2000 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 7 Klaus Wennemann 59 Germany Actor Das Boot • Neuner • Abwärts
10 Arthur Batanides 83 USA Actor Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment • Brannigan • The Maltese Bippy
11 Helena Carter 79 USA Actress Invaders from Mars • River Lady • Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye • The Pathfinder • The Fighting O'Flynn
15 Fran Ryan 83 USA Actress Pale Rider • Stripes • Rocky II • The Apple Dumpling Gang • Take This Job and Shove It
18 Jester Hairston 98 USA Actor In the Heat of the Night • The Alamo
19 Hedy Lamarr 85 Austria Actress Samson and Delilah • Experiment Perilous • Algiers • The Story of Mankind • My Favorite Spy • White Cargo
19 Alan North 79 USA Actor Glory • Highlander • The Long Kiss Goodnight
24 Jeffrey Boam 53 USA Screenwriter, Producer Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade • Lethal Weapon 2 • The Lost Boys • The Phantom • Innerspace • The Dead Zone • Funny Farm
25 Tom Pedigo 53 USA Set Designer Terms of Endearment • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • Armed and Dangerous • Brainstorm
28 Kenneth Waller 72 UK Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Carry on Behind • Scrooge
February 1 James N. Harrell 81 USA Actor Paper Moon • JFK • Urban Cowboy • Varsity Blues • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 •The Sugarland Express • Hope Floats
5 Todd Karns 79 USA Actor It's a Wonderful Life • My Foolish Heart • The Caine Mutiny
10 Jim Varney 50 USA Actor Ernest Saves Christmas • Toy Story • Atlantis: The Lost Empire • Ernest Scared Stupid • The Beverly Hillbillies
12 John London 58 USA Key Grip The Karate Kid • 48 Hrs. • Hudson Hawk • Cobra • The Great Outdoors
17 Miles White 85 USA Costume Designer Around the World in Eighty Days • The Wiz • The Greatest Show on Earth
19 Sheldon Turcott 83 Canada Actor Murder at 1600 • The Fireman
23 Ofra Haza 42 Israel Singer, Actress The Prince of Egypt • The Governess • The Hit
23 Joseph V. Perry 69 USA Actor Hot Shots! Part Deux • Vibes • The Domino Principle
March 7 Charles Gray 71 UK Actor Diamonds are Forever • The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Seven Nights in Japan • You Only Live Twice
10 Judith Barrett 91 USA Actress Road to Singapore • Cimarron • Yellowstone
11 Richard Collier 80 USA Actor Blazing Saddles • Christine • The Cheyenne Social Club • Hello, Dolly! • Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
13 Rex Everhart 79 USA Actor Beauty and the Beast • Superman • Friday the 13th • Family Business • Matilda
15 Wally Rose 88 USA Actor, Stuntman The Blues Brothers • Sidekicks • Wild at Heart • The Towering Inferno • Spy Hard • The 'Burbs • Harry and the Hendersons • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
23 Jeremy Applegate 34 USA Actor Heathers • The Cable Guy
25 Jim Cash 59 USA Screenwriter Top Gun • Dick Tracy • Legal Eagles • Anaconda
25 Helen Martin 90 USA Actress Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood • Bulworth • Kiss the Girls • Beverly Hills Cop III • Doc Hollywood • Repo Man
April 8 Claire Trevor 90 USA Actress Stagecoach • The High and the Mighty • Key Largo • The Cape Town Affair • Stop, You're Killing Me
10 Arnold Johnson 78 USA Actor Rocky • Shaft • The Seventh Sign • Menace II Society • A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
11 Douglas Green 79 USA Second Unit Director Cabaret • Lenny • Topaz
12 Christopher Pettiet 24 USA Actor Point Break • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead • Carried Away • Boys
13 Peter Archer 56 Australia Actor Enter the Dragon
25 David Merrick 88 USA Producer The Great Gatsby • Becket • Cactus Flower
May 3 Lewis Allen 94 UK Director Suddenly • The Uninvited • Desert Fury
7 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 90 USA Actor Little Caesar • The Exile • Gunga Din • Morning Glory • The Prisoner of Zenda • The Life of Jimmy Dolan
10 Bart the Bear 23 USA Acting Bear Legends of the Fall • The Edge • Meet the Deedles • The Great Outdoors • On Deadly Ground
11 David Bretherton 76 USA Film Editor Cabaret • Clue • City Hall • Westworld • Lionheart • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever • Sea of Love
13 Paul Bartel 61 USA Actor The Usual Suspects • European Vacation • Escape from L.A. • Gremlins 2: The New Batch • Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird • Heartbeeps
21 John Gielgud 96 UK Actor Gandhi • Secret Agent • The Elephant Man • Julius Caesar • Chariots of Fire • Becket • Shine • Arthur • The Charge of the Light Brigade • First Knight • Elizabeth
31 Walter Sparrow 73 UK Actor Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Ever After • Jane Eyre • Now and Then
June 10 Terry Forrestal 52 UK Stuntman Titanic • Braveheart • The Fifth Element • Trainspotting • Brazil • Death Wish 3
19 Anton Gorchev 60 Bulgaria Actor The Goat Horn • Thorn Apple • Ivan Kondarev
24 David Tomlinson 83 UK Actor Mary Poppins • Tom Jones • The Love Bug • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
25 David Neal 68 UK Actor Flash Gordon • Superman • Julius Caesar
29 John Abineri 72 UK Actor The Godfather: Part III • The McKenzie Break • Diamonds Are Forever • Dead Man's Chest
July 1 Walter Matthau 79 USA Actor The Fortune Cookie • The Odd Couple • Grumpy Old Men • Charade • Hello, Dolly! • Dennis the Menace • JFK • Hanging Up • The Bad News Bears • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • Hopscotch • I Ought to Be in Pictures
10 Justin Pierce 25 USA Actor Kids • Next Friday
18 Roberto Contreras 71 USA Actor Scarface • Topaz • Blood In, Blood Out
22 Eric Christmas 84 UK Actor Harold and Maude • Air Bud • Bugsy • Porky's • The Philadelphia Experiment • MouseHunt
30 Max Showalter 83 USA Actor Sixteen Candles • 10 • Hellcats of the Navy • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
August 5 Alec Guinness 86 UK Actor Lawrence of Arabia • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • The Bridge on the River Kwai • The Lavender Hill Mob • A Passage to India • Scrooge • Doctor Zhivago • Kind Hearts and Coronets • The Ladykillers • Hitler: The Last Ten Days
