1976 in film

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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1976
Rank	Title	Studio	Domestic gross
1.	Rocky	United Artists Pictures	$117,235,147^[1]
2.	To Fly!	National Air and Space Museum	$86,600,000^[2]
3.	A Star Is Born	Warner Bros.	$80,000,000^[3]
4.	All the President's Men	Warner Bros.	$70,600,000^[4]
5.	The Omen	20th Century Fox Film Corporation	$60,922,980^[5]
6.	In Search of Noah's Ark	Sunn Classic Pictures	$55,700,000^[6]
7.	King Kong	Paramount Pictures	$52,614,445^[7]
8.	Silver Streak	20th Century-Fox Film Corporation	$51,079,064^[8]
9.	The Enforcer	Warner Bros.	$46,236,000^[9]
10.	Midway	Universal Studios / Cinema International Corporation	$43,220,000^[10]

Events

January - Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president.^[11]
March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
April 1 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013^[update] all around the world.^[12]
April 9 - Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot, is released.
August 11 - John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.
August 26 - Alan Ladd Jr. is promoted from head of worldwide production to president of 20th Century Fox's film division.
November 15 - Michael Eisner is brought in as president and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
November 21 - Rocky, the first in the film series opens. It becomes the highest-grossing film released in the year and goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
December 5 - Bound for Glory debuts and is the first motion picture in which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his new Steadicam for filming moving scenes,^[13] although its use had already been seen in Marathon Man and Rocky which were filmed later but released earlier.

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Rocky - Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists

Best Director: John G. Avildsen - Rocky

Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network (first actor to win posthumously)

Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network

Best Supporting Actor: Jason Robards - All the President's Men

Best Supporting Actress: Beatrice Straight - Network

Best Foreign Language Film: Noirs et blancs en couleur (Black and White in Color), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Ivory Coast / France / W. Germany / Switzerland

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Rocky

Best Actor: Peter Finch - Network

Best Actress: Faye Dunaway - Network

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: A Star Is Born

Best Actor: Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born

Best Actress: Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born

Other

Best Director: Sidney Lumet - Network

Best Foreign Language Film: Face to Face, Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States

Notable films released in 1976

U.S.A. unless stated #

7-Man Army (Ba dao lou zi), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
1900, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland - (Italy/France)

A

A Queda (The Fall) - (Brazil)
All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
The Anchorite (El anacoreta) - (Spain)
Any Day Now (Vandaag of morgen) - (Netherlands)
The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) - (U.S.S.R.) - Golden Bear winner
Assault on Precinct 13, directed by John Carpenter, starring Austin Stoker
The Astral Factor, starring Stefanie Powers
At the Earth's Core, starring Peter Cushing and Doug McClure - (U.K.)

B

Baby Blue Marine, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
The Bad News Bears, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley
Beach Guard in Winter (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu) - (Yugoslavia)
The Best Way to Walk (La meilleure façon de marcher) - (France)
The Big Bus, starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
Black and White in Color (La Victoire en chantant), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - (France) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film
The Blank Generation, with Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones and Talking Heads
Blue Puppy (Goluboy shchenok) - (U.S.S.R.)
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, starring Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter
Bound for Glory, a biopic of Woody Guthrie directed by Hal Ashby, starring David Carradine
Breaking Point, starring Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos
The Bricklayers (Los albañiles) - (Mexico)
Brother and Sister (Ani Imouto) - (Japan)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, Burt Lancaster - Golden Bear winner
Bugsy Malone, directed by Alan Parker, starring Scott Baio and Jodie Foster - (U.K.)
Burnt Offerings, starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis

C

Caddie, starring Helen Morse - (Australia)
Canoa (Canoe) - (Mexico)
Car Wash, starring Franklyn Ajaye and Richard Pryor
The Career of a Chambermaid (Telefoni bianchi), directed by Dino Risi - (Italy)
Caro Michele, directed by Mario Monicelli - (Italy)
Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
The Cassandra Crossing, starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Lee Strasberg, Martin Sheen, O. J. Simpson - (U.K.)
A Child in the Crowd (Un enfant dans la foule) - (France)
Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
Chitchor (Heart Stealer) - (India)
The Clown Murders
Cop (Strømer) - (Denmark)
Coup de Grâce (Der Fangschuß), directed by Volker Schlöndorff - (West Germany/France)
A Cricket in the Ear (Shturets v uhoto), directed by Georgi K. Stoyanov, starring Pavel Popandov, Tatyana Lolova, Itzhak Fintzi - (Bulgaria)

