1936 in film
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
January 9 – Silent screen actor , perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as The Merry Widow and The Big Parade, dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38.
John Gilbert
May 29 – 's first Hollywood film, Fury, starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released.
Fritz Lang
September 14 – Film producer , often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in Santa Monica, aged 37.
Irving Thalberg
Ceiling Zero
The Petrified Forest
Sutter's Gold
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
The Black Coin
The Clutching Hand
Custer's Last Stand
The Phantom Rider
Shadow of Chinatown
The Vigilantes Are Coming
(1913–1938)
Harold Lloyd
(1914–1940)
Charlie Chaplin
(1915–1939)
Lupino Lane
(1917–1928)
Buster Keaton
(1924–1936)
Harry Langdon
(1929–1937)
Wheeler & Woolsey
(1929–1946)
The Marx Brothers
(1934–1959)
The Three Stooges
Silly Symphonies
January 9 – , American author and actress
K Callan
January 18 – , English actor (d. 2023)
Tim Barlow
January 22 – , English actress (d. 2001)
Nyree Dawn Porter
January 27 – , American actor (d. 2001)
Troy Donahue
January 28 – , American actor
Alan Alda
February 3 – , American film historian
Jeanine Basinger
February 4 – , American actor and screenwriter
Gary Conway
February 11 – , American actor (d. 2018)
Burt Reynolds
Joe Don Baker
Joan O'Brien
February 17 – , American actor (d. 2023)
Jim Brown
February 29 – , American actor (d. 2015)
Alex Rocco
March 5 – , American actor (d. 2021)
Dean Stockwell
March 8 – , American actress
Sue Ane Langdon
March 9 – , American actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer and theatrical agent (d. 2015)
Marty Ingels
March 19 – , Swiss actress
Ursula Andress
March 23 – , Italian actress (d. 2021)
Luisa Mattioli
April 9 – , American actor and comedian (d. 2002)
Avery Schreiber
April 12 – , American character actor (d. 2011)
Charles Napier
April 19 – , American actor (d. 2022)
Andy Romano
May 1 – , French director (d. 2006)
Danièle Huillet
May 4 – , American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer (d. 2024)
Eleanor Coppola
Albert Finney
May 12 – , American former actress
Millie Perkins
May 17 – , American actor and performance artist (d. 2010)
Dennis Hopper
May 20 – , American actor
Anthony Zerbe
May 23 – , American actor (d. 2023)
Charles Kimbrough
May 27 – , American actor (d. 2024)
Louis Gossett Jr.
May 28 – , American producer, writer and former actor
John Wilder
May 30 – , American actor
Keir Dullea
June 3 – , American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)
Larry McMurtry
June 4 – , American actor
Bruce Dern
June 8 – , American actor, director and singer
James Darren
June 19 - , Japanese voice actor and narrator (d. 2012)
Takeshi Aono
June 22 – , American retired actor, musician and songwriter
Kris Kristofferson
Robert Downey Sr.
June 27 – , English actress (d. 2023)
Shirley Anne Field
July 1 – , American actor (d. 2022)
Ron Masak
July 5 – , American actress (d. 2020)
Shirley Knight
July 9 – , American director, producer and screenwriter
Dick Richards
July 9 - Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster
Richard Wilson
Ruth Buzzi
July 25 - , Canadian actor (d. 2013)
August Schellenberg
August 5 - , American actor (d. 2020)
John Saxon
August 13 – , Indian actress, politician, dancer and singer
Vyjayanthimala
August 15 - , American actress
Pat Priest
August 16 - , American actress
Anita Gillette
August 17 – , American musician, political activist, and actor (d. 2007)
Floyd Westerman
August 18 – , American actor and director
Robert Redford
August 20 – , British actor (d. 2020)
Philip Voss
August 25 – , English director (d. 2023)
Hugh Hudson
September 7 – , Canadian actor (d. 2017)
Bruce Gray
September 11 - , American character actor (d. 2024)
Charles Dierkop
September 14 - , American actor and screenwriter
Walter Koenig
September 19 - , British-South African actress (d. 2022)
Anna Karen
Andrew Davies
September 21 - , American character actor (d. 2003)
Burr DeBenning
September 24 - , American puppeteer, animator, actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
Jim Henson
October 8 - , Russian actor (d. 2022)
Leonid Kuravlyov
October 9 – , English actor
Brian Blessed
Peter Bowles
October 19 - , Italian-American actor (d. 2024)
Tony Lo Bianco
October 23 - , American director and screenwriter
Philip Kaufman
October 24 – , American actor, director and producer (d. 2011)
David Nelson
October 26 - , American actress (d. 2019)
Shelley Morrison
October 28 - , American character actor (d. 1989)
Joe Spinell
November 4 - , Czech actor (d. 2017)
Jan Tříska
November 9 – , American child actor (d. 2007)
Teddy Infuhr
November 19 - , American television personality, comedian and former talk show host
Dick Cavett
November 25 - , American actor
Matt Clark
November 27 – , Brazilian actor (d. 2018)
Joel Barcellos
December 1 - , Australian actress
Melissa Jaffer
Mary Alice
December 5 - , American voice actor
John Erwin
December 6 - , American writer and comedian
David Ossman
December 8 – , American actor and martial artist (d. 2009)
David Carradine
December 10 – , American journalist, director and producer (d. 2014)
Howard Smith
December 13 - , American actor (d. 2022)
Cliff Emmich
December 22 – , American actor
Hector Elizondo
Frederic Forrest
December 25 – , Indian film producer (d. 2005)
Ismail Merchant
December 29 – , American actress (d. 2017)
Mary Tyler Moore
John Gilbert
January 24 – , American actor (b. 1873)
Harry T. Morey
February 20 – , German actor (b. 1879)
Max Schreck
February 28 – , Swedish actor (b. 1859)
Justus Hagman
April 6 – , Finnish actor (b. 1886)
Väinö Lehmus
June 17 – , American actor (b. 1878)
Henry B. Walthall
July 11 - , American actor (b. 1901)
James Murray
September 14 – , American film producer (b. 1899)
Irving Thalberg
October 17 – , French actress (b. 1889)