1963 in film


The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1963
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Cleopatra 20th Century Fox $26,000,000[1]
2 How the West Was Won MGM $20,932,883[2]
3 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World United Artists $20,800,000[1]
4 Tom Jones $17,070,000[3]
5 Irma la Douce $11,921,784[3]
6 Son of Flubber Buena Vista $9,100,000[1]
7 Charade Universal $6,363,000[4]
8 Bye Bye Birdie Columbia $6,200,000[4]
9 Come Blow Your Horn
Move Over, Darling
Paramount
20th Century Fox
$6,000,000[4]
10 The Great Escape United Artists $5,546,000[4]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Tom Jones — Woodfall, United Artists-Lopert (British)
Best Director: Tony RichardsonTom Jones
Best Actor: Sidney PoitierLilies of the Field
Best Actress: Patricia NealHud
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn DouglasHud
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret RutherfordThe V.I.P.s
Best Foreign Language Film: (Otto e mezzo), directed by Federico Fellini, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: The Cardinal
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
Best Actress: Leslie Caron - The L-Shaped Room
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture: Tom Jones
Best Actor: Alberto Sordi - To Bed or Not to Bed
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Douce
Other
Best Supporting Actor: John Huston - The Cardinal
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret RutherfordThe V.I.P.s
Best Director: Elia Kazan - America America

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Leopard (Il Gattopardo), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla città), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Il diavolo (To Bed... or Not to Bed), directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro, Italy

1963 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

  • January 1963
  • February 1963
    • 13 February
    • 14 February
      • The Day Mars Invaded Earth
    • 27 February
      • Follow the Boys
  • March 1963
    • 1 March
    • 3 March
    • 4 March
      • In the Cool of the Day
    • 6 March
      • Diary of a Madman
      • Papa's Delicate Condition
    • 7 March
      • I Could Go On Singing
    • 15 March
      • House of the Damned
    • 21 March
      • The Balcony
    • 26 March
      • Operation Bikini
    • 27 March
      • Come Fly with Me
      • The Courtship of Eddie's Father
    • 28 March
    • 29 March
      • Miracle of the White Stallions

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1963

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  • Zatoichi on the Road (座頭市喧嘩旅, Zatōichi kenka-tabi), directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda – (Japan)
  • Zatoichi the Fugitive (座頭市兇状旅, Zatōichi Kyōjō tabi), directed by Tokuzō Tanaka – (Japan)

