1999 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Iron Eyes Cody 91 USA Actor Ernest Goes to Camp • A Man Called Horse (1970 film) • Son of Paleface • Grayeagle
12 Betty Lou Gerson 84 USA Actress One Hundred and One Dalmatians • The Fly • Cats Don't Dance • The Red Menace
22 John Bloom 54 UK Actor Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country • The Great Outdoors • Dracula vs. Frankenstein • Harry and the Hendersons • Runaway Train
23 Joe D'Amato 62 Italy Director, Producer Troll 2 • Ator l'invincibile • Stage Fright • Absurd • Endgame • Quest for the Mighty Sword • Antropophagus • The Door to Silence
30 Ed Herlihy 89 USA Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit • The King of Comedy • Pee-wee's Big Adventure • Malcolm X • Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
February 6 Danny Dayton 75 USA Actor Ed Wood • The Sting II • Love at First Bite • Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever • Guys and Dolls
7 Bobby Troup 80 USA Actor, Singer MASH • The Five Pennies • The Gene Krupa Story
17 Sunshine Parker 71 USA Actress Tremors • Road House • Oh, God! Book II • Love at Large
20 Gene Siskel 53 USA Film Critic None; critiqued films
March 4 Del Close 64 USA Actor Ferris Bueller's Day Off • The Untouchables • American Graffiti • Next of Kin • The Blob
5 Richard Kiley 76 USA Actor Patch Adams • Howard the Duck • Phenomenon • Looking for Mr. Goodbar
7 Stanley Kubrick 70 USA Director, Screenwriter 2001: A Space Odyssey • Full Metal Jacket • Dr. Strangelove • A Clockwork Orange • Spartacus • The Shining • Lolita • Eyes Wide Shut • Barry Lyndon
13 Garson Kanin 86 USA Actor Adam's Rib • Pat and Mike • Born Yesterday
17 Ernest Gold 77 Austria Composer, Conductor It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Judgment at Nuremberg • Exodus • Fun with Dick and Jane • Safari 3000 • Cross of Iron
20 Mickey S. Michaels 67 USA Set Decorator The Hunt for Red October • Clear and Present Danger • The Naked Gun 2 1/2 • Psycho III • Crimson Tide
22 David Strickland 29 USA Actor Forces of Nature • Object of Obsession
28 Gil Perkins 91 Australia Actor Batman • Raging Bull • Walking Tall • The Alamo
April 4 Bob Peck 53 UK Actor Jurassic Park • Lord of the Flies • Slipstream • The Kitchen Toto • Surviving Picasso
9 Albert Popwell 72 USA Actor Sudden Impact • The Enforcer • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
13 Don McGuire 80 USA Actor, Screenwriter Tootsie • Congo Bill • Johnny Concho • Dial 1119
14 Roy Chiao 72 China Actor Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Bloodsport • Dragons Forever
14 Ellen Corby 87 USA Actress Vertigo • Shane • Sabrina • The Glass Bottom Boat • Visit to a Small Planet • The Seventh Sin
16 Rudi Fehr 87 Germany Film Editor Dial M for Murder • Prizzi's Honor • Key Largo • House of Wax
16 Zoe Lund 37 USA Actress Bad Lieutenant • Special Effects
22 Bert Remsen 74 USA Actor The Bodyguard • Nashville • Maverick • Dick Tracy • Places in the Heart • Pork Chop Hill
May 2 Augie Blunt 69 USA Actor Ghost • Life • The American President
2 Oliver Reed 62 UK Actor Oliver! • Gladiator • Tommy • Funny Bones • The Three Musketeers • The Hunting Party • Women in Love • Royal Flash • The Devils
8 Ed Gilbert 67 USA Voice Actor The Little Mermaid • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm • The Pagemaster • The Transformers: The Movie • Tom and Jerry: The Movie
8 Dana Plato 34 USA Actress California Suite • Exorcist II: The Heretic
