Film year 1928

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Film year 1928
Swedish director Mauritz Stiller died on November 18, 1928 in Stockholm . He was considered the discoverer and mentor of Greta Garbo .

Events

Walt Disney publishes Steamboat Willie, the first animated short film with a soundtrack including music, sound effects and dialogues added in post-production.

Film prizes and awards

Photoplay Award : Four Sons by John Ford

Birthdays

Jeanne Moreau (born January 23)

Karlheinz Böhm (born March 16)

James Garner (born April 7)

Hardy Krüger (born April 12)

Shirley Temple (born April 23)

Marco Ferreri (born May 11th)

Agnès Varda (born May 30)

Martin Landau (born June 20)

Ralph Waite (born June 22)

Stanley Kubrick (born July 26)

Cécile Aubry (born August 3)

Roddy McDowall (born September 17)

Adam West (born September 19)

Laurence Harvey (born October 1)

George Peppard (born October 1)

Ennio Morricone (born November 10th)

Dick Van Patten (born December 9)

Dan Blocker (born December 10th)

Bernard Cribbins (born December 29)

January to March

January

0January 1: Helen Westcott , American actress († 1998)
0January 6: Capucine , French actress († 1990)
0January 7th: William Peter Blatty , American screenwriter and director († 2017)
0January 9: Wolfgang Draeger , German actor and voice actor
January 11: Herbert Mensching , German actor and voice actor († 1981)
January 11: Mitchell Ryan , American actor
January 11: David L. Wolper , American producer († 2010)
January 13: Gregory Walcott , American actor († 2015)
January 15: Joanne Linville , American actress
January 15: René Vautier , French documentary filmmaker († 2015)
January 18: Franciszek Pieczka , Polish actor
January 19: Klaus Schlette , German actor († 1996)
January 20: Peter Donat , American actor († 2018)
January 23: Jeanne Moreau , French actress († 2017)
January 24th: Michel Serrault , French actor († 2007)
January 25: Helmut Ahner , German actor and voice actor († 2014)
January 25: Karl Walter Diess , Austrian actor and voice actor († 2014)
January 26: Roger Vadim , French director († 2000)
January 27: Michael Craig , British actor

February

0February 1: Stuart Whitman , American actor († 2020)
0February 8: Vyacheslav Wassiljewitsch Tichonow , Russian actor († 2009)
February 11: Conrad Janis , American actor
February 22: Paul Dooley , American actor
February 24: Al Lettieri , American actor († 1975)
February 25: Larry Gelbart , American screenwriter († 2009)
February 25: Bibiana Zeller , Austrian actress
February 28: Tom Aldredge , American actor († 2011)
February 28: Stanley Baker , British actor and producer († 1976)
February 29: Joss Ackland , British actor

March

0March 1: Jacques Rivette , French director, screenwriter and critic († 2016)
0March 3: Joe Conley , American actor († 2013)
0March 6: 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 Bahs , 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 cameraman († 2010)
March 16: Karlheinz Böhm , German actor († 2014)
March 17th: Eunice Gayson , British actress († 2018)
March 17: Hélène Loiselle , Canadian actress († 2013)
March 18: Peggy Dow , American actress
March 19: Patrick McGoohan , American actor († 2009)
March 22nd: Käte Jaenicke , German actress († 2002)
March 24th: Vanessa Brown , Austrian actress († 1999)

April to June

April

0April 1: George Grizzard , American actor († 2007)
0April 2: Serge Gainsbourg , French composer and actor († 1991)
0April 3: Kevin Hagen , American actor († 2005)
0April 4: Estelle Harris , American actress and voice actress
0April 7: James Garner , American actor († 2014)
0April 7: Alan J. Pakula , American director († 1998)
0April 8: Eric Porter , British actor († 1995)
April 10: Keijo Komppa , Finnish actor and director († 2009)
April 12th: Hardy Krüger , German actor
April 13: Herman Raucher , American screenwriter
April 16: Richard Sylbert , American production designer († 2002)
April 18: Geneviève Cluny , French actress
April 23: Shirley Temple , American actress († 2014)
April 24th: Nicolò Ferrari , Italian documentary filmmaker, director and screenwriter
April 24: Bruce Kirby , American actor
April 25: Yuri Jakowlew , Russian actor († 2013)
April 28: Jaromír Borek , Austrian actor († 1997)
April 28: Charlene Holt , American actress and model († 1996)
April 30: Peter Carsten , German actor († 2012)

