1969 in film

Awards

1969 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1969
• List of Argentine films of 1969
• List of Australian films of 1969
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1969
• List of British films of 1969
• List of Canadian films of 1969
• List of French films of 1969
• List of Hong Kong films of 1969
• List of Indian films of 1969
• List of Hindi films of 1969
• List of Kannada films of 1969
• List of Malayalam films of 1969
• List of Marathi films of 1969
• List of Tamil films of 1969
• List of Telugu films of 1969
• List of Japanese films of 1969
• List of Mexican films of 1969
• List of Pakistani films of 1969
• List of South Korean films of 1969
• List of Soviet films of 1969
• List of Spanish films of 1969

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1969
• List of animated feature films of 1969
• List of comedy films of 1969
• List of drama films of 1969
• List of horror films of 1969
• List of science fiction films of 1969
• List of thriller films of 1969
• List of western films of 1969

Short film series

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Cool Cat (1967—1969)
• Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967—1969)
• The Pink Panther (1963–1969, 1971–1977, 1978–1980)
• The Inspector (1965-1969)
• The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971)
• Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971)
• Tijuana Toads (1969–1972)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949, 1951–1972)
• Chilly Willy (1955–1972)
• The Beary Family (1962–1972)

Births

• January 1
• Morris Chestnut, American actor
• Mr. Lawrence, American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director
• Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018)
• January 2
• Nicholas Gleaves, English actor
• Tommy Morrison, American professional boxer, mixed martial artist and actor (d. 2013)
• January 3 - John Ales, American actor
• January 5 - Shea Whigham, American actor
• January 6 - Norman Reedus, American actor
• January 8 - Ami Dolenz, American former actress
• January 11 - Kyle Richards, American actress
• January 14 – Jason Bateman, American actor
• January 15 - Meret Becker, German actress and singer
• January 17 – James Waterston, American actor
• January 18 – Dave Bautista, American actor and former professional wrestler
• January 20 - Reno Wilson, American actor
• January 21
• Karina Lombard, Tahitan actress
• Matt Willig, American actor and former football player
• January 22
• Olivia d'Abo, British actress and singer
• Xu Qing, Chinese actress
• January 23 - Stephanie Romanov, American actress
• January 27 – Patton Oswalt, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer
• January 28 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
• January 29 - Sam Trammell, American actor
• February 3 - Shane Rangi, New Zealand actor
• February 4 - Brandy Ledford, American actress and model
• February 5
• Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter and actor
• Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and producer
• February 6
• April Haney, American former actress and singer
• Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese actor and singer
• David Hayter, Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
• February 8
• Brian Krause, American actor
• Mary McCormack, American actress
• February 11
• Jennifer Aniston, American actress
• Lee Tockar, Canadian voice actor and visual artist
• February 12 - Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer and screenwriter
• February 13
• JB Blanc, French actor
• Andrew Bryniarski, American actor
• February 15 - James Riordan, American actor
• February 21 - Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, American actress
• February 22 - Thomas Jane, American actor
• February 26 - Steve Agee, American comedian, actor, writer and musician
• February 28 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
• March 1 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
• March 6
• Adam Fogerty, English actor
• Amy Pietz, American actress and singer
• March 8 - Don Hall, American director, voice actor and writer
• March 10
• Paget Brewster, American actress
• Dave Sheridan, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician
• March 11 – Terrence Howard, American actor
• March 13 - Ross Harris, American former actor
• March 15 - Kim Raver, American actress and producer
• March 16 - Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian
• March 17 - Patrick Van Horn, American actor
• March 19 - Connor Trinneer, American actor
• March 21 - Allen Coulter, American director
• March 22 - Andreas Pietschmann, German actor
• March 23 - Richard Cadell, Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter
• March 27 - Kevin Corrigan, American character actor
• March 28 - Brett Ratner, American director and producer
