1986 in film
Overview of the events of 1986 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film , including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1986[ 1]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Box-office gross
1
Top Gun Paramount
$176,781,728
2
Crocodile Dundee $174,803,506
3
Platoon Orion
$138,530,565
4
The Karate Kid Part II Columbia
$115,103,979
5
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Paramount
$109,713,132
6
Back to School Orion
$91,258,000
7
Aliens 20th Century Fox
$86,160,248
8
The Golden Child Paramount
$79,817,937
9
Ruthless People Buena Vista
$71,624,879
10
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Paramount
$70,136,169
Events
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Mission Roland Joffé , United KingdomGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
The Green Ray Le Rayon vert ), directed by Éric Rohmer , FranceGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Stammheim Reinhard Hauff , West Germany
1986 films
Births
January 1 - Jessica Gunning , English actress
January 1 - Colin Morgan , Northern Irish actor
January 4 - Charlyne Yi , American actor, comedian, musician and writer
January 5 - Deepika Padukone , Indian actress
January 8 - Yash , Indian actor
January 16 - Mason Gamble , American former actor
January 21
January 24
January 30 - Ashley Buccille , American actress
February 1 - Lauren Conrad , American TV personality and author
February 2 - Gemma Arterton , English actress
February 4 - Danielle Vega , American actress
February 6 - Dane DeHaan , American actor
February 9 - Jade Xu , actress
February 10 - Christopher Abbott , American actor
February 12 - Valorie Curry , American actress
February 14 - Tiffany Thornton , American actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter
February 18
February 19
February 22
February 24
February 25
February 26 - Teresa Palmer . Australian actress, writer, model and film producer
March 1 - Alec Utgoff , Soviet-born English actor
March 2 - Ethan Peck , American actor
March 9 - Brittany Snow , American actress
March 14 - Jamie Bell , English actor and dancer.
March 15 - Jai Courtney , Australian actor
March 16 - Alexandra Daddario , American actress
March 17 - Olesya Rulin , Russian-American actress
March 20 - Ruby Rose , Australian actress
March 21 - Scott Eastwood , American actor and model
March 22 - Matt Bush , American actor
March 23 - Steven Strait , American actor and singer
March 24 - Jason Wong , British actor
March 28 - Lady Gaga , American singer and actress
March 30 - Simon Baker , Aboriginal-Canadian actor
April 1 - Jenn Murray , Northern Irish actress
April 3 - Amanda Bynes , American actress and variety show host
April 4 - Gavin Stenhouse , English actor
April 7 - Jason Ralph , American actor
April 9 - Leighton Meester , American actress and singer
April 12 - Titanilla Bogdányi , Hungarian voice actress
April 17 - Zheng Kai , Chinese actor and television personality
April 19 - Henrik Kalmet , Estonian actor
April 22 - Amber Heard , American actress
April 23 - Alisha Morrison , Canadian actress
April 24 - Tahyna MacManus , Australian actress, director, writer and producer
April 25
April 27 - Jenna Coleman , English actress
April 30
May 3
May 6 - Sasheer Zamata , American actress and comedienne
May 7 - Robbie Jarvis , British actor
May 11 - Tia Ballard , American voice actress
May 12
May 13
May 16 - Megan Fox , American actress and model
May 17 - Tahj Mowry , American actor
May 19 - Eric Lloyd , American actor, comedian, musician and producer
May 20 - Robert Emms , British actor
May 21
May 23 - Ryan Coogler , American filmmaker
May 26 - Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey , Spanish-French actress
May 28 - Joseph Cross , American actor and producer
