The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Films by country
Notable films
Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise
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Comedy film series
Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected
Buster Keaton (1917âÂÂ1944)
Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1918:
Charlie Chaplin (1914âÂÂ1940)
Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies released in 1918:
Uncompleted and unreleased films
Harold Lloyd (1913âÂÂ1938)
Glasses character ("The Boy"):
Lupino Lane (1915âÂÂ1939)
Short films acting as his character Mr. Butterbun released in 1918:
- His Busy Day
- His Salad Days
- Love and Lobster
- The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Trips and Tribunals
- The Blunders of Mr. Butterbun: Unexpected Treasure
- The Haunted Hotel
Births
- January 29 â John Forsythe, actor (died 2010)
- February 4 â Ida Lupino, actress, director (died 1995)
- February 15 - Allan Arbus, actor (died 2013)
- February 16 â Patty Andrews, singer, actress, member of The Andrews Sisters (died 2013)
- February 19 - Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (died 2019)
- March 1 â Roger Delgado, actor (died 1973)
- March 9
- Marguerite Chapman, actress (died 1999)
- Mickey Spillane, writer, actor (died 2006)
- March 14 âÂÂDennis Patrick, actor (died 2002)
- April 14 â Mary Healy, actress, singer (died 2015)
- April 17
- William Holden, actor (died 1981)
- Anne Shirley, actress (died 1993)
- April 18 â Shinobu Hashimoto, screenwriter (died 2018)
- May 14 â June Duprez, actress (died 1984)
- May 15 â Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (died 2009)
- May 20 - Patricia Ellis, American actress (died 1970)
- May 21 - Jeanne Bates, American actress (died 2008)
- May 26 â John Dall, actor (died 1971)
- June 8 â Robert Preston, actor, singer (died 1987)
- June 10 - Barry Morse, actor (died 2008)
- June 11 â Jane Bryan, actress (died 2009)
- June 13 - Ben Johnson, actor (died 1996)
- June 15 - Elisabeth Waldo, American former musician and actress
- June 21 - Adriana Sivieri, Italian actress (died 1970)
- June 26 â Ellen Liiger, actress (died 1987)
- July 6 â Sebastian Cabot, actor (died 1977)
- July 8 â Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
- July 14 â Ingmar Bergman, Swedish actor, writer, director (died 2007)
- July 16 â William Bishop, actor (died 1959)
- July 18 â Jane Frazee, singer, actress (died 1985)
- July 25 - Nan Grey, actress (died 1993)
- July 26 â Marjorie Lord, actress (died 2015)
- August 1 â Cheryl Walker, model, actress (died 1971)
- August 9 â Robert Aldrich, director (died 1983)
- August 17 â Evelyn Ankers, actress (died 1985)
- August 25 â Richard Greene, actor (died 1985)
- September 10 â Rin Tin Tin, canine actor (died 1932)
- September 13 â Dick Haymes, Argentine actor, singer (died 1980)
- September 16 - Branka VeselinoviÃÂ, Serbian actress (died 2023)
- September 21 â Rand Brooks, American actor (died 2003)
- September 24 - Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997)
- September 28 â Arnold Stang, American actor and comedian (died 2009)
- October 9 â Lila Kedrova, Russian-born actress (died 2000)
- October 13
- Yvette Thuot, Canadian actress (died 2021)
- Robert Walker, actor (died 1951)
- October 17 â Rita Hayworth, actress (died 1987)
- October 23 - Peggy Moran, actress (died 2002)
- October 25 - Milton Selzer, actor (died 2005)
- October 27 â Teresa Wright, actress (died 2005)
- October 29 â Diana Serra Cary, born Peggy-Jean Montgomery ("Baby Peggy"), child silent film actress (died 2020)
- November 4
- Art Carney, actor (died 2003)
- Cameron Mitchell, actor (died 1994)
- November 27 - Stephen Elliott, actor (died 2005)
- November 30 â Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor (died 2014)
- December 10 â Anne Gwynne, actress, model (died 2003)
- December 15 â Jeff Chandler, actor (died 1961)
- December 23 - Kumar Pallana, Indian-American character actress (died 2013)
Deaths
- January 8 â Johannes Pääsuke, 25, Estonian photographer and director (train crash)
- January 12 â Simeon Wiltsie, American actor
- February 1 â Joseph Kaufman, 36, American silent film actor & director, married to film star Ethel Clayton
- February 15 â Vernon Castle, 30, American dancer & writer
- March 13 â William Courtleigh, Jr., 26, American actor
- April 30 â "Mother" Mary Maurice, 73, American veteran stage & film actress
- May 19 â Sidney Rankin Drew, 26, American actor and director.
- June 29 â John van den Broek, 23, Dutch cinematographer
- July 4 â Walter Stradling, 43, British cinematographer
- August 12 â Anna Held, 46, Polish actress & singer
- September 21 â Hal August, 28, American actor;
- October 2 - Edwin Arden, American stage & film actor
- October 19 â Harold Lockwood, 31, American actor
- October 22 â Myrtle Gonzalez, 27, American actress
- October 22 â Julian L'Estrange, 38, English actor
- October 28 â Louise Vale, American actress
- November 6 â William Shea, 67, Scottish veteran film actor & director
- November 18 â Wayland Trask Jr., 31, American comedian
- December 6 â Charles Gunn, 35, American actor
- December 29 â Jode Mullally, 32, American actor
Film debuts
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