Charles Dera]], American pornographic actor, dancer, model, martial artist, and former U.S. Marine
**[[Mike Vitar]], American actor
* December 22 – [[Mia Tyler]], American actress, model, author, visual artist, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, talent manager and music promoter
* December 23 - [[Josh Cowdery]], American actor
* December 24 – [[Carlson Twins]], American actors, models
* December 25 – [[Jeremy Strong (actor)|Jeremy Strong]], American film, television, and stage actor
* December 27 - [[Lisa Jakub]], Canadian writer and former actress
* December 28 – [[John Legend]], American composer and actor
* December 30 – [[Tyrese Gibson]], American actor, singer, model
* December 31 – [[Johnny Sins]], pornographic actor, director, and Internet personality

==Deaths==
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
|  '''Month''' ||  '''Date''' ||  '''Name''' ||  '''Age''' || '''Country''' ||  '''Profession''' ||  '''Notable films'''
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Sally Eilers]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''| ''[[The Black Camel (film)|The Black Camel]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Arthur Sheekman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''| ''[[Some Came Running (film)|Some Came Running]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Jack Oakie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Great Dictator]]''| ''[[Lover Come Back (1961 film)|Lover Come Back]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Leo Genn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''| ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Oskar Homolka]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sabotage (1936 film)|Sabotage]]''| ''[[I Remember Mama (film)|I Remember Mama]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Tim McCoy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Texas Cyclone (film)|Texas Cyclone]]''| ''[[Two-Fisted Law]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Wendy Barrie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''| ''[[The Private Life of Henry VIII]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Claude Binyon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Writer, Director || {{hlist|''[[The Saxon Charm]]''| ''[[Dreamboat (film)|Dreamboat]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Ilka Chase]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Now, Voyager]]''| ''[[Ocean's 11 (1960 film)|Ocean's 11]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Kathleen Lockhart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Christmas Carol (1938 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''| ''[[Bewitched (1945 film)|Bewitched]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Maggie McNamara]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Moon Is Blue (film)|The Moon Is Blue]]''| ''[[Three Coins in the Fountain (1954 film)|Three Coins in the Fountain]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Franco Arcalli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''| ''[[Zabriskie Point (film)|Zabriskie Point]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Philip Ahn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Never So Few]]''| ''[[Paradise, Hawaiian Style]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[John Cazale]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Lafayette Russell|Reb Russell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Range Warfare]]''| ''[[Border Vengeance (1935 film)|Border Vengeance]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Peggy Wood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''| ''[[The Story of Ruth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Leigh Brackett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]''| ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Leslie Fenton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Boys Town (film)|Boys Town]]''| ''[[Whispering Smith]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Jack Hulbert]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Bulldog Jack]]''| ''[[Jack Ahoy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Hanna Ralph]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Faust (1926 film)|Faust]]''| ''[[Helena (1924 film)|Helena]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Astrid Allwyn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Follow the Fleet]]''| ''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Lynne Roberts (actress)|Lynne Roberts]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Girls of the Big House]]''| ''[[Port Sinister]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Michael Wilson (writer)|Michael Wilson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Paul McGrath (actor)|Paul McGrath]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]''| ''[[Advise & Consent]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Will Geer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Winchester '73]]''| ''[[Bandolero!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Loyal Griggs]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]''| ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''}}
|-
||| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Philip Ray]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night to Remember]]''| ''[[Dracula: Prince of Darkness]]''}}
|-
||| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Robert Coogan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Skippy (1931 film)|Skippy]]''| ''[[Johnny Doughboy]]''}}
|-
||| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Robert Florey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Cocoanuts]]''| ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Mark Robson (film director)|Mark Robson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]''| ''[[The Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Bob Crane]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Gus (1976 film)|Gus]]''| ''[[Superdad]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Frank Santillo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Editor || {{hlist|''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''| ''[[Junior Bonner]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[James Daly (actor)|James Daly]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''| ''[[The Big Bounce (1969 film)|The Big Bounce]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Jack Woolgar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Death Line]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Thayer David]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Rocky]]''| ''[[The Eiger Sanction (film)|The Eiger Sanction]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Agnes Christine Johnston]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Life Begins for Andy Hardy]]''| ''[[Black Beauty (1946 film)|Black Beauty]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Queenie Smith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Mississippi (film)|Mississippi]]''| ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Ferenc Kiss (actor)|Ferenc Kiss]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Cafe Moscow]]''| ''[[The Talking Rob]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Agustín Isunza]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[El Topo]]''| ''[[Wild Flower (film)|Wild Flower]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Louis Prima]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]''| ''[[Rose of Washington Square]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Charles Boyer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Gaslight (1944 film)|Gaslight]]''| ''[[Algiers (1938 film)|Algiers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|Robert Shaw]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''| ''[[The Sting]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Lee Garmes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Detective Story (1951 film)|Detective Story]]''| ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Karin Molander]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Halvblod]]''| ''[[Erotikon (1920 film)|Erotikon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Jack L. Warner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Studio Executive || {{hlist|''[[My Fair Lady]]''| ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Frank Ferguson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Rancho Notorious]]''| ''[[The Good Humor Man (1950 film)|The Good Humor Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Ann Shoemaker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Sunrise at Campobello]]''| ''[[Alice Adams (1935 film)|Alice Adams]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Ruth Etting]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress || {{hlist|''[[Roman Scandals]]''| ''[[Gift of Gab (film)|Gift of Gab]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Edgar Bergen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Ventriloquist || {{hlist|''[[The Muppet Movie]]''| ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Kathryn McGuire]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Sherlock Jr.]]''| ''[[The Navigator (1924 film)|The Navigator]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Dan Dailey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[It's Always Fair Weather]]''| ''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (film)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Gig Young]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses Don't They]]''| ''[[That Touch of Mink]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Brian Hayles]] || style="text-align:center;"| 47 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Warlords of Atlantis]]''| ''[[Arabian Adventure]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Denis O'Dea]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Esther and the King]]''| ''[[Niagara (1953 film)|Niagara]]''}} 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Florence Marly]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| Czechoslovakia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Sealed Verdict]]''| ''[[Tokyo Joe (1949 film)|Tokyo Joe]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]''| ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Robert Alan Aurthur]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''| ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[June Martel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Fighting Youth]]''| ''[[Santa Fe Stampede]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Ford Beebe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Green Hornet (serial)|The Green Hornet]]''| ''[[Buck Rogers (serial)|Buck Rogers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Susan Shaw]] || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Wide Boy (film)|Wide Boy]]''| ''[[Fire Maidens from Outer Space]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[André Morell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''| ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[I. Stanford Jolley]] || style="text-align:center;| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[King of the Rocket Men]]''| ''[[I Killed Wild Bill Hickok]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Ed Wood]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Glen or Glenda]]''| ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Fay Compton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Othello (1952 film)|Othello]]''| ''[[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Chill Wills]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''| ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Duncan Lamont]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]''| ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Louis de Rochemont]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[Windjammer (1958 film)|Windjammer]]''| ''[[The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone]]''}}
|}

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Karen Allen]] – ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]''
*[[Pedro Almodóvar]] (director) – ''Folle...folle...fólleme Tim!''
