1955 in film

none 1955 film television radio music The year 1955 in film involved some significant events, most notably the death of actor James Dean. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) List of 1955 box office number-one films in the United States The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States. + Highest-grossing films of 1955 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 Cinerama Holiday Cinerama Releasing $10,000,000Finler Joel Waldo 2003 The Hollywood Story Wallflower Press 978-1-903364-66-6 358–359 2 Mister RobertsWarner Bros. $8,500,000 3 Battle Cry $8,100,000 4 Oklahoma! RKO $7,100,000 5 Guys and Dolls MGM $6,801,000 The Eddie Mannix Ledger Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study Los Angeles. 6 Lady and the Tramp Buena Vista $6,500,000 7 Picnic Columbia $6,300,000 8 Not as a Stranger United Artists $6,200,000 9Strategic Air CommandThe Seven Year ItchThe Sea ChaseParamount20th Century FoxWarner Bros. $6,000,000 10 I'll Cry Tomorrow MGM $5,873,000 Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America. Country Title Studio Gross India Shree 420 R. K. Films $1,190,0003.9 crorehttp://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=161&catName=MTk1NQ== Box Office 1955 boxofficeindia.com 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120922022007/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=161&catName=MTk1NQ== 22 September 2012 dead (US$8.19 million)4.7619 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1950 to 1965PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service – Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950–2020 http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3 fx.sauder.ubc.ca 3 n RupeeUSD n Soviet Union Private Ivan Gorky Film Studio $2,520,00010.0925 million Rbls (40.37 million Soviet tickets sold,http://www.kinokultura.com/plus/prokat2.html Prokat2 Kinokultura.com 2012-10-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120510033800/http://www.kinokultura.com/plus/prokat2.html 2012-05-10 average ticket price of 25 kopecks),Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011 4 SUR per USD4 Rbls per US dollar from 1950 to 1960Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls n RubleUSD n Events January 7 – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release, covertly funded by the CIA.Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film London Methuen; BFI 2003 9780413773012 48 registration https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofbr0000unse/page/48Daniel J. Leab Orwell Subverted Pennsylvania State Press 2007 xiii–xiv 978-0-271-02979-5 February 24 – 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: On The Waterfront, Marlon Brando and Judy Garland win. March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel Blackboard Jungle previews in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it. June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of The Seven Year Itch featuring an iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City Subway grating as her white dress is blown above her knees.Filmed on location September 1954. https://rottentomatoes.com/movie-1018644/ The Seven Year Itch (1955) 2012-05-20 Rotten Tomatoes dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010430215445/https://rottentomatoes.com/movie-1018644/ 2001-04-30 June 16 – Lady and the Tramp, the Walt Disney company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen process. Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs. June 27 – The last Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released. July 18 – Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California. September 30 – American actor James Dean dies in an automobile collision near Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film Rebel Without a Cause, in which he stars, is released. October 11 – Theatrical release in the United States of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film Oklahoma!, the first feature photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process. November 3 – The musical film Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, is premiered in New York City. November 22 – The death of Shemp Howard requires use of a Fake Shemp to complete The Three Stooges films which he has commenced. December – United Artists quit the Motion Picture Association of America over the decision to deny The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal. December 7 – The film Picnic starring William Holden and Kim Novak is released. Awards Category/Organization 13th Golden Globe AwardsFebruary 23, 1956 28th Academy AwardsMarch 21, 1956 Drama Comedy or Musical Best Film East of Eden Guys and Dolls Marty Best Director Joshua LoganPicnic Delbert MannMarty Best Actor Ernest BorgnineMarty Tom EwellThe Seven Year Itch Ernest BorgnineMarty Best Actress Anna MagnaniThe Rose Tattoo Jean SimmonsGuys and Dolls Anna MagnaniThe Rose Tattoo Best Supporting Actor Arthur KennedyTrial Jack LemmonMister Roberts Best Supporting Actress Marisa PavanThe Rose Tattoo Jo Van FleetEast of Eden Best Foreign Language Film Children, Mother, and the GeneralDangerous CurvesEyes of ChildrenOrdetStella Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto 1955 film releases January–March January 1955 January 1 Young at Heart January 26 The Violent Men January 29 The Americano January 31 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops February 1955 February 2 Battle Cry February 8 Cinerama Holiday March 1955 A Man Called Peter March 1 Untamed March 4 Hit the Deck March 20 Blackboard Jungle March 23 Revenge of the Creature March 24 The Glass Slipper March 25 Strategic Air Command April–June April 1955 April 1 Magdana's Donkey (Georgia) April 9 Escape to Burma April 10 East of Eden April 11 Marty April 13 