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The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.

Top-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

+ Highest-grossing films of 1954

International
FranceRoyal Affairs in Versailles 6,986,788France
West GermanyFrom Here to EternityColumbia Pictures 13,000,000United States
IndiaNagin India
ItalyUlysses 13,170,322Italy
Japan
(2012). 9784873767550, Kinema Junposha.
Japan
Soviet UnionR. K. Films$16,970,000100,000,000India
SpainQuo VadisMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer 3,721,532United States
United KingdomDoctor in the HouseRank Organisation 12,200,000United Kingdom

Events
  • A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", 's Black Maria, is constructed.
  • May 12 — The ' divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927.
  • September 29 — A Star is Born premieres and marks 's comeback after her termination from her contract at MGM. An astounding success with critics and audiences, A Star is Born not only marks the first time that legendary director has made a film musical or a film in and in anamorphic widescreen format, but also becomes regarded as one of Garland's best performances in her film career.
  • November 3 — The film Godzilla premieres in Japan. It becomes a huge success and the first in the Godzilla film franchise, the longest running in history.

Awards
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

The Country Girl
Edmond O'Brien
The Barefoot Contessa
Eva Marie Saint
On the Waterfront

The Country Girl

On the Waterfront
Gate of Hell

Top ten money-making stars
Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in Quigley Publishing Company's annual poll. John Wayne became the first actor to regain the number one spot after losing that position.

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2.Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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4.James Stewart
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Top Western stars
The poll also revealed the top Western stars.

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4.Wild Bill Elliott
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Notable films released in 1954
United States unless stated

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  • Mad About Men, starring and Margaret Rutherford – (U.K.)
  • Madame X (I Agnostos)Madame X (1954 film) – (Greece)
  • Maddalena – (Italy)
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  • Magnificent Obsession, directed by , starring and
  • The Million Pound Note, starring – (GB)

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Births
  • January 1
  • January 6
    • Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
    • , Welsh actor and comedian
    • , English actress, director and producer
  • January 19 - , American actress and singer-songwriter
  • January 20 - , American actor and cabaret singer (d. 2024)
  • January 25 - , Irish character actor and playwright (d. 2009)
  • January 28 - , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (d. 2000)
  • January 29
    • Juan de Marcos González, Cuban bandleader, musician and actor
    • , American actor
    • , American actress and television personality
  • February 2 – Christie Brinkley, American model and actress
  • February 6 – , Estonian actor (d. 2000)
  • February 8 - Alistair Browning, New Zealand actor (d. 2019)
  • February 9 - , retired American model and actress
  • February 12 - , American character actor
  • February 15 – , American animator, writer, producer, voice actor and creator of and
  • February 17 – , American actress
  • February 18 – , American actor
  • February 20 - , English actor and singer
  • February 21 - Christopher Mayer, American actor (d. 2011)
  • March 1
  • March 2 - Olwen Fouéré, Irish actress
  • March 4 – Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress
  • March 8
    • James Carter Cathcart, American voice actor and voice director (d. 2025)
    • Jay Arlen Jones, American actor
  • March 9 - Martin P. Robinson, American puppeteer
  • March 13 - , Canadian actress and comedian
  • March 15 – , American actor
  • March 17 – , English actress
  • March 22 - , American actor (d. 2001)
  • March 24 – , American actor
  • March 29 - , retired American actress
  • April 7 – , Hong Kong-born actor
  • April 9 – , American actor
  • April 10
  • April 16 – , American actress
  • April 19 - , Puerto-Rican-born American actress (d. 2015)
  • April 20 - , American actor
  • April 21 - James Morrison, American actor
  • April 23 - , American actress
  • April 25 - , Australian actor, presenter, director and musician
  • April 27 – , American actor, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017)
  • April 29 – , American stand-up comedian and actor
  • May 4 - , American actress and singer
  • May 7 – , American director
  • May 8
    • , American actor, director and producer (d. 2017)
    • David Keith, American actor and director
    • , British actor
  • May 10 - , American actor (d. 2022)
  • May 18 - Patrick St. Esprit, American character actor
  • May 21 - , American former actress
  • May 29 - , Indian actor
  • June 2
  • June 5 - , Turkish actor
  • June 6 – , Estonian actress
  • June 7 - Bobby Di Cicco, American actor
  • June 14
  • June 15 – , American actor
  • June 19 – , American actress
  • June 21 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
  • June 22 – , American actor and author
  • June 26 - David Steen, American playwright, actor and writer
  • June 28 – , South African actress
  • July 2 - , American character actor (d. 2014)
  • July 31 - , German actor
  • August 10 - , American actor, comedian and screenwriter
  • August 12 – Sam J. Jones, American actor
  • August 13 – Tõnu Kilgas, Estonian actor and singer
  • August 15 - , British actor
  • August 16 – , Canadian-born director
  • August 18 - , American screenwriter, actor and producer
  • August 20
    • , American weather forecaster, journalist, television personality, actor and author
    • , American actress and writer (d. 2016)
  • August 22 - , American actor
  • August 30 - , American actor
  • September 4 - James Martin Kelly, American character actor
  • September 11 - , American actor
  • September 13 - Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor
  • September 15
    • , American actor
    • Barry Shabaka Henley, American character actor
  • September 19
  • September 23 - Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 2023)
  • September 29
    • Mark Mitchell, Australian actor and comedian
    • , American actress (d. 2023)
  • October 2 – , American actress
  • October 9
    • , American actor
    • John O'Hurley, American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host and television personality
  • October 10
  • October 11 - , American actor (d. 2004)
  • October 14 - , Chinese-American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
  • October 15 - , American actor
  • October 18
  • October 19 - , Scottish actor
  • October 23 – , Taiwanese director
  • October 26
    • D. W. Moffett, American actor
    • James Pickens Jr., American actor
  • November 3 - , American actress and comedian
  • November 5 - , American animator and director
  • November 7 – , Indian actor, director, script-writer, producer and singer
  • November 13 - , American actor
  • November 19 – , American actress
  • November 20 - , British actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
  • November 21 - , American actor, producer and screenwriter
  • November 29 – , American director, producer and screenwriter
  • November 30 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian retired actress
  • December 2 - , American actor
  • December 4 – , American actor and producer (d. 2024)
  • December 7 - , French voice actor (d. 2006)
  • December 9 - , American actor
  • December 18 – , American actor (d. 2022)
  • December 20 - Michael Badalucco, American actor
  • December 26 – , Canadian actor and comedian (d. 2017)
  • December 28 – Denzel Washington, American actor