Short film series

Births

  • January 3 - Rebecca Broussard, American former actress
  • January 4 - Dave Foley, Canadian actor and comedian
  • January 5 - Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, screenwriter and director
  • January 6 - Tony Halme, Finnish actor and singer (d. 2010)
  • January 14 - Steven Soderbergh, American director[6]
  • January 19 - Veanne Cox, American actress
  • January 20
  • January 22 - Nicola Duffett, English actress
  • January 26 - Chin Siu-ho, Hong Kong actor
  • January 31 - Tonio Arango, German actor
  • February 3 - Kirk Baily, American actor (d. 2022)
  • February 10 - Philip Glenister, English actor
  • February 12
  • February 13 - Barry Tubb, American actor and director
  • February 14 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor and director
  • February 15 - Wallace Wolodarsky, American screenwriter, producer, director and actor
  • February 16 - Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American actor
  • February 17
  • February 19
  • February 21 - William Baldwin, American actor
  • February 22 - Peggy Lu, American actress
  • February 24 - Geoff Bell, English actor
  • February 26 - Chase Masterson, American actress and singer
  • March 1 - Russell Wong, American actor
  • March 4 - Daniel Roebuck, American actor and writer
  • March 7 - Bill Brochtrup, American actor
  • March 11 - Alex Kingston, English actress
  • March 12 - Jake Weber, English actor
  • March 16 - Rick Holmes, American actor
  • March 17 - James Larkin, British actor
  • March 18 - Vanessa L. Williams, actress, singer and beauty queen
  • March 19
    • Geoffrey Lower, American actor
    • Stuart McQuarrie, Scottish actor
    • Mary Scheer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer
  • March 20
  • March 22 - Francesco Quinn, Italian-born American actor (d. 2011)
  • March 27 - Quentin Tarantino, director
  • April 2 - Tim Hodge, American voice actor, story artist, writer, animator, comedian and director
  • April 4 - Graham Norton, Irish actor, comedian, commentator and presenter
  • April 8 - Dean Norris, American actor
  • April 15 - Paula Pell, American writer, producer and actress
  • April 17 - Joel Murray, actor
  • April 18
  • April 19 - Thomas Mills Wood, American actor
  • April 20 - Tim Maculan, American actor
  • April 21 - Erik King, American actor
  • April 26 - Jet Li, Singaporean actor
  • April 27 - Yammie Lam, Hong Kong actress (d. 2018)[7]
  • April 30 - James Marsh, British director
  • May 9 - Gary Daniels, English actor, producer, martial artist and fight coordinator
  • May 10 - Rich Moore, American director, screenwriter and voice actor
  • May 11 - Natasha Richardson, actress (d. 2009)
  • May 12
    • Gavin Hood, South African filmmaker and actor
    • Rob Moran, American actor and producer
    • John Schultz, American director, screenwriter and producer
  • May 15
  • May 16 - Marina Massironi, Italian actress
  • May 22
    • Chris Pedersen, American actor
    • Cle Shaheed Sloan, American actor and documentary director
  • May 25 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor
  • May 30 - Cynthia Gouw, American actress
  • June 1
    • Brian Goodman, American director, writer and actor
    • David Rudman, American puppeteer, writer, director and producer
  • June 6 - Jason Isaacs, English actor
  • June 9 - Johnny Depp, American actor
  • June 10
  • June 12
    • Isabelle Candelier, French actress
    • Tim DeKay, actor & producer
    • Patrice Martinez, American actress (d. 2018)
  • June 15 - Helen Hunt, American actress and director
  • June 17 - Greg Kinnear, American actor, producer and television personality
  • June 22
    • Randy Couture, American actor
    • Heidi Kozak, Danish-American actress
  • June 25
  • June 27 - David Drake, American actor
  • June 29 - Judith Hoag, American actress
  • June 30 - Rupert Graves, English actor
  • July 2 - Mark Kermode, English critic
  • July 4
    • Raman Hui, Hong Kong animator, director and producer
    • Monty Montgomery, American producer, director, actor and screenwriter
  • July 5 - Edie Falco, American actress
  • July 8 - Rocky Carroll, American actor and director
  • July 13 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress
  • July 15
  • July 16
  • July 17 - Stephen Tredre, English actor and writer (d. 1997)
  • July 18 - Jeff Burr, American director, writer and producer (d. 2023)
  • July 19 - Bettina Kupfer, German actress
  • July 20 - Frank Whaley, American actor, director, screenwriter and comedian
  • July 27 - Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor
  • July 29 - Alexandra Paul, American actress
  • July 30 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress
  • July 31 - Larry Romano, American actor
  • August 1
  • August 2 - Igor Khait, American animator (d. 2016)
  • August 3 - Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, comedian and producer
  • August 5 - Mark Strong, English actor
  • August 7
  • August 9 - Whitney Houston, American actress, producer and singer (d. 2012)
  • August 13 - Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018)
  • August 14 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
  • August 15 - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican filmmaker
  • August 16 - Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (d. 2014)
  • August 19
  • August 20 - Justina Vail Evans, British actress
  • August 23 - Ed Gale, American actor and stunt performer (d. 2025)
  • August 24 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game designer, director, producer, and writer
  • August 28 - Peter Mygind, Danish actor
  • August 29 - Karl Markovics, Austrian actor and director
  • August 30 - Michael Chiklis, American actor, director and producer
  • September 3
    • Serena Gordon, English actress
    • Holt McCallany, American actor, producer and writer
  • September 5 - Jonny Phillips, English actor
  • September 7 - W. Earl Brown, American actor, screenwriter, producer and musician
  • September 8
    • David Lee Smith, American actor
    • Betsy Russell, American actress
    • Larry Zerner, American actor
  • September 12 - Michael McElhatton, Irish actor and writer
  • September 16 - Leslie Wing, American former actress
  • September 17
  • September 18 - Christopher Heyerdahl, Canadian actor
  • September 19
  • September 20 - Ivan Heng, Singaporean actor
  • September 21 - Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor
  • September 25
  • September 27
    • Marc Maron, American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician
    • Brian Steele, American actor
    • Scott Lawrence, American actor
  • October 1 - Beth Chamberlin, American actress
  • October 6
  • October 8 - David Yates, English director, producer and writer
  • October 9 - Sheila Kelley, American actress
  • October 12
    • Rami Heuberger, Israeli actor and director
    • Dave Legeno, English actor (d. 2014)
  • October 13 - Hiro Kanagawa, Japanese-Canadian actor
  • October 14 - Lori Petty, American actress
  • October 16 - Pamela Bach, American actress (d. 2025)
  • October 23 - Allison Shearmur, American producer (d. 2018)
  • October 27 - Deborah Moore, English actress
  • October 28 - Lauren Holly, American-Canadian actress
  • October 29 - Jed Brophy, New Zealand actor
  • October 30 - Michael Beach, American actor
  • October 31
  • November 3 - Brian Henson, American puppeteer, director and director
  • November 5 - Tatum O'Neal, American actress
  • November 10
  • November 12 - Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (d. 2020)
  • November 15
    • Doreen Montalvo, American actress, singer and playwright (d. 2020)
    • Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
  • November 17
    • Perry Caravello, American actor and comedian
    • Dylan Walsh, American actor
  • November 19 - Angela Means, American comedian and actress
  • November 20 - Ming-Na Wen, American actress
  • November 22 - Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Icelandic actor
  • November 25
  • November 27
  • December 5 - Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
  • December 6
  • December 14 - Cynthia Gibb, American actress
  • December 15 - Helen Slater, American actress
  • December 16
  • December 18
    • Olivier Broche, French actor and producer
    • Brad Pitt, American actor
  • December 19
  • December 20
  • December 23 - Jess Harnell, American voice actor and singer
  • December 29 - Julian Bleach, English actor and singer

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. ^ a b c Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. ^ Susan Sackett, The Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits Billboard Books, 1996 p 160
  3. ^ a b Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M140-M196.
  4. ^ a b c d Top 20 Films of 1963 by Domestic Revenue
  5. ^ Axmaster, Sean. "PT 109" on TCM.com
  6. ^ 1963 in film at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  7. ^ Leung, Rachel. "Former TVB actress Yammie Lam, 55, found dead in Hong Kong flat". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Del Giudice, Filippo (1892-1962)". Screen Online. Retrieved 31 May 2020.