1935 in film

• February 22 – The Little Colonel premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring a famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple
• February 23 – Gene Autry stars as himself as the Singing Cowboy in the serial The Phantom Empire. He would later be voted the number one Western star from 1937 to 1942.
• February 27 – Seven-year-old Shirley Temple wins the first special Academy Juvenile Award.
• March
  • The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment is started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.^[1]
  • The Moscow International Film Festival is held for the first time.^[2] The jury is chaired by Sergei Eisenstein, and first prize is awarded to The Youth of Maxim^[3]
• May 31 – Fox Film and Twentieth Century Pictures merge to form 20th Century Fox.
• June 13 – Following the merger of six smaller independent film companies including Monogram Pictures, Mascot Pictures, Liberty Pictures and Majestic Pictures, Herbert J. Yates completed the formation of Republic Pictures.
• August 15 – Will Rogers who the previous year was voted the Top Money Making Star dies in a plane crash.
• August 25 – William Boyd appears in his first of 66 films as Hopalong Cassidy in Hop-Along Cassidy.
• September – Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
• September 5 – Gene Autry appears in his first film for the newly formed Republic Pictures – Tumbling Tumbleweeds, named after his second million-selling record.
• October 12 – Studio Misr is founded in Egypt, sponsored by the country's first national bank.^[4]
• November 30 – The British-made film Scrooge, the first all-talking film version of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, opens in the U.S. after its U.K. release on November 26. Seymour Hicks plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a role he has played onstage hundreds of times. The film is criticized by some for not showing all of the ghosts physically, and quickly fades into obscurity. Widespread interest does not surface until the film is shown on television in the 1980s, in very shabby-looking prints. It is eventually restored on DVD.

The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called "Oscars".

Most nominations: Mutiny on the Bounty (MGM) – 8

Major Awards

• Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Best Director: John Ford – The Informer
• Best Actor: Victor McLaglen – The Informer
• Best Actress: Bette Davis – Dangerous

Most Awards: The Informer (RKO) – 4 (Actor, Director, Adaptation, Scoring)

The top ten 1935 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in Quigley Publishing Company's annual poll.^[11]

See also: United States unless stated.

United States unless stated.

• The Adventures of Rex and Rinty, starring Rex the Wonder Horse and Rin Tin Tin
• The Call of the Savage, directed by Lew Landers
• The Fighting Marines
• The Lost City
• The Miracle Rider, starring Tom Mix
• The New Adventures of Tarzan, starring Herman Brix
• The Phantom Empire, starring Gene Autry
• Queen of the Jungle, directed by Robert F. Hill
• The Roaring West
• Rustlers of Red Dog, directed by Lew Landers
• Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery

• Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
• Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
• Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
• Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945)
  • Thicker than Water
• Our Gang (1922–1944)
• Harry Langdon (1924–1936)
• Wheeler and Woolsey (1929–1937)
• Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)

• Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
• Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
• Screen Songs (1929–1938)
• Silly Symphonies (1929–1939)
  • The Tortoise and the Hare
  • The Golden Touch
  • The Robber Kitten
  • Water Babies
  • The Cookie Carnival
  • Who Killed Cock Robin?
  • Music Land
  • Three Orphan Kittens
  • Cock o' the Walk
  • Broken Toys
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Terrytoons (1930–1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Scrappy (1931–1941)
• Betty Boop (1932–1939)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• ComiColor Cartoons (1933–1936)
• Happy Harmonies (1934–1938)
• Cartune Classics (1934–1935)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
• Rainbow Parades (1935–1936)

