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The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1949

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! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals

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! style="text-align:center;"| 1

|Jolson Sings Again

| Columbia

| $5,000,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 2

|Battleground

| MGM

| $4,722,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 3

| I Was a Male War Bride

| 20th Century Fox

| $4,100,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 4

| Sands of Iwo Jima

| Republic

| $4,000,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 7

| Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

| $3,700,000 The film opens in Los Angeles on January 13, 1950, and becomes a massive commercial success. At the 23rd Academy Awards, the film wins the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

Awards

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! style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !!" style="width:250px;"| 7th Golden Globe Awards<br>February 23, 1950 !! style="width:250px;"| 22nd Academy Awards<br> March 23, 1950

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| Best Film || colspan="2" | All the King's Men

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| Best Director || Robert Rossen<br/>All the King's Men || Joseph L. Mankiewicz<br/>A Letter to Three Wives

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| Best Actor || colspan="2" | Broderick Crawford<br/>All the King's Men

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| Best Actress || colspan="2" | Olivia de Havilland<br/>The Heiress

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| Best Supporting Actor || James Whitmore<br/>Battleground || Dean Jagger<br/>Twelve O'Clock High

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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | Mercedes McCambridge<br/>All the King's Men

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| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan="2" | Robert Pirosh<br />Battleground || Joseph L. Mankiewicz<br />A Letter to Three Wives

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| Best Screenplay, Original || Robert Pirosh<br />Battleground

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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | Bicycle Thieves

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Top ten money making stars

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!Actor/Actress

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|1.

|Bob Hope

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|2.

|Bing Crosby

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|3. (tie)

|Bud Abbott<br>Lou Costello

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|4.

|John Wayne

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|5.

|Gary Cooper

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|6.

|Cary Grant

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|7.

|Betty Grable

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|8.

|Esther Williams

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|9.

|Humphrey Bogart

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|10.

|Clark Gable

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Notable films released in 1949

United States unless stated

A

  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • The Accused, starring Loretta Young and Robert Cummings
  • Adam's Rib, directed by George Cukor, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday
  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, narrated by Basil Rathbone and Bing Crosby
  • Africa Screams, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Alexander Popov, starring Nikolai Cherkasov – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Alias Nick Beal, starring Ray Milland and Audrey Totter
  • All the King's Men, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge
  • Always Leave Them Laughing, starring Milton Berle and Bert Lahr
  • Andaz (Style), starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis – (India)
  • Any Number Can Play, starring Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Audrey Totter
  • Aventurera (Adventuress) – (Mexico)

B

  • The Bad Lord Byron, starring Dennis Price
  • The Barkleys of Broadway, the last of 10 films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • Barsaat (Rain), directed by and starring Raj Kapoor – (India)
  • Battleground, starring Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy
  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, starring Betty Grable
  • Begone Dull Care, experimental animated film featuring music of Oscar Peterson – (Canada)
  • Beyond the Forest, starring Bette Davis
  • The Big Cat, starring Lon McCallister, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Peggy Ann Garner
  • The Big Steal, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Patric Knowles
  • Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro), starring Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano – (Italy)
  • The Blue Lagoon, directed by Frank Launder, starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston – (GB)
  • The Blue Swords, directed by Wolfgang Schleif (East Germany)
  • Border Incident, starring Ricardo Montalbán
  • Boys from the Streets (Gategutter) – (Norway)
  • The Bribe, starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, John Hodiak
  • Bride for Sale, starring Claudette Colbert and Robert Young

C

  • Canadian Pacific, starring Randolph Scott and Jane Wyatt
  • Caught, directed by Max Ophüls, starring Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Ryan
  • Chains (Catene) – (Italy)
  • Champion, starring Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell
  • Chicken Every Sunday, directed by George Seaton, starring Dan Dailey and Celeste Holm
  • The Chiltern Hundreds, directed by John Paddy Carstairs – (GB)
  • Christopher Columbus, directed by David MacDonald, starring Fredric March – (GB)
  • Colorado Territory, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo
  • Come to the Stable, starring Loretta Young and Celeste Holm
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming
  • Criss Cross, starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo
  • The Crooked Way, starring John Payne and Sonny Tufts
  • Crows and Sparrows (Wuya yu maque), directed by Zheng Junli – (China)

