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This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film.

Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

Highest-grossing films

United States and Canada

The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows:

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"

|+ Highest-grossing films of 1973

|-

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

|-

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

| The Exorcist

| Warner Bros.

| $88,500,000

|-

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

|The Sting

| rowspan="2"|Universal

| $79,000,000

|-

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

|Magnum Force

| Warner Bros.

| $20,100,000

|}

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1973 films in countries outside of North America.

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|-

! Country !! Title !! Studio !! Gross !!

|-

| France

| The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

| SNC

| 7,295,727 admissions

|

|-

| Germany

| Papillon

| Columbia Pictures

| 8,500,000 admissions

|

|-

| Hong Kong

| The House of 72 Tenants

| Shaw Brothers Studio

|

|

|-

| India

| Bobby

| R. K. Films

| ()

|

|-

| Italy

| Malicious

| Paramount Pictures

| 11,756,327 admissions

|

|-

| Soviet Union

| The Headless Horseman

| Lenfilm

| 64,900,000 admissions

|

|-

| Spain

| Cabaret

| TBD

| 125.8 million ₧

|

|-

| United Kingdom

| Live and Let Die

| Eon Productions

| 9,000,000 admissions

|

|}

Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1973. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1973. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

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|-

! Title !! Worldwide gross !! Country !!

|-

| The Exorcist

| $441,306,145

| United States

|

|-

| Enter the Dragon

| $400,000,000

|-

| The Sting

| $257,000,000

| United States

|

|-

| Live and Let Die

| $161,800,000

| United Kingdom

|

|-

|American Graffiti

| $140,000,000

| United States

|

|-

| Bobby

|

| India

|

|}

The year's highest-grossing actor worldwide was Hong Kong martial arts film star Bruce Lee, who died the same year.

Events

  • March – Five Fingers of Death is released in the United States and is a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America
  • April 11 – Kim Jong-il publishes his film treatise On the Art of the Cinema.
  • May 1 – The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely; she will marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra in 1976.
  • July 20 – Martial arts legend Bruce Lee dies before Enter the Dragon is released on July 26.
  • August 17 – The sci-fi movie Westworld is the first feature film to use digital image processing.
  • December 25 – The Sting is released and goes on to become one of the top-grossing films of all time.
  • December 26 – The Exorcist reawakens the horror film genre and becomes one of the most popular and controversial films ever released.

Awards

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|-

! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 31st Golden Globe Awards<br>January 26, 1974 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 27th BAFTA Awards<br>March 6, 1974 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 46th Academy Awards<br>April 2, 1974

|-

! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy

|-

| Best Film || The Exorcist || American Graffiti || Day for Night || The Sting

|-

| Best Director || colspan="2" | William Friedkin<br>The Exorcist || François Truffaut<br>Day for Night || George Roy Hill<br>The Sting

|-

| Best Actor || Al Pacino<br>Serpico || George Segal<br>A Touch of Class || Walter Matthau<br>Charley Varrick and Pete 'n' Tillie || Jack Lemmon<br>Save the Tiger

|-

| Best Actress || Marsha Mason<br>Cinderella Liberty || Glenda Jackson<br>A Touch of Class || Stephane Audran<br>The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Just Before Nightfall || Glenda Jackson<br>A Touch of Class

|-

| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | John Houseman<br>The Paper Chase || Arthur Lowe<br>O Lucky Man! || John Houseman<br>The Paper Chase

|-

| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | Linda Blair<br>The Exorcist || Valentina Cortese<br>Day for Night || Tatum O'Neal<br>Paper Moon

|-

| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | William Peter Blatty<br>The Exorcist || rowspan="2" | Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carriere<br>The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie || William Peter Blatty<br>The Exorcist

|-

| Best Screenplay, Original || David S. Ward<br>The Sting

|-

| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | Neil Diamond<br>Jonathan Livingston Seagull || Alan Price<br>O Lucky Man! || Marvin Hamlisch<br>The Way We Were<br>Marvin Hamlisch<br>The Sting

|-

| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "The Way We Were"<br>The Way We Were || N/A || "The Way We Were"<br>The Way We Were

|-

| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | The Pedestrian || N/A || Day for Night

|}

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

:The Hireling, directed by Alan Bridges, United Kingdom

:Scarecrow, directed by Jerry Schatzberg, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

:Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), directed by Satyajit Ray, India

