The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.

Top-grossing films

United States

The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

International

Events

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Zeppo Marx Herbert Manfred "Zeppo" Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979) was an American comedic actor, theatrical agent, and engineer. He was the youngest and last survivor of the five Marx Brothers. He appeared in the first five Marx Brothers f ...

divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927. * September 29 — '' A Star is Born'' premieres and marks

Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...

's comeback after her termination from her contract at

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. An astounding success with critics and audiences, ''A Star is Born'' not only marked the first time that legendary director

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had made a film musical and film that is in

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and in the anamorphic widescreen format, but also it has been regarded as one of the Garland's best performances in her film career. * November 3 — The film ''

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in history.

Awards

Top ten money-making stars

Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in

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's annual poll. John Wayne became the first actor to regain the number one spot after losing that position.

Top Western stars

The poll also revealed the top Western stars.

Notable films released in 1954

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Aar Paar ''Aar Paar'' () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language noir comedy film. Directed by Guru Dutt, it has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. ''Aar-Paar'' stars Johnny Walker, Shyama, Shakila, Jagdeep, Jagdish Sethi. Raj Khosla and A ...

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About Mrs. Leslie ''About Mrs. Leslie'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Shirley Booth and Robert Ryan. It was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1955. Plot Vivien Leslie, a Beverly Hills, California rooming house owner, reminisces i ...

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Robinson Crusoe ''Robinson Crusoe'' () is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a tra ...

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Alaska Seas ''Alaska Seas'' is a 1954 American crime film noir directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Robert Ryan and Brian Keith. The supporting cast features Jan Sterling, Gene Barry and Aaron Spelling. The picture is a loose remake of the 1938 film '' Sp ...

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An American in Rome ''An American in Rome'' (originally ''Un americano a Roma'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of Americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification". ...

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Andha Naal ''Andha Naal'' ( en, italic=yes, That Day, ) is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language mystery-thriller film, produced by A. V. Meiyappan and directed by S. Balachander. It is the first film noir in Tamil cinema, and the first Tamil film to be made wit ...

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Bahut Din Huwe ''Bahut Din Huwe'' () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language film directed by S. S. Vasan, produced by Gemini Studios and starring Madhubala. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Bala Nagamma'' (1942). ''Bahut Din Huwe'' received lukewarm reviews fro ...

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The Back of Beyond ''The Back of Beyond'' (1954) is a feature-length award-winning Australian documentary film produced and directed by John Heyer for the Shell Film Unit. In terms of breadth of distribution, awards garnered, and critical response, it is Heyer's ...

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The Barefoot Contessa ''The Barefoot Contessa'' is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, and Edmond O'Brien. The film's slo ...

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Edmond O'Brien Eamon Joseph O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. O'Brien w ...

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Stewart Granger Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame thr ...

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A Big Family ''A Big Family'' (russian: Больша́я семья́, translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. It was based on Vsevolod Kochetov's novel ''Zhu ...

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The Black Shield of Falworth ''The Black Shield of Falworth'' is a 1954 American Technicolor film from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur and Melville Tucker and directed by Rudolph Maté. It stars Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Herbert Marshall, an ...

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The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters ''The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters'' is a 1954 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on June 6, 1954 by Allied Artists and is the thirty-fourth film in the series. Plot The front win ...

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Leo Gorcey Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey was ...

Huntz Hall Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular "Dead End Kids" movies, including ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), and in the later " Bowery ...

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Ellen Corby Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series ''The Waltons'', for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also ...

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Bread, Love and Jealousy ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...

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Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...

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Gina Lollobrigida Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (born 4 July 1927) is an Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. As o ...

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The Bridges at Toko-Ri ''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'' is a 1954 American war film about the Korean War and stars William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, and Robert Strauss. The film, which was directed by Mark Robson, was produced by Paramount Pictur ...

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William Holden William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ''Stalag 17'' (1953) ...

Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly ...

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Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...

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Brigadoon ''Brigadoon'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. The song " Almost Like Being in Love", from the musical, has become a standard. It features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a ...

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Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. He directed the classic movie musicals ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (1944), ''An American in Paris'' (1951), ''Th ...

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Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...

Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea; March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008) was an American actress and dancer. After recovering from polio as a child and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s. Her roles usually featured her abilit ...

