Notable film makers and actors born in 1885:
Births
- January 1, Béla Balogh, Hungarian film director (d. 1945)
- January 6, Florence Turner, American actor (d. 1946)
- January 11, Jack Hoxie, American actor (d. 1965)
- January 28, Julia Cæsar, Swedish actress (d. 1971)
- February 21, Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (d. 1957)
- March 1, Lionel Atwill, British actor (d. 1946)
- April 1, Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
- April 3, Allan Dwan, Canadian-born director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
- May 2, Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (d. 1966)
- May 7, George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
- May 8, Charles Dullin, French actor, director, theater manager (d. 1949)
- May 21, Oscar A. C. Lund. Swedish actor, screenwriter and director (d. 1963)
- June 26, Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (d. 1950)
- July 21, Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, screenwriter and director (d. 1948)
- July 29, Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)
- September 22, Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor, filmmaker (d. 1957)
- December 11 - Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (d. 1943)
