1991 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Richard Maibaum 81 USA Screenwriter Goldfinger • Dr. No • From Russia with Love • Octopussy • The Man with the Golden Gun • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
12 Keye Luke 86 China Actor Gremlins • Dead Heat •The Mighty Quinn
14 David Arkin 49 USA Actor All the President's Men • MASH • Popeye • Nashville • The Long Goodbye
19 Don Beddoe 87 USA Actor The Best Years of Our Lives • The Night of the Hunter • Pillow Talk • Jack the Giant Killer • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer • Nickel Mountain
19 John Russell 70 USA Actor Pale Rider • Rio Bravo • The Outlaw Josey Wales • Cannon for Cordoba
30 John McIntire 83 USA Actor Psycho • The Asphalt Jungle • Turner & Hooch • Honkytonk Man • The Fox and the Hound • Rooster Cogburn • Cloak & Dagger • The Rescuers
February 3 Nancy Kulp 69 USA Actress Shane • The Aristocats • The Parent Trap
5 Dean Jagger 87 USA Actor White Christmas • Elmer Gantry • Alligator • Game of Death • Twelve O'Clock High
6 Danny Thomas 77 USA Actor Journey Back to Oz • I'll See You in My Dreams
9 Craig Kelly 83 UK Actor Dirty Harry • Zombies of the Stratosphere • Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
24 George Gobel 71 USA Actor I Married a Woman • The Birds and the Bees
26 Slim Gaillard 75 USA Singer, Actor Sweetheart of Sigma Chi • Sky Bandits • Hellzapoppin'
March 3 Vance Colvig Jr. 72 USA Actor UHF • Barfly • Big Top Pee-wee • Track 29 • Maid to Order
5 Ian McLellan Hunter 71 UK Screenwriter Roman Holiday • Second Chorus
7 Morton S. Fine 74 USA Screenwriter The Pawnbroker • The Greek Tycoon • Cabo Blanco • The Next Man
18 Narda Onyx 59 Germany Actress Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter • Hitler
27 Aldo Ray 45 USA Actor The Green Berets • The Secret of NIMH • We're No Angels • The Sicilian • Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood • Don't Go Near the Park • Men in War
28 Carlos Montalbán 87 Mexico Actor Bananas • The Out-of-Towners
April 10 Kevin Peter Hall 35 USA Actor Predator • Harry and the Hendersons • Big Top Pee-wee
12 Tom Rosqui 62 USA Actor The Godfather Part II • The Thomas Crown Affair • MacArthur • Guilty by Suspicion
16 David Lean 83 UK Director Lawrence to Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • The Bridge on the River Kwai • A Passage to India • Ryan's Daughter
20 Don Siegel 78 USA Director Dirty Harry • Escape from Alcatraz • Invasion of the Body Snatchers • Coogan's Bluff • The Shootist • Telefon
23 William Dozier 83 USA Producer Batman • American Gigolo • The Big Bounce
26 Carmine Coppola 80 USA Composer Apocalypse Now • The Outsiders • Gardens of Stone
26 A.B. Guthrie Jr. 90 USA Screenwriter Shane • The Kentuckian
28 Ken Curtis 74 USA Actor The Searchers • Robin Hood • The Alamo • Cheyenne Autumn
May 1 Richard Thorpe 95 USA Director Jailhouse Rock • Ivanhoe • Three Little Words
2 Jerzy Kosinski 57 Poland Screenwriter, Actor Being There • Reds
6 Wilfrid Hyde-White 87 UK Actor My Fair Lady • The Third Man • Oh, God! Book II • Xanadu
15 Ronald Lacey 55 UK Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark • Firefox • Red Sonja • The Old Curiosity Shop
26 Eugène Lourié 88 Ukranian Art Director Limelight • Bronco Billy • Battle of the Bulge
June 3 Eva Le Gallienne 92 English Actress Resurrection • The Devil's Disciple • Prince of Players
12 Peggy Ashcroft 83 English Actress A Passage to India • When the Wind Blows • The Nun's Story • The 39 Steps • Joseph Andrews
12 Bernard Miles 83 English Actor The Man Who Knew Too Much • Great Expectations • One of Our Aircraft is Missing • Moby Dick • The Smallest Show on Earth • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
15 Barry Kelley 82 American Actor The Asphalt Jungle • The Manchurian Candidate • The Love Bug • Elmer Gantry • Rio Conchos • Jack the Giant Killer • The Buccaneer
16 Joan Caulfield 69 American Actress The Unsuspected • Blue Skies • The Lady Says No
19 Jean Arthur 90 American Actress Mr. Smith Goes to Washington • Shane • A Foreign Affair • You Can't Take It with You • A Lady Takes a Chance
30 John B. Goodman 89 American Art Director Hang 'Em High • Shadow of a Doubt • The Trouble with Harry • Beau James • The Seven Little Foys
July 1 Michael Landon 54 American Actor I Was a Teenage Werewolf • The Legend of Tom Dooley • God's Little Acre • High School Confidential
2 Lee Remick 55 American Actress The Omen • Days of Wine and Roses • Anatomy of a Murder • The Europeans • The Medusa Touch • Sometimes a Great Notion
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 • Dances with Wolves • My Cousin Vinny • Intern Academy • Casino Jack
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

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