1997 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Bill Lancaster 49 USA Screenwriter The Thing • The Bad News Bears
6 Catherine Scorsese 84 USA Actress Goodfellas • The Godfather: Part III • Casino • The King of Comedy • Cape Fear • Moonstruck
19 Adriana Caselotti 80 USA Actress Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • The Wizard of Oz • It's a Wonderful Life
19 James Dickey 73 USA Author, Screenwriter, Actor Deliverance
23 Bill Zuckert 81 USA Actor Ace Ventura: Pet Detective • Hang 'Em High • Seems Like Old Times • Ada
February 4 Robert Clouse 68 USA Director Enter the Dragon • Ironheart • Game of Death • China O'Brien • Black Belt Jones
8 Robert Ridgely 65 USA Actor Philadelphia • Boogie Nights • Robin Hood: Men in Tights • Fire Down Below • Beverly Hills Cop II • That Thing You Do! • The Ref
12 James Cossins 63 UK Actor The Man with the Golden Gun • Gandhi • The First Great Train Robbery
26 David Doyle 67 USA Actor Capricorn One • The Adventures of Pinocchio • Coogan's Bluff
26 Wende Wagner 55 USA Actress Rosemary's Baby • Guns of the Magnificent Seven • Out of Sight • Rio Conchos
March 4 Carey Loftin 83 USA Stuntman, Actor The Deer Hunter • Patton • The Goonies • Days of Thunder • Fletch • The Rookie • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo • The China Syndrome • Harry and the Hendersons
8 Alexander Salkind 75 Poland Producer Superman • The Three Musketeers • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
14 Fred Zinnemann 89 Austria Director, Producer From Here to Eternity • High Noon • A Man for All Seasons • Oklahoma! • The Day of the Jackal • The Sundowners
April 2 Anthony Bushell 92 UK Actor A Night to Remember • The Battle of the River Plate • The Scarlet Pimpernel • Disraeli • The Black Knight
5 Allen Ginsberg 70 USA Poet, Actor Chappaqua • Renaldo and Clara
14 Michael Stroka 58 USA Actor King Rat • House of Dark Shadows • Harlem Nights • Island of Blood
20 Jean Louis 89 France Costume Designer The Caine Mutiny • A Star is Born • The Misfits • Gambit • Bus Riley's Back in Town
25 Brian May 62 Australia Composer Mad Max • Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare • Steel Dawn • Hurricane Smith • Cloak & Dagger • Patrick
25 John Beal 87 USA Actor The Firm • Amityville 3-D • Les Misérables
27 Paul Lambert 74 USA Actor Planet of the Apes • Spartacus • All the President's Men • Blue Thunder • Death Wish II • A Gunfight
28 Steve Conte 77 Italy Actor The Onion Field • The Wild World of Batwoman • Teenage Zombies
May 11 Howard Morton 71 USA Actor The Mechanic • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean • Scorpio
14 Thelma Carpenter 75 USA Actress The Wiz • The Cotton Club • New York Stories
16 Giuseppe De Santis 80 Italy Screenwriter Bitter Rice
23 Frances E. Nealy 78 USA Actress Ghostbusters • WarGames • Blue Thunder • Colors • Alex in Wonderland
June 14 Richard Jaeckel 70 USA Actor The Dirty Dozen • Starman • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid • Chosen Survivors • The Green Slime • Walking Tall Part 2 • The Devil's Brigade
22 Don Henderson 64 UK Actor Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Brazil • FairyTale: A True Story • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
24 Brian Keith 75 USA Actor The Parent Trap • Young Guns • The Wind and the Lion • Nickelodeon • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen • Hooper
29 William Hickey 69 USA Actor The Nightmare Before Christmas • Prizzi's Honor • Pink Cadillac • The Name of the Rose • Little Big Man • MouseHunt • The Boston Strangler
July 1 Robert Mitchum 79 USA Actor Cape Fear • Story of G.I. Joe • Ryan's Daughter • Tombstone • The Night of the Hunter • Out of the Past • Dead Man • Scrooged • The Last Tycoon • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
2 James Stewart 89 USA Actor It's a Wonderful Life • Vertigo • Rear Window • The Flight of the Phoenix • Rope • How the West Was Won • The Spirit of St. Louis • Harvey • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington • The Cheyenne Social Club
