- Jan 12 Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)
- Jan 21 George Méliès, French early filmmaker (A Trip to the Moon), dies at 76
- Feb 18 Alida Tartaud-Klein, Dutch actress and performance artist (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
- Mar 21 Oscar Apfel, American actor (The Squaw Man, Inspiration, Before Dawn), dies from a heart attack at 60
- May 14 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
- Aug 4 Pearl White, American actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
- Aug 6 Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), dies at 58
- Aug 7 Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian director and actor (Stanislavski Method for acting), dies at 75
- Sep 4 Clifford Dempsey, American actor (Salute), dies at 73
- Sep 19 Pauline Frederick, American actress (Mr. Moto), dies of an asthma attack at 55
- Nov 23 August Kiehl, Dutch actor (Op hoop van zegen, De kribbebijter), dies at 84
- Dec 28 Florence Lawrence, silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48
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