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. Five popular films (Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! , Sleeping Beauty , The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh , Song of the South and Lady and the Tramp ) were re-released in theaters.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
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 , directed by Roland Joffé , United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert ), directed by Éric Rohmer , France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Stammheim , directed by Reinhard Hauff , West Germany
1986 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
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 29 - Ashley Lilley , Scottish actress and singer
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 producer
Sam 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
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
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