1964 in film

The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd 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.
• March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, Kissin' Cousins, is released to theaters.
• July 6 – A Hard Day's Night, the first Beatles film, premieres.
• August 27 – The film Mary Poppins 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.
• October – In Photoplay 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.

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady – Warner Bros.

Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady

Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady

Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins

Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov – Topkapi

Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova – Zorba the Greek

Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: Becket

Best Actor: Peter O'Toole – Becket

Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Pumpkin Eater

Comedy or Musical:

Best Picture: My Fair Lady

Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady

Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins

Other

Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May

Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead – Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

United States unless stated

United States unless stated

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
• Bugs Bunny (1940-1964)
• Woody Woodpecker (1940–1972)
• Chilly Willy (1953–1972)

• January 7 – Nicolas Cage, actor, producer and director
• January 13 – Penelope Ann Miller, actress
• January 18 – Jane Horrocks, actress
• January 23 - Mariska Hargitay, actress
• January 27 – Bridget Fonda, actress
• February 5 – Laura Linney, actress
• February 15 – Chris Farley, actor (d. 1997)
• February 18 – Matt Dillon, actor
• February 20 - French Stewart, American actor
• February 24 – Todd Field, director and actor
• February 25 - Lee Evans, English stand-up comedian and actor
• March 7 – Wanda Sykes, American actress, comedian and writer
• March 9 – Juliette Binoche, actress
• March 11 - Shane Richie, English actor, comedian, television presenter and singer
• March 17 – Rob Lowe, actor
• April 4 – David Cross, actor and comedian
• April 7 – Russell Crowe, actor
• April 13 - Caroline Rhea, Canadian-American actress, voice artist and stand-up comedian
• April 20
  • Crispin Glover, actor
  • Andy Serkis, actor
• April 24
  • Djimon Hounsou, actor
  • Cedric the Entertainer, actor and comedian
• April 25 – Hank Azaria, actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
• May 11 - Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, writer and director
• May 12 – Pierre Morel, French film director
• May 13 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian, television host, and writer
• May 25 – Ray Stevenson, Irish actor
• June 9 – Gloria Reuben, actress/singer
• June 15 – Courteney Cox, actress
• June 22 – Hiroshi Abe, actor and model
• July 3 – Yeardley Smith, actress, voice actress, writer, author, comedian and painter
• July 22
  • John Leguizamo, actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
  • David Spade, actor, comedian, writer
• July 26 – Sandra Bullock, actress
• July 28 — Lori Loughlin, actress
• July 30 – Vivica A. Fox, actress
• August 2 – Mary-Louise Parker, actress
• August 16 – William Salyers, actor and voice actor
• August 20 – Flaminia Cinque, English actress
• September 2 – Keanu Reeves, actor
• September 6 - Rosie Perez, American actress, community activist, talk show host, author, dancer and choreographer
• September 14 – Faith Ford, American actress
• September 16 - Molly Shannon, American actress and comedian
• September 28 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian and writer
• October 3 – Clive Owen, actor
• October 10 - Quinton Flynn, American film, television and voice actor
• October 14 - David Kaye, Canadian-American voice actor
• October 25 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor and voice actor
• November 14– Patrick Warburton, American actor and voice artist
• November 29 – Don Cheadle, actor
• December 4 – Marisa Tomei, actress
• December 8 – Teri Hatcher, actress
• December 19 – Ben Becker, actor

• January 21 - Joseph Schildkraut, 67, Austrian actor, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Life of Emile Zola, Viva Villa!
• January 22 – Lissy Arna, 63, German actress, Eva in Silk, The Dance Goes On
• January 27 – Norman Z. McLeod, 65, American director, The Paleface, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• January 29 – Alan Ladd, 50, American actor, Shane, The Blue Dahlia
• February 24 – Frank Conroy, 73, British actor, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Naked City
• February 27 – Orry-Kelly, 66, Australian costume designer, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon
• February 29 – Frank Albertson, 55, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, Psycho
• March 4 – Edwin August, 80, American actor, director and screenwriter
• March 10 – Arthur Hohl, 74, American actor, Cleopatra, Private Detective 62
• March 23 – Peter Lorre, 59, Hungarian actor, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon
• April 18 – Ben Hecht, 70, American playwright and screenwriter, Notorious, His Girl Friday
• May 10 – Carol Haney, 39, American dancer, actress, The Pajama Game, Invitation to the Dance
• May 13 – Diana Wynyard, 58, British actress, Cavalcade, Gaslight
• June 27 – Mona Barrie, 54, British actress, Mystery Woman, Ladies Love Danger
• July 15 – Myles Connolly, 66, American screenwriter, State of the Union, Hans Christian Andersen
• July 26 – William A. Seiter, 73, American film director, The Beautiful and Damned, Sons of the Desert, Roberta
• August 5 – Charles Quigley, 58, American actor, The Shadow, The Game That Kills
• August 6
  • Cedric Hardwicke, 71, British actor, Rope, Suspicion
  • Reed Howes, 64, American model and actor, The Dawn Rider, Paradise Canyon
• August 12 – Ian Fleming, 56, British author of James Bond novels, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• August 27 – Gracie Allen, 69, American comedy actress, A Damsel in Distress, The Big Broadcast of 1936
• September 23 – Fred M. Wilcox, 56, American director, Forbidden Planet, Lassie Come Home
• September 28
  • Harpo Marx, 75, American comedy actor (The Marx Brothers), Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera
  • Nacio Herb Brown, 68, American songwriter and composer, The Broadway Melody, Glorifying the American Girl
• October 10 – Eddie Cantor, 72, American actor, singer, comedian, Whoopee!, Kid Millions
• October 15 – Cole Porter, 73, American composer and songwriter, Night and Day, High Society
• October 19 – Russ Brown, American actor, Damn Yankees, Anatomy of a Murder
• October 22 – Whip Wilson, 53, American actor, Night Raiders
• October 23 – Jo Swerling, 71, American screenwriter, It's a Wonderful Life, Guys and Dolls
• October 27 – Rudolph Maté, 66, Hungarian cinematographer and director, D.O.A., When Worlds Collide
• November 10 – Sam Newfield, 64, American director, The Terror of Tiny Town, I Accuse My Parents
• November 22 – George Tomasini, 55, American film editor, Psycho, Rear Window
• December 11 – Percy Kilbride, 76, American actor, The Southerner, State Fair
• December 14 – William Bendix, 58, American actor, Lifeboat, Detective Story
• December 31 – Gertrude Michael, 53, American actress, Murder at the Vanities, Women in Bondage

• Jenny Agutter – East of Sudan
• The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
• Ellen Burstyn – For Those Who Think Young
• David Carradine – Taggart
• Dom DeLuise – Diary of a Bachelor
• Judi Dench – The Third Secret
• Olympia Dukakis – Twice a Man
• Morgan Freeman – The Pawnbroker
• Elliott Gould – Quick, Let's Get Married
• James Earl Jones – Dr. Strangelove
• Charlotte Rampling – A Hard Day's Night
• Roy Scheider – The Curse of the Living Corpse
• Raquel Welch – A House Is Not a Home