• January 8 –
William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975) • January 10 •
Paul Henreid, Austrian-American actor, director, producer, and writer (died 1992) •
Bernard Lee, English actor (died 1981) • January 11 –
Lionel Stander, American actor, activist, and a founding member of the
Screen Actors Guild (died 1994) • January 12 –
Jean Delannoy, French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director (died 2008) • January 16 –
Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (died 1984) • January 25 –
Howard Wendell, American actor (died 1975) • January 26 –
Dennis Moore, American actor (died 1964) • February 5 –
Peg Entwistle, British actress (died 1932) • February 6 –
Russell Gleason, American actor (died 1945) • February 7 –
Buster Crabbe, American two-time Olympic swimmer and actor (died 1983) • February 11 –
Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, film director, and producer (died 1992) • February 15 –
William Janney, American actor (died 1992) • February 22 –
John Mills, English actor (died 2005) • February 26 –
Tex Avery, American animator and voice actor (died 1980) • March 5 –
Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990) • March 7 –
Anna Magnani, Italian actress (died 1973) • March 20 –
Michael Redgrave, English actor and filmmaker (died 1985) • March 25 –
Phillip Reed, American actor (died 1996) • March 29 •
Arthur O'Connell, American actor (died 1981) •
Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (died 1968) • April 2 –
Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (died 2003) • April 5 –
Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989) • April 15 –
Lita Grey, American actress (died 1995) • April 19 –
Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (died 1990) • April 24 –
Marceline Day, American actress (died 2000) • April 30 –
Eve Arden, American actress (died 1990) • May 2 –
William Bakewell, American actor (died 1993) • May 7 –
Valentine Dyall, English character actor (died 1985) • May 20 –
James Stewart, American actor and military aviator (died 1997) • May 25 –
Barbara Luddy, American actress (died 1979) • May 26 –
Robert Morley, English actor (died 1992) • May 27 –
Lita Chevret, American actress (died 2001) • May 30 –
Mel Blanc, American voice actor and radio personality (died 1989) • May 31 –
Don Ameche, American actor, comedian and vaudevillian (died 1993) • June 3 –
Eddie Acuff, American actor (died 1956) • June 10 –
Russell Waters, Scottish actor (died 1982) • June 17 –
Frank Sully, American actor (died 1975) • July 1 –
Raúl de Anda, Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and director (died 1937) • July 12 –
Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (died 2002) • July 15 –
Howard Vernon, Swiss actor and photographer (died 1996) • July 17 –
Enzo Fiermonte, Italian actor and boxer (died 1993) • July 18 –
Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress, singer, and dancer (died 1944) • July 23 –
Karl Swenson, American actor (died 1978) • August 6 –
Will Lee, American actor (died 1982) • August 13 –
Gene Raymond, American actor (died 1998) • August 19 –
Barry Kelley, American actor (died 1991) • August 30 •
David Clarke, American actor (died 2004) •
Fred MacMurray, American actor (died 1991) • September 13 –
Mae Questel, American actress (died 1998) • September 15 –
Penny Singleton, American actress and labor leader (died 2003) • October 5 –
Joshua Logan, American film director, playwright and screenwriter (died 1988) • October 6 –
Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942) • October 22 –
John Sutton, British actor (died 1963) • October 25 •
Tauno Palo, Finnish actor and singer (died 1982) •
Polly Ann Young, American actress (died 1997) • November 2 –
Reginald Beckwith, English actor (died 1965) • November 4 –
Anthony Warde, American actor (died 1975) • December 2 –
Robert F. Simon, American character actor (died 1992) • December 3 •
Robert Kent, American actor (died 1955) •
Anna Sten, Ukrainian-American actress (died 1993) • December 11 •
Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese film director and screenwriter (died 2015) •
Sally Eilers, American actress (died 1978) • December 13 –
Van Heflin, American theatre, radio and actor (died 1971) • December 14 –
Laurence Naismith, English actor (died 1992) • December 18 –
Celia Johnson, English actress (died 1982) • December 20 –
Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (died 1994) • December 25 –
Quentin Crisp, English raconteur (died 1999) • December 28 –
Lew Ayres, American actor (died 1996) ==Deaths==