1998 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Mae Questel 89 USA Actress, Voice of Betty Boop, Olive Oyl Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Funny Girl • Christmas Vacation
5 Sonny Bono 62 USA Singer, Actor Good Times • Hairspray • Airplane II: The Sequel • Troll • Escape to Athena • Under the Boardwalk • Dirty Laundry
6 Walter Barnes 79 USA Actor The Big Gundown • Escape to Witch Mountain • Day of the Animals • Every Which Way But Loose • Pete's Dragon • High Plains Drifter
6 Murray Salem 47 USA Actor, Screenwriter Kindergarten Cop • The Spy Who Loved Me
24 Jack Lord 77 USA Actor Dr. No • God's Little Acre • The Vagabond King • The Hangman
28 Jim Bohan 52 USA Actor American Graffiti • Punishment Park
February 1 Jack T. Collis 75 USA Art Director Magnum Force • The Last Tycoon • Exorcist II: The Heretic • Save the Tiger • Born Reckless •The Delta Factor
5 Douglas Gamley 73 Australia Composer, Conductor Tron • Enigma • The City of the Dead • The Land That Time Forgot
23 Chuck Hayward 89 UK Actor The Blues Brothers • The Longest Yard • Rooster Cogburn • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen • The Frisco Kid
24 Henny Youngman 91 UK Comedian, Actor History of the World: Part I • Goodfellas
27 J.T. Walsh 54 USA Actor Sling Blade • Pleasantville • A Few Good Men • Hannah and Her Sisters • The Negotiator • Nixon • Good Morning, Vietnam • Executive Decision • The Russia House • Backdraft • Hoffa • Blue Chips
March 5 Donald Woods 91 Canada Actor True Grit • Dimension 5 • Kissin' Cousins • 13 Ghosts
10 Lloyd Bridges 85 USA Actor High Noon • Airplane! • Hot Shots! • The Fifth Musketeer • The Rainmaker • Rocketship X-M • Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
10 Bill Alton 73 USA Actor Sweet Lorraine
April 1 Lucille Norman 76 USA Actress Carson City • Painting the Clouds with Sunshine • For Me and My Gal
3 Charles Lang 96 USA Cinematographer Some Like It Hot • The Magnificent Seven • Sabrina • Charade • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice • One-Eyed Jacks • Blue Hawaii • 40 Carats
11 Rodney Harvey 30 USA Actor My Own Private Idaho • Guncrazy • Five Corners • Salsa
28 Jerome Bixby 75 USA Screenwriter Twilight Zone: The Movie • Fantastic Voyage • The Man from Earth
May 2 Maidie Norman 85 USA Actress Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? • Halloween III: Season of the Witch • Written on the Wind • Airport '77
11 Gene Fowler Jr. 80 USA Film Editor It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Hang 'Em High • A Man Called Jorse • Skatetown, U.S.A. • Captain Scarface
14 Frank Sinatra 82 USA Singer, Actor From Here to Eternity • The Manchurian Candidate • Ocean's Eleven • Tony Rome • Robin and the 7 Hoods • Guys and Dolls
15 Linwood G. Dunn 93 USA Visual Effects Artist West Side Story • 2001: A Space Odyssey • The Great Race
20 Wolf Mankowitz 73 UK Screenwriter Casino Royale • A Kid for Two Farthings
21 Douglas Fowley 86 USA Actor Singin' in the Rain • Mighty Joe Young • Battleground
28 Phil Hartman 49 USA Actor, Comedian Pee-wee's Big Adventure • Jingle All the Way • Small Soldiers • Greedy • Three Amigos • Fletch Lives • Coneheads • Sgt. Bilko • The Brave Little Toaster • So I Married an Axe Murderer
June 1 Darwin Joston 60 USA Actor Assault on Precinct 13 • Eraserhead • The Fog • Wild at Heart
4 Josephine Hutchinson 94 USA Actress North by Northwest • The Story of Louis Pasteur • Son of Frankenstein • Nevada Smith • Adventure in Baltimore
5 Jeanette Nolan 85 USA Actress The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance • The Fox and the Hound • The Horse Whisperer • Cloak & Dagger
12 Theresa Merritt 73 USA Actress Billy Madison • The Wiz • The Goodbye Girl • Home Fries • All That Jazz
23 Maureen O'Sullivan 87 USA Actress The Thin Man • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Peggy Sue Got Married • The Tall T
24 Ken Barker 69 UK Stuntman Batman • Willow • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • An American Werewolf in London • Superman III
July 4 Gregg Burge 40 USA Actor A Chorus Line • School Daze
6 Roy Rogers 86 USA Actor Bells of San Angelo • Mackintosh and T.J. • Son of Paleface • My Pal Trigger • Under California Stars
10 William Preston 76 USA Actor The Fisher King • Waterworld • Joe's Apartment • Far and Away • The Crucible • The Exorcist III
16 Leigh Brown 59 USA Screenwriter A Christmas Story • It Runs in the Family
17 Joseph Maher 64 Ireland Actor Mars Attacks! • In & Out • The Out-of-Towners • My Stepmother Is an Alien • Sister Act • I.Q.