Van Johnson Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II. Johnson was described as the embodiment o ...

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Broken Lance ''Broken Lance'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C. Siegel. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, and Katy Jurado. Shot in Technicolor and CinemaScope, the fil ...

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Jean Peters Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American film actress. She is known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered f ...

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Fred MacMurray Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series, in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film le ...

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Casanova's Big Night ''Casanova's Big Night'' is a 1954 American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Joan Fontaine, which is a spoof of swashbuckling historical adventure films. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Hope plays a tailor who impersonates Giacomo Casanova, ...

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Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 5 ...

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Chronicle of Poor Lovers ''Chronicle of Poor Lovers'' ( it, Cronache di poveri amanti) is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It competed for the Grand Prix at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Florence, spring of 1925, the young typographer Mario ...

'' (Cronache di poveri amanti) – (

) *''

Circus Fandango ''Circus Fandango'' ( no, Cirkus Fandango) is a 1954 Norwegian drama film directed by Arne Skouen. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Arne Arnardo as Fandango, manager *Joachim Holst-Jensen as Papa, clown * Ilselil Larse ...

'' – (

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) *'' The Country Girl'', directed by

George Seaton George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. Life and career Early life Seaton was born George Edward Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish des ...

, starring

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

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Creature from the Black Lagoon ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars ...

'', directed by Jack Arnold *'' Crime Wave'', directed by

André de Toth Endre Antal Miksa DeToth, better known as Andre de Toth (born Endre Antal Mihály Tóth; May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002), was a Hungarian-American film director, born and raised in Makó, Austria-Hungary. He directed the 3D film ''House ...

, starring

Sterling Hayden Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor and decorated Marine Corps officer and an Office of Strategic Services' agent during World War II. A leading man for mos ...

and

Phyllis Kirk Phyllis Kirk (born Phyllis Kirkgaard; September 18, 1927 October 19, 2006) was an American actress. Early life Kirk was born in Syracuse, New York, although some sources state her birthplace as Plainfield, New Jersey. She contracted polio as ...

*'' Crossed Swords'' ('' l Maestro di Don Giovanni'), starring

Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...

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The Crucified Lovers is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play ''Daikyōji Mukashi Goyomi''. The film was presented at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, Plot Mohei is an apprentice to Ishun, t ...

'' (Chikamatsu Monogatari), directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include ''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), ''The Life of Oharu'' (1952), ''Uget ...

, starring

Kazuo Hasegawa was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1927 and 1963. Career Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his family as a side business. In 1918, he beca ...

– (

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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D

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Dangerous Mission ''Dangerous Mission'' is a 1954 American Technicolor thriller film starring Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price and William Bendix. The film was produced by Irwin Allen, directed by Louis King and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is reme ...

'', starring

Victor Mature Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include ''One Million B.C.'' (1940), '' My Darlin ...

and

Piper Laurie Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films ''The Hustler'' (1961), '' Carrie'' (1976), and '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award no ...

*'' Deep in My Heart'', directed by

Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are '' On the Town,'' (1949) and ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), both of which he co-directed with Gene Kell ...

, starring

and

Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After her success in ''The Scarle ...

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Demetrius and the Gladiators ''Demetrius and the Gladiators'' is a 1954 American biblical drama film and a sequel to '' The Robe''. The picture was made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Frank Ross. The screenplay was written by Philip Dunne ...

'', starring

and

Susan Hayward Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model A ...

*'' Désirée'', starring

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academ ...

and Jean Simmons *''

Dial M for Murder ''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was ...

'', directed by

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...

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Ray Milland Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning ...

Robert Cummings Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as '' The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and ''Princess O'Rourke'' (1943), and in ...

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Doctor in the House ''Doctor in the House'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. The screenplay, by Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on the 1952 novel by Gordon, and follows a group of st ...

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Dirk Bogarde Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as ''Doctor in the House'' (1954) for the Rank Organ ...

, first of "Doctor" series – ( GB) *''

Down Three Dark Streets ''Down Three Dark Streets'' is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman. The screenplay was written by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, based on their novel ''Case File FBI'' ...

'', starring

Broderick Crawford William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in ''All t ...

