The year 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1964th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 964th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1960's decade.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature Films[]
- January 18 - The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Warner Bros.; premiere)
- February 14 - Dr. Crippen *[[February 19 (Warner Bros.)
- February 19 - Dead Ringer (Warner Bros.)
- March 28 - The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Warner Bros.)
- April 8 - FBI Code 98 (Warner Bros.)
- May 27 - A Distant Trumpet (Warner Bros.)
- June 3 - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (Columbia Pictures)
- June 24 - Robin and the 7 Hoods (Warner Bros.)
- July 29 - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (Columbia Pictures; New York City, New York)
- September 23 - Richard Burton's Hamlet (Warner Bros.)
- October 3 - Cheyenne Autumn (Warner Bros.)
- October 21 - My Fair Lady (Warner Bros.)
- November 4 - Youngblood Hawke (Warner Bros.)
- December 3 - Dear Heart (Warner Bros.)
- December 4 - Kisses for My President (Warner Bros.)
- November 25 - Ensign Pulver (Warner Bros.)
- December 25 - Sex and the Single Girl (Warner Bros.)
Shorts[]
- January 4 - Weasel Stop (re-issue)
- January 18 - Dumb Patrol
- February 8 - A Message to Gracias
- February 15 - Tabasco Road (re-issue)
- February 29 - Bartholomew versus The Wheel
- March 7 - Greedy for Tweety (re-issue)
- March 14 - Freudy Cat
- March 28 - Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare
- April 25 - Nuts and Volts
- May 2 - The High and the Flighty (re-issue)
- May 16 - The Iceman Ducketh
- May 30 - Pests for Guests (re-issue)
- June 9 - War and Pieces
- June 20 - Birds Anonymous (re-issue)
- June 27 - Hawaiian Aye Aye
- July 11 - Raw! Raw! Rooster! (re-issue)
- July 18 - False Hare
- August 1 - Señorella and the Glass Huarache
- August 15 - A Kiddies Kitty (re-issue)
- August 29 - Fox-Terror (re-issue)
- October 24 - Pancho's Hideaway
- December 26 - Road to Andalay
Television[]
- September 20 - The Porky Pig Show is premiered on ABC
Theme park[]
People[]
Births[]
- January 23 - Mariska Hargitay (actress, director, producer and philanthropist)
- March 17 - Rob Lowe (actor)
- July 30 - Vivica A. Fox (actress, producer and host)
- August 20 - Rick Copp (actor, producer, story editor and writer)
Deaths[]
- January 4 - Ralph Dumke (comedian and actor)
- January 6 - Lisa Golm (actress)
- January 13 - Gordon Richards (actor)
- January 21 - Joseph Schildkraut (actor)
- January 29 - Alan Ladd (actor and film producer)
- February 2
- Bud Osborne (actor)
- Peverell Marley (cinematographer)
- February 19
- Brock Williams (screenwriter)
- Edward Gargan (actor)
- February 24 - Frank Conroy (actor)
- February 25 - Kenneth Spencer (singer and actor)
- February 29 - Frank Albertson (actor)
- March 1
- Kathryn Card (actress)
- Dennis Moore (actor)
- March 6 - Edward Van Sloan (actor)
- March 10 - Arthur Hohl (actor)
- March 11 - Cleo Madison (actress, screenwriter, producer and director)
- March 13 - Wilbur Mack (actor and vaudeville performer)
- March 15 - Paul Cavanagh (actor)
- March 22 - Addison Richards (actor)
- March 23 - Peter Lorre (actor)
- March 25 - Nesdon Booth (actor)
- April 4 - Georgia Caine (actress)
- April 9 - El Brendel (actor and comedian)
- April 29 - J. M. Kerrigan (actor)
- May 10 - Carol Haney (dancer and actress)
- May 13 - Diana Wynyard (actress)
- June 6 - Robert Warwick (actor)
- June 9
- A.C. Gamer (effects animator and producer)
- Robert Cannon (animator)
- June 27 - Mona Barrie (actress)
- June 28 - King Calder (actor)
- July 26 - William A. Seiter (film director)
- July 27 - Harry Shannon (actor)
- August 6
- Cedric Hardwicke (actor)
- Reed Howes (actor and model)
- August 16 - Jack Pennick (actor)
- August 22 - Charles Stevens (actor)
- August 28 - Lumsden Hare (actor, theatre director and theatrical producer)
- September 2 - Morris Ankrum (actor, lawyer and professor)
- September 15 - Herbert Heywood (actor)
- September 26 - Ida Moore (actress)
- September 28 - Harpo Marx (comedian, actor, mime artist and harpist)
- October 6 - Theodore von Eltz (actor)
- October 10 - Eddie Cantor (comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author)
- October 19 - Maurice Gosfield (actor)
- October 27 - Rudolph Maté (cinematographer, film director and film producer)
- November 10 - Jimmie Dodd (actor)
- November 11 - Ilka Grüning (actress)
- November 12 - Aldo Silvani (actor)
- November 16 - John Emery (actor)
- November 25 - Clarence Kolb (vaudeville performer and actor)
- November 28 - Charles Meredith (actor and director)
- December 11 - Percy Kilbride (actor)
- December 14 - William Bendix (actor)
- December 31 - Gertrude Michael (actress)
Character debuts[]
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