# 1986 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

## Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1986 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
| 1 | Top Gun | Paramount | $176,781,728 |
| 2 | Crocodile Dundee | Paramount | $174,803,506 |
| 3 | Platoon | Orion | $138,530,565 |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | Columbia | $115,103,979 |
| 5 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Paramount | $109,713,132 |
| 6 | Back to School | Orion | $91,258,000 |
| 7 | Aliens | 20th Century Fox | $86,160,248 |
| 8 | The Golden Child | Paramount | $79,817,937 |
| 9 | Ruthless People | Buena Vista | $71,624,879 |
| 10 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Paramount | $70,136,169 |

## Events

* January 7 - Lawrence Gordon resigns as president and chief operating officer of the Fox Entertainment Group, citing poor health
* February 3 - Pixar Animation Studios is founded by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith.
* April - Guy McElwaine resigns as head of Columbia Pictures.
* April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.
* June - First Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland.
* July 2 - The Great Mouse Detective is released to theaters to positive reviews and is a critical and financial success, just behind An American Tail, saving the Disney Studio from bankruptcy after the failure of The Black Cauldron. It is now regarded as one of the darkest and underrated classics of all time, and has gained a cult following.
* August 6 - Timothy Dalton is officially announced as the fourth actor to portray James Bond.
* September - David Puttnam becomes head of Columbia Pictures.
* September 13 - Film review television program Siskel & Ebert premieres in syndication. Although the two critics have been working as a pair since 1975, this will be their longest running program and will run in various incarnations until 2010.
* November 21 - The first animated film produced by Steven Spielberg, An American Tail, is released, and breaks the record once held by Disney's The Rescuers for the largest financial amount made for an animated film on opening weekend.
* November 29
** Actor Cary Grant dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Davenport, Iowa.
** Stuntman Dar Robinson is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 44th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1987 | 44th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1987 | 40th BAFTA Awards February 22, 1987 | 59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Comedy or Musical | 40th BAFTA Awards February 22, 1987 | 59th Academy Awards March 30, 1987 |
| Best Film | Platoon | Hannah and Her Sisters | A Room with a View | Platoon |
| Best Director | Oliver Stone Platoon | Oliver Stone Platoon | Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters | Oliver Stone Platoon |
| Best Actor | Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa | Paul Hogan Crocodile Dundee | Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa | Paul Newman The Color of Money |
| Best Actress | Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God | Sissy Spacek Crimes of the Heart | Maggie Smith A Room with a View | Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Berenger Platoon | Tom Berenger Platoon | Ray McAnally The Mission | Michael Caine Hannah and Her Sisters |
| Best Supporting Actress | Maggie Smith A Room with a View | Maggie Smith A Room with a View | Judi Dench A Room with a View | Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | The Mission Robert Bolt | The Mission Robert Bolt | Out of Africa Kurt Luedtke | A Room with a View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Best Screenplay, Original | The Mission Robert Bolt | The Mission Robert Bolt | Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen | Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricone The Mission | Ennio Morricone The Mission | Ennio Morricone The Mission | Herbie Hancock Round Midnight |
