1945 in film

N

• The Naughty Nineties, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

O

• Objective, Burma!, starring Errol Flynn
• Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, starring Edward G. Robinson and Margaret O'Brien

P

• Pardon My Past, starring Fred MacMurray and Marguerite Chapman
• Perfect Strangers, starring Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr – (GB)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring George Sanders and Hurd Hatfield
• Pink String and Sealing Wax, starring Googie Withers and Mervyn Johns – (GB)
• La porta del cielo (The Gate of Heaven), directed by Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
• Pride of the Marines, starring John Garfield
• Pursuit to Algiers, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson

R

• The Rake's Progress, starring Rex Harrison – (GB)
• The Red Meadows (De røde enge) – (Denmark)
• Rhapsody in Blue, a biopic of George Gershwin starring Robert Alda
• Rockin' in the Rockies, starring the Three Stooges
• Roll Call in Heaven (Cuando en el cielo pasen lista) – (Argentina)
• Rome, Open City (Roma Città aperta), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Anna Magnani and Aldo Fabrizi – (Italy)
• A Royal Scandal, starring Tallulah Bankhead
• Rustlers' Hideout, starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John

S

• Salome Where She Danced, starring Yvonne De Carlo
• San Antonio, starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith
• Saratoga Trunk, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman
• Scarlet Street, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett
• La selva de fuego (The Forest Fire), starring Dolores del Río and Arturo de Córdova – (Mexico)
• The Seventh Veil, starring James Mason and Ann Todd – (GB)
• Son of Lassie, starring Peter Lawford
• A Song to Remember, a biopic of Frédéric Chopin starring Cornel Wilde
• The Southerner, starring Zachary Scott
• The Spanish Main, starring Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid
• Spellbound, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
• State Fair, starring Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain
• The Stork Club, starring Betty Hutton
• The Story of G.I. Joe, directed by William Wellman, starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum
• The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, starring George Sanders

T

• That's the Spirit, starring Jack Oakie
• They Were Expendable, directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne
• The Thin Man Goes Home, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
• This Man's Navy, starring Wallace Beery
• The Three Caballeros, a Walt Disney animated film starring Donald Duck and Dora Luz
• Thrill of a Romance, directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Esther Williams and Van Johnson
• Thunderhead, Son of Flicka, starring Roddy McDowall
• Tonight and Every Night, starring Rita Hayworth
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Dorothy McGuire
• Twice Blessed, starring Lee and Lyn Wilde
• Two O'Clock Courage, starring Ann Rutherford and Tom Conway

U

• The Unseen, starring Joel McCrea and Gail Russell

V

• The Valley of Decision, starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck
• La vida en un hilo (Life on a Wire) – (Spain)

W

• A Walk in the Sun, starring Dana Andrews
• War Comes to America, directed by Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak
• Waterloo Road, starring John Mills and Stewart Granger – (GB)
• The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave, written by Terence Rattigan – (GB)
• The Wicked Lady, starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason – (GB)
• Without Love, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball
• The Woman in Green, a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson, co-starring Hillary Brook and Henry Daniell
• Wonder Man, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo

Y

• Yolanda and the Thief, starring Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer

Z

• Ziegfeld Follies, with an MGM all-star cast

Serials

• Brenda Starr, Reporter, starring Joan Woodbury
• Federal Operator 99, starring Marten Lamont
• Jungle Queen, starring Edward Norris and Eddie Quillan
• Jungle Raiders
• Manhunt on Mystery Island, starring Richard Bailey and Linda Stirling
• The Master Key, starring Dennis Moore
• The Monster and the Ape, starring Robert Lowery
• The Purple Monster Strikes, starring Dennis Moore and Linda Stirling
• The Royal Mounted Rides Again
• Secret Agent X-9, starring Lloyd Bridges
• Who's Guilty?

Short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
• Donald Duck (1937–1956)
• Goofy (1939–1955)
• Andy Panda (1939–1949)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• Bugs Bunny (1940–1964)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949)
• Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943–1949)
• Droopy (1943–1958)
• Screwball Squirrel (1944–1946)
• Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)

