1926

Theatrical releases

 * January 1 - The Alice Comedies short Alice on the Farm is released.

Births

 * January 14 - Tom Tryon (film and television actor)
 * February 11 - Leslie Nielsen (actor and comedian)
 * February 16 - David Frankham (actor)
 * March 16 - Jerry Lewis (comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director)
 * March 18 - Peter Graves (film and television actor)
 * April 18 - Gunter Meisner (actor)
 * April 22 - Charlotte Rae (actress)
 * April 30 - Cloris Leachman (actress)
 * May 8 - Don Rickles (voice actor)
 * June 28 - Mel Brooks (actor and comedian)
 * June 30 - Peter Alexander (Austrian actor, singer and entertainer)
 * August 3 - Tony Bennett (singer)
 * August 7 - Stan Freberg (author, recording artist, animation voice actor, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director)
 * August 8 - Richard Anderson (actor)
 * September 7 - Don Messick (voice actor)
 * September 25 - John Ericson (actor)
 * September 28 - Larry Roberts (actor)
 * October 18 - Chuck Berry (singer and guitarist)
 * October 31 - Harry Houdini (stunt performer)
 * November 11 - Collin Campbell (artist and Imagineer)
 * Leo De Lyon (voice actor)