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Ruth Roman Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. After playing stage roles on the east coast, Roman relocated to Hollywood to pursue a career in films. She appeare ...

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Drive a Crooked Road ''Drive a Crooked Road'' is a 1954 American crime film noir directed by Richard Quine and starring Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster. The drama's screenplay was adapted by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine from "The Wheel Man", a story by Canadian J ...

'', starring

and

Dianne Foster Dianne Foster (born Olga Helen Laruska; October 31, 1928 – July 27, 2019) was a Canadian actress of Ukrainian descent. Early life Foster was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She began her career at the age of 13 in a stage adaptation of Ja ...

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Drum Beat A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments. As such a "beat" consists of multiple drum strokes ...

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Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially '' Br ...

, starring Alan Ladd

E

*''

The Egyptian ''The Egyptian'' (''Sinuhe egyptiläinen'', Sinuhe the Egyptian) is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation by Naomi Walford in 1949, from Swedish rather than Finnish ...

'', starring Jean Simmons,

Bella Darvi Bella Darvi (born Bajla Węgier; 23 October 1928 – 11 September 1971) was a Polish film actress and stage performer who was active in France and the United States. Biography Early life Darvi was born Bajla Węgier to Jewish parents Chajm ...

Edmund Purdom Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 19241 January 2009) was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then in America on Broadway and in Hollywood, and event ...

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Eight O'Clock Walk ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' is a 1954 British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr and Maurice Denham. Its plot involves a taxi driver who is tried for the murder of a young girl on a bo ...

'', starring Richard Attenborough and Cathy O'Donnell – ( GB) *''Elephant Walk'', starring

and Peter Finch *''Executive Suite'', starring

, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson,

, Louis Calhern, Walter Pidgeon, Nina Foch

F

*''The Far Country'', directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart,

, Walter Brennan *''Father Brown (film), Father Brown'', starring Alec Guinness – ( GB) *''Fear (1954 film), Fear'' (La Paura), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman – (List of German films of 1945–59, West Germany/

) *''Five Boys from Barska Street'' (Piątka z ulicy Barskiej) – (List of Polish films of the 1950s, Poland) *''Flame and the Flesh'', starring

*''French Cancan'', starring Jean Gabin – (

/Italy) *''The French Line'', starring Jane Russell

G

*''Garden of Evil'', starring Gary Cooper,

*''The Glenn Miller Story'', directed by Anthony Mann, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson *''

'' (Gojira), directed by Ishirō Honda – (

) *''The Gold of Naples'' (L'oro di Napoli), directed by

, starring Silvana Mangano and

– (

) *''The Good Die Young'', directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Stanley Baker and Laurence Harvey – ( GB)

H

*''Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy'', a Stop motion animated film *''Happy Ever After (1954 film), Happy Ever After'', starring David Niven and Yvonne De Carlo – (GB) *''Hell and High Water (1954 film), Hell and High Water'', directed by Samuel Fuller, starring

*''Hell Below Zero'', starring Alan Ladd *''Hell's Half Acre (1954 film), Hell's Half Acre'', starring Evelyn Keyes and Wendell Corey *''The High and the Mighty (film), The High and the Mighty'', starring John Wayne, Robert Stack, Laraine Day, Claire Trevor, Phil Harris *''Highway Dragnet'', starring Richard Conte and Joan Bennett *''Hobson's Choice (1954 film), Hobson's Choice'', directed by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills – ( GB) *''The House Across the Lake'', aka ''Heat Wave'', starring Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke – (GB) *''Human Desire'', starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame,

I

*''La ilusión viaja en tranvía, Illusion Travels by Streetcar'' (La ilusión viaja en tranvía), directed by

, starring Lilia Prado – (

) *''Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome'', directed by Kenneth Anger *''An Inspector Calls (1954 film), An Inspector Calls'', with

, based on the J. B. Priestley play – ( GB) *''It Should Happen to You'', starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon

J

*''Jagriti'' (The Awakening) – (

) *''Johnny Guitar'', directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford,

, Mercedes McCambridge *''Journey to Italy'' (Viaggio in Italia), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders – (

)

K

*''King Richard and the Crusaders'', starring Rex Harrison and Virginia Mayo *''Knock on Wood (1954 film), Knock on Wood'', starring Danny Kaye

