The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

*February 7 – ''

Blazing Saddles ''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilde ...

'' is released in the United States. *May 28 - Joseph E. Levine, the founder of

Embassy Pictures Embassy Pictures Corporation (also and later known as Avco Embassy Pictures as well as Embassy Films Associates) was an American independent film production and distribution studio responsible for such films as '' The Graduate'', '' The Prod ...

, resigns as president. *June 20 – ''

Chinatown A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Aust ...

'', directed by

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a ( né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, tw ...

and featured

Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American retired actor and filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. In many of his films, he played rebels against the social structure. He received numerous ...

Faye Dunaway Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award. In 2011, the government of France mad ...

, and

John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered ...

, is released to worldwide critical acclaim. *November 1 –

Technicolor Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...

ceases its legendary dye-transfer printing process. *November 8 –

Frank Yablans Frank Yablans (August 27, 1935 – November 27, 2014) was an American studio executive, film producer, and screenwriter. Yablans served as an executive at Paramount Pictures, including President of the studio, in the 1960s and 70s. As a filmmaker, ...

announces his resignation as president of

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

with effect from January 5, 1975 following Barry Diller earlier becoming chairman and chief executive office. *

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...

celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with big fanfare, including '' That's Entertainment!'', a retrospective documentary celebrating its prestigious musicals (e.g. '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd C ...

'', '' Meet Me in St. Louis'', '' Gigi'', '' An American in Paris'', '' Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''). *October–December – Three "

disaster films A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as ...

" are released in three consecutive months: ''

Airport 1975 ''Airport 1975'' (also known as ''Airport '75'') is a 1974 American air disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film ''Airport''. It was directed by Jack Smight, produced by William Frye, executive produced by Jennings Lang, a ...

'', ''

Earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...

'', and '' The Towering Inferno'' respectively. All were box office successes. *

Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actor ...

made his film debut in '' Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.'', although the film was not released until 1986.

Awards

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

(Cannes Film Festival): :'' The Conversation'', directed by

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...

, United States

Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The win ...

(Berlin Film Festival): :'' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'', directed by

Ted Kotcheff William Theodore Kotcheff (born April 7, 1931) is a Bulgarian-Canadian film and television director, writer and producer, known primarily for his work on British and American television productions such as '' Armchair Theatre'' and '' Law & Or ...

, Canada

Notable films released in 1974

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

unless stated *''

The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army , known in Thailand as ''Hanuman vs. 7 Ultraman'' (หนุมาน พบ 7 ยอดมนุษย์ - ''Hanuman pob Jed Yodmanud''), is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero kaiju film produced in 1974 by Tsuburaya Productions of Japan and Chaiyo ...

'' (Urutora Roku Kyōdai tai Kaijū Gundan) – (

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 n ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

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11 Harrowhouse ''11 Harrowhouse'' is a 1974 British heist comedy thriller film directed by Aram Avakian and starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, and John Gielgud in Panavision. It was adapted by Charles Grodin based upon the ...

'', starring Charles Grodin,

Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1998, 2018). She is also kno ...

James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...

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36 Ghante ''36 Ghante'' is a 1974 Hindi film directed by Raj Tilak. It stars Raaj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Sunil Dutt, Vijay Arora, Parveen Babi, Ranjeet, Danny Denzongpa in pivotal roles. It is a remake of the 1955 American film '' The Desperate Hours'', which ...

'', starring

Raaj Kumar Raaj Kumar (born Kulbhushan Pandit; 8 October 1926 3 July 1996) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi films. He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film '' Mother India'' and starred in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over fo ...

and

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Dutt; 6 June 1929 — 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician. Dutt was one of the major stars of Hindi cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s and continued to star in many successful film ...

– (

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

) *'' 99 and 44/100% Dead'', starring

Richard Harris Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in '' This Sporting ...

Ann Turkel Ann Kathryn Turkel (born July 16, 1946) is an American actress and former model. Turkel studied acting at the Musical Theatre Academy. Life and career Turkel was born in New York City to a Jewish family. She was photographed for American ''Vog ...