| Best Original Song | "Take My Breath Away" Top Gun | "Take My Breath Away" Top Gun | N/A | "Take My Breath Away" Top Gun |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Assault (De Aanslag) | The Assault (De Aanslag) | Ran (Ran) | The Assault (De Aanslag) |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    The Mission, directed by Roland Joffé, United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
    The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert), directed by Éric Rohmer, France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    Stammheim, directed by Reinhard Hauff, West Germany

## 1986 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1986
* List of Argentine films of 1986
* List of Australian films of 1986
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1986
* List of British films of 1986
* List of Canadian films of 1986
* List of French films of 1986
* List of Hong Kong films of 1986
* List of Indian films of 1986
** List of Hindi films of 1986
** List of Kannada films of 1986
** List of Malayalam films of 1986
** List of Marathi films of 1986
** List of Tamil films of 1986
** List of Telugu films of 1986
* List of Japanese films of 1986
* List of Mexican films of 1986
* List of Pakistani films of 1986
* List of South Korean films of 1986
* List of Soviet films of 1986
* List of Spanish films of 1986

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1986
* List of animated feature films of 1986
* List of avant-garde films of 1986
* List of comedy films of 1986
* List of drama films of 1986
* List of horror films of 1986
* List of science fiction films of 1986
* List of thriller films of 1986
* List of western films of 1986

## Births

* January 1 - Jessica Gunning, English actress
* January 1 - Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
* January 4 - Charlyne Yi, American actor, comedian, musician and writer
* January 5 - Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
* January 8 - Yash, Indian actor
* January 16 - Mason Gamble, American former actor
* January 17 - Max Adler, American actor
* January 21
** Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (d. 2020)
** Ken Yamamura, Japanese actor
* January 24
** Mischa Barton, English-American actress
** Raviv Ullman, Israeli actor
* January 29 - Ashley Lilley, Scottish actress and singer
* January 30 - Ashley Buccille, American actress
* February 1 - Lauren Conrad, American TV personality and author
* February 2 - Gemma Arterton, English actress
* February 4 - Danielle Vega, American actress
* February 6 - Dane DeHaan, American actor
* February 9 - Jade Xu, actress
* February 10 - Christopher Abbott, American actor
* February 12 - Valorie Curry, American actress
* February 14 - Tiffany Thornton, American actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter
* February 18
** Sakura Ando, Japanese actress
** Dumbfoundead, American rapper and actor
* February 19
** Ophelia Lovibond, English actress
** Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
* February 22
** Josh Helman, Australian actor
** Miko Hughes, American actor
* February 24
** Bryce Papenbrook, American voice actor
** Benny Safdie, American director, screenwriter, actor and editor
* February 25
** Jameela Jamil, English actress
** James and Oliver Phelps, English twin actors
* February 26 - Teresa Palmer. Australian actress, writer, model and film producer
* March 1 - Alec Utgoff, Soviet-born English actor
* March 2 - Ethan Peck, American actor
* March 9 - Brittany Snow, American actress
* March 14 - Jamie Bell, English actor and dancer.
* March 15 - Jai Courtney, Australian actor
* March 16 - Alexandra Daddario, American actress
* March 17 - Olesya Rulin, Russian-American actress
* March 20 - Ruby Rose, Australian actress
* March 21 - Scott Eastwood, American actor and model
* March 22 - Matt Bush, American actor
* March 23 - Steven Strait, American actor and singer
* March 24 - Jason Wong, British actor
* March 28 - Lady Gaga, American singer and actress
* March 30 - Simon Baker, Aboriginal-Canadian actor
* April 1 - Jenn Murray, Northern Irish actress
* April 3 - Amanda Bynes, American actress and variety show host
* April 4 - Gavin Stenhouse, English actor
* April 7 - Jason Ralph, American actor
* April 9 - Leighton Meester, American actress and singer