*[[María Conchita Alonso]] – ''Savana – Sesso e diamanti''
*[[Tomas Arana]] – ''[[Blood Feud (1978 film)|Blood Feud]]''
*[[Kevin Bacon]] – ''National Lampoon's Animal House''
*[[Jonathan Banks]] – ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
*[[Ellen Barkin]] – ''[[Up in Smoke]]''
*[[Frances Bay]] – ''[[Foul Play (1978 film)|Foul Play]]''
*[[Jim Belushi]] – ''[[The Fury (film)|The Fury]]''
*[[Michael Biehn]] – ''[[Coach (1978 film)|Coach]]''
*[[Roy Brocksmith]] – ''[[The Rip-Off (film)|The Rip-Off]]''
*[[Jake Busey]] – ''[[Straight Time]]''
*[[Tommy Chong]] – ''[[Up in Smoke]]''
*[[Billy Connolly]] – ''[[Absolution (1978 film)|Absolution]]''
*[[Billy Crystal]] – ''[[Rabbit Test (film)|Rabbit Test]]''
*[[Jamie Lee Curtis]] – ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''
*[[E. G. Daily]] – ''Jukebox''
*[[Eddie Deezen]] – ''[[Laserblast]]''
*[[Julie Delpy]] – ''Guerres civiles en France''
*[[R. Lee Ermey]] – ''[[The Boys in Company C]]''
*[[Corey Feldman]] – ''[[Born Again (film)|Born Again]]''
*[[Tovah Feldshuh]] – ''Nunzio''
*[[William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]] – ''Long Shot''
*[[Dennis Franz]] – ''The Fury''
*[[Joe Grifasi]] – ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''  
*[[Harry Hamlin]] – ''[[Movie Movie]]''
*[[Daryl Hannah]] – ''The Fury''
*[[Mark Harmon]] – ''[[Comes a Horseman]]''
*[[Woody Harrelson]] – ''[[Harper Valley PTA (film)|Harper Valley PTA]]''
*[[Ed Harris]] – ''[[Coma (1978 film)|Coma]]''
*[[Phil Hartman]] – ''[[Stunt Rock]]''
*[[Gregg Henry]] – ''[[Mean Dog Blues]]''
*[[Mary Beth Hurt]] – ''[[Interiors]]''
*[[John Kani]] – ''[[The Wild Geese]]''
*[[Michael Keaton]] – ''Rabbit Test''
*[[John Malkovich]] – ''[[A Wedding (1978 film)|A Wedding]]''
*[[Joe Mantegna]] – ''[[Towing (film)|Towing]]''
*[[Cheech Marin]] – ''Up in Smoke''
*[[Laurie Metcalf]] – ''A Wedding''
*[[Liam Neeson]] – ''Pilgrim's Progress''
*[[Natalia Nogulich]] – ''[[Stony Island (film)|Stony Island]]''
*[[Deborah Offner]] – ''[[Rush It]]''
*[[Michael O'Keefe]] – ''[[Gray Lady Down]]''
*[[Mandy Patinkin]] – ''[[The Big Fix (1978 film)|The Big Fix]]''
*[[Roddy Piper]] – ''[[The One and Only (1978 film)|The One and Only]]''
*[[Tony Plana]] – ''The Boss's Son''
*[[Annie Potts]] – ''[[Corvette Summer]]''
*[[Robert Prosky]] – ''[[The Brink's Job]]''
*[[David Rasche]] – ''[[An Unmarried Woman]]''
*[[Christopher Reeve]] – ''Gray Lady Down''
*[[James Remar]] – ''On the Yard''
*[[Jean Reno]] – ''[[The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting]]''
*[[Peter Riegert]] – ''National Lampoon's Animal House''
*[[Eric Roberts]] – ''[[King of the Gypsies (film)|King of the Gypsies]]''
*[[Deborah Rush]] – ''[[Oliver's Story]]''
*[[Diana Scarwid]] – ''[[Pretty Baby (1978 film)|Pretty Baby]]''
*[[Gary Sinise]] – ''A Wedding''
*[[James Spader]] – ''Team-Mates''
*[[Mary Steenburgen]] – ''[[Goin' South]]''
*[[Peter Stormare]] – ''[[The Score (1978 film)|The Score]]''
*[[Carel Struycken]] – ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''
*[[Rachel Ticotin]] – ''King of the Gypsies''
*[[Tom Waits]] – ''[[Paradise Alley]]''
*[[Alberta Watson]] – ''[[Power Play (1978 film)|Power Play]]''
*[[Norbert Weisser]] – ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''
*[[George Wendt]] – ''A Wedding''
*[[Alfre Woodard]] – ''[[Remember My Name (film)|Remember My Name]]''
*[[Grace Zabriskie]] – ''[[They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way]]''
*[[Robert Zemeckis]] (director) – ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]''
}}

==References==
{{reflist|}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1978-01-01,1978-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1978 films] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1978/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 1978 Domestic Grosses] at [[Box Office Mojo]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1978-01-01,1978-12-31&adult=include List of 1978 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1978-01-01,1978-12-31&adult=include List of 1978 births] at [[IMDb]]

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