Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January 1 Cesar Romero 86
US
Actor
3 Heather Sears 58
UK
Actress
7 Vittorio Mezzogiorno 52
Italy
Actor
7 Llewellyn Rees 92
UK
Actor
8 Pat Buttram 78
US
Actor
9 Madge Ryan 75
Australia
Actress
12 Samuel Bronston 85
Moldova
Producer
14 Esther Ralston 91
US
Actress
19 Kenneth Utt 72
US
Producer, Production Manager
22 Jean-Louis Barrault 83
France
Actor
22 Frances Gifford 73
US
Actress
22 Telly Savalas 72
US
Actor
23 Oliver Smith 75
US
Production Designer
27 Claude Akins 67
US
Actor
28 Hal Smith 77
US
Actor, Voice Actor
February 1 Olan Soule 84
US
Actor
6 Harold Schneider
55
US
Producer
6 Joseph Cotten 88
US
Actor
6 Gwen Watford 66
UK
Actress
9 Jarmila Novotna 86
Czech Republic
Singer, Actress
11 Sorrell Booke 64
US
Actor
11 William Conrad 73
US
Actor, Producer
15 Tiger Haynes 86
US
Actor
19 Derek Jarman 52
UK
Director, Screenwriter
24 Dinah Shore 76
US
Singer, Actress
28 Enrico Maria Salerno 67
Italy
Actor
March 2 Anita Morris 50
US
Actress
4 John Candy 43
Canada
Actor
6 Melina Mercouri 73
Greece
Actress
8 John Ewart 66
Australia
Actor
9 Fernando Rey 76
Spain
Actor
17 Mai Zetterling 68
Sweden
Actress
21 Macdonald Carey 81
US
Actor
21 Lili Damita 89
France
Actress
21 Dack Rambo 52
US
Actor
22 Walter Lantz 94
US
Animator
23 Giulietta Masina 73
Italy
Actress
23 Paula Trueman 93
US
Actress
29 Bill Travers 72
UK
Actor
April 2 Betty Furness 78
US
Actress
3 Frank Wells 62
US
Studio Executive
4 Ginny Simms 80
US
Singer, Actress
12 Frank V. Phillips 82
US
Cinematographer
16 John McLiam 76
Canada
Actor
16 Ron Vawter 45
US
Actor
20 Dennis Cleveland Stewart 46
US
Actor
27 Lynne Frederick 39
UK
Actress
30 Chris Butler 41
US
Set Decorator
30 Ferdinando Scarfiotti 53
Italy
Production Designer
May 6 Fred Sadoff 67
US
Actor
7 Ray Elton 80
UK
Cinematographer
8 George Peppard 65
US
Actor
8 Murray Spivack 90
US
Sound Engineer
11 Timothy Carey 65
US
Actor
15 Royal Dano 71
US
Actor
15 Gilbert Roland 88
Mexico
Actor
16 Alain Cuny 85
France
Actor
19 Henry Morgan 79
US
Actor
24 Oscar Saul 81
US
Screenwriter
29 Joseph Janni 78
Italy
Producer
31 Sidney Gilliat 86
UK
Director, Screenwriter
June 2 Philip Dunne 84
US
Screenwriter, Director
4 Stephen McNally 80
US
Actor
4 Massimo Troisi 41
Italy
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
6 Johnny Downs 80
US
Actor
6 Barry Sullivan 81
US
Actor
7 Dennis Potter 59
UK
Screenwriter
11 Herbert Anderson 77
US
Actor
12 Chris Latta 44
US
Actor
13 Nadia Gray 70
Romania
Actress
13 K. T. Stevens 74
US
Actress
14 Henry Mancini 70
US
Composer
16 Eileen Way 82
UK
Actress
20 Robin Raymond 77
US
Actress
21 Winston Miller 83
US
Screenwriter
22 Jack Davies 80
UK
Screenwriter
July 1 Dominic Lucero
26
US
Dancer, Actor
6 Cameron Mitchell 75
US
Actor
8 Robert B. Hauser 75
