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The year 1972 in film involved several significant events.

Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 60th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association of America celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1972 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1972

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

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

| The Godfather

| Paramount

| $86,300,000

|-

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

|The Poseidon Adventure

| 20th Century Fox

| $42,000,000

|-

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

|Cabaret

| Allied Artists

| $20,250,000

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! style="text-align:center;"| 10

| Lady Sings the Blues

| Paramount

| $9,666,000

  • February 24 - James Bachman, English comedian, actor and writer
  • February 26
  • Keith Ferguson, American voice actor
  • Maz Jobrani, American comedian and actor
  • February 28 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
  • March 4 – Garth Jennings, English film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer
  • March 8 - Matt Nable, Australian actor and writer
  • March 9
  • Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer
  • Kerr Smith, American actor
  • March 13 – Common, American actor and singer
  • March 16 - Nicolas Bro, Danish actor
  • March 18 – Dane Cook, American comedian
  • March 23 – Judith Godrèche, French actress
  • March 24
  • Charlie Creed-Miles, English actor and musician
  • Tony Leondis, Greek-American animator, filmmaker and voice actor
  • March 26 – Leslie Mann, American actress
  • March 28
  • Nick Frost, English actor, comedian, writer and producer
  • David Vadim, Ukrainian-born American actor
  • Ledisi, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • March 29 - Sam Hazeldine, English actor
  • March 31 – Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish director, writer and soundtrack composer
  • April 3 - Catherine McCormack, English actress
  • April 5 - Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress and voice actress
  • April 6 - Jason Hervey, American actor and producer
  • April 8 - Sung Kang, American actor
  • April 10 - Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
  • April 15 - Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
  • April 17 – Jennifer Garner, American actress
  • April 18 - Eli Roth, American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
  • April 20 - Carmen Electra, American actress, singer and model
  • April 26 - Bronagh Gallagher, Irish actress and singer
  • April 27 - David Lascher, American actor
  • April 28 - Gabriel Casseus, American actor and screenwriter
  • April 29 – Derek Mears, American actor and stuntman
  • May 1 - Julie Benz, American actress
  • May 2 – Dwayne Johnson, American actor
  • May 4 - John Rawls, New Zealand actor
  • May 7 - Jennifer Yuh Nelson, South Korean-born American story artist and director
  • May 10 - Cary Guffey, American former child actor
  • May 12
  • Christian Campbell, Canadian actor
  • Rhea Seehorn, American actress and director
  • May 14
  • Gabriel Mann, American actor and model
  • Ben Weber, American actor
  • May 15
  • Ashley McGuire, British actress
  • Tom Wu, Hong Kong-born British actor
  • May 16 - Khary Payton, American actor
  • May 20 - Busta Rhymes, American rapper and actor
  • May 21 - Olga Sosnovska, Polish actress
  • May 22
  • Max Brooks, American actor
  • Alison Eastwood, American director and actress
  • May 25 - Karan Johar, Indian director
  • May 26 - Selenis Leyva, American actress
  • May 28
  • Kate Ashfield, English actress
  • Chiara Mastroianni, French actress
  • Roland Møller, Danish actor
  • May 29 - Laverne Cox, American actress
  • May 30 - Joachim Rønning, Norwegian director
  • May 31 - Archie Panjabi, British actress
  • June 1 - Rick Gomez, American actor
  • June 2
  • Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, producer and game show host
  • Wentworth Miller, American-British actor and screenwriter
  • June 7 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
  • June 16 - John Cho, American actor
  • June 19
  • Jean Dujardin, French actor
  • Robin Tunney, American actress
  • June 23 – Selma Blair, American actress
  • June 28
  • Brendan Hunt, American actor and writer
  • Alessandro Nivola, American actor
  • June 30 - Molly Parker, Canadian actress, writer and director
  • July 3 - Matt Schulze, American actor and musician
  • July 4 - Claire Price, English actress
  • July 5 – Gilles Lellouche, French actor and director
  • July 7 - Heather Kafka, American actress
  • July 10
  • Christoph Hochhäusler, German film director and screenwriter
  • Peter Serafinowicz, English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
  • Sofia Vergara, Colombian American actress, television producer, presenter and model
  • John Viener, American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
  • July 11 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor, director, producer, singer and comedian
  • July 12 – Nenad Jezdić, Serbian actor
  • July 14 - Deborah Mailman, Australian actress and singer
  • July 15
  • Liza Colón-Zayas, American actress
  • Scott Foley, American actor, director and screenwriter
  • July 23 - Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
  • July 26 - Spencer Wilding, Welsh actor and stuntman
  • July 27 – Maya Rudolph, American actress and comedian
  • July 28
  • Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
  • Evan Farmer, American actor and musician
  • July 29
  • Ato Essandoh, American actor
  • Wil Wheaton, American actor
  • August 1
  • Guri Weinberg, Israeli-American actor and writer
  • Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor
  • August 2 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian-American actress
  • August 5
  • Darren Shahlavi, English actor, martial artist and stuntman (d. 2015)
  • Reika Kirishima, Japanese actress
  • August 7
  • Dan Payne, Canadian actor
  • Greg Serano, American actor
  • August 9 - Ryan Bollman, American actor
  • August 10 - Angie Harmon, American actress
  • August 13 - Michael Sinterniklaas, French voice actor
  • August 15
  • Ben Affleck, American actor, director and writer
  • Matthew Wood, American sound editor and voice actor
  • August 24 - Ava DuVernay, American filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
  • August 25 - Joe Wright, English director
  • August 30 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
  • September 4
  • Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, musician, model and television personality
  • Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
  • September 6
  • Dylan Bruno, American actor
  • Idris Elba, English actor
  • Mait Malmsten, Estonian actor
  • Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
  • September 7 – Matthew Sleeth, Australian director
  • September 8
  • Giovanni Frezza, Italian child actor
  • Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor
  • September 9
  • Adam James, English actor
  • Goran Visnjic, Croatian-American actor
  • September 14 - Nakamura Shidō II, Japanese actor
  • September 15 - John Schwab, American actor
  • September 16
  • Mike Doyle, American actor
  • Alex Rice, Aboriginal-Canadian actress
  • September 21
  • Kevin Downes, American actor, writer, producer and director
  • Erin Fitzgerald, Canadian voice actress
  • September 24
  • Kate Fleetwood, English actress
  • Finty Williams, English actress
  • September 26 - Melanie Paxson, American actress
  • September 27 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
  • September 29 - Robert Webb, English comedian, actor and writer
  • October 5 - Tom Hooper, British-Australian filmmaker
  • October 8
  • Enrique Arce, Spanish actor
  • Tricia Vessey, American actress, writer and producer
  • October 9 - Cocoa Brown, American actress, writer and comedian
  • October 11 - Claudia Black, Australian actress
  • October 12 - Sönke Möhring, German actor
  • October 15 - Matt Keeslar, American former actor
  • October 17 – Eminem, American rapper and actor
  • October 18 - Christopher Knights, English voice actor, editor and cinematographer
  • October 20 - Thor Freudenthal, German director, screenwriter, animator and special effects artist
  • October 21 - Masakazu Morita, Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
  • October 22 – Saffron Burrows, English-American actress
  • October 23 - Kate del Castillo, Mexican-American actress
  • October 29 - Gabrielle Union, American actress, voice artist, activist and author
  • October 30
  • David Wilson Barnes, American actor
  • Jessica Hynes, English actress, director and writer
  • Steve Monroe, American actor and stand-up comedian
  • October 31 - Assaf Cohen, American actor
  • November 1
  • Toni Collette, Australian actress, producer and singer-songwriter
  • Jenny McCarthy, American actress
  • November 2 - Steve Edge, English actor, writer and former comedian
  • November 6
  • Thandiwe Newton, English actress
  • Rebecca Romijn, American actress
  • November 7
  • Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor and writer
  • Jeremy and Jason London, American actors
  • November 8
  • Gretchen Mol, American actress
  • Jason Matthew Smith, American actor
  • November 9 - Eric Dane, American actor (died 2026)
  • November 10 - Trevor Devall, Canadian voice actor and podcaster
  • November 11
  • Adam Beach, Canadian actor
  • Tyler Christopher, American actor (d. 2023)
  • November 13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor, singer and radio personality
  • November 14 – Josh Duhamel, American actor
  • November 15 – Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
  • November 16
  • Mohammad Rasoulof, Iranian independent filmmaker
  • Michael Irby, American actor
  • November 17 - Leonard Roberts, American actor
  • November 19
  • Nicole Forester, American actress
  • Sandrine Holt, British-born Canadian actress
  • November 21 - Rain Phoenix, American actress, musician and singer
  • November 26 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
  • November 28 - Michael Blackson, Ghanaian actor and comedian
  • November 29 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
  • December 2 - Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Norwegian actor and director
  • December 4 - Yūko Miyamura, Japanese actress and voice actress
  • December 7 – Jennifer Syme, American entertainment industry employee (d. 2001)
  • December 9 - Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
  • December 14
  • Jason Barry, Irish actor
  • Isabelle de Hertogh, Belgian actress
  • Miranda Hart, English actress, comedian and writer
  • December 15 – Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
  • December 16 - Lisa Spoonauer, American former character actress (d. 2017)
  • December 18 - Jason Mantzoukas, American character actor, comedian, writer and podcaster.
  • December 19 – Alyssa Milano, American actress
  • December 20 - Marc Silk, English voice actor
  • December 22 - Poorna Jagannathan, American producer and actress
  • December 23 – Christian Potenza, Canadian actor and voice actor
  • December 24 – Carmen Moore, Canadian actress
  • December 25 - Patrick Brennan, American actor
  • December 26 – Shane Meadows, English independent film director
  • December 27
  • Brandon Auret, South African actor
  • Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor
  • December 28 - Supakorn Kitsuwon, Thai actor
  • December 29
  • Jude Law, English actor
  • Leonor Varela, Chilean actress