D

  • Dancing in the Dark, starring William Powell and Betsy Drake
  • A Dangerous Profession, starring George Raft and Ella Raines
  • Distant Journey (Daleká cesta) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Down to the Sea in Ships, starring Richard Widmark and Lionel Barrymore
  • Dulari, starring Madhubala and Geeta Bali (India)

E

  • East Side, West Side, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, James Mason, Van Heflin, Nancy Davis
  • Easy Living, starring Victor Mature and Lucille Ball
  • Edward, My Son, directed by George Cukor, starring Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr – (U.S./GB)
  • The Emperor of Capri (L'imperatore di Capri), directed by Luigi Comencini – (Italy)
  • The Emperor's Nightingale (Císařův slavík), an animated film narrated by Boris Karloff – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Everybody Does It, starring Paul Douglas and Linda Darnell

F

  • Father Was a Fullback, starring Fred MacMurray
  • The Fighting Kentuckian, starring John Wayne and Oliver Hardy
  • Flamingo Road, starring Joan Crawford
  • Flaxy Martin, starring Virginia Mayo
  • The Flirtation of Girls, directed by Anwar Wagdi, starring Naguib El-Rihani and Leila Mourad – (Egypt)
  • The Forbidden Street, starring Maureen O'Hara
  • For Them That Trespass, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, starring Richard Todd – (GB)
  • The Fountainhead, directed by King Vidor, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal

G

  • Give Us This Day, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Sam Wanamaker – (GB)
  • The Great Gatsby, starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Ruth Hussey
  • The Great Madcap (El Gran Calavera), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Fernando Soler – (Mexico)

H

  • Hardly a Criminal (Apenas un delincuente), directed by Hugo Fregonese – (Argentina)
  • The Hasty Heart, starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal – (U.S./GB)
  • The Heiress, directed by William Wyler, starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins
  • Holiday Affair, starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh
  • Home of the Brave, starring Jeff Corey
  • House of Strangers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Conte, Susan Hayward

I

  • I Married a Communist, starring Laraine Day and Robert Ryan
  • I Shot Jesse James, starring Preston Foster and John Ireland
  • I Was a Male War Bride, starring Cary Grant
  • Impact, starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
  • In the Good Old Summertime, starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson
  • In the Name of the Law (In nome della legge), directed by Pietro Germi – (Italy)
  • The Inspector General, starring Danny Kaye
  • The Interrupted Journey, starring Richard Todd and Valerie Hobson – (GB)
  • Intruder in the Dust, directed by Clarence Brown
  • It Happens Every Spring, starring Ray Milland
  • It's Not Cricket directed by Alfred Roome, starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne – (GB)

J

  • Janika – (Hungary)
  • Johnny Stool Pigeon, starring Shelley Winters and Howard Duff
  • Jolson Sings Again, starring Larry Parks and Barbara Hale
  • Jour de fête (Festival Day), directed by and starring Jacques Tati – (France)

K

  • Kind Hearts and Coronets, directed by Robert Hamer, starring Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson – (GB)
  • A Kiss in the Dark, starring Jane Wyman and David Niven
  • Knock on Any Door, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart

L

  • Late Spring (Banshun), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
  • Life (Vazhkai), directed by A. V. Meiyappan, starring Vyjayanthimala in her screen debut – (India)
  • A Letter to Three Wives, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas
  • Little Women, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor
  • Love Happy, starring the Marx Brothers
  • The Lucky Stiff, starring Dorothy Lamour and Claire Trevor
  • Lust for Gold, starring Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford

M

  • Ma and Pa Kettle, starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride
  • Madame Bovary, starring Jennifer Jones and James Mason
  • Mahal (The Mansion), starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala – (India)
  • Malaya, starring Spencer Tracy and James Stewart
  • La Malquerida (The Bad Mistress), starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz – (Mexico)
  • The Man from Colorado, starring Glenn Ford and William Holden
  • Manhandled, starring Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden
  • Manon, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot – (France)
  • The Marriage of Figaro (Figaros Hochzeit) – (East Germany)
  • Mighty Joe Young, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Terry Moore and Ben Johnson
  • Miss Mink of 1949, starring Lois Collier
  • Mother Is a Freshman, starring Loretta Young and Van Johnson
  • My Foolish Heart, starring Susan Hayward and Dana Andrews
  • My Friend Irma, film debut of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

N

  • Neptune's Daughter, starring Esther Williams
  • Never Fear, directed by Ida Lupino, starring Sally Forrest and Hugh O'Brian
  • Night Unto Night, directed by Don Siegel, starring Ronald Reagan
  • No Way Back, starring Terence De Marney, Eleanor Summerfield – (GB)

O

  • Obsession, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Robert Newton – (GB)
  • Oh, You Beautiful Doll, starring June Haver
  • On the Town, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett

P

  • The Passionate Friends, directed by David Lean, starring Ann Todd and Claude Rains – (GB)
  • Passport to Pimlico, starring Stanley Holloway and Margaret Rutherford – (GB)
  • Pinky, starring Jeanne Crain
  • Prince of Foxes, starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles
  • Prison (Fängelse), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)

Q

  • The Queen of Spades, starring Anton Walbrook and Edith Evans – (GB)
  • The Quiet Duel (Shizukanaru Ketto), starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)

R

  • The Reckless Moment, starring James Mason and Joan Bennett
  • Red, Hot and Blue, starring Betty Hutton and Victor Mature
  • Red Light, starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo
  • The Red Pony, starring Myrna Loy and Robert Mitchum
  • The Rocking Horse Winner, starring Valerie Hobson and John Howard Davies – (GB)
  • Rope of Sand, starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
  • Rotation (Sowjetische Zone) – (East Germany)
  • A Run for Your Money, starring Donald Houston, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness – (GB)
  • Rustlers, starring Tim Holt and Martha Hyer

S

  • Samson and Delilah, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature
  • Sands of Iwo Jima, directed by Allan Dwan, starring John Wayne
  • The Secret Garden, starring Margaret O'Brien and Herbert Marshall
  • The Set-Up, starring Robert Ryan
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, starring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson
  • Shockproof, starring Cornel Wilde
  • Une si jolie petite plage (Such a Pretty Little Beach), directed by Yves Allégret – (France)
  • Le Silence de la mer, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – (France)
  • Slattery's Hurricane, starring Richard Widmark, Veronica Lake, Linda Darnell
  • The Small Back Room, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger – (GB)
  • Sons of Matthew (aka The Rugged O'Riordans) – (Australia)
  • Sorrowful Jones, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
  • South of St. Louis, starring Joel McCrea and Alexis Smith
  • The Stratton Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson
  • Stray Dog (Nora inu), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune – (Japan)
  • Streets of Laredo, starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey, William Bendix
  • The Sun Comes Up, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Lassie

T

  • Take One False Step, starring Shelley Winters and William Powell
  • Tension, starring Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
  • That Dangerous Age, starring Myrna Loy and Peggy Cummins – (GB)
  • That Forsyte Woman, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
  • That Midnight Kiss, starring Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza
  • Thieves' Highway, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Richard Conte
  • The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles – (GB)
  • Too Late for Tears, starring Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea
  • Train of Events, starring Valerie Hobson, Jack Warner, Peter Finch – (GB)
  • Tulsa, starring Susan Hayward and Robert Preston
  • Twelve O'Clock High, starring Gregory Peck

U

  • Under Capricorn, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ingrid Bergman – (GB)
  • The Undercover Man, starring Glenn Ford and Nina Foch

W

  • Waga koi wa moenu (Flame of My Love), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
  • The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles), directed by René Clément, starring Jean Gabin – (France/Italy)
  • We Were Strangers, starring Jennifer Jones and John Garfield
  • Whirlpool, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney
  • Whisky Galore!, directed by Alexander Mackendrick (debut), starring Basil Radford and Joan Greenwood – (GB)
  • White Heat, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
  • The Window, starring Barbara Hale and Arthur Kennedy
  • Without Honor, starring Laraine Day
  • Women Side by Side, directed by Chen Liting, starring Shangguan Yunzhu and Zhao Dan – (China)