US
Cinematographer
8 Dick Sargent 64
US
Actor
14 Eric Linden 84
US
Actor
14 Alberto Lionello 64
Italy
Actor
19 Gottfried Reinhardt 83
Germany
Director
20 Gregg Fonseca
41
US
Production Designer
23 Mario Brega 71
Italy
Actor
23 Hans J. Salter 98
Austria
Composer
30 Janis Carter 80
US
Actress
August 2 Bert Freed 74
US
Actor
3 John Zenda 50
US
Actor
7 Robert Hutton 74
US
Actor
11 Peter Cushing 81
UK
Actor
11 Red Mitchell
33
US
Actor
14 Joan Harrison 87
UK
Screenwriter, Producer
16 John Doucette 73
US
Actor
21 Danitra Vance 40
US
Actress
26 Norman Warwick 74
UK
Cinematographer
26 Tariq Yunus 47-54
India
Actor
30 Lindsay Anderson 71
UK
Director
September 6 James Clavell 72
Australia
Screenwriter, Director
6 Duccio Tessari 67
Italian
Director, Screenwriter
7 Dennis Morgan 85
US
Actor
7 Godfrey Quigley 71
Israel
Actor
7 Terence Young 79
China
Director
9 Douglas Morrow 80
US
Screenwriter
9 Patrick O'Neal 66
US
Actor
10 Charles Drake 76
US
Actor
11 Jessica Tandy 85
UK
Actress
12 Tom Ewell 85
US
Actor
15 Mark Stevens 77
US
Actor
16 Jack Dodson 63
US
Actor
17 Iris Adrian 82
US
Actress
18 Wayne Finkelman
47
US
Costume Designer
20 Jule Styne 88
UK
Songwriter, Composer
21 Arthur B. Krim 84
US
Studio Executive
23 Robert Bloch 77
US
Screenwriter
28 Harry Saltzman 78
Canada
Producer
30 Lina Basquette 87
US
Actress
30 Sydney Walker 73
US
Actress
October 1 Marjorie Weaver 81
US
Actress
2 Harriet Nelson 85
US
Actress
3 Virginia Dale 77
US
Actress
3 Dub Taylor 87
US
Actor
7 James Hill 75
UK
Director
8 Diana Churchill 81
UK
Actress
16 Peter Bromilow 61
UK
Actor
17 Monja Danischewsky 83
Russia
Screenwriter, Producer
17 Martha Raye 78
US
Actress
20 Burt Lancaster 80
US
Actor
23 Robert Lansing 66
US
Actor
24 Raul Julia 54
Puerto Rico
Actor
25 Mildred Natwick 89
US
Actress
26 Tutta Rolf 87
Norway
Actress
November 1 Noah Beery Jr. 81
US
Actor
7 Carleton Young 89
US
Actor
8 Michael O'Donoghue 54
US
Screenwriter, Actor
9 Ralph Michael 87
UK
Actor
9 Richard Rust 54
US
Actor
11 Ernest Clark 82
UK
Actor
14 Tom Villard 40
US
Actor
18 Cab Calloway 86
US
Actor, Singer
24 Irwin Kostal 83
US
Orchestrator
27 Rufina Nifontova 63
Russia
Actress
30 Lionel Stander 86
US
Actor
December 5 Alan Splet 54
US
Sound Engineer
5 Harry Horner 84
Czech Republic
Production Designer, Director
5 Günter Meisner 68
Germany
Actor
6 Gian Maria Volonté 61
Italy
Actor
11 Yuli Raizman 90
Russia
Director, Screenwriter
18 Lilia Skala 98
Hungary
Actress
23 Nora Dunfee 78
US
Dialogue Coach, Actress
23 Sebastian Shaw 89
UK
Actor
24 Rossano Brazzi 78
Italy
Actor
24 Julie Haydon 84
US
Actress
24 John Osborne 65
UK
Actor, Screenwriter
26 Robert Emhardt 81
US
Actor
26 Sylva Koscina 61
Yugoslavia
Actress
27 Steve Plytas 81
UK
Actor
29 Frank Thring 68
Australia
Actor
31 Woody Strode 80
US
Actor