L

*''The Lady of the Camellias#Other films based on La Dame aux Camélias, The Lady of the Camellias'' (''La Mujer de las camelias'') – (Argentine films of the 1950s, Argentina) *''The Last Bridge'' (Die Letzte Brücke), starring Maria Schell and Bernhard Wicki – (Austrian films of the 1950s, Austria) *''Late Chrysanthemums'' (bangiku), directed by Mikio Naruse – (

) *''A Lesson in Love'' (En lektion i kärlek), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand – (Swedish films of the 1950s, Sweden) *''A Life at Stake'', starring Angela Lansbury *''Liliomfi'' – (List of Hungarian films 1948-1989, Hungary) *''Living It Up'', starring

and

*''The Long, Long Trailer'', starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz *''The Long Wait'', starring

*''Loophole (1954 film), Loophole'', starring Barry Sullivan (actor), Barry Sullivan and Dorothy Malone

M

*''Mad About Men'', starring Glynis Johns and Margaret Rutherford – (U.K.) *''Madame X (1954 film), Madame X'' (I Agnostos)Madame X (1954 film) – (List of Greek films of the 1950s, Greece) *''Maddalena (1954 film), Maddalena'' – (

) *''The Maggie'', directed by Alexander Mackendrick – ( GB) *''Magnificent Obsession (1954 film), Magnificent Obsession'', directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson *''The Million Pound Note'', starring Gregory Peck – ( GB)

N

*''Nagin (1954 film), Nagin'', starring Vyjayanthimala and Pradeep Kumar – (

) *''Naked Alibi'', starring

and Gloria Grahame *''The Naked Jungle'', starring Eleanor Parker and Charlton Heston *''Neelakuyil'' (The Blue Cuckoo) – (Malayalam films: 1928–1959, India) *''Night People (1954 film), Night People'', directed by Nunnally Johnson, starring Gregory Peck,

, Buddy Ebsen *''Aldri annet enn bråk, Nothing But Trouble'' (Aldri annet enn bråk) – (

)

O

*''On the Waterfront'', directed by Elia Kazan, starring

with Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger—winner of eight 27th Academy Awards, Oscars *''On Trial (1954 film), On Trial'' (L'affaire Maurizius; Il caso Mauritius), directed by Julien Duvivier – (

) *''The Outcast (1954 film), The Outcast'', starring John Derek

P

*''Phantom of the Rue Morgue'', starring Karl Malden, Patricia Medina, Merv Griffin *''Phffft'', starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak *''Pride of the Blue Grass (1954 film), Pride of the Blue Grass'', starring Lloyd Bridges and Vera Miles *''Prince Valiant (1954 film), Prince Valiant'', starring

*''Prisoner of War (film), Prisoner of War'', starring Ronald Reagan *''Private Hell 36'', directed by Don Siegel, starring Ida Lupino *''Pushover (film), Pushover'', starring

and Kim Novak (in her film debut)

R

*''Radio Cab Murder'', directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Jimmy Hanley and Lana Morris – ( GB) *''The Raid (1954 film), The Raid'', starring

, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin *''Rear Window'', directed by

, starring James Stewart,

, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr *''Red Garters (film), Red Garters'', directed by George Marshall (director), George Marshall, starring Rosemary Clooney *''Return to Treasure Island (1954 film), Return to Treasure Island'', starring Tab Hunter *''Riot in Cell Block 11'', directed by Don Siegel, starring Neville Brand *''River of No Return'', directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe *''

'', starring Dan O'Herlihy *''Rogue Cop'', starring Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor and

*''Romeo and Juliet (1954 film), Romeo and Juliet'', starring Laurence Harvey – (

/ GB)

S

*''Sabrina (1954 film), Sabrina'', directed by Billy Wilder, starring

, Audrey Hepburn,

*''Salt of the Earth (1954 film), Salt of the Earth'', starring Rosaura Revueltas and Will Geer *''Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'' (Miyamoto Musashi), directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, starring Toshiro Mifune – (

) *''Sansho the Bailiff'' (Sanshō Dayũ), directed by

, starring Kinuyo Tanaka – (Japan) *''Saskatchewan (film), Saskatchewan'', starring Alan Ladd *''The Sea Shall Not Have Them'', directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Michael Redgrave,

, Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel, Nigel Patrick – ( GB) *''Secret of the Incas'', starring Charlton Heston *''The Seekers (1954 film), The Seekers'', starring Jack Hawkins and Glynis Johns – (GB) *''Senso (film), Senso'', directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Alida Valli and Farley Granger – (

) *''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (film), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'', directed by

, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel *''Seven Samurai'' (Shichinin no Samurai), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura – (

) *''She Couldn't Say No (1954 film), She Couldn't Say No'', starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons *''Shield for Murder'', starring

*''The Silver Chalice (film), The Silver Chalice'', starring Paul Newman (in his film debut) *''Silver Lode (1954 film), Silver Lode'', starring Dan Duryea *''Sira` Fi al-Wadi'' (Struggle in the Valley), directed by Youssef Chahine – (Egyptian films of the 1950s, Egypt) *''Sitting Bull (film), Sitting Bull'', starring Dale Robertson and J. Carrol Naish *''Sound of the Mountain'' (Yama no Oto), directed by Mikio Naruse – (

) *''A Star Is Born (1954 film), A Star Is Born'', directed by

, starring

and

, musical remake of 1937 film *''Star of India (film), Star of India'', starring Cornel Wilde and Herbert Lom – ( GB) *''La strada (film), La strada'' (The Road), directed by Federico Fellini, starring

– (

) *''Stranger from Venus'', directed by Burt Balaban, starring Patricia Neal and Derek Bond *''Suddenly (1954 film), Suddenly'', starring Frank Sinatra and

*''Supir Istimewa'', directed by Rempo Urip and starring MS Priyadi and Ermina Zaenah (Indonesia) *''Susan Slept Here'', starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell

T

*''Tanganyika (film), Tanganyika'', starring

and

*''Taza, Son of Cochise'', starring Rock Hudson *''Them!'', starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness *''There's No Business Like Show Business (film), There's No Business Like Show Business'', starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe *''They Who Dare'', starring

– ( GB) *''Three Coins in the Fountain (1954 film), Three Coins in the Fountain'', starring

, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara *''Three Young Texans'', starring Jeffrey Hunter, Mitzi Gaynor, Keefe Brasselle *''Too Bad She's Bad'' (Peccato che sia una canaglia), starring Marcello Mastroianni,

– (

) *''Top Banana (film), Top Banana'', starring Phil Silvers *''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (Hands Off the Loot), starring Jean Gabin – (

) *''Track of the Cat'', directed by William A. Wellman, starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright *''Twenty-Four Eyes'' (Nijū-shi no Hitomi) – (

) *''Twist of Fate (film), Twist of Fate'', starring

V

*''Vera Cruz (film), Vera Cruz'', starring Gary Cooper and

W

*''The Weak and the Wicked'', directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors – ( GB) *''West of Zanzibar (1954 film)'', directed by Harry Watt (director), Harry Watt, starring Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel, Sheila Sim, Edric Connor & Orlando Martins – (British films of 1954, U.K.) *''White Christmas (film), White Christmas'', directed by Michael Curtiz, starring

, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger *''Windfall in Athens'' (Kyriakatiko xypnima), directed by Michael Cacoyannis – (List of Greek films of the 1950s, Greece) *''Witness to Murder'', directed by Roy Rowland (film director), Roy Rowland, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Merrill, George Sanders *''Woman's World (1954 film), Woman's World'', starring June Allyson, Clifton Webb,

, Lauren Bacall, Arlene Dahl *''Wyoming Renegades'', starring Phil Carey

Y

*''Young at Heart (1954 film), Young at Heart'', starring Frank Sinatra and Doris Day *''The Young Lovers (1954 film), The Young Lovers'', directed by Anthony Asquith – ( GB)

Serials

*''Gunfighters of the Northwest'', starring Clayton Moore and Phyllis Coates *''Man with the Steel Whip'', starring Dick Simmons *''Riding with Buffalo Bill'' *''Trader Tom of the China Seas'', starring Harry Lauter and Aline Towne

