1970 in film

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The year '''1970 in film''' involved some significant events.
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==Highest-grossing films (U.S.)==
{{see also|List of 1970 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1970 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1970
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $50,000,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
|''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $44,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $30,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
| $27,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
|''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $16,400,000<ref name="1970DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024137/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1970.shtml Top 20 Films of 1970 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Little Big Man (film)|Little Big Man]]''
| [[National General|National General Pictures]]
| $15,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]''
| 20th Century Fox/[[Toei Company|Toei]]
| $13,700,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $13,400,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
|''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]''
| Paramount
| $12,300,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[The Owl and the Pussycat (film)|The Owl and the Pussycat]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $11,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|}

==Events==
* January 9 – [[Larry Fine]], the second member of [[The Three Stooges]], suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career.
* February 11 – ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Ringo Starr]], premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including [[Badfinger]]'s "Come and Get It" (written and produced by [[Paul McCartney]]), is released on [[Apple Records]].
* March 12 – Film debut of [[Ornella Muti]] in ''[[La moglie più bella]]'' (The Most Beautiful Wife) 3 days after her 15th birthday.<ref name="IMDB">IMDB</ref>
* March 17 – The controversial film ''[[The Boys in the Band (1970 film)|The Boys in the Band]]'', directed by [[William Friedkin]] and based on [[Mart Crowley]]'s hit off-Broadway play, opens in theaters.
* July – [[Stanley R. Jaffe]] appointed as president of [[Paramount Pictures]], succeeding [[Charles Bludhorn]] who remained chairman and CEO.
* October 24 – [[Joan Crawford]]'s final film, the low-budget horror picture ''[[Trog]]'', opens in theaters.
* December 1 – ''[[Yousuf Khan Sher Bano]]'' is the first [[Pashto (language)|Pashto]] film released.
* December 14 – [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] film ''[[Up Your Legs Forever]]'' with 367 participants in New York City.<ref name="Badman2009">{{cite book|author=Keith Badman|title=The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDLhgzA930UC|date=28 October 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-001-4|page=49}}</ref>
* The [[IMAX]] motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at [[Expo '70]] in [[Osaka, Japan]].
* In [[Culver City, California]], [[MGM]] begins selling off its studio back lot property and movie props.

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[28th Golden Globe Awards]] February 5, 1971 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[24th British Academy Film Awards|24th BAFTA Awards]] March 4, 1971 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[43rd Academy Awards]] April 15, 1971
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
|-
| Best Film || ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]'' || ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="2" | [[Arthur Hiller]] ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || [[George Roy Hill]] ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || [[Franklin J. Schaffner]] ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[George C. Scott]] ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' || [[Albert Finney]] ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]'' || [[Robert Redford]] ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' ''[[Downhill Racer]]'' ''[[Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here]]'' || [[George C. Scott]] ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Ali MacGraw]] ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || [[Carrie Snodgress]] ''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]'' || [[Katharine Ross]] ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' ''[[Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here]]'' || [[Glenda Jackson]] ''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[John Mills]] ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]'' || [[Colin Welland]] ''[[Kes (film)|Kes]]'' || [[John Mills]] ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Karen Black]] ''[[Five Easy Pieces]]'' [[Maureen Stapleton]] ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]'' || [[Susannah York]] ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]'' || [[Helen Hayes]] ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Erich Segal]] ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[William Goldman]] ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' || [[Ring Lardner Jr.]] ''[[MASH (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Edmund H. North]] ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Francis Lai]] ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' || N/A || [[Francis Lai]] ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'' [[The Beatles]] ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "Whistling Away The Dark" ''[[Darling Lili]]'' || N/A || "[[For All We Know (1970 song)|For All We Know]]" ''[[Lovers and Other Strangers]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[Rider on the Rain]]'' || N/A || ''[[Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion]]''
|}

'''[[1970 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] (Palme d'Or):'''
:'''''[[MASH (film)|M*A*S*H]]''''', directed by [[Robert Altman]], United States

== 1970 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1970]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1970]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1970]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1970]]
* [[List of British films of 1970]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1970]]
* [[List of French films of 1970]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1970]]
* List of Indian films of 1970
** [[List of Hindi films of 1970]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1970]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1970]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1970]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1970]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1970]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1970]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1970]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1970]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1970]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1970]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1970]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1970|List of action films of 1970]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1970]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1970]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1970|List of comedy films of 1970]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1970|List of drama films of 1970]]
* [[List of horror films of 1970]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1970fc|List of science fiction films of 1970]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1970|List of thriller films of 1970]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1970]]

==Births==
* January 1
**Robert Barton, British actor
**[[Neal Huff]], American actor
**[[Gabriel Jarret]], American actor
* January 3 - [[Matt Ross (actor)|Matt Ross]], American actor
* January 4 - [[Josh Stamberg]], American actor
* January 7 - [[Doug E. Doug]], American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
* January 11 - [[Lisa Ann Hadley]], American actress
* January 17 - [[Genndy Tartakovsky]], Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor and storyboard artist
* January 19
**[[Essie Davis]], Australian actress and singer
**[[Kipp Marcus]], American actor, screenwriter and producer
* January 20
**[[Branka Katić]], Serbian actress
**[[Skeet Ulrich]], American actor
* January 21 - [[Ken Leung]], American actor
* January 22 - [[Dan Finnerty]], American actor and singer
* January 24 – [[Matthew Lillard]], American actor, voice actor, director and producer
* January 25 - [[Stephen Chbosky]], American director, screenwriter and author
* January 27 - [[Todd Louiso]], American actor and director
* January 29
**[[Dominic Coleman]], British actor
**[[Heather Graham]], American actress
* January 31 - [[Minnie Driver]], English actress
* February 3
**[[WC (rapper)|WC]], American rapper and actor
**[[Warwick Davis]], English actor
**[[Matt Winston]], American actor
* February 4
