- Jan 1 Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades), dies of barbiturate overdose at 50
- Jan 2 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor and director (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
- Jan 20 Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (Coquette, Deluge), dies at 72
- Jan 24 John Miljan, American actor (The Ten Commandments, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox), dies at 67
- Jan 25 Diana Barrymore, American actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife), dies of an alcohol and drug overdose at 38
- Jan 29 Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
- Jan 31 Lowell Gilmore, American actor (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Living Christ Series), dies at 53
- Feb 3 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, dies in an automobile accident at 38
- Feb 12 Bobby Clark, American vaudevillian, clown and actor (in comedy act with Paul McCullough), dies at 71
- Mar 3 Sammy White, American comedian and actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65
- Mar 26 Ian Keith, American actor (Abraham Lincoln, Queen Christina, Cleopatra, 3 Musketeers), dies from a heart attack at 61
- Apr 5 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88
- Apr 18 Emory Johnson, American actor and director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
- Apr 24 Johannes "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor (Dead Water), dies at 84
- Apr 25 Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
- May 27 Edward Brophy, American character actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, The Cameraman, Doughboys), dies at 65
- May 27 George Zucco, British actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), dies at 74
- Jun 4 Lucien Littlefield, American actor (Blondie), dies at 64
- Jun 20 Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 (b. 1880)
- Jul 24 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
Frank Lloyd (1886-1960)
Aug 10 Scottish actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), dies at 74
- Aug 22 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
- Aug 29 Alexander Gauge, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 46
- Sep 6 Jimmy Savo, American comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
- Sep 20 Lee Duncan, American owner and trainer film dog Rin Tin Tin, dies of a heart attack at 67
- Sep 23 Kathlyn Williams, actress (Single Man), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Oct 6 Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), dies from diabetes at 50
- Oct 11 Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], American actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50
- Oct 15 Clara Kimball Young, American actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70
- Oct 15 Henny Porten, German silent screen actress (Mother Love), dies at 70
- Oct 15 Maude Eburne, Canadian actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84
- Nov 3 Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack; Little Kaintuck), dies at 59
Mack Sennett (1880-1960)
Nov 5 Canadian-American film director and producer (Keystone Kops), dies at 80
Clark Gable (1901-1960)
Nov 16 American actor (Gone With The Wind; It Happened One Night) known as 'The King of Hollywood', dies of a coronary thrombosis at 59
- Nov 19 Phyllis Haver, American actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
- Dec 14 Gregory Ratoff, Russian producer, director and actor (Exodus, Skyscraper Souls, Corsican Brothers), dies of leukemia at 63
- Dec 16 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
- Dec 31 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69
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