1973 films

By country/region

  • List of American films of 1973
  • List of Argentine films of 1973
  • List of Australian films of 1973
  • List of Bangladeshi films of 1973
  • List of British films of 1973
  • List of Canadian films of 1973
  • List of French films of 1973
  • List of Hong Kong films of 1973
  • List of Indian films of 1973
  • List of Hindi films of 1973
  • List of Kannada films of 1973
  • List of Malayalam films of 1973
  • List of Marathi films of 1973
  • List of Tamil films of 1973
  • List of Telugu films of 1973
  • List of Japanese films of 1973
  • List of Mexican films of 1973
  • List of Pakistani films of 1973
  • List of South Korean films of 1973
  • List of Soviet films of 1973
  • List of Spanish films of 1973

By genre/medium

  • List of action films of 1973
  • List of animated feature films of 1973
  • List of avant-garde films of 1973
  • List of comedy films of 1973
  • List of drama films of 1973
  • List of horror films of 1973
  • List of science fiction films of 1973
  • List of thriller films of 1973
  • List of western films of 1973

Births

  • January 4 - Damon Gupton, American actor
  • January 7 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
  • January 10 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and comedian
  • January 14 – Katie Griffin, Canadian actress and singer.
  • January 17 - Bob Persichetti, American animator, story artist, storyboard artist, screenwriter and director
  • January 18 - Ben Willbond, English actor and screenwriter
  • January 23 – Lanei Chapman, American actress
  • January 24 – William Gregory Lee, American actor
  • January 26 - Melvil Poupaud, French actor
  • January 29 – Arben Bajraktaraj, Korovan-born French actor
  • January 30 - Jordan Prentice, Canadian actor
  • January 31
  • Portia de Rossi, Australian-Canadian actress
  • Matthew Faber, American actor (d. 2020)
  • February 9
  • Colin Egglesfield, American actor
  • Shaun Parkes, English actor
  • February 12 – Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress
  • February 14 - Kristen Dalton, American actress
  • February 15 - Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
  • February 17 – Lucy Davis, English actress
  • February 18 – Tom Wisdom, English actor
  • February 20 - Andrea Savage, American actress and comedian
  • February 24 - Rob Morgan, American actor
  • February 25 – Anson Mount, American actor
  • February 27 – Li Bingbing, Chinese actress
  • March 1 – Jack Davenport, English actor
  • March 3 – Matthew Marsden, English-American actor, producer and singer
  • March 4 – Len Wiseman, American director, screenwriter and producer
  • March 8 - Boris Kodjoe, German actor and producer
  • March 10 – Natasha Alam, Uzbekistani–American actress and model
  • March 13 – Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic-American actor, producer and screenwriter
  • March 16 – Tim Kang, American actor
  • March 18
  • Marcus Chait, American actor and producer
  • Luci Christian, American voice actress
  • March 19 - Jill Culton, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
  • March 20
  • Jane March, English actress and model
  • Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian
  • March 21 - Vanessa Branch, English-born American actress
  • March 22 - Clay Kaytis, American animator and director
  • March 24 – Jim Parsons, American actor and producer
  • April 1 - Kris Marshall, English actor
  • April 2
  • Simon Farnaby, English actor, comedian and writer
  • Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, actress, producer and writer
  • April 3 – Adam Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
  • April 6
  • Lori Heuring, American actress
  • Cindy Robinson, American voice actress
  • April 10 – Guillaume Canet, French actor
  • April 11
  • Kris Marshall, English actor
  • Alec Musser, American actor and fitness model (d. 2024)
  • April 12 - Amr Waked, Egyptian actor
  • April 14 – Adrien Brody, American actor
  • April 19
  • Michael Bacall, American screenwriter and actor
  • David Soren, Canadian director, writer, voice actor and storyboard artist
  • April 22 – Christopher Sabat, American voice actor
  • April 30
  • Robyn Griggs, American actress (d. 2022)
  • Antonino Isordia, Mexican director
  • May 5 – Tina Yothers, American actress
  • May 8
  • Marcus Brigstocke, British comedian and actor
  • Jonathon Young, Canadian actor
  • May 10 – Tora Sudiro, Indonesian actor
  • May 12 - Mackenzie Astin, American actor
  • May 17
  • Sasha Alexander, American actress and director
  • Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
  • May 21 - Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
  • May 25 - Jossara Jinaro, Brazilian-American actress (d. 2022)
  • May 27 - Jack McBrayer, American actor, singer and comedian
  • May 30 - Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress
  • June 1 - Adam Garcia, Australian actor
  • June 2 - Kevin Feige, American producer
  • June 4 - Matt Corboy, American actor
  • June 8 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
  • June 9 - Orlando Wells, English actor and writer
  • June 12 - Mel Rodriguez, American actor
  • June 15
  • Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
  • Pia Miranda, Australian actress
  • June 16 – Eddie Cibrian, American actor
  • June 17 - Louis Leterrier, French director and producer
  • June 18 - Julie Depardieu, French actress
  • June 19 - Leticia Spiller, Brazilian actress
  • June 21 – Juliette Lewis, American actress
  • June 22 - Tracy Melchior, American actress
  • June 24 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
  • June 27 - Razaaq Adoti, British actor, producer and screenwriter
  • June 29 - Lance Barber, American actor
  • June 30 - Jon Gunn, American director and screenwriter
  • July 2 - Peter Kay, English comedian and actor
  • July 3 - Patrick Wilson, American actor, director and singer
  • July 6 - William Lee Scott, American actor
  • July 8
  • Sebastian Maniscalco, American stand-up comedian and actor
  • Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
  • July 9 - Enrique Murciano, American actor
  • July 10 - Annie Mumolo, American actress, screenwriter, comedian and producer
  • July 11 - Jason Liebrecht, American voice actor
