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1908 in film

The year 1908 in film involved some significant events.

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Notable films

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Births

  • 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)

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