Birthdays in Film & TV
Woody Allen (87 years old)
Dec 1 American film director and actor (Zelig, Annie Hall), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Dec 6 Jean Lapointe, Quebecois-Canadian comedian, singer and senator, born in La Matanie, Quebec
- Dec 8 Dharmendra, Indian actor (Sholay), born in Nasrali, Punjab, British India
- Dec 11 Femke Boersma, Dutch actress (Verjaring, Pastorale 1943), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Dec 11 Ron Carey, American actor (Barney Miller), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2007)
- Dec 12 Al Harrington [born Tausau Ta'a], Samoan-American actor (Hawaii Five-O, 1969-75 -"Ben"; Hawaii Five-O, 2011-18 - "Mamo"), born in Pago Pago, American Samoa (d. 2021)
- Dec 14 Barbara Leigh-Hunt, British actress (Search for the Nile), born in Bath, Somerset, England
- Dec 14 Lee Remick, American actress (Days of Wine & Rose, Long Hot Summer), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1991)
- Dec 14 Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show, Book of Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
- Dec 17 George Lindsey, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show), (d. 2012)
- Dec 18 Jacques Pépin, French chef, writer and TV personality (Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home), born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France
- Dec 19 Barbara Bostock, American actress
- Dec 20 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests; 1 x 100; Warwickshire, Otago) and broadcaster (TVNZ), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Dec 21 John G. Avildsen, American film director (Rocky, The Karate Kid), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Dec 26 Rale Rasic, Australian soccer coach (Australia 1969-74; Marconi Stallions FC) and broadcaster (SBS), born in Dole, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2023)
- Dec 27 Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer
- Dec 30 Jack Riley, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Carlin"; Rugrats - "Stu Pickles"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2016)
Deaths in Film & TV
- Dec 16 Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
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