2010 Films - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	4	Donal Donnelly	78	USA	Actor	The Godfather: Part III • Waterloo • The Dead • I'm All Right Jack • The Knack ...and How to Get It
	11	Éric Rohmer	89	France	Director	La Collectionneuse • My Night at Maud's • Claire's Knee • The Marquise of O • Pauline at the Beach • The Green Ray • A Tale of Winter • Autumn Tale • Triple Agent
	17	Erich Segal	72	USA	Author, Screenwriter	Love Story • Oliver's Story • Yellow Submarine • The Games • A Change of Seasons
	21	L.A. Johnson	62	USA	Producer, Filmmaker, Sound Recordist	CSNY/Déjà Vu • Year of the Horse •Solo Trans • Human Highway •Rust Never Sleeps• The Last Waltz• Woodstock
	22	Johnny Seven	83	USA	Actor	The Apartment • The Love God? • Gunfight in Abilene • The Greatest Story Ever Told
	22	Jean Simmons	80	UK	Actress	Black Narcissus • Hamlet • The Robe • Guys and Dolls • The Big Country • Spartacus • Elmer Gantry • Angel Face • The Happy Ending • Divorce American Style
	24	Pernell Roberts	81	USA	Actor	The Magic of Lassie • Ride Lonesome
27	Zelda Rubinstein	76	USA	Actress	Sixteen Candles • Poltergeist • Teen Witch • Southland Tales
27	Martin Grace	67	Spain	Stuntman, Actor	Raiders of the Lost Ark • The Truman Show • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • The Number 23 • Brazil • King Arthur • Superman • Shallow Hal • Willow • Patriot Games • The Spy Who Loved Me • Octopussy • For Your Eyes Only
February	1	David Brown	93	USA	Producer	The Sugarland Express • The Sting • Jaws • The Verdict • Cocoon • Driving Miss Daisy • The Player • A Few Good Men
	1	Justin Mentell	27	USA	Actor	G-Force • Palo Alto • Roll Bounce
	5	Ian Carmichael	89	UK	Actor	Miss Robin Hood • Private's Progress • Brothers in Law • I'm All Right Jack • School for Scoundrels • The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
	16	John Davis Chandler	75	USA	Actor	The Young Savages • Ride the High Country • Once a Thief • The Outlaw Josey Wales
	17	Kathryn Grayson	88	USA	Actress	Show Boat • Anchors Aweigh • Till the Clouds Roll By • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary • The Toast of New Orleans • Thousands Cheer
	19	Lionel Jeffries	83	UK	Actor, Screenwriter, Director	Stage Fright • The Colditz Story • Bhowani Junction • Tarzan the Magnificent • Two-Way Stretch • The Trials of Oscar Wilde • First Men in the Moon •Camelot • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • The Railway Children • The Amazing Mr Blunden
	22	Robin Davies	56	UK	Actor	Shakespeare in Love • Blood on Satan's Claw • Britannia Hospital
	26	Richard Devon	84	USA	Actor	Magnum Force • The Seventh Sign • The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
	28	Martin Benson	91	UK	Actor	The Omen • Cleopatra • Goldfinger • The King and I • Angela's Ashes
March	4	Nan Martin	82	USA	Actress	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors • Shallow Hal • Cast Away • Toys in the Attic
	5	Charles B. Pierce	71	USA	Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor, Set decorator, cinematographer	Sudden Impact • The Legend of Boggy Creek • Dillinger • The Phantom Tollbooth • Carny
	10	Corey Haim	38	Canada	Actor	Lucas • Crank: High Voltage • The Lost Boys • License to Drive • Blown Away • Dream a Little Dream