Short film series

*''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) *''Terrytoons'' (1930 in film, 1930–1964 in film, 1964) *''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) *''Popeye'' (1933 in film, 1933–1957 in film, 1957) *''The Three Stooges'' (1934 in film, 1934–1959 in film, 1959) *''Bugs Bunny'' (1940 in film, 1940–1962 in film, 1962) *''Tom and Jerry'' (1940 in film, 1940–1958 in film, 1958) *''Mighty Mouse'' (1942 in film, 1942–1955 in film, 1955) *''Chip 'n' Dale'' (1943 in film, 1943–1956 in film, 1956) *''Droopy'' (1943 in film, 1943–1958 in film, 1958) *''Barney Bear'' (1939 in film, 1939–1954) *''Yosemite Sam'' (1945 in film, 1945–1963 in film, 1963) *''Speedy Gonzales'' (1953 in film, 1953–1968 in film, 1968) *''Ranger Don'' (1953 in film, 1953–1956 in film, 1956)

Births

*January 1 **Richard Edson, American actor and musician **Rawiri Paratene, New Zealand actor, director and writer **Helen Wellington-Lloyd, South African-born British artist and actress *January 6 – Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (d. 2008) *January 9 - John Sparkes, Welsh actor and comedian *January 19 - Katey Sagal, American actress and singer-songwriter *January 25 - Sean Lawlor, Irish character actor and playwright (d. 2009) *January 29 – Oprah Winfrey, American actress and television personality *February 2 – Christie Brinkley, American model and actress *February 6 – Aare Laanemets, Estonian actor (d. 2000) *February 8 - Alistair Browning, New Zealand actor (d. 2019) *February 9 - Leslie Bevis, retired American model and actress *February 17 – Rene Russo, American actress *February 18 – John Travolta, American actor *February 20 - Anthony Head, English actor and singer *February 21 - Christopher Mayer (American actor), American actor (d. 2011) *March 1 – Ron Howard, American director and actor *March 4 – Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress *March 9 - Martin P. Robinson, American puppeteer *March 15 – Craig Wasson, American actor *March 17 – Lesley-Anne Down, English actress *March 22 - Tommy Hollis, American actor (d. 2001) *March 24 – Robert Carradine, American actor *April 7 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong-born actor *April 9 – Dennis Quaid, American actor *April 10 – Peter MacNicol, American actor *April 16 – Ellen Barkin, American actress *April 27 – John Cygan, American actor, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017) *April 29 – Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian and actor *May 7 – Amy Heckerling, American director *May 8 **Stephen Furst, American actor, director and producer (d. 2017) **David L. Keith, David Keith, American actor and director *May 10 - Mike Hagerty, American actor (d. 2022) *May 18 - Patrick St. Esprit, American character actor *May 21 - Jean Kasem, American former actress *June 2 **Dennis Haysbert, American actor **Jeannine Taylor, American actress *June 5 - Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor *June 6 **Harvey Fierstein, American actor and screenwriter **Merle Talvik, Estonian actress *June 14 **Will Patton, American actor **Jan Rabson, American actor and voice actor (d. 2022) *June 15 – Jim Belushi, American actor *June 19 – Kathleen Turner, American actress *June 21 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004) *June 22 – Chris Lemmon, American actor and author *June 26 - David Steen (actor), American playwright, actor and writer *June 28 – Alice Krige, South African actress *August 12 – Sam J. Jones, American actor *August 13 – Tõnu Kilgas, Estonian actor and singer *August 15 - Sean Bury, British actor *August 16 – James Cameron, Canadian-born director *August 20 **Al Roker, American weather forecaster, journalist, television personality, actor and author **Theresa Saldana, American actress and writer (d. 2016) *August 22 - Jay Patterson, American actor *September 13 - Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor *September 15 - Brad Leland, American actor *September 19 **David Bamber, English actor **Blanche Ravalec, French actress and dubbing artist *September 29 - Mark Mitchell (actor), Australian actor and comedian *October 2 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress *October 9 **Scott Bakula, American actor **John O'Hurley, American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host and television personality *October 10 **David Barron (film producer), British producer **Rekha, Indian actress **Patric Zimmerman, retired American voice actor *October 11 - Tim Choate, American actor (d. 2004) *October 14 - Elizabeth Sung, Chinese-American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2018) *October 18 **Arliss Howard, American actor, screenwriter and director **Bob Weinstein, American producer *October 19 - Ken Stott, Scottish actor *October 23 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese director *November 7 – Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, director, script-writer, producer and singer *November 19 – Kathleen Quinlan, American actress *November 20 - Richard Brooker, British actor and stuntman (d. 2013) *November 21 - Timothy Stack, American actor, producer and screenwriter *November 29 – Joel Coen, American director, producer and screenwriter *November 30 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian fashion designer and retired actress *December 4 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer *December 18 – Ray Liotta, American actor (d. 2022 in film, 2022) *December 28 – Denzel Washington, American actor