Deaths
  • January 5 – , 54, English actress, The Golden Bed, On the Front Page
  • January 11 – Oscar Straus, 83, Viennese composer, La Ronde
  • January 16 – , 63, Indian film director,
  • January 18 – Sydney Greenstreet, 74, English actor, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Christmas in Connecticut, The Mask of Dimitrios
  • January 30 – John Murray Anderson, 67, Canadian director, King of Jazz
  • January 31 – , 65, American actress, Rebecca
  • February 1 – Yvonne de Bray, 64, French actress, Les Parents terribles
  • February 9 – , 73, American actress, , Murder, He Says
  • February 12 – , 58, Russian filmmaker, Man with a Movie Camera
  • February 13 – , 53, American producer, Trail of Kit Carson
  • February 21 – William K. Howard, 54, American director, The Power and the Glory, Johnny Come Lately
  • March 5 – , 78, American architect
  • March 7 – Will H. Hays, 74, American movie censor, first chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
  • March 8 – John L. Balderston, 64, American screenwriter, The Prisoner of Zenda, Gaslight
  • March 14 – Otto Gebühr, 76, German actor, The Great King
  • March 18 – , 61, American conductor, head of Paramount Pictures music department
  • March 24 – Alberto Colombo, 65, American film composer and music director, Portia on Trial
  • March 30 – , 73, Swedish actress, director and screenwriter, Charles XII
  • April 1 – , 71, American author, New York Confidential
  • April 3 – , 67, Hungarian actor and screenwriter, Smilin' Through
  • April 4 – Frederick Lonsdale, 73, English playwright and screenwriter, The Private Life of Don Juan
  • April 10 – , 91, French film pioneer
  • April 29 – , 73, Austrian director, The House of Fear, The Invisible Man Returns
  • May 1 – Arthur Johnston, 56, Composer, Pennies from Heaven
  • May 3 – , 50, American actor, Adventures of Captain Marvel, The Phantom
  • May 15 – Herbert I. Leeds, 54, American director, Mr. Moto in Danger Island
  • May 17 – , 56, American screenwriter, The Little Princess, In Old Oklahoma
  • May 18 – , 67, American film pioneer, inventor of
  • May 20 – Hans von Wolzogen, 65, German film producer and director, Sprengbagger 1010
  • May 25 – , 63, German writer, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • May 31 – Guglielmo Barnabò, 66, Italian actor, Miracle in Milan
  • June 27 – , 71, German actor,
  • June 28 – , 70, German actor, The Heath is Green
  • July 1 – Thea von Harbou, 65, German screenwriter, novelist, director and actress, Metropolis
  • July 6 – , 60, Hungarian film producer and director, Pygmalion
  • July 8 – , 47, American screenwriter, The Jungle Princess
  • July 12 – Lord Grantley, 62, British film executive
  • July 13 – , 63, American director and actor, The Most Dangerous Game, Santa Fe, Oliver Twist, How Green Was My Valley
  • July 14 – Al Hill, 62, American actor, The Payoff, The Border Patrolman
  • July 23 – Leonard Goldstein, 51, American producer, Ma and Pa Kettle
  • July 24 – , 87, American actress, Sally of the Sawdust
  • August 4 – , 58, German actor and director, Ave Maria
  • August 11 – , 65, English-born American actor, The Public Enemy
  • August 19 – , 68, American producer and movie historian, author of A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture
  • August 24 – Lewis D. Collins, 55, American director, The Desert Trail
  • September 3 – , 65, American actor, My Man Godfrey, The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • September 28 – , 69, American actor, The Lone Wolf
  • October 22 – , 65, American movie executive and president of Fox West Coast
  • October 22 – , 70, American cartoonist, Bringing Up Father
  • November 11 – Reinhold Schünzel, 68, German director and actor, The Ice Follies of 1939, Notorious
  • November 15 – , 76, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, You Can't Take It with You, Key Largo, Treasure Island, Grand Hotel
  • November 22 – , 65, American actor, The Three Musketeers
  • November 22 – , 63, Australian comedian, Strike Me Lucky
  • November 29 – , 77, Finnish actor,
  • December 6 – , 79, American actress, A Wise Fool
  • December 8 – , 50, American actress, The Maltese Falcon, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Roaring Twenties, Detective Story
  • December 18 – , 58, Austrian actress, The Eternal Waltz

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