• January 2 – John Considine, American writer and actor
• January 5 – Gerald R. Molen, American producer and actor
• January 6 – Nino Tempo, American musician, singer and actor (died 2025)
• January 8 – Elvis Presley, American pop singer, musician and actor (died 1977)
• January 9 – Bob Denver, American comic actor (died 2005)
• January 22 – Seymour Cassel, American actor (died 2019)
• January 28 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor (died 2024)
• January 30 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (died 2017)
• February 3 – Jeremy Kemp, English actor (died 2019)
• February 16
  • Brian Bedford, English actor (died 2016)
  • Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1998)
• February 17 – Christina Pickles, British-American actress
• February 25 – Sally Jessy Raphael, American former tabloid talk show host
• February 26
  • Stephen Pearlman, American actor (died 1998)
  • Jane Wagner, American writer, director and producer
• March 1 – Robert Conrad, American actor, singer and stuntman (died 2020)
• March 11 – Nancy Kovack, American retired actress
• March 15 – Judd Hirsch, American actor
• March 18
  • Oumarou Ganda, Nigerian director and actor (died 1981)
  • Leslie Parrish, American actress, writer and producer
• March 19 – Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American actor (died 2022)
• March 22 – M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor and comedian (died 2024)
• March 24 – Mary Berry, English television presenter
• March 27 – Julian Glover, English actor
• March 31 – Rolf Becker, German actor (died 2025)
• April 4 – Kenneth Mars, American actor and voice actor (died 2011)^[12]
• April 5 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (died 1996)
• April 9
  • Motomu Kiyokawa, Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022)
  • Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (died 2002)
• April 10 – Álvaro de Luna, Spanish actor (died 2018)
• April 16
  • Al Israel, American actor (died 2011)
  • Bobby Vinton, American singer, songwriter and actor
• April 19 – Dudley Moore, English-born comic actor and musician (died 2002)^[13]
• April 20 – Mario Camus, Spanish director (died 2021)^[14]
• April 21 – Charles Grodin, American actor (died 2021)^[15]
• April 22 - Mario Machado, Chinese-American actor and broadcaster (died 2013)
• April 23 - Franco Citti, Italian actor (died 2016)
• April 27
  • Theo Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer (died 2012)^[16]
  • Nikki van der Zyl, German voice-over artist (died 2021)
• April 29 - Lennie Weinrib, American actor, comedian and writer (died 2006)
• May 2
  • Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (died 2014)
  • Lance LeGault, American film and television actor (died 2012)
• May 11 – Doug McClure, American actor (died 1995)
• May 19 - David Hartman, American television personality and media host
• May 25 - George Roubicek, Austrian actor
• May 26 – Sheila Steafel, British actress (died 2019)
• May 27
  • Carole Lesley, English actress (died 1974)
  • Lee Meriwether, American beauty queen and actress^[17]
• May 28 - Anne Reid, English actress
• May 30 – Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer
• June 2 - Roger Brierley, English actor (died 2005)
• June 3 - Irma P. Hall, American actress
• June 16 – James Bolam, English actor
• June 21 - Monte Markham, American actor
• June 26 - Edwin Hodgeman, Australian actor
• June 27 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (died 2007)
• June 28 - John Inman, English actor and singer (died 2007)
• June 29 - Keith Walker, American writer, producer and actor (died 1996)
• July 1 – David Prowse, English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor (died 2020)^[18]
• July 5 – Christian Doermer, German actor (died 2022)
• July 8 - Steve Lawrence, American singer and actor (died 2024)
• July 9 - Michael Williams, British actor (died 2001)
• July 13 – Gregorio Casal, Mexican actor (died 2018)
• July 15
  • Gianni Garko, Croatian-born Italian actor
  • Alex Karras, American football player, professional wrestler and actor (died 2012)
• July 17
  • Diahann Carroll, African American singer and actress (died 2019)
  • Donald Sutherland, Canadian-born actor (died 2024)
• July 22 - Stanley Ralph Ross, American writer and actor (died 2000)
• July 24 - Edward Donno, American actor and stunt performer (died 2014)
• July 25 - Barbara Harris, American actress (died 2018)