May

0May 1: Leonardas Zelčius , Lithuanian actor († 2015)
0May 3: Jeanne Bal , American actress († 1996)
0May 5: Pierre Schoendoerffer , French director and screenwriter († 2012)
May 10: Hans Noever , German director
May 11: Marco Ferreri , Italian director († 1997)
May 12: Burt Bacharach , American composer
May 18: Pernell Roberts , American actor († 2010)
May 21: Alice Drummond , American actress († 2016)
May 21: Herbert Propst , Austrian actor († 1997)
May 22: John Mackenzie , British director († 2011)
May 23: Rosemary Clooney , American singer and actress († 2002)
May 23: Nigel Davenport , British actor († 2013)
May 23: Mary Fickett , American actress († 2011)
May 30th: Agnès Varda , Belgian director († 2019)
May 31: Édouard Molinaro , French director and screenwriter († 2013)

June

0June 5: Robert Lansing , American actor († 1994)
0June 5th: Tony Richardson , British director († 1991)
0June 6: Ed Fury , American actor
0June 7th: James Ivory , American director
June 12: Vic Damone , American singer and actor († 2018)
June 12: Bernie Hamilton , American actor († 2008)
June 16: Ernst Stankovski , Austrian actor
June 18: Maggie McNamara , American actress († 1978)
June 19: Nancy Marchand , American actress († 2000)
June 20: Martin Landau , American actor († 2017)
June 22nd: Horst Keitel , German actor and voice actor († 2015)
June 22nd: Ralph Waite , American actor († 2014)
June 25: Michel Brault , Canadian cameraman and director († 2013)
June 25: Francesco Giaculli , Italian producer and director
June 28: Claus Biederstaedt , German actor († 2020)
June 29: Ian Bannen , British actor († 1999)

July to September

July

0July 1: Gunnar Möller , German actor († 2017)
0July 5: Warren Oates , American actor († 1982)
0July 7: Patricia Hitchcock , American actress and producer
July 13: Bob Crane , American actor († 1978)
July 13: Mace Neufeld , American producer
July 14th: Nancy Olson , American actress
July 14: Lucyna Winnicka , Polish actress († 2013)
July 22: Orson Bean , American actor († 2020)
July 26: Stanley Kubrick , American director († 1999)
July 29: Bidzina Kwernadze , Georgian composer († 2010)
July 30th: Chris Howland , British actor († 2013)
July 31: Burt Topper , American producer, director, screenwriter and actor († 2007)

August

0August 2nd: Mino Giarda , Italian screenwriter
0August 2: Ruth Glöss , German actress († 2014)
0August 3: Cécile Aubry , French actress († 2010)
0August 3: James B. Harris , American producer and director
0August 3: Dodie Heath , American actress
0August 7th: Helen Vita , German actress († 2001)
August 10: Jimmy Dean , American country musician and actor († 2010)
August 10: Eddie Fisher , American singer and actor († 2010)
August 12: Dan Curtis , American director and producer († 2006)
August 15: Nicolas Roeg , British director († 2018)
August 16: Ann Blyth , American actress
August 23: Marian Seldes , American actress († 2014)
August 29: Charles Gray , British actor († 2000)
August 29: Dick O'Neill , American actor († 1998)
August 29: Dsidra Ritenbergs , Latvian actress and director († 2003)
August 31: James Coburn , American actor († 2002)

