1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1962 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1962
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 The Longest Day 20th Century Fox $15,250,000[1]
2 Lawrence of Arabia Columbia $15,000,000[1]
3 The Music Man Warner Bros. $8,000,000[1]
4 That Touch of Mink Universal $7,942,000[2]
5 Mutiny on the Bounty MGM $7,410,000[2]
6 To Kill a Mockingbird Universal $7,112,000[2]
7 Hatari! Paramount $7,000,000[2]
8 Gypsy Warner Bros. $6,000,000[2]
9 Bon Voyage!
The Interns
Buena Vista
Columbia
$5,000,000[2]
10 In Search of the Castaways Buena Vista $4,900,000[1]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia – Horizon-Spiegel-Lean, Columbia
Best Director: David LeanLawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory PeckTo Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Anne BancroftThe Miracle Worker
Best Supporting Actor: Ed BegleySweet Bird of Youth
Best Supporting Actress: Patty DukeThe Miracle Worker
Best Foreign Language Film: Sundays and Cybele (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray), directed by Serge Bourguignon, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Gregory PeckTo Kill a Mockingbird
Best Actress: Geraldine PageSweet Bird of Youth
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture − Comedy: That Touch of Mink
Best Picture − Musical: The Music Man
Best Actor: Marcello MastroianniDivorce Italian Style
Best Actress: Rosalind RussellGypsy
Other
Best Director: David LeanLawrence of Arabia
Best Supporting Actor: Omar SharifLawrence of Arabia
Best Supporting Actress: Angela LansburyThe Manchurian Candidate


Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Keeper of Promises (O Pagador de Promessas), directed by Anselmo Duarte, Brazil

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Family Diary (Cronaca familiare, Journal intime), directed by Valerio Zurlini, France / Italy
My Name is Ivan (Ivanovo detstvo), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

A Kind of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger, United Kingdom

1962 film releases

All of these films are from the United States unless stated.

January–March

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Notable films released in 1962

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  • The Unscrupulous Ones (Os Cafajestes), directed by Ruy Guerra – (Brazil)

