1980 in film

none 1980 film radio television music The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) List of 1980 box office number-one films in the United States The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: + Highest-grossing films of 1980https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1980&p=.htm 1980 Domestic Grosses Box Office Mojo 7 April 2014 Rank Title Distributor Box-office gross 1 The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox $209,398,025 29 to 5 $103,290,500 3Stir Crazy Columbia $101,300,000 4Airplane! Paramount $83,453,539 5 Any Which Way You Can Warner Bros. $70,687,344 6 Private Benjamin $69,847,348 7 Coal Miner's Daughter Universal $67,182,787 8 Smokey and the Bandit II $66,132,626 9 The Blue Lagoon Columbia $58,853,106 10 The Blues Brothers Universal $57,229,890 Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980. Title Gross Source Country The Empire Strikes Back $538,375,067 https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars5.htm The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Box Office Mojo May 13, 2013 United States The Gods Must Be Crazy $200,000,000 http://www.rapport.co.za/Weekliks/Nuus/Jamie-se-treffer-Met-Uys-ja-die-wereld-in-20140712 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231833/http://www.rapport.co.za/Weekliks/Nuus/Jamie-se-treffer-Met-Uys-ja-die-wereld-in-20140712 dead 2014-07-14 Gorelik Boris Jamie se treffer: Met Uys, ja – die wêreld in 12 July 2014 2014-07-14 Rapport Media24 South AfricaAirplane! $130,000,000 53895 United States The Blues Brothers $115,229,890 The Blues Brothers Box Office Mojo Internet Movie Database https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bluesbrothers.htm December 16, 2008 Events April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "The Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80. May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, Star Wars, was three years prior). June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his street in Northridge, California, until subdued by police. June 20 – The Blues Brothers is released, and in addition to becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year, it also became the first feature film to be based on characters created on Saturday Night Live. June 23 – Filming begins on George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's first Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark. August 13 – Pacific Data Images is founded by Carl Rosendahl. November 4 – Former Screen Actors Guild president and film actor Ronald Reagan wins the 1980 United States presidential election in a landslide victory. November 7- Legendary actor Steve McQueen dies at the age of 50 after surgery to remove tumours in his neck after previously being diagnosed with lung cancer. November 19 – Heaven's Gate becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time and its colossal failure bankrupts United Artists. Allied Artists is sold to Lorimar Productions. Context Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life.Harmetz Aljean Aljean Harmetz January 19, 1981 What Were 1980's Most Popular Movie? https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/19/movies/what-were-1980-s-most-popular-movies.html The New York Times March 18, 2021 limited https://web.archive.org/web/20150524084619/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/19/movies/what-were-1980-s-most-popular-movies.html 2015-05-24 live Harmetz Aljean Aljean Harmetz Hollywood Is Taking Aim At The Funny Bone https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/05/archives/hollywood-is-taking-aim-at-the-funny-bone-hollywood-aims-at-the.html The New York Times August 5, 1979 March 16, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210316161708/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/05/archives/hollywood-is-taking-aim-at-the-funny-bone-hollywood-aims-at-the.html March 16, 2021 live limited The financial success and low production cost of comedies such as Blazing Saddles (1974) and Animal House (1978), had further driven demand for comedies; Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, and The Jerk, were all scheduled for release that year. The average cost of making films had risen to $6million which had reduced the number of films being made for niche audiences. Some studios continued to release a wide variety of films, hoping that a few significant successes would compensate for other failures. A surge of interest in science-fiction following Star Wars release had led to many low-budget entries in the genre attempting to profit by association, and big budget entries such as Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole, both of which were released in late 1979, just