• July 31 - Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (died 2015)
• August 2 – Amidou, Moroccan-French actor (died 2013)
• August 3 – Omero Antonutti, Italian actor and voice actor (died 2019)^[19]
• August 4 - Carol Arthur, American actress (died 2020)
• August 5
  • Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (died 2017)
  • Wanda Ventham, English actress
• August 7 – Yoná Magalhães, Brazilian actress (died 2015)
• August 8 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer and screenwriter
• August 12
  • John Cazale, American actor (died 1978)^[20]
  • Phyllis MacMahon, Irish actress
• August 15 – Jim Dale, English actor, director and singer
• August 16 – Janet Henfrey, British actress
• August 23 – Ronald Falk, Australian actor (died 2016)
• August 24 – Lando Buzzanca, Italian actor (died 2022)
• August 28 – Sonny Shroyer, American actor and singer
• August 29 – William Friedkin, American director, producer and screenwriter (died 2023)
• August 31 – Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (died 2018)
• September 2 – Kenneth Tsang, Hong Kong actor (died 2022)
• September 9
  • Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-British actor
  • Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, comedian and producer (died 2023)
• September 21 – Henry Gibson, American actor, singer and songwriter (died 2009)
• September 24 – Sean McCann, Canadian actor (died 2019)
• September 28 – Ronald Lacey, English actor (died 1991)
• September 29 – Mylène Demongeot, French actress (died 2022)
• October 1 – Julie Andrews, English-born singer and actress
• October 3 – Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (died 2020)^[21]
• October 4 – Eddie Applegate, American actor (died 2016)
• October 18 – Peter Boyle, American actor (died 2006)
• October 20 – Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (died 2004)
• October 24 – Rosamaria Murtinho, Brazilian actress
• October 27 – Frank Adonis, American actor (died 2018)
• October 29 – Peter Watkins, English-born documentary filmmaker (died 2025)
• November 7
  • Billy "Green" Bush, American actor
  • Judy Parfitt, English actress
• November 8 – Alain Delon, French actor (died 2024)
• November 13 – Tom Atkins, American actor
• November 21 – Michael Chapman, American cinematographer (died 2020)
• November 22 – Michael Callan, American actor (died 2022)
• November 24 – Salim Khan, Indian Bollywood screenwriter
• November 29
  • Diane Ladd, American actress (died 2025) ^[22]
  • Amanda Walker, English actress
• November 30 – Woody Allen, American comedian, director and actor^[23]
• December 2 – Hy Pyke, American character actor (died 2006)
• December 5 – Basabi Nandi, Indian actress (died 2018)
• December 8
  • Dharmendra, Indian film actor, producer and politician (died 2025) ^[24]
  • Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, German director
• December 10 – Jaromil JireÅ¡, Czechoslovak director (died 2001)
• December 14
  • Lewis Arquette, American actor, writer and producer (died 2001)
  • Lee Remick, American actress (died 1991)
• December 18 - Rosemary Leach, British actress (died 2017)
• December 21
  • John G. Avildsen, American director (died 2017)
  • Phil Donahue, American media personality, writer and producer (died 2024)
• December 24 - Tommy Dysart, Scottish-born Australian actor (died 2022)
• December 28 - William Bassett, American actor (died 2025)
• December 30 - Jack Riley, American actor, comedian and writer (died 2016)

• January 19 – Lloyd Hamilton, American comedy actor (born 1891)^[25]
• February 7 – Frederick Warde, English Shakespearean actor (born 1851)
• March 8 – Ruan Lingyu, Chinese silent film actress, committed suicide (born 1910)
• March 20 - William "Stage" Boyd, American actor, (born 1886)
• March 21 - William Conklin, American silent film actor, (born 1872)
• March 23 – Florence Moore, American singer and silent film actress (born 1886)
• May 4 – Junior Durkin, American actor, in a road accident (born 1915)^[26]
• May 13 – Clarence Geldart, Canadian-American actor (born 1867)
• August 14 – Léonce Perret, French actor, director and producer (born 1880)^[27]
• August 15 – Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (born 1879)^[28]
• August 25 – Mack Swain, American actor (born 1876)^[29]
• September 28 – William Kennedy Dickson, British film pioneer, cancer (born 1860)
• December 16 – Thelma Todd, American actress, carbon monoxide poisoning (born 1906)