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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.

Events[edit][]

  • March 22 - Filming begins on George LucasStar Wars science fiction film. In one of the best business decisions in film history, Lucas cuts his directing fee by $500,000 to gain ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
  • April 1 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013 all around the world.

Films released[]

Assault on Precinct 13

Births[edit][]

Notable deaths[edit][]

Date Name Age Cinematic Notability Notable Films
January 12 Agatha Christie 85 Screenwriter Witness for the Prosecution,Murder on the Orient Express
23 Paul Robeson 77 Actor, Soundtrack Show Boat
February 11 Lee J. Cobb 64 Actor, Director, Soundtrack 12 Angry MenThe Exorcist,On the WaterfrontHow the West Was WonCoogan's BluffExodusCall Northside 777
12 Sal Mineo 37 Actor, Soundtrack Rebel Without a CauseThe Longest DayGiant
24 Peter Madden 70 or 71 Actor From Russia with Love,Doctor ZhivagoMohammad, Messenger of GodThe Private Life of Sherlock HolmesExodusThe Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerSaturday Night and Sunday Morning,Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
26 Frieda Inescort 75 Actress A Place in the Sun,
28 James Mellor 42 Actor The Oblong BoxDoomwatch
March  ? Campbell Singer 66/67 Actor The Square PegOn the Beat
14 Busby Berkeley 80 Director, Musical Numbers The Wizard of Oz,42nd Street
17 Luchino Visconti 69 Director, Writer The LeopardThe DamnedDeath in Venice
20 Michael Goodliffe 61 Actor The Man with the Golden GunPeeping TomA Night to RememberVon Ryan's Express,Sink the Bismarck!,Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.The Night of the Generals
April 4 George Pastell 53 Actor From Russia with LoveKhartoum,The Mummy,Moulin Rouge
5 Howard Hughes 70 Producer, Director ScarfaceHell's AngelsThe OutlawHis Kind of WomanThe ConquerorMacao,Jet PilotThe Front PageThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock
25 Carol Reed 68 or 69 Director, Producer, Writer The Third Man,OliverMutiny on the Bounty
26 Sid James 62 Actor, Soundtrack The Lavender Hill MobA King in New YorkCarry On... Up the KhyberCarry On CampingTrapeze,Carry On Cleo,Carry On Doctor,Carry On Abroad
26 Neil McCallum 46 Actor, Producer, Writer The Longest Day,Dr. Terror's House of Horrors,Thunderbirds Are Go,
June 5 Violet Wilkey 73 Actress The Birth of a Nation,Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
6 Victor Varconi 85 Actor, Writer Director The Sea HawkFor Whom the Bell Tolls,Samson and Delilah,Roberta
9 Sybil Thorndike 93 Actress, Soundtrack Stage FrightThe Prince and the Showgirl,Major Barbara,Shake Hands with the Devil
July 13 Frederick Schrecker 84 Actor Billion Dollar Brain
August 6 William Mervyn 64 Actor The Ruling Class,Operation Crossbow,Murder Ahoy!The Railway ChildrenCarry On HenryCarry On Again DoctorHot Millions
17 William Redfield 49 Actor One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestDeath WishFantastic Voyage
September 10 Dalton Trumbo 70 Writer, Actor, Director SpartacusRoman HolidayPapillon,AlwaysThe Way We WereJohnny Got His GunGun Crazy,ExodusLonely Are the BraveThirty Seconds Over TokyoI Married a WitchKitty Foyle,Hawaii
17 Paul Rabiger 64 Makeup Artist GoldfingerFrom Russia with LoveThunderball,You Only Live TwiceLive and Let DieOn Her Majesty's Secret Service,BlowupThe Eagle Has LandedPerformanceO Lucky Man!The Day of the Triffids
October 14 Edith Evans 88 Actress, Soundtrack Tom JonesThe Nun's StoryScroogeThe Importance of Being EarnestLook Back in AngerThe Slipper and the RoseThe Chalk GardenThe Queen of SpadesFitzwilly
November 15 Jean Gabin 72 Actor, Producer, Soundtrack La Grande IllusionPort of Shadows
22 Rupert Davies 60 Actor The Spy Who Came in from the ColdWitchfinder GeneralWaterlooDracula Has Risen from the Grave,The Oblong Box,FrightmareCurse of the Crimson AltarSeven Days to Noon
25 Thelma Connell 62 or 63 Set Dresser AlfieThe Life and Death of Colonel BlimpThe HillIn Which We ServeGreen for DangerDr. Terror's House of HorrorsBlind TerrorThe Belles of St Trinian'sThe Deadly AffairIsland of TerrorOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing
28 Rosalind Russell 69 Actress, Soundtrack, Producer His Girl FridayThe WomenAuntie Mame
December 3 Mary Nash 92 Actress, Soundtrack The Philadelphia StoryThe Little Princess
5 Roy Dorman  ?? Chief Draughtsman You Only Live TwiceLolita,Battle of Britain,ArabesqueThe Million Pound NoteGenevieveIn Search of the Castaways,Reach for the SkyWhen Eight Bells TollDoctor in the HouseKidnappedThe Card
8 Cathy Downs 50 Actress My Darling ClementineThe Dark CornerState Fair,The Amazing Colossal ManThe She Creature,The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
12 Jack Cassidy 49 Actor, Soundtrack The Eiger Sanction,Mister Magoo's Christmas CarolBunny O'HareThe Chapman Report
20 Walter Fitzgerald 80 Actor Around the World in 80 DaysDarby O'Gill and the Little PeopleThe Fallen IdolTreasure IslandIn Which We ServeThe Cruel Sea,H.M.S. DefiantThe Small Back RoomThe Cockleshell Heroes

Film debuts[edit][]

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