Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). Births January January 1 – Mario Andreacchio, Australian film director January 1 – Stephen Mallinder, English musician (Cabaret Voltaire) January 2 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor January 2 – Vivien Savage, French singer January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor January 12 – Rockne O'Bannon, American writer and television producer… (More on 1955)