Births

• January 5 – Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-British-American director, editor and writer
• January 9 – John Doman, American actor
• January 14 - Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
• January 16 – Élisabeth Margoni, French actress
• January 22
• Jophery Brown, American pitcher, stuntman and actor (died 2014)
• Michael Cristofer, American actor and filmmaker
• January 25 – Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
• January 28 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress
• January 29 – Tom Selleck, American actor
• February 1 - Don Amendolia, American actor
• February 3 – Marius Weyers, South African actor
• February 4 – Tony Haygarth, English actor (died 2017)
• February 8 – Louis Giambalvo, American actor
• February 9 – Mia Farrow, American actress
• February 12 – Maud Adams, Swedish actress
• February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch, English actor (died 2020)
• February 17
• Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
• Calvin Jung, American actor
• February 20 – Brion James, American actor (died 1999)
• February 24 – Barry Bostwick, American actor
• February 27 – Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (died 2004)
• February 28 – Bubba Smith, American professional football player and actor (died 2011)
• March 1 – Dirk Benedict, American actor
• March 3
• George Miller, Australian filmmaker
• Larry Pine, American actor
• Hattie Winston, American actress and voice artist
• March 8 – Janet Wright, English-born Canadian actress (died 2016)
• March 13 – Whitney Rydbeck, American actor (died 2024)
• March 24
• Curtis Hanson, American director, screenwriter and producer (died 2016)
• Patrick Malahide, British actor and producer
• March 28 – Raine Loo, Estonian actress (died 2020)
• April 2 – Linda Hunt, American actress
• April 3 – Catherine Spaak, Belgian-Italian actress and singer (died 2022)
• April 4 – Caroline McWilliams, American actress (died 2010)
• April 11 – Michael Brandon, American actor
• April 19 – Cleo Sylvestre, English actress (died 2024)
• May 14 – Francesca Annis, English actress
• May 18 – Candice Azzara, American character actress
• May 24 – Priscilla Presley, American actress
• May 27 – Kip Niven, American actor (died 2019)
• May 30 – Makram Khoury, Israeli-Arab actor
• May 31 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, producer and screenwriter (died 1982)
• June 2
• Jon Peters, American producer
• Joan Pringle, American actress
• June 3 – Bill Paterson, Scottish actor
• June 6 – David Dukes, American actor (died 2000)
• June 11 – Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
• June 12 – Edwin Neal, American actor
• June 17 - Frank Ashmore, American actor
• July 1 – Debbie Harry, American actress and singer (lead vocalist of Blondie (band))
• July 3 – Mickey Rooney Jr., American actor (died 2022)
• July 4 – Bruce French, American actor (died 2025)
• July 6 – Burt Ward, American actor
• July 10 - Ron Glass, American actor (died 2016)
• July 15 - Jeffrey Kramer, American actor and producer
• July 19 – George Dzundza, American actor
• July 21 – Sergio Calderón, Mexican-born American actor (died 2023)
• July 23 – Edie McClurg, American actress and voice actress
• July 26 – Helen Mirren, English actress
• August 2 – Joanna Cassidy, American actress
• August 5 – Loni Anderson, American actress (died 2025)
• August 14
• Steve Martin, American actor and comedian
• Wim Wenders, German director, producer and screenwriter
• August 15
• Jill Haworth, English-American actress (died 2011)
• Nigel Terry, English actor (died 2015)
• August 16 – Bob Balaban, American actor, director, producer and writer
• August 21 – Patty McCormack, American actress
• August 22 - David Chase, American writer, producer, and director
• August 23 – Bob Peck, English actor (died 1999)
• August 24 – Cástulo Guerra, Argentine actor
• August 27 – Linda Seger, American script consultant (died 2026)
• August 28 – Jeannie Linero, American actress
• August 31 - Lee Bryant, American actress
• September 10 – Dennis Burkley, American actor (died 2013)
• September 11 – Felton Perry, American actor
• September 15
• Roy Brocksmith, American actor (died 2001)
• Clive Merrison, British actor
• September 17 – Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
• September 22 – Paul Le Mat, American actor
• October 4 - Clifton Davis, American actor and singer-songwriter
• October 7 – Michael Wallis, American journalist and voice actor
• October 12 - Aurore Clément, French actress
• October 14 - Gareth Forwood, British actor (died 2007)
• October 17 – Thomas Kopache, American actor
• October 18 – Huell Howser, American actor, television personality, host, comedian (died 2013)
• October 19 – John Lithgow, American actor
• October 20 – George Wyner, American actor
• October 21 – Everett McGill, American actor
• October 23 – Hugh Fraser, English actor
• October 26 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress
• October 27 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (died 2004)
• October 30 – Henry Winkler, American actor
• October 31 – Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
• November 2 – JD Souther, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2024)
• November 8 – Angela Scoular, English actress (died 2011)
• November 10
• Terence Davies, English screenwriter and director (died 2023)
• Douglas Gresham, American-British actor and producer
• Mick Lally, Irish actor (died 2010)
• November 15
• Roger Donaldson, Australian-New Zealand director, screenwriter and producer
• Bob Gunton, American character actor
• November 18 - Walter Bobbie, American actor
• November 19 – Paula Weinstein, American producer (died 2024)
• November 21 – Goldie Hawn, American actress
• November 25 - Mary Jo Deschanel, American actress
• November 26 – Daniel Davis, American actor
• November 27 – James Avery, American actor (died 2013)
• November 28 – John Hargreaves, Australian actor (died 1996)
• November 30 – Billy Drago, American actor (died 2019)
• December 1 – Bette Midler, American actress, comedian and singer
• December 6
• Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker
• James Naughton, American actor and director
• December 7 – Clive Russell, Scottish actor
• December 9 – Michael Nouri, American actor
• December 13 – Heather North, American actress (died 2017)
• December 17 – Ernie Hudson, American actor
• December 21 – Mari Lill, Estonian actress
• December 24
• Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter, director and producer
• Steve Smith, Canadian actor, writer and comedian
• December 25
• Rick Berman, American producer and screenwriter
• Gary Sandy, American actor
• December 30 – Lloyd Kaufman, American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• December 31
• Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan-born American actress
• Vernon Wells, Australian character actor