  • July 15 - Rachel Pickup, British actress
  • July 16 - Robert Jayne, American actor
  • July 19 - Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor and screenwriter
  • July 20
  • Omar Epps, American actor, rapper and producer
  • Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2025)
  • July 22 - Jaime Camil, Mexican actor and singer
  • July 23
  • Daisy Donovan, English television presenter, actress and writer
  • Kathryn Hahn, American actress and comedian
  • July 24 - Jamie Denbo, American actress, writer and comedian
  • July 25 - David Denman, American actor
  • July 26
  • Kate Beckinsale, English actress
  • Gaetano Bruno, Italian actor
  • July 29
  • Stephen Dorff, American actor
  • Dileep Rao, American actor
  • July 31 - Daniel Evans, Welsh actor and director
  • August 1 - Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
  • August 2 - Simon Kinberg, British-born American filmmaker
  • August 3 - Michael Ealy, American actor
  • August 5 - Michael Hollick, American actor
  • August 6
  • Asia Carrera, American pornographic actress
  • David Campbell, Australian singer, actor and television personality
  • Vera Farmiga, American actress
  • August 8 – Jessica Calvello, American voice actress
  • August 9 - Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and television director
  • August 14 - Jamie Sives, Scottish actor
  • August 18 - Carmen Serano, American actress
  • August 19 - Ahmed Best, American actor, comedian and musician
  • August 22 – Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedian
  • August 24
  • Dave Chappelle, American actor
  • Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor, writer and musician
  • Grey Griffin, American actress, comedian and singer-songwriter
  • Barrett Oliver, American child actor
  • August 25 - Ben Falcone, American filmmaker, comedian and actor
  • August 26
  • Andy Muschietti, Argentine filmmaker
  • Gunner Wright, American actor
  • August 28 - Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020)
  • September 1 - Guillem Morales, Spanish director
  • September 4
  • Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (d. 2022)
  • Lazlow Jones, American writer, producer, director, voice actor and radio personality
  • September 5
  • Paddy Considine, English actor, director, screenwriter and musician
  • Rose McGowan, American actress
  • September 6 - Martin Hancock, English actor
  • September 7
  • Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
  • Alex Kurtzman, American filmmaker
  • September 12 –
  • Maximiliano Hernández, American actor
  • Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
  • September 13 - Travis Knight, American animator, producer and director
  • September 14 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
  • September 18 – James Marsden, American actor
  • September 19 - Nicholas Bishop, English-born Australian actor
  • September 25
  • Bridget Marquardt, American actress
  • Bridgette Wilson, American actress and singer
  • September 26 – Julienne Davis, American actress and model
  • September 27 - Indira Varma, British actress and narrator
  • October 1 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
  • October 2
  • Efren Ramirez, American actor
  • Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian comedian, actor and singer
  • October 3
  • Keiko Agena, American actress
  • Sasha Alexander, American actress and television director
  • Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
  • Richard Ian Cox, Welsh-Canadian voice actor
  • Lena Headey, English actress
  • October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
  • October 8 - Jan Pavel Filipensky, Czech actor
  • October 10
  • Mario Lopez, American actor and television host
  • S. S. Rajamouli, Indian director
  • October 21 - Sasha Roiz, Israeli-born Canadian actor
  • October 22 – Carmen Ejogo, British actress and singer
  • October 23 - Stéphane Debac, French actor
  • October 24
  • Burgess Jenkins, American actor
  • Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
  • October 25 - Michael Weston, American actor
  • October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, director and singer
  • October 28 – Kim Seo-hyung, South Korean actress
  • October 29 - Pierre Png, Singaporean actor and comedian
  • October 30
  • Adam Copeland, Canadian wrestler and actor
  • Kemp Powers, American filmmaker
  • November 1
  • Robert Luketic, Australian director
  • Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
  • November 2 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
  • November 3 - Sticky Fingaz, American rapper and actor
  • November 4 - Steven Ogg, Canadian actor
  • November 11 - Chris McKay, American filmmaker
  • November 12 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
  • November 13
  • Jordan Bridges, American actor
  • John DeSantis, Canadian actor
  • November 14 - Dana Snyder, American actor and voice actor
  • November 17
  • Leslie Bibb, American actress
  • Kerry Godliman, English actress and comedian
  • Maurizio Lombardi, Italian actor
  • November 21 - Brook Kerr, American actress
  • November 24
  • J. C. Chandor, American filmmaker
  • Lucy Liemann, British actress
  • Danielle Nicolet, American actress
  • November 26 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
  • November 27
  • Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
  • Sharlto Copley, South African actor
  • November 30 - Alex Macqueen, English actor and writer
  • December 1 - Lombardo Boyar, American actor
  • December 3
  • Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
  • Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
  • December 4 - Tyra Banks, American television personality, producer, writer and actress
  • December 5 - Shalom Harlow, Canadian actress
  • December 10 - Janice Koh, Singaporean actress
  • December 11 - Mos Def, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
  • December 14
  • Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2001)
  • Jan Uuspõld, Estonian actor
  • December 17 - Rian Johnson, American filmmaker
  • December 27 - Wilson Cruz, American actor
  • December 28 - Seth Meyers, American talk show host, actor and comedian
  • December 30 - Christian McKay, English actor