, Edmond O'Brien,

Chuck Connors Kevin Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have p ...

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*'' Aap Ki Kasam'', starring

Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a record ...

and Mumtaz – (

) *'' Abby'', starring William Marshall *''

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja ''A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja'' ( sh, Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja) is a 1973 Yugoslav drama film directed by Krsto Papić, and based on Ivo Brešan's 1971 play of the same name.Daniel J. Goulding ''Liberate ...

'' (Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj) – (

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

) *'' Aina'' (The Mirror) – (

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

) *''

'', starring

Charlton Heston Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film ''The Ten ...

, Karen Black,

George Kennedy George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), winning the Academ ...

, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark,

Helen Reddy Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a showbusiness family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on rad ...

Myrna Loy Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. ...

Gloria Swanson Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ...

*'' Ali: Fear Eats the Soul'' (Angst essen Seele auf), directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's mai ...

– (

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

) *''

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' is a 1974 American comedy drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Robert Getchell. It stars Ellen Burstyn as a widow who travels with her preteen son across the Southwestern United States i ...

'', directed by

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of many major accolades, incl ...

, starring

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Em ...

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are " Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", " Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and " Help Me Make It Through the ...

Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel ( ; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He first rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association with ...

Alfred Lutter Alfred William Lutter III (born March 21, 1962) is an American entrepreneur, engineer, consultant, and former child actor. Life and career Lutter was born on March 21, 1962, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he also grew up. He graduated from R ...

Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the ho ...

*''

Alice in the Cities ''Alice in the Cities'' (german: Alice in den Städten) is a 1974 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It is the first part of Wenders' "Road Movie trilogy", which also includes '' The Wrong Move'' (1975) and '' Kings of the Road'' (1976). ...

'' (Alice in den Städten), directed by

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...

– (West Germany) *''

Alien Thunder ''Alien Thunder'' (also known as ''Dan Candy's Law'') is a 1974 Canadian Northern film directed by Claude Fournier and starring Donald Sutherland. Its original screenplay was written by W.O. Mitchell but Mitchell removed his name from the fi ...

'', starring

Donald Sutherland Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over six decades. He has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films ''Citizen X'' (1995) an ...

*''

All the Kind Strangers ''All the Kind Strangers'', also known as ''Evil in the Swamp'', is a 1974 American television film directed by Burt Kennedy. It originally aired as an ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on November 12, 1974. Plot summary Children of a Rum running, boot ...

'', directed by

Burt Kennedy Burton Raphael Kennedy (September 3, 1922 – February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and director known mainly for directing Westerns. Budd Boetticher called him "the best Western writer ever." Biography Kennedy was born in 1922 i ...

, starring

Stacy Keach Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictiona ...

and

Samantha Eggar Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939) is a retired British-American actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller '' The Collec ...

*''

Allonsanfàn ''Allonsanfàn'' () is a 1974 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The title of the film, which is also the name of a character, comes from the first words (french: Allons enfants, lit=Arise, children) o ...

'', starring

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...

– (Italy) *'' Almost Human'' (Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare), starring

Tomas Milian Tomas Milian (born Tomás Quintín Rodríguez-Varona Milián Salinas de la Fé y Álvarez de la Campa; 3 March 1933 – 22 March 2017) was a Cuban-born actor and singer with American and Italian citizenship, known for the emotional intensity and ...

and

Henry Silva Henry Silva (September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022) was an American actor. A prolific character actor, Silva was a regular staple of international genre cinema, usually playing criminals or gangsters. His notable film appearances include ...

– (Italy) *''

And Now My Love ''And Now My Love'' (french: Toute une vie), (Released as 'A Whole Lifetime' in Australia) is a French-Italian film released in 1974 by Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner, and Charles Gérard. The Americ ...

'' (Toute une vie), directed by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 ...

, starring

Marthe Keller Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film '' Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Career Early years Keller studied ba ...

– (

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

) *''

And Then There Were None ''And Then There Were None'' is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as ...