* April 12 - Titanilla Bogdányi, Hungarian voice actress
* April 15 - Ester Dean, American singer-songwriter and actress
* April 17 - Zheng Kai, Chinese actor and television personality
* April 19 - Henrik Kalmet, Estonian actor
* April 22 - Amber Heard, American actress
* April 23 - Alisha Morrison, Canadian actress
* April 24 - Tahyna MacManus, Australian actress, director, writer and producer
* April 25
** John DeLuca, American actor and singer
** Daniel Sharman, English actor
* April 27 - Jenna Coleman, English actress
* April 30
** Dianna Agron, American actress, singer and director
** Beau Wirick, American actor
* May 3
** Poppy Delevingne, English actress
** Pom Klementieff, French actress and model
* May 6 - Sasheer Zamata, American actress and comedienne
* May 7 - Robbie Jarvis, British actor
* May 11 - Tia Ballard, American voice actress
* May 12
** Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
** Leonard Wu, American actor
* May 13
** Lena Dunham, American writer, director, actress, and producer
** Robert Pattinson, English actor
* May 16 - Megan Fox, American actress and model
* May 17 - Tahj Mowry, American actor
* May 19 - Eric Lloyd, American actor, comedian, musician and producer
* May 20 - Robert Emms, British actor
* May 21
** David Ajala, British actor
** Da'Vine Joy Randolph, American actress and singer
* May 23 - Ryan Coogler, American filmmaker
* May 26 - Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Spanish-French actress
* May 28 - Joseph Cross, American actor and producer
* May 30 - Will Peltz, American actor
* June 1 - Alessio Puccio, Italian voice actor
* June 3
** Brenden Jefferson, American child actor and songwriter
** Josh Segarra, American actor
* June 4
** Oona Chaplin, Spanish-British actress
** Yahav Winner, Israeli filmmaker (d. 2023)
* June 5 - Amanda Crew, Canadian actress
* June 11 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker
* June 12
** Jessica Keenan Wynn, American actress, singer and voice-over artist
** Luke Youngblood, English actor
* June 13
** Kat Dennings, American actress
** Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American twin actresses and entrepreneurs
* June 14 - Haley Hudson, American actress
* June 17 - Marie Avgeropoulos, Canadian actress and model
* June 18
** Richard Madden, Scottish actor
** Matt Walsh, American political pundit and documentary filmmaker
* June 19
** Nazareno Casero, Argentinian actor
** Erin Mackey, American actress and singer
* June 20 - Dreama Walker, American retired actress
* June 26 - Brittney Karbowski, American voice actress
* June 27
** Drake Bell, American actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
** Sam Claflin, British actor
* July 1 - Sonoya Mizuno, British actress
* July 2 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur
* July 8 - Jake McDorman, American actor
* July 10 - Wyatt Russell, American actor
* July 15 - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, American actor
* July 17 - Brando Eaton, American actor
* July 21
** Betty Gilpin, American actress
** Diane Guerrero, American actress
* July 24 - Megan Park, Canadian actress and director
* July 26 - Saphira Indah, Indonesian actress (d. 2019)
* July 27 - Felecia Angelle, American voice actress
* July 31 - Wunmi Mosaku, Nigerian-born British actress
* August 1 - Elijah Kelley, American actor and singer
* August 2
** Yann Gael, French-Cameroonian actor
** Lily Gladstone, American actress
* August 6 - Nanna Blondell, Swedish actress
* August 13 - Ashley Spillers, American actress
* August 14 - Casey LaBow, American actress and producer
* August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor and singer
* August 17 - Katia Elizarova, Russian model and actress
* August 22 - Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
* August 27 - Jack Kesy, American actor
* August 28 - Armie Hammer, American actor
* August 29
** Nicole Byer, American comedian, actress and television host
** Lea Michele, American actress and singer
* August 31
** Ryan Kelley, American actor
** Johnny Wactor, American actor (d. 2024)
* September 6 - Kalani Queypo, American actor
* September 8 - Jake Sandvig, American actor
