1968 in film



The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.

Events

 * November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system was introduced.

Sports films released in 1968

 * The Love Bug
 * Seven Old Men and a Girl
 * Paper Lion

Short film series

 * Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
 * Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
 * Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
 * Daffy Duck (1937–1968)

Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos (Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Ole dole doff (Who Saw Him Die?), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden

Actor's debuts

 * Gary Busey – Wild in the Streets
 * John Cleese – Interlude
 * Timothy Dalton – The Lion in Winter
 * Goldie Hawn – The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
 * Malcolm McDowell – if...
 * Hanna Schygulla – The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp
 * Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
 * Jack Thompson – Personnel, or People?

Births

 * January 2 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor
 * January 6 – John Singleton, director and writer
 * January 14 – LL Cool J, rapper, actor
 * January 29 – Edward Burns, actor and producer
 * February 1 – Pauly Shore, actor
 * February 12 – Josh Brolin, American actor
 * February 18 – Molly Ringwald, actress
 * March 2 – Daniel Craig, actor
 * March 4 – Patsy Kensit, actress
 * March 12 – Aaron Eckhart, actor
 * March 30 – Celine Dion, singer
 * April 8 – Patricia Arquette, actress
 * April 14 – Anthony Michael Hall, actor
 * April 19 – Ashley Judd, actress
 * April 24 – Stacy Haiduk, actress
 * May 3 – Amy Ryan, American actress
 * May 12 – Tony Hawk, actor and professional skateboarder
 * May 20 – Timothy Olyphant, actor
 * July 8 – Billy Crudup, actor
 * July 18 – Grant Bowler, actor
 * July 26 – Olivia Williams, actress
 * August 11 – Sophie Okonedo, actress
 * August 28 – Billy Boyd, actor
 * September 9 – Julia Sawalha, actor
 * September 10 – Guy Ritchie, director, writer, husband of Madonna (2000–08)
 * September 15 – Danny Nucci, actor
 * September 15 – Shawn Doyle, actor
 * September 22 – Megan Hollingshead, voice actress
 * September 25 – Will Smith, actor
 * September 26 – Jim Caviezel, actor, The Passion of the Christ
 * September 28 – Naomi Watts, actress
 * October – Musola Cathrine Kaseketi, Zambian director
 * October 11 – Tiffany Grant, voice actress
 * October 12 – Hugh Jackman, actor
 * October 13 – Tisha Campbell, actress
 * October 27 – Dileep, Indian actor
 * November 5 – Sam Rockwell, actor
 * November 6 – Kelly Rutherford, actresses
 * November 18 – Owen Wilson, actor
 * November 21 – Sean Schemmel, voice actor
 * December 2 – Lucy Liu, actress
 * December 3 – Brendan Fraser, actor
 * December 7 – Greg Ayres, voice actor

Deaths

 * January 18 – John Ridgely, 58, American actor, The Big Sleep, God Is My Co-Pilot
 * February 4 – Eddie Baker, 70, American actor, Oranges and Lemons, Giant
 * February 7 – Nick Adams, 36, American actor, Pillow Talk, Rebel Without a Cause
 * February 13 – Mae Marsh, 73, American actress, The Birth of a Nation, 3 Godfathers
 * February 20 – Anthony Asquith, 65, British director, The V.I.P.s, The Winslow Boy
 * March 10 – Helen Walker, 47, American actress, Impact, Call Northside 777
 * March 16 – June Collyer, 63, American actress, Hangman's House, A Face in the Fog
 * March 20 – Carl Theodor Dreyer, 79, Danish director, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Gertrud
 * March 24 – Alice Guy-Blaché, 94, pioneer French/American filmmaker
 * March 30 – Bobby Driscoll, 31, American actor, Peter Pan, Treasure Island
 * April 5 – Lois Andrews, 44, American actress, Dixie Dugan
 * April 6 – Keith Pyott, 66, English actor, Village of the Damned
 * April 16 – Fay Bainter, 74, American actress, Woman of the Year, The Children's Hour
 * April 24 – Tommy Noonan, 46, American actor, A Star is Born, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
 * May 5 – Albert Dekker, 62, American actor, The Wild Bunch, Kiss Me Deadly
 * May 9
 * Albert Lewin, 73, American director, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, The Picture of Dorian Gray
 * Marion Lorne, 84, American actress, The Graduate, Strangers on a Train
 * May 10 – Scotty Beckett, 38, American actor, My Favorite Wife, The Jolson Story
 * May 21 – Doris Lloyd, 71, British actress, The Sound of Music, Alice in Wonderland
 * May 25 – Charles K. Feldman, 64, American producer, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Seven Year Itch
 * May 27 – Denise Legeay, 70, French actress, Le signe de la mort
 * May 31 – Preben Uglebjerg, 37, Danish actor, Pigen og vandpytten
 * June 4 – Dorothy Gish, 70, American actress, The Cardinal, Orphans of the Storm
 * June 7 – Dan Duryea, 61, American actor, Winchester '73, Scarlet Street
 * June 21 – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, 72, Danish actress
 * June 24 – Tony Hancock, 44, British comedian, Call Me Genius, The Punch and Judy Man
 * June 29 – Hans Egede Budtz, 78, Danish actor, Nøddebo Præstegård
 * July 1 – Virginia Weidler, 41, American actress, The Philadelphia Story, The Women
 * July 12 – Antonio Pietrangeli, 49, Italian director, It Happened in Rome, The Magnificent Cuckold
 * July 27 – Lilian Harvey, 62, British actress and singer, Inglourious Basterds, The Three from the Filling Station
 * July 30 – Alexander Hall, 74, American director, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Little Miss Marker
 * August 23 – Hunt Stromberg, 74, American producer, The Thin Man, The Great Ziegfeld
 * August 26 – Kay Francis, 63, American actress, Charley's Aunt, Little Men
 * August 30 – William Talman, 53, American actor, The Hitch-Hiker, Crashout
 * August 31 – Dennis O'Keefe, 60, American actor, T-Men, Raw Deal
 * September 3 – Isabel Withers, 72, American actress, Possessed, Lady of Burlesque
 * September 18 – Franchot Tone, 63, American actor, The Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent
 * October 18 – Lee Tracy, 70, American actor, Dinner at Eight, Bombshell
 * October 29 – Pert Kelton, 61, American actress, The Music Man, Sing and Like It
 * October 30 – Ramon Novarro, 69, Mexican actor, Ben-Hur, Mata Hari
 * November 8 – Wendell Corey, 54, American actor, Rear Window, The Search
 * November 9 – Gerald Mohr, 54, American actor, Gilda, The Angry Red Planet
 * November 18 – Walter Wanger, 74, American producer, Cleopatra, I Want to Live!
 * November 25 – Upton Sinclair, 90, American writer and producer, There Will Be Blood, The Gnome-Mobile
 * December 2 – Colin Kenny, 79, Irish actor, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood
 * December 5 – Fred Clark, 54, American actor, White Heat, Auntie Mame
 * December 12 – Tallulah Bankhead, 66, American actress, Lifeboat, Stage Door Canteen
 * December 15 – Dorothy Abbott, 47, American actress, South Pacific, Red, Hot and Blue