months before The Empire Strikes Back.Lewin David Can the Makers of 'Star Wars' Do It Again? https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/02/archives/can-the-makers-of-star-wars-do-it-again.html The New York Times December 2, 1979 March 16, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20200808184319/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/02/archives/can-the-makers-of-star-wars-do-it-again.html August 8, 2020 live limited Awards Category/Organization 38th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 31, 1981 34th BAFTA AwardsMarch 22, 1981 53rd Academy AwardsMarch 31, 1981 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Ordinary People Coal Miner's Daughter The Elephant Man Ordinary People Best Director Robert RedfordOrdinary People Akira KurosawaKagemusha Robert RedfordOrdinary People Best Actor Robert De NiroRaging Bull Ray SharkeyThe Idolmaker John HurtThe Elephant Man Robert De NiroRaging Bull Best Actress Mary Tyler MooreOrdinary People Sissy SpacekCoal Miner's Daughter Judy DavisMy Brilliant Career Sissy SpacekCoal Miner's Daughter Best Supporting Actor Timothy HuttonOrdinary People N/A Timothy HuttonOrdinary People Best Supporting Actress Mary SteenburgenMelvin and Howard N/A Mary SteenburgenMelvin and Howard Best Screenplay, Adapted William Peter BlattyThe Ninth Configuration Jerzy KosinskiBeing There Alvin SargentOrdinary People Best Screenplay, Original Bo GoldmanMelvin and Howard Best Original Score Dominic FrontiereThe Stunt Man John WilliamsThe Empire Strikes Back Michael GoreFame Best Original Song "Fame"Fame N/A "Fame"Fame Best Foreign Language Film Tess N/A Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Best Documentary N/A N/A N/A From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States Kagemusha, 影武者 (Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, US / Canada / France Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States Palermo or Wolfsburg (Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival): Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg, United Kingdom Births January 2 - David Gyasi, British actor January 4 June Diane Raphael, American actress and comedian D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian Greg Cipes, voice actor January 7 Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer Simon Woods, English actor and writer January 8 Sam Riley, English actor and singer January 10 Katie Dippold, American actress, writer and screenwriter Sarah Shahi, American actress and former model January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American singer-songwriter and actorhttps://www.biography.com/writer/lin-manuel-miranda Lin-Manuel Biography (1980–) Biography.com November 8, 2017 November 9, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080707/https://www.biography.com/people/lin-manuel-miranda-041416 live January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress((Editors of Chase's)) Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 30 September 2018 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-264-1 90 January 18 Estelle, British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress Jason Segel, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, author and producer January 19 – Luke Macfarlane, American actor January 21 Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer and voice actress Kim Sharma, Indian actress January 22 - Christopher Masterson, American actor January 29 Joe MacLeod, Canadian actor and television host Jason James Richter, American actor and musician January 30 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor February 2 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress February 3 - Ben Turner, British-Iranian actor February 6 - Ben Lawson, Australian actor February 8 William Jackson Harper, American actor Sinead Matthews, English actress February 9 - Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, American actorContemporary Sandra Whiteley The Teacher's Calendar, 1999-2000: The Day-by-day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=qZPrrKaWA5QC 1999 Contemporary Books 978-0-8092-2662-7 115 February 12 Christina Ricci, American actress((Chase's Editors)) Contemporary Books Chase's Calendar of Events 2003 https://books.google.com/books?id=1NnUNBh6jIAC September 2002 McGraw-Hill 978-0-07-139098-9 131 Enver Gjokaj, American actor Sarah Lancaster, American actress February 14 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer February 17 - Jason Ritter, American actor, voice actor and producerThe birth of Jason Ritter https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/jason_morgan_ritter_born_1980_14628090 2020-10-02 californiabirthindex.org February 21 Justin