* September 12
** Alfie Allen, English actor
** Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
* September 14 - A. J. Trauth, American actor and musician
* September 16
** Ian Harding, American actor
** Kyla Pratt, American actress
** Michael James Shaw, American actor and writer
* September 17 - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Japanese voice actor
* September 18 - Keeley Hazell, English model and actress
* September 19
** Carrie Finlay, Canadian actress
** Peter Vack, American actor, writer, director and producer
* September 20 - Aldis Hodge, American actor
* September 23
** Kaylee DeFer, American former actress
** Jana Pérez, Spanish actress and model
* September 30 - Ki Hong Lee, Korean-American actor
* October 1
** Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer (d. 2021)
** Jurnee Smollett, American actress
* October 2 - Camilla Belle, American actress, director, and producer
* October 3 - Joonas Suotamo, Finnish actor
* October 5 - Kevin Bigley, American actor
* October 6
** Luisa D'Oliveira, Canadian actress
** Olivia Thirlby, American actress
* October 12 - Rafal Zawierucha, Polish actor
* October 13 - Tom Attenborough, English voice actor
* October 15
** Ali Fazal, Indian actor
** Paul Walter Hauser, American actor
* October 22 - Kyle Gallner, American actor
* October 23
** Emilia Clarke, British actress
** Jessica Stroup, American actress
* October 24
** Drake, Canadian rapper, singer, and actor
** Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
* October 28
** May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress
** Aditi Rao Hydari, Indian actress
* November 1 - Penn Badgley, American actor
* November 4 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
* November 10 - Josh Peck, American actor
* November 14 - Cory Michael Smith, American actor
* November 15
** Winston Duke, Tobagonian actor
** Jason Trost, American filmmaker and actor
* November 18
** Pablo Lyle, Mexican actor
** Ragne Veensalu, Estonian actress
* November 20 - Kingsley Ben-Adir, British actor
* November 21 - Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer and writer
* November 25 - Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer
* November 26 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
* November 28 - Johnny Simmons, American actor
* December 17 - Emma Bell, American actress
* December 19 - Annie Murphy, Canadian actress
* December 24 - Annika Noelle,
American Soap Opera Actress
* December 26 - Kit Harington, English actor
* December 27 - Lali González, Paraguayan theatre actress
* December 29 - Ally Maki, American actress
* December 30 - Ellie Goulding, English singer and songwriter
* December 31 - Bronson Pelletier, Canadian actor
* Cathy Yan, Chinese-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Emmet Lavery | 83 | US | Screenwriter | The Court-Martial of Billy MitchellArmy Surgeon |
| January | 2 | Una Merkel | 82 | US | Actress | The Parent Trap42nd Street |
| January | 14 | Donna Reed | 64 | US | Actress | It's a Wonderful LifeFrom Here To Eternity |
| January | 24 | Gordon MacRae | 64 | US | Actor, Singer | Oklahoma!Carousel |
| January | 27 | Lilli Palmer | 78 | Germany | Actress | Body and SoulThe Boys from Brazil |
| January | 29 | Leif Erickson | 74 | US | Actor | Tea and SympathyKiss Them for Me |
| February | 2 | Donald Eccles | 77 | UK | Actor | The Wicker ManYoung Sherlock Holmes |
| February | 6 | Ray Moyer | 87 | US | Set Decorator | Sunset BoulevardCleopatra |
| February | 6 | Dandy Nichols | 78 | UK | Actress | Help!The Vikings |
| February | 10 | Brian Aherne | 83 | UK | Actor | JuarezA Night to Remember |
| February | 16 | Howard Da Silva | 82 | US | Actor | 1776The Lost Weekend |
| February | 17 | Paul Stewart | 77 | US | Actor | Citizen KaneIn Cold Blood |
| February | 19 | Adolfo Celi | 63 | Italy | Actor | ThunderballDanger: Diabolik |
| February | 22 | Bill Hickman | 65 | US | Stuntman, Actor | The French ConnectionBullitt |
| February | 23 | Nino Taranto | 78 | Italy | Actor | Husbands in the CityThe Monk of Monza |
| February | 25 | Pasquale Festa Campanile | 58 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | PetomaniacThe Leopard |
