1941 in film

none films in the year 1941 the Steven Spielberg film 1941 (film)1941 (film) 1941 film television radio music March 2026 The year 1941 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Citizen Kane. Events January 17 – A film based on the best-selling novel Gone with the Wind goes into general release in the United States after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sells an estimated 60 million tickets this year alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.6 billion.https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation www.boxofficemojo.com live https://web.archive.org/web/20140607105553/https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm 2014-06-07 March 24 – Glenn Miller begins work on his orchestra's first movie Sun Valley Serenade for Twentieth Century Fox. May 1 – Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the films considered the all-time best, is premiered at the Palace Theatre (New York City). June – An Airman's Letter to His Mother, a British propaganda film based on true events, is released in cinemas, directed by Michael Powell and narrated by John Gielgud.An Airman's Letter to His Mother https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150109096 25 July 2024 British Film Institute Collections Search July 2 – Sergeant York, the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City. It is the highest-grossing picture of the year and earns Cooper the first of two Academy Awards for Best Actor. July 28 - The assets of Hollywood studios in Japan are frozen by Japan's Ministry of Finance.Tosaka Yuji Hollywood Goes to Tokyo: American Cultural Expansion and Imperial Japan, 1918–1941 2003 321 September – Senate Investigation into Motion Picture War Propaganda in the United States. October 3 – The Maltese Falcon, considered one of the greatest films noir, is released. Academy Awards 14th Academy Awards Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley – 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper – Sergeant York Best Actress: Joan Fontaine – Suspicion Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp – How Green Was My Valley Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor – The Great Lie Best Director: John Ford – How Green Was My Valley Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: + Highest-grossing films of 1941 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 Sergeant York Warner Bros. $6,075,000Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551 2 Honky Tonk MGM $2,893,000 The Eddie Mannix Ledger Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study Los Angeles. 3 Louisiana Purchase Paramount $2,750,000"101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58 4 How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox $2,447,000Variety All-time Film Rental Champs October 15, 1990 M162 to 166 5 The Philadelphia Story MGM $2,374,000 6 Caught in the Draft Paramount $2,200,000Variety York's 4,000,000 December 31, 1941 20 https://archive.org/details/variety144-1941-12/page/n259/mode/2up?q=Great+dictator December 9, 2023 7 A Yank in the R.A.F. 20th Century Fox $2,063,000 8 Men of Boys TownMGM $2,009,000 9 Ziegfeld Girl $1,891,000 10 They Died with Their Boots On Warner Bros. $1,871,000 Films by country/region Argentina Australia Austria Brazil Canada China Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany India Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Soviet Union Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States Notable films Films produced in the United States unless stated otherwise # The 47 Ronin (Genroku Chūshingura), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan) 49th Parallel, directed by Michael Powell, starring Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier and Raymond Massey – (GB) A Adam Had Four Sons, directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Ingrid Bergman and Warner Baxter Among the Living, directed by Stuart Heisler, starring Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward and Harry Carey Andy Hardy's Private Secretary, directed by George B. Seitz, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney and Fay Holden B Babes on Broadway, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland Back Street, directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan Ball of Fire, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck The Big Store, directed by Charles Reisner, starring the Marx Brothers and Tony Martin The Black Cat, directed by Albert S. Rogell, starring Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi Blood and Sand, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Rita Hayworth Blossoms in the Dust, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon Blues in the Night, directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Priscilla Lane The Bride Came C.O.D., directed by William Keighley, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (Toda-ke no