Y

  • You, the Rich (Ustedes los ricos), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)
  • You're My Everything, directed by Walter Lang, starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter

Serials

  • Adventures of Sir Galahad, starring George Reeves and Charles King
  • Batman and Robin, starring Robert Lowery
  • Bruce Gentry, starring Tom Neal
  • Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc, starring Kirk Alyn and Rosemary LaPlanche
  • Ghost of Zorro, starring Clayton Moore and Pamela Blake
  • The James Brothers of Missouri, starring Keith Richards and Noel Neill
  • King of the Rocket Men, starring Tristram Coffin and Mae Clarke
  • Radar Patrol vs Spy King, starring Kirk Alyn

Short film series

  • Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
  • Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
  • Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
  • Popeye (1933–1957)
  • Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
  • The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
  • Donald Duck (1934–1956)
  • Pluto (1937–1951)
  • Chip and Dale (1943–1956)
  • Andy Panda (1939–1949)
  • Goofy (1939–1953)
  • Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
  • The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
  • Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949)
  • Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
  • Droopy (1943–1958)
  • Blackie the Sheep (1947–1949)
  • Red Hot Riding Hood (1943–1949)
  • Jan Wickman Shorts (1949–1994)
  • Noveltoons (1943–1967)

Births

  • January 1 – Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Senegalese actress
  • January 6 – Rudolf van den Berg, Dutch director and screenwriter (died 2025)
  • January 7
  • George Buza, American-born Canadian actor
  • Steven Williams, American actor
  • January 9 – Vincent Grass, Belgian actor
  • January 12 – Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born director
  • January 14 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director and screenwriter
  • January 17 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984)
  • January 24 – John Belushi, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
  • January 26 – David Strathairn, American actor
  • January 27 – Zbigniew Rybczyński, Polish film and video cinematographer and director
  • February 2
  • Jack McGee, American actor
  • Brent Spiner, American actor, comedian and musician
  • February 8
  • Brooke Adams, American actress
  • Niels Arestrup, French-Danish actor, director and screenwriter (died 2024)
  • February 9 – Judith Light, American actress
  • February 16 – Marc de Jonge, French actor (died 1996)
  • February 27 - Debra Monk, American actress, singer and writer
  • March 1 - Tom Mason, American actor
  • March 2 – Gates McFadden, American actress
  • March 3
  • Gloria Hendry, American actress and former model
  • Sandy Martin, American actress, director and producer
  • March 9 - Lizbeth MacKay, American actress
  • March 12 – Rob Cohen, American director, producer and writer
  • March 16
  • Erik Estrada, American actor and police officer
  • Victor Garber, Canadian actor
  • Joseph Pilato, American actor (died 2019)
  • March 22 – Fanny Ardant, French actress
  • March 28
  • Josephine Chaplin, American actress (died 2023)
  • Masatō Ibu, Japanese actor
  • March 31 – Regina Baff, American actress
  • April 2
  • Ron Palillo, American actor (died 2012)
  • Pamela Reed, American actress
  • April 5 – John Berg, American actor (died 2007)
  • April 8 – John Madden, English director
  • April 9 – Sorcha Cusack, Irish actress
  • April 11 – Bernd Eichinger, German producer, director and screenwriter (died 2011)
  • April 14 – John Shea, American actor
  • April 20
  • Jessica Lange, American actress
  • Veronica Cartwright, English-born actress
  • April 21 – Patti LuPone, American actress and singer
  • April 24 – Peter Friedman, American actor
  • April 26 – Dominic Sena, American director
  • April 28
  • Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
  • Bruno Kirby, American actor, singer, voice artist and comedian (died 2006)
  • April 29 - Anita Dobson, English actress and singer
  • May 3 – Ron Canada, American actor
  • May 7 – Marilyn Burns, American actress (died 2014)
  • May 8 - Rockets Redglare, American character actor and stand-up comedian (died 2001)
  • May 10 – Walter von Hauff, German actor
  • May 13 – Zoë Wanamaker, American-born British actress
  • May 18
  • Marco Perella, American character actor
  • Hubert Saint-Macary, French actor
  • May 20 – Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian, actor and television writer
  • May 21 – Will Ryan, American voice actor, singer and musician (died 2021)
  • May 22 – Cheryl Campbell, English actress
  • May 24 – Jim Broadbent, English actor
  • May 25 – Joe Unger, American actor
  • May 26
  • Pam Grier, American actress
  • Tom McCleister, American actor
  • Philip Michael Thomas, American retired actor and musician
  • May 28 – Sandy Helberg, German-born American actor
  • May 29 – Cotter Smith, American actor
  • May 31 – Tom Berenger, American actor
  • June 5 – Guts Ishimatsu, Japanese actor and comedian
  • June 10 – Frankie Faison, American actor
  • June 11 – Sherman Howard, American actor
  • June 12 – Roger Aaron Brown, American character actor