Roiland, American voice actor, animator, writer, and producer Brendan Sexton III, American actor February 25 Chris Knowings, American actor Christy Knowings, American actress and comedian (died 2026) Rashaan Nall, American writer, director, screenwriter and actor February 26 Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Icelandic actor Georgia Taylor, English actor February 27 - Stephen Wight, English actor February 28 Denise Gough, Irish actress Charles Halford, American actor February 29 Steven Cree, Scottish actor Peter Scanavino, American actor March 2 - Rebel Wilson, Australian actress, comedian, writer and producerhttps://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/ls-celebrity-news/rebel-wilsons-birth-date-revealed-in-asic-documents-20150519-gh5caq.html Rebel Wilson's birth date revealed in ASIC documents Aubusson Kate 20 May 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald 19 May 2015 Business records filed with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) list the date of birth for a "Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson" as March 2, 1980 March 3 Meiling Melançon, American actress and screenwriter Katherine Waterston, American actresshttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJR6-W9TH Person Details for Katherine B Waterston, "United States Public Records, 1945-2009" FamilySearch.org July 23, 2014 March 5 - Jessica Boehrs, German actress and singer March 7 Laura Prepon, American actress Mart Toome, Estonian actor March 9 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor March 13 - Nathan Phillips, Australian actor March 17 - Katie Morgan, American pornographic actress March 18 - Sophia Myles, English actress March 20 - Mikey Day, American actor and comedian March 23 - Itay Tiran, Israeli actor and director March 25 - Tinsel Korey, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter March 30 - Fiona Gubelmann, American actress March 31 Christine Barger, American actress Kate Micucci, American actress Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer and voice actress April 4 - Collette Wolfe, American actress April 8 Carrie Savage, American voice actress Katee Sackhoff, American actress April 10 Sean Avery, Canadian actor Charlie Hunnam, British actor and screenwriter April 11 - Julia Chantrey, Canadian actress April 13 Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress Kelli Giddish, American actress April 14 Tom Franco, American actor Claire Coffee, American actress April 15 - Arian Moayed, Iranian-born American actor, writer and director April 17 Nicholas D'Agosto, American actor Samantha Soule, American actress April 21 - Hadley Fraser, English actor and singer April 22 - Rodrigo Hilbert, Brazilian television presenter, actor, and former model April 24 - Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress April 25 Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television presenter Céline Sallette, French actress April 26 Jordana Brewster, American actress Anna Mucha, Polish actress Marnette Patterson, American actress Channing Tatum, American actorMonitor Entertainment Weekly 2013 1255/1256 31 Damien Dante Wayans, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director April 30 - Sam Heughan, Scottish actor May 2 - Ellie Kemper, American actress and comedianhttps://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ellie-kemper/298647/ Ellie Kemper TVGuide.com April 14, 2016 March 14, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160314120946/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ellie-kemper/298647/ dead May 5 - Zach McGowan, American actor May 8 Jasen Fisher, American former child actor Kimberlee Peterson, American actress May 14 - Sérgio Guizé, Brazilian actor May 18 - Matt Long, American actor May 19 - Chris Jarvis, English actor May 20 - Cauã Reymond, Brazilian actor May 22 Nazanin Boniadi, British actress Lucy Gordon, English actress and model (died 2009) Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress May 23 D. 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Cotrona, American actor Lane Garrison, American actor Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer May 25 - Will Janowitz, American actor May 27 - Ben Feldman, American actor and producer May 28 - Kelly Fremon Craig, American screenwriter, producer and director May 29 - Adam Brown, English actor and comedian June 1 - Oliver James, English musician and former actor June 3 - Billy Slaughter, American actor June 6 - Elliot Villar, American actor June 10 - Jessica DiCicco, American film, television and voice actress June 15 - Candace Brown, American actress and comedian June 16 – Sibel Kekilli, German actress June 18 - David Giuntoli, American actor June 19 Neil Brown Jr., American