D

Deadly Hero, starring Don Murray and James Earl Jones
The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari), starring Vittorio Gassman - (Italy/France/West Germany)
The Devil's Playground, directed by Fred Schepisi - (Australia)
Diary of the Dead, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Héctor Elizondo
The Divine Nymph (Divina creatura), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Terence Stamp - (Italy)
Dixie Dynamite, starring Warren Oates
Dogs, starring David McCallum, George Wyner and Linda Gray
Don's Party, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Ray Barrett, John Hargreaves and Pat Bishop - (Australia)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos), starring Sônia Braga - (Brazil)
Les douze travaux d'Asterix (The Twelve Trials of Asterix) - (France)
Drum , starring Warren Oates and Yaphet Kotto

E-F

The Eagle Has Landed, starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland - (U.K./U.S.A.)
Eat My Dust, starring Ron Howard and Christopher Norris
Embryo, directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Carrera
The Enforcer, starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly
Escape from the Dark, starring Alastair Sim - (U.K.)
F comme Fairbanks (F Like Fairbanks), starring Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou - (France)
Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson - (Sweden)
Family Plot, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (his final film), starring Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane
Farsighted for Two Diopters (Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Georgi Partsalev - (Bulgaria)
Fellini's Casanova, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Donald Sutherland - (Italy)
The Fifth Seal (Az ötödik pecsét), directed by Zoltán Fábri - (Hungary)
The First Nudie Musical, directed by Bruce Kimmel, starring Cindy Williams, Stephen Nathan, Diana Canova
The Food of the Gods, starring Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino
Freaky Friday, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster
From Noon till Three, starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland
The Front, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy
Fumō Chitai (Wasted Land) - (Japan)
Futureworld, starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner

G-H

Gable and Lombard, starring James Brolin and Jill Clayburgh
Gator, starring Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed
Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer) - (Israel)
God Told Me To, starring Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis
Griffin and Phoenix, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh
Grizzly, starring Christopher George
The Gumball Rally, starring Michael Sarrazin
Gus, starring Don Knotts and Ed Asner
Harlan County, USA - a documentary film
Harry and Walter Go to New York, starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Michael Caine
Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)
The House with Laughing Windows (La casa dalle finestre che ridono) - (Italy)

I-K

Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Lino Ventura - (Italy)
The Inheritance (L'eredità Ferramonti), starring Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda - (Italy)
In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Korīda), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
L'innocente, directed by Luchino Visconti - (Italy)
The Inugamis (Inugami-ke no ichizoku), directed by Kon Ichikawa - (Japan)
I Will, I Will... for Now, directed by Norman Panama, starring Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Victoria Principal
Jackson County Jail, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Yvette Mimieux
J. D.'s Revenge, starring Glynn Turman and Louis Gossett Jr.
Je t'aime moi non plus (I Love You...Me Neither), directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin and Joe Dallesandro - (France)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) - (Switzerland/France)
The Judge and the Assassin (Le Juge et l'assassin), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert - (France)
Kabhie Kabhie (Sometimes), starring Shashi Kapoor - (India)
Kalicharan - (India)
The Killer Inside Me, starring Stacy Keach
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel
King Kong, directed by John Guillermin, starring Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin
King Kung Fu, directed by and starring Lance D. Hayes
Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit), directed by Wim Wenders - (West Germany)

L

The Last Hard Men, starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn
The Last Supper (La Última Cena) - (Cuba)
The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Ray Milland, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson
Leadbelly, a biopic directed by Gordon Parks
Lipstick, starring Margaux Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway, Chris Sarandon
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen
Logan's Run, directed by Michael Anderson, starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter

M

Mako: The Jaws of Death, directed by William Grefe, starring Richard Jaeckel
The Man on the Roof (Mannen på taket), directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden)
The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark - (U.K.)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (Marečku, podejte mi pero!) - (Czechoslovakia)
Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane
Mark of Zorro
The Marquise of O, directed by Éric Rohmer - (West Germany/France)
Massacre at Central High, directed by Rene Daalder
Master of the Flying Guillotine (a.k.a. One-Armed Boxer 2), starring Jimmy Wang - (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
A Matter of Time, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Ingrid Bergman, Liza Minnelli, Charles Boyer, Isabella Rossellini - (U.S.A./Italy)
Max Havelaar, directed by Fons Rademakers - (Netherlands)
The Memory of Justice, a documentary film by Marcel Ophüls - (France/West Germany/U.K./U.S.A.)
Midway, starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Toshiro Mifune, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook
Mikey and Nicky, directed by Elaine May, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk
The Missouri Breaks, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson
Mohammad, Messenger of God, directed by Moustapha Akkad, starring Anthony Quinn - (Morocco/Libya)
Mother, Jugs & Speed, directed by Peter Yates, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel
Mr. Klein, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau - (France)
Murder by Death, starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, Truman Capote
The Mysterious Monsters, starring Peter Graves and Peter Hurkos

N

Network, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
The Next Man, starring Sean Connery
Next Stop, Greenwich Village, starring Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, Ellen Greene
Nickelodeon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, John Ritter, Stella Stevens
Nightmare in Badham County, starring Deborah Raffin and Chuck Connors
No Deposit, No Return, starring David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards

O-P-Q

Obsession, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow
Ode to Billy Joe, directed by Max Baer Jr., starring Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, James Best
The Omen, directed by Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern - (U.K./U.S.A.)
One Summer Love, aka Dragonfly, directed by Gilbert Cates, starring Susan Sarandon and Beau Bridges
The Outlaw Josey Wales, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, Sondra Locke, John Vernon
Oz or 20th Century Oz, a Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie, starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan - (Australia)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down - (U.K.)

R

Raise Ravens (Cria Cuervos), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin - (Spain)
The Rat Savior (Izbavitelj) - (Yugoslavia)
Rich Man, Poor Man, television mini-series, starring Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss
The Ritz, directed by Richard Lester, starring Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Jack Weston
Robin and Marian, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw - (U.K./U.S.A.)
Rocky, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Rogue Male, starring Peter O'Toole - (U.K.)

S

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, starring Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles
Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass, starring Helmut Berger and Ingrid Thulin - (Italy/West Germany/France)
The Scar (film), directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sebastiane, directed by Derek Jarman - (U.K.)
Seclusion Near a Forest (Na samotě u lesa), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
The Sell Out, starring Richard Widmark
Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze), starring Fernando Rey - (Italy)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier - (U.K./U.S.A.)
Shadow of Angels (Schatten der Engel), starring Ingrid Caven and Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (Switzerland)
The Shaggy D.A., starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette
The Shootist, directed by Don Siegel, starring John Wayne (his final film), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Harry Morgan, James Stewart
Shout at the Devil, starring Lee Marvin, Roger Moore - (U.K.)
Silent Movie, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters
Silver Streak, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Patrick McGoohan
Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist (Onna hissatsu godan ken) - (Japan)
Sky Riders, starring James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp
The Slipper and the Rose, directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Gemma Craven and Richard Chamberlain - (U.K.)
Small Change (L'Argent de poche), directed by François Truffaut - (France)
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (La Flûte à six schtroumpfs) - (Belgium)
Snuff - (Argentina/U.S.A.)
The Song Remains the Same, featuring Led Zeppelin - (U.K./U.S.A.)
Soy un delincuente (I Am a Criminal) - (Venezuela)
Sparkle, starring Irene Cara
A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson
Stay Hungry, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger
St. Ives, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson
Storm Boy, starring David Gulpilil - (Australia)
Swashbuckler, starring Robert Shaw
The Swiss Conspiracy, starring David Janssen and Elke Sommer
Sybil, starring Joanne Woodward and Sally Field