September

0September 1: George Maharis , American actor and singer
0September 2: Mel Stuart , American director († 2012)
0September 3: Serge Bourguignon , French director and screenwriter
0September 4th: Jerome Hellman , American producer and director
0September 4: Dick York , American actor († 1992)
September 11th: Earl Holliman , American actor
September 15: Henry Silva , American actor
September 17: Roddy McDowall , British actor († 1998)
September 19: Bruno Dallansky , Austrian actor († 2008)
September 19: Will Tremper , German director († 1998)
September 19: Adam West , American actor († 2017)
September 22: Eugene Roche , American actor († 2004)
September 25: Harold Becker , American director
September 27: Haro Senft , German director, producer and screenwriter († 2016)

October to December

October

0October 1: Laurence Harvey , Lithuanian-British actor († 1973)
0October 1: George Peppard , American actor († 1994)
0October 2: Oswalt Kolle , German screenwriter and producer († 2010)
0October 2: George McFarland , American actor († 1993)
0October 6: Barbara Werle , American actress and dancer († 2013)
0October 8: Helmut Qualtinger , Austrian actor († 1986)
October 10: Susumu Hani , Japanese director
October 13: Giorgio Stegani , Italian director
October 14: Edith Hancke , German actress and voice actress († 2015)
October 16: Nando Gazzolo , Italian actor and voice actor († 2015)
October 16: Ann Guilbert , American actress († 2016)
October 23: Karl Heinz Bender , German actor and voice actor
October 23: Marthe Mercadier , French actress
October 25: Jeanne Cooper , American actress († 2013)
October 25: Anthony Franciosa , American actor († 2006)
October 25: Marion Ross , American actress
October 31: Andrew Sarris , American critic († 2012)

November

0November 1: Emmaline Henry , American actress († 1979)
0November 3: Wanda Hendrix , American actress († 1981)
November 10: Norma Crane , American actress († 1973)
November 10: Ennio Morricone , Italian composer († 2020)
November 14th: Kathleen Hughes , American actress
November 16: Clu Gulager , American actor
November 17: Rance Howard , American actor († 2017)
November 20: Alexei Batalow , Russian actor, director and screenwriter († 2017)
November 20: Franklin Cover , American actor († 2006)
November 21: Jürgen Wilke , German actor († 2016)
November 30th: Rex Reason , American actor († 2015)

December

0December 1: Malachi Throne , American actor († 2013)
0December 2: Fred Düren , German actor († 2015)
0December 2nd: Ilse Peternell , Austrian actress
0December 3: Joachim Nottke , German screenwriter, actor and voice actor († 1998)
0December 5th: Barbara Krafftówna , Polish actress
0December 9: Dick Van Patten , American actor († 2015)
December 10: Dan Blocker , American actor († 1972)
December 10: John Colicos , Canadian actor († 2000)
December 11: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea , Cuban director († 1996)
December 11th: Noriaki Tsuchimoto , Japanese director, screenwriter and producer († 2008)
December 16: Terry Carter , American actor
December 17: George Lindsey , American actor and screenwriter († 2012)
December 21: Ed Nelson , American actor († 2014)
December 22nd: Ib Hansen , Danish opera singer and actor († 2013)
December 24th: Sigurd Fitzek , German actor
December 25: Irish McCalla , American actress († 2002)
December 25: Dick Miller , American actor († 2019)
December 28: Esther Sandoval , Puerto Rican actress († 2006)
December 29: Bernard Cribbins , British actor
December 31: Euel Box , American composer († 2017)

Day unknown

Giorgio Gentili , Italian assistant director
Morgan Jones , American actor († 2012)
Shesha Palihakkara , Sri Lankan director, producer and actor († 2009)

deceased

November 18: Mauritz Stiller , Swedish director (* 1883)
November 22nd: Erich Kaiser-Titz , German actor (* 1875)
December 14: Theodore Roberts , American actor (* 1861)

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