kyōdai), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan) Buck Privates, directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Abbott and Costello and the Andrews Sisters C Caught in the Draft, directed by David Butler, starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour Charlie Chan in Rio, directed by Harry Lachman, starring Sidney Toler Charley's Aunt, directed by Archie Mayo, starring Jack Benny and Kay Francis The Chocolate Soldier, directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Nelson Eddy and Risë Stevens Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, with Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead The Corsican Brothers, directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Cottage to Let, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills – (GB) D The Devil and Daniel Webster, directed by William Dieterle, starring Edward Arnold and Walter Huston The Devil and Miss Jones, directed by Sam Wood, starring Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by Victor Fleming, starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner Dumbo, Disney Classic directed by Ben Sharpsteen F The Face Behind the Mask, directed by Robert Florey, starring Peter Lorre Footsteps in the Dark, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Errol Flynn The Flame of New Orleans, directed by René Clair, starring Marlene Dietrich G The Ghost of St. Michael's, directed by Marcel Varnel, starring Will Hay and Charles Hawtrey – (GB) The Great Lie, directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Mary Astor, George Brent and Bette Davis H H.M. Pulham, Esq., directed by King Vidor, starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Young Hellzapoppin', directed by H. C. Potter, starring Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson and Martha Raye Here Comes Mr. Jordan, directed by Alexander Hall, starring Robert Montgomery and Claude Rains High Sierra, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart Hold Back the Dawn, directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland and Paulette Goddard Hold That Ghost, directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Abbott and Costello, the Andrews Sisters and Ted Lewis Honky Tonk, directed by Jack Conway, starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner How Green Was My Valley, directed by John Ford, starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara and Roddy McDowall I I Wake Up Screaming, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis In the Navy, directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Abbott and Costello, Dick Powell and the Andrews Sisters It Started with Eve, directed by Henry Koster, starring Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton and Robert Cummings K Kathleen, directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Shirley Temple and Herbert Marshall Keep 'Em Flying, directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Abbott and Costello and Martha Raye Khazanchi (Cashier), directed by Moti B. Gidwani – (India) Kipps, directed by Carol Reed, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB) L Ladies in Retirement, directed by Charles Vidor, starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward Lady Be Good, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore and Red Skelton The Lady Eve, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda Life Begins for Andy Hardy, directed by George B. Seitz, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden and Judy Garland The Little Foxes, directed by William Wyler, starring Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall Louisiana Purchase, directed by Irving Cummings, starring Bob Hope Love on the Dole, directed by John Baxter, starring Deborah Kerr – (GB) M Major Barbara, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison – (GB) The Maltese Falcon, directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Peter Lorre Man Hunt, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett and George Sanders Man-Made Monster, directed by George Waggner, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Lionel Atwill Manpower, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich and George Raft Meet John Doe, directed by Frank Capra, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck Men of Boys Town, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney Moon Over Miami, directed by Walter Lang, starring Don Ameche, Betty Grable and Robert Cummings Mr. & Mrs. Smith, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery and Gene Raymond Mr. Bug Goes to Town, animated film directed by Dave Fleischer N Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, directed by Edward F. Cline, starring W. C. Fields Nice Girl?, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan and Robert Stack O Ohm Krüger (Uncle Kruger), propaganda film directed by Hans Steinhoff, starring Emil Jannings – (Germany) One Foot in Heaven, directed by Irving Rapper, starring