actor Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress June 20 - Tika Sumpter, American actress, singer, producer, television host and model June 21 Preeya Kalidas, British singer and actress Wanuri Kahiu, Kenyan film director, producer, and author June 22 - Javone Prince, British comedian and actor June 23 Heath Freeman, American actor (died 2021) Melissa Rauch, American actress and comedian June 24 – Minka Kelly, American actress June 26 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor, producer and musician July 1 - Fortune Feimster, American comedian July 3 – Olivia Munn, American actress July 4 - Max Elliott Slade, American former child actor July 6 – Eva Green, French actress July 7 - Marika Domińczyk, Polish-American actress July 10 James Rolfe, American filmmaker, actor, YouTuber and online personality Jessica Simpson, American singer and actress Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor Aaron Staton, American actor July 12 Kristen Connolly, American actress Mylène Jampanoï, French actress Tom Price, Welsh actor and comedian July 15 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer July 17 – Brett Goldstein, British actor and comedian July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress July 19 Mark Webber, American actor, screenwriter and director Chris Sullivan, American actor July 27 - Ewen Leslie, Australian actor July 29 - Rachel Miner, American actress July 30 - April Bowlby, American actress August 3 Hannah Simone, Canadian actress Teuku Rifnu Wikana, Indonesian actor August 5 - Sophie Winkleman, English actress August 6 Monique Ganderton, Canadian stunt performer and actress Rory Scovel, American actor and comedian August 8 – Marisa Quintanilla, American actress August 9 - Stephen Schneider, American actor August 10 Pua Magasiva, New Zealand actor (died 2019)Owen Catrin Pua Magasiva's life in the spotlight and the 'demons' behind it https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/118095880/pua-magasivas-life-in-the-spotlight-and-the-demons-behind-it 18 December 2019 Stuff en August 11 - Merritt Wever, American actress August 12 - Dominique Swain, American actress and producer August 13 - Álex González, Spanish actor August 14 - Adrienne C. Moore, American actress August 15 - Natalie Press, English actress August 18 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress August 19 Adam Campbell, English actor Aaron Horvath, American animator, screenwriter, producer and director August 20 - Corey Carrier, American former child actor August 21 - John Brotherton, American actor August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, English actress August 25 – Jackie Tohn, American actress and singer August 26 Macaulay Culkin, American actorPaul T. Hellmann Historical Gazetteer of the United States https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA783 14 February 2006 Routledge 1-135-94859-3 783 Chris Pine, American actor((Editors of Chase's)) Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA428 30 September 2018 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-264-1 428 August 31 - Leo Bill, English actor September 1 - Lara Pulver, English actress September 4 - Timo Tjahjanto, Indonesian filmmaker September 7 J. D. Pardo, American actor Alex Hassell, English actor September 9 – Michelle Williams, American actress September 12 - Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese music composer September 13 – Ben Savage, American actor September 13 – Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress September 18 - Charity Wakefield, English actress September 19 - Benjamin Davies, Scottish actor September 21 Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress Autumn Reeser, American actress September 25 T.I., American actor and rapper Chris Owen, American actor September 29 Zachary Levi, American actor and singer Chrissy Metz, American actress September 30 - Toni Trucks, American actress October 1 - Sarah Drew, American actress October 3 - Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor and voice actor October 4 Nick Mohammed, English actor, comedian and writer Morgan Spector, American actor October 6 David Alpay, Canadian actor, musician and producer Jenny Wade, American actress October 8 Nick Cannon, American comedian, rapper and television host Nathan Head, British actor October 14 – Ben Whishaw, English actor October 18 Erin Dean, American former actress Natasha Rothwell, American writer, actress and comedian October 19 – Benjamin Salisbury, American actor October 21 Kim Kardashian, American media personality, model and actress Lino Musella, Italian actor October 23 - Robert Belushi, American actor October 24 Casey Wilson, American actress and comedian Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress October 25 - Mehcad Brooks, American actor October 26 - Khalid Abdalla, British actor October 28 - Wes Ball, American film director and artist October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor October 30 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress October 31 Samaire Armstrong, American actress Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor November 1 - Dani Rovira, Spanish comedian and actor November 2 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor November 8 - Brooke Lyons, American actress November 9 - Vanessa Lachey, American actress, fashion model and television host November 10 - Alberta Mayne, Canadian actress November 11 - Kris Swanberg, American filmmaker and actress November 12 Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor Gustaf Skarsgård, Swedish actor November 13 - Monique Coleman, American actress November 17 - Stuart Stone, Canadian actor November 18 - Mathew Baynton, English actor, writer, comedian, singer and musician November 23 - Tannishtha Chatterjee, Indian actress and director November 29 - Jason Griffith, American actor and voice actor December 1 - Chriselle Almeida, Indian actress December 3 Anna Chlumsky, American actress Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer December 5 - Jessica Paré, Canadian actress December 8 - Juliette Danielle, American actress December 9 – Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian December 13 - Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor December 15 - Yuri Kolokolnikov, Russian actor December 16 - Michael Jibson, English actor, director, writer and voice over artist December 18 Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality Neil Fingleton, English actor (died 2017) Kirsty Strain, Scottish actress December 19 Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor Marla Sokoloff, American actress December 22 - Chris Carmack, American actor December 26 - Jared Van Snellenberg, American former actor December 27 - Elizabeth Rodriguez, American actress December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress December 31 – Rosanne Mulholland, Brazilian actress Deaths + Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Adolph Deutsch 82 US Composer, Arranger Oklahoma! The Apartment 3 Ivan Triesault 81 Estonia Actor Notorious The Bad and the Beautiful 14 Robert Ardrey 71 US Screenwriter The Three Musketeers Khartoum 17 Barbara Britton 59 US Actress The Virginian Captain Kidd 18 Cecil Beaton 76 UK Costume Designer, Production Designer Gigi My Fair Lady 22 Iris Meredith 64 US Actress The Green Archer The Spider's Web 23 Leonard Strong 71 US Actor Shane The Naked Jungle 24 Lil Dagover 92 Germany Actress The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Destiny 24 James Poe 58 US Screenwriter Around the World in 80 Days Lilies of the Field 27 Peppino De Filippo 76 Italy Actor Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy Boccaccio '70 28 Erle C. Kenton 83 US Director House of Frankenstein Who Done It? 29 Jimmy Durante 86 US Actor, Singer The Man Who Came to Dinner It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World February 1 Romolo Valli 54 Italy Actor The Leopard 1900 3 Ray Heindorf 71 US Composer Yankee Doodle Dandy The Music Man 9 Renée Houston 77 UK Actress Repulsion The Horse's Mouth 13 David Janssen 48 US Actor The Green Berets The Shoes of the Fisherman 17 Jerry Fielding 57 US Composer The Wild Bunch The Outlaw Josey Wales 17 Ed Graves 62 US Art Director Doctor Dolittle Our Man Flint 18 Gale Robbins 58 US Actress, Singer Calamity Jane Three Little Words 26 Mario Mattoli 81 Italy Director, Screenwriter Funniest Show on Earth Imputato, alzatevi! 27 George Tobias 78 US Actor The Glenn Miller Story Sergeant York March 5 Jay Silverheels 67 Canada Actor The Lone Ranger One Little Indian 8 Frank McDonald 80 US Director Isle of Fury In Old Missouri 17 Farciot Edouart 85 US Special Effects Artist Double Indemnity Vertigo 27 Philip W. Anderson 64 US Film Editor Giant The Parent Trap 27 Steve Fisher 67 US Screenwriter Dead Reckoning Lady in the Lake 28 Dick Haymes 61 Argentina Actor, Singer One Touch of Venus State Fair 30 David Sharpe 70 US Stuntman, Actor Dick Tracy Returns Trail Riders April 3 Mary McCarty 56 US Actress The French Line All That Jazz 6 John Collier 78 UK Screenwriter Deception The War Lord 9 Kathleen Burke 66 US Actress Island of Lost Souls The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 10 Kay Medford 65 US Actress Funny Girl A Face in the Crowd 11 Charlotte Henry 66 US Actress Alice in Wonderland Babes in Toyland 14 Tom Fadden 85 US Actor Invasion of the Body Snatchers Flareup 15 Raymond Bailey 75 US Actor Vertigo The Gallant Hours 17 Alf Sjöberg 76 Sweden Director