• March 31 - Eijiro Ozaki, Japanese actor
• April 2 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor
• April 3 – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
• April 6 – Paul Rudd, American actor
• April 21
• Toby Stephens, English actor
• Joel de la Fuente, American actor
• April 23 – Byron Thames, American actor
• April 24 - Rory McCann, Scottish actor
• April 25
• Gina Torres, American actress
• Renée Zellweger, American actress
• April 29
• Paul Adelstein, American actor
• Jo Martin, British actress
• May 1 – Wes Anderson, American director
• May 2 - Karel Dobrý, Czech actor
• May 9 - Joe Carnahan, American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
• May 10 - Lenny Venito, American actor
• May 12 - Kim Fields, American actress and director
• May 14 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
• May 15 - Kirk DeMicco, American filmmaker
• May 16 – David Boreanaz, American actor, television producer and director
• May 22 - Michael Kelly, American actor
• May 24 – Carl Anthony Payne II, American actor
• May 25 – Anne Heche, American actress (d. 2022)
• May 27 - Glenn Ficarra, American screenwriter, director and producer
• May 28 - Justin Kirk, American actor
• June 1 – Teri Polo, American actress
• June 2 - Ol Parker, English director, producer and screenwriter
• June 3 - Tate Taylor, American filmmaker and actor
• June 4
• Rob Huebel, American actor, comedian and writer
• Horatio Sanz, Chilean-born American actor and comedian
• June 6 - Nina Sosanya, English actress and narrator
• June 7
• Adam Buxton, English actor, comedian and writer
• Kim Rhodes, American actress
• Anthony Simcoe, Australian actor
• June 8 - J. P. Manoux, American actor, director and writer
• June 9 - Josh Hamilton, American actor
• June 11 – Peter Dinklage, American actor
• June 12 - Andrew Howard, Welsh actor
• June 13 - Laura Kightlinger, American actress, writer and comedian
• June 15
• Ice Cube, American actor and rapper
• Patrick Mofokeng, South African actor
• June 16 - Karina Arroyave, Colombian-American actress
• June 18 - Ella Kenion, English comedy actress
• June 19 - Sean Anders, American director and screenwriter
• June 21 - Lloyd Avery II, American actor (d. 2005)
• June 23 - Martin Klebba, American character actor and stunt performer
• June 24 - Jensen Daggett, American actress
• June 28
• Tichina Arnold, American actress
• Angeline Ball, Irish actress
• Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
• June 29 - Aleks Paunovic, Canadian actor
• July 2 - John Emmet Tracy, American-Canadian actor
• July 3
• Shawnee Smith, American actress and singer
• Gedeon Burkhard, German actor
• July 4 - Charles Paraventi, American-born Brazilian actor
• July 5 - RZA, American rapper, actor and filmmaker
• July 6 - Brian Van Holt, American actor
• July 7 - Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
• July 8 - Rachael Lillis, American voice actress and screenwriter (d. 2024)
• July 10
• Jamie Glover, English actor
• Gale Harold, American Actor
• July 13 - Ken Jeong, American stand-up comedian, actor and producer
• July 17
• Jason Clarke, Australian actor
• Kazuki Kitamura, Japanese actor
• July 20 - Josh Holloway, American actor
• July 21 – Godfrey, American actor, comedian
• July 22 – James Arnold Taylor, American actor, writer and producer
• July 24
• Rick Fox, Canadian-Bahamian former basketball player and actor
• Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer
• July 25 - Dave B. Mitchell, American voice actor
• July 28
• Alexis Arquette, American actress (d. 2016)
• Noma Dumezweni, British actress
• July 30 - Simon Baker, Australian actor
• July 31
• Ben Chaplin, British actor
• Loren Dean, American actor
• August 4 – Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor
• August 5
• Chuck Campbell, Canadian actor and comedian
• Kim Mai Guest, American voice actress
• August 6 - Chris Edgerly, American voice actor, comedian and singer
• August 8 - Chris Beetem, American actor
• August 11 - Ashley Jensen, Scottish actress
• August 12 - Nev Fountain, English writer
• August 15 - Kimberley Kates, American actress and producer
• August 16
• Kate Higgins, American voice actress and singer
• Andy Milder, American actor
• August 17 - Donnie Wahlberg, American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and producer
• August 18
• Edward Norton, American actor
• Christian Slater, American actor
• August 19
• John Crowley, Irish director
• Viveka Davis, American actress
• Paula Jai Parker, American actress
• Matthew Perry, Canadian-American actor (d. 2023)
• August 20 - Billy Gardell, American actor and stand-up comedian
• August 21 - Nathan Jones, Australian actor and former professional wrestler
• August 24 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor and producer
• August 27
• Reece Shearsmith, English actor, writer and comedian
