2004 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 2 Etta Moten Barnett 102 USA Actress Flying Down to Rio • Gold Diggers of 1933
2 Lynn Cartwright 76 USA Actress A League of Their Own • The Garbage Pail Kids Movie • The Wasp Woman •The Cry Baby Killer
4 Brian Gibson 59 UK Director Poltergeist II: The Other Side • Still Crazy • The Juror • Kilroy Was Here
7 Ingrid Thulin 77 Sweden Actress Wild Strawberries • Cries and Whispers • The House of Smiles • The Silence
10 Spalding Gray 62 USA Actor The Paper • Kate and Leopold • The Killing Fields • Beaches • How High
14 Uta Hagen 84 Germany Actress Reversal of Fortune • The Boys from Brazil • The Other
14 Ron O'Neal 66 USA Actor, Director Super Fly • Red Dawn • When a Stranger Calls • The Final Countdown
17 Ray Stark 89 USA Producer Funny Girl • Steel Magnolias • Annie • The Way We Were • The World of Suzie Wong • The Goodbye Girl
28 Noble Willingham 72 USA Actor City Slickers • Steel Magnolias • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective • Chinatown • Good Morning, Vietnam • The Last Boy Scout • Paper Moon • Norma Rae
22 Ann Miller 83 USA Actor Mulholland Dr. • On the Town
17 Joe Viterelli 66 USA Actor Analyze This • Bullets Over Broadway • Shallow Hal • Eraser • Mobsters • See Spot Run
February 8 Robert F. Colesberry 57 USA Producer Mississippi Burning • K-PAX • The King of Comedy
10 J.C. Quinn 63 USA Actor The Abyss • Days of Thunder • Turner & Hooch • Primary Colors • Heartbreak Ridge • Animal Factory • Barfly
11 Tony Pope 56 USA Voice Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Akira
11 Hugh Cecil 90 UK Actor The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Spice World
15 Jan Miner 86 USA Actress Lenny • Mermaids • Endless Love
23 Carl Anderson 58 USA Singer, Actor Jesus Christ Superstar • The Color Purple
23 John Randolph 88 USA Actress Serpico • You've Got Mail • Prizzi's Honor • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation • Earthquake
March 2 Mercedes McCambridge 87 USA Actress The Exorcist • All the King's Men • Giant • Johnny Guitar
5 Walt Gorney 91 Austria Actor Friday the 13th • Trading Places
6 Frances Dee 94 USA Actress Little Women • I Walked with a Zombie
7 Paul Winfield 64 USA Actor The Terminator • Sounder • Mars Attacks! • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Presumed Innocent • Cliffhanger
8 Robert Pastorelli 83 USA Actor Michael • Dances with Wolves • Striking Distance • The Fairy Godmother • Be Cool • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
10 Wilhelm von Homburg 63 Germany Actor Die Hard • Ghostbusters II
18 Richard Marner 82 Russia Actor The African Queen • The Sum of All Fears • Birth of the Beatles
28 Peter Ustinov 82 USA Actor Spartacus • Logan's Run • The Sundowners • Blackbeard's Ghost • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing • One of Our Aircraft is Missing • Quo Vadis • The Comedians
April 4 Austin Willis 87 Canada Actor Goldfinger • Firefox • The Boston Strangler
7 Victor Argo 69 USA Actor Taxi Driver • Bad Lieutenant • True Romance • Don't Say a Word • King of New York • Monkey Trouble
17 Bruce Boa 73 Canada Actor The Empire Strikes Back • Full Metal Jacket • The Omen • Octopussy • Return to Oz
19 Tim Burstall 77 Australia Director, Screenwriter, Producer Kangaroo • Attack Force Z • Alvin Purple • Stork
May 3 Anthony Ainley 71 UK Actor The Land That Time Forgot • Blood on Satan's Claw • Assault • Inspector Clouseau
6 Virginia Capers 78 USA Actress Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Beethoven's 2nd • Lady Sing the Blues • Howard the Duck
9 Tommy Farrell 82 USA Actress Breakfast at Tiffany's • Singin' in the Rain • Strangers on a Train • Little Caesar
