1969 in film

The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36.
• June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London.
• July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
• July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (Me, Natalie).
• Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive.
• August 8 - Kirk Kerkorian buys 24% of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the biggest shareholder.
• August 9 - 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.
• November 10 - Elvis Presley's film career ends with the release of Change of Habit.
• Jack and Jill: A Postscript becomes the first feature film to receive an Australian Film Institute Award.

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

If...., directed by Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Rani Radovi (Early Works), directed by Želimir Žilnik, Yugoslavia

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

Note: U.S. releases unless stated.

• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Cool Cat (1967—1969)
• Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967—1969)
• The Pink Panther (1963–1969, 1971–1977, 1978–1980)
• The Inspector (1965-1969)
• The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971)
• Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971)
• Tijuana Toads (1969–1972)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949, 1951–1972)
• Chilly Willy (1955–1972)
• The Beary Family (1962–1972)

• Bob Balaban – Midnight Cowboy
• Bonnie Bedelia – The Gypsy Moths
• Ed Begley Jr. – The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
• David Bowie – The Virgin Soldiers
• Jill Clayburgh – The Wedding Party
• Bruce Davison – Last Summer
• Sam Elliott – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Farrah Fawcett – Love Is a Funny Thing
• Bridget Fonda – Easy Rider
• Melanie Griffith – Smith!
• George Lazenby – On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Ian McKellen – A Touch of Love
• Ryan O'Neal – The Big Bounce
• Al Pacino – Me, Natalie
• John Savage – The Master Beater
• Arnold Schwarzenegger – Hercules in New York
• Sam Shepard – Me and My Brother
• Christopher Walken – Me and My Brother
• M. Emmet Walsh – Midnight Cowboy

• January 1
  • Mr. Lawrence, American voice actor, comedian, writer, storyboard artist, animator and director
  • Verne Troyer, American actor (died 2018)
• January 14 – Jason Bateman, American actor
• January 17 – James Waterston, American actor
• January 27 – Patton Oswalt, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer.
• February 8
  • Brian Krause, American actor
  • Mary McCormack, American actress
• February 11 –
  • Jennifer Aniston, American actress
  • Lee Tockar, Canadian voice actor and visual artist
• March 1 – Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
• March 10 – Paget Brewster, American actress
• March 23 - Richard Cadell, Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter
• April 2 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor
• April 3 – Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
• April 6 – Paul Rudd, American actor
• April 23 – Byron Thames, American actor
• April 25 – Renée Zellweger, American actress
• May 1 – Wes Anderson, American director
• May 10 - Lenny Venito, American actor
• May 14 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
• May 25 – Anne Heche, American actress
• June 1 – Teri Polo, American actress
• June 7 - Kim Rhodes, American actress
• June 11 – Peter Dinklage, American actor
• June 15 – Ice Cube, American actor, rapper
• June 28 – Tichina Arnold, American actress
• July 7 - Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
• July 13 - Ken Jeong, American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, television personality and licensed physician
• July 17 – Jason Clarke, Australian actor
• July 21 – Godfrey, American actor, comedian
• July 22 – James Arnold Taylor, American actor, writer and producer
• July 24 – Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer
• August 4 – Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor
• August 6 - Chris Edgerly, American voice actor, comedian and singer
• August 18
  • Edward Norton, American actor
  • Christian Slater, American actor
• August 19 – Matthew Perry, Canadian-American actor
• August 28 – Jack Black, American actor, comedian, musician
• September 14 – Bong Joon-ho, Korean director and screenwriter
• September 25 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
• September 29 – Erika Eleniak, American actress
• October 1 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor
• October 9 – Steve McQueen, English director
• October 15 – Dominic West, English actor
• October 17 - Nancy Sullivan, American actress, television presenter, and screenwriter
• October 19 – Trey Parker, American actor, creator of South Park
• October 25 - Nika Futterman, American actress, voice actress and singer
• November 4 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor
• November 10 - Jennifer Cody, American dancer and actress
• November 13 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• December 19 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
• December 21 – Julie Delpy, French actress