**[[Gabrielle Anwar]], British-American actress
**[[Jon Spaihts]], American screenwriter and voice actor
* February 8 - [[Stephanie Courtney]], American actress and comedian
* February 10 - [[Daniel Wyllie]], Australian actor
* February 14 - [[Simon Pegg]], English actor
* February 16 - [[Scott Yaphe]], Canadian actor and comedian
* February 17 - [[Dominic Purcell]], Australian actor
* February 18 - [[Susan Egan]], American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer
* February 23
**[[Marie-Josée Croze]], Canadian actress
**[[Niecy Nash]], American actress, comedian and television host
* February 24
**[[Monica Staggs]], American stuntwoman and actress
**[[Jonathan Ward (actor)|Jonathan Ward]], American retired actor
* February 25 - [[Heather Simms]], American actress
* February 28 - [[Tangi Miller]], American actress and director
* March 2 - [[Alexander Armstrong]], English actor, comedian, television personality, television presenter and singer
* March 3 - [[Julie Bowen]], American actress
* March 4
**[[Sergio Basáñez]], Mexican actor
**[[Will Keen]], English actor
**[[Angela V. Shelton]], American actress and comedian
* March 5 - [[Rimantė Valiukaitė]], Lithuanian actress
* March 6 - [[Dan Põldroos]], Estonian actor (d. 2007)
* March 7 - [[Rachel Weisz]], English actress
* March 8
**[[Meredith Scott Lynn]], American actress, producer and director
**[[Jed Rees]], Canadian actor
* March 12 - [[Troy Winbush]], American actor
* March 13 - [[Tim Story]], American filmmaker
* March 14 - [[Meredith Salenger]], American actress
* March 18 - [[Queen Latifah]], American actress and rapper
* March 20
**[[Linda Larkin]], American actress and voice actress
**[[Michael Rapaport]], American actor and comedian
* March 23 - [[Kate Jennings Grant]], American actress
* March 24
**[[Lara Flynn Boyle]], American actress and producer
**[[Robbie Gee]], British actor
**[[Taizo Harada]], Japanese actor and comedian
* March 27 - [[Elizabeth Mitchell]], American actress
* March 28
**[[Björn Freiberg]], German actor
**[[Vince Vaughn]], American actor, writer and producer
* March 30 - [[Leleti Khumalo]], South African actress
* March 31 - [[Damon Herriman]], Australian actor
* April 4 - [[Barry Pepper]], Canadian actor
* April 7 - [[Ivelin Giro]], Cuban-American actress
* April 12 - [[Retta]], American stand-up comedian and actress
* April 13 - [[Ricky Schroder]], American actor
* April 15 - [[Flex Alexander]], American actor and comedian
* April 20 - [[Shemar Moore]], American actor
* April 21
**[[Rob Riggle]], American actor, comedian, and marine
**[[Nicole Sullivan]], American actress, voice artist and comedian
* April 22 - [[Mireille Soria]], American producer
* April 25
**[[Jonathan Brugh]], New Zealand comedian, actor and musician
**[[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]], American actor, comedian, and professional skateboarder
* April 29
**[[Paweł Deląg]], Polish actor
**[[Uma Thurman]], American actress
* May 1 - [[Dave Willis]], American actor, writer, animator, producer, and voice actor
* May 2
**[[Golda Rosheuvel]], British actress and singer
**[[Matt Gerald]], American actor and screenwriter
* May 3 - [[Bobby Cannavale]], American actor
* May 4 - [[Will Arnett]], Canadian actor
* May 6 - [[Tristán Ulloa]], Spanish actor, writer and director
* May 9 - [[Helen Hill]], American animator (d. 2007)
* May 10 - [[Dallas Roberts]], American actor
* May 11 - [[Nicky Katt]], American actor (d. 2025)
* May 12
**[[Samantha Mathis]], American actress
**[[Larry Rickles]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
**[[Nae Yūki]], Japanese actress and singer
* May 16 - [[Chuti Tiu]], American actress
* May 18 - [[Tina Fey]], American comedian, screenwriter, producer, and actress
* May 19 - [[Jason Gray-Stanford]], Canadian actor
* May 20 - [[Sally Phillips]], English actress, television presenter and comedian
* May 21 - [[Seth Morris]], American actor, comedian and writer
* May 22
**[[Naomi Campbell]], English model and actress
**[[Ayberk Pekcan]], Turkish actor (d. 2022)
* May 23 - [[Nanette Burstein]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
* May 25
**[[Jamie Kennedy]], American actor, screenwriter, stand-up comedian and television producer
**[[Octavia Spencer]], American actress
* May 26 - [[John Hamburg]], American writer and director
* May 27 - [[Joseph Fiennes]], English actor
* May 28 - [[Glenn Quinn]], Irish actor (d. 2002)
* June 1 - [[Paula Malcomson]], North Irish actress
* June 4 - [[Izabella Scorupco]], Polish-Swedish actress and singer
* June 8 - [[Seu Jorge]], Brazilian musical artist, songwriter and actor
* June 15
