1964 in film
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
January 29 – 50-year-old actor is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, The Carpetbaggers, is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success.
Alan Ladd
June 3 – The animated film is released. Not only it is the first theatrical feature produced by Hanna-Barbera but also the first full-length theatrical animated film based on the animated television program.
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
August 27 – The film is released. Not only is it a massive hit with both critics and audiences, but it also becomes Disney's highest-grossing film of all time. It goes on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews.
Mary Poppins
October – In magazine, Hedda Hopper announces that Sophia Loren and Paul Newman will star in the film version of Arthur Miller's play After the Fall, with Loren in the role that was written about Marilyn Monroe. The film is never made.
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Strait-Jacket
Man in the Middle
Kissin' Cousins
, starring Tony Randall, Barbara Eden and Arthur O'Connell, with special effects by George Pal
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
(1953–1972)
Chilly Willy
January 4 - , American character actor
David Bowe
Lorne Cardinal
January 7 – , American actor, producer and director
Nicolas Cage
January 11 – , Brazilian actress
Patrícia Pillar
January 13 – , American actress
Penelope Ann Miller
January 14 - , English actor
Mark Addy
January 18 – , English actress
Jane Horrocks
January 19 - , Creole American actor, screenwriter and producer
Ty Granderson Jones
January 23 - , American actress
Mariska Hargitay
January 27 – , American actress
Bridget Fonda
February 1 - , British actor
Linus Roache
February 5 – , American actress
Laura Linney
February 10 - , Italian actress
Francesca Neri
February 15 – , American actor (d. 1997)
Chris Farley
February 16 – , English actor
Christopher Eccleston
February 17 - , American actress, director, producer and screenwriter
Angelica Page
February 18 – , American actor
Matt Dillon
Willie Garson
February 21 - , English actor (d. 2024)
Adrian Schiller
February 22 - , American actor
James Wlcek
February 23 - , English actor (d. 2022)
Ronan Vibert
February 24 – , American director and actor
Todd Field
February 25 - , English stand-up comedian and actor
Lee Evans
February 26 - , American actor and martial artist
Mark Dacascos
March 3 - , Mexican-American actress
Laura Harring
March 6 - , American actress and comedian (d. 2012)
Yvette Wilson
March 7 – , American actress, comedian and writer
Wanda Sykes
March 8 - , American voice actor
Bob Bergen
March 9 – , French actress
Juliette Binoche
Peter Berg
March 16 - , American director, screenwriter, producer and musician
Gore Verbinski
March 17 – , American actor
Rob Lowe
March 23 - , American actress
Hope Davis
March 25 - , American actress
LisaGay Hamilton
March 27 - , British actor
Clive Rowe
March 29 - , Australian actress and model
Elle Macpherson
March 30 - , American actor
Ian Ziering
April 4 – , American actor and comedian
David Cross
April 6 - , Canadian actress
Deborah Theaker
April 7 – , New Zealand actor
Russell Crowe
April 8 - , American rapper and actor (d. 2021)
Biz Markie
April 12 - , Canadian actor and voice actor
Mark Camacho
April 13 - , Canadian-American actress, voice artist and stand-up comedian
Caroline Rhea
April 14 - , English actress
Gina McKee
April 16 - , Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
Boyd Banks
Crispin Glover
April 22 - , Canadian former actor
Chris Makepeace
Djimon Hounsou
April 25 – , American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
Hank Azaria
May 1 - , American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Scott Coffey
May 5 - , American writer and producer (d. 2013)
Don Payne
Dana Hill
May 11 - , American actor, writer and director
Tim Blake Nelson
Tiffany Helm
Stephen Colbert
May 16 - , English actress, writer and comedian
Rebecca Front
May 19 - , American actor and writer
Sean Whalen
May 20 - , Italian actor
Paolo Seganti
May 22 - , American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist
Mark Christopher Lawrence
May 25 – , Irish actor (d. 2023)
Ray Stevenson
May 26 - , American singer, songwriter and actor
Lenny Kravitz
May 27 - , American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster
Adam Carolla
Judie Aronson
June 9 – , Canadian-American actress, producer, and singer
Gloria Reuben
June 10 - , New Zealand comedian, writer and actor