Fredric March and Martha Scott P Penny Serenade, directed by George Stevens, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant Piccolo mondo antico (Old-Fashioned World), directed by Mario Soldati, starring Alida Valli – (Italy) Pimpernel Smith, propaganda film directed by and starring Leslie Howard – (GB) Princess Iron Fan (Tiě shàn gōngzhǔ), directed by Wan Guchan and Wan Laiming – (China) R Rage in Heaven, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders The Reluctant Dragon, directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Robert Benchley Road to Zanzibar, directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour S The Sea Wolf, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino and John Garfield Sergeant York, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan Shadow of the Thin Man, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy The Shanghai Gesture, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston and Victor Mature The Shepherd of the Hills, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne and Harry Carey Skylark, directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland Spooks Run Wild, directed by Phil Rosen, starring Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids Stormy Waters (Remorques), directed by Jean Grémillon, starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan – (France) The Strawberry Blonde, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth Sullivan's Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake Sun Valley Serenade, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sonja Henie, John Payne and Glenn Miller Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine Swamp Water, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews T Target for Tonight, a propaganda documentary directed by Harry Watt – (GB) Tarzan's Secret Treasure, directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan That Hamilton Woman, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier – (GB) That Night in Rio, directed by Irving Cummings, starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda They Died with Their Boots On, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland Tobacco Road, directed by John Ford, starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau and Gene Tierney W Week-End in Havana, directed by Walter Lang, starring Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne and Cesar Romero Western Union, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Robert Young and Randolph Scott When Ladies Meet, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson and Herbert Marshall The Wolf Man, directed by George Waggner, starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William and Ralph Bellamy A Woman's Face, directed by George Cukor, starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt Y A Yank in the R.A.F., directed by Henry King, starring Tyrone Power and Betty Grable You Belong to Me, directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda You'll Never Get Rich, directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth Z Ziegfeld Girl, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr and Lana Turner 1941 film releases United States unless stated January–March January 1941 1 January Princess Iron Fan (China) 16 January The Face Behind the Mask 17 January The Philadelphia Story 21 January High Sierra 23 January Suvorov 24 January Life with Henry The Saint in Palm Springs 28 January Sullivan's Travels 31 January Buck Privates Mr. & Mrs. Smith February 1941 7 February Back Street 18 February Adam Had Four Sons 20 February Tobacco Road 21 February Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Nice Girl? The Strawberry Blonde Western Union 25 February The Lady Eve March 1941 1 March Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (Japan) 7 March Rage in Heaven 8 March Footsteps in the Dark 10 March Flying Wild 21 March The Sea Wolf 26 March I Wanted Wings 28 March Man Made Monster April–June April 1941 4 April The Devil and Miss Jones Ohm Krüger (Germany) 6 April The Flame of New Orleans 10 April Piccolo mondo antico (Italy) 11 April Road to Zanzibar That Night in Rio 12 April The Great Lie 19 April The Farmer's Wife (Britain) Hatter's Castle (Britain) Quiet Wedding (GB) 24 April Crook's Tour (Britain) Penny Serenade 25 April They Met in Argentina Ziegfeld Girl 30 April That Hamilton Woman (GB) May 1941 1 May Citizen Kane 2 May The Black Cat 3 May Meet John Doe 5 May Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (GB) 7 May Sheriff of Tombstone 9 May U-Boat Course West! (Germany) 10 May Spellbound 22 May Blood and Sand 23 May A Woman's Face 24 May Crook's Tour 30 May In the Navy June 1941 7 June Shining Victory 11 June The Gang's All Here 13 June Broadway Limited Man Hunt One Night in Lisbon 18 June Moon Over Miami 20 June The Big Store The Reluctant Dragon 25 June Caught in the Draft 26 June Blossoms in the Dust 27 June Hit the Road 28 June Kipps Love on the