Only a Mother Wild Birds 19 Tony Beckley 50 UK Actor The Italian Job Get Carter 25 Mario Bava 65 Italy Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer Black Sabbath The Whip and the Body 26 Cicely Courtneidge 87 Australia Actress, Singer Take My Tip Under Your Hat 29 William Clemens 74 US Director The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Calling Philo Vance 29 Alfred Hitchcock 80 UK Director Psycho Rear Window May 1 Henry Levin 70 US Director Murderers' Row Where the Boys Are 1 Gene Markey 84 US Screenwriter On the Avenue Luxury Liner 2 George Pal 72 Hungary Producer, Director War of the Worlds The Time Machine 4 Kay Hammond 71 UK Actress Blithe Spirit Five Golden Hours 12 Lillian Roth 69 US Actress Animal Crackers Ladies They Talk About 14 Hugh Griffith 67 UK Actor Ben-Hur Tom Jones 15 Gordon E. Sawyer 74 US Sound Engineer West Side Story The Alamo 16 José Calvo 64 Spain Actor A Fistful of Dollars I Giorni dell'ira 19 Ray Rennahan 84 US Cinematographer Blood and Sand Lady in the Dark 21 Ida Kamińska 80 Ukraine Actress The Shop on Main Street The Angel Levine 26 Franz Bachelin 84 Germany Art Director Journey to the Center of the Earth Stalag 17 June 4 Gloria Saunders 52 US Actress Captive Women Northwest Territory 12 Milburn Stone 75 US Actor Captive Wild Woman The Judge 18 Terence Fisher 76 UK Director Dracula The Curse of Frankenstein 22 Monang Carvajal 82 Philippines Actress Anak Dalita The Moises Padilla Story 23 John Laurie 83 UK Actor The 39 Steps Hobson's Choice 23 Odile Versois 50 France Actress To Paris with Love The Young Lovers 24 Boris Kaufman 73 Poland Cinematographer On the Waterfront 12 Angry Men 28 José Iturbi 84 Spain Conductor, Actor Anchors Aweigh Three Daring Daughters 30 Thomas Browne Henry 72 US Actor 20 Million Miles to Earth Julius Caesar July 6 Frank Cordell 62 UK Composer Cromwell Khartoum 6 Gail Patrick 69 US Actress My Man Godfrey My Favorite Wife 7 Reginald Gardiner 77 UK Actor The Great Dictator The Man Who Came to Dinner 7 Dore Schary 74 US Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Boys Town Sunrise at Campobello 11 Peggy Knudsen 57 US Actress The Big Sleep Half Past Midnight 24 Peter Sellers 54 UK Actor Dr. Strangelove Being There 30 Charles McGraw 66 US Actor The Narrow Margin Spartacus 31 Bobby Van 51 US Actor, Dancer Kiss Me Kate Lost Horizon August 1 Strother Martin 61 US Actor The Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 2 Donald Ogden Stewart 85 US Screenwriter The Philadelphia Story Holiday 9 Elliot Nugent 83 US Director My Favorite Brunette Up in Arms 14 Dorothy Stratten 20 Canada Actress Galaxina They All Laughed 17 Harold Adamson 73 US Lyricist An Affair to Remember Higher and Higher 24 Yootha Joyce 53 UK Actress A Man for All Seasons George and Mildred 25 Gower Champion 59 US Actor, Dancer, Director Show Boat Till the Clouds Roll By 25 Lester Dorr 87 US Actor Behind Prison Gates The Shadow Returns 26 Tex Avery 72 US Animator, Director Droopy Screwy Squirrel 27 Douglas Kenney 33 US Screenwriter Animal House Caddyshack September 3 Barbara O'Neil 70 US Actress Gone with the Wind All This, and Heaven Too 4 Duncan Renaldo 76 Romania Actor Lady Luck The Cisco Kid Returns 5 Barbara Loden 48 US Actress, Director Splendor in the Grass Wanda 12 Lillian Randolph 81 US Actress It's a Wonderful Life The Onion Field 17 Michael Strong 62 US Actor Point Blank The Great Santini 19 Sol Lesser 90 US Producer Tarzan the Fearless Stage Door Canteen 25 Lewis Milestone 84 Moldova Director All Quiet on the Western Front Ocean's 11 October 6 Hattie Jacques 58 UK Actress Carry On Scrooge 10 Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas 49 US Actor Our Gang General Spanky 28 Leon Janney 63 US Actor Charly Penrod and Sam November 4 Noel Langley 68 South Africa Screenwriter The Wizard of Oz Ivanhoe 7 Emilio Cigoli 70 Italy Actor Shoeshine Sunday in August 7 Steve McQueen 50 US Actor The Great Escape Papillon 9 Carmel Myers 81 US Actress All Night Ben-Hur 9 Victor Sen Yung 65 US Actor Across the Pacific Charlie Chan in Honolulu 14 Nick Dennis 76 US Actor A Streetcar Named Desire Kiss Me Deadly 15 Bill Lee 64 US Actor, Singer Mary Poppins Alice in Wonderland 16 Imogen Hassall 38 UK Actress When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth Toomorrow 22 Mae West 87 US Actress, Screenwriter She Done Him Wrong I'm No Angel 24 Nancy Hsueh 38 US Actress Targets House Calls 24 George Raft 79 US Actor Some Like It Hot They Drive by Night 26 Conrad A. Nervig 91 US Film Editor A Tale of Two Cities King Solomon's Mines 26 Rachel Roberts 53 UK Actress Murder on the Orient Express Picnic at Hanging Rock 28 Sarah Y. Mason 84 US Screenwriter Little Women Magnificent Obsession 29 Edith Evanson 84 US Actress Rope The Big Heat December 8 