	14	Peter Graves	83	United States	Actor	Airplane! • Stalag 17 • Addams Family Values • Men in Black II • House on Haunted Hill • Looney Tunes: Back in Action
	15	David J. Steinberg	45	United States	Actor	Willow • Epic Movie • Transylmania
	18	Fess Parker	85	United States	Actor	Old Yeller • The Great Locomotive Chase • Harvey • The Light in the Forest • Island in the Sky
	24	Robert Culp	79	United States	Actor	Sunday in New York • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice • Hannie Caulder • The Pelican Brief
	31	Shirley Mills	83	United States	Actress	Child Bride • The Under-Pup • The Grapes of Wrath • Virginia City • Reveille with Beverly • The Family Secret • The Model and the Marriage Broker • My Six Convicts
April	1	John Forsythe	92	USA	Actor	Destination Tokyo • The Trouble with Harry • In Cold Blood • ...And Justice for All
	4	Lori Martin	62	USA	Actor	Cape Fear • The Chase
	6	Sam Menning	85	USA	Actor	The Onion Movie • The Butcher's Wife • The Prestige • Life Stinks
	8	James Aubrey	62	Latvia	Actor	Lord of the Flies • Spy Game • The Hunger
	8	Christopher Cazenove	65	UK	Actor	Three Men and a Little Lady • Zulu Dawn • A Knight's Tale • Aces: Iron Eagle III
	9	Meinhardt Raabe	94	United States	Actor	The Wizard of Oz
	10	Dixie Carter	70	United States	Actress	That Evening Sun • Going Berserk
	14	Peter Ratajczyk aka Peter Steele	48	United States	Singer / Songwriter / Bass Player	Type O Negative • Carnivore
	16	Sid Conrad	86	USA	Actor	The Glimmer Man • Caddyshack II • King Kong
	17	Dede Allen	86	USA	Film Editor	Dog Day Afternoon • Bonnie and Clyde • The Hustler • Reds • Wonder Boys • The Breakfast Club • Little Big Man
	23	Shay Duffin	79	Ireland	Actor	Seabiscuit • The Departed • Leprechaun • Beowulf • Titanic • Newsies • Raging Bull
	25	Dorothy Provine	75	USA	Actress	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • That Darn Cat! • The Great Race • Never a Dull Moment
May	1	Danny Aiello III	53	USA	Stuntman	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind • Catch Me If You Can • Burn After Reading • The Last Boy Scout • Scent of a Woman • Meet Dave • Die Hard with a Vengeance • Kate & Leopold • Sex and the City • Hoffa • Ladder 49 • Shooter • In America • Jungle 2 Jungle
	2	Lynn Redgrave	67	UK	Actress	Gods and Monsters • Georgy Girl • Shine • The Jane Austen Book Club • Tom Jones • Peter Pan • The Wild Thornberrys Movie • Kinsey
	3	Jimmy Gardner	85	UK	Actor	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Frenzy • Finding Neverland • Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
	9	Lena Horne	92	USA	Actress	Panama Hattie • Cabin in the Sky • Stormy Weather • The Wiz
	16	Ronnie James Dio	67	USA	Singer, Actor, Writer	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
	23	Simon Monjack	39	UK	Writer	Factory Girl
	24	Paul Gray	38	USA	Musician	Rollerball • Behind the Player: Paul Gray
	26	Art Linkletter	97	Canada	Actor, Comedian	Champagne for Caesar
	28	Eddie Barth	78	USA	Actor	Fame • The Amityville Horror • Osmosis Jones • Babe: Pig in the City • Rover Dangerfield
	28	Gary Coleman	42	USA	Actor, Comedian	On the Right Track • Jimmy the Kid • Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star • An American Carol • S.F.W.
