1969 in film
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London.
June 22
- Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
July 8
Summer - Last year for prize giving at the until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive.
Venice Film Festival
- Tate murders: Sharon Tate, the 26-year-old actress, model and Roman Polanski's wife, is murdered by Charles Manson's "Family" at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
August 9
- Injun Trouble was released, becoming the final entry of Merrie Melodies before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down.
September 20
becomes the first feature film to receive an Australian Film Institute Award.
Jack and Jill: A Postscript
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(1963–1969, 1971–1977, 1978–1980)
The Pink Panther
(1965-1969)
The Inspector
(1969–1971)
The Ant and the Aardvark
(1968–1971)
Roland and Rattfink
(1969–1972)
Tijuana Toads
(1941–1949, 1951–1972)
Woody Woodpecker
(1955–1972)
Chilly Willy
(1962–1972)
The Beary Family
Morris Chestnut
Nicholas Gleaves
January 3 - , American actor
John Ales
January 5 - , American actor
Shea Whigham
January 6 - , American actor
Norman Reedus
January 8 - , American former actress
Ami Dolenz
January 14 – , American actor
Jason Bateman
January 15 - , German actress and singer
Meret Becker
January 17 – , American actor
James Waterston
January 18 – , American actor and former professional wrestler
Dave Bautista
January 20 - , American actor
Reno Wilson
Karina Lombard
January 22 - , British actress and singer
Olivia d'Abo
January 27 – , American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer
Patton Oswalt
January 28 - , American actress
Kathryn Morris
February 3 - , New Zealand actor
Shane Rangi
February 4 - , American actress and model
Brandy Ledford
Bobby Brown
April Haney
Brian Krause
Jennifer Aniston
February 12 - , American director, producer and screenwriter
Darren Aronofsky
February 13 - , American actor
Andrew Bryniarski
February 15 - , American actor
James Riordan
February 22 - , American actor
Thomas Jane
February 26 - , American comedian, actor, writer and musician
Steve Agee
February 28 - , American actor
Robert Sean Leonard
March 1 – , Spanish actor
Javier Bardem
March 8 - , American director, voice actor and writer
Don Hall
Paget Brewster
March 11 – , American actor
Terrence Howard
March 15 - , American actress and producer
Kim Raver
March 16 - , American actor and comedian
Judah Friedlander
March 17 - , American actor
Patrick Van Horn
March 19 - , American actor
Connor Trinneer
March 23 - , Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter
Richard Cadell
March 27 - , American character actor
Kevin Corrigan
March 28 - , American director and producer
Brett Ratner
April 2 – , Indian actor
Ajay Devgan
April 3 – , Australian actor
Ben Mendelsohn
April 6 – , American actor
Paul Rudd
Toby Stephens
April 23 – , American actor
Byron Thames
April 24 - , Scottish actor
Rory McCann
Gina Torres
April 29 - , American actor
Paul Adelstein
May 1 – , American director
Wes Anderson
May 2 - , Czech actor
Karel Dobrý
May 10 - , American actor
Lenny Venito
May 12 - , American actress and director
Kim Fields
May 14 – , Australian actress
Cate Blanchett
May 15 - , American filmmaker
Kirk DeMicco
May 22 - , American actor
Michael Kelly
May 24 – , American actor
Carl Anthony Payne II
May 27 - , American screenwriter, director and producer
Glenn Ficarra
June 1 – , American actress
Teri Polo
Rob Huebel
June 6 - , English actress and narrator
Nina Sosanya
Adam Buxton
June 8 - , American actor, director and writer
J. P. Manoux
June 9 - , American actor
Josh Hamilton
June 11 – , American actor
Peter Dinklage
June 15 – , American actor and rapper
Ice Cube
June 18 - , English comedy actress
Ella Kenion
June 19 - , American director and screenwriter
Sean Anders
June 23 - , American character actor and stunt performer
Martin Klebba
June 24 - , American actress
Jensen Daggett
Tichina Arnold
June 29 - , Canadian actor
Aleks Paunovic
July 3 - , German actor
Gedeon Burkhard
July 4 - , American-born Brazilian actor
Charles Paraventi
July 5 - , American rapper, actor and filmmaker
RZA
