• January 1 –
Frank Langella, American actor • January 3 –
Tom Bower, American actor (died
2024) • January 4 –
Jim Norton, Irish character actor • January 6 •
Michael Graham Cox, English actor (died
1995) •
Larisa Shepitko, Soviet director (died
1979) • January 8 –
Bob Eubanks, American television personality and game show host • January 9 –
Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japanese filmmaker (died
2020) • January 12 –
Lewis Fiander, Australian actor (died
2016) • January 13 •
William B. Davis, Canadian actor •
Billy Gray, American actor • January 14 –
Jack Jones, American singer, actor (died 2024) • January 16 –
Michael Pataki, American actor (died
2010) • January 21 •
Doug Lennox, Canadian actor and writer (died
2015) •
John Savident, British actor (died
2024) • January 26 –
Henry Jaglom, American director and actor (died
2025) • January 29 –
Aminah Cendrakasih, Indonesian actress (died
2022) • February 1 -
Sherman Hemsley, American actor (died
2012) • February 2 –
Bo Hopkins, American actor (died
2022) • February 3 •
Marshall Efron, American actor (died
2019) •
John Mahon, American actor (died
2020) •
Victor Buono, American actor (died
1982) • February 9 -
Fred Williams, German actor • February 13 –
Oliver Reed, English actor (died
1999) • February 16 -
Barry Primus, American actor, director and writer • February 17 –
Yvonne Romain, English actress • February 19 –
René Muñoz, Cuban-born actor, Mexico-based screenwriter (died
2000) • February 20 –
Richard Beymer, American actor and film maker • February 22 –
Karin Dor, German actress (died
2017) • February 23 •
Alan Ford, English actor •
Jiří Menzel, Czech director (died
2020) •
Diane Varsi, American actress (died
1992) • February 24 •
James Farentino, American actor (died
2012) •
Robert A. Silverman, Canadian actor • February 25 •
Diane Baker, American actress and producer •
Malcolm Tierney, English actor (died
2014) • March 4 –
Paula Prentiss, American actress • March 5 –
Fred Williamson, American actor • March 8 –
George Innes, British actor • March 9 –
Charles Siebert, American actor and television director (died
2022) • March 10 –
Micole Mercurio, American actress (died
2016) • March 18 •
Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter, actor and comedian •
Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (died
2017) • March 25 –
Hoyt Axton, American country music singer-songwriter, actor (died
1999) • April 2 –
Hans-Michael Rehberg, German actor (died
2017) • April 6 –
Roy Thinnes, American actor • April 15 –
Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress (died
2025) • April 20 –
Michael Greer, American actor and comedian (died
2002) • April 21 –
Reni Santoni, American actor (died
2020) • April 23 –
Katsuo Nakamura, Japanese actor • April 28 –
Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (died
1995) • May 5 •
Michael Murphy, American actor •
Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director, screenwriter and actor • May 6 –
Hartmut Becker, German actor (died
2022) • May 11 –
Judy Farrell, American actress (died
2023) • May 12 –
Luana Anders, American actress (died
1996) • May 13 –
Buck Taylor, American actor • May 14 –
Michael Preston, English actor • May 17 –
Jason Bernard, American actor (died
1996) • May 19 –
Bryan Marshall, British actor (died
2019) • May 20 –
Rainer Basedow, German actor (died
2022) • May 22 •
Richard Benjamin, American actor, director •
Frank Converse, American actor •
John Nolan, British actor (died
2026) • May 23 -
Robert Watts, British film producer (died
2024) • May 24 –
Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, writer, director, musician and comedian • June 7 –
Ann Beach, British actress (died
2017) • June 12 –
Tom Oliver, Australian actor • June 16 •
Michael Culver, English actor (died
2024) •
Helen Ryan, British actress • June 18 –
Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (died
2005) • June 19 -
Ian Smith, Australian actor • June 21 •