Deaths

*January 5 – Lillian Rich, 54, English actress, ''The Golden Bed'', ''On the Front Page'' *January 11 – Oscar Straus (composer), Oscar Straus, 83, Viennese composer, ''La Ronde (1950 film), La Ronde'' *January 16 – Baburao Painter, 63, Indian film director, ''Savkari Pash'' *January 18 – Sydney Greenstreet, 74, English actor, ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'', ''Christmas in Connecticut'', ''The Mask of Dimitrios'' *January 30 – John Murray Anderson, 67, Canadian director, ''King of Jazz'' *January 31 – Florence Bates, 65, American actress, ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca'' *February 1 – Yvonne de Bray, 64, French actress, ''Les Parents terribles (film), Les Parents terribles'' *February 9 – Mabel Paige, 73, American actress, ''Lucky Jordan'', ''Murder, He Says'' *February 12 – Dziga Vertov, 58, Russian filmmaker, ''Man with a Movie Camera'' *February 13 – Stephen Auer, 53, American producer, ''Trail of Kit Carson'' *February 21 – William K. Howard, 54, American director, ''The Power and the Glory (1933 film), The Power and the Glory'', ''Johnny Come Lately'' * March 5 – John Eberson, 78, American movie palace architect *March 7 – Will H. Hays, 74, American movie censor, first chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America *March 8 – John L. Balderston, 64, American screenwriter, ''The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film), The Prisoner of Zenda'', ''Gaslight (1944 film), Gaslight'' *March 14 – Otto Gebühr, 76, German actor, ''The Great King'' *March 18 – Louis Lipstone, 61, American conductor, head of Paramount Pictures music department *March 24 – Alberto Colombo (composer), Alberto Colombo, 65, American film composer and music director, ''Portia on Trial'' *March 30 – Pauline Brunius, 73, Swedish actress, director and screenwriter, ''Charles XII (film), Charles XII'' *April 1 – Jack Lait, 71, American author, ''New York Confidential (film), New York Confidential'' *April 3 – Ernest Vajda, 67, Hungarian actor and screenwriter, ''Smilin' Through (1932 film), Smilin' Through'' *April 4 – Frederick Lonsdale, 73, English playwright and screenwriter, ''The Private Life of Don Juan'' *April 10 – Auguste Lumiere, 91, French film pioneer *April 29 – Joe May, 73, Austrian director, ''The House of Fear (1939 film), The House of Fear'', ''The Invisible Man Returns'' *May 1 – Arthur Johnston (composer), Arthur Johnston, 56, Composer, ''Pennies from Heaven (1936 film), Pennies from Heaven'' *May 3 – Tom Tyler, 50, American actor, ''Adventures of Captain Marvel'', ''The Phantom (serial), The Phantom'' *May 15 – Herbert I. Leeds, 54, American director, ''Mr. Moto in Danger Island'' *May 17 – Ethel Hill, 56, American screenwriter, ''The Little Princess (1939 film), The Little Princess'', ''In Old Oklahoma'' *May 18 – Fred Waller, 67, American film pioneer, inventor of Cinerama *May 20 – Hans von Wolzogen (producer), Hans von Wolzogen, 65, German film producer and director, ''Sprengbagger 1010'' *May 25 – Hans Janowitz, 63, German writer, ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' *May 31 – Guglielmo Barnabò, 66, Italian actor, ''Miracle in Milan'' *June 27 – Theodor Loos, 71, German actor, ''Die Nibelungen'' *June 28 – Ludwig Schmitz, 70, German actor, ''The Heath is Green (1951 film), The Heath is Green'' *July 1 – Thea von Harbou, 65, German screenwriter, novelist, director and actress, ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' *July 6 – Gabriel Pascal, 60, Hungarian film producer and