**[[Justin Fletcher]], English comedian, children's television presenter
**[[Leah Remini]], American actress, author and activist
* June 16 - [[Clifton Collins Jr.]], American actor
* June 17 - [[Will Forte]], American actor and comedian
* June 22
**[[Richard Yearwood]], Canadian actor
**[[Michael Trucco]], American actor
* June 24 - [[Andres Raag]], Estonian actor
* June 26
**[[Paul Thomas Anderson]], American filmmaker
**[[Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes]], American actor and comedian
**[[Matt Letscher]], American actor and director
**[[Chris O'Donnell]], American actor
**[[Nick Offerman]], American actor, writer, comedian and producer
* June 28
**[[Rio Hackford]], American actor (d. 2022)
**[[Mike White (filmmaker)|Mike White]], American writer, actor and producer
* June 30 - [[Brian Bloom]], American actor and screenwriter
* July 2 - [[Scott Aukerman]], American writer, actor, comedian, director and producer
* July 3
**[[Audra McDonald]], American actress and singer
**[[Benedict Wong]], British actor
* July 4 - [[Lewis MacLeod (actor)|Lewis MacLeod]], Scottish actor and voice actor
* July 11- [[Justin Chambers]], American actor
* July 12 - [[Lee Byung-hun]], South Korean actor
* July 13 - [[Sharon Horgan]], Irish actress, writer, director, producer and comedian
* July 14
**[[Catherine Curtin]], American actress
**[[Mike McFarland]], American voice actor
**[[Nina Siemaszko]], American actress
* July 16 - [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]], Thai film director
* July 17 - [[Gary Gulman]], American stand-up comedian and actor
* July 22 - [[Jonathan Zaccaï]], Belgian actor, director and screenwriter
* July 23 - [[Charisma Carpenter]], American actress
* July 24 - [[Velibor Topić]], Bosnian-British actor
* July 27 - [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]], Danish actor and producer
* July 30 - [[Christopher Nolan]], English-American film director, producer and writer
* August 1 - [[Jennifer Gareis]], American actress
* August 2 - [[Kevin Smith]], American filmmaker, actor and comedian
* August 3 - [[Thierry Neuvic]], French actor
* August 4 - [[Ron Lester]], American actor (d. 2016)
* August 6 - [[M. Night Shyamalan]], American film director, writer, producer and actor
* August 9 - [[Thomas Lennon]], American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director
* August 15
**[[Anthony Anderson]], American actor
**[[Maddie Corman]], American actress
* August 16
**[[Saif Ali Khan]], Indian actor
**[[Kaili Närep]], Estonian actress
* August 17 - [[Rupert Degas]], British-Australian actor
* August 18 - [[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]], American actor (d. 2025)
* August 18 - [[Scott Waugh]], American director, producer and editor
* August 21 - [[Marc Evan Jackson]], American comedian and actor
* August 23
**[[Jay Mohr]], American actor and comedian
**[[River Phoenix]], American actor (d. [[1993 in film|1993]])
* August 25 - [[Claudia Schiffer]], German model and actress
* August 26 - [[Melissa McCarthy]], American actress, comedian and film producer
* August 29 - [[Alessandra Negrini]], Brazilian actress
* August 31 - [[Debbie Gibson]], American singer and actress
* September 2 - [[Jesse Burch]], American actor
* September 3 - [[Maria Bamford]], American stand-up comedian, actress and voice actress
* September 4 - [[Ione Skye]], British-born American actress
* September 5 - [[Johnny Vegas]], English comedian, actor, writer and director
* September 7
**[[Tom Everett Scott]], American actor
**[[Monique Gabriela Curnen]], American actress
**[[N'Bushe Wright]], American actress
* September 10 - [[Tim Plester]], British actor and filmmaker
* September 11 - [[Taraji P. Henson]], American actress
* September 12 - [[Pippa Grandison]], Australian actress and singer
* September 13 - [[Louise Lombard]], English actress
* September 16 - [[Knowl Johnson]], American actor
* September 18 - [[Gina Shay]], American producer
* September 19 - [[Victor Williams]], American actor
* September 22 - [[Rupert Penry-Jones]], British actor
* September 28 - [[David Wills (voice actor)|David Wills]], American voice actor
* September 29 - [[Emily Lloyd]], English actress
* September 30
**[[Tony Hale]], American actor
**[[Dragan Mićanović]], Serbian actor
* October 1 - [[Gerald Downey]], American actor
* October 2
**[[Catherine Kellner]], American character actress
**[[Kelly Ripa]], American actress and television host
**[[Maribel Verdú]], Spanish actress
* October 3 - [[Kirsten Nelson]], American actress and director
* October 5 - [[Josie Bissett]], American actress
* October 7 - [[Nicole Ari Parker]], American actress and model
* October 8
