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 | |
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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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Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or deaths:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldiers sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)