May 30 - Will Peltz , American actor
June 1 - Alessio Puccio , Italian voice actor
June 3
June 4
June 5 - Amanda Crew , Canadian actress
June 11 - Shia LaBeouf , American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker
June 12 - Luke Youngblood , English actor
June 13
June 14 - Haley Hudson , American actress
June 17 - Marie Avgeropoulos , Canadian actress and model
June 18
June 19
June 20 - Dreama Walker , American retired actress
June 26 - Brittney Karbowski , American voice actress
June 27
Drake Bell , American actor, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter and record producerSam Claflin , British actor
July 1 - Sonoya Mizuno , British actress
July 2 - Lindsay Lohan , American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur
July 8 - Jake McDorman , American actor
July 10 - Wyatt Russell , American actor
July 15 - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , American actor
July 17 - Brando Eaton , American actor
July 21 - Diane Guerrero , American actress
July 24 - Megan Park , Canadian actress and director
July 26 - Saphira Indah , Indonesian actress (d. 2019)
July 27 - Felecia Angelle , American voice actress
July 31 - Wunmi Mosaku , Nigerian-born British actress
August 1 - Elijah Kelley , American actor and singer
August 2 - Lily Gladstone , American actress
August 6 - Nanna Blondell , Swedish actress
August 13 - Ashley Spillers , American actress
August 14 - Casey LaBow , American actress and producer
August 16 - Shawn Pyfrom , American actor and singer
August 17 - Katia Elizarova , Russian model and actress
August 22 - Keiko Kitagawa , Japanese actress
August 27 - Jack Kesy , American actor
August 28 - Armie Hammer , American actor
August 29
August 31
September 6 - Kalani Queypo , American actor
September 8 - Jake Sandvig , American actor
September 12
September 14 - A. J. Trauth , American actor and musician
September 16
September 17 - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka , Japanese voice actor
September 18 - Keeley Hazell , English model and actress
September 19
September 20 - Aldis Hodge , American actor
September 23
September 30 - Ki Hong Lee , Korean-American actor
October 1
October 2 - Camilla Belle , American actress, director, and producer
October 3 - Joonas Suotamo , Finnish actor
October 5 - Kevin Bigley , American actor
October 6
October 12 - Rafal Zawierucha , Polish actor
October 13 - Tom Attenborough , English voice actor
October 15
October 22 - Kyle Gallner , American actor
October 23
October 24
October 28 - Aditi Rao Hydari , Indian actress
November 1 - Penn Badgley , American actor
November 4 - Alexz Johnson , Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and philanthropist
November 10 - Josh Peck , American actor
November 14 - Cory Michael Smith , American actor
November 15
November 18
November 20 - Kingsley Ben-Adir , British actor
November 21 - Colleen Ballinger , American comedian, YouTuber, actress, singer and writer
November 25 - Katie Cassidy , American actress and singer
November 26 - Trevor Morgan , American actor
November 28 - Johnny Simmons , American actor
December 17 - Emma Bell , American actress
December 19 - Annie Murphy , Canadian actress
December 24 - Annika Noelle , American Soap Opera Actress
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
1 Emmet Lavery 83
US
Screenwriter
2 Una Merkel 82
US
Actress
14 Donna Reed 64
US
Actress
24 Gordon MacRae 64
US
Actor, Singer
27 Lilli Palmer 78
Germany
Actress
29 Leif Erickson 74
US
Actor
February
2 Donald Eccles 77
UK
Actor
6 Ray Moyer 87
US
Set Decorator
6 Dandy Nichols 78
UK
Actress
10 Brian Aherne 83
UK
Actor
16 Howard Da Silva 82
US
Actor
17 Paul Stewart 77
US
Actor
19 Adolfo Celi 63
Italy
Actor
22 Bill Hickman 65
US
