Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
1 Emmet Lavery 83
US
Screenwriter
2 Una Merkel 82
US
Actress
14 Donna Reed 64
US
Actress
24 Gordon MacRae 64
US
Actor, Singer
27 Lilli Palmer 78
Germany
Actress
29 Leif Erickson 74
US
Actor
February
2 Donald Eccles 77
UK
Actor
6 Ray Moyer 87
US
Set Decorator
6 Dandy Nichols 78
UK
Actress
10 Brian Aherne 83
UK
Actor
16 Howard Da Silva 82
US
Actor
17 Paul Stewart 77
US
Actor
19 Adolfo Celi 63
Italy
Actor
22 Bill Hickman 65
US
Stuntman, Actor
23 Nino Taranto 78
Italy
Actor
25 Pasquale Festa Campanile 58
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
27 Eugene Forde 87
US
Director
March
3 Peter Capell 73
Germany
Actor
6 Adolph Caesar 52
US
Actor
10 Ray Milland 77
UK
Actor, Director
14 Edith Atwater 74
US
Actress
21 Derek Farr 74
UK
Actor
22 Olive Deering 67
US
Actress
22 Charles Starrett 82
US
Actor
25 Gloria Blondell 75
US
Actress
28 Virginia Gilmore 66
US
Actress
29 Harry Ritz 86
US
Comedian, Actor
30 Herman A. Blumenthal 69
US
Art Director, Production Designer
30 James Cagney 86
US
Actor
31 Jerry Paris 60
US
Actor, Director
April
3 Mary C. McCall Jr. 81
US
Screenwriter
7 Chester Erskine 77
US
Screenwriter, Director
13 Stephen Stucker 38
US
Actor
15 Tim McIntire 41
US
Actor
20 Max Benedict 66
Austria
Film Editor
21 Marjorie Eaton 85
US
Actress
23 Harold Arlen 81
US
Composer
23 Otto Preminger 80
Austria
Director, Producer, Actor
26 Broderick Crawford 74
US
Actor
26 Bessie Love 87
US
Actress
30 Robert Stevenson 81
UK
Director
May
1 Hylda Baker 81
UK
Actress
3 Robert Alda 72
US
Actor
9 Herschel Bernardi 62
US
Actor
12 Elisabeth Bergner 88
Ukraine
Actress
13 George Gaines 52
US
Set Decorator
22 Martin Gabel 73
US
Actor
23 Sterling Hayden 70
US
Actor
24 Yakima Canutt 90
US
Actor, Stuntman, Director
26 Gunnar Björnstrand 74
Sweden
Actor
28 Lurene Tuttle 78
US
Actress
31 Sylvia Coleridge 76
UK
Actress
June
3 Anna Neagle 81
UK
Actress
10 Paul Stevens 65
US
Actor
11 Reed De Rouen 69
UK
Actor
13 Benny Goodman 77
US
Musician
14 Alan Jay Lerner 67
US
Screenwriter, Lyricist
17 Ted J. Kent 84
US
Film Editor
20 Julie Duncan 67
US
Actress
23 Nigel Stock 66
UK
Actor
29 Robert Drivas 50
US
Actor
30 Margalo Gillmore 89
UK
Actress
July
3 Rudy Vallee 84
US
Actor, Singer
10 Jody Lawrance 55
US
Actress
15 Benny Rubin 87
US
Actor
18 Buddy Baer 71
US
Actor
19 Daniel L. Fapp 82
US
Cinematographer
19 Harold D. Schuster 83
US
Film Editor, Director
25 Vincente Minnelli 83
US
Director
28 John Alcott 55
UK
Cinematographer
August
6 Emilio Fernández 82
Mexico
Actor, Director
10 Jacqueline Gadsden 86
US
Actress
13 Helen Mack 72
US
Actress
15 Waldon O. Watson 79
US
Sound Engineer
19 Hermione Baddeley 79
UK
Actress
20 Walter Brooke 71
US
Actor
21 Bruce Cowling 66
US
Actor
23 Adrienne Fazan 80
US
Film Editor
26 Ted Knight 62
US
Actor
September
1 Murray Hamilton 63
US
Actor
6 Blanche Sweet 90
US
Actress
8 Ray Nazarro 83
US
Director
15 Virginia Gregg 70
US
Actress
26 Brian Desmond Hurst 91
Ireland
Director
28 Denis Carey 77
UK
Actor
28 Robert Helpmann 77
Australia
Actor, Director
October
5 Hal B. Wallis 88
US
Producer
11 David Hand 86
US
Animator, Director
11 Boris Leven 78
Russia
Production Designer
14 Yvette Dugay 54
US
Actress
14 Keenan Wynn 70
US
Actor
14 Spec O'Donnell 75
US
Actor
17 Leah Rhodes 84
US
Costume Designer
25 Forrest Tucker 67
US
Actor
28 Robert Arthur 76
US
Producer
28 Ian Marter 42
UK
Actor
31 Marcella Martin 70
US
Actress
November
2 Harry Brown 69
US
Screenwriter
8 Beatrice Kay 79
US
Singer, Actress
11 Roger C. Carmel 54
US
Actor
21 Jerry Colonna 82
US
Actor
21 Dar Robinson 39
US
Stuntman
22 Scatman Crothers 76
US
Actor
23 Norman Maurer 60
US
Producer
27 Robert Priestley 85
US
Set Decorator
29 Herb Vigran 76
US
Actor
29 Cary Grant 82
UK
Actor
December
1 Frank McCarthy 74
US
Producer
2 Ken Scott 58
US
Actor
2 Desi Arnaz 69
Cuba
Actor, Singer
10 Susan Cabot 59
US
Actress
11 Carlos Ramirez 70
Colombia
Actor, Singer
12 Clifford Stine 80
US
Cinematographer
13 Heather Angel 77
UK
Actress
18 George Amy 83
US
Film Editor
18 Mamo Clark 72
US
Actress
22 Harvey Stephens 85
US
Actor
23 Gerhard Bienert 88
Germany
Actor
26 Elsa Lanchester 84
UK
Actress
28 Andrei Tarkovsky 54
Russia
Director, Screenwriter
