The year 1968 was the 9th year of the 1960's decade.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 20 - The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
- January 24 - Firecreek
- February 1 - Flaming Frontier
- February 2 - Countdown
- February 8 - Sweet November
- February 14 - The Shuttered Room
- February 21 - Bye Bye Braverman
- April 11 - The Young Girls of Rochefort
- May 1
- Kona Coast
- The Double Man
- June 8 - Chubasco
- June 10 - Petulia
- July 3 - The Devil in Love
- July 4 - The Green Berets
- July 31 - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- August 26 - Rachel, Rachel
- September 29 - Hugo and Josephine
- October 9 - Finian's Rainbow
- October 17 - Bullitt
- October 18 - I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
- December 22 - Assignment to Kill
- December 23 - The Sea Gull
- December 25 - The Sergeant
Shorts[]
- January 13 - Hocus Pocus Pow Wow
- January 20 - Mutiny on the Bunny (re-issue)
- February 3 - Norman Normal
- February 10 - Big Game Haunt
- March 9 - Skyscraper Caper
- March 16 - Hoppy-Go-Lucky (re-issue)
- March 30 - Hippydrome Tiger
- April 20 - Baton Bunny (re-issue)
- May 25 - Feud with a Dude
- June 1 - The Door
- June 8 - Hare-Way to the Stars (re-issue)
- June 29 - See Ya Later Gladiator
- July 10 - Gonzales' Tamales (re-issue)
- August 24 - 3 Ring Wing-Ding
- September 14 - Flying Circus
- October 12 - Chimp & Zee
- November 9 - Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches)
Television[]
People[]
Births[]
- September 25 - Will Smith (actor, rapper and film producer)
- November 25 - Jill Hennessy (actress and singer)
Deaths[]
- January 1 - Brooks Benedict (actor)
- January 11 - Desmond Roberts (actor)
- January 16 - John Davidson (actor)
- January 18
- Bert Wheeler (actor and comedian)
- John Ridgely (actor)
- January 22 - Duke Kahanamoku (competition swimmer and actor)
- February 7 - Nick Adams (actor and screenwriter)
- February 9 - Barbara Everest (actress)
- February 13
- Gertrude Hoffmann (actress)
- Mae Marsh (actress)
- February 19 - Ralph Dunn (actor)
- March 16 - June Collyer (actress)
- March 25 - Douglas Evans (actor)
- March 29 - Peter Milne (screenwriter)
- April 16 - Fay Bainter (actress)
- April 17 - Margaret Seddon (actress)
- April 22
- Mary Philips (actress)
- Ernie Nordli (animation designer and layout artist)
- May 5 - Albert Dekker (actor and politician)
- May 7 - Olga Lindo (actress)
- May 9 - Phil Arnold (vaudeville actor and dancer)
- May 11 - Robert Burks (cinematographer)
- May 21 - Doris Lloyd (actress)
- May 23 - James Burke (actor)
- June 3 - James Crane (actor)
- June 14 - Al Alleborn (studio executive and director)
- June 29 - Kitty Kelly (actress)
- July 8 - Frank Lackteen (actor)
- July 31 - Gertrude Short (actress)
- August 26 - Kay Francis (actress)
- August 31 - Dennis O'Keefe (actor and screenwriter)
- September 3 - Isabel Withers (actress)
- September 16 - Nedrick Young (actor and screenwriter)
- September 18
- Francis McDonald (actor)
- Franchot Tone (actor, producer and director)
- September 23 - Dudley Dickerson (actor)
- October 6 - Eva Puig (actress)
- October 13 - Bea Benaderet (actress)
- October 18 - Lee Tracy (actor)
- October 30
- Pert Kelton (actress)
- John McLeish (voice actor and writer)
- November 9 - Gerald Mohr (actor)
- November 11 - George White (producer, director, actor, choreographer, composer, dancer, dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter)
- November 20
- Mary Servoss (actress)
- Cathy Lewis (actress)
- December 2 - Colin Kenny (actor)
- December 4 - Archie Mayo (film director, screenwriter and actor)
- December 5 - Fred Clark (actor)
Character Debuts[]
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