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The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1950

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

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

| Samson and Delilah

| Paramount

| $9,000,000

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

|King Solomon's Mines

| rowspan="2"|MGM

| $5,047,000

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

|Annie Get Your Gun

| $4,708,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 5

| Cinderella

| RKO/Walt Disney

| $4,275,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 6

| Born Yesterday

| Columbia

| $4,100,000

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

| Father of the Bride

| MGM

| $4,036,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 9

| All About Eve

| $3,100,000

  • April 2 - Allan Corduner, British actor
  • April 4 – Christine Lahti, American actress
  • April 11 - Bill Irwin, American actor, clown and comedian
  • April 12 – David Cassidy, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2017)
  • April 13
  • Ron Perlman, American actor
  • William Sadler, American actor
  • April 14 - Lynda Obst, American producer (d. 2024)
  • April 15 – Josiane Balasko, French actress, writer and director
  • April 16 – David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
  • April 18
  • Philip Akin, Canadian actor
  • Kenny Ortega, American filmmaker
  • April 22 – Thierry Zéno, Belgian director (d. 2017)
  • April 23 - Henry Goodman, British actor
  • April 28
  • Rod Culbertson, English actor
  • Jay Leno, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and late-night television host
  • April 29 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director
  • May 1 – John Diehl, American character actor
  • May 7 - Randall "Tex" Cobb, American actor and martial artist
  • May 8
  • Mark Blankfield, American actor and comedian (d. 2024)
  • Robert Mugge, American director and producer
  • May 9 – Marcheline Bertrand, American actress (d. 2007)
  • May 12
  • Bruce Boxleitner, American actor, science fiction and suspense writer
  • Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
  • May 13 – Joe Johnston, American director, writer and visual effects artist
  • May 14
  • John Dennis Johnston, American actor
  • Mark Blum, American actor (d. 2020)
  • May 15 – Nicholas Hammond, American-born Australian actor and writer
  • May 18
  • Gerry Mendicino, Canadian actor
  • Nick Wyman, American actor
  • May 22 – Peter Wildman, Canadian actor
  • May 23 - O-Lan Jones, American actress
  • May 30 - Jo Ann Havrilla, American actress
  • June 1 – John M. Jackson, American film and television actor
  • June 2 - Joanna Gleason, Canadian-American actress and singer
  • June 3 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • June 5 – Daniel von Bargen, American character actor (d. 2015)
  • June 6 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian-born director (d. 2015)
  • June 8
  • Kathy Baker, American actress
  • Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress
  • June 13 – Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
  • June 14 - Jeremy Sinden, English actor (d. 1996)
  • June 17 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand filmmaker (d. 2025)
  • June 19 – Daria Nicolodi, Italian actress and screenwriter (d. 2020)
  • June 21 - Enn Reitel, Scottish actor
  • June 22 - Tom Alter, Indian actor (d. 2017)
  • June 24 – Nancy Allen, American actress
  • June 25 – Thomas Jefferson Byrd, American actor (d. 2020)
  • June 26 – Michael Paul Chan, American actor
  • June 28 - Sandy Gore, Australian actress
  • July 1 - Ben Roberts, Welsh actor (d. 2021)
  • July 5 - Linda Hart, American actress and musician
  • July 6 - Geraldine James, English actress
  • July 11 – Bruce McGill, American actor
  • July 17 – Barbara Rosenblat, British actress
  • July 19 - Richard Cordery, British actor
  • July 20 – Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
  • July 21 - Jordan Clarke, American actor
  • July 24 - Johnny Lee Davenport, American actor (d. 2020)
  • July 27
  • Simon Jones, English actor
  • Nigel Plaskitt, English actor and producer
  • July 28 - Lani Minella, American voice actress, voice director and producer
  • July 29 – Mike Starr, American character actor
  • July 30 - Frank Stallone, American actor and musician
  • August 2 - Kathryn Harrold, American retired actress
  • August 3 - John Landis, American filmmaker and actor
  • August 5 – Holly Palance, American actress
  • August 6 – Dorian Harewood, American actor
  • August 10 - Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
  • August 11
  • Elya Baskin, Latvian-American character actor
  • Adam LeFevre, American character actor
  • August 12 – Jim Beaver, American actor
  • August 13 – Jane Carr, English actress
  • August 14 – Peter Guinness, English actor
  • August 15 - Tess Harper, American actress
  • August 16 - Marshall Manesh, Iranian-American actor
  • August 20 – Skip O'Brien, American actor (d. 2011)
  • August 27 – Charles Fleischer, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and musician
  • September 2 - Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
  • September 7 – Julie Kavner, American film and television actress, voice actress and comedian
  • September 11 – Amy Madigan, American actress
  • September 12 – Bruce Mahler, American actor, producer and writer
  • September 14 – Howard Deutch, American director
  • September 15 - Hrant Alianak, Sudanese-Armenian-Canadian actor
  • September 18
  • Luis Contreras, American character actor (d. 2004)
  • Anna Deavere Smith, American actress
  • September 19 - Rudy Ramos, American actor and musician
  • September 21 – Bill Murray, American actor and comedian
  • September 24
  • Harriet Walter, British actress
  • Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
  • September 25 - Cynthia Wood, American actress and model
  • September 27 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-born American actor, producer and martial artist (d. 2025)
  • September 28 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
  • September 30 – Vondie Curtis-Hall, American actor, screenwriter and director
  • October 1 – Randy Quaid, American actor
  • October 2 – Ian McNeice, English actor
  • October 4 – Alan Rosenberg, American actor
  • October 5 – Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
  • October 10 - Jerry Tondo, Japanese-American actor
  • October 14 – Joey Travolta, American actor
  • October 17 – Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
  • October 18 – Om Puri, Indian actor (d. 2017)
  • October 20 - William Russ, American actor and television director
  • October 25 - Mark L. Taylor, American actor
  • October 28 - Audrie J. Neenan, American actress
  • October 31
  • John Candy, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1994)
  • Frank Silva, American actor and set dresser (d. 1995)
  • November 4 - Markie Post, American actress (d. 2021)
  • November 7 - Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress
  • November 9 - Henry Yuk, American actor
  • November 12 - Kevin Rooney, American stand-up comedian, writer and actor (d. 2022)
  • November 13 – Jules Sylvester, British wild animal trainer, actor and television presenter
  • November 16 – David Leisure, American actor
  • November 18 – Eric Pierpoint, American actor
  • November 20 - Kenneth MacDonald (English actor), British actor (d. 2001)
  • November 28 – Ed Harris, American actor
  • December 2 - Dennis Christopher, American actor
  • December 4 – Obba Babatundé, American actor
  • December 8 - Rick Baker, American retired special make-up effects creator and actor
  • December 10 – Gregg Berger, American voice actor
  • December 12
  • Duane Chase, American actor
  • Rajinikanth, Indian actor
  • December 13
  • Lindsey Ginter, American actor (d. 2024)
  • Darrell Larson, American actor
  • Wendie Malick, American-Canadian actress
  • Afemo Omilami, American actor
  • December 16 - Peter Van Norden, American actor
  • December 18 - Su Elliot, British actress
  • December 21
  • Jane How, English actress
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg, American filmmaker and animator
  • December 22
  • Franc Luz, American actor
  • Jeris Lee Poindexter, American actor, comedian and musician
  • December 29 - Jon Polito, American character actor (d. 2016)