• Chandra Wilson, American actress and director
• August 28
• Jack Black, American actor, comedian, musician
• Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor and television director
• August 31 - Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
• September 3
• Noah Baumbach, American director and screenwriter
• John Fugelsang, American actor, comedian, writer and television host
• September 4 - Noah Taylor, Australian actor
• September 6 - Trina McGee, American actress
• September 7 - Angie Everhart, American actress
• September 10 - Johnathon Schaech, American actor and screenwriter
• September 13
• Ace Bhatti, British actor
• Dominic Fumusa, American actor
• Tyler Perry, American actor
• September 14
• Bong Joon-ho, Korean director and screenwriter
• Oscar Kightley, Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, director and comedian
• September 20 - Victoria Dillard, American former actress
• September 21 - Ivan Shvedoff, Russian actor
• September 22 - Sue Perkins, English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer
• September 23
• Crispin Bonham-Carter, English actor
• Shaw Jones, American actor
• September 25 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
• September 26 - David Slade, British director and actor
• September 29 – Erika Eleniak, American actress
• September 30
• Amy Landecker, American actress
• Silas Weir Mitchell, American character actor
• Mark Smith, British actor
• October 1 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor
• October 2 - Dragomir Mrsic, Serbian-Swedish actor
• October 3 – Gwen Stefani, American singer, songwriter and actress
• October 4
• Abraham Benrubi, American actor
• Jerry Minor, American actor, comedian and writer
• October 6 - Rob Campbell, American actor
• October 7 - Bobbie Brown, American actress
• October 8
• Jeremy Davies, American actor
• Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor
• October 9 – Steve McQueen, English director
• October 10
• Manu Bennett, New Zealand actor
• Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress and comedian
• October 11 - Stephen Moyer, English actor and director
• October 15 – Dominic West, English actor
• October 16 - Terri J. Vaughn, American actress, director and producer
• October 17
• Wood Harris, American actor
• Kevin Stea, American actor, singer and director
• Nancy Sullivan, American actress, television presenter, and screenwriter
• October 19
• Roger Cross, Jamaican-born Canadian actor
• Trey Parker, American actor, creator of South Park
• October 22 - Spike Jonze, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
• October 25 - Nika Futterman, American actress, voice actress and singer
• October 26 - Robert Maillet, Canadian actor and former professional wrestler
• October 27 - Peter O'Meara, Irish actor
• October 31 - David Coburn, American actor
• November 4
• Matthew McConaughey, American actor
• Samantha Smith, American actress
• November 8
• Don McManus, American actor
• Jonathan Slavin, American actor
• November 10
• Jennifer Cody, American dancer and actress
• Ellen Pompeo, American actress
• November 13 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• November 19 - Erika Alexander, American actress, writer and producer
• November 20 - Callie Thorne, American actress
• November 21 - John Ortiz, American actor
• November 27
• Elizabeth Marvel, American actress
• Chin Han, Singaporean actor
• November 28
• Martin Cummins, Canadian actor
• Colman Domingo, American actor, writer and director
• November 30
• Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer and screenwriter
• Conan Stevens, Australian actor
• Chris Weitz, American director, screenwriter and producer
• December 5 - Eric Etebari, Iranian-American actor
• Lynne Ramsay, Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer
• Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian and writer
• December 7 - Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality (d. 2011)
• December 9 - Allison Smith, American actress, singer, writer and director
• December 10 - Stephen Billington, English actor
• December 11 - Max Martini, American actor, writer and director
• December 13 - Tony Curran, Scottish actor
• December 14
• Greg Hemphill, Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, writer and director
• Archie Kao, American actor and producer
• December 15
• Adriana Esteves, Brazilian actress
• Ralph Ineson, English actor and narrator
• December 19 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
• December 20 - Brian O'Halloran, American actor, producer and podcaster
• December 21 – Julie Delpy, French actress
• December 24 - Sean Cameron Michael, South African actor, writer and singer
• December 27 - Sarah Vowell, American actress
• December 29
• Jennifer Ehle, American actress
• Patrick Fischler, American character actor
• December 30 - Meredith Monroe, American actress

