1926 in film
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Events
- February 2 - In the left Berlin film production company Prometheus Film is founded.
- May 19 - After demonstrations of the movie Federal entered into Austria on May 19, a film quota law in place to protect the Austrian film industry from cheap imports from abroad, mainly from the United States. From there, Austria reached in the year 1925 1200 movies, which exceeded the requirements of the domestic movie theaters around the three-to fourfold. These productions were much cheaper than European productions and thus drove many film production companies to ruin.
- Eight years after the abolition of the censorship laws of the monarchy and the film censorship is finally abolished with effect from May in Austria.
Film Awards and honors
- Photoplay Award: blood brothers by Herbert Brenon
Birthdays
January to March
January
February
- February 05: Stefan Gierasch, American actor
- 06 February: Haskell Wexler, American Cinematographer
- February 08: Sonja Ziemann, German actress
- FEBRUARY 11: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor († 2010)
- FEBRUARY 16: John Schlesinger, British director († 2003)
- FEBRUARY 18: Dante DiPaolo, American actor
- FEBRUARY 20: Richard Matheson, American writer
- February 22: Bud Yorkin, American film director and producer
- February 23: Ernst Meister, Austrian actor († 1986)
- FEBRUARY 25: Eva Bergh, Norwegian actress († 2013)
- FEBRUARY 26: Ernst Grabbe, German actor († 2006)
March
- 06 March: Andrzej Wajda, Polish director
- MARCH 16: Helmut Holger, German Costume († 2012)
- MARCH 16: Jerry Lewis, American actor
- MARCH 18: Peter Graves, American actor († 2010)
- MARCH 21: André Delvaux, Belgian film director († 2002)
- March 25: Riz Ortolani, Italian composer († 2014)
- March 30: Ray McAnally, British actor († 1989)
- March 31: Sydney Chaplin, American actor († 2009)
April-June
April
- April 05: Roger Corman, American director
- April 07: Joan Lorring, American actress
- APRIL 12: Jane Withers, American actress
- April 22: Harald Leipnitz, German actor († 2000)
- April 22: Charlotte Rae, American actress
- April 25: Tadeusz Janczar, Polish actor († 1997)
- APRIL 30: Cloris Leachman, American actress
May
- May 05: Ann B. Davis, American actress
- 08 May: David Attenborough, British documentary filmmaker
- May 08: Don Rickles, American comedian
- MAY 15: William A. Graham, American film director and film producer († 2013)
- MAY 17: Karl Lieffen, German actor († 1999)
- MAY 17: Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian actor
- MAY 19: Peter Zadek, German director († 2009)
- MAY 21: Kay Kendall, British actress († 1959)
- MAY 26: Iren Sütő, Hungarian actress († 1991)
- MAY 29: Charles Denner, French actor († 1995)
June
- 01 June: Andy Griffith, American actor († 2012)
- 01 June: Marilyn Monroe, American actress († 1962)
- June 02: Milo O'Shea, Irish actor († 2013)
- June 03: Alberto Farnese, Italian actor († 1996)
- 04 June: Judith Malina, American actress
- June 05: Armando Bandini, Italian actor and voice actor († 2011)
- 09 June: Mona Freeman, American actress
- JUNE 10: Lionel Jeffries, British actor
- June 15: Jesús Guzmán, Spanish actor
- JUNE 16: Roberto Gavioli, Italian animated film director († 2007)
- 20 June: Audie Murphy, American war hero, actor and songwriter († 1971)
- 21 June: Conrad L. Hall, American cinematographer († 2003)
- June 22: Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish director
- June 28: Mel Brooks, American actor and director
- JUNE 30: Peter Alexander, Austrian actor and singer († 2011)
July to September
July
- 04 July: Alfred Müller, German actor († 2010)
- JULY 10: Fred Gwynne, American actor († 1993)
- July 11: Patrick Wymark, British actor († 1970)
- July 12: Tiberio Mitri, Italian actor († 2001)
- July 14: Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
- July 18: Elisabeth Müller, Swiss actress († 2006)
- July 21: Norman Jewison, Canadian director
- July 21: Karel Reisz, Czech- British director († 2002)
- JULY 22: Bryan Forbes, a British film director, screenwriter and actor († 2013)
August
- 03 August: Rona Anderson, British actress († 2013)
- 06 August: Frank Finlay, British actor
- August 12: John Derek, American actor and director († 1998)
- August 17: Jean Poiret, French actor († 1992)
- AUGUST 19: Angus Scrimm, American actor
- AUGUST 26: Jose Romero Marchent, Spanish director († 2012)
September
- September 03: Irene Papas, Greek actress
- 08 September: Bhupen Hazarika, Indian film actor and director († 2011)
- September 09: Michael Lentz, German screenwriter and director († 2001)
- September 15: Shohei Imamura, Japanese director († 2006)
- September 16: Rudolf Zehetgruber, Austrian director
- SEPTEMBER 21: Carla Calo, Italian actress
- September 23: John Ericson, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 24: Veit Relin, Austrian actor, screenwriter and director († 2013)
- September 28: Billy Beck, American actor († 2011)
October to December
October
- October 03: Jacques Jouanneau, French actor and voice actor († 2011)
- October 11: Earle Hyman, American actor
- October 11: Duccio Tessari, Italian director and screenwriter († 1994)
- OCTOBER 15: Jean Peters, American actress († 2000)
- OCTOBER 17: Julie Adams, American actress
- OCTOBER 17: Beverly Garland, American actress († 2008)
- OCTOBER 18: Klaus Kinski, German actor († 1991)
- OCTOBER 21: Eberhard Fechner, German director († 1992)
- October 21: Leo Kirch, German media entrepreneur († 2011)
- OCTOBER 26: Marilyn Nash, American actress († 2011)
November
- November 04: Laurence Rosenthal, American composer
- 08 November: Eberhard Itzenplitz, German director († 2012)
- November 09: Vicente Aranda, Spanish director
- November 09: Martin Benrath, German actor († 2000)
- NOVEMBER 10: Jacques Rozier, French film director
- November 15: Richard H. Kline, American Cinematographer
- November 20: Lothar Griitzner, German actor and voice actor
- NOVEMBER 25: Jeffrey Hunter, American actor († 1969)
- NOVEMBER 25: Murray Schisgal, American screenwriter
- November 26: Ralf Wolter, German actor
- NOVEMBER 29: Naomi Stevens, American actress
- November 30: Richard Crenna, American actor († 2003)
December
- December 01: Charles Gérard, French actor and director
- December 10: Harry Fowler, British actor († 2012)
- December 15: Kasey Rogers, American actress († 2006)
- December 27: Jerome Courtland, American film director, producer and actor († 2012)
Day unknown
- Danilo Donati, Italian Costume and Production Designer († 2001)
- Gerry Hambling, British Cutter ( † 2013)
- Agustín Navarro, Spanish director and screenwriter († 2001)
Deceased
- JANUARY 30: Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter (* 1896)
- July 23: Charles Avery, American actor, director and screenwriter (* 1873)
- August 23: Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (* 1895)
- November 15: Hiram Abrams, the first president of the United Artists film distribution ( b. 1878 )