1928 in film
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Events
- Walt Disney released Steamboat Willie with the first animated short film with one, added in post-production, soundtrack, including music, sound effects and dialogue.
Film Awards and honors
- Photoplay Award: Four Sons of John Ford
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 09 January: Wolfgang Draeger, German actor and voice actor
- January 11: Herbert Mensching, German actor and voice actor († 1981)
- January 11: Ryan Mitchell, American actor
- January 11: David L. Wolper, American producer ( † 2010)
- JANUARY 15: Joanne Linville, American actress
- JANUARY 18: Franciszek Pieczka, Polish actor
- JANUARY 19: Klaus Schlette, German actor († 1996)
- JANUARY 23: Jeanne Moreau, French actress
- JANUARY 24: Michel Serrault, French actor († 2007)
- JANUARY 25: Helmut Ahner, German actor and voice actor
- JANUARY 25: Karl Walter Diess, Austrian actor and voice actor († 2014)
- JANUARY 26: Roger Vadim, French film director († 2000)
- January 27: Michael Craig, British actor
February
- February 01: Stuart Whitman, American actor
- 08 February: Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov, Russian actor († 2009)
- FEBRUARY 22: Paul Dooley, American actor
- FEBRUARY 25: Larry Gelbart, American screenwriter († 2009)
- FEBRUARY 28: Tom Aldredge, American actor († 2011)
- FEBRUARY 29: Joss Ackland, British actor
March
- March 01: Jacques Rivette, French film director
- 06 March: Christa Wehling, German actress († 1996)
- March 10: Sara Montiel, Spanish actress († 2013)
- MARCH 11: Albert Salmi, American actor († 1990)
- March 12: Edward Albee, American writer
- MARCH 12: Henning Bah, Danish screenwriter and production designer († 2002)
- MARCH 12: Paul Kuhn, German actor († 2013)
- MARCH 12: Gregory J. Markopoulos, American avant-garde filmmaker († 1992)
- MARCH 12: Robert Paynter, British cinematographer († 2010)
- MARCH 16: Karlheinz Böhm, German actor
- MARCH 17: Hélène Loiselle, Canadian actress († 2013)
- MARCH 18: Peggy Dow, American actress
- MARCH 19: Patrick McGoohan, American actor († 2009)
- MARCH 22: Kate Jaenicke, German actress († 2002)
- MARCH 24: Vanessa Brown, Austrian actress († 1999)
April-June
April
- April 07: James Garner, American actor
- April 07: Alan J. Pakula, American film director († 1998)
- 08 April: John Gavin, American actor
- April 10: Keijo Komppa, Finnish actor and film director († 2009)
- APRIL 12: Hardy Krüger, German actor
- April 13: Herman Smoking, American screenwriter
- APRIL 16: Richard Sylbert, American Designer († 2002)
- April 18: Geneviève Cluny, French actress
- April 23: Shirley Temple, American actress († 2014)
- APRIL 24: Nicolò Ferrari, Italian documentary filmmaker, director and screenwriter
- April 25: Yuri Yakovlev, Russian actor († 2013)
- APRIL 27: Brigitte Auber, French actress
- APRIL 30: Peter Carsten, German actor († 2012)
May
- May 05: Pierre Schoendoerffer, French film director and screenwriter († 2012)
- May 10: Hans Noever, German director
- MAY 11: Marco Ferreri, Italian film director († 1997)
- MAY 18: Pernell Roberts, American actor († 2010)
- MAY 21: Alice Drummond, American actress
- MAY 22: John Mackenzie, British director († 2011)
- MAY 23: Nigel Davenport, British actor († 2013)
- MAY 23: Mary Fickett, American actress († 2011)
- May 30: Agnès Varda, Belgian director
- MAY 31: Edouard Molinaro, French film director and screenwriter († 2013)
June
- June 05: Robert Lansing, American actor († 1994)
- June 05: Tony Richardson, British director († 1991)
- June 06: Ed Fury, American actor
- 07 June: James Ivory, American film director
- June 12: Bernie Hamilton, American actor († 2008)
- June 16: Ernst Stankovski, Austrian actor
- June 18: Maggie McNamara, American actress († 1978)
