Film year 1926

List of film years
◄◄ | ◄ | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | Film year 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | ► | ►►
Other events

Film year 1926
The 31-year-old Rudolph Valentino died on August 23, 1926 .

Events

February 2nd - The left-wing film production company Prometheus Film is founded in Berlin .
May 19 - After demonstrations by the Filmbund , a film quota law came into force in Austria on May 19 to protect the Austrian film industry from cheap imports from abroad, mainly from the United States. From there, Austria reached 1200 feature films in 1925, which was three to four times more than the domestic film requirement of the cinemas. These productions were much cheaper than European productions and thus drove numerous film production companies to bankruptcy.
Eight years after the abolition of the monarchy's censorship laws, film censorship will finally be abolished in Austria with effect from May.

Film prizes and awards

Photoplay Award : Blood Brotherhood of Herbert Brenon

Birthdays

Leslie Nielsen (born February 11)

Andrzej Wajda (born March 6th)

January to March

January

0January 1: Riccardo Garrone , Italian actor († 2016)
0January 3: Dorothea Mommsen , German actress († 2017)
January 12: Andrew Laszlo , American cameraman († 2011)
January 15: Maria Schell , Austrian actress († 2005)
January 17th: Herz Frank , Latvian documentary filmmaker († 2013)
January 17th: Moira Shearer , British actress († 2006)
January 19: Fritz Weaver , American actor († 2016)
January 20: Patricia Neal , American actress († 2010)
January 21: Clive Donner , British director († 2010)
January 24th: Georges Lautner , French director († 2013)
January 25: Youssef Chahine , Egyptian director († 2008)
January 27: Ingrid Thulin , Swedish actress († 2004)
January 29: Curt Timm , German actor († 2015)

February

0February 1: Nancy Gates , American actress († 2019)
0February 5: Stefan Gierasch , American actor († 2014)
0February 8: Sonja Ziemann , German actress († 2020)
February 11: Leslie Nielsen , Canadian actor († 2010)
February 16: John Schlesinger , British director († 2003)
February 18: Dante DiPaolo , American actor († 2013)
February 20: Richard Matheson , American screenwriter († 2013)
February 22nd: Bud Yorkin , American director and producer († 2015)
February 23: Ernst Meister , Austrian actor († 1986)
February 25: Eva Bergh , Norwegian actress († 2013)
February 26: Ernst Grabbe , German actor († 2006)

March

0March 5: Craig Hill , American actor († 2014)
0March 6: Andrzej Wajda , Polish director († 2016)
March 14: Peter Graves , American actor († 2010)
March 16: Helmut Holger , German costume designer († 2012)
March 16: Jerry Lewis , American actor († 2017)
March 21: André Delvaux , Belgian director († 2002)
March 25: Riz Ortolani , Italian composer († 2014)
March 30: Ray McAnally , British actor († 1989)
March 30th: Sydney Chaplin , American actor († 2009)

April to June

Marilyn Monroe (born June 1)

Mel Brooks (born June 28)

April

0April 5: Roger Corman , American director
0April 8: Elisabeth Wiedemann , German actress († 2015)
April 12th: Jane Withers , American actress
April 14: Piero Nelli , Italian documentary filmmaker and director († 2014)
April 17th: Joan Lorring , American actress († 2014)
April 22: Harald Leipnitz , German actor († 2000)
April 22: Charlotte Rae , American actress († 2018)
April 25: Tadeusz Janczar , Polish actor († 1997)
April 30th: Cloris Leachman , American actress

May

0May 5: Ann B. Davis , American actress († 2014)
0May 8: David Attenborough , British documentary filmmaker
0May 8: Don Rickles , American comedian († 2017)
May 11: Frank Thring , Australian film and stage actor. († 1994)
May 15: William A. Graham , American director and producer († 2013)
May 17: Karl Lieffen , German actor († 1999)
May 17: Dietmar Schönherr , Austrian actor († 2014)
May 19: Peter Zadek , German director († 2009)
May 21: Kay Kendall , British actress († 1959)
May 26: Irén Sütő , Hungarian actress († 1991)
May 29: Charles Denner , French actor († 1995)