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Short film series

Births

  • January 4 – Michael France, American screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • January 5 – Suzy Amis Cameron, American actress
  • January 7 – Kiiri Tamm, Estonian actress
  • January 9 - Conrad Goode, American actor, screenwriter, screenwriter, producer and musician
  • January 10 – C. Martin Croker, American animator and voice actor (d. 2016)
  • January 11 – Kim Coles, American actress, comedian and game show host
  • January 16 - Peter Lurie, American voice actor, sports anchor and television personality
  • January 17 – Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
  • January 20 - Sophie Thompson, British actress
  • January 21 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
  • January 22 - Piotr Polk, Polish actor and singer
  • January 23 - Richard Roxburgh, Australian actor, writer, producer and director
  • February 2 - Michael T. Weiss, American actor
  • February 4
  • February 5 – Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
  • February 7 - Eddie Izzard, English stand-up comedian, actor and writer
  • February 8 - Martin Wuttke, German actor and director
  • February 12 - Diane Franklin, American actress and producer
  • February 13 – Michele Greene, American actress
  • February 14 - Sakina Jaffrey, American actress
  • February 16 - Alexa Kenin, American actress (d. 1985)
  • February 17 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
  • February 18 - Julie Strain, American actress and model (d. 2021)
  • February 22
    • Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, television personality, conservationist, actor (d. 2006)
    • Ethan Wayne, American actor
  • February 27 – Adam Baldwin, American actor
  • March 2 - Jon Bon Jovi, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • March 8 – Cecilia Yip, Hong Kong actress
  • March 10 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, dancer and director
  • March 11 - Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
  • March 12
  • March 18
  • March 20 – Stephen Sommers, American director, screenwriter and producer
  • March 21
  • March 23 - Jenny Wright, American actress
  • March 25 - Thom Bierdz, American actor
  • March 26 - Marita Geraghty, American actress
  • March 29 - Tyra Ferrell, American actress
  • April 2 – Clark Gregg, American actor, director and screenwriter
  • April 3 - Jennifer Rubin, American actress and model
  • April 5 - Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (d. 2003)
  • April 15 – Tom Kane, American actor and voice actor
  • April 18 - Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor
  • April 23 - John Hannah, Scottish actor
  • April 24 - Jason Salkey, English actor
  • April 27 – James LeGros, American actor
  • May 5 - Manoj Sood, Indo-Canadian actor
  • May 9 - Sean McNamara, American director, producer, actor and screenwriter
  • May 12 – Emilio Estevez, American actor
  • May 14 - Danny Huston, American actor, director and writer
  • May 17 - Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American television host, comedian, author and actor
  • May 18
  • May 26 – Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, comedian and director
  • May 29 - John D. LeMay, American former actor
  • May 31 - Sebastian Koch, German actor
  • June 5
  • June 6 - Todd Kimsey, American actor (d. 2016)
  • June 7 - Lance Reddick, American actor and musician (d. 2023)
  • June 10
  • June 13 – Ally Sheedy, American actress
  • June 16 - Arnold Vosloo, South African actor
  • June 19 – Paula Abdul, American singer
  • June 22 - Nicholas Lea, Canadian actor
  • June 23 - Billy Wirth, American actor and producer
  • June 27
    • Emel Heinreich, Turkish-Austrian actress, author and film-director
    • Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hong Kong actor
  • June 30 - Predrag Bjelac, Serbian actor
  • July 1 - Andre Braugher, American actor (d. 2023)
  • July 2 - Doug Benson, American comedian, television host and actor
  • July 3
  • July 4 - Neil Morrissey, English actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and businessman
  • July 8 - Oreste Baldini, Italian actor and voice actor
  • July 13
    • Michael Jace, American former character actor
    • Tom Kenny, American actor, voice actor, singer and comedian
  • July 15 – Martin Roach, Canadian actor
  • July 18 - Lee Arenberg, American actor
  • July 19 – Anthony Edwards, American actor
  • July 20 – Carlos Alazraqui, voice actor
  • July 23 - Eriq La Salle, American actor, director, writer and producer
  • July 29
  • July 31 – Wesley Snipes, American actor
  • August 1 - Jesse Borrego, American actor
  • August 6 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
  • August 12 - Miss Cleo, American television personality (d. 2016)
  • August 13 – John Slattery, American actor
  • August 14 - Steve Reevis, Native American actor (d. 2017)
  • August 16 – Steve Carell, American actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, director
  • August 20
    • Geoffrey Blake, American actor
    • Ravil Isyanov, Russian actor (d. 2021)
  • August 21 - Cleo King, American actress
  • August 24 – David Koechner, American actor and comedian
  • August 25 - Rusty Schwimmer, American character actress and singer
  • August 27 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
  • August 28 - David Fincher, American filmmaker
  • August 29
  • August 31 – Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
  • September 1 - Michelle Meyrink, Canadian former actress
  • September 8 – Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
  • September 11 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
  • September 12 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress
  • September 15 – Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian voice actor
  • September 17
  • September 21 - Mark Holden, Canadian actor, writer and producer
  • September 22 - Rob Morrow, American actor and director
  • September 24 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and producer
  • September 26 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
  • September 29 - Roger Bart, American actor and singer
  • October 1
  • October 2 – Jeff Bennett, American actor and voice actor
  • October 5 - Ricky Harris, American producer, actor and comedian (d. 2016)
  • October 6 - Joaquín Cosío, Mexican actor
  • October 9 - Peter Hewitt, English director and writer
  • October 11 – Joan Cusack, American actress
  • October 12 – Deborah Foreman, American actress
  • October 13
  • October 14 - Trevor Goddard, English actor (d. 2003)
  • October 15 - Simon Kunz, English actor
  • October 16 - Christian Stolte, American character actor
  • October 17 - Mike Judge, American actor, animator, filmmaker and musician
  • October 20 - David Mickey Evans, American director and screenwriter
  • October 22 - Bob Odenkirk, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
  • October 26 – Cary Elwes, English actor
  • October 27 - Brontis Jodorowsky, Mexican-French actor
  • October 28
  • November 1 - Brenda Chapman, American writer, storyboard artist and director
  • November 7 - Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist
  • November 9 - Rick Batalla, American actor
  • November 11
    • Gerard Horan, English actor
    • Demi Moore, American actress
  • November 14 – Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and comedian
  • November 18 - Tim Guinee, American actor
  • November 19 – Jodie Foster, American actress and director
  • November 28 – Jon Stewart, American actor and comedian
  • November 29 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor
  • December 6 - Janine Turner, American actress
  • December 9 – Felicity Huffman, American actress[3]
  • December 10 - Scott Capurro, American comedian, writer and actor
  • December 14 - Ginger Lynn, American pornographic actress
  • December 18 - James Sie, American actor
  • December 19 – Jill Talley, American actress
  • December 22 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor
  • December 23 - Peter Ramsey, American storyboard artist, story artist, director, writer and producer

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. "All-time top film grossers", Variety 8 January 1964 p 37.
  2. Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M140-M196.
  3. "Famous birthdays for Dec. 9: Judi Dench, John Malkovich". UPI.
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