'', starring

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisio ...

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Oper ...

Herbert Lom Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru (11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012), known professionally as Herbert Lom (), was a Czech-British actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 ye ...

Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his ...

Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian ...

, Elke Sommer *''

Animals Are Beautiful People ''Animals Are Beautiful People'' (also called ''Beautiful People'') is a 1974 South African nature documentary written, produced, directed, filmed and edited by Jamie Uys, about the wildlife in Southern Africa, presented with comedic elements. ...

'' – (

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

) *'' Angkur'' (The Seedling) – (

) *'' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'', directed by

, starring

Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; born Dreyfus; October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in popular films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, including ''American Graffiti'' (1973), ''Jaws'' (1975), ''Close Encounters of the T ...

– Golden Bear winner – (

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

) *'' Arabian Nights'' (Il fiore delle mille e una notte), directed by

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

– (

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

) *''

At Home Among Strangers ''Friend to Foes, Foe to Friends'' (russian: Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих; ''Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh'') is a 1974 Soviet film starring Yuri Bogatyryov and Anatoly Solonitsyn and directed by Ni ...

'' (Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh) – (

U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

) *''

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life f ...

'' (made for TV), starring

Cicely Tyson Cicely Louise Tyson (December 19, 1924January 28, 2021) was an American actress. In a career which spanned more than seven decades in film, television and theatre, she became known for her portrayal of strong African-American women. Tyson recei ...

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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own ''Barry McKenzie Holds His Own'' is the 1974 sequel to the 1972 Australian comedy film '' The Adventures of Barry McKenzie''. Returning from the original film is Barry Crocker in the title role, as well as Barry Humphries in the role of Barry ...

'', starring

Barry Crocker Barry Hugh Crocker (born 4 November 1935
Official Barry Crocker website) is an Australian character actor, televisio ...

and

Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film prod ...

– (

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

) *'' The Beast Must Die'', starring

Peter Cushing Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage, and radio roles. He achieved recognition ...

– (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''Benji (1974 film), Benji'', starring Patsy Garrett *''Big Bad Mama'', starring Angie Dickinson *''Billy Two Hats'', starring Gregory Peck and Desi Arnaz Jr. *''Black Belt Jones'', starring Jim Kelly (martial artist), Jim Kelly *''Black Christmas (1974 film), Black Christmas'' (a.k.a. Silent Night, Evil Night), starring Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea – (

) *''The Black Windmill'', starring Michael Caine and Janet Suzman – (U.K.) *''

'', directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras *''Blood for Dracula'' (''Andy Warhol's Dracula''), directed by Paul Morrissey *''Bread and Chocolate'' (Pane e cioccolata), starring Nino Manfredi – (

) *''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'', directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Robert Webber *''Buster and Billie'', starring Jan-Michael Vincent *''Butley (film), Butley'', directed by Harold Pinter, starring Alan Bates and Jessica Tandy – (U.K.)

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*''Caged Heat'', directorial debut of Jonathan Demme *''California Split'', directed by Robert Altman, starring George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss *''Callan (film), Callan'', starring Edward Woodward – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''Carry On Dick'', starring Sid James and Barbara Windsor – (U.K.) *''The Cars That Ate Paris, The Cars that Ate Paris'', directorial debut of Peter Weir – (

) *''The Castaway Cowboy'', directed by Vincent McEveety, starring James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, and Robert Culp *''Celine and Julie Go Boating'' (Céline et Julie vont en bateau), directed by Jacques Rivette – (

) *''

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, starring

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– Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture, Director and Actor *''Claudine (film), Claudine'', starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones *''The Clockmaker'' (L' Horloger de Saint-Paul), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort – (France) *''Closed Mondays'' (animated short) - Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film *''Cockfighter'', starring Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton *''Conrack'', directed by Martin Ritt, starring Jon Voight *''The Conscript'' (De loteling) – (List of Belgian films of the 1970s, Belgium) *'' The Conversation'', directed by

, starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford *''Conversation Piece (film), Conversation Piece'' (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster – (

) *''Crazy Joe (film), Crazy Joe'', starring Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Eli Wallach *''The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder'', starring Timothy Bottoms and Barbara Hershey

D

*''Daisy Miller'', directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cybill Shepherd and Barry Brown (actor), Barry Brown *''Dark Star (film), Dark Star'', directed by John Carpenter, starring Dan O'Bannon *''Death Wish (1974 film), Death Wish'', directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange *''The Deluge (film), The Deluge'' (Potop) – (List of Polish films of the 1970s, Poland) *''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'', starring Peter Fonda and Susan George (actress), Susan George *''Dost (1974 film), Dost'' (Friend), starring Dharmendra – (

) *''Drama of the Rich'' (Fatti di gente perbene), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve – (

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'', directed by Mark Robson (film director), Mark Robson, starring

, Ava Gardner,

, Richard Roundtree, Geneviève Bujold, Victoria Principal *''Edvard Munch (film), Edvard Munch'' – (Norwegian films of the 1970s, Norway/Swedish films of the 1970s, Sweden) *''Effi Briest (1974 film), Effi Briest'', directed by

, starring Hanna Schygulla – (West Germany) *''Electra, My Love'' (Szerelmem, Elektra), directed by Miklós Jancsó – (List of Hungarian films 1948-1989#1970-1979, Hungary) *''Emmanuelle (film), Emmanuelle'', starring Sylvia Kristel – (

) *''The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser'' (a.k.a. ''Every Man For Himself and God Against All''), directed by Werner Herzog – (

)

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*''F for Fake'' (originally ''Vérités et Mensonges''), directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/West Germany/Iranian films of the 1970s, Iran) *''Female Trouble'', directed by John Waters (filmmaker), John Waters, starring Divine (actor), Divine *''Five Shaolin Masters'' (Shao Lin wu zu), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong films of 1974, Hong Kong) *''Flesh for Frankenstein'' (''Andy Warhol's Frankenstein''), directed by Paul Morrissey *''For Pete's Sake (film), For Pete's Sake'', starring Barbra Streisand *''The Four Musketeers (1974 film), The Four Musketeers'' (a.k.a. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge), starring Michael York,

, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''Foxy Brown (film), Foxy Brown'', starring Pam Grier *''Freebie and the Bean'', starring James Caan and Alan Arkin *''The Front Page (1974 film), The Front Page'', directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Carol Burnett

G

*''The Gambler (1974 film), The Gambler'', directed by Karel Reisz, starring James Caan, Lauren Hutton, Paul Sorvino *''Gavaznha'' (The Deer) – (Iranian films of the 1970s, Iran) *''General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait'' (Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait), a documentary film by Barbet Schroeder – (France/List of Swiss films#1970s, Switzerland) *''Ginger in the Morning'', starring Sissy Spacek *''The Girl from Petrovka'', starring Goldie Hawn, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins *''The Godfather Part II'', directed by

, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Michael V. Gazzo, Lee Strasberg *''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', directed by Jun Fukuda – (

) *''Going Places (1974 film), Going Places'' (Les Valseuses), directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau – (

) *''Gold (1974 film), Gold'', starring Roger Moore and Susannah York *''Golden Needles'', starring Joe Don Baker and Elizabeth Ashley *''The Golden Voyage of Sinbad'', starring John Phillip Law and Tom Baker with special effects by Ray Harryhausen – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film), Gone in 60 Seconds'', directed by and starring H. B. Halicki *''Great Expectations (1974 film), Great Expectations'', starring Michael York, Sarah Miles,

– (U.S./U.K.) *''The Great Gatsby (1974 film), The Great Gatsby'', directed by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Lois Chiles, Karen Black *''La Gueule ouverte'' (The Mouth Agape), directed by Maurice Pialat – (France)

H

*''Harry and Tonto'', directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Art Carney, Herbert Berghof, Larry Hagman,