Tony Martin
Kathy Burke
June 15 – , American actress
Courteney Cox
June 21 – , English actor and filmmaker
David Morrissey
Hiroshi Abe
June 23 - , American filmmaker and composer
Joss Whedon
June 26 - , Canadian actor
Ian Tracey
Ivan Trojan
July 1 - , American actor and video game producer (d. 2014)
Peter Marquardt
July 2 - , American actor (d. 2018)
Eric Michels
Peyton Reed
July 5 - , American actress
Jillian Armenante
July 7 - , American actress
Tracy Reiner
July 8 – , Hong Kong actor
Lam Suet
July 9 – , American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress
Courtney Love
Laura Cayouette
July 16 – , Hong Kong actor
Canti Lau
July 17 - , American actress, writer, director and producer
Heather Langenkamp
July 19 - , American actor
Peter Dobson
July 20 – , American actor
Dean Winters
Adam Godley
Sandra Bullock
July 28 — , American actress
Lori Loughlin
Vivica A. Fox
August 1 - , American actress
Melanie Shatner
August 2 – , American actress
Mary-Louise Parker
August 6 - , American actress and model
Lisa Boyle
August 7 - , American voice actor, animator, screenwriter and director
Tom McGrath
August 11 - , American retired actor
Lawrence Monoson
August 13 - , American actress and television personality
Debi Mazar
August 14 - , American screenwriter and actor
Andrew Kevin Walker
August 16 – , American actor and voice actor
William Salyers
August 18 - , American actor, comedian and writer
Brian Stack
August 20 – , English actress
Flaminia Cinque
August 25 - , American actor
Saverio Guerra
August 27 - , American actor
Robert Bogue
August 29 - , American actress
Dina Spybey
August 30 - , Cuban-American actor and comedian
Nelson Ascencio
September 1 - Welker White, American actress
September 2 – , Canadian actor
Keanu Reeves
September 5 - , American actor and comedian (d. 2016)
Thomas Mikal Ford
September 6 - , American actress
Rosie Perez
Stephen Dunham
September 16 - , American actress and comedian
Molly Shannon
September 19 - , American former actress
Jennifer Cooke
September 20 - , Hong Kong actress
Maggie Cheung
September 24 - , Italian actor and singer
Adam Alexi-Malle
September 28 - , American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian and writer
Janeane Garofalo
September 30 - , Italian actress and model
Monica Bellucci
October 3 – , English actor
Clive Owen
October 8 - , English actor
Ian Hart
October 9 - , Mexican filmmaker
Guillermo del Toro
Quinton Flynn
October 12 - , American comedian, actor, writer and producer
Allen Covert
October 13 – , American comedian and actor
Matt Walsh
Adam Hollander
October 23 - , Canadian voice actor and director
David Sobolov
October 25 – , American actor and voice actor
Kevin Michael Richardson
October 30 - , American filmmaker
Mark Steven Johnson
October 31 - , English director and screenwriter
Kirk Jones
Lauren Vélez
November 5 - , Dutch actress
Famke Janssen
November 6 - , Australian actress (d. 2001)
Arkie Whiteley
November 7 - , American actor (d. 2020)
Garret T. Sato
November 14 – , American actor and voice artist
Patrick Warburton
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
November 17 - , American actor, comedian, musician and radio host
Ralph Garman
November 18 - , British actress, television personality and YouTuber
Nadia Sawalha
November 20 - , American actor
Ned Vaughn
November 23 - , American actor
Boyd Kestner
November 24 - , American actor
Garret Dillahunt
November 29 – , American actor
Don Cheadle
November 30 - , Welsh-born American character actor
Richard Brake
December 3 - , American former actress and producer
Lisanne Falk
December 4 – , American actress
Marisa Tomei
Teri Hatcher
December 10 - , Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2019)
Edith González
Zhang Hanyu
Shelley Malil
Fabiana Udenio
Ian Gomez
December 31 - , American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and director
Michael McDonald
January 21 - , 67, Austrian actor, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Life of Emile Zola, Viva Villa!
Joseph Schildkraut
January 27 – , 65, American director, The Paleface, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Norman Z. McLeod
March 4 – , 80, American actor, director and screenwriter
Edwin August
July 26 – , 73, American film director, The Beautiful and Damned, Sons of the Desert, Roberta
William A. Seiter
Cedric Hardwicke
August 27 – , 69, American comedy actress, A Damsel in Distress, The Big Broadcast of 1936
Gracie Allen
Harpo Marx
– The Parisienne and the Prudes
Paul Dooley
– Twice a Man