1885 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 1885 in film, including a list of notable births.

Events

• American inventors George Eastman and Hannibal Goodwin each invent a sensitized celluloid base roll photographic film to replace the glass plates then in use.

Births

• January 1 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian film director (died 1945)
• January 6 – Florence Turner, American actor (died 1946)
• January 11 – Jack Hoxie, American actor (died 1965)
• January 28 – Julia Cæsar, Swedish actress (died 1971)
• February 21 – Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (died 1957)
• March 1 – Lionel Atwill, British actor (died 1946)
• April 1 – Wallace Beery, American actor (died 1949)
• April 3 – Allan Dwan, Canadian-born director and screenwriter (died 1981)
• May 2 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (died 1966)
• May 7 – George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (died 1969)
• May 8 – Charles Dullin, French actor, director, theater manager (died 1949)
• May 21 – Oscar A.C. Lund. Swedish actor, screenwriter and director (died 1963)
• June 26 – Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (died 1950)
• July 21 – Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, screenwriter and director (died 1948)
• July 29 – Theda Bara, American actress (died 1955)
• July 31 – Luigi Serventi, Italian actor (died 1976)
• September 22 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor, filmmaker (died 1957)
• October 10 – Jean Peyrière, French actor (died 1965)
• October 18 – Amleto Novelli, Italian actor (died 1924)
• November 27 – Daniel Mendaille, French actor (died 1963)
• December 11 – Carlo Wieth, Danish actor (died 1943)