Deaths

• January 1 – Barton MacLane, 66, American actor, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• January 3 – Howard McNear, 63, American actor, Anatomy of a Murder, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Blue Hawaii, Follow That Dream
• January 4 – Violet and Daisy Hilton, 60, English conjoined twins, actresses, appeared in film Freaks
• January 8 – Leslie Goodwins, 69, English director, The Mummy's Curse, Mexican Spitfire
• January 27 – Charles Winninger, 84, American actor, Destry Rides Again, The Sun Shines Bright
• February 2 – Boris Karloff, 81, English actor, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Raven
• February 5 – Thelma Ritter, 66, American actress, Rear Window, All About Eve
• February 9 – Gabby Hayes, 83, American actor, The Man from Utah, In Old Oklahoma
• February 11 – James Lanphier, 48, American actor, The Pink Panther, The Party
• February 19 - Madge Blake, 69, American actress, The Long, Long Trailer, Batman
• February 23 - Madhubala, 36, Indian actress, Mahal, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mughal-E-Azam
• February 27 – John Boles, 73, American actor, Frankenstein, Stella Dallas
• March 18 – Barbara Bates, 43, American actress, The Caddy, All About Eve
• March 19 – Lola Braccini, 79, Italian actress, My Little One, What a Distinguished Family
• March 25 – Alan Mowbray, 72, British actor, Terror by Night, My Darling Clementine
• April 2 – Fortunio Bonanova, 74, Spanish actor, Citizen Kane, An Affair to Remember
• April 23 – Krzysztof Komeda, 37, Polish composer, Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers
• May 3 – Karl Freund, 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director, Metropolis, The Mummy, Key Largo
• May 24
• Paul Birch, 57, American actor, The Gun Runners, Gunmen from Laredo
• Mitzi Green, 48, American actress, Lost in Alaska, Skippy
• May 27 – Jeffrey Hunter, 42, American actor, The Searchers, King of Kings
• June 2 – Leo Gorcey, 51, American actor, Ghost Chasers, Spook Busters
• June 8 – Robert Taylor, 57, American actor, Quo Vadis, Camille, Bataan, Ivanhoe
• June 10 – Frank Lawton, 64, English actor, A Night to Remember, The Devil-Doll
• June 13 – Martita Hunt, 70, Argentine-English actress, Becket, Great Expectations
• June 19 – Natalie Talmadge, 73, American silent screen actress, Our Hospitality, Intolerance
• June 20 – Rudolf Schwarzkogler, 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker, Satisfaction
• June 22 – Judy Garland, 47, American actress and singer, The Wizard of Oz, Gay Purr-ee, A Star Is Born
• June 23 – Stanley Andrews, 77, American actor, West of Wyoming, Across the Badlands, Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
• July 5 - Lambert Hillyer, 75, American director, Dracula's Daughter, Batman
• July 5 – Leo McCarey, 72, American director, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way
• July 7 - Erskine Sanford, 83, American actor, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons
• July 8 – Gladys Swarthout, 68, American singer, Romance in the Dark, Give Us This Night
• July 13 - Bess Meredyth, 79, American screenwriter, The Unsuspected, Charlie Chan at the Opera
• July 15 - Peter van Eyck, 57, Polish actor, The Wages of Fear, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
• July 17 - Harry Benham, 85, American actor, Nicholas Nickleby
• July 18 - Barbara Pepper, 54, American actress, The Rogues Tavern, Kiss Me, Stupid
• July 26
• Andrés Soler, 70, Mexican actor, A Day with the Devil, The Great Madcap,
• Raymond Walburn, 81, American actor, High, Wide, and Handsome, Third Finger, Left Hand
• August 1 – Donald Keith, 65, American actor, The Plastic Age, Parisian Love
• August 9 – Sharon Tate, 26, American actress, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Valley of the Dolls
• August 14 – Sigrid Gurie, 58, American actress, Algiers, The Adventures of Marco Polo
• August 15 – William Goetz, 66, American producer, studio executive, Sayonara, Les Misérables
• August 18 – Mildred Davis, 68, American actress, Safety Last!, Grandma’s Boy
• August 26 – Martin Miller, 69, Czech actor, 55 Days at Peking, The Pink Panther
• September 14 – James Anderson, 48, American actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, Take the Money and Run
• September 19 – Rex Ingram, 73, American actor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Thief of Bagdad
• October 8 – Eduardo Ciannelli, 81, Italian actor, Gunga Din, Strange Cargo
• October 12 – Sonja Henie, 57, Norwegian actress, former Olympic ice skater, Sun Valley Serenade, One in a Million
• October 15 – Rod La Rocque, 70, American actor, Meet John Doe, The Shadow Strikes
• October 28 – Constance Dowling, 49, American actress, Up in Arms, The Well-Groomed Bride
• November 5 – Lloyd Corrigan, 69, American actor, Son of Paleface, The Thin Man Goes Home
• November 8 – Dave O'Brien, 57, American actor, Captain Midnight, Brand of the Devil
• December 3 – Ruth White, 55, American actress, To Kill a Mockingbird, No Way to Treat a Lady
• December 7 – Eric Portman, 68, British actor, A Canterbury Tale, The Bedford Incident
• December 13 – Luigi Pavese, 72, Italian actor, Toto in Color, Il Mattatore
• December 22
• Ilse Steppat, 52, German actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Josef von Sternberg, 73, Austrian director, The Blue Angel, Macao

Film debuts

References

External links

• List of 1969 films at IMDb
• List of 1969 deaths at IMDb
• List of 1969 births at IMDb