T

Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster
The Tenant (Le Locataire), directed by and starring Roman Polanski, with Isabelle Adjani and Melvyn Douglas - (France)
That's Entertainment, Part II, documentary featuring Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
Tatlong taong walang Diyos (Three Godless Years) - (Philippines)
To Fly!, a documentary film
To the Devil a Daughter, starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
Todo modo, starring Gian Maria Volontè and Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
Tosun Paşa - (Turkey)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown, starring Ben Johnson and Dawn Wells
Trackdown, starring James Mitchum
Tracks, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Dennis Hopper
Treasure of Matecumbe, starring Joan Hackett, Robert Foxworth, Peter Ustinov
The Twist, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Bruce Dern, Stéphane Audran, Charles Aznavour, Ann-Margret - (France)
Two-Minute Warning, starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, Walter Pidgeon, Beau Bridges

U-V

Ugly, Dirty and Bad (Brutti, sporchi e cattivi), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
Up!, directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Raven De La Croix
Vigilante Force, starring Kris Kristofferson and Victoria Principal
Voyage of the Damned, starring Faye Dunaway, Lee Grant, James Mason, Katharine Ross, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Oskar Werner - (U.K.)

W-Z

W.C. Fields and Me, starring Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy
Wan Pipel (One People) - (Suriname/Netherlands)
Welcome to L.A., directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Sally Kellerman, Harvey Keitel
The White Ship (Belyy parokhod) - (U.S.S.R.)
Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quién puede matar a un niño?) - (Spain)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, starring Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Bruce Dern, Art Carney

1976 film releases

October–December

October 1976
- 8 October
  - Marathon Man
- 18 October
  - Burnt Offerings
- 22 October
  - Car Wash
  - God Told Me To
November 1976
- 3 November
  - Carrie
- 5 November
  - John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. (Los Angeles and New York City openings).
- 12 November
  - Two-Minute Warning
  - Welcome to L.A.
- 13 November
  - Alice, Sweet Alice
- 17 November
  - The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
- 21 November
  - Rocky
- 27 November
  - Network nationwide 13 days after its previous (November 14) Los Angeles and New York City openings.
December 1976
- 5 December
  - Bound for Glory
- 8 December
  - A Star Is Born
  - Silver Streak
- 15 December
  - The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- 17 December
  - The Shaggy D.A.
  - Freaky Friday
  - King Kong
- 18 December
  - The Cassandra Crossing
- 20 December
  - Across the Great Divide
- 21 December
  - Nickelodeon
- 22 December
  - The Enforcer
  - Voyage of the Damned (New York City, with its Los Angeles opening on the following day, 23rd.
- 24 December
  - The Town That Dreaded Sundown
- 25 December
  - The Eagle Has Landed

Births

January 6
- Danny Pintauro, American actor.
- Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice actor.
January 13 - Michael Peña, American actor.
February 3 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress.
February 11 - Brice Beckham, American actor.
February 23
- Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor.
- Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress.
February 25 - Rashida Jones, American actress.
March 16 - Paul Schneider, American actor.
March 22 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress.
March 23 - Michelle Monaghan, American actress.
March 26 - Amy Smart, American actress.
April 1
- David Oyelowo, British actor, producer, director.
- Troy Baker, American voice actor, voice actor.
April 13 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor. (d.2003)
April 15 - Susan Ward, American actress.
April 20 - Joey Lawrence, American actor.
April 23 - Gabriel Damon, American actor.
April 26 - Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress.
April 27 - Sally Hawkins, English actress.
May 22 - Külli Teetamm, Estonian actress.
May 25
- Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
- Ethan Suplee, American film and television actor.
- J. Michael Tatum, American voice actor.
May 31 - Colin Farrell, Irish actor.
July 15 - Diane Kruger, German actress.
July 19
- Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor.
- Vinessa Shaw, American actress.
July 31 - Mela Lee, American voice actress.
August 2 - Sam Worthington, Australian actor.
August 6 - Andero Ermel, Estonian actor.
August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress.
September 6 - Naomie Harris, British actress.
September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress.
September 20 - Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress.
September 26 - Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress.
October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, American actress.
October 21 - Andrew Scott, Irish actor.
October 23 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor.
October 31 - Piper Perabo, American actress.
December 8 - Dominic Monaghan, English actor.