11 Eddie Powell 73 UK Stuntman Alien • Batman • Buster • Willow • Top Secret!
12 Loretta Young 87 USA Actress The Farmer's Daughter • The Stranger • The Bishop's Wife • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell • Come to the Stable • Suez
15 Robert Swink 82 USA Film Editor Roman Holiday • The Diary of Anne Frank • Papillon • The Boys from Brazil • How to Steal a Million
22 Toru Tanaka 70 USA Actor Last Action Hero • Darkman • Pee-wee's Big Adventure • The Running Man
24 Patricia Owens 75 Canada Actress Sayonara • The Fly • The Happiest Days of Your Life
25 Jack Nitzche 63 USA Composer One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • The Exorcist • Starman • An Officer and a Gentleman • Stand by Me • Next of Kin • The Jewel of the Nile • Mermaids • The Seventh Sign • The Indian Runner
September 2 Ishaq Bux 83 India Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2 Jean Speegle Howard 73 USA Actress Apollo 13 • Scrooged • Cocoon • Matilda • Black Sheep • The Paper
14 Beah Richards 80 USA Actress In the Heat of the Night • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • Drugstore Cowboy • Beloved
19 Ann Doran 89 USA Actress Rebel Without a Cause • Wildcats • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers • First Monday in October
26 Richard Mulligan 67 USA Actor Little Big Man • Oliver & Company • Trail of the Pink Panther • Meatballs Part II
October 2 Richard Liberty 68 USA Actor Day of the Dead • The Crazies • Flight of the Navigator • Just Cause • The Final Countdown
6 Richard Farnsworth 80 USA Actor Misery • The Straight Story • Comes a Horseman • Independence Day • Spartacus • Gone with the Wind • The Apple Dumpling Gang • The Outlaw Josey Wales
11 Sam O'Steen 76 USA Film Editor The Graduate • Chinatown • Rosemary's Baby • Cool Hand Luke • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Postcards from the Edge • Amityville II: The Possession • Robin and the 7 Hoods • Wolf
18 Gwen Verdon 75 USA Actress Cocoon: The Return • Marvin's Room • Damn Yankees
24 Pasquale Cajano 79 Italy Actor Casino • Analyze This • Sleepers
28 Anthony Lee 39 USA Actor Liar Liar
30 Steve Allen 78 USA Actor College Confidential • The Benny Goodman Story • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
30 Elizabeth Bradley 83 UK Actress An American Werewolf in London • Davy Jones' Locker
31 Ring Lardner Jr. 85 USA Screenwriter MASH • The Cincinnati Kid • The Greatest • Woman of the Year
November 16 Joe C. 26 USA Actor Osmosis Jones
22 Christian Marquand 73 France Actor Apocalypse Now • The Longest Day • The Flight of the Phoenix • Lord Jim
13 George Wells 91 Spain Screenwriter Angels in the Outfield • Till the Clouds Roll By • Where the Boys Are '84
December 6 Werner Klemperer 80 Germany Actor Judgment at Nuremberg • Houseboat • Ship of Fools • Youngblood Hawke • Escape from East Berlin
20 Richard Hazard 79 USA Orchestrator Terms of Endearment • Airplane! • The Color Purple • The Wiz • Arthur • Nickelodeon
22 Stuart Lancaster 80 USA Actor Edward Scissorhands • Batman Returns
23' Billy Barty 76 USA Actor Willow • Masters of the Universe • UHF • Legend
26 Jason Robards 77 USA Actor All the President's Men • Parenthood • Philadelphia • Julia • Once Upon a Time in the West • Magnolia • The Paper • Enemy of the State • Julius Caesar • Tora! Tora! Tora!
30 Julius J. Epstein 91 USA Screenwriter Casablanca • Arsenic and Old Lace • Cross of Iron

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