  • June 14 – Antony Sher, British actor (died 2021)
  • June 15
  • Simon Callow, English actor, director and writer
  • Richard Henzel, American actor
  • Jim Varney, American actor and comedian (died 2000)
  • June 16 – Geoff Pierson, American actor
  • June 18 - Mac McDonald, American actor
  • June 22 – Meryl Streep, American actress
  • June 29
  • Roger Allers, American director, screenwriter, animator and storyboard artist (died 2026)
  • Greg Burson, American voice actor (died 2008)
  • July 3 – Masato Harada, Japanese director, film critic and actor (died 2025)
  • July 5 – Ed O'Ross, American actor
  • July 7 – Shelley Duvall, American actress (died 2024)
  • July 12
  • Diana Hardcastle, English actress
  • Bernice Stegers, English actress
  • July 24 – Michael Richards, American actor, writer, producer and retired comedian
  • July 27
  • Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (died 2010)
  • Susan Gordon, American child actress (died 2011)
  • July 28 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter, director and producer
  • August 2 – Madeline Smith, English actress
  • August 3 – Philip Casnoff, American actor
  • August 5 - Penne Hackforth-Jones, Australian actress (died 2013)
  • August 8 – Keith Carradine, American actor
  • August 11 – Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (died 1990)
  • August 15 – Phyllis Smith, American actress
  • August 17 – Julian Fellowes, English actor, writer, director and screenwriter
  • August 20 – Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor, director and screenwriter
  • August 21 – Loretta Devine, American actress
  • August 23 – Shelley Long, American actress
  • August 24 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor and director
  • August 25 – John Savage, American actor
  • August 31
  • Richard Gere, American actor
  • Stephen McKinley Henderson, American actor
  • September 1 – Luminița Gheorghiu, Romanian actress (died 2021)
  • September 4 – Eero Spriit, Estonian actor and producer
  • September 5 – Steve Sweeney, American comedian and actor
  • September 13 – Burghart Klaußner, German actor
  • September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr., American actor
  • September 18 – Beth Grant, American character actress
  • September 19 – Ernie Sabella, American actor
  • September 21 - Yūsaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (died 1989)
  • September 25
  • Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director
  • Caroline Kava, American actress
  • October 2 – Larry Sellers, Osage-American actor and stuntman (died 2021)
  • October 4 – Armand Assante, American actor
  • October 8
  • Maggie Ollerenshaw, English actress
  • Sigourney Weaver, American actress
  • October 10 – Jessica Harper, American actress
  • October 13 – Tarık Akan, Turkish actor and activist (d. 2016)
  • October 15 – Tanya Roberts, American actress (died 2021)
  • October 19 - Christopher Adamson, British actor (died 2025)
  • October 20 – George Harris, British actor
  • October 21 – LaTanya Richardson Jackson, American actress
  • October 25
  • Brian Kerwin, American actor
  • Ross Bagdasarian Jr., American actor, singer, animator and producer
  • October 30 – Leon Rippy, American character actor
  • November 1 – Jeannie Berlin, American actress and screenwriter
  • November 6 – Brad Davis, American actor (died 1991)
  • November 7
  • Terry Camilleri, Australian actor
  • Ben Guillory, American actor and director
  • November 10 – Ann Reinking, American actress and singer (died 2020)
  • November 14 – Gary Grubbs, American character actor
  • November 17 – Jon Avnet, American director, writer and producer
  • November 19 - Nigel Bennett, English-born Canadian actor, director and writer
  • November 27
  • Chris Ellis, American actor
  • Gerrit Graham, American actor
  • Arlene Klasky, American animator, graphic designer, producer and co-founder of Klasky Csupo
  • November 28
  • Alexander Godunov, Russian-American film actor (died 1995)
  • Paul Shaffer, Canadian singer, composer, actor and musician
  • November 29 – Garry Shandling, American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer and producer (died 2016)
  • November 30
  • Don "Magic" Juan, American actor
  • Margaret Whitton, American actress (died 2016)
  • Nicholas Woodeson, English actor
  • December 3 – Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017)
  • December 4 – Jeff Bridges, American actor
  • December 5 – Pamela Blair, American actress (died 2023)
  • December 7 – Tom Waits, American musician and actor
  • December 8 – Nancy Meyers, American filmmaker
  • December 10 – Enrique Castillo, American actor, writer, director and producer
  • December 12 – Bill Nighy, British actor
  • December 13 – Robert Lindsay, English actor
  • December 15 – Don Johnson, American actor
  • December 16 - Allan Graf, American athlete, actor, stuntman and director
  • December 18 – Kai Wulff, German-born American actor
  • December 19
  • Marlene Clark, American actress (died 2023)
  • Nancy Kyes, American former actress
  • Kjell Nilsson, Swedish actor
  • Rita Taggart, American actress
  • December 21 – Michael Horse, American actor
  • December 22 – Graham Beckel, American character actor
  • December 25 – Sissy Spacek, American actress
  • December 28 – Hilton McRae, Scottish actor