**[[Matt Damon]], American actor
**[[Anne-Marie Duff]], English actress and narrator
* October 9 - [[Jason Butler Harner]], American actor
* October 12
**[[Cody Cameron]], American voice actor and director
**[[Kirk Cameron]], American actor
**[[Cláudia Abreu]], Brazilian actress
* October 15
**[[Noel Gugliemi]], American actor
**[[Zak Orth]], American actor
* October 17 - [[J. C. MacKenzie]], Canadian actor
* October 18 - [[Mike Mitchell (director)|Mike Mitchell]], American director, writer, producer, actor and animator
* October 19 - [[Chris Kattan]], American actor and comedian
* October 21 - [[Autumn de Wilde]], American photographer and film director
* October 22 - [[Amy Redford]], American actress, director and producer
* October 24 - [[Raul Esparza]], American actor
* October 25
**[[Adam Goldberg]], American character actor, filmmaker and musician
**[[Adam Pascal]], American actor, singer and musician
* October 26 - [[Lisa Ryder]], Canadian actress
* October 28 - [[Greg Eagles]], American actor, producer and writer
* October 29 - [[Michael Daingerfield]], Canadian actor
* October 30 - [[Nia Long]], American actress
* October 31
**[[Rob Letterman]], American director and screenwriter
**[[Nolan North]], American actor and voice actor
* November 1 - [[Merle Palmiste]], Estonian actress
* November 6 - [[Ethan Hawke]], American actor
* November 7 - [[Morgan Spurlock]], American filmmaker and screenwriter (d. 2024)
* November 10 - [[Vince Vieluf]], American actor
* November 12
**[[Aitor Iturrioz]], Mexican actor
**[[Michael Greco (actor)|Michael Greco]], British actor
**[[Craig Parker]], New Zealand actor
* November 13 - [[José María Yazpik]], Mexican actor
* November 15 - [[Danny Sapani]], British actor
* November 16 - [[Martha Plimpton]], American actress
* November 18
**[[Mike Epps]], American stand-up comedian, producer and actor
**[[Peta Wilson]], Australian actress and model
* November 20 - [[Melissa Disney]], American voice actress and writer
* November 22 - [[Joe Son]], South Korean-born American former actor
* November 23
**[[Oded Fehr]], Israeli actor
**[[Danny Hoch]], American actor, writer and director
* November 24 - [[Madis Milling]], Estonian actor and presenter (d. 2022)
* November 27 - [[Brooke Langton]], American actress
* November 29 - [[Larry Joe Campbell]], American actor and comedian
* November 30 - [[Perrey Reeves]], American actress
* December 1
**[[Jouko Ahola]], Finnish powerlifter and actor
**[[Sarah Silverman]], American stand-up comedian, actress, singer and writer
* December 2 - [[Joe Lo Truglio]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* December 4 - [[Kevin Sussman]], American actor and comedian
* December 5 - [[Adam Levy (actor)|Adam Levy]], British actor
* December 12
**[[Jennifer Connelly]], American actress
**[[Regina Hall]], American actress
* December 13 - [[Bart Johnson]], American actor
* December 17 - [[Sean Patrick Thomas]], American actor
* December 18
**[[Gero Camilo]], Brazilian actor and singer-songwriter
**[[Victoria Pratt]], Canadian actress and model
* December 20
**[[Nicole de Boer]], Canadian actress
**[[Todd Phillips]], American director, producer and screenwriter
* December 23 - [[Anatole Taubman]], Swiss actor
* December 24 - [[Amaury Nolasco]], Puerto Rican actor and producer
* December 25 - [[Andy Fickman]], American filmmaker
* December 28 - [[Elaine Hendrix]], American actress

==Deaths==
* January 7 - [[Jack Natteford]], 75, American screenwriter, ''[[1,000 Dollars a Minute]]'', ''[[Black Bart (1948 film)|Black Bart]]''
* January 19 - [[Hal March]], 49, American actor, ''[[Hear Me Good]]'', ''[[Send Me No Flowers]]''
* January 23 - [[Nell Shipman]], 77, Canadian actress, writer, producer, ''[[Back to God's Country (1919 film)|Back to God's Country]]'', ''[[The Grub-Stake]]''
* January 25 - [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], 68, Japanese film director and special effects designer, ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]''
* January 27 - [[Rocco D'Assunta]], 65, Italian actor, comedian and playwright
* February 6 - [[Roscoe Karns]], 76, American actor, ''[[It Happened One Night]]'', ''[[Alibi Ike]]''
* February 19 - [[Jules Munshin]], 54, American actor, ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'', ''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]''
* February 24 - [[Conrad Nagel]], 72, American actor, ''[[All That Heaven Allows]]'', ''[[The Divorcee]]''
* March 4 - [[Peter Godfrey (director)|Peter Godfrey]], 70, British director, ''[[Christmas in Connecticut]]'', ''[[The Two Mrs. Carrolls]]''