9 Alan King 76 USA Actor The Helen Morgan Story • Casino • Rush Hour 2 • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Cat's Eye
14 Anna Lee 91 UK Actress The Sound of Music • What Can I Do? • How Green Was My Valley • His Lordship
17 Tony Randall 84 USA Actor Pillow Talk • Lover Come Back • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? • Gremlins 2: The New Batch • Down with Love
26 Trudy Marshall 84 USA Actor The Fighting Sullivans • Once Is Not Enough • The Fuller Brush Man
27 Patience Cleveland 73 USA Actress Donnie Darko • Psycho III
28 Irene Manning 91 USA Actress Yankee Doodle Dandy • The Desert Song • Shine On, Harvest Moon • The Old Corral
June 5 Ronald Reagan 93 USA Actor, 40th President of the United States Hellcats of the Navy • Kings Row • Knute Rockne, All American • Million Dollar Baby • This Is the Army • Cattle Queen of Montana • The Young Doctors • Bedtime for Bonzo
6 Judy Campbell 88 UK Actress Convoy • Mr. Forbush and the Penguins • Saloon Bar • East of Piccadilly
7 Donald Trumbull 95 USA Visual Effects Artist Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Spaceballs • The Wizard of Oz
9 Barbara Whiting Smith 73 USA Actress Home, Sweet Homicide • Dangerous When Wet • Centennial Summer • Beware, My Lovely
10 Ray Charles 73 USA Singer, Actor The Blues Brothers • Spy Hard
18 George 'Buck' Flower 66 USA Actor Back to the Future • They Live • Escape from New York • Starman • The Fog • Mac and Me
July 1 Marlon Brando 80 USA Actor On the Waterfront • The Godfather • Superman • Apocalypse Now • A Streetcar Named Desire • Julius Caesar • One-Eyed Jacks • Sayonara • Viva Zapata! • Mutiny on the Bounty • Don Juan DeMarco • Last Tango in Paris • The Freshman • Guys and Dolls • The Island of Dr. Moreau
6 Eric Douglas 46 USA Actor The Golden Child • Delta Force 3: The Killing Game • The Flamingo Kid
6 Jimmie Skaggs 59 USA Actor Lethal Weapon • Catch Me if You Can • Hollow Man • Cutthroat Island • Pink Cadillac • Dragnet
9 Isabel Sanford 86 USA Actress Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • Lady Sings the Blues • Love at First Bite • The New Centurions
12 Jeff Morris 69 USA Actor The Blues Brothers • Anger Management • Kelly's Heroes • The Two Jakes • Ironweed
13 George Mallaby 64 Australia Actor The Spy Who Loved Me • Eliza Fraser • Petersen
15 Pat Roach 67 UK Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark • A Clockwork Orange • Clash of the Titans • Conan the Destroyer • Never Say Never Again • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Willow • Superman III • Red Sonja
21 Jerry Goldsmith 75 USA Composer Alien • Patton • The Secret of NIMH • Rudy • Chinatown • The Ghost and the Darkness • First Blood • The Omen • Gremlins • Total Recall • Planet of the Apes • L.A. Confidential • Twilight Zone: The Movie • Poltergeist • Basic Instinct • Congo • Executive Decision • The Mummy • The Sum of All Fears • Star Trek: First Contact • Psycho II • Small Soldiers • Capricorn One • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Mulan • City Hall • First Knight • The 'Burbs • Rio Lobo • The Russia House • Air Force One • Hollow Man • Chain Reaction • Lionheart • Medicine Man • U.S. Marshals • Logan's Run
27 Sam Edwards 89 USA Actor Twelve O'Clock High • Operation Pacific • Escape to Witch Mountain • The Postman Always Rings Twice • Bambi
31 Virginia Grey 87 USA Actress Uncle Tom's Cabin • Airport • The Rose Tattoo • The Women • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Gold Diggers of 1935
August 8 Paul Garner 95 USA Actor The Onion Movie • Saturday the 14th