Deaths

  • January 6 – Victor Fleming, 59, American director and producer, The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, Captains Courageous, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • January 19 – William Wright, 38, American actor, Philo Vance Returns, Eve Knew Her Apples
  • January 20 – Nora Gregor, 47, Austrian actress, The Rules of the Game, But the Flesh Is Weak
  • February 19 – Jean Gillie, 33, English actress, Decoy
  • March 16 – Leyland Hodgson, 56, English actor, Under Nevada Skies, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
  • April 15 – Wallace Beery, 64, American actor, Grand Hotel, The Champ, Robin Hood, Viva Villa!
  • April 18 – Will Hay, 60, English comedian, actor and director, Oh, Mr. Porter!, Hey! Hey! USA
  • April 22 – Charles B. Middleton, 74, American actor (born 1874), Flash Gordon
  • August 9 – Harry Davenport, 83, American actor (born 1866), Gone with the Wind, The Ox-Bow Incident
  • September 4 – Olof Ås, 56, Swedish actor, stage manager (born 1892)
  • September 10 – Robert Middlemass, 66, American playwright, actor, (born 1883), Lady in the Death House, A Sporting Chance
  • September 14 – Romuald Joubé, 73, French actor (born 1876)
  • September 18 – Frank Morgan, 59, American actor (born 1890), The Wizard of Oz
  • September 20 – Richard Dix, 56, American actor (born 1893), Cimarron, Redskin
  • October 14 – Fritz Leiber, Sr., 67, American actor (born 1882)
  • October 22 – Craig Reynolds, 42, American actor (born 1907), Gold Mine in the Sky, Slander House
  • November 25 – Bill Robinson, 72, American dancer and actor (born 1878), Stormy Weather, The Little Colonel
  • November 27 – Tom Walls, 66, English actor and director (born 1883), Stormy Weather, Lady in Danger
  • December 16 – Sidney Olcott, 76, Canadian-born American film director (born 1873)
  • December 31 – Howard Hickman, 69, American actor, director, writer (born 1880), The Kansas Terrors, Gone with the Wind

Film debuts

References

  • List of 1949 films at IMDb
  • List of 1949 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1949 births at IMDb