Dole (GB) July–September July 1941 2 July Sergeant York The Sea Wolf 4 July A Charming Man (Czechoslovakia) 12 July The Bride Came C.O.D. 18 July The Shepherd of the Hills 25 July Target for Tonight (GB) 26 July Bad Men of Missouri Pimpernel Smith August 1941 1 August Bowery Blitzkrieg Charley's Aunt 2 August Major Barbara (GB) 6 August Hold That Ghost 7 August Here Comes Mr. Jordan 8 August Six Gun Gold 9 August Manpower 12 August Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 15 August Life Begins for Andy Hardy 21 August Sun Valley Serenade 28 August The Blue Star Hotel (Czechoslovakia) 29 August The Little Foxes September 1 September Lady Be Good 5 September Charlie Chan in Rio 6 September Cottage to Let (GB) 18 September Ladies in Retirement 19 September The Tyrant Father (Portugal) 25 September A Yank in the RAF You'll Never Get Rich 26 September Hold Back the Dawn It Started with Eve October–December October 1941 2 October Honky Tonk One Foot in Heaven 8 October 49th Parallel Week-End in Havana 10 October Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 17 October The Devil and Daniel Webster Jesse James at Bay 18 October The Maltese Falcon 22 October You Belong to Me 23 October Dumbo 24 October Spooks Run Wild 25 October The Tell-Tale Heart 28 October How Green Was My Valley 31 October The Chocolate Soldier November 1941 7 November Unexpected Uncle 14 November I Wake Up Screaming Suspicion 15 November Blues in the Night 21 November Look Who's Laughing Shadow of the Thin Man Skylark They Died with Their Boots On 27 November Stormy Waters (France) 28 November The Corsican Brothers Keep 'Em Flying December 1941 1 December The 47 Ronin (Part 1) (Japan) Tarzan's Secret Treasure 2 December Ball of Fire 5 December Mr. Bug Goes to Town 12 December Among the Living Red River Valley The Wolf Man 18 December H.M. Pulham, Esq. Kathleen 21 December The Heavenly Play (Sweden) 25 December Louisiana Purchase The Shanghai Gesture 26 December Hellzapoppin' The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared (Norway) Serials The Adventures of Captain Marvel, starring Tom Tyler, directed by William Witney and John English Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, starring Ralph Byrd, directed by William Witney and John English The Green Hornet, starring Gordon Jones Holt of the Secret Service, directed by James W. Horne The Iron Claw, directed by James W. Horne Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford, directed by William Witney and John English King of the Texas Rangers, directed by William Witney and John English Riders of Death Valley, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe Sea Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe Sky Raiders, directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe The Spider Returns, starring Warren Hull, directed by James W. Horne White Eagle, directed by James W. Horne Comedy film series Buster Keaton (1917–1944) Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945) Our Gang (1922–1944) Marx Brothers (1929–1946) The Three Stooges (1933–1962) Animated short film series Mickey Mouse (1928–1942, 1947–1953) Looney Tunes (1930–1969) Bugs Bunny (1940–1964) Daffy Duck (1937–1968) Porky Pig (1935–1946, 1948–1951) Sniffles (1939–1946) Inki (1939–1950) Terrytoons (1930–1964) Merrie Melodies (1931–1969) Scrappy (1931-1941) Popeye (1933–1957) Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949) Donald Duck (1937–1956) Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938–1942) Goofy (1939–1955) Andy Panda (1939–1949) Tom and Jerry (1940–1958, 1961–1967) The Midnight Snack The Night Before Christmas Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949, 1951–1972) Swing Symphonies (1941–1945) The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950) Superman (1941–1943) Births January 1 Simón Andreu, Spanish actor Eva Ras, Serbian actress, writer and painter January 3 - Derrick O'Connor, Irish actor (died 2018) January 4 George P. Cosmatos, Greek-Italian director and screenwriter (died 2005) John Bennett Perry, American actor January 7 - Harvey Evans, American actor (died 2021) January 8 - Graham Chapman, British actor (died 1989) January 10 – José Greci, Italian actress (died 2017) January 12 - Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer, musician and voice actor (died 2005) January 14 Faye Dunaway, American actress Jack Thibeau, American former actor January 15 - Geoffrey Beevers, British actor January 19 - Putter Smith, American jazz bassist and actor January 20 Marylouise Burke, American actress Henry Cele, South African actor (died 2007) January 24 - Neil Diamond, American actor and singer January 27 - Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (died 2024) January 31 – Jessica Walter, American actress (died 2021) February 5 - David Selby, American actor February 8 – Nick Nolte, American actor and producer February 10 – Michael Apted, English director, producer and screenwriter (died 2021) February 11 - Sonny