8 Fay Wray 96 Canada Actress King Kong • Hell on Frisco Bay • When Knights Were Bold • Gideon's Trumpet • Blind Husbands
13 Julia Child 91 USA TV Chef, Actress We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
14 Neal Fredericks 35 USA Cinematographer The Blair Witch Project
11 Elmer Bernstein 82 USA Composer Ghostbusters • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Magnificent Seven • Airplane! • Far from Heaven • Cape Fear • Slap Shot • The Great Escape • The Ten Commandments • Hud • Wild Wild West • The Black Cauldron • The Blues Brothers • True Grit • The Age of Innocence • Trading Places • Heavy Metal • An American Werewolf in Paris • Three Amigos • My Left Foot
22 Daniel Petrie 83 Canada Director A Raisin in the Sun • Cocoon: The Return • Resurrection • Fort Apache, The Bronx
27 William Pierson 78 USA Actor Stalag 17 • Corvette Summer • Fun with Dick and Jane
September 5 Fritha Goodey 31 UK Actress About a Boy
6 Elly Annie Schneider 90 Germany Actress The Wizard of Oz • A Low Down Dirty Shame • Scary Movie 2
7 Frank Thomas 92 USA Animator Lady and the Tramp • The Aristocats • The Fox and the Hound • Mary Poppins • Robin Hood • Fantasia • The Jungle Book • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
10 O.L. Duke 51 USA Actor Malcolm X • Antwone Fisher • The Return of Superfly • Out of Time
18 Russ Meyer 82 USA Director Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls • Vixen! • Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! • The Immoral Mr. Teas
24 Tim Choate 49 USA Actor Soapdish • Pearl Harbour • The Europeans
30 Ignatius Wolfington 83 USA Actor 1941 • Herbie Rides Again • Hex • The Strongest Man in the World • Penelope
October 3 Janet Leigh 77 USA Actress Psycho • Touch of Evil • The Manchurian Candidate • The Fog • Little Women • Houdini • The Vikings • Hello Down There • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
5 Rodney Dangerfield 82 USA Actor Back to School • Caddyshack • Rover Dangerfield • Natural Born Killers • Little Nicky • Casper
10 Christopher Reeve 52 USA Actor, Director Superman • Superman II • Everyone's Hero • Village of the Damned • The Bostonians • Deathtrap
17 Julius Harris 81 USA Actor The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • Darkman • Live and Let Die • Going Berserk • Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man • Hell Up in Harlem • Looking for Mr. Goodbar
November 6 Elizabeth Rogers 70 USA Actor An Officer and a Gentleman • The Towering Inferno • The Poseidon Adventure • Grand Theft Auto • The Swarm
7 Howard Keel 85 USA Actror Waco • Annie Get Your Gun • Jupiter's Darling • The Big Fisherman • The Hoaxters • Texas Carnival
11 Dayton Allen 85 USA Voice Actor, Actor The Cotton Club • Appointment with Fear
12 Norman Rose 87 USA Actor Radio Days • The Anderson Tapes • Message from Space • Love and Death
15 Helmut Griem 72 Germany Actor Cabaret • Voyage of the Damned • The McKenzie Break • Put on Ice • Ludwig
20 Anna Keaveney 55 UK Actress Vera Drake • Formula 51 • Ali G Indahouse
December 15 Maria Perschy 66 Austria Actress Secret of the Sphinx • The Password is Courage • Five Golden Dragons
21 Richard Hamilton 83 USA Actor Men in Black • Pale Rider • Arthur • Ironweed • On Deadly Ground • Death to Smoochy • Home Alone 3
28 Jerry Orbach 69 USA Actor Beauty and the Beast • Dirty Dancing • Prince of the City • Universal Soldier • Crimes and Misdemeanors
29 William Boyett 77 USA Actor The Rocketeer • Newsies • When a Stranger Calls • The Hidden • Sam's Son • Airport
29 Liddy Holloway 59 New Zealand Actress Without a Paddle • Queen City Rocker

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