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Walter Janssen	88	Germany	Actor	The Great Longing Maskerade
	12	Agatha Christie	85	UK	Writer	Witness for the Prosecution Murder on the Orient Express
	13	Margaret Leighton	53	UK	Actress	The Go-Between The Best Man
	14	Mahagama Sekara	47	Sri Lanka	Poet, Writer, Film Director, Artist, Translator	Thun man handiya (1970 film) Muhudu Puththu (1962 stage drama)
	18	Sonia Dresdel	66	UK	Actress	This Was a Woman The Fallen Idol
	23	Paul Robeson	77	USA	Actor, Singer	Show Boat The Proud Valley
	29	Michael Gwynn	59	UK	Actor	Cleopatra Jason and the Argonauts
February	4	Roger Livesey	69	UK	Actor	The Entertainer The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
	11	Lee J. Cobb	64	USA	Actor	On the Waterfront The Exorcist
	11	John Twist	77	USA	Screenwriter	King Richard and the Crusaders Annie Oakley
	12	Sal Mineo	37	USA	Actor	Rebel Without a Cause Exodus
	13	Lily Pons	77	France	Singer, Actress	I Dream Too Much Hitting a New High
	13	John Lounsbery	64	USA	Animator	Dumbo Lady and the Tramp
	15	Maria Corda	77	Hungary	Actress	White Rose The Private Life of Helen of Troy
	16	Campbell Singer	66	UK	Actor	The Square Peg The Hands of Orlac
	24	Peter Madden	71	UK	Actor	From Russia with Love Doctor Zhivago
	26	Frieda Inescort	75	UK	Actress	A Place in the Sun The Letter
March	3	Doris Hill	70	USA	Actress	Sons of the Saddle Men Are Like That
	5	Charles Lederer	69	USA	Screenwriter	His Girl Friday Ocean's 11
	14	Busby Berkeley	80	USA	Director, Choreographer	42nd Street Hollywood Hotel
	17	Luchino Visconti	69	Italy	Director, Writer	The Leopard Death in Venice
	20	Michael Goodliffe	61	UK	Actor	Cromwell Jigsaw
	28	Richard Arlen	76	USA	Actor	Wings Wildcat
April	2	Ray Teal	74	USA	Actor	Judgment at Nuremberg Ace in the Hole
	4	George Pastell	53	Cyprus	Actor	From Russia with Love The Magus
	5	Howard Hughes	70	USA	Director, Producer	Hell's Angels The Outlaw
	5	Robert Lord	75	USA	Screenwriter, Producer	One Way Passage 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
	11	Liam Dunn	59	USA	Actor	Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein
	12	Paul Ford	74	USA	Actor	Advise & Consent The Music Man
	21	Léonide Moguy	75	Russia	Director, Writer	Paris After Dark Action in Arabia
	25	Carol Reed	69	UK	Director, Writer	OIiver! The Third Man
	26	Neil McCallum	46	Canada	Actor	The Longest Day Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
	26	Sid James	62	UK	Actor	The Lavender Hill Mob Trapeze
	29	Thelma Connell	63	UK	Film Editor	Alfie The Deadly Affair
May	3	David Bruce	62	USA	Actor	Susie Steps Out Lady on a Train
	7	Alan Baxter	67	USA	Actor	Saboteur The Set-Up
	27	Hilde Hildebrand	78	Germany	Actress	Victor and Victoria Little Dorrit
	27	Ruth McDevitt	80	USA	Actress	The Parent Trap The Birds
June	5	Violet Wilkey	73	USA	Actress	The Birth of a Nation The Burned Hand
	6	Victor Varconi	85	Hungary	Actor	The King of Kings The Sea Hawk
	9	Sybil Thorndike	93	UK	Actress	The Magic Box Melba
	10	Adolph Zukor	103	USA	Producer, Studio Executive	Wings Shanghai Express
	25	Johnny Mercer	66	USA	Songwriter	The Harvey Girls Darling Lili
	28	Stanley Baker	48	UK	Actor	The Guns of Navarone Helen of Troy
July	2	Frances Howard	73	USA	Actress	The Shock Punch The Swan
	7	Norman Foster	72	USA	Actor, Director	Pilgrimage State Fair
	12	James Wong Howe	76	China	Cinematographer	The Rose Tattoo Hud
	17	Rina Morelli	67	Italy	Actress	The Leopard Senso
	28	Lucie Mannheim	77	Germany	Actress	The 39 Steps The High Command
August	2	Fritz Lang	85	Germany	Director, Writer	Metropolis The Big Heat
	6	William Mervyn	64	UK	Actor	The Ruling Class The Long Arm
	10	Ray Corrigan	74	USA	Actor	The Three Mesquiteers Range Busters
	17	William Redfield	49	USA	Actor	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Death Wish
	17	Murvyn Vye	60	USA	Actor	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Al Capone
	18	Luigi Serventi	91	Italy	Actor	A Woman's Story The Story of a Poor Young Man
	28	Alastair Sim	75	UK	Actor	The Green Man Scrooge
September	10	Dalton Trumbo	70	USA	Screenwriter	Spartacus Roman Holiday
September	30	Paul Dehn	63	UK	Screenwriter	Goldfinger Murder on the Orient Express
October	5	Barbara Nichols	47	USA	Actress	Sweet Smell of Success The Naked and the Dead
October	14	Edith Evans	88	UK	Actress	Tom Jones The Nun's Story
November	15	Jean Gabin	72	France	Actor	La Grande Illusion Port of Shadows
	22	Rupert Davies	60	UK	Actor	Waterloo The Criminal
	28	Rosalind Russell	69	USA	Actress	His Girl Friday Auntie Mame
	29	Godfrey Cambridge	43	USA	Actor	Cotton Comes to Harlem The President's Analyst
December	3	Mary Nash	92	USA	Actress	The Philadelphia Story The Human Comedy
	8	Cathy Downs	50	USA	Actress	My Darling Clementine The Dark Corner
	12	Jack Cassidy	49	USA	Actor	Bunny O'Hare The Eiger Sanction
	20	Walter Fitzgerald	80	UK	Actor	The Fallen Idol Man in the Sky