Rififi (France) April 20 Violent Saturday April 24 Godzilla Raids Again (Japan) May 1955 May 6 The Prodigal May 11 Bride of the Monster May 25 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier May 30 Cult of the Cobra June 1955 June 1 Son of Sinbad June 3 The Seven Year Itch June 4 The Sea Chase June 10 5 Against the House This Island Earth June 15 The Beast with a Million Eyes June 17 King Dinosaur June 22 Lady and the Tramp Land of the Pharaohs June 23 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Date unknown Footsteps in the Fog July–September July 1955 July 7 We're No Angels July 13 Foxfire July 22 How to Be Very, Very Popular The Night of the Hunter July 30 Mister Roberts Pete Kelly's Blues Dates Unknown Not as a Stranger It Came From Beneath the Sea August 1955 August 3 To Catch a Thief August 5 Journey to the Beginning of Time The King's Thief August 14 Half Human (Japan) August 17 To Hell and Back August 25 You're Never Too Young August 26 The Quatermass Xperiment September 1955 September 22 The Tall Men September 30 The Trouble with Harry October–December October 1955 October 7 Trial October 11 Oklahoma! October 19 The Treasure of Pancho Villa October 29 Rebel Without a Cause November 1955 November 3 Guys and Dolls November 7 Artists and Models November 23 The Adventures of Quentin Durward December 1955 December 7 Picnic The Last Frontier December 12 The Rose Tattoo December 13 Richard III December 15 The Man with the Golden Arm December 22 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Tarantula! December 25 All That Heaven Allows I'll Cry Tomorrow Date unknown Day the World Ended The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues Top ten money making stars RankActor/Actress1.James Stewart2.Grace Kelly3.John Wayne4.William Holden5.Gary Cooper6.Marilyn Monroe7. (tie)Dean MartinJerry Lewis8.Marlon Brando9.Humphrey Bogart10.Clark Gable Notable films released in 1955 United States unless stated # 5 Against the House, starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith A Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, featuring an appearance by Mack Sennett Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Above Us the Waves, starring John Mills – (GB) The Adventures of Quentin Durward, starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall Ain't Misbehavin', starring Piper Laurie, Rory Calhoun, Mamie Van Doren All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson The Americano, starring Glenn Ford Le Amiche (The Girlfriend), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy) Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) – (Czechoslovakia) Apache Ambush, starring Richard Jaeckel Artists and Models, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine Azaad, starring Dilip Kumar – (India) B Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan Battle Cry, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Anne Francis The Beast with a Million Eyes Bedevilled, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest The Big Combo, starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace The Big Knife, starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley Blood Alley, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall A Bullet for Joey, starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft C Captain Lightfoot, starring Rock Hudson Carrington V.C., starring David Niven – (GB) Cast a Dark Shadow, starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB) Chief Crazy Horse, starring Victor Mature Cinerama Holiday Ciske de Rat (aka A Child Needs Love) – (Netherlands) The Cobweb, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish The Cockleshell Heroes, directed by and starring José Ferrer, with Trevor Howard – (GB) The Colditz Story, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills and Eric Portman – (GB) Confession, directed by Ken Hughes, starring Sydney Chaplin – (GB) The Constant Husband, starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall – (GB) Count Three and Pray, starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward and Raymond Burr The Counterfeit Coin (el Istoria mias kalpikis liras) – (Greece) The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery El Coyote Crashout, starring Arthur Kennedy and William Bendix The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico) D Daddy Long Legs, starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron The Dam Busters, starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, with an early role by Robert Shaw – (GB) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem – (Spain) The Deep Blue Sea, starring Vivien Leigh – (GB) The Desperate Hours, starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March Devdas, based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen – (India) Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret – (France) Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden) E East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey The Enchanted Boy (Zakoldovanyy malchik) – (USSR) Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico) F The Far Horizons, starring Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale The Fast and the Furious, starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone Female on the Beach, starring Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) – (Norway) Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) – (Japan) Footsteps in the Fog, starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons – (GB) Foxfire, starring Jane Russell Francis in the Navy, starring Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer, with Clint Eastwood in an early role G Galapagos, a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl – (Norway) A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland) The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger – (U.S.) The Girl Rush, starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (Japan) Good Morning, Miss Dove, starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack The Good Soldier Schweik, animation directed by Jiří Trnka – (Czechoslovakia) Guys and Dolls, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine H Hell on Frisco Bay, starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson Hell's Island, starring John Payne and Mary Murphy Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) – (Bulgaria/USSR) The Hidden One (La Escondida), starring Pedro Armendáriz – (Mexico) Hit the Deck, directed by Roy Rowland, starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Vic Damone House of Bamboo, starring Robert Ryan How to Be Very, Very Popular, starring Betty Grable in her final film role I I Am a Camera, starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey – (GB) I Died a Thousand Times, starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by Akira Kurosawa – (Japan) I'll Cry Tomorrow, starring Susan Hayward Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield Interrupted Melody, starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford It Came from Beneath the Sea, starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki – (Austria) It's Always Fair Weather, starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse J Jedda, directed by Charles Chauvel – (Australia) John and Julie, starring Moira Lister and Sid James – (GB) Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) – (Czechoslovakia) Jupiter's Darling, directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel K Kanyasulkam, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India) The Kentuckian, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, featuring film debut of Walter Matthau Killer's Kiss, directed by Stanley Kubrick The King's Thief, starring Ann Blyth and David Niven Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer L Lady and the Tramp, an animated Disney musical featuring voice of Peggy Lee Lady Godiva of Coventry, starring Maureen O'Hara The Ladykillers, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers – (GB) Land of the Pharaohs, starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins The Last Frontier, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by G. W. Pabst – (Austria/West Germany) The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney Little Red Monkey, directed by Ken Hughes – (Britain) Lola Montès, directed by Max Ophüls – (France) The Long Gray Line, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones Love Me or Leave Me, starring Doris Day and James Cagney Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) – (Argentina) Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring Jane Wyman M Magdana's Donkey, directed by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze – (Georgia) Magic Fire, starring Alan Badel Mambo, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters – (U.S./Italy) A Man Alone, directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy The Man from Laramie, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart The Man Who Loved Redheads, starring Moira Shearer – (GB) The Man with the Golden Arm, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang Man with the Gun, starring Robert Mitchum Man Without a Star, starring Kirk Douglas and William Campbell Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton, Jerry Paris The McConnell Story, starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (Romania) Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (Spain) Missamma, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India) Mister Roberts, co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon Moonfleet, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood Mr. & Mrs. '55, starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala – (India) Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/Spain/Switzerland) My Sister Eileen, starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett N New York Confidential, starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft Night and Fog, a documentary directed by Alain Resnais – (France) The Night My Number Came Up, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB) The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves Not as a Stranger, starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney Jr. O Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother), directed by Ali Joego, debuting Aminah Cendrakasih – (Indonesia) Oklahoma! (first film shot in widescreen process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (Denmark) Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring Omar Sharif – (Egypt) Out of the Clouds, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty – (U.K.) P Passage Home, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento – (U.K.) Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India) Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee The Phenix City Story, starring Richard Kiley, John McIntire, John Larch, James Edwards, Edward Andrews Picnic, directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) – (Japan) The Prisoner, directed by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins – (GB) The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston The Prodigal, starring Lana Turner Q The Quatermass Xperiment – (GB) Queen Bee, starring Joan Crawford R The Racers, starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) – (Spain) Die Ratten (The Rats), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award Rage at Dawn, starring Randolph Scott The Rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring Arturo de Córdova – (Spain) Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud – (GB) Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin – (France) A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (Greece) Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova – (USSR) Roots (Raíces) – (Mexico) The Rose Tattoo, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster Run for Cover, starring James Cagney, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine S Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (Japan) Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren – (Italy) The Scarlet Coat, starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis The Sea Chase, starring John Wayne and Lana Turner Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (Belgium) Seema, starring Nutan – (India) Seven Angry Men, starring Raymond Massey The Seven Little Foys, starring Bob Hope, featuring James Cagney reprising role of George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell Shree 420, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, with Nargis – (India) The Shrike, directed by and starring José Ferrer The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica – (Italy) Simba, starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB) Sissi, starring Romy Schneider – (Austria) Six Bridges to Cross, starring Tony Curtis Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden) Son of Sinbad So This Is Paris, starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven The Spoilers, starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart Stella, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri – (Greece) Storm Over the Nile, starring Anthony Steel and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.) Summertime, directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin – (Britain/U.S.) The Swindle (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford – (Italy) T Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan) Tall Man Riding, starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone The Tall Men, starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan Tarantula, directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, with Clint Eastwood in a bit part The Tender Trap, starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm That Lady, starring Olivia de Havilland – (GB/Spain) This Island Earth, directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson Three for the Show, starring Betty Grable Tight Spot, starring Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly To Hell and Back, starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen The Treasure of Pancho Villa, starring Rory Calhoun and Shelley Winters Trial, starring Glenn Ford The Trouble with Harry, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine U Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) – (Finland) Unchained, starring Barbara Hale Underwater!, starring Jane Russell Untamed, starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward V The Violent Men, starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith Violent Saturday, starring Victor Mature, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin The Virgin Queen, starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins W We're No Angels, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Basil Rathbone White Feather, starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget Wichita, starring Joel McCrea The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) – (Italy) Women's Prison, starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter Y You're Never Too Young, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Serials The Adventures of Captain Africa King of the Carnival Panther Girl of the Kongo Short film series Looney Tunes (1930–1969) Terrytoons (1930–1964) Merrie Melodies (1931–1969) Popeye (1933–1957) Donald Duck (1934–1956) The Three Stooges (1934–1959) Tom and Jerry (1940–1958) Bugs Bunny (1940–1964) Mighty Mouse (1942–1955) Chip 'n' Dale (1943–1956) Droopy (1943–1958) Yosemite Sam (1945–1963) Ranger Don (1953–1956) Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968) Cartoon: Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM) The Legend of Rockabye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International) No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) One-Reel: Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.) Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films) Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount) Two-Reel: The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM) The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.) On The Twelfth Day...(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates) Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.) Births January 1 - Nicholas Farrell, English actor January 4 – Sergei Kolesnikov, Soviet-Russian actor (d. 2023) January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor January 8 – Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress January 9 – J. K. Simmons, American actor January 15 – Sam Mercer, American producer (d. 2024) January 16 – Steven Weisberg, American editor (d. 2023) January 18 – Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director January 19 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American actor and stand-up comedian January 20 – Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011) January 22 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor January 26 - Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor (d. 2025) January 28 – Lorenzo Caccialanza, American actor February 2 - Michael Talbott, American actor February 5 – Kenji Ohba, Japanese actor February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017) February 8 – Ethan Phillips, American actor February 9 Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian Charles Shaughnessy, British actor February 14 – James Eckhouse, American actor February 15 – Christopher McDonald, American actor February 17 Ellie Haddington, Scottish actress Shun Sugata, Japanese actor February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor February 21 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian February 27 - Rene Kirby, American actor (d. 2025) February 28 Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor (d. 2022) Robin B. Smith, South African actor March 2 – William Hope, Canadian actor March 3 – Riina Hein, Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter March 6 Larry Cedar, American actor James Saito, Japanese-American actor Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015) March 7 - Anupam Kher, Indian actor, director and producer March 9 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress March 13 – Glenne Headley, American actress (d. 2017) March 16 – Kuh Ledesma, Filipino actress and singer March 17 Mark Boone Junior, American character actor Gary Sinise, American actor, producer and director March 19 – Bruce Willis, American actor March 22 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress March 26 - Paul Lazar, American actor March 28 – Reba McEntire, American country singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer March 29 Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and film director Christopher Lawford, American actor (d. 2018) Marina Sirtis, American-English actress April 3 Tomas Arana, American actor Uri Gavriel, Israeli actor April 4 – Casey Biggs, American actor April 5 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2024) April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor April 8 – Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman April 17 - David Lowe, English actor and director April 23 – Judy Davis, Australian actress April 24 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor April 29 Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022) Kate Mulgrew, American actress April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian screenwriter May 1 – Eric Goldberg, American animator, voice actor, director and producer May 5 – Lisa Jane Persky, American actress May 8 – Raoul Trujillo, American actor May 9 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991) May 10 – Larry "Flash" Jenkins, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2019) May 13 – María Cecilia Botero, Colombian actress and television presenter May 15 Martha Gehman, American actress Lee Horsley, American actor May 16 – Debra Winger, American actress May 17 Francesco Nuti, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2023) Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017) May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor May 23 Kario Salem, American actor and screenwriter Kristin Rudrüd, American actress May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and director May 31 Susie Essman, American actress Julio Oscar Mechoso, American actor (d. 2017) June 2 Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian Vickilyn Reynolds, American actress and singer June 6 Sandra Bernhard, American actress, comedian and singer Cheryl Smith, American actress and musician (d. 2002) June 7 – William Forsythe, American actor June 8 Griffin Dunne, American actor and director Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer June 14 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, broadcaster, actor and writer (d. 2023) June 15 Polly Draper, American actress, writer, producer and director Julie Hagerty, American actress Andy Tennant, American screenwriter, director and actor June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress June 21 - David Marshall Grant, American actor, singer and writer June 25 – Michael McShane, American actor, singer and improvisational comedian June 26 – Gedde Watanabe, American actor and comedian June 27 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress July 2 – Andrew Divoff, American actor and producer July 3 Bruce Altman, American actor Jesse Corti, American actor Vince Martin, Dutch-Australian actor, editor, director and musician July 7 – Rolf Saxon, American actor and voiceover artist July 8 – Lena Endre, Swedish actress July 9 Lisa Banes, American actress (d. 2021) Jimmy Smits, American actor July 13 – Lance E. Nichols, American actor July 21 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director (d. 2026) July 22 – Willem Dafoe, American actor July 25 – Iman, Somali-American model and actress July 27 – Roger Guenveur Smith, American actor, director and writer July 28 Maria Vacratsis, Canadian actress Dey Young, American actress July 29 - Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director and screenwriter August 3 – Corey Burton, American voice actor August 4 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter August 7 – Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian August 13 – Paul Greengrass, British director, producer and screenwriter August 15 - Neena Kulkarni, Indian actress August 19 – Peter Gallagher, American actor August 20 – Jay Acovone, American actor August 22 – Gordon Liu, Chinese actor and martial artist August 24 – Kevin Dunn, American actor August 27 Nichola McAuliffe, English actress and writer Diana Scarwid, American actress September 1 - Billy Blanks, American actor and martial artist September 3 - Annie McEnroe, American actress September 9 – Edward Hibbert, American-born British actor September 10 – Giannina Facio, Costa Rican actress September 12 – Peter Scolari, American actor (d. 2021) September 17 Antoni Corone, American actor and producer Charles Martinet, American actor and voice actor September 20 Betsy Brantley, American actress David Haig, British actor and playwright