2011 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Nationality Profession Notable films
January 2 Anne Francis 80 American Actress Forbidden Planet • Bad Day at Black Rock • Blackboard Jungle • Battle Cry • Hook, Line & Sinker • Funny Girl
2 Pete Postlethwaite 64 British Actor In the Name of the Father • Dragonheart • The Lost World: Jurassic Park • The Usual Suspects • Inception • The Last of the Mohicans • Amistad • Brassed Off • James and the Giant Peach • The Shipping News • The Constant Gardener • Clash of the Titans • Romeo + Juliet • The Town • The Omen • Alien 3 • Æon Flux • The Serpent's Kiss • Dark Water • Hamlet
2 Patricia Smith 80 American Actress The Spirit of St. Louis • Mad City • Save the Tiger
3 Jill Haworth 65 British Actress Exodus • In Harm's Way • The Cardinal
9 Peter Yates 81 British Film Director Bullitt • The Hot Rock • The Friends of Eddie Coyle • Breaking Away • The Deep • The Dresser • Krull
11 David Nelson 74 American Actor, Director, Producer Cry-Baby • Peyton Place • Up in Smoke • -30-
15 Susannah York 72 British Actress Tom Jones • A Man for All Seasons • Superman • The Killing of Sister George • Battle of Britain • Jane Eyre • Images • A Christmas Carol
16 Paul Picerni 88 American Actor House of Wax • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure • Capricorn One • The Last Hurrah • Something for Joey • Airport • The Scalphunters • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
16 Juan Piquer Simón 75 Spanish Director The Pod People • Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island • The Rift • Pieces • Slugs
21 Theoni V. Aldredge 82 Greek Costume Designer Ghostbusters • The Great Gatsby • The Cheap Detective • Eyes of Laura Mars • The Rose • Annie • Moonstruck • The Mirror Has Two Faces
24 Bernd Eichinger 61 German Producer The NeverEnding Story • Resident Evil • Fantastic Four • Downfall
27 Charlie Callas 83 American Actor Silent Movie • Pete's Dragon
30 John Barry 77 British Composer From Russia with Love • The Lion in Winter • Midnight Cowboy • King Kong • Chaplin • Dances with Wolves • Out of Africa • Born Free • The Specialist • Octopussy • A View to a Kill • Diamonds Are Forever • Moonraker • Mary, Queen of Scots • Howard the Duck • The Black Hole
31 Michael Tolan 86 American Actor All That Jazz • The Greatest Story Ever Told • Presumed Innocent • Julius Caesar • John and Mary
February 2 Margaret John 84 British Actress Run Fatboy Run • How Green Was My Valley
3 Maria Schneider 58 French Actress Last Tango in Paris • The Passenger • Jane Eyre
4 Tura Satana 72 Japanese Actress Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
5 Donald Peterman 79 American Cinematographer Men in Black • Cocoon • How the Grinch Stole Christmas • Point Break • Flashdance • Mighty Joe Young • Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Splash
10 Bill Justice 97 American Animator Fantasia • Bambi • The Three Caballeros • Alice in Wonderland • Peter Pan • A Symposium on Popular Songs
12 Betty Garrett 91 American Actress, Comedienne, Dancer, Singer Call Me Mister • Words and Music • On the Town • Take Me Out To The Ball Game • Neptune's Daughter • My Sister Eileen
12 Kenneth Mars 75 American Actor The Producers • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Fletch • Young Frankenstein • What's Up, Doc? • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again • Yellowbeard • Radio Days • For Keeps • The Little Mermaid • We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story • Thumbelina
13 Larry Holden 49 Irish Actor Batman Begins • Memento • Insomnia
13 T. P. McKenna 81 British Actor The Libertine • Shake Hands with the Devil • Silver Dream Racer • Britannia Hospital
14 David F. Friedman 87 American Producer Blood Feast • Love Camp 7 • Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
16 Alfred Burke 92 British Actor Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets • Interpol • Crooks Anonymous • Operation Amsterdam • Bitter Victory
16 Len Lesser 88 American Actor Kelly's Heroes • The Outlaw Josey Wales • Ruby • Take This Job and Shove It
17 Perry Moore 39 American Producer The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe • Lake City
18 Walter Seltzer 96 American Producer Soylent Green • The Omega Man • One-Eyed Jacks • Will Penny • Skyjacked • The Naked Edge