16 William Reynolds 87 USA Film Editor The Godfather • The Sound of Music • The Sting • The Day the Earth Stood Still • The Sand Pebbles • Newsies • Ishtar • Our Man Flint
17 Gene Warren 80 USA Visual Effects Artist True Lies • Black Sunday • The Time Machine
24 Brian Glover 63 UK Actor Alien 3 • An American Werewolf in London • Kafka • Jabberwocky
August 2 William S. Burroughs 83 USA Author, Actor Twister • Drugstore Cowboy
5 Don Steele 61 USA Actor Gremlins • Grand Theft Auto • Death Race 2000 • Rock 'n' Roll High School • Eating Raoul
18 Don Knight 64 UK Actor Swamp Thing • The Apple Dumpling Gang • The Hawaiians
18 Jeep Swenson 40 USA Actor Batman & Robin • Bulletproof • The Bad Pack • No Holds Barred
26 Camilla Spira 81 Germany Actor Die Buntkarierten • Morgenrot • The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
31 Dodi Fayed 42 Egypt Producer Hook • Chariots of Fire • F/X
31 Will Hare 81 USA Actor Back to the Future • The Rose • The Electric Horseman • Heaven Can Wait • Enter the Ninja
September 5 Eddie Little Sky 71 USA Actor A Man Called Horse • Paint Your Wagon • 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
9 Burgess Meredith 89 USA Actor Rocky • Batman • The Day of the Locust • Grumpy Old Men • Clash of the Titans • Joe Butterfly • The Sentinel
17 Red Skelton 84 USA Actor, Comedian Ziegfeld Follies • Merton of the Movies • Whistling in Brooklyn • DuBarry Was a Lady
26 Dorothy Kingsley 87 USA Screenwriter Angels in the Outfield • Valley of the Dolls • Pal Joey
October 3 John Ashley 95 UK Actor, Producer Apocalypse Now • Hud • Frankenstein's Daughter • Suicide Battalion
5 Andrew Keir 71 UK Actor Cleopatra • Rob Roy • Mary, Queen of Scots • Quatermass and the Pit • Dracula: Prince of Darkness
12 John Denver 53 USA Singer, Actor Oh, God! • Fire and Ice
16 Audra Lindley 79 USA Actress When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? • The Relic • Spellbinder • Shoot the Moon
19 Arthur Ibbetson 75 UK Cinematographer Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • Where Eagles Dare • Hopscotch • Anne of the Thousand Days • The Bounty • Poet's Pub
24 Don Messick 71 USA Voice Actor, Actor, Voice of Scooby-Doo Jetsons: The Movie • The Transformers: The Movie • Tom and Jerry: The Movie • Pufnstuf
30 Samuel Fuller 85 USA Screenwriter The Big Red One • Shock Corridor • The Klansman • The Cape Town Affair
November 5 William Watson 59 USA Actor In the Heat of the Night • Chato's Land • The Mack
8 Michael Ward 88 UK Actor Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell • Revenge of the Pink Panther • Carry On Cleo • The Rough and the Smooth
11 William Alland 81 USA Producer, Actor Citizen Kane • Creature from the Black Lagoon • The Deadly Mantis • The Mole People • This Island Earth
12 Sándor Szabó 82 Hungary Actor Topaz
25 Charles Hallahan 54 Ireland Actress The Thing • Dante's Peak • Twilight Zone: The Movie • Dave • Pale Rider
December 4 Richard Vernon 72 UK Actor Goldfinger • A Hard Day's Night • Gandhi • Evil Under the Sun
14 Stubby Kaye 79 USA Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Cat Ballou • Guys and Dolls • Sweet Charity • The Cool Mikado • Li'l Abner
18 Chris Farley 33 USA Actor, Comedian Tommy Boy • Beverly Hills Ninja • Wayne's World 2 • Black Sheep • Coneheads • Almost Heroes • Airheads
19 Michael Alldredge 56 USA Actor Scarface • Iron Eagle • The Entity • Robot Jox
20 Dawn Steel 51 USA Producer City of Angels • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit • Fallen • Cool Runnings • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
25 Denver Pyle 77 USA Actor Bonnie and Clyde • Maverick • Escape to Witch Mountain • The Great Race
31 Billie Dove 94 USA Actress The Black Pirate • Beyond the Rainbow • The Painted Angel

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