Deaths
- January 11 – Charles W. Goddard, American playwright & screenwriter (born 1879)
- March 6 - Ivor Novello, British actor, singer & composer (born 1893)
- March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, African American pioneer filmmaker & author (born 1884)
- April 4 - Al Christie, Canadian-born early Hollywood director/producer (born 1881)
- June 6 - Olive Tell, American actress (born 1894)
- June 9 - Mayo Methot, American actress (born 1904)
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, American pioneer documentary filmmaker (born 1884)
- August 28 - Robert Walker, American actor (born 1918)
- August 30 - Konstantin Märska, Estonian cinematographer (born 1896)
- September 7 - Maria Montez, Dominican-born actress (born 1912)
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