Events in Film & TV
- Feb 11 World's first science fiction TV program - a broadcast of the play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek
Film Release
Feb 16 "Bringing Up Baby" film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is released
- Feb 17 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Feb 1 Sherman Hemsley, American actor (All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Amen), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
- Feb 2 Bo Hopkins, actor (Dynasty, Midnight Express), born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Feb 3 Victor Buono, actor (Man from Atlantis, Untouchables), born in San Diego, California
- Feb 11 Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress
- Feb 13 Oliver Reed, English actor (Big Sleep), born in London (d. 1999)
- Feb 14 Lee Chamberlin, American actor (Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale), born in NYC, New York
- Feb 16 Anthony Costello, American actor (Will Penny, The Outer Limits), born in Andover, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
- Feb 16 Barry Primus, American actor (Sgt McKenna-Cagney & Lacey, Boxcar Bertha), born in NYC, New York
- Feb 18 István Szabó, Hungarian film director
- Feb 23 Diane Varsi, San Mateo California, actress (Peyton Place)
- Feb 23 Jiří Menzel, Czech film director (Closely Watched Trains), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2020)
- Feb 23 Sylvia Chase, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Feb 24 James Farentino, American actor (The Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
- Feb 25 Diane Baker, American actress (Diary of Anne Frank; Marnie), born in Hollywood, California
- Feb 26 Jack Knight, American actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15), born in Somerville, Mississippi
- Feb 27 Pascale Petit, French actress (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire), born in Paris, France
Deaths in Film & TV
- Feb 18 Alida Tartaud-Klein, Dutch actress and performance artist (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