John Lennon 40 UK Singer, Actor A Hard Day's Night How I Won the War 12 Urie McCleary 75 US Art Director Blossoms in the Dust Patton 16 Peter Collinson 44 UK Director The Italian Job And Then There Were None 20 Ben Sharpsteen 85 US Director, Producer Pinocchio Dumbo 21 Marc Connelly 90 US Actor, Screenwriter The Spirit of St. Louis Tall Story 22 Lesser Samuels 86 US Screenwriter No Way Out Ace in the Hole 23 Memmo Carotenuto 72 Italy Actor Big Deal on Madonna Street Bread, Love and Dreams 28 Sam Levene 75 US Actor Sweet Smell of Success Brute Force 31 Raoul Walsh 93 US Director, Actor White Heat High Sierra Film debuts Jay Acovone – Cruising Christopher Atkins – The Blue Lagoon James Avery – The Stunt Man Michael Badalucco – Raging Bull Adam Baldwin – My Bodyguard Adrienne Barbeau – The Fog Drew Barrymore – Altered States Jennifer Beals – My Bodyguard Fabrizio Bentivoglio – The Blue-Eyed Bandit Pierce Brosnan – The Long Good Friday Leo Burmester – Cruising Julie Carmen – Night of the Juggler Jim Carter – Flash Gordon Rosalind Chao – The Big Brawl François Cluzet – Cocktail Molotov Robbie Coltrane – Death Watch Barry Corbin – Urban Cowboy Tony Cox – Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype Peter Coyote – Die Laughing Joan Cusack – Cutting Loose Willem Dafoe – Heaven's Gate John Diehl – Falling in Love Again Billy Drago – Windwalker Michael Dudikoff – The Black Marble Paul Eiding – Foolin' Around Frankie Faison – Permanent Vacation Miriam Flynn – First Family Michael J. Fox – Midnight Madness Peter Gallagher – The Idolmaker Richard Gant – Night of the Juggler Serena Grandi – I'm Photogenic Kathy Griffin – Battle Beyond the Stars Michael Gross – Just Tell Me What You Want Julie Hagerty – Airplane! Tom Hanks – He Knows You're Alone Robert Hays – Airplane! Linda Hunt – Popeye William Hurt – Altered States Jeremy Irons – Nijinsky Bill Irwin – Popeye Gregory Itzin – Airplane! O-Lan Jones – Die Laughing Robert Joy – Atlantic City Don Lake – Don't Answer the Phone! Adam LeFevre – Return of the Secaucus 7 Juliette Lewis – Bronco Billy Ernie Lively – It's My Turn William H. Macy – Somewhere in Time Ann Magnuson – The Long Island Four Michael Maloney – Richard's Things Sophie Marceau – La Boum Francis Xavier McCarthy – Altered States Christopher McDonald – The Hearse Elizabeth McGovern – Ordinary People Micole Mercurio – Alligator Cathy Moriarty – Raging Bull David Morse – Inside Moves Marshall Napier – Beyond Reasonable Doubt Taylor Negron – The Gong Show Movie Cynthia Nixon – Little Darlings Tom Noonan – Willie & Phil Richard Norton – The Octagon Catherine O'Hara – Nothing Personal Ed O'Neill – Cruising Terry O'Quinn – Heaven's Gate Michelle Pfeiffer – The Hollywood Knights Cindy Pickett – Night Games Richard Portnow – Roadie Harold Ramis – Caddyshack (director) Judge Reinhold – Running Scared Marco Rodríguez – The Baltimore Bullet Robert Romanus – Foxes John Rothman – Stardust Memories Saul Rubinek – Death Ship David Schofield – The Dogs of War Armin Shimerman – Stardust Memories Jean Smart – Hoodlums Kurtwood Smith – Roadie Catherine Mary Stewart – Powder Heads Sharon Stone – Stardust Memories David Strathairn – Return of the Secaucus 7 David Suchet – Schiele in Prison John Turturro – Raging Bull Gedde Watanabe – The Long Island Four Hugo Weaving – ...Maybe This Time Dianne Wiest – It's My Turn Bruce Willis – The First Deadly Sin Jeff Wincott – Happy Birthday, Gemini Mare Winningham – One-Trick Pony John Witherspoon – The Jazz Singer Nicholas Woodeson – Heaven's Gate Sean Young – Jane Austen in Manhattan Lenore Zann – Hounds of Notre Dame See also By country/region List of American films of 1980 List of Argentine films of 1980 List of Australian films of 1980 List of Bangladeshi films of 1980 List of British films of 1980 List of Canadian films of 1980 List of French films of 1980 List of Hong Kong films of 1980 List of Indian films of 1980 List of Hindi films of 1980 List of Kannada films of 1980 List of Malayalam films of 1980 List of Marathi films of 1980 List of Tamil films of 1980 List of Telugu films of 1980 List of Japanese films of 1980 List of Mexican films of 1980 List of Pakistani films of 1980 List of South Korean films of 1980 List of Soviet films of 1980 List of Spanish films of 1980 By genre/medium List of action films of 1980 List of animated feature films of 1980 List of avant-garde films of 1980 List of comedy films of 1980 List of drama films of 1980 List of horror films of 1980 List of science fiction films of 1980 List of thriller films of 1980 List of western films of 1980 References 30em External links List of 1980 films at IMDb 1980 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 1980 deaths at IMDb List of 1980 births at IMDb 1980s Film Category:Film by year