- 20 June: Martin Landau, American actor
- June 22: Ralph Waite, American actor († 2014)
- JUNE 25: Michel Brault, Canadian cinematographer and director
- June 25: Francesco Giaculli, Italian producer and director
- 28 June: Claus Biederstaedt, German actor
July to September
July
- 05 July: Katherine Helmond, American actress
- July 05: Warren Oates, American actor († 1982)
- July 13: Mace Neufeld, American producer
- July 14: Nancy Olson, American actress
- July 14: Lucyna Winnicka, Polish actress († 2013)
- JULY 22: Orson Bean, American actor
- July 26: Stanley Kubrick, American film director († 1999)
- JULY 30: Chris Howland, British actor († 2013)
- JULY 31: Burt Topper, American producer, director, screenwriter and actor († 2007)
August
- August 02: Mino Giardia, Italian screenwriter
- 03 August: Cécile Aubry, French actress († 2010)
- 03 August: James B. Harris, American producer and director
- 03 August: Dodie Heath, American actress
- 07 August: Helen Vita, German actress († 2001)
- August 11: Arlene Dahl, American actress
- August 12: Dan Curtis, American film director and producer ( † 2006)
- August 15: Nicolas Roeg, British director
- August 16th: Ann Blyth, American actress
- August 23: Marian Seldes, American actress
- AUGUST 29: Dsidra Ritenbergs, Latvian actress and director († 2003)
- AUGUST 31: James Coburn, American actor († 2002)
September
- September 02: Mel Stuart, American film director († 2012)
- September 03: Serge Bourguignon, French film director and screenwriter
- September 04: Jerome Hellman, American film producer and director
- September 11: Earl Holliman, American actor
- September 15: Henry Silva, American actor
- September 19: Will Tremper, German director († 1998)
- SEPTEMBER 19: Adam West, American actor
- OCTOBER 23: Karl Heinz Bender, German actor, radio drama and voice actor
- September 25: Harold Becker, American director
- September 27: Haro Senft, German director
October to December
October
- October 01: George Peppard, American actor († 1994)
- October 02: George McFarland, American actor († 1993)
- 06 October: Barbara Werle, American actress and dancer († 2013)
- 08 October: Helmut Qualtinger, Austrian actor († 1986)
- October 10: Susumu Hani, Japanese director
- OCTOBER 13: Giorgio Stegani, Italian director
- October 14: Edith Hancke, German actress
- October 16: Ann Guilbert, American actress
- October 23: Marthe Mercadier, French actress
- October 25: Jeanne Cooper, American actress († 2013)
- October 25: Marion Ross, American actress
- October 31: Andrew Sarris, American critic († 2012)
November
- November 03: Wanda Hendrix, American actress († 1981)
- NOVEMBER 10: Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
- November 16: Clu Gulager, American actor
- NOVEMBER 17: Rance Howard, American actor
December
- December 01: Malachi Throne, American actor († 2013)
- December 03: Joachim Nottke, German screenwriter, actor and voice actor († 1998)
- December 05: Barbara Krafftówna, Polish actress
- December 10: Dan Blocker, American actor († 1972)
- December 11: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuban director († 1996)
- December 11: Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 2008)
- DECEMBER 16: Terry Carter, American actor
- December 22: Ib Hansen, Danish opera singer and actor († 2013)
- December 24: Sigurd Fitzek, German actor
- December 25: Irish McCalla, American actress († 2002)
- December 28: Esther Sandoval, Puerto Rican actress († 2006)
- December 31: Euel Box, composer and songwriter
Day unknown
- Giorgio Gentili, Italian assistant director
- Morgan Jones, American actor († 2012)
- Shesha Palihakkara, Sri Lankan film director, producer and actor († 2009)
- Bidsina Kwernadse, Georgian composer († 2010)