September 21 – Rick Aiello, American actor (d. 2021) September 26 – Mark Nelson, American actor and director October 3 - Tommy Wiseau, American actor and director October 5 - Ángela Molina, Spanish actress October 10 - Hippolyte Girardot, French actor, director and screenwriter October 17 – Sam Bottoms, American actor and producer (d. 2008) October 20 – Thomas Newman, American composer October 21 Paul Greco, American actor and musician (d. 2008) Catherine Hardwicke, American director and screenwriter October 22 – Bill Condon, American director and screenwriter October 27 – Michael Shamus Wiles, American character actor November 5 – Nestor Serrano, American actor November 9 Karen Dotrice, British actress Thomas F. Duffy, American actor November 10 Roland Emmerich, German director, screenwriter and producer Clare Higgins, English actress November 11 - Stephen Lee, American actor (d. 2014) November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian November 15 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor November 23 – Peter Douglas, American actor and producer November 25 – Bruce Hopkins, New Zealand actor November 27 – Bill Nye, American television presenter November 30 Kevin Conroy, American actor (d. 2022) Malgorzata Gebel, Polish actress December 2 – Dennis Christopher, American actor December 3 Melody Anderson, Canadian actress Steven Culp, American actor December 6 – Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer December 8 – Kevin McNulty, Canadian actor December 9 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, Japanese actor (d. 2022) December 11 – Donna Bullock, American actress December 16 – Xander Berkeley, American actor December 17 – Richard Young, American character actor, filmmaker and screenwriter December 21 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress December 24 Clarence Gilyard, American actor (d. 2022) Grand L. Bush, American former actor Deaths February 11 – Ona Munson, 51, American actress, Five Star Final, Gone with the Wind February 12 Tom Moore, 71, Irish-American actor, Forever Amber, Road House S. Z. Sakall, 72, Hungarian actor, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy April 7 – Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress, A Fool There Was, Cleopatra April 25 – Constance Collier, 77, British actress, Stage Door, Rope May 4 – Robert Kent, 46, American actor, Blonde Comet, The Phantom Rider May 13 – Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress, My Old Duchess, The Man in Black May 22 – Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, 63, American actor, Possessed, Idiot's Delight June 11 – Walter Hampden, 75, American actor, Sabrina, The Hunchback of Notre Dame July 31 – Robert Francis, 25, American actor, The Caine Mutiny, The Long Gray Line, airplane accident August 5 – Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress, Copacabana, The Gang's All Here August 6 – Janet Beecher, 70, American actress, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The Mark of Zorro August 10 – Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood?, The Women August 12 – Lynne Carver, 38, American actress, Everybody Sing, Young Dr. Kildare September 20 – Robert Riskin, 58, American screenwriter, It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Noel M. Smith, 60, American director, Secret Service of the Air, Cattle Town September 30 – James Dean, 24, American actor, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, automobile accident October 1 – Charles Christie, 73, Canadian pioneer film studio owner October 9 – Alice Joyce, 65, American actress, The Green Goddess, White Man October 19 – John Hodiak, 41, American actor, Lifeboat, A Bell for Adano, heart attack October 20 – Frank Darien, 79, American actor, The Grapes of Wrath, Under Fiesta Stars November 9 – Tom Powers, 65, American actor, Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia November 14 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter, The Best Years of Our Lives, Rebecca November 15 – Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director, The Oklahoma Kid, Knute Rockne, All American November 22 – Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of The Three Stooges, The Bank Dick, Pittsburgh November 27 – William Nigh, 74, American director, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Gay Cavalier December 5 – Paul Harvey, 73, American actor, April in Paris, Calamity Jane December 24 – Nana Bryant, 67, American actress, Public Enemies, Bathing Beauty Film Debuts Zofia Czerwińska – A Generation Lorella De Luca – Il Bidone Ed Devereaux – Little Red Monkey Sunil Dutt – Railway Platform Clint Eastwood – Revenge of the Creature Jamie Farr – Blackboard Jungle Shirley Anne Field – Simon and Laura Liz Fraser – Touch and Go Kathy Garver – The Night of the Hunter Dennis Hopper – Rebel Without a Cause Jill Ireland – No Love for Judy L. Q. Jones – Battle Cry Shirley Jones – Oklahoma! George Leech – The Ladykillers Len Lesser – Shack Out on 101 Tanya Lopert – Summertime Shirley MacLaine – The Trouble with Harry Lea Massari – Proibito Walter Matthau – The Kentuckian Jody McCrea – Lucy Gallant Patrick McGoohan – Passage Home Dick Miller – Apache Woman Sandra Milo – The Bachelor Vic Morrow – Blackboard Jungle Simon Oakland – The Desperate Hours Jerry Orbach – Marty Leslie Parrish – A Man Called Peter Oliver Reed – Value for Money Claude Rich – The Grand Maneuver Maximilian Schell – Children, Mother, and the General James Sikking – Five Guns West Lois Smith – East of Eden George Takei – Godzilla Raids Again Jean-Louis Trintignant – If All the Guys in the World Concha Velasco – The Moorish Queen Joanne Woodward – Count Three and Pray Notes n References External links List of 1955 films at IMDb List of 1955 deaths at IMDb List of 1955 births at IMDb Category:Film by year