Deaths

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|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"

| Month || Date || Name || Age || Country || Profession || Notable films

|- valign="top"

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Maurice Chevalier || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Wesley Ruggles || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Rochelle Hudson || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || George Mitchell || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Richard Fraser || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Alec Coppel || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Jerome Cowan || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Herbert Hübner || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Hugh McDermott || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Jessie Royce Landis || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Walter Lang || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || John Grierson || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Walter Winchell || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Commentator ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Bronislava Nijinska || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Choreographer ||

|-

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Harold Young || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Editor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Albert Mannheimer || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Marilyn Maxwell || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || J. Arthur Rank || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Executive ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Hal Roach Jr. || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Peter Whitney || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Brian Donlevy || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Isabel Jewell || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Betty Blythe || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Dorothy Dalton || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Jorge Mistral || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| Spain || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || George Sanders || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Alfred J. Goulding || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Bobby Howes || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Harry Joe Brown || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Gia Scala || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Bruce Cabot || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Elsa Ratassepp || style="text-align:center;"|79 ||style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || Libahunt||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Frank Tashlin || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Henri Diamant-Berger || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, producer, screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Steve Ihnat || style="text-align:center;"| 37 || style="tech-align:center;"| Czechoslovakia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Dan Blocker || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Nigel Green || style="text-align:center;"| 47 || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Sidney Franklin || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Margaret Rutherford || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Richard Day || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Art director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Asta Nielsen || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Denmark || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Charles C. Coleman || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Jean Brochard || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Gale Henry || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Sidney Lanfield || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Paul Czinner || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director, screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Nicholas Hannen || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Thomy Bourdelle || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Hal Walker || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Brandon deWilde || style="text-align:center;"| 30 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Emrys Jones || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Harmon Jones || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Sally Benson || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Helen Traubel || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer ||

|-

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Joi Lansing || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Tom Neal || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Oscar Levant || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Pierre Brasseur || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Roger Furse || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Costume and production designer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || D. Ross Lederman || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Gaby André || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Max Fleischer || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director, Producer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || William Boyd || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Lane Chandler || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Akim Tamiroff || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Max Nosseck || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Edward Sloman || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Edgar G. Ulmer || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Colin Gordon || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Miriam Hopkins || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Leo G. Carroll || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Jack Melford || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Claire Windsor || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Mitchell Leisen || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Reginald Owen || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Tod Andrews || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Francis Chagrin || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Vera Karalli || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Marie Wilson || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Eve Southern || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || William P. S. Earle || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Janet Munro || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || William Dieterle || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Louella Parsons || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Columnist, Screenwriter ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Edward Earle || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Jacques Deval || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter ||

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Film debuts

See also

  • List of Hong Kong films of 1972

References

  • List of 1972 films at IMDb
  • List of 1972 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1972 births at IMDb