*''Hearts and Minds (film), Hearts and Minds'', directed by Peter Davis (director), Peter Davis – Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature *''Herbie Rides Again'', starring Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Ken Berry *''Heroes Two'' (Fang Shiyu yu Hong Xiguan), directed by Chang Cheh – (Hong Kong films of 1974, Hong Kong) *''The Holy Office (film), The Holy Office'' (El santo oficio) – (Mexican films of 1974, Mexico) *''The Homeless (film), The Homeless'' (Yadonashi) – (

) *''Hotel Angel'' (Theptida rong ram) – (

)

I

*''In Summer We Must Love,'' starring Salah Zulfikar – (Cinema of Egypt, Egypt) *''The Internecine Project'', starring James Coburn and Lee Grant – (U.K.) *''The Island at the Top of the World'', starring David Hartman (TV personality), David Hartman and Donald Sinden *''It's Alive (1974 film), It's Alive'', starring John P. Ryan and Sharon Farrell

J

*''Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje!'' (Joachim, Put It in the Machine) – (Czech films of the 1970s, Czechoslovakia) *''Petersen (film), Jock Petersen'', starring Jack Thompson (actor), Jack Thompson – (

) *''Journey Back to Oz'' *''Juggernaut (1974 film), Juggernaut'', starring

, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''A Jungle Book of Regulations'' (Nie ma rózy bez ognia) – (List of Polish films of the 1970s, Poland)

K

*''Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon'' – (

) *''The Klansman'', directed by Terence Young (director), Terence Young, starring Lee Marvin and Richard Burton *''Kunwara Baap (1974 film), Kunwara Baap'', directed by and starring Mehmood Ali, Mehmood – (

)

L

*''Lacombe, Lucien'', directed by Louis Malle, starring Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément – (

) *''Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones'', a concert film *''Lancelot du Lac (film), Lancelot du Lac'', directed by Robert Bresson – (France) *''Lemora'', directed by Richard Blackburn, starring Cheryl Smith and Lesley Gilb. *''Lenny (film), Lenny'', a biopic of Lenny Bruce, directed by Bob Fosse, starring Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine *''Little House on the Prairie (film), Little House on the Prairie'' *''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'', starring Dan Haggerty *''The Longest Yard (1974 film), The Longest Yard'' (a.k.a. The Mean Machine), directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, Richard Kiel *''The Lords of Flatbush'', starring Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler *''Lost in the Stars (film), Lost in the Stars'', starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Clifton Davis *''Lovin' Molly'', starring Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges *''Luther (1974 film), Luther'', a biopic of Martin Luther, starring

– (U.K./U.S./Canada)

M

*''Macon County Line'', starring Max Baer Jr. *''Madhouse (1974 film), Madhouse'', starring Vincent Price *''Mahler (film), Mahler'', a biopic of Gustav Mahler directed by Ken Russell – (U.K.) *''Majboor (1974 film), Majboor'' (Compulsed) – (

) *''Mame (film), Mame'', directed by Gene Saks, starring Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston *''Man on a Swing'', directed by Frank Perry, starring Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec *''The Man Who Sleeps'' (Un homme qui dort) – (

) – winner of the Prix Jean Vigo *''The Man with the Golden Gun (film), The Man with the Golden Gun'', directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Roger Moore (as James Bond), with Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''The Mark of Zorro (1974 film), The Mark of Zorro'' *''The Marseille Contract'', starring Michael Caine,

, Anthony Quinn *''Mashti Mamdali's Car'' by Reza Fazeli (Iran) *''McQ'', directed by John Sturges, starring John Wayne, Al Lettieri, Eddie Albert, Clu Gulager, Colleen Dewhurst, Diana Muldaur *''Le meravigliose avventure di Zorro'' *''The Middle of the World (1974 film), The Middle of the World'' (Le Milieu du monde) – (