Film debuts

Albert Brooks - Taxi Driver
Bruce Campbell - It's Murder!
Stephen Collins - All the President's Men
Lindsay Crouse - All the President's Men
Richard Griffiths - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Mariel Hemingway - Lipstick
Ernie Hudson - Leadbelly
Amy Irving - Carrie
Jessica Lange - King Kong
Delroy Lindo - Find the Lady
Lena Olin - Face to Face
Jonathan Pryce - Voyage of the Damned
John Ratzenberger - The Ritz
Mercedes Ruehl - Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Theresa Russell - The Last Tycoon
Brooke Shields - Alice, Sweet Alice
Debra Winger - Slumber Party '57
Chow Yun-fat - Tou tai ren

References

^ "Rocky, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
^ "To Fly!, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "A Star Is Born, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "All the President's Men, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "The Omen, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "In Search of Noah's Ark, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "King Kong, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
^ "Silver Streak, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "The Enforcer, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "Midway, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.
^ rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Steadicam 30th anniversary press release". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1] "Rocky, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.

[2] "To Fly!, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[3] "A Star Is Born, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[4] "All the President's Men, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[5] "The Omen, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[6] "In Search of Noah's Ark, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[7] "King Kong, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2014.

[8] "Silver Streak, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[9] "The Enforcer, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[10] "Midway, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 17, 2012.

[11] "Day-By-Day News Summary, Oct. '75-Sept. '76". Daily Variety. October 26, 1976. p. 208.

[12] rock Horror Picture Show film booking in Feb 2011 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

[13] "Steadicam 30th anniversary press release". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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