Stuntman, Actor
23 Nino Taranto 78
Italy
Actor
25 Pasquale Festa Campanile 58
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
27 Eugene Forde 87
US
Director
March
3 Peter Capell 73
Germany
Actor
6 Adolph Caesar 52
US
Actor
10 Ray Milland 77
UK
Actor, Director
14 Edith Atwater 74
US
Actress
21 Derek Farr 74
UK
Actor
22 Olive Deering 67
US
Actress
22 Charles Starrett 82
US
Actor
25 Gloria Blondell 75
US
Actress
28 Virginia Gilmore 66
US
Actress
29 Harry Ritz 86
US
Comedian, Actor
30 Herman A. Blumenthal 69
US
Art Director, Production Designer
30 James Cagney 86
US
Actor
31 Jerry Paris 60
US
Actor, Director
April
3 Mary C. McCall Jr. 81
US
Screenwriter
7 Chester Erskine 77
US
Screenwriter, Director
13 Stephen Stucker 38
US
Actor
15 Tim McIntire 41
US
Actor
20 Max Benedict 66
Austria
Film Editor
21 Marjorie Eaton 85
US
Actress
23 Harold Arlen 81
US
Composer
23 Otto Preminger 80
Austria
Director, Producer, Actor
26 Broderick Crawford 74
US
Actor
26 Bessie Love 87
US
Actress
30 Robert Stevenson 81
UK
Director
May
1 Hylda Baker 81
UK
Actress
3 Robert Alda 72
US
Actor
9 Herschel Bernardi 62
US
Actor
12 Elisabeth Bergner 88
Ukraine
Actress
13 George Gaines 52
US
Set Decorator
22 Martin Gabel 73
US
Actor
23 Sterling Hayden 70
US
Actor
24 Yakima Canutt 90
US
Actor, Stuntman, Director
26 Gunnar Björnstrand 74
Sweden
Actor
28 Lurene Tuttle 78
US
Actress
31 Sylvia Coleridge 76
UK
Actress
June
3 Anna Neagle 81
UK
Actress
10 Paul Stevens 65
US
Actor
11 Reed De Rouen 69
UK
Actor
13 Benny Goodman 77
US
Musician
14 Alan Jay Lerner 67
US
Screenwriter, Lyricist
17 Ted J. Kent 84
US
Film Editor
20 Julie Duncan 67
US
Actress
23 Nigel Stock 66
UK
Actor
29 Robert Drivas 50
US
Actor
30 Margalo Gillmore 89
UK
Actress
July
3 Rudy Vallee 84
US
Actor, Singer
10 Jody Lawrance 55
US
Actress
15 Benny Rubin 87
US
Actor
18 Buddy Baer 71
US
Actor
19 Daniel L. Fapp 82
US
Cinematographer
19 Harold D. Schuster 83
US
Film Editor, Director
25 Vincente Minnelli 83
US
Director
28 John Alcott 55
UK
Cinematographer
August
6 Emilio Fernández 82
Mexico
Actor, Director
10 Jacqueline Gadsden 86
US
Actress
13 Helen Mack 72
US
Actress
15 Waldon O. Watson 79
US
Sound Engineer
19 Hermione Baddeley 79
UK
Actress
20 Walter Brooke 71
US
Actor
21 Bruce Cowling 66
US
Actor
23 Adrienne Fazan 80
US
Film Editor
26 Ted Knight 62
US
Actor
September
1 Murray Hamilton 63
US
Actor
6 Blanche Sweet 90
US
Actress
8 Ray Nazarro 83
US
Director
15 Virginia Gregg 70
US
Actress
26 Brian Desmond Hurst 91
Ireland
Director
28 Denis Carey 77
UK
Actor
28 Robert Helpmann 77
Australia
Actor, Director
October
5 Hal B. Wallis 88
US
Producer
11 David Hand 86
US
Animator, Director
11 Boris Leven 78
Russia
Production Designer
14 Yvette Dugay 54
US
Actress
14 Keenan Wynn 70
US
Actor
14 Spec O'Donnell 75
US
Actor
17 Leah Rhodes 84
US
Costume Designer
25 Forrest Tucker 67
US
Actor
28 Robert Arthur 76
US
Producer
28 Ian Marter 42
UK
Actor
31 Marcella Martin 70
US
Actress
November
2 Harry Brown 69
US
Screenwriter
8 Beatrice Kay 79
US
Singer, Actress
11 Roger C. Carmel 54
US
Actor
21 Jerry Colonna 82
US
Actor
21 Dar Robinson 39
US
Stuntman
22 Scatman Crothers 76
US
Actor
23 Norman Maurer 60
US
Producer
27 Robert Priestley 85
US
Set Decorator
29 Herb Vigran 76
US
Actor
29 Cary Grant 82
UK
Actor
December
1 Frank McCarthy 74
US
Producer
2 Ken Scott 58
US
Actor
2 Desi Arnaz 69
Cuba
Actor, Singer
10 Susan Cabot 59
US
Actress
11 Carlos Ramirez 70
Colombia
Actor, Singer
12 Clifford Stine 80
US
Cinematographer
13 Heather Angel 77
UK
Actress
18 George Amy 83
US
Film Editor
18 Mamo Clark 72
US
Actress
22 Harvey Stephens 85
US
Actor
23 Gerhard Bienert 88
Germany
Actor
26 Elsa Lanchester 84
UK
Actress
28 Andrei Tarkovsky 54
Russia
Director, Screenwriter
Film debuts
See also
References
External links