22 Nicholas Courtney 81 British Actor Bullseye!
26 Greg Goossen 65 American Actor Unforgiven • The Royal Tenenbaums • Waterworld • Get Shorty • The Firm • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • Wyatt Earp • Behind Enemy Lines • Heist • The Replacements • The Quick and the Dead
27 Gary Winick 49 American Director, Producer 13 Going on 30 • Charlotte's Web • Letters to Juliet • Tadpole • Bride Wars
28 Nick LaTour 84 American Actor Jingle All the Way • Deep Cover
28 Jane Russell 89 American Actress Gentlemen Prefer Blondes • Gentlemen Marry Brunettes • Underwater! • The Outlaw • Macao
March 4 Charles Jarrott 83 British Director Anne of the Thousand Days • Lost Horizon • The Dove • Escape from the Dark • The Other Side of Midnight • The Last Flight of Noah's Ark • Condorman • Turn of Faith
11 Hugh Martin 96 American Film Composer, Songwriter Meet Me in St. Louis • Athena • The Girl Most Likely
17 Michael Gough 94 Malaysian Actor Batman • Sleepy Hollow • Alice in Wonderland • Corpse Bride • Horror of Dracula • The Age of Innocence • Top Secret! • Horrors of the Black Museum
21 Joe Wizan 76 Mexican Producer Along Came a Spider • Jeremiah Johnson • Iron Eagle • Dunston Checks In • ...And Justice for All
22 Helen Stenborg 86 American Actress Enchanted • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Doubt • Isn't She Great • Three Days of the Condor • Marvin's Room
23 Elizabeth Taylor 79 British-American Actress Giant • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • BUtterfield 8 • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof • National Velvet • Cleopatra • The Flintstones • Suddenly, Last Summer • A Place in the Sun • Father of the Bride • Ash Wednesday • The Mirror Crack'd • The Comedians • The Sandpiper • Doctor Faustus • Raintree County • The Taming of the Shrew • A Date with Judy
27 Farley Granger 85 American Actor Rope • Strangers on a Train • Hans Christian Andersen
April 2 Bill Varney 77 American Sound Mixer Raiders of the Lost Ark • The Empire Strikes Back • Back to the Future • Dune • Harry and the Hendersons • Gremlins • Poltergeist • The Goonies • Escape from New York • Starman
3 Kevin Jarre 56 American Screenwriter Tombstone • Glory • The Mummy • The Devil's Own
4 Wayne Robson 64 Canadian Actor Affliction • The Incredible Hulk • Duct Tape Forever • Popeye • Cold Creek Manor • Welcome to Mooseport • Dolores Claiborne • The Rescuers Down Under • Wrong Turn
6 Skip O'Brien 60 American Actor Liar Liar • Prizzi's Honor • The Hitcher • Black Sheep • Blow • A Very Brady Sequel
9 Sidney Lumet 86 American Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor 12 Angry Men • Dog Day Afternoon • Network • The Wiz • Serpico • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead • Fail-Safe • The Verdict • Murder on the Orient Express • Prince of the City • Family Business • Garbo Talks • Equus • Deathtrap • The Manchurian Candidate • Find Me Guilty
9 Yolande Palfrey 54 British Actress Dragonslayer
11 Angela Scoular 65 British Actress On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Casino Royale
14 Trevor Bannister 76 British Actor Are You Being Served? • Captain Jack • Au Pair Girls
17 Michael Sarrazin 70 Canadian Actor They Shoot Horses, Don't They? • The Gumball Rally • The Flim Flam Man • Gunfight in Abilene • Frankenstein: The True Story • La Florida
20 Tim Hetherington 40 British-American Director, Producer, Cinematographer Restrepo
24 Marie-France Pisier 66 French Actress L'Amour a vingt ans/Love at Twenty • Cousin, cousine • The Other Side of Midnight • The Bronte Sisters • Chanel Solitaire
28 William Campbell 87 American Actor The High and the Mighty • Man Without a Star • Love Me Tender • Dementia 13