Deaths

  • January 2 – Emil Jannings, 65, Swiss-born German actor, The Blue Angel, The Last Laugh
  • January 12 – John M. Stahl, 63, American film director and producer, Leave Her to Heaven, Imitation of Life
  • January 22
  • Alan Hale Sr., 57, American actor, director, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Santa Fe Trail
  • Corinne Luchaire, 28, French actress, Prison Without Bars, Conflict
  • March 10 – Marguerite De La Motte, 47, American actress, The Mark of Zorro, The Iron Mask
  • March 18 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, 74, American writer, creator of Tarzan
  • March 25 – Frank Buck, 66, American actor and animal expert, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Africa Screams
  • April 7 – Walter Huston, 67, American Academy Award-winning actor, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Dodsworth
  • April 26 – Hobart Cavanaugh, 63, American actor, I Cover the Waterfront, A Letter to Three Wives
  • May 1 – Ernst Laemmle, 49, German director and screenwriter, The Phantom of the Opera, The Palm Beach Story
  • June 22 – Jane Cowl, 66, American actress, No Man of Her Own, Payment on Demand
  • July 17 – Antonie Nedošinská, 65, Czech actress, Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní, Capek's Tales
  • September 13 – Sara Allgood, 69, Irish actress, How Green Was My Valley, The Lodger
  • October 23 – Al Jolson, 64, Lithuanian-born American actor, singer, entertainer, The Jazz Singer, Rhapsody in Blue, The Singing Fool
  • October 29 – Maurice Costello, 73, American actor, Du Barry Was a Lady, Tin Pan Alley
  • December 4 – James Kevin McGuinness, 56, Irish-American producer and screenwriter, Madame X, Rio Grande
  • December 28 – William Garwood, 66, American silent-film actor and director, The Cowboy Millionaire, Proxy Husband

Film debuts

References

  • List of 1950 films at IMDb
  • List of 1950 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1950 births at IMDb