/List of Swiss films#1970s, Switzerland) *''The Midnight Man (1974 film), The Midnight Man'', directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, with Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell (actor), Cameron Mitchell, Ed Lauter *''The Missiles of October'', made for TV, directed by Anthony Page, starring William Devane, Martin Sheen, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong *''Mr. Majestyk'', directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Al Lettieri *''Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film), Murder on the Orient Express'', directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Richard Widmark – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''My Little Loves'' (Mes Petites Amoureuses) – (France)

N

*''Newman's Law'', starring George Peppard *''The Night of the Scarecrow'' (A Noite do Espantalho) – (Brazilian films of the 1970s, Brazil) *''The Night Porter'' (Il Portiere di notte), directed by Liliana Cavani, starring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling – (

) *''The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat'', an adult animated film

O

*''The Odessa File (film), The Odessa File'', directed by Ronald Neame, starring Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell – (U.K./

) *''One or the Other of Us'', directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow – (West Germany) *''Orders (1974 film), Orders (Les Ordres)'', starring Jean Lapointe – (

)

P

*''Parade (1974 film), Parade'', directed by and starring Jacques Tati – (France/Swedish films of the 1970s, Sweden) *''The Parallax View'', directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss *''Pastoral: To Die in the Country'' (Den-en ni shisu) – (

) *''A Peasant on a Bicycle'' (Selyaninat s Koleloto), directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, starring Georgi Georgiev-Getz and Georgi Rusev – (Bulgarian films of the 1970s, Bulgaria) *''The Phantom of Liberty'' (Le Fantôme de la liberté), directed by Luis Buñuel – (

) *''Phantom of the Paradise'', directed by Brian De Palma, starring William Finley (actor), William Finley, Paul Williams (songwriter), Paul Williams and Jessica Harper *''Phase IV (1974 film), Phase IV'', directed by Saul Bass, starring Michael Murphy (actor), Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport and Lynne Frederick *''La prima Angélica'' (a.k.a. Cousin Angelica), directed by Carlos Saura – (Spanish films of 1974, Spain)

Q

*''QB VII (miniseries), QB VII'', mini-series for TV, starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Leslie Caron

R

*''The Red Snowball Tree'' (Kalina krasnaya) – (

) *''The Rehearsal (1974 film), The Rehearsal'' (I Dokimi), directed by and starring Jules Dassin with Olympia Dukakis – (Greek films of the 1970s, Greece) *''Report to the Commissioner'', starring Michael Moriarty and Yaphet Kotto *''Return of the Street Fighter'' (Satsujin ken 2) – (

) *''Rhinoceros (film), Rhinoceros'', starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel

S

*''Sandakan No. 8'' (Brothel 8) – (Japan) *''The Sannikov Land (film), The Sannikov Land'' (Zemlya Sannikova) – (

) *''Scent of a Woman (1974 film), Scent of a Woman'' (Profumo di donna), directed by Dino Risi, starring Vittorio Gassman – (

) *''Sister Street Fighter'' (Onna Hissatsu Ken) – (Japan) *''Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread'' (Onna hissatsu ken: kiki ippatsu) – (

) *''Son of Dracula (1974 film), Son of Dracula'', starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''The Spikes Gang'', directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Lee Marvin, Ron Howard, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith *''S*P*Y*S'', starring

and Elliott Gould *''Stardust (1974 film), Stardust'', directed by Michael Apted, starring David Essex, Adam Faith and Larry Hagman – (U.K.) *''Stavisky'', directed by Alain Resnais, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo – (

) *''Still Life (1974 film), Still Life'' (Tabiate bijan) – (Iranian films of the 1970s, Iran) *''Stone (1974 film), Stone'', a cult Australian film *''The Street Fighter'' (Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken), starring Sonny Chiba – (

) *''The Street Fighter's Last Revenge'' – (Japan) *''The Sugarland Express'', directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson (actor), Ben Johnson *''The Super Cops'', directed by Gordon Parks, starring Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier, Pat Hingle, Dan Frazer *''Sweet Movie'', directed by Dušan Makavejev – (

/France/West Germany) *''Swept Away (1974 film), Swept Away'' (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto), starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato – (

) *''The Swinging Cheerleaders'', directed by Jack Hill, starring Colleen Camp, Cheryl Smith, Rosanne Katon *''Symptoms (film), Symptoms'', starring Angela Pleasence – (British films of 1974, U.K.)