May 3 Jackie Cooper 88 American Actor Superman • Skippy • O'Shaughnessy's Boy • Chosen Survivors • The Champ • Treasure Island • Surrender
5 Arthur Laurents 93 American Playwright, Screenwriter West Side Story • Gypsy • Anastasia • The Way We Were • The Turning Point • The Snake Pit
5 Dana Wynter 79 British Actress Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Shake Hands with the Devil • Sink the Bismarck! • The List of Adrian Messenger • Airport
8 Hilton Rosemarin 58 Canadian Set Decorator Three Men and a Baby • Jumper • Mermaids • The Ghost and the Darkness • Cocktail • Marley & Me • The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle • Hellboy • Zookeeper • The Horse Whisperer
9 Dolores Fuller 88 American Actress Glen or Glenda • Jail Bait • Bride of the Monster
15 Barbara Stuart 76 American Actress Airplane! • Bachelor Party • Hellfighters • Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills
16 Edward Hardwicke 78 British Actor Elizabeth • Oliver Twist • Richard III • Shadowlands • Enigma
20 Randy Savage 58 American Actor Spider-Man • Bolt • Ready to Rumble
21 Bill Hunter 71 Australian Actor Gallipoli • Finding Nemo • Muriel's Wedding • Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole • Kangaroo Jack • Australia
22 Joseph Brooks 73 American Director, Songwriter If Ever I See You Again • You Light Up My Life
27 Jeff Conaway 60 American Actor Grease • The Eagle Has Landed • Curse of the Forty-Niner • 'A Time to Die' • The Patriot • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
30 Clarice Taylor 93 American Actress Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon • Play Misty for Me
June
3 James Arness 88 American Actor The Farmer's Daughter • The Thing from Another World • Them! • Hondo • The Sea Chase
3 Miriam Karlin 85 British Actress A Clockwork Orange • Children of Men • The Entertainer
4 Donald Hewlett 90 British Actor Carry On Behind
6 John Boswall 91 British Actor Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl • Three Men and a Little Lady • Joan of Arc • The Statement • The Wind in the Willows • Nineteen Eighty-Four
8 John Mackenzie 83 British Director The Long Good Friday • Ruby
11 Gunnar Fischer 100 Swedish Cinematographer Port of Call • Thirst • This Can't Happen Here • To Joy • Smiles of a Summer Night • The Seventh Seal • Wild Strawberries • The Magician • The Devil's Eye
12 Laura Ziskin 61 American Producer Pretty Woman • What About Bob? • To Die For • As Good as it Gets • Spider-Man 2
14 Badi Uzzaman 72 Indian Actor Eastern Promises • Another Year • Cry Freedom • Kevin & Perry Go Large
20 Ryan Dunn 34 American Actor Jackass: The Movie • Blonde Ambition
22 David Rayfiel 87 American Screenwriter Three Days of the Condor • Death Watch • The Firm
23 Peter Falk 83 American Actor The Princess Bride • Murder, Inc. • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Next • The Great Race • Robin and the 7 Hoods • Pocketful of Miracles • Shark Tale • A Woman Under the Influence • The In-Laws • The Thing About My Folks • Murder by Death • The Cheap Detective
25 Alice Playten 63 American Actress I.Q. • Heavy Metal • Doug's 1st Movie • Legend
27 Elaine Stewart 81 American Actress The Bad and the Beautiful • Brigadoon • Night Passage
July 3 Anna Massey 73 British Actress Peeping Tom • The Importance of Being Earnest • The Machinist • Frenzy
5 Gordon Tootoosis 69 Canadian Actor Pocahontas • Legends of the Fall • Reindeer Games • Lone Star • Open Season • Alaska • The Edge
8 Roberts Blossom 87 American Actor Home Alone • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Escape from Alcatraz • Doc Hollywood • The Quick and the Dead • Christine
