1916 in film
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Events
- From the far -less collaboration between Sascha Kolowrat Krakowsky and Oskar Messter goes on 4 April, the " Austro- Hungarian Sascha - Messter film mbH ", later Sascha - Messter movie out.
- The published on September 5, silent film Intolerance by David Wark Griffith is the first flop in film history.
- Samuel Goldfish and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company, the film studio. Goldfish changed his name later in Samuel Goldwyn.
Born
January to March
January
- January 04: Robert Parrish, American film director and editor († 1995)
- January 06: Rolf Kutschera, Austrian actor († 2012)
- January 11: Bernard Blier, French actor († 1989)
February
- 04 February: Frank Tarloff, American screenwriter († 1999)
- February 10: Walter Reed, American actor († 2001)
- FEBRUARY 11: Walter Newman, American screenwriter († 1993)
- February 14: Sally Gray, English actress († 2006)
- February 14: Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director († 1996)
- FEBRUARY 25: Michael Truman, British film director, film producer and editor († 1972)
- FEBRUARY 26: Jackie Gleason, American actor († 1987)
- FEBRUARY 29: Dinah Shore, American entertainer († 1994)
March
- March 03: Benno Sterzbach, German actor († 1985)
- MARCH 11: Ferdy Mayne, German - British actor († 1998)
- March 14: Horton Foote, American screenwriter († 2009)
- MARCH 16: Mercedes McCambridge, American actress († 2004)
- MARCH 25: Jean Rogers, American actress († 1991)
- MARCH 26: Sterling Hayden, American actor († 1986)
April-June
April
- 04 April: Dorothy Dare, American actress
- April 05: Gregory Peck, American actor († 2003)
- April 07: Robert Freytag, Austrian actor († 2010)
- April 11: Howard W. Koch, American producer and director († 2001)
- APRIL 12: Russell Garcia, American composer († 2011)
- April 25: John Springer, American press agent, film historian and writer († 2001)
- April 26: Helen Burgess, American actress († 1937)
May
- May 01: Glenn Ford, American actor († 2006)
- May 10: Alfred Weidenmann, German director († 2000)
- MAY 17: Stanley Roberts, American screenwriter († 1982)
- MAY 19: Alfred Shaughnessy, British screenwriter († 2005)
June
- June 06: Irene von Meyendorff, German actress († 2001)
- June 08: Luigi Comencini, Italian director († 2005)
- June 12: Irwin Allen, American producer ( † 1991)
- June 14: Dorothy McGuire, American actress († 2001)
- June 15: Susanne von Almassy, Austrian actress († 2009)
- June 23: Irene Worth, American actress († 2002)
- JUNE 28: Manfred Steffen, German actor and spokesman († 2009)
July to September
July
- 01 July: Olivia de Havilland, American actress
- July 02: Ken Curtis, American actor and country music singer († 1991)
- 08 July: Peter Pasetti, German actor († 1996)
- JULY 23: Kurt Kreuger, American actor († 2006)
- July 27: Keenan Wynn, American actor († 1986)
- JULY 28: Tilly Lauenstein, German actress († 2002)
- JULY 29: Budd Boetticher, American film director († 2001)
August
- 03 August: Hertha Feiler, Austrian actress († 1970)
- 04 August: Heinz Lankans, German actor († 1978)
- 06 August: Charles Snow, American screenwriter († 1963)
- August 12: Ralph Nelson, American film director († 1987)
- 13 August: Gloria Dickson, American actress († 1945)
- AUGUST 19: Marie Wilson, American actress († 1972)
- August 20: Petro Vlahos, American film technician ( † 2013)
- August 25: Van Johnson, American actor († 2008)
- August 27: Martha Raye, American actress († 1994)
- AUGUST 29: George Montgomery, American actor († 2000)
September
- 09 September: Peter Beauvais, German director († 1986)
- September 10: Harry Kleiner, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
- September 28: Peter Finch, British actor († 1977)
October to December
October
- October 04: George Sidney, American film director († 2002)
- October 14: Jack Arnold, American film director († 1992)
- October 18: Anthony Dawson, British actor († 1992)
- October 20: Gerhard fever, German animator, director and producer († 2013)
- OCTOBER 28: Pearl Hackney, British actress († 2009)
- October 30: Heinz Spitzner, German actor († 1992)
November
- November 05: Madeleine Robinson, French actress († 2004)
- November 14: Sherwood Schwartz, American producer and screenwriter († 2011)
- November 20: Evelyn Keyes, American actress († 2008)
- November 23: Michael Gough, British actor († 2011)
December
- 08 December: Richard Fleischer, American film director († 2006)
- December 09: Kirk Douglas, American actor
- December 18: Betty Grable, American actress († 1973)
- December 19: Roy Ward Baker, British film director and producer ( † 2010)
- December 20: Leny Marenbach, German actress († 1984)
- December 23: Dino Risi, Italian film director († 2008)
Exact date of birth unknown
- Giorgos Tzavellas, Greek director, actor and author († 1976)
Died
- November 30: Dorrit Weixler, German actress (* 1892)