1886 in film

List of years in film (table)
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Events

• Louis Le Prince is granted an American dual-patent on a 16-lens device that combines a motion picture camera with a projector.

Births

• January 11 – Väinö Lehmus, Finnish actor (died 1936)
• March 18 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor (died 1970)
• April 2 – Reginald Barker, Canadian-born American director (died 1945)
• April 8 – Lily Elsie, English singer and actress (died 1962)
• May 26 – Al Jolson, Lithuanian-born American actor and singer (died 1950)
• July 1 – Gabrielle Robinne, French actress (died 1980)
• July 26 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (died 1965)
• September 11 – Lars Tvinde, Norwegian actor (died 1973)
• October 12 – Karl Dane, Danish-born American actor (died 1934)
• October 25 – Leo G. Carroll, British actor (died 1972)