• January 1 – Barton MacLane, 66, American actor, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• January 3 – Howard McNear, 63, American actor, Anatomy of a Murder, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Blue Hawaii, Follow That Dream
• January 4 – Violet and Daisy Hilton, 60, English conjoined twins, actresses, appeared in film Freaks
• January 8 – Leslie Goodwins, 69, English director, The Mummy's Curse, Mexican Spitfire
• January 27 – Charles Winninger, 84, American actor, Destry Rides Again, The Sun Shines Bright
• February 2 – Boris Karloff, 81, English actor, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Raven
• February 5 – Thelma Ritter, 66, American actress, Rear Window, All About Eve
• February 9 – Gabby Hayes, 83, American actor, The Man from Utah, In Old Oklahoma
• February 11 – James Lanphier, 48, American actor, The Pink Panther, The Party
• February 19 - Madge Blake, 69, American actress, The Long, Long Trailer, Batman
• February 23 - Madhubala, 36, Indian actress, Mahal, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mughal-E-Azam
• February 27 – John Boles, 73, American actor, Frankenstein, Stella Dallas
• March 18 – Barbara Bates, 43, American actress, The Caddy, All About Eve
• March 19 – Lola Braccini, 79, Italian actress, My Little One, What a Distinguished Family
• March 25 – Alan Mowbray, 72, British actor, Terror by Night, My Darling Clementine
• April 2 – Fortunio Bonanova, 74, Spanish actor, Citizen Kane, An Affair to Remember
• April 23 – Krzysztof Komeda, 37, Polish composer, Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers
• May 3 – Karl Freund, 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director, Metropolis, The Mummy, Key Largo
• May 24 – Mitzi Green, 48, American actress, Lost in Alaska, Skippy
• May 27 – Jeffrey Hunter, 42, American actor, The Searchers, King of Kings
• June 2 – Leo Gorcey, 51, American actor, Ghost Chasers, Spook Busters
• June 8 – Robert Taylor, 57, American actor, Quo Vadis, Camille, Bataan, Ivanhoe
• June 10 – Frank Lawton, 64, English actor, A Night to Remember, The Devil-Doll
• June 13 – Martita Hunt, 70, Argentine-English actress, Becket, Great Expectations
• June 19 – Natalie Talmadge, 73, American silent screen actress, Our Hospitality, Intolerance
• June 20 – Rudolf Schwarzkogler, 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker, Satisfaction
• June 22 – Judy Garland, 47, American actress and singer, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star Is Born[3]
• July 5 - Lambert Hillyer, 75, American director, Dracula's Daughter, Batman
• July 5 – Leo McCarey, 72, American director, An Affair to Remember, Going My Way
• July 7 - Erskine Sanford, 83, American actor, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons
• July 8 – Gladys Swarthout, 68, American singer, Romance in the Dark, Give Us This Night
• July 13 - Bess Meredyth, 79, American screenwriter, The Unsuspected, Charlie Chan at the Opera
• July 15 - Peter van Eyck, 57, Polish actor, The Wages of Fear, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
• July 18 - Barbara Pepper, 54, American actress, The Rogues Tavern, Kiss Me, Stupid
• July 26 – Raymond Walburn, 81, American actor, High, Wide, and Handsome, Third Finger, Left Hand
• August 1 – Donald Keith, 65, American actor, The Plastic Age, Parisian Love
• August 9 – Sharon Tate, 26, American actress, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Valley of the Dolls
• August 14 – Sigrid Gurie, 58, American actress, Algiers, The Adventures of Marco Polo
• August 15 – William Goetz, 66, American producer, studio executive, Sayonara, Les Misérables
• August 26 – Martin Miller, 69, Czech actor, 55 Days at Peking, The Pink Panther
• September 14 – James Anderson, 48, American actor, To Kill a Mockingbird, Take the Money and Run
• September 19 – Rex Ingram, 73, American actor, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Thief of Bagdad
• October 8 – Eduardo Ciannelli, 81, Italian actor, Gunga Din, Strange Cargo
• October 12 – Sonja Henie, 57, Norwegian actress, former Olympic ice skater, Sun Valley Serenade, One in a Million
• October 15 – Rod La Rocque, 70, American actor, Meet John Doe, The Shadow Strikes
• October 28 – Constance Dowling, 49, American actress, Up in Arms, The Well-Groomed Bride
• November 5 – Lloyd Corrigan, 69, American actor, Son of Paleface, The Thin Man Goes Home
• November 8 – Dave O'Brien, 57, American actor, Captain Midnight, Brand of the Devil
• December 3 – Ruth White, 55, American actress, To Kill a Mockingbird, No Way to Treat a Lady
• December 7 – Eric Portman, 68, British actor, A Canterbury Tale, The Bedford Incident
• December 13 – Luigi Pavese, 72, Italian actor, Toto in Color, Il Mattatore
• December 22
  • Ilse Steppat, 52, German actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • Josef von Sternberg, 73, Austrian director, The Blue Angel, Macao