Ron Ely, American actor (died 2024) •
Celia Rodriguez, Filipina actress • June 25 –
Giampiero Littera, Italian actor • July 6 –
Luana Patten, American actress (died
1996) • July 8 –
Andrey Myagkov, Soviet/Russian actor (died
2021) • July 9 –
Brian Dennehy, American actor (died
2020) • July 11 –
Jiří Krampol, Czech actor (died
2025) • July 18 –
Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director • July 20 •
Diana Rigg, English actress (died
2020) •
Natalie Wood, American actress (died
1981) • July 22 –
Terence Stamp, English actor (died
2025) • July 23 –
Ronny Cox, American actor, singer-songwriter • July 25 •
Pilar Seurat, Philippine-American actress (died
2001) •
Renée Victor, American actress (died
2025) • June 27 –
Kathryn Beaumont, English actress and singer • July 27 -
Danielle De Metz, French actress • July 29 -
Enzo G. Castellari, Italian director, screenwriter and actor • July 30 –
Michael Bell, American actor • August 6 •
Dion Anderson, American actor (died
2026) •
Paul Bartel, American actor, writer and director (died
2000) •
Peter Bonerz, American actor and director • August 8 –
Connie Stevens, American actress, singer • August 9 •
Burton Gilliam, American actor •
Michèle Girardon, French actress (died
1975) • August 14 -
James Fargo, American film director • August 15 •
Ron Dean, American actor (died
2025) •
Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress • August 19 –
Diana Muldaur, American actress • August 26 –
Susan Harrison, American actress (died
2019) • August 29 –
Elliott Gould, American actor • September 2 •
Clarence Felder, American actor •
Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (died
2013) •
Mary Jo Catlett, American actress • September 8 –
Philip L. Clarke, American voice actor (died
2013) • September 9 -
Bill Raymond, American actor • September 12 •
Michael Leader, English actor (died
2016) •
Anne Helm – Canadian actress • September 17 -
Paul Benedict, American actor (died
2008) • September 26 –
Jonathan Goldsmith, American character actor • September 28 –
Ben E. King, American soul singer (died
2015) • October 1 •
Tunç Başaran, Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor (died
2019) •
Tony Darrow, Italian-American actor •
Stella Stevens, American actress (died
2023) • October 2 –
Rex Reed, American film critic and "actor" • October 4 –
Loretta Long, American actress, voice artist and singer • October 10 –
Steve Gordon, American filmmaker (died
1982) • October 12 -
Geoff Murphy, New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director and screenwriter (died
2018) • October 13 –
Christiane Hörbiger, Austrian actress (died
2022) • October 18 •
Barbara Baldavin, American actress (died
2024) •
Dawn Wells, American actress (died
2020) • October 20 -
Dolores Hart, American actress and nun • October 22 •
Derek Jacobi, British actor •
Christopher Lloyd, American actor • October 27 -
Lara Parker, American actress and writer (died
2023) • October 30 –
Ed Lauter, American actor and stand-up comedian (died
2013) • November 13 –
Jean Seberg, American actress (died
1979) • November 20 •
Ardeshir Kazemi, Iranian actor •
Dick Smothers, American actor, comedian, composer and musician • November 26 –
Rich Little, Canadian-American voice actor • November 28 –
Michael Ritchie, American director, producer and writer (died
2001) • December 6 –
Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor • December 12 -
Leslie Schofield, English actor • December 14 –
Hal Williams, American actor • December 16 •
Neil Connery, Scottish actor (died
2021) •
Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress • December 18 –
Roger E. Mosley, American actor, director and writer (died
2022) • December 21 –
Larry Bryggman, American actor • December 24 -
Philippe Nahon, French actor (died 2020) • December 26 -
Bahram Beyzai, Iranian filmmaker (died
2025) • December 28 -
Frank Kelly, Irish actor (died 2016) • December 29 –
Jon Voight, American actor ==Deaths==