15 Googie Withers 94 British Actress It Always Rains on Sunday • The Lady Vanishes • One of Our Aircraft is Missing • They Came to a City • Night and the City • Shine
17 David Ngoombujarra 44 Australian Actor Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles • Ned Kelly
22 Tom Aldredge 83 American Actor Cold Mountain • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford • All the King's Men • Rounders • Intolerable Cruelty
24 Tresa Hughes 81 American Actress Fame • Don Juan DeMarco • Coming Home • Bad Medicine
24 G.D. Spradlin 90 American Actor The Godfather Part II • Apocalypse Now • Ed Wood • The Long Kiss Goodnight • The War of the Roses • Dick • Canadian Bacon • Wrong is Right
25 Michael Cacoyannis 89 Greek Director, Producer, Screenwriter Zorba the Greek • Windfall in Athens • Electra • A Matter of Dignity • A Girl in Black • Stella • Il Relitto • Iphigenia
27 Polly Platt 72 American Producer, Art Director, Screenwriter Say Anything... • Paper Moon • The Bad News Bears • A Star Is Born • Targets • Terms of Endearment • Broadcast News • What's Up, Doc? • Pretty Baby • A Map of the World
August 2 Richard Pearson 93 British Actor Scrooge • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing • To Catch a Spy • Inspector Clouseau • The Yellow Rolls-Royce
3 Bubba Smith 66 American Actor Police Academy • The Naked Truth • Stroker Ace • Black Moon Rising
5 Francesco Quinn 48 Italian Actor Platoon • Transformers: Dark of the Moon • Hell Ride
6 John Wood 81 British Actor Chocolat • The Madness of King George • WarGames • The Avengers • The Purple Rose of Cairo • Sabrina • Jumpin' Jack Flash • The Little Vampire
14 Shammi Kapoor 79 Indian Actor, Director Junglee • Tumsa Nahin Dekha • Kashmir Ki Kali • Manoranjan • Bundal Baaz
23 Michael Showers 45 American Actor Traffic • Mad Money • Soul Men • I Love You Phillip Morris
24 Frank DiLeo 63 American Actor Goodfellas • Wayne's World • Moonwalker • Kiss of Death
24 Jack Hayes 93 American Composer, Orchestrator The Color Purple • Star Trek • Maverick • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Sky High • Pretty Woman • The Paper • Land of the Lost • Spaceballs • The Three Musketeers • The Family Stone
27 Eve Brent 82 American Actress The Green Mile • Garfield • The White Buffalo • Going Berserk
September 10 Cliff Robertson 88 American Actor Charly • Spider-Man • Escape from L.A. • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid • PT 109 • Renaissance Man • Picnic • 633 Squadron • The Naked and the Dead
13 John Calley 81 American Producer Postcards from the Edge • The Da Vinci Code • The Cincinnati Kid • Closer • The Remains of the Day
13 Jack Garner 84 American Actor My Fellow Americans • Sunset • Wild Rovers
15 Frances Bay 92 Canadian Actress Happy Gilmore • Blue Velvet • The Karate Kid • Inspector Gadget • Twins • Krippendorf's Tribe • Arachnophobia
22 Peter E. Berger 67 American Film Editor Fatal Attraction • Alvin and the Chipmunks • Star Trek: Insurrection • Hocus Pocus • Like Mike • Save the Last Dance • 88 Minutes • Coach Carter • Metro
22 Jonathan Cecil 72 British Actor Barry Lyndon • National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj • History of the World, Part I
26 David Zelag Goodman 81 American Screenwriter Straw Dogs • Logan's Run • Lovers and Other Strangers • Eyes of Laura Mars
26 Jerry Haynes 84 American Actor RoboCop • Boys Don't Cry • Places in the Heart • Heartbreak Hotel • The Locusts
October 2 Peter Przygodda 69 German Editor Paris, Texas • Wings of Desire • Deathmaker • Palermo Shooting
4 Doris Belack 85 American Actress Tootsie • What About Bob? • Prime • The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult • She-Devil
