• January 1 •
Simón Andreu, Spanish actor •
Eva Ras, Serbian actress, writer and painter • January 3 -
Derrick O'Connor, Irish actor (died 2018) • January 4 •
George P. Cosmatos, Greek-Italian director and screenwriter (died 2005) •
John Bennett Perry, American actor • January 7 -
Harvey Evans, American actor (died 2021) • January 8 -
Graham Chapman, British actor (died 1989) • January 10 –
José Greci, Italian actress (died 2017) • January 12 -
Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer, musician and voice actor (died 2005) • January 14 •
Faye Dunaway, American actress •
Jack Thibeau, American former actor • January 15 -
Geoffrey Beevers, British actor • January 19 -
Putter Smith, American jazz bassist and actor • January 20 -
Henry Cele, South African actor (died 2007) • January 24 -
Neil Diamond, American actor and singer • January 27 -
Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (died 2024) • January 31 –
Jessica Walter, American actress (died 2021) • February 5 -
David Selby, American actor • February 8 –
Nick Nolte, American actor and producer • February 10 –
Michael Apted, English director, producer and screenwriter (died 2021) • February 11 -
Sonny Landham, American actor and stunt performer (died 2017) • February 13 -
Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, screenwriter and producer • February 27 -
Charlotte Stewart, American actress • March 3 -
Rada Rassimov, Italian actress • March 4 •
John Aprea, American actor and comedian (died 2024) •
Adrian Lyne, English director and producer • March 6 -
George P. Wilbur, American actor and professional stuntman (died 2023) • March 14 –
Wolfgang Petersen, German director, producer and screenwriter (died 2022) • March 16 •
Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (died 2018) •
Jerry Chipman, American actor (died 2020) • March 18 -
Frank McRae, American actor (died 2021) • March 20 -
Paul Junger Witt, American producer (died 2018) • March 22 -
Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019) • March 24 -
David Fox, Canadian actor (died 2021) • April 3 -
Eric Braeden, German actor • April 7 •
Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018) •
Danny Wells, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2013) • April 9 -
Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress and presenter • April 12 -
Manuel de Blas, Spanish actor • April 13 -
Michael Alldredge, American actor (died 1997) • April 20 •
David Leland, English director (died 2023) •
Ryan O'Neal, American actor (died 2023) • April 26 -
Claudine Auger, French actress (died 2019) • April 28 –
Ann-Margret, Swedish-born American actress, dancer and singer • May 2 -
Paul Darrow, English actor (died 2019) • May 13 –
Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer • May 17 -
Grace Zabriskie, American actress • May 18 -
Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian character actress • May 19 •
Nora Ephron, American writer and filmmaker (died 2012) •
Tania Mallet, English actress and model (died 2019) • May 24 –
Andrés García, Dominican-Mexican actor • May 29 •
Nick McLean, American cinematographer and actor • June 2 •
Stacy Keach, American actor •
Mahmoud Yassine, Egyptian actor (died 2020) • June 5 –
Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (died 2004) • June 8 -
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, American actor (died 2019) • June 10 •
Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (died 2018) •
Jürgen Prochnow, German actor • June 17 -
Roberta Maxwell, Canadian actress • June 20 •
Stephen Frears, English film director •
Dieter Mann, German actor (died 2022) • June 21 •
Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian (died 2024) •
Lyman Ward, Canadian actor • June 22 –
Michael Lerner, American actor (died 2023) • June 25 –
Denys Arcand, Canadian director and screenwriter • June 27 –
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director (died 1996) • July 1 -
Milos Milos, Serbian-born American actor and stunt double (died 1966) • July 9 -
Yosef Shiloach, Israeli actor (died 2011) • July 10 -
Robert Pine, American actor • July 13 -
Robert Forster, American actor (died 2019) • July 17 -
Paula Shaw, American actress (died 2025) • July 18 -
Starletta DuPois, American actress • July 21 -
Edward Herrmann, American actor, director and writer (died 2014) • July 26 -
Darlene Love, American actress and singer • July 28 •
Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor •
Colin Higgins, Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director and producer (died 1988) • July 29 –
David Warner, English actor (died 2022) • August 4 •
Martin Jarvis, English actor •
Paul Mooney, American comedian, writer and actor (died 2021) • August 7 -
Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, actor and producer (died 2019) • August 8 -
Earl Boen, American actor (died 2023) • August 12 •
Dana Ivey, American actress •
Deborah Walley, American actress (died 2001) • August 15 -
Lou Perryman, American character actor (died 2009) • August 26 •
Joan Freeman, American retired actress •
Barbet Schroeder, Iranian-born Swiss director, producer and actor • August 28 -
Tony Barry, Australian actor (died 2022) • August 29 •
Ellen Geer, American actress •
Mark Kasdan, American screenwriter and producer •
Orestes Matacena, Cuban-American actor, director, producer and writer • September 4 -
Rochelle Kaffenberger, American actress (died 2024) • September 18 -
Gerry Bamman, American actor • September 26 –
Martine Beswick, English actress and model • October 6 •
Billy Murray, English actor •
Winston Ntshona, South African actor (died 2018) • October 9 -
Michael Goodwin, American character actor • October 10 –
Peter Coyote, American actor • October 11 -
Charles Shyer, American director, screenwriter and producer (died 2024) • October 19 –
Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012) • October 20 –
Clare Peploe, English-Italian screenwriter and director (died 2021) • October 23 –
Mel Winkler, American actor (died 2020) • October 24 –
Frank Aendenboom, Belgian actor (died 2018) • October 25 –
Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (died 2011) • October 31 •
Mischa Hausserman, Austrian-born American actor (died 2021) •
Sally Kirkland, American actress (died 2025) • November 1 –
Robert Foxworth, American actor • November 18 –
David Hemmings, English actor, director and producer (died 2003) • November 21 –
Nessa Hyams, American casting director (died 2026) • November 22 –
Tom Conti, Scottish actor • November 23 –
Franco Nero, Italian actor • November 25 –
Tiit Lilleorg, Estonian actor (died 2021) • November 27 -
Tom Morga, American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor • November 30 -
Sally Douglas, British actress (died 2001) • December 4 –
Leila Säälik, Estonian actress • December 6 •
Evald Hermaküla, Estonian actor and director (died 2000) •
Leon Russom, American actor • December 8 –
Valora Noland, American actress (died 2022) • December 9 –
Beau Bridges, American actor • December 10 -
Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress • December 11 -
John Davidson, American actor, singer and game show host • December 15 -
Vladan Živković, Serbian actor (died 2022) • December 25 -
John Capodice, American character actor (died 2024) • December 27 -
Aharon Ipalé, Israeli-American actor (died 2016) ==Deaths==