1906 in film

Events

• Ben Hur, directed by Sidney Olcott.
• 26 December – The world's first feature film, "The Story of the Kelly Gang", is released.

Births

• January 14 – William Bendix, actor (d. 1964)
• February 5 – John Carradine, actor (d. 1988)
• February 10 – Lon Chaney Jr., actor (d. 1973)
• February 21 – Jeanne Aubert, French actress and singer, (d. 1988)
• February 26 – Madeleine Carroll, actress (d. 1987)
• March 6 – Lou Costello, comedian and actor (d. 1959)
• April 26 – Renate Müller, actress (d. 1937)
• May 1 – Josephine Dunn, actress (d. 1983)
• May 3 – Mary Astor, actress (d. 1987)
• May 8 – Roberto Rossellini, director (d. 1977)
• May 21 – Lola Lane, actress (d. 1981)
• May 30 – Lyda Roberti, actress (d. 1938)
• June 22 – Billy Wilder, director (d. 2002)
• June 26 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
• July 3 – George Sanders, actor (d. 1972)
• August 5 – John Huston, actor, director (d. 1987)
• August 5 – Joan Hickson, actress (d. 1998)
• August 9 – Dorothy Jordan, actress (d. 1988)
• August 29 – Lurene Tuttle, actress (d. 1986)
• August 30 – Joan Blondell, actress (d. 1979)
• September 4 – Dita Parlo, actress (d. 1971)
• October 6 – Janet Gaynor, actress (d. 1984)
• November 14 – Louise Brooks, actress (d. 1985)
• December 5 – Otto Preminger, director, producer (d. 1986)
• December 25 – Lew Grade, producer (d. 1998)
• December 27 – Oscar Levant, composer, writer, actor (d. 1972)
• December 30 – Carol Reed, director (d. 1976)

Deaths