* March 6 - [[William Hopper]], 55, American actor, ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'', ''[[Track of the Cat (film)|Track of the Cat]]''
* March 23 - [[Del Lord]], 75, Canadian pioneer Hollywood director, ''[[A Plumbing We Will Go]]'', ''[[All the World's a Stooge]]''
* March 25 - [[Virginia Van Upp]], 68, American producer and screenwriter, ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'', ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]''
* March 26 - [[Patricia Ellis]], 51, American actress, ''[[A Night at the Ritz]]'', ''[[Rhythm in the Clouds]]''
* April 9 - [[Cobina Wright]], 82, American singer and actress, ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'', ''[[Footlight Serenade]]''
* April 11 - [[Cathy O'Donnell]], 46, American actress, ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''
* April 18
**[[Gay Seabrook]], 69, American actress, ''[[Bedtime Worries]]'', ''[[Wild Poses]]''
**[[Glenn Tryon]], 71, American actor and director, ''[[Lonesome (1928 film)|Lonesome]]'', ''[[Miss Mink of 1949]]''
* April 19 - [[George Blair (director)|George Blair]], 64, American director, ''[[Duke of Chicago]]'', ''[[Streets of San Francisco (film)|Streets of San Francisco]]''
* April 21 - [[Jose Corazon de Jesus Jr.]], 45, Filipino actor, ''Garrison 13'', ''Higit Sa Lahat''
* April 25 - [[Anita Louise]], 55, American actress, ''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'', ''[[The Story of Louis Pasteur]]''
* April 26 - [[Gypsy Rose Lee]], 59, [[American burlesque]] performer and actress, ''[[Screaming Mimi (film)|Screaming Mimi]]'', ''[[Belle of the Yukon]]''
* April 28 - [[Ed Begley]], 69, American actor, ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]'', ''[[Patterns (film)|Patterns]]''
* April 30 - [[Inger Stevens]], 35, Swedish actress, ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'', ''[[A Guide for the Married Man]]''
* May 10 - [[Mari Blanchard]], 43, American actress, ''[[Destry (film)|Destry]]'', ''[[She Devil (1957 film)|She-Devil]]''
* May 14 - [[Billie Burke]], 85, American actress, ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Father's Little Dividend]]''
* May 17 - [[Nigel Balchin]], 61, British screenwriter, ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]'', ''[[23 Paces to Baker Street]]''
* May 21 - [[Vinton Hayworth]], 63, American actor, playwright, screenwriter, ''[[Danger on Wheels]], [[Enemy Agent]]''
* May 22 - [[Mahmoud Zulfikar]], 56, Egyptian director, screenwriter, ''[[Aghla Min Hayati]], [[Soft Hands (film)|Soft Hands]]''
* May 23 - [[Nydia Westman]], 68, American actress, ''[[Ladies Should Listen]]'', ''[[Dressed to Thrill]]''
* June 4 - [[Sonny Tufts]], 58, American actor, ''[[The Virginian (1946 film)|The Virginian]]'', ''[[Government Girl]]''
* June 11 - [[Frank Silvera]], 55, Jamaican actor, ''[[Viva Zapata!]]'', ''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]]''
* June 14 - [[William Daniels (cinematographer)|William Daniels]], 68, American cinematographer, ''[[Camille (1936 film)|Camille]]'', ''[[Ninotchka]]''
* July 6 - [[Marjorie Rambeau]], 80, American actress, ''[[A Man Called Peter]]'', ''[[Tobacco Road (film)|Tobacco Road]]''
* July 9 - [[Sigrid Holmquist]], 71, Swedish actress, ''[[Just Around the Corner (1921 film)|Just Around the Corner]]'', ''[[Meddling Women ]]''
* July 11 - [[Andreas Malandrinos]], 81, Greek actor
* July 14 - [[Preston Foster]], 69, American actor, ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]'', ''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''
* July 22 - [[Fritz Kortner]], 78, German director, ''[[Pandora's Box (1929 film)|Pandora's Box]]'', ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]''
* July 26 - [[Claud Allister]], 81, English actor, ''[[Lady Luck (1936 film)|Lady Luck]]'', ''[[The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929 film)|The Trial of Mary Dugan]]''
* August 1 - [[Frances Farmer]], 56, American actress, ''[[Come and Get It (1936 film)|Come and Get It]]'', ''[[The Toast of New York]]''
* September 3 - [[Vasil Gendov]], 78, Bulgarian film director, actor and screenwriter, ''[[Bulgaran is Gallant]]''
* September 11 - [[Chester Morris]], 69, American actor, ''[[Meet Boston Blackie]]'', ''[[Five Came Back]]''
* September 18 - [[Jimi Hendrix]], 27, American musician, ''[[Almost Famous]]'', ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''
* September 29 - [[Edward Everett Horton]], 84, American actor, ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (film)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'', ''[[Top Hat (film)|Top Hat]]''
* October 2 - [[Grethe Weiser]], 67, German actress, ''[[My Friend Barbara]]'', ''[[Lemke's Widow (1957 film)|Lemke's Widow]]''
