Deaths
- February 20 - George Periolat, American actor (born 1874)
- March 5 - Maxine Elliott, American actress (born 1868)
- April 9 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English actress (born 1858)
- May 25 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian-born American film director (born 1873)
- July 1 - Ben Turpin, American actor (born 1869)
- July 15 - Donald Calthrop, English actor (born 1888)
- September 25 - Marguerite Clark, American actress (born 1883)
- October 10 - Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (born 1876)
- October 12 - Tom Mix, American actor (born 1880)
- December 5 - Wilfred Lucas, Canadian-born American actor, screenwriter, director (born 1871)
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