5 Charles Napier 75 American Actor The Silence of the Lambs • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery • The Blues Brothers • Rambo: First Blood Part II • The Manchurian Candidate • Philadelphia • Ernest Goes to Jail • The Cable Guy • Lords of Dogtown • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron • Steel • The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard • Jury Duty • Loaded Weapon 1 • Annapolis
6 Diane Cilento 78 Australian Actress The Wicker Man • Hitler: The Last Ten Days • Hombre • The Agony and the Ecstasy • I Thank a Fool
7 George Baker 80 British Actor Goodbye, Mr. Chips • On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Hopscotch • Lancelot and Guinevere
8 David Hess 75 American Actor The Last House on the Left • Swamp Thing • Armed and Dangerous • Zombie Nation • Avalanche Express
10 Alan Fudge 67 American Actor Edward Scissorhands • The Natural • The Man Who Wasn't There • Capricorn One • Brainstorm
13 Sheila Allen 78 British Actress Love Actually • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire • Children of the Damned • Shining Through
13 Barbara Kent 103 Canadian Actress Flesh and the Devil • Oliver Twist • Lonesome
19 Jeff Rudom 51 American Actor Unleashed • Made of Honor • Gladiator • Revolver
31 Gilbert Cates 77 American Director, Producer Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams • Oh, God! Book II • The Last Married Couple in America
November 2 Leonard Stone 87 American Actor Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory • American Pop • Hardly Working
3 Bruno Rubeo 65 Italian Production Designer Driving Miss Daisy • The Thomas Crown Affair • Kindergarten Cop • The Great Raid • Born on the Fourth of July • The Devil's Advocate • The Client • Pushing Tin
8 Gene Cantamessa 80 American Sound Mixer E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial • Space Jam • End of Days • Dave • Annie • 1941
8 Heavy D 44 American Rapper, Actor The Cider House Rules • Step Up • Big Trouble • Tower Heist • Life • New Jersey Drive
15 Karl Slover 93 American Actor The Wizard of Oz • The Terror of Tiny Town • Block-Heads • The Lost Weekend • Bringing Up Baby
19 John Neville 86 British Actor The Adventures of Baron Munchausen • The X-Files • The Fifth Element • Little Women • Urban Legend • Baby's Day Out • High School High • Study in Terror
27 Ken Russell 84 British Director Tommy • Women in Love • The Devils • The Music Lovers • Altered States
28 Patrice O'Neal 41 American Comedian, Actor 25th Hour • Furry Vengeance • Head of State • In the Cut
December 1 Bill McKinney 80 American Actor Deliverance • Every Which Way But Loose • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Pride and Glory • How Do You Know
3 Dev Anand 88 Indian Actor, Director, Producer Guide • Hare Rama Hare Krishna • Des Pardes • Johnny Mera Naam
7 Harry Morgan 96 American Actor Inherit the Wind • Dragnet • High Noon • How the West Was Won • Support Your Local Gunfighter • The Barefoot Executive • The Apple Dumpling Gang • Frankie and Johnny
11 Harold Hopkins 67 Australian Actor Don's Party • Gallipoli • Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
16 Nicol Williamson 73 British Actor The Wilby Conspiracy • Spawn • Robin and Marian • The Seven-Per-Cent Solution • Hamelt • Excalibur • Return to Oz • The Exorcist III
20 Yoshimitsu Morita 61 Japanese Director The Family Game • Sorekara • Future Memories: Last Christmas • Like Asura • Something Like It
22 William Duell 88 American Actor One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days • The Pope of Greenwich Village • In & Out
26 Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. 71 Mexican Actor Licence to Kill • Amistad • The Mask of Zorro

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