* October 4 - [[Janis Joplin]], 27, American singer, ''[[Watchmen (2009 film)|Watchmen]]'', ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]''
* October 17 - [[Vola Vale]], 73, American actress, ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
* October 20 - [[Patrick Wymark]], 44, British actor, ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'', ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]''
* October 21 - [[Ernest Haller]], 74, American cinematographer, ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''
* November 2 - [[Fernand Gravey]], 64, French actor, ''[[The King and the Chorus Girl]]'', ''[[The Great Waltz (1938 film)|The Great Waltz]]''
* November 17 - [[Naunton Wayne]], 69, British actor, ''[[Crook's Tour]]'', ''[[Dead of Night]]''
* November 25 - [[Louise Glaum]], 82, American actress, ''[[Greater Than Love]]'', ''[[Sex (1920 film)|Sex]]''
* December 2 - [[Pat Flaherty (actor)|Pat Flaherty]], 73, American actor, ''[[Convict's Code]]'', ''[[The Cobra Strikes (1948 film)|The Cobra Strikes]]''
* December 12
**[[Carolyn Craig]], 36, American actress, ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]'', ''[[Portland Exposé]]''
**[[George Terwilliger]], 88, American director and screenwriter, ''[[The Fatal Hour (1920 film)|The Fatal Hour]]'', ''[[Bride's Play]]''
* December 23 - [[Charles Ruggles]], 84, American actor, ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''
* December 30 - [[Lenore Ulric]], 78, American actress, ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'', ''[[Camille (1936 film)|Camille]]''
* December 31 - [[Suzanne Dalbert]], 43, French actress, ''[[Mark of the Gorilla]]'', ''[[The 49th Man]]''

== Film debuts ==
{{Column list|
*[[Isabelle Adjani]] – ''Le Petit bougnat''
*[[Jane Alexander]] – ''[[The Great White Hope (film)|The Great White Hope]]''
*[[Carmen Argenziano]] – ''[[Cover Me Babe]]''
*[[Linda Blair]] – ''[[The Way We Live Now (film)|The Way We Live Now]]''
*[[Dennis Christopher]] – ''Didn't You Hear?''
*[[Frances de la Tour]] – ''[[Every Home Should Have One]]''
*[[Danny DeVito]] – ''[[Dreams of Glass]]''
*[[George DiCenzo]] – ''[[House of Dark Shadows]]''
*[[Robert Downey Jr.]] – ''[[Pound (film)|Pound]]''
*[[Alice Drummond]] – ''[[Where's Poppa?]]''
*[[Shelley Duvall]] – ''[[Brewster McCloud]]''
*[[Jayne Eastwood]] – ''[[Goin' Down the Road]]''
*[[Erik Estrada]] – ''[[The Cross and the Switchblade (film)|The Cross and the Switchblade]]''
*[[George Buck Flower]] – ''Norma''
*[[Scott Glenn]] – ''[[The Baby Maker]]''
*[[Pam Grier]] – ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]''
*[[Philip Baker Hall]] – ''[[Cowards (1970 film)|Cowards]]''
*[[Dan Hedaya]] – ''[[Myra Breckinridge (film)|Myra Breckinridge]]''
*[[Ken Howard]] – ''[[Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon]]''
*[[Peter Jason]] – ''[[Rio Lobo]]''
*[[Don Johnson]] – ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]''
*[[Jeffrey Jones]] – ''[[The Revolutionary (1970 film)|The Revolutionary]]''
*[[Tommy Lee Jones]] – ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]''
*[[Diane Keaton]] – ''[[Lovers and Other Strangers]]''
*[[Frank Langella]] – ''[[Diary of a Mad Housewife]]''
*[[Darrell Larson]] – ''[[The Student Nurses]]''
*[[Michael Lerner (actor)|Michael Lerner]] – ''[[Alex in Wonderland]]''
*[[Stephen McHattie]] – ''[[The People Next Door (1970 film)|The People Next Door]]''
*[[Anne Meara]] – ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]''
*[[Garrett Morris]] – ''Where's Poppa?''
*[[Ornella Muti]] – ''[[The Most Beautiful Wife]]''
*[[Stephen Rea]] – ''[[Cry of the Banshee]]''
*[[Susan Sarandon]] – ''[[Joe (1970 film)|Joe]]''
*[[John Schuck]] – ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
*[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] – ''[[Hercules in New York]]''
*[[Tom Selleck]] – ''Myra Breckinridge''
*[[Pepe Serna]] – ''The Student Nurses''
*[[Sam Shepard]] – ''Brand X''
*[[Sab Shimono]] – ''[[Loving (1970 film)|Loving]]''
*[[Paul Sorvino]] – ''Where's Poppa?''
*[[Jerry Stiller]] – ''Lovers and Other Strangers''
*[[Fred Williamson]] – ''M*A*S*H''
*[[Burt Young]] – ''Carnival of Blood''
*[[Harris Yulin]] – ''[[End of the Road (1970 film)|End of the Road]]''
}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1970-01-01,1970-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1970 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1970-01-01,1970-12-31&adult=include List of 1970 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1970-01-01,1970-12-31&adult=include List of 1970 births] at [[IMDb]]

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