T

*''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'', directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Jerry Stiller *''The Tamarind Seed'', directed by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif – (U.K./U.S.) *''The Terminal Man'', starring George Segal and Joan Hackett *''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Marilyn Burns *'' That's Entertainment!'', a documentary directed by Jack Haley Jr., featuring Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney, Liza Minnelli *''Thieves Like Us (film), Thieves Like Us'', directed by Robert Altman, starring Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall *''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'', directed by Michael Cimino, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges *''Torkaman (film), Torkaman'' by Amir Shervan (Iran) *'' The Towering Inferno'', starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden,

, Jennifer Jones, Robert Wagner, O. J. Simpson, Fred Astaire *''Three Tough Guys'', starring Lino Ventura, Fred Williamson, Isaac Hayes *''Truck Turner'', starring Isaac Hayes *''The Traveler (1974 film), The Traveler'' (Mossafer), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iranian films of the 1970s, Iran)

U

*''The Ultimate Thrill'', starring Barry Brown (actor), Barry Brown and Britt Ekland

V

*''Vampyres (film), Vampyres'', starring Marianne Morris and Anulka Dziubinska, Anulka – (British films of 1974, U.K.) *''Vase de Noces'', directed by Thierry Zéno – (List of Belgian films of the 1970s, Belgium)

W

*''We All Loved Each Other So Much'' (C'eravamo tanto amati), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Stefania Sandrelli and Vittorio Gassman – (

) *''Weighed But Found Wanting'' (Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang) – (Philippine films of the 1970s, Philippines) *''When the North Wind Blows'', starring Dan Haggerty *''Where the Lilies Bloom'', starring Harry Dean Stanton *''The White Dawn'', starring Warren Oates, Louis Gossett Jr., Timothy Bottoms – (

) *''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'' (animated short) *''A Woman Under the Influence'', directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands (Golden Globe Award) and Peter Falk

Y

*''Young Frankenstein'', directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle

Z

*''Zandy's Bride'', starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann *''Zardoz'', starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling – (British films of 1974, U.K.)