14 Jerry Wunderlich 73 USA Set Decorator The Exorcist • Wargames • Ordinary People • The Goodbye Girl
21 Norman Rossington 70 UK Actor A Hard Day's Night • The Longest Day
June 11 DeForest Kelley 79 USA Actor Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Waco • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home • Warlock
13 Douglas Seale 85 UK Actor Aladdin • Amadeus • Ernest Saves Christmas • Ghostbusters II • The Rescuers Down Under
27 Bobs Watson 68 USA Actor Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? • Boys Town • Grand Theft Auto • Kentucky
28 John Stears 64 UK Special Effects Artist Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Goldfinger • The Mask of Zorro • From Russia with Love • Hopscotch
29 Allan Carr 62 USA Producer Grease • Can't Stop the Music • Cloak & Dagger
July 1 Sylvia Sidney 88 USA Actress Cinderella • Mars Attacks! • Blood on the Sun • Beetlejuice • You Only Live Once • Fury • Damien: Omen II
2 Mario Puzo 78 USA Author, Screenwriter The Godfather • Superman • Earthquake
4 Ronny Graham 79 USA Screenwriter, Actor Spaceballs • To Be or Not to Be • History of the World: Part I • Life Stinks
17 Patricia Zipprodt 74 USA Costume Designer The Graduate • 1776 • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
August 7 Brion James 54 USA Actor Blade Runner • The Fifth Element • 48 Hrs. • Tango & Cash • Red Heat • Steel Dawn • The Jazz Singer
23 Norman Wexler 73 USA Screenwriter Saturday Night Fever • Serpico • Raw Deal • Staying Alive • Joe
September 9 Ruth Roman 76 USA Actress Strangers on a Train • The Far Country • Champion • Day of the Animals
14 Charles Crichton 89 USA Director, Film Editor A Fish Called Wanda • The Third Secret • The Lavender Hill Mob
18 Harold F. Kress 86 USA Film Editor The Towering Inferno • The Poseidon Adventure • How the West Was Won • Gator • Luv • Mrs. Miniver
22 George C. Scott 71 USA Actor Patton • Dr. Strangelove • The Hustler • The Exorcist III • Taps • Firestarter • The Changeling • The Hindenburg • The Yellow Rolls-Royce • Gloria • The Rescuers Down Under • A Christmas Carol
October 5 Wilt Chamberlain 63 USA Actor Conan the Destroyer • Any Given Sunday
14 Richard B. Shull 70 USA Actor Klute • Splash • Trapped in Paradise • Seize the Day • Private Parts • HouseSitter
16 Jean Shepherd 78 USA Actor A Christmas Story • It Runs in the Family
19 Paddi Edwards 67 USA Actress The Little Mermaid • Hercules • Ghostbusters • Halloween III: Season of the Witch • Surrender (1987 film)
22 Jan Davis 58 USA Stuntman Waterworld • Space Cowboys • Point Break • Congo
26 Hoyt Axton 61 USA Singer, Actor Gremlins • Liar's Moon • The Black Stallion • We're No Angels • Deadline Auto Theft
November 3 Ian Bannen 71 UK Actor Braveheart • Gandhi • Waking Ned • Ghost Dad
4 David Shaber 70 USA Screenwriter The Warriors • Nighthawks • Flight of the Intruder • Rollover • Those Lips, Those Eyes
9 Mabel King 66 USA Actress The Jerk • Scrooged • The Wiz • What's Happening!! • The Gong Show Movie • Ganja & Hess
11 Mary Kay Bergman 38 USA Actress, Voice Actress South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut • Beauty and the Beast • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Hercules
21 Ralph Foody 71 USA Actor Home Alone • The Blues Brothers • Code of Silence • Raw Deal
December 3 Madeline Kahn 57 USA Actress Blazing Saddles • Paper Moon • Young Frankenstein • A Bug's Life • Clue • An American Tail • The Muppet Movie • Nixon • City Heat • Mixed Nuts
19 Desmond Llewelyn 85 UK Actor GoldenEye • Thunderball • Tomorrow Never Dies