21 Robert Young 91 USA Actor Crossfire • That Forsyte Woman • Claudia and David • The Enchanted Cottage
22 Don Dunphy 90 USA Announcer, Actor Raging Bull • The Fighter • Bananas • Matilda
28 Lenny McLean 49 UK Actor Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels • The Fifth Element • My Cousin Vinny
29 O.Z. Whitehead 87 USA Actor The Lion in Winter • The Grapes of Wrath • Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! • The Romance of Rosy Ridge
August 16 Phil Leeds 82 USA Actor Ghost • Rosemary's Baby • Frankie and Johnnie • Krippendorf's Tribe • Soapdish • Beaches • History of the World: Part I
18 Persis Khambatta 49 India Actress Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Nighthawks • She-Wolves of the Wasteland
24 E. G. Marshall 84 USA Actor 12 Angry Men • The Caine Mutiny • Nixon • Tora! Tora! Tora! • Christmas Vacation • Superman II • Creepshow • Broken Lance
24 Gene Page 58 USA Composer Blacula • Brewster McCloud • Things Are Tough All Over
September 2 Fernando Carrere 87 Mexico Art Director The Great Escape • The Pink Panther • On the Beach • The Defiant Ones • Jack the Giant Killer
6 Akira Kurosawa 88 Japan Screenwriter Seven Samurai • Rashomon • Throne of Blood • Kagemusha • Ran
8 Leonid Kinskey 95 Russia Actor Casablanca • Duck Soup • The Man with the Golden Arm
19 Patricia Hayes 88 UK Actress A Fish Called Wanda • Willow • The Neverending Story • Little Dorrit • Danger on Dartmoor
October 3 Roddy McDowall 70 USA Actor Planet of the Apes • The Poseidon Adventure • A Bug's Life • Bedknobs and Broomsticks • The Greatest Story Ever Told • That Darn Cat!
22 Eric Ambler 89 UK Screenwriter A Night to Remember • Topkapi • The Way Ahead
28 James Goldman 71 USA Screenwriter The Lion in Winter • They Might Be Giants
November 4 Vincent Winter 50 UK Production Manager Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Superman • The Color Purple • For Your Eyes Only • Santa Claus
9 Ursula Reit 84 Germany Actress Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
17 Dick O'Neill 70 USA Actor The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • The Jerk • Prizzi's Honor • The Mosquito Coast • Wolfen
17 Esther Rolle 78 USA Actress Driving Miss Daisy • Rosewood • Cape Fear
19 Alan J. Pakula 70 USA Producer All the President's Men • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Pelican Brief • Sophie's Choice • Presumed Innocent • Klute
22 Nicky Blair 72 USA Actor The Godfather Part III • Rocky V • A Bronx Tale • New York • Viva Las Vegas
25 Enrico Sabbatini 66 Italy Costume Designer Seven Years in Tibet • The Mission • Cutthroat Island
25 Flip Wilson 64 USA Comedian, Actor Skatetown, U.S.A. • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
December 1 Freddie Young 96 UK Cinematographer Lawrence of Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • You Only Live Twice • Ryan's Daughter • Lord Jim
14 Norman Fell 74 USA Actor Inherit the Wind • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • The Graduate • Bullitt • The Boatniks • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold • Airport 1975 • The Stone Killer • Charley Varrick • Catch-22
20 Irene Hervey 89 USA Actress Play Misty for Me • Cactus Flower
25 Richard Paul 58 USA Actor The People vs. Larry Flynt • Eating Raoul • The Independent
26 Hurd Hatfield 81 USA Actor The Boston Strangler • El Cid • King of Kings • Richie Rich • Von Richthofen and Brown
29 Don Taylor 81 USA Director Tom Sawyer • The Final Countdown • Damien: Omen II • Escape from the Planet of the Apes • The Island of Dr. Moreau

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