June

0June 1: Andy Griffith , American actor († 2012)
0June 1: Marilyn Monroe , American actress († 1962)
0June 2: Milo O'Shea , Irish actor († 2013)
0June 3: Alberto Farnese , Italian actor († 1996)
0June 3: Herta Kravina , Austrian actress and voice actress († 2015)
0June 4th: Judith Malina , American actress († 2015)
0June 5: Armando Bandini , Italian actor and voice actor († 2011)
0June 7: Günther Schneider-Siemssen , German-Austrian stage designer († 2015)
0June 9: Mona Freeman , American actress († 2014)
June 10: Lionel Jeffries , British actor († 2010)
June 14: Gerry Hambling , British film editor († 2013)
June 15th: Jesús Guzmán , Spanish actor
June 16: Roberto Gavioli , Italian animation director († 2007)
June 21: Conrad L. Hall , American cameraman († 2003)
June 22nd: Tadeusz Konwicki , Polish director († 2015)
June 28: Mel Brooks , American actor and director
June 29: Gideon Singer , Israeli-Austrian actor († 2015)
June 30: Peter Alexander , Austrian actor († 2011)

July to September

July

0July 3: Erika Stiska , German actress († 2016)
0July 4th: 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 († 2017)
July 18: Elisabeth Müller , Swiss actress († 2006)
July 19: Helen Gallagher , American actress, dancer, and singer
July 20: Ilija Ivezić , Croatian actor († 2016)
July 21: Norman Jewison , Canadian director
July 21: Karel Reisz , Czech-British director († 2002)
July 22: Bryan Forbes , British director, screenwriter and actor († 2013)
July 24: Colin Low , Canadian director, producer and animator († 2016)

August

0August 3: Rona Anderson , British actress († 2013)
0August 6: Frank Finlay , British actor († 2016)
August 12: John Derek , American actor and director († 1998)
August 17th: Jean Poiret , French actor († 1992)
August 19: Angus Scrimm , American actor († 2016)
August 26: José Romero Marchent , Spanish director († 2012)
August 27: Med Flory , American actor († 2014)

September

0September 3rd: Irene Papas , Greek actress
0September 8: Bhupen Hazarika , Indian actor and director († 2011)
0September 9: Michael Lentz , German screenwriter and director († 2001)
September 15: Shōhei Imamura , Japanese director († 2006)
September 16: Rudolf Zehetgruber , Austrian director
September 21: Carla Calò , Italian actress († 2019)
September 23: John Ericson , American actor († 2020)
September 24th: Veit Relin , Austrian actor, screenwriter and director († 2013)

October to December

Klaus Kinski (born October 18)

Keith Michell (born December 1)

Witold Pyrkosz (born December 24th)

October

0October 3: Jacques Jouanneau , French actor and voice actor († 2011)
0October 9: Danièle Delorme , French actress and producer († 2015)
October 10: Richard Jaeckel , American actor († 1997)
October 11: Earle Hyman , American actor († 2017)
October 11: Duccio Tessari , Italian director and screenwriter († 1994)
October 15: Jean Peters , American actress († 2000)
October 17: Julie Adams , American actress († 2019)
October 17th: Beverly Garland , American actress († 2008)
October 18: Yoram Gross , Australian director, screenwriter and producer († 2015)
October 18: Klaus Kinski , German actor († 1991)
October 20: Luigi Di Gianni , Italian documentary filmmaker († 2019)
October 21: Eberhard Fechner , German director († 1992)
October 21: Leo Kirch , German media entrepreneur († 2011)
October 26: Marilyn Nash , American actress († 2011)

November

0November 1: Betsy Palmer , American actress († 2015)
0November 4th: Laurence Rosenthal , American composer
0November 5: John Berger , British writer and screenwriter († 2017)
0November 8: Eberhard Itzenplitz , German director († 2012)
0November 9: Vicente Aranda , Spanish director († 2015)
0November 9: Martin Benrath , German actor († 2000)
November 10: Jacques Rozier , French director
November 15: Richard H. Kline , American cameraman († 2018)
November 20: Lothar Grützner , German actor and voice actor († 2018)
November 25: Jeffrey Hunter , American actor († 1969)
November 25: Murray Schisgal , American screenwriter
November 26th: Ralf Wolter , German actor
November 29th: Naomi Stevens , American actress († 2018)
November 30th: Richard Crenna , American actor († 2003)

December

0December 1st: Charles Gérard , French actor and director
0December 1: Keith Michell , Australian actor († 2015)
December 10: Harry Fowler , British actor († 2012)
December 15: Kasey Rogers , American actress († 2006)
December 24: Witold Pyrkosz , Polish actor († 2017)
December 27: Jerome Courtland , American director, producer and actor († 2012)

Day unknown

Danilo Donati , Italian costume and production designer († 2001)
Agustín Navarro , Spanish director and screenwriter († 2001)

deceased

January 30th: 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 , first president of the film distributor United Artists (* 1878)

Web links

Commons : 1926 Film Year - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files