Deaths

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

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

|- valign="top"

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Franciska Gaal || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Coleman Francis || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Max Adrian || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Northern Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || J. Carrol Naish || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Edward G. Robinson || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Ludwig Stossel || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Jack MacGowran || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || David Bauer || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Tim Holt || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Wally Cox || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Katina Paxinou || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Greece || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Art Smith || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Cecil Kellaway || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Rupert Crosse || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Robert Siodmak || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Gregorio Fernandez || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Melville Cooper || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Carl Benton Reid || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Lauritz Melchior || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Kane Richmond || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Ken Maynard || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Noël Coward || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Songwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || C. A. Lejeune || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Critic ||

|-

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Ted de Corsia || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Arthur Freed || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Songwriter, Producer ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Minna Gombell || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Robert Armstrong || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Merian C. Cooper || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer, Screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Ursula Jeans || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Irene Ryan || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Charles Grayson || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Myrna Fahey || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Maxine Doyle || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Jack E. Leonard || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Lex Barker || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Frances Marion || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;| Screenwriter ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Vaughn Monroe || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || P. Ramlee || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| Malaysia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director ||

|-

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Max Terhune || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || William Inge || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Playwright ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Louise Latimer || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Roger Delgado || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Fay Holden || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Lars Tvinde || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Norway || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Ernest Truex || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

|-

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Betty Grable || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

|-

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || George Macready || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Joe E. Brown || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Veronica Lake || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Robert Ryan || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Lon Chaney Jr. || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Jack Hawkins || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Bruce Lee || style="text-align:center;"| 32 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Guy Middleton || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Jean-Pierre Melville || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Warren Duff || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Screenwriter ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Douglas Kennedy || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Peggie Castle || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Veda Ann Borg || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Eve Miller || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Louise Huff || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Michael Dunn || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || John Ford || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Betty Field || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Glenn Strange || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Diana Sands || style="text-align:center;"| 39 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Ted Adams || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Anna Magnani || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Norma Crane || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Mantan Moreland || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Sidney Blackmer || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Dennis Price || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Cleo Moore || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Crane Wilbur || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Allan Lane || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Lila Lee || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Viola Lawrence || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Claire Dodd || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Robert Ellis || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Constance Talmadge || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Sessue Hayakawa || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Japan || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Adele Buffington || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Laurence Harvey || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| Lithuania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Michael O'Shea || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Ranald MacDougall || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Director ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Bobby Darin || style="text-align:center;"| 37 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Steven Geray || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Ukraine || style="text-align:center;" | Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || William Haines || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

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| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || A. Edward Sutherland || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| England || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

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Film debuts

Notes

References

  • List of 1973 films at IMDb
  • List of 1973 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1973 births at IMDb