	29	Dennis Hopper	74	USA	Actor, Director	Speed • Giant • Land of the Dead • Easy Rider • True Romance • The Indian Runner • Apocalypse Now • Hoosiers • Blue Velvet • True Grit • Waterworld • Hang 'Em High • Swing Vote • Cool Hand Luke • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 • Rebel Without a Cause • Super Mario Bros. • Rumble Fish • Chattahoochee • Boiling Point • EDtv • Knockaround Guys • Meet the Deedles • Paris Trout • River's Edge • Out of the Blue • Jesus' Son • Space Truckers • Alpha and Omega • Black Widow • Hell Ride
	31	William A. Fraker	86	USA	Cinematographer, Director, Producer	The President's Analyst • Rosemary's Baby • Looking for Mr. Goodbar • Heaven Can Wait • 1941 • WarGames • Irreconcilable Differences • Murphy's Romance • Tombstone • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Street Fighter
June	3	Rue McClanahan	76	USA	Actress	The Rotten Apple • Walk the Angry Beach • Hollywood After Dark • The Fighting Temptations • Some of My Best Friends Are... • They Might Be Giants • Starship Troopers
	4	Richard Dunn	73	USA	Actor	Road to Perdition • The Wedding Singer
	6	Robert B. Radnitz	85	USA	Producer	My Side of the Mountain • Sounder • Cross Creek • Island of the Blue Dolphins
	13	Jimmy Dean	81	USA	Singer, Actor	Diamonds Are Forever • Big Bad John
	16	Ronald Neame	99	UK	Director, Cinematographer	Scrooge • The Poseidon Adventure • Meteor • Gambit • The Odessa File • Hopscotch
	17	Elżbieta Czyżewska	72	Poland	Actress	The Saragossa Manuscript • Music Box • Małżeństwo z rozsądku • The First Day of Freedom • The Impossible Goodbye • Mąż swojej żony
	19	Vince O'Brien	90	USA	Actor	Annie Hall • Quiz Show • Six Degrees of Separation • The Cross and the Switchblade
	21	Tam White	67	UK	Actor, Musician	Cutthroat Island • The Negotiator • Braveheart
	22	Tracy Wright	50	Canada	Actress	Monkey Warfare • Superstar
	23	Allyn Ferguson	85	USA	Composer	Back to the Secret Garden • Little Lord Fauntleroy • The Count of Monte Cristo • Avalanche Express • The Last Days of Patton • Pancho Barnes • Ivanhoe • Camille
	27	Aldo Giuffre	86	Italy	Actor	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
	27	Corey Allen	75	USA	Actor, Director	Rebel Without a Cause • I-Man • The Chapman Report
	30	Elliott Kastner	80	USA	Producer	Where Eagles Dare • The Long Goodbye • Equus
July	1	Ilene Woods	81	USA	Actress, Singer	Cinderella
	9	Vonetta McGee	65	USA	Actress	Blackula • Repo Man
	10	Robert Spillane	45	USA	Actor	The Thomas Crown Affair
	13	Alan Hume	85	UK	Cinematographer	Return of the Jedi • A Fish Called Wanda • Supergirl • Octopussy
	15	Peter Fernandez	83	USA	Voice Actor, Actor	Speed Racer • What's Eating Gilbert Grape • That Man from Rio
	15	Kip King	72	USA	Actor	A Night at the Roxbury • Westworld • Corky Romano • Perfumed Garden
	16	James Gammon	70	USA	Actor	Urban Cowboy • Major League • Cold Mountain • The Country Bears • In the Electric Mist • Wyatt Earp• Silver Bullet • I Love You to Death • The Adventures of Huck Finn • Cabin Boy • Wild Bill • Ironweed • A Man Called Horse • Silverado • The Iron Giant
	27	Maury Chaykin	61	USA	Actor	Entrapment • Cutthroat Island • ''Dances with Wolves • My Cousin Vinny • The Art of War • Intern Academy • Casino Jack • WarGames • MouseHunt • Beethoven's 2nd • The Mask of Zorro • It's a Boy Girl Thing
	31	Tom Mankiewicz	69	USA	Screenwriter, Director, Producer	Diamonds Are Forever • Superman • Dragnet
August	1	Robert F. Boyle	100	USA	Art Director, Production Designer	Saboteur • North by Northwest • Cape Fear • The Birds
	8	Patricia Neal	84	USA	Actress	The Fountainhead • The Breaking Point • The Day the Earth Stood Still • A Face in the Crowd • Breakfast at Tiffany's • Hud • In Harm's Way • The Subject Was Roses • Cookie's Fortune
	9	George DiCenzo	70	USA	Actor	Back to the Future • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • The Exorcist III • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints • Helter Skelter
	10	David L. Wolper	82	USA	Producer, Documentary Film-maker	The Race for Space • The Making of the President, 1960 • Four Days in November • The Devil's Brigade • The Bridge at Remagen • The Hellstrom Chronicle • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • This is Elvis • L.A. Confidential
