Events in Film & TV
- Jan 4 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange" premieres
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 6 Sylvia Syms, English actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine), born in Woolwich, London
- Jan 8 Roy Kinnear, English character actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers), born in Wigan, United Kingdom (d. 1988)
- Jan 14 Richard Briers, English actor, born in Raynes Park, London (d. 2013)
- Jan 17 Donald Cammell, film director
- Jan 20 Tom Baker, English actor (fourth Doctor in Doctor Who), born in Liverpool, England
- Jan 21 Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
Bill Bixby (1934-1993)
Jan 22 American actor, director and producer (Incredible Hulk; The Courtship of Eddie's Father; My Favorite Martian), born in San Francisco, California
- Jan 23 Lou Antonio, American actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Jan 25 Elizabeth Allen, American actress (Laura-Bracken's World), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Jan 28 Bill White, American baseball infielder (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964; 7 × Gold Glove Award; St. Louis Cardinals), broadcaster (NY Yankees) and executive (NL President 1989-94), born in Lakewood, Florida
- Jan 28 Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
- Jan 29 Noel Harrison, British singer ("The Windmills of Your Mind"), and actor (Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - "Mark Slate"), born in London, England (d. 2013)
- Jan 30 Tammy Grimes, American actress (Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
- Jan 31 James Franciscus, American actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Mr Novak, Longstreet), born in Clayton, Missouri (d. 1991)
Weddings in Film & TV
Lou Costello
Jan 30 American comedian and actor Lou Costello (27) weds American burlesque dancer Anne Battler (21)