Landham, American actor and stunt performer (died 2017) February 13 - Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, screenwriter and producer February 27 - Charlotte Stewart, American actress March 3 - Rada Rassimov, Italian actress March 4 John Aprea, American actor and comedian (died 2024) Adrian Lyne, English director and producer March 6 - George P. Wilbur, American actor and professional stuntman (died 2023) March 14 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director, producer and screenwriter (died 2022) March 16 Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (died 2018) Jerry Chipman, American actor (died 2020) March 18 - Frank McRae, American actor (died 2021) March 20 - Paul Junger Witt, American producer (died 2018) March 22 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019) March 24 - David Fox, Canadian actor (died 2021) April 3 - Eric Braeden, German actor April 4 - Angelica Domröse, German actress (died 2026) April 7 Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (died 2018) Danny Wells, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2013) April 9 - Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress and presenter April 12 - Manuel de Blas, Spanish actor April 13 - Michael Alldredge, American actor (died 1997) April 20 David Leland, English director (died 2023) Ryan O'Neal, American actor (died 2023) April 26 - Claudine Auger, French actress (died 2019) April 28 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born American actress, dancer and singer May 2 - Paul Darrow, English actor (died 2019) May 13 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer May 17 - Grace Zabriskie, American actress May 18 - Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian character actress May 19 Nora Ephron, American writer and filmmaker (died 2012) Tania Mallet, English actress and model (died 2019) May 24 – Andrés García, Dominican-Mexican actor May 29 Nick McLean, American cinematographer and actor Bill Weston, British stunt performer and actor (died 2012) June 2 Stacy Keach, American actor Mahmoud Yassine, Egyptian actor (died 2020) June 5 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (died 2004) June 8 - Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, American actor (died 2019) June 10 Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (died 2018) Jürgen Prochnow, German actor June 17 - Roberta Maxwell, Canadian actress June 20 Stephen Frears, English film director Dieter Mann, German actor (died 2022) June 21 Joe Flaherty, Canadian-American actor and comedian (died 2024) Lyman Ward, Canadian actor June 22 – Michael Lerner, American actor (died 2023) June 25 – Denys Arcand, Canadian director and screenwriter June 27 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director (died 1996) July 1 - Milos Milos, Serbian-born American actor and stunt double (died 1966) July 9 - Yosef Shiloach, Israeli actor (died 2011) July 10 - Robert Pine, American actor July 13 - Robert Forster, American actor (died 2019) July 17 - Paula Shaw, American actress (died 2025) July 18 - Starletta DuPois, American actress July 21 - Edward Herrmann, American actor, director and writer (died 2014) July 26 - Darlene Love, American actress and singer July 28 Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (died 2026) Colin Higgins, Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director and producer (died 1988) July 29 – David Warner, English actor (died 2022) August 4 Martin Jarvis, English actor Paul Mooney, American comedian, writer and actor (died 2021) August 7 - Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, actor and producer (died 2019) August 8 - Earl Boen, American actor (died 2023) August 12 Dana Ivey, American actress Deborah Walley, American actress (died 2001) August 15 - Lou Perryman, American character actor (died 2009) August 26 Joan Freeman, American retired actress Barbet Schroeder, Iranian-born Swiss director, producer and actor August 28 - Tony Barry, Australian actor (died 2022) August 29 Ellen Geer, American actress Mark Kasdan, American screenwriter and producer Orestes Matacena, Cuban-American actor, director, producer and writer September 4 - Rochelle Kaffenberger, American actress (died 2024) September 18 - Gerry Bamman, American actor September 26 – Martine Beswick, English actress and model October 5 - Stephanie Cole, British actress (died 2026) October 6 Billy Murray, English actor Winston Ntshona, South African actor (died 2018) October 9 - Michael Goodwin, American character actor October 10 – Peter Coyote, American actor October 11 - Charles Shyer, American director, screenwriter and producer (died 2024) October 19 – Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012) October 20 – Clare Peploe, English-Italian screenwriter and director (died 2021) October 23 – Mel Winkler, American actor (died 2020) October 24 – Frank Aendenboom, Belgian actor (died 2018) October 25 – Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (died 2011) October 