	11	Bruno Schleinstein	78	Germany	Actor, Musician, Artist	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser • Stroszek
	14	Abby Lincoln	80	USA	Actress, Singer	The Girl Can't Help It • Nothing But a Man • For Love of Ivy • Mo' Better Blues
	24	Satoshi Kon	46	Japan	Director	Perfect Blue • Millennium Actress • Tokyo Godfathers • Paprika
September	1	Cammie King	76	USA	Actress	Gone with the Wind • Bambi
	3	Robert Schimmel	60	USA	Actor, Comedian	Blankman • A Low Down Dirty Shame • Scary Movie 2
	7	Clive Donner	84	UK	Director, Film Editor	The Purple Plain • Nothing But the Best • What's New Pussycat? • Luv • Alfred the Great
	7	Glenn Shadix	58	USA	Actor	Beetlejuice • Planet of the Apes • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Dunston Checks In • Demolition Man
	11	Harold Gould	86	USA	Actor	The Sting • Patch Adams • The Master of Disguise • Brother Bear • Stuart Little
	11	Kevin McCarthy	96	USA	Actor	Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Twilight Zone: The Movie • Just Cause • Death of a Salesman • UHF • Greedy • Piranha • Winged Victory • The Misfits • Hotel • A Big Hand for the Little Lady
	12	Claude Chabrol	80	France	Director	Madame Bovary • Story of Women • Les Cousins
	19	Irving Ravetch	89	USA	Screenwriter	The Long, Hot Summer • Home from the Hill • Hud • The Reivers • The Cowboys • Norma Rae • Murphy's Romance
	26	Gloria Stuart	100	USA	Actress	Back Street • The Old Dark House • The Kiss Before the Mirror • It's Great to Be Alive • Secret of the Blue Room • The Invisible Man • Roman Scandals • Here Comes the Navy • Gold Diggers of 1935 • Poor Little Rich Girl • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • My Favorite Year • Mass Appeal • Wildcats • Titanic • The Love Letter • The Million Dollar Hotel • Land of Plenty
	28	Sally Menke	56	USA	Film Editor	Pulp Fiction • Kill Bill • Inglourious Basterds • Reservoir Dogs • Jackie Brown • Heaven & Earth
	28	Arthur Penn	88	USA	Director, Producer	The Left Handed Gun • The Miracle Worker • Mickey One • The Chase • Bonnie and Clyde • Alice's Restaurant • Little Big Man • Night Moves • The Missouri Breaks • Four Friends • Target • Dead of Winter
	29	Tony Curtis	85	USA	Actor	Houdini • The Black Shield of Falworth • Trapeze • Sweet Smell of Success • The Vikings • The Defiant Ones • Some Like It Hot • Operation Petticoat • Spartacus • The Great Impostor • Taras Bulba • Captain Newman, M.D. • The Great Race • The Boston Strangler • The Last Tycoon • Little Miss Marker • The Mirror Crack'd
	29	Joe Mantell	94	USA	Actor	Marty • Storm Center • Beau James • The Birds • Chinatown • The Two Jakes
October	4	Norman Wisdom	95	UK	Actor, Comedian	Trouble in Store • The Square Peg • A Stitch in Time • The Early Bird
	5	Roy Ward Baker	93	UK	Director	A Night to Remember • Quatermass and the Pit
	12	Angelo Infanti	71	Italy	Actor	The Godfather • Letters to Juliet
	14	Simon MacCorkindale	58	UK	Actor	Death on the Nile • The Riddle of the Sands • The Sword and the Sorcerer • Jaws 3-D
	15	Johnny Sheffield	79	USA	Actor	Tarzan Finds a Son! • Tarzan's Secret Treasure • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Bomba, the Jungle Boy
	16	Barbara Billingsley	94	USA	Actress	Airplane! • The Bad and the Beautiful • Leave It to Beaver • Shadow on the Wall
	19	Tom Bosley	83	USA	Actor	Love with the Proper Stranger • The World of Henry Orient • Divorce American Style • The Secret War of Harry Frigg • Yours, Mine and Ours • Gus • Million Dollar Mystery
	19	Graham Crowden	87	UK	Actor	Out of Africa • For Your Eyes Only • Calendar Girls
	25	Lisa Blount	53	USA	Actress, Producer	An Officer and a Gentleman • The Accountant • Chrystal
	28	James MacArthur	72	USA	Actor	The Young Stranger • The Light in the Forest • Third Man on the Mountain • Kidnapped • Swiss Family Robinson • The Interns • Spencer's Mountain • The Bedford Incident • Battle of the Bulge • Hang 'Em High
	29	George Hickenlooper	47	USA	Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Documentary Film-maker	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse • Ghost Brigade • Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade • The Low Life • Dogtown • The Man from Elysian Fields • Being Mick • Mayor of the Sunset Strip • Factory Girl • Casino Jack
November	4	Michelle Nicastro	50	USA	Singer, Voice Actor	The Swan Princess • When Harry Met Sally...
