Deaths
- January 12 - Norman Kerry, American actor (born 1894)
- January 23 - Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director, the founder of London Films (born 1893)
- March 25 - Robert Newton, English actor (born 1905)
- April 15 - Kathleen Howard, Canadian-American opera singer & film character actress (born 1884)
- June 6 - Margaret Wycherly, English stage & screen actress born of American parents (born 1881)
- June 30 - Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (born 1880)
- July 16 - Olof Winnerstrand, Swedish actor (born 1875)
- August 16 - Béla Lugosi, Hungarian-born American actor best known for Dracula (born 1882)
- October 9 - Marie Doro, American actress famous on Broadway and in silent films (born 1882)
- November 30 - Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (born 1874)
- December 12 - Ewald André Dupont, German director (born 1891)
- December 26 - Holmes Herbert, British actor in silents and sound films (born 1882)
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