31 Mischa Hausserman, Austrian-born American actor (died 2021) Sally Kirkland, American actress (died 2025) November 1 – Robert Foxworth, American actor November 18 – David Hemmings, English actor, director and producer (died 2003) November 21 – Nessa Hyams, American casting director (died 2026) November 22 – Tom Conti, Scottish actor November 23 – Franco Nero, Italian actor November 25 – Tiit Lilleorg, Estonian actor (died 2021) November 27 - Tom Morga, American stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor November 30 - Sally Douglas, British actress (died 2001) December 4 – Leila Säälik, Estonian actress December 6 Evald Hermaküla, Estonian actor and director (died 2000) Leon Russom, American actor December 8 – Valora Noland, American actress (died 2022) December 9 – Beau Bridges, American actor December 10 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress December 11 - John Davidson, American actor, singer and game show host December 15 - Vladan Živković, Serbian actor (died 2022) December 25 - John Capodice, American character actor (died 2024) December 27 - Aharon Ipalé, Israeli-American actor (died 2016) Deaths January 4 – Henri Bergson, 81, French writer January 10 – Joe Penner, 36, American comedian, actor, The Boys from Syracuse, Millionaire Playboy, The Day the Bookies Wept, Mr. Doodle Kicks Off, heart attack March 13 – Stuart Walker, 63, American director, White Woman, Great Expectations April 23 – Stanley Fields, 57, American actor, The Great Plane Robbery, The Lady from Cheyenne May 8 – Tore Svennberg, 83, Swedish actor, The Phantom Carriage, A Woman's Face May 10 – S. J. Warmington, 56, English actor, The Man Who Knew Too Much, killed by enemy action May 12 – Ruth Stonehouse, 48, American actress, film director, The Satin Woman May 22 – Ida Waterman, 89, American actress, Stella Maris, The Enchanted Cottage, Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley, Esmerelda June 28 – Richard Carle, 69, American actor, The Little Red Schoolhouse, Love Before Breakfast, Rhythm in the Clouds, She Asked for It July 25 – Purnell Pratt, 55, American actor, Alibi, Scarface, The Mystery Squadron, Dancing Feet July 29 – James Stephenson, 52, English actor, The Letter, Shining Victory August 13 – J. Stuart Blackton, 66, British-American film producer and director, co-founder of Vitagraph Studios, The Glorious Adventure September 18 – Claude King, 66, English actor, Behind the Mask, It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did October 9 – Helen Morgan, 41, American actress and singer, You Belong to Me, Applause, Show Boat October 26 – Victor Schertzinger, 53, American director, Paramount on Parade, Road to Zanzibar November 2 – Bengt Djurberg, 43, Swedish actor, Troll-elgen December 21 – David Howard, 45, American film director, Daniel Boone Film debuts Reginald Beckwith – Freedom Radio Adriana Benetti – Teresa Venerdì Marina Berti – La fuggitiva Barbara Britton – Secrets of the Wasteland Faith Brook – Suspicion Leslie Brooks – Ziegfeld Girl James Brown – Ride, Kelly, Ride Phil Brown – I Wanted Wings Janis Carter – Cadet Girl John Cason – Buck Privates Cyd Charisse – Escort Girl Françoise Christophe – Premier rendez-vous David Clarke – Knockout George Cole – Cottage to Let Ray Collins – Citizen Kane Joseph Cotten – Citizen Kane Yvonne De Carlo – Harvard, Here I Come Dino De Laurentiis (producer) – L'amore canta John Dehner – The Reluctant Dragon Richard Derr – Charlie Chan in Rio Anita Durante – Scampolo Faye Emerson – Affectionately Yours Bill Erwin – You're in the Army Now Renée Faure – Who Killed Santa Claus? Suzanne Flon – Ce n'est pas moi Elisabeth Fraser – One Foot in Heaven Terry Frost – Cyclone on Horseback Eva Gabor – Forced Landing Ava Gardner – Shadow of the Thin Man Karen X. Gaylord – The Chocolate Soldier Jackie Gleason – Navy Blues Kenneth Griffith – The Farmer's Wife Eloise Hardt – You Belong to Me Richard Haydn – Charley's Aunt Sterling Hayden – Virginia Jayne Hazard – The Monster and the Girl Charlton Heston – Peer Gynt Jennifer Holt – Stick to Your Guns Bruce Lee – Golden Gate Girl Anna Maestri – Teresa Venerdì Patrick McVey – Caught in the Draft Sid Melton – New York Town Agnes Moorehead – Citizen Kane Margaret O'Brien – Babes on Broadway Larry Parks – Mystery Ship Annette Poivre – Premier rendez-vous Vera Ralston – Ice-Capades Carl Benton Reid – The Little Foxes Adeline De Walt Reynolds – Come Live with Me Amparo Rivelles – Mari Juana Natalie Schafer – The Body Disappears Frank Sinatra – Las Vegas Nights Everett Sloane – Citizen Kane Woody Strode – Sundown Simone Valère – Premier rendez-vous Tito Vuolo – Shadow of the Thin Man Janet Warren – Buck Privates Ruth Warrick – Citizen Kane Orson Welles – Citizen Kane Rhys Williams – How Green Was My Valley Marie Windsor – Unexpected Uncle Barbara Woodell – Mr. & Mrs. Smith Teresa Wright – The Little Foxes References External links List of 1941 films at IMDb List of 1941 deaths at IMDb List of 1941 births at IMDb Category:Film by year