July 6 - , American actor
Brian Van Holt
July 7 - , American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
Cree Summer
Jamie Glover
July 13 - , American stand-up comedian, actor and producer
Ken Jeong
Jason Clarke
July 19 - , American actor
Bodhi Elfman
July 20 - , American actor
Josh Holloway
July 21 – , American actor, comedian
Godfrey
July 22 – , American actor, writer and producer
James Arnold Taylor
Rick Fox
July 25 - , American voice actor
Dave B. Mitchell
Alexis Arquette
July 30 - , Australian actor
Simon Baker
July 31 - , American actor
Loren Dean
August 4 – , Romanian actor
Vlad Ivanov
Chuck Campbell
August 6 - , American voice actor, comedian and singer
Chris Edgerly
August 8 - , American actor
Chris Beetem
August 15 - , American actress and producer
Kimberley Kates
August 16 - , American voice actress and singer
Kate Higgins
August 17 - , American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and producer
Donnie Wahlberg
Edward Norton
Viveka Davis
August 21 - , Australian actor and former professional wrestler
Nathan Jones
August 24 - , Italian actor and producer
Pierfrancesco Favino
August 27 - , English actor, writer and comedian
Reece Shearsmith
August 28 – , American actor, comedian, musician
Jack Black
September 3 - , American director and screenwriter
Noah Baumbach
September 4 - , Australian actor
Noah Taylor
September 7 - , American actress
Angie Everhart
Ace Bhatti
Bong Joon-ho
September 21 - , Russian actor
Ivan Shvedoff
September 22 - , English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer
Sue Perkins
Crispin Bonham-Carter
September 25 – , Welsh actress
Catherine Zeta-Jones
September 26 - , British director and actor
David Slade
September 29 – , American actress
Erika Eleniak
Silas Weir Mitchell
October 1 – , American actor
Zach Galifianakis
October 3 – , American singer, songwriter and actress
Gwen Stefani
October 4 - , American actor
Abraham Benrubi
October 7 - , American actress
Bobbie Brown
Jeremy Davies
October 9 – , English director
Steve McQueen
Manu Bennett
October 15 – , English actor
Dominic West
Wood Harris
Roger Cross
October 22 - , American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
Spike Jonze
October 25 - , American actress, voice actress and singer
Nika Futterman
October 26 - , Canadian actor and former professional wrestler
Robert Maillet
November 4 – , American actor
Matthew McConaughey
Jennifer Cody
November 19 - , American actress, writer and producer
Erika Alexander
November 20 - , American actress
Callie Thorne
November 21 - , American actor
John Ortiz
Elizabeth Marvel
Martin Cummins
Marc Forster
Catherine Tate
December 9 - , American actress, singer, writer and director
Allison Smith
December 10 - , English actor
Stephen Billington
December 11 - , American actor, writer and director
Max Martini
December 13 - , Scottish actor
Tony Curran
Adriana Esteves
December 19 – , American actress
Kristy Swanson
December 21 – , French actress
Julie Delpy
December 27 - , American actress
Sarah Vowell
Jennifer Ehle
January 1 – , 66, American actor, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre[4]
Barton MacLane
January 3 – , 63, American actor, Anatomy of a Murder, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Blue Hawaii, Follow That Dream[5][6]
Howard McNear
January 4 – and Daisy Hilton, 60, English conjoined twins, actresses, appeared in film Freaks
Violet
February 2 – , 81, English actor, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Raven
Boris Karloff
May 3 – , 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director, Metropolis, The Mummy, Key Largo
Karl Freund
Paul Birch
June 20 – , 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker, Satisfaction
Rudolf Schwarzkogler
June 22 – , 47, American actress and singer, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born[7]
Judy Garland
June 23 – , 77, American actor, West of Wyoming, Across the Badlands, Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
Stanley Andrews
September 19 – , 73, American actor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Thief of Bagdad
Rex Ingram
October 12 – , 57, Norwegian actress, former Olympic ice skater, Sun Valley Serenade, One in a Million