Events in Film & TV
Film Release
Feb 14 The original "Dracula" film starring Bela Lugosi as the titular vampire, is released
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Feb 2 Glynn Edwards, English television actor, born in Penang, Malaysia (d. 2018)
- Feb 2 Les Dawson, English comedian and actor (The Dawson Watch, Blankety Blank), born in 1931, Manchester, England (d. 1993)
- Feb 6 Mamie Van Doren, American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol (Teacher's Pet, The Navy vs. the Night Monsters), born in Rowena, South Dakota
- Feb 6 Rip Torn [Elmore Rual Torn Jr], American actor, voice artist and comedian (Cross Creek, The Larry Sanders Show), born in Temple, Texas (d. 2019)
- Feb 7 Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as "the Scream Queen" for her work in B-movies, born in Glendale, California (d. 2000)
James Dean (1931-1955)
Feb 8 American actor and cultural icon (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause), and 1st actor to be posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, born in Marion, Indiana
- Feb 8 Shadia [Fatmah Ahmed Kamal Shaker], Egyptian actress and singer Midaq Alley, The Thief and the Dogs), born in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt, birth date disputed (d. 2017)
- Feb 10 Gerhard Rosenfeld, German opera and film score composer, born in Königsberg (d. 2003)
- Feb 11 Larry Merchant, American boxing author and analyst (International Boxing Hall of Fame; HBO, Showtime), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Feb 14 Brian Kelly, American actor (Flipper, Straightaway), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
- Feb 15 Geoff Edwards, American television game show host, (d. 2014)
- Feb 15 [Patricia] Claire Bloom, British actress (Charly, Look Back in Anger), born in London, England
- Feb 16 Ken Takakura [Goichi Oda], Japanese actor and singer (Black Rain, Story of Antarctic), born in Nakama, Fukuoka (d. 2014)
- Feb 24 Dominic Chianese, American actor, singer, and musician (The Sopranos, The Godfather Part II), born in The Bronx, New York
- Feb 25 Christopher George, American actor (The Rat Patrol; Chisum; The Immortal), and US Marine Corp veteran, born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 1983)
- Feb 26 Robert Novak 'the Prince of Darkness', American political columnist and news show host (CNN-Evans & Novak), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2009)
- Feb 28 Gavin MacLeod [Allan See], American actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show -"Murray"; The Love Boat - "Captain Stubing"), born in Mt Kisco, New York (d. 2021)
- Feb 28 Peter Alliss, English golfer (Ryder Cup 1957 GB winners) and author, course designer and television presenter, commentator (BBC, ESPN, ABC Sports), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2020)
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