• January 1 –
Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor (died 2017) • January 3 –
Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer and screenwriter (died 1989) • January 7 –
Terry Moore, American actress • January 8 –
Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-born actor (died 2015) • January 9 –
Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American theatre and film director and film producer (died 2012) • January 13 -
Shigeru Kōyama, Japanese actor (died 2017) • January 17 -
Norman Kaye, Australian actor (died 2007) • January 20 –
Arte Johnson, American actor (died 2019) • January 27 –
Michael Craig, British actor and screenwriter • January 31 –
Jean Simmons, English-American actress (died 2010) • February 4 –
Jerry Adler, American actor (died 2025) • February 8 –
Claude Rich, French actor (died 2017) • February 10 –
Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (died 2004) • February 13 -
Lee Fierro, American actress (died 2020) • February 14 •
Roman Kłosowski, Polish actor (died 2018) •
Allan Miller, American actor and director •
Vic Morrow, American actor (died 1982) • February 17 -
Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer (died 2025) • February 22 •
James Hong, American actor, voice actor, producer and director of Chinese descent •
Donald May, American actor (died 2022) •
Rebecca Schull, American actress •
March 4 -
Columba Domínguez, Mexican actress (died 2014) • March 10 -
Harry Bugin, American actor and musician (died 2005) • March 11 –
Timothy Carey, American actor (died 1994) • March 13 –
Peter Breck, American actor (died 2012) • March 16 -
Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (died 2023) • March 23 –
Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer • March 24 –
Pat Renella, American actor (died 2012) • March 27 •
Anne Ramsey, American actress (died 1988) •
Claire Maurier, French actress (died 2026) • March 30 -
Richard Dysart, American actor (died 2015) • March 31 –
Lee Patterson, Canadian actor (died 2007) • April 1 •
Barbara Bryne, British-American actress (died 2023) •
Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer and screenwriter (died 2024) •
Jane Powell, American actress, singer and dancer (died 2021) • April 5 –
Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (died 2001) • April 6 -
Joi Lansing, American actress (died 1972) • April 10 •
Liz Sheridan, American actress (died 2022) •
Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (died 2020) • April 11 -
Jack Betts, American actor (died 2025) • April 12 -
Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (died 2013) • April 15 –
Mariano Laurenti, Italian director and actor (died 2022) • April 17 –
Michael Forest, American actor • April 28 •
Bhanu Athaiya, Indian costume designer (died 2020) •
Evangelina Elizondo, Mexican actress and singer (died 2017) • May 2 –
Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor (died 2019) • May 4 –
Audrey Hepburn, British actress (died 1993) • May 5 –
Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (died 2010) • May 8 –
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese singer and actress (died 2007) • May 10 -
George Coe, American actor (died 2015) • May 11 -
Margaret Kerry, American actress and director • May 17 –
Miriam Byrd-Nethery, American actress (died 2003) • May 23 –
Paul Wexler, American actor (died 1979) • May 24 -
Brian Wenzel, Australian actor, comedian, director and singer (died 2024) • May 25 –
Ann Robinson, American actress • May 26 –
Lloyd Reckord, Jamaican actor and filmmaker (died 2015) • May 28 –
Shane Rimmer, Canadian actor (died 2019) • May 31 •
Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (died 2014) •
Fakhri Khorvash, Iranian actress (died 2023) • June 3 –
Chuck Barris, American game show host (died 2017) • June 8 –
Gastone Moschin, Italian actor (died 2017) • June 16 –
Gerson da Cunha, Indian actor (died 2022) • June 17 –
James Shigeta, American actor, singer and musician of Japanese descent (died 2014) • June 19 -
Thelma Barlow, English actress and writer • June 20 –
Bonnie Bartlett, American actress • June 21 -
John Brandon, American actor (died 2014) • June 23 –
Claude Goretta, Swiss producer and director (died 2019) • July 5 –
Katherine Helmond, American actress (died 2019) • July 11 –
David Kelly, Irish actor (died 2012) • July 21 •
Asta Vihandi, Estonian opera singer, actress and dancer (died 1993) •
John Woodvine, English actor (died 2025) •
Jules Walter, British actor (died 2025) • July 22 -
Perry Lopez, American actor (died 2008) • July 23 –
Maya Buzinova, Russian animator (died 2022) • July 30 -
Sid Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and film producer (died 2026) • July 31 •
Pat Cooper, American actor and comedian (died 2023) •
Don Murray, American actor (died 2024) • August 1 –
Camillo Milli, Italian actor (died 2022) • August 12 -
John Bluthal, Australian actor and comedian (died 2018) • August 15 –
George Martin, American actor (died 2010) • August 21 •
Vija Artmane, Latvian actress (died 2008) •
John McMartin, American actor (died 2016) • August 28 –
Ken Gampu, South African actor (died 2003) • August 29 -
Robert W. Castle, American actor (died 2012) • September 1 -
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (died 1992) • September 2 •
Hal Ashby, American director (died 1988) •
Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor, author, poet and raconteur (died 2012) • September 3 –
Irene Papas, Greek actress (died 2022) • September 4 –
Nina Urgant, Russian actress (died 2021) • September 5 •
Edward S. Feldman, American producer (died 2020) •
Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian (died 2024) • September 11 –
Eve Brent, American actress (died 2011) • September 18 –
Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress (died 2008) • September 20 •
Kurt Kren, Austrian experimental director (died 1998) •
Hans von Borsody, German actor (died 2013) •
Vittorio Taviani, Italian director (died 2018) • September 21 •
Héctor Alterio, Argentine actor (died 2025) •
Elsa Raven, American character actress (died 2020) • September 22 –
Maria Charles, English actress, director and comedian (died 2023) • September 25 –
Ronnie Barker, English actor and comedian (died 2005) • September 28 -
Frances Taylor Davis, American dancer and actress (died 2018) • October 2 –
Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993) • October 4 -
Scotty Beckett, American actor (died 1968) • October 6 –
Bruno Cremer, French actor (died 2010) • October 14 –
Norbert Gastell, German voice actor (died 2015) • October 15 -
Witold Sobociński, Polish actor (died 2018) • October 16 •
Jane Griffiths, English actress (died 1975) •
Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress • October 20 •
Colin Jeavons, British actor • October 24 –
Clifford Rose, English actor (died 2021) • October 28 •
Jack Hedley, British actor (died 2021) •
Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025) • October 31 –
Bud Spencer, Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (died 2016) • November 6 –
June Squibb, American actress • November 12 •
Etchika Choureau, French actress (died 2022) •
Grace Kelly, American-Monégasque actress (died 1982) • November 15 –
Ed Asner, American actor (died 2021) • November 20 –
Jerry Hardin, American actor • November 21 –
Niall Tóibín, Irish actor and comedian (died 2019) • November 28 –
Berry Gordy, American producer • November 30 •
Dick Clark, American television and radio personality, television producer and actor (died 2012) •
Joan Ganz Cooney, American television writer and producer • December 1 –
David Doyle, American actor (died 1997) • December 6 –
Alain Tanner, Swiss film director (died 2022) • December 8 –
Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio broadcaster and actor (died 2013) • December 9 –
John Cassavetes, American actor, director (died 1989) • December 13 –
Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (died 2021) • December 20 –
Zebedy Colt, American actor, musician, adult film director and star (died 2004) • December 31 -
George Schlatter, American director and producer ==Deaths==