1974 Wide-release movies

unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

*January 1 – Jennifer Podemski, Canadian actress *January 5 – Daisy Bates (actress), Daisy Bates, English actress *January 10 **Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, singer, director and writer **Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor *January 14 - Kevin Durand, Canadian actor *January 19 - Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model *January 21 - Vincent Laresca, American actor *January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and comedian *January 28 - Ty Olsson, Canadian actor *January 30 **Christian Bale, English actor **Olivia Colman, English actress *February 4 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress *February 8 **Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer and director **Susan May Pratt, American actress *February 9 **Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress **Amber Valletta, American model and actress *February 10 **Elizabeth Banks, American actress, director, writer and producer **María Botto, Argentine-Spanish actress *February 15 – Miranda July (née Grossinger), American filmmaker, performance artist and fiction writer *February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper *February 17 **David Lipper, Canadian actor **Jerry O'Connell, American actor *February 18 – Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress, director and activist *February 25 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (d. 1993) *March 5 **Kevin Connolly (actor), American actor and director **Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer and television presenter **Eva Mendes, American actress *March 8 – Cesar Velasco Broca, Spanish actor and cult filmmaker *March 15 - Renoly Santiago, Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer *March 21 - Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor *March 23 - Randall Park, American actor, comedian and writer *March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress *March 31 - Victoria Smurfit, Irish actress *April 2 - Harold Hunter, American professional skateboarder and actor (d. 2006) *April 10 - Omar Metwally, American actor *April 12 - Marley Shelton, American actress *April 15 **Fay Masterson, English actress **Danny Pino, American actor *April 21 - John Hasler, English actor and voice-over artist *April 24 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress *April 26 – Ivana Miličević, American actress *April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress *May 2 - Matt Berry, English actor, voice actor, comedian, writer and musician *May 3 - Joseph Kosinski, American filmmaker *May 7 – Breckin Meyer, American actor, voice actor, writer, producer and drummer *May 11 – Benoît Magimel, French actor *May 15 – Russell Hornsby, American actor *May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress *May 22 – Sean Gunn, American actor *May 24 - Dash Mihok, American actor and director *May 25 - Maria Fernanda Cândido, Brazilian actress and television presenter *June 6 - Danny Strong, American actor, writer, director and producer *June 12 **Jared Bush, American screenwriter, producer and director **Jason Mewes, American actor, comedian, film producer and podcaster *June 14 - Phillip Rhys, English actor and filmmaker *June 16 - Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor *June 20 – Lenin M. Sivam, Sri Lankan-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter *June 23 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor *June 25 **Jeff Cohen (actor), American former child actor **Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress *July 4 - Mick Wingert, American voice actor *July 8 – Tami Erin, American actress *July 20 - Simon Rex, American actor, rapper and comedian *July 22 **Donald Faison, American actor, comedian and voice actor **Franka Potente, German actress **Johnny Strong, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter *July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress *July 31 **Emilia Fox, English actress and presenter **Asher Keddie, Australian actress *August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress *August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor *August 10 - Craig Kirkwood, American former actor *August 11 - Chris Messina, American actor, director, writer and producer *August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model *August 20 **Amy Adams, American actress **Misha Collins, American actor *August 23 – Ray Park, English actor *August 31 - Marc Webb, American music video director and filmmaker *September 1 - Burn Gorman, English actor and musician *September 5 - Romina Yan, Argentine actress, screenwriter and singer (d. 2010) *September 6 - Sarah Danielle Madison, American actress (d. 2014) *September 7 - Noah Huntley, English actor *September 10 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor *September 18 - Xzibit, American rapper, actor and broadcaster *September 19 **Jimmy Fallon, American television host, comedian and actor **Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish actress and model *September 30 - Ashley Hamilton, American actor, comedian and singer-songwriter *October 2 - Michelle Krusiec, American actress, writer and producer *October 6 - Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer and writer *October 7 - Numan Acar, Turkish-German actor and producer *October 17 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor *October 20 – Brian Limond, Scottish comedian, actor and writer *October 28 **Michael Dougherty, American director, screenwriter, producer and animator **Jake Kasdan, American filmmaker and actor **Joaquin Phoenix, American actor *October 31 - David Dencik, Danish-Swedish actor *November 2 - Nelly, American actor, rapper and singer *November 4 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor *November 10 – Simone Singh, Indian actress *November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor *November 14 - David Moscow, American actor and producer *November 16 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress *November 17 – Leslie Bibb, American actress and model *November 21 – Tiit Sukk, Estonian actor *November 24 - Stephen Merchant, English comedian, actor, writer, director and presenter *November 26 - Omar Chaparro, Mexican actor, comedian, television host and singer *December 1 – Érica Rivas, Argentinian actress *December 11 - Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress and voice director *December 17 **Sarah Paulson, American actress **Giovanni Ribisi, American actor *December 25 **Patrick Brennan (actor), American actor **Andrew McNee, Canadian actor *December 29 - Mekhi Phifer, American actor

Deaths

Film debuts

*Armand Assante – ''The Lords of Flatbush'' *Richard Belzer – ''The Groove Tube'' *Tony Burton – ''The Black Godfather'' *Chevy Chase – ''The Groove Tube'' *Bill Cobbs – ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' *Jeff Goldblum – ''Death Wish (1974 film), Death Wish'' *Clyde Kusatsu – ''

'' *Edward James Olmos – ''Black Fist'' *Joe Pantoliano – ''Road Movie'' *Fred Ward – ''Ginger in the Morning'' *Kenneth Welsh – ''Piaf'' *Henry Winkler – ''Crazy Joe (film), Crazy Joe''

References

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