Deaths

• January 14 – Heinrich Schroth, 73, German actor, Dr. Hart's Diary, Melody of a Great City, Die Entlassung, Rembrandt
• February 18 - Jimmy Butler, 23, American actor
• February 23 – Reginald Barker, 58, American director, Civilization, The Bargain, The Coward, The Moonstone
• March 4 – Lucille La Verne, 72, American actress, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Abraham Lincoln, Orphans of the Storm, A Tale of Two Cities
• March 4 – Mark Sandrich, 44, American director, The Gay Divorcee, Follow the Fleet, Holiday Inn
• March 30 – Béla Balogh, 60, Hungarian director
• April 10 – Gloria Dickson, 27, American actress, Lady of Burlesque, They Won't Forget
• April 16 – Willie Fung, 49, Chinese-American actor, Come On, Cowboys, The Great Profile
• April 29 – Malcolm McGregor, 52, American silent screen star, Lady of the Night, The Circle, The Whispering Shadow, The Ladybird
• May 4 – Anna Dodge, 77, American actress, The Extra Girl, Ride for Your Life
• July 13 – Alla Nazimova, 66, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress, Blood and Sand, Salomé, Since You Went Away, Madame Peacock
• July 19 – George Barbier, 80, American actor, No One Man, Evenings for Sale, The Cat's-Paw, The Magnificent Dope
• August 11 – Stefan Jaracz, 61, Polish actor, Countess Walewska
• September 1 – Terry, 11, American performing Cairn Terrier, The Wizard of Oz
• November 11 – Jerome Kern, 60, American composer, Show Boat, Swing Time
• November 12 – Jaro Fürth, 74, Austrian actor, Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street
• November 21 – Robert Benchley, 56, American writer and actor, Foreign Correspondent, You'll Never Get Rich, Road to Utopia
• December 25 – Russell Gleason, 37, American actor, Undercover Agent, The Covered Trailer, News Is Made at Night

Film debuts

• Robert Alda – Rhapsody in Blue
• Alma Beltran – Pan-Americana
• Barbara Billingsley – Adventure
• Paul Birch – The Royal Mounted Rides Again
• Corinne Calvet – Blind Desire
• Kathryn Card – Kiss and Tell
• Mario Castellani – Romulus and the Sabines
• Jeff Chandler – Thrill of a Romance
• Steve Cochran – Booked on Suspicion
• William Conrad – Pillow to Post
• June Foray – Bring on the Girls
• Vincent Gardenia – The House on 92nd Street
• Vittorio Gassman – Inconto con Laura
• Laura Gore – Romulus and the Sabines
• Coleen Gray – State Fair
• Jane Greer – Pan-Americana
• Wanda Hendrix – Confidential Agent
• Dwayne Hickman – Captain Eddie
• John Ireland – A Walk in the Sun
• David Janssen – It's a Pleasure
• Nan Leslie – Under Western Skies
• Silvana Mangano – The Last Judgment
• Rory Mallinson – Pride of the Marines
• E. G. Marshall – The House on 92nd Street
• Zena Marshall – Caesar and Cleopatra
• Murray Matheson – The Way to the Stars
• Darren McGavin – A Song to Remember
• Cameron Mitchell – What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
• Roger Moore – Perfect Strangers
• Phillip Pine – The Sailor Takes a Wife
• John Russell – A Royal Scandal
• Dean Stockwell – The Valley of Decision
• Audrey Totter – Main Street After Dark
• Howard Vernon – Boule de Suif

Notes

External links

• List of 1945 films at IMDb
• List of 1945 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1945 births at IMDb