director, ''Pygmalion (1938 film), Pygmalion'' *July 8 – Gerald Geraghty, 47, American screenwriter, ''The Jungle Princess'' *July 12 – Richard Henry Brinsley Norton, 6th Baron Grantley, Lord Grantley, 62, British film executive *July 13 – Irving Pichel, 63, American director and actor, ''The Most Dangerous Game (film), The Most Dangerous Game'', ''Santa Fe (film), Santa Fe'', ''Oliver Twist (1933 film), Oliver Twist'', ''How Green Was My Valley (film), How Green Was My Valley'' *July 14 – Al Hill (actor), Al Hill, 62, American actor, ''The Payoff (1935 film), The Payoff'', ''The Border Patrolman'' *July 23 – Leonard Goldstein, 51, American producer, ''Ma and Pa Kettle (film), Ma and Pa Kettle'' *July 24 – Effie Shannon, 87, American actress, ''Sally of the Sawdust'' *August 4 – Harald Paulsen, 58, German actor and director, ''Ave Maria (1936 film), Ave Maria'' *August 11 – Murray Kinnell, 65, English-born American actor, ''The Public Enemy'' *August 19 – Terry Ramsaye, 68, American producer and movie historian, author of ''A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture'' *August 24 – Lewis D. Collins, 55, American director, ''The Desert Trail'' *September 3 – Eugene Pallette, 65, American actor, ''My Man Godfrey'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood (film), The Adventures of Robin Hood'' *September 28 – Bert Lytell, 69, American actor, ''The Lone Wolf (1917 film), The Lone Wolf'' *October 22 – Charles Skouras, 65, American movie executive and president of Twentieth Century Fox, Fox West Coast *October 22 – George McManus, 70, American cartoonist, ''Bringing Up Father'' *November 11 – Reinhold Schünzel, 68, German director and actor, ''The Ice Follies of 1939'', ''Notorious (1946 film), Notorious'' *November 15 – Lionel Barrymore, 76, American actor, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', ''You Can't Take It with You (film), You Can't Take It with You'', ''Key Largo (film), Key Largo'', ''Treasure Island (1934 film), Treasure Island'', ''Grand Hotel (1932 film), Grand Hotel'' *November 22 – Moroni Olsen, 65, American actor, ''The Three Musketeers (1935 film), The Three Musketeers'' *November 22 – Roy Rene, 63, Australian comedian, ''Strike Me Lucky'' *November 29 – Eero Kilpi, 77, Finnish actor, ''Anna Liisa'' *December 6 – Truly Shattuck, 79, American actress, ''A Wise Fool'' *December 8 – Gladys George, 50, American actress, ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'', ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', ''The Roaring Twenties'', ''Detective Story (1951 film), Detective Story'' *December 18 – Maria Eis, 58, Austrian actress, ''The Eternal Waltz''

Film debuts

*Ursula Andress – ''An American in Rome'' *R.G. Armstrong – ''Garden of Eden (1954 film), Garden of Eden'' *Martin Balsam – ''On the Waterfront'' *Sean Connery – ''Lilacs in the Spring'' *Angie Dickinson – ''Lucky Me (film), Lucky Me'' *Charles Grodin – ''

'' *David Hemmings – ''The Rainbow Jacket'' *Pat Hingle – ''On the Waterfront'' *James Hong – ''Dragonfly Squadron'' *Jack Lemmon – ''It Should Happen to You'' *Roger Moore – ''The Last Time I Saw Paris'' *Paul Newman – ''The Silver Chalice (film), The Silver Chalice'' *Kim Novak – ''The French Line'' *Donald Pleasence – ''The Beachcomber (1954 film), The Beachcomber'' *Eva Marie Saint – ''On the Waterfront'' *John Saxon – ''It Should Happen to You'' *Omar Sharif – ''Devil of the Sahara'' *Rod Taylor – ''King of the Coral Sea'' *Godzilla – ''

Notes

References

{{1954 films 1954 in film, Film by year