	5	Jill Clayburgh	66	USA	Actress	The Terminal Man • Gable and Lombard • Silver Streak • Semi-Tough • An Unmarried Woman • Starting Over • First Monday in October • I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can • Hanna K. • Love and Other Drugs • Bridesmaids
	10	Dino De Laurentiis	91	Italy	Producer	Bitter Rice • La Strada • Battle of the Bulge • The Bible: In The Beginning • Danger: Diabolik • Barbarella • Serpico • Death Wish • Ragtime • Conan the Barbarian • Dune • The Bounty • Raw Deal • Marie • Blue Velvet • Tai-Pan • Manhunter • U-571 • Hannibal • Red Dragon • Army of Darkness
	13	Luis García Berlanga	89	Spain	Director	Welcome Mr. Marshall! • The Executioners • Everyone to Jail
	15	Moira Hoey	88	Ireland	Actress	This Is My Father • Angela's Ashes • Headrush • The Tiger's Tail
	20	Heinz Weiss	89	Germany	Actor	The Great Escape • Tread Softly • Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert • Murderers Club of Brooklyn • Death in the Red Jaguar • Dead Body on Broadway • The Little Drummer Girl
	23	Ingrid Pitt	73	Poland	Actress	Doctor Zhivago • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • Where Eagles Dare • The House That Dripped Blood • Countess Dracula • The Wicker Man • Who Dares Wins
	27	Irvin Kershner	87	USA	Director	The Empire Strikes Back • Robocop 2 • Never Say Never Again
	28	Giorgos Fountas	86	Greece	Actor	Stella • Never on Sunday
	28	Leslie Nielsen	84	Canada	Actor	Ransom! • Forbidden Planet • Creepshow • The Poseidon Adventure • Airplane! • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult • Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Scary Movie 3 • Mr. Magoo • Superhero Movie
	29	Mario Monicelli	95	Italy	Director	I soliti ignoti • L'armata Brancaleone • Amici miei • Caro Michele • Un borghese piccolo piccolo• Il Marchese del Grillo• Le rose del deserto
	30	Ted Sorel	74	USA	Actor	Network • Lenny
December	15	Jean Rollin	72	France	Director, Producer, Writer, Actor	Le Viol du Vampire • Les Raisins de la Mort
	15	Blake Edwards	88	USA	Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor	Operation Petticoat • Breakfast at Tiffany's • Days of Wine and Roses • The Pink Panther • A Shot in the Dark • 10 • S.O.B. • Victor/Victoria
	19	Lupe Gigliotti	84	Brazil	Actress	Os Normais
	20	Steve Landesberg	74	USA	Actor	Forgetting Sarah Marshall • Wild Hogs • King of the Corner
	27	Grant McCune	67	USA	Visual Effects Artist	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Ghostbusters II • Speed • Richie Rich • Rambo • Executive Decision
29	Bill Erwin	96	USA	Actor	Home Alone • Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult • The Land Before Time

Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or deaths:

“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

“As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.”
—Alison Hawthorne Deming (b. 1946)