| February | 27 | Eugene Forde | 87 | US | Director | Charlie Chan in LondonDressed to Kill |
| March | 3 | Peter Capell | 73 | Germany | Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryPaths of Glory |
| March | 6 | Adolph Caesar | 52 | US | Actor | A Soldier's StoryThe Color Purple |
| March | 10 | Ray Milland | 77 | UK | Actor, Director | Dial M for MurderThe Lost Weekend |
| March | 14 | Edith Atwater | 74 | US | Actress | Sweet Smell of SuccessStrait-Jacket |
| March | 21 | Derek Farr | 74 | UK | Actor | The Dam BustersThe Projected Man |
| March | 22 | Olive Deering | 67 | US | Actress | The Ten CommandmentsSamson and Delilah |
| March | 22 | Charles Starrett | 82 | US | Actor | The Durango KidGallant Defender |
| March | 25 | Gloria Blondell | 75 | US | Actress | Accidents Will HappenDaredevil Drivers |
| March | 28 | Virginia Gilmore | 66 | US | Actress | Western UnionThat Other Woman |
| March | 29 | Harry Ritz | 86 | US | Comedian, Actor | The Three MusketeersSilent Movie |
| March | 30 | Herman A. Blumenthal | 69 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | Journey to the Center of the EarthHello, Dolly! |
| March | 30 | James Cagney | 86 | US | Actor | White HeatYankee Doodle Dandy |
| March | 31 | Jerry Paris | 60 | US | Actor, Director | MartyThe Caine Mutiny |
| April | 3 | Mary C. McCall Jr. | 81 | US | Screenwriter | The Fighting SullivansMaisie |
| April | 7 | Chester Erskine | 77 | US | Screenwriter, Director | A Girl in Every PortThe Egg and I |
| April | 13 | Stephen Stucker | 38 | US | Actor | Airplane!Trading Places |
| April | 15 | Tim McIntire | 41 | US | Actor | BrubakerAmerican Hot Wax |
| April | 20 | Max Benedict | 66 | Austria | Film Editor | Whistle Down the WindThe Blue Max |
| April | 21 | Marjorie Eaton | 85 | US | Actress | The Trouble with AngelsThat Forsyte Woman |
| April | 23 | Harold Arlen | 81 | US | Composer | The Wizard of OzA Star Is Born |
| April | 23 | Otto Preminger | 80 | Austria | Director, Producer, Actor | Anatomy of a MurderLaura |
| April | 26 | Broderick Crawford | 74 | US | Actor | All the King's MenBorn Yesterday |
| April | 26 | Bessie Love | 87 | US | Actress | The Broadway MelodyThe Lost World |
| April | 30 | Robert Stevenson | 81 | UK | Director | Mary PoppinsOld Yeller |
| May | 1 | Hylda Baker | 81 | UK | Actress | Saturday Night and Sunday MorningOliver! |
| May | 3 | Robert Alda | 72 | US | Actor | Rhapsody in BlueImitation of Life |
| May | 9 | Herschel Bernardi | 62 | US | Actor | The FrontIrma la Douce |
| May | 12 | Elisabeth Bergner | 88 | Ukraine | Actress | Escape Me NeverParis Calling |
| May | 13 | George Gaines | 52 | US | Set Decorator | All the President's MenHeaven Can Wait |
| May | 22 | Martin Gabel | 73 | US | Actor | The Front PageMarnie |
| May | 23 | Sterling Hayden | 70 | US | Actor | The GodfatherDr. Strangelove |
| May | 24 | Yakima Canutt | 90 | US | Actor, Stuntman, Director | StagecoachBen-Hur |
| May | 26 | Gunnar Björnstrand | 74 | Sweden | Actor | The Seventh SealFanny and Alexander |
| May | 28 | Lurene Tuttle | 78 | US | Actress | Don't Bother to KnockPsycho |
| May | 31 | Sylvia Coleridge | 76 | UK | Actress | TessI Met a Murderer |
| June | 3 | Anna Neagle | 81 | UK | Actress | Forever and a DayNo, No, Nanette |
| June | 10 | Paul Stevens | 65 | US | Actor | Advise & ConsentBattle for the Planet of the Apes |
| June | 11 | Reed De Rouen | 69 | UK | Actor | The Third ManBillion Dollar Brain |
| June | 13 | Benny Goodman | 77 | US | Musician | A Song Is BornThe Benny Goodman Story |
| June | 14 | Alan Jay Lerner | 67 | US | Screenwriter, Lyricist | An American in ParisMy Fair Lady |
| June | 17 | Ted J. Kent | 84 | US | Film Editor | Creature from the Black LagoonThe Wolf Man |
| June | 20 | Julie Duncan | 67 | US | Actress | Desperate CargoWyoming Wildcat |
| June | 23 | Nigel Stock | 66 | UK | Actor | The Great EscapeThe Lion in Winter |
| June | 29 | Robert Drivas | 50 | US | Actor | Cool Hand LukeThe Illustrated Man |
| June | 30 | Margalo Gillmore | 89 | UK | Actress | Perfect StrangersCause for Alarm! |
| July | 3 | Rudy Vallee | 84 | US | Actor, Singer | How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingUnfaithfully Yours |
| July | 10 | Jody Lawrance | 55 | US | Actress | Mask of the AvengerTen Tall Men |
| July | 15 | Benny Rubin | 87 | US | Actor | Sunny SkiesHot Curves |
| July | 18 | Buddy Baer | 71 | US | Actor | Quo VadisThe Big Sky |
| July | 19 | Daniel L. Fapp | 82 | US | Cinematographer | The Great EscapeWest Side Story |
| July | 19 | Harold D. Schuster | 83 | US | Film Editor, Director | Wings of the MorningLoophole |
| July | 25 | Vincente Minnelli | 83 | US | Director | An American in ParisGigi |
| July | 28 | John Alcott | 55 | UK | Cinematographer | Barry LyndonA Clockwork Orange |
| August | 6 | Emilio Fernández | 82 | Mexico | Actor, Director | María CandelariaThe Wild Bunch |
| August | 10 | Jacqueline Gadsden | 86 | US | Actress | Mysterious IslandThe Thirteenth Hour |
| August | 13 | Helen Mack | 72 | US | Actress | The Son of KongHis Girl Friday |
| August | 15 | Waldon O. Watson | 79 | US | Sound Engineer | PsychoThat Touch of Mink |
| August | 19 | Hermione Baddeley | 79 | UK | Actress | Mary PoppinsRoom at the Top |
| August | 20 | Walter Brooke | 71 | US | Actor | LawmanThe Graduate |
| August | 21 | Bruce Cowling | 66 | US | Actor | BattlegroundCause for Alarm! |
| August | 23 | Adrienne Fazan | 80 | US | Film Editor | Singin' in the RainGigi |
| August | 26 | Ted Knight | 62 | US | Actor | CaddyshackCountdown |
| September | 1 | Murray Hamilton | 63 | US | Actor | JawsThe Graduate |
| September | 6 | Blanche Sweet | 90 | US | Actress | Anna ChristieThe Sporting Venus |
| September | 8 | Ray Nazarro | 83 | US | Director | Apache TerritoryThe Tougher They Come |
| September | 15 | Virginia Gregg | 70 | US | Actress | Operation PetticoatSpencer's Mountain |
| September | 26 | Brian Desmond Hurst | 91 | Ireland | Director | Dangerous MoonlightScrooge |
| September | 28 | Denis Carey | 77 | UK | Actor | PsychomaniaThe Day of the Jackal |
| September | 28 | Robert Helpmann | 77 | Australia | Actor, Director | Chitty Chitty Bang BangThe Red Shoes |
| October | 5 | Hal B. Wallis | 88 | US | Producer | CasablancaBecket |
| October | 11 | David Hand | 86 | US | Animator, Director | Snow White and the Seven DwarfsBambi |
| October | 11 | Boris Leven | 78 | Russia | Production Designer | West Side StoryThe Sound of Music |
| October | 14 | Yvette Dugay | 54 | US | Actress | The Cimarron KidFrancis Covers the Big Town |
| October | 14 | Keenan Wynn | 70 | US | Actor | Dr. StrangeloveNashville |
| October | 14 | Spec O'Donnell | 75 | US | Actor | Here's Flash CaseyBlonde Trouble |
| October | 17 | Leah Rhodes | 84 | US | Costume Designer | The Big SleepStrangers on a Train |
| October | 25 | Forrest Tucker | 67 | US | Actor | Sands of Iwo JimaThe Yearling |
| October | 28 | Robert Arthur | 76 | US | Producer | The Big HeatFather Goose |
| October | 28 | Ian Marter | 42 | UK | Actor | The Medusa TouchThe Abominable Dr. Phibes |
| October | 31 | Marcella Martin | 70 | US | Actress | Gone with the WindThe Man Who Returned to Life |
| November | 2 | Harry Brown | 69 | US | Screenwriter | A Place in the SunOcean's 11 |
| November | 8 | Beatrice Kay | 79 | US | Singer, Actress | Diamond HorseshoeUnderworld U.S.A. |
| November | 11 | Roger C. Carmel | 54 | US | Actor | GambitBreezy |
| November | 21 | Jerry Colonna | 82 | US | Actor | Alice in WonderlandRoad to Singapore |
| November | 21 | Dar Robinson | 39 | US | Stuntman | To Live and Die in L.A.Papillon |
| November | 22 | Scatman Crothers | 76 | US | Actor | The ShiningTwilight Zone: The Movie |
| November | 23 | Norman Maurer | 60 | US | Producer | The Three Stooges Meet HerculesWho's Minding the Mint? |
| November | 27 | Robert Priestley | 85 | US | Set Decorator | PicnicSayonara |
| November | 29 | Herb Vigran | 76 | US | Actor | 20,000 Leagues Under the SeaThe Love Bug |
| November | 29 | Cary Grant | 82 | UK | Actor | North by NorthwestTo Catch a Thief |
| December | 1 | Frank McCarthy | 74 | US | Producer | PattonDecision Before Dawn |
| December | 2 | Ken Scott | 58 | US | Actor | Fantastic VoyageThe Three Faces of Eve |
| December | 2 | Desi Arnaz | 69 | Cuba | Actor, Singer | The Long, Long TrailerHoliday in Havana |
| December | 10 | Susan Cabot | 59 | US | Actress | GunsmokeTomahawk |
| December | 11 | Carlos Ramirez | 70 | Colombia | Actor, Singer | Anchors AweighNight and Day |
| December | 12 | Clifford Stine | 80 | US | Cinematographer | This Island EarthFollow Me, Boys! |
| December | 13 | Heather Angel | 77 | UK | Actress | LifeboatSuspicion |
| December | 18 | George Amy | 83 | US | Film Editor | Yankee Doodle DandyAir Force |
| December | 18 | Mamo Clark | 72 | US | Actress | Mutiny on the BountyHawaii Calls |
| December | 22 | Harvey Stephens | 85 | US | Actor | Sergeant YorkNorth by Northwest |
| December | 23 | Gerhard Bienert | 88 | Germany | Actor | The Blue AngelThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse |
| December | 26 | Elsa Lanchester | 84 | UK | Actress | Bride of FrankensteinWitness for the Prosecution |
| December | 28 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 54 | Russia | Director, Screenwriter | SolarisAndrei Rublev |

## Film debuts

* Brenda Bakke – Last Resort
* Angela Bassett – F/X
* Michael Beach – Streets of Gold
* Sean Bean – Caravaggio
* Ewen Bremner – Heavenly Pursuits
* Dan Castellaneta – Nothing in Common
* Kim Coates – The Boy in Blue
* Margaret Colin – Pretty in Pink
* Maddie Corman – Seven Minutes in Heaven
* Antoni Corone – Band of the Hand
* Brett Cullen – Stewardess School
* Béatrice Dalle – Betty Blue
* Andrew Divoff – Neon Maniacs
* Adrian Dunbar – Sky Bandits
* Dale Dye – Invaders from Mars
* Carmen Ejogo – Absolute Beginners
* Dave Foley – High Stakes
* Ariadna Gil – Lola
* Annabeth Gish – Desert Bloom
* Tony Goldwyn – Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
* Caroline Goodall – Every Time We Say Goodbye
* Paul Guilfoyle – Howard the Duck
* Tim Guinee – Tai-Pan
* Lauren Holly – Seven Minutes in Heaven
* Catherine Keener – About Last Night
* Richard Kind – Nothing in Common
* Robert Knepper – That's Life!
* Olek Krupa – 91/2 Weeks
* James LeGros – The Ladies Club
* Ted Levine – One More Saturday Night
* Jennifer Lopez – My Little Girl
* Jon Lovitz – Hamburger: The Motion Picture
* Kelly Lynch – Portfolio
* Natasha Lyonne – Heartburn
* John C. McGinley – Sweet Liberty
* Janet McTeer – Half Moon Street
* Ben Mendelsohn – The Still Point
* Penelope Ann Miller – Hotshot
* Rob Moran – Quiet Cool
* Mark Moses – Platoon
* Joel Murray – One Crazy Summer
* Claire Nebout – Scene of the Crime
* Jerry O'Connell – Stand by Me
* Kevin J. O'Connor – Peggy Sue Got Married
* Miranda Otto – Emma's War
* Adrian Pasdar – Top Gun
* Jason Patric – Solarbabies
* Vincent Perez – Gardien de la nuit
* Elizabeth Perkins – About Last Night
* Max Perlich – Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* Joaquin Phoenix – SpaceCamp
* Wendell Pierce – The Money Pit
* Jeremy Piven – Lucas
* Jason Priestley – The Boy Who Could Fly
* Bill Pullman – Ruthless People
* Francesco Quinn – Platoon
* Shiva Rajkumar - Anand
* Keanu Reeves – Youngblood
* Ving Rhames – Native Son
* Mark Rolston – Aliens
* Michael Rooker – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
* Vyto Ruginis – 8 Million Ways to Die
* Tim Russ – Crossroads
* Winona Ryder – Lucas
* Aitana Sánchez-Gijón – Romanza final
* Kristin Scott Thomas – Under the Cherry Moon
* Nestor Serrano – The Money Pit
* Tony Shalhoub – Heartburn
* Jamey Sheridan – Jumpin' Jack Flash
* Nina Siemaszko – One More Saturday Night
* Ione Skye – River's Edge
* Wesley Snipes – Wildcats
* Kevin Spacey – Heartburn
* Imelda Staunton – Comrades
* Brenda Strong – Weekend Warriors
* Kristy Swanson – Pretty in Pink
* D.B. Sweeney – Power
* Tilda Swinton – Caravaggio
* Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa – Armed Response
* Marshall Teague – Vendetta
* Robin Thomas – About Last Night
* Billy Bob Thornton – Hunter's Blood
* Tony Todd – Sleepwalk
* Tamlyn Tomita – The Karate Kid Part II
* Jacob Vargas – Last Resort
* Paul Walker – Monster in the Closet
* Naomi Watts – For Love Alone
* Bradley Whitford – Doorman
* Michael Shamus Wiles – Terror at Tenkiller
* Billy Wirth – Seven Minutes in Heaven
* BD Wong – The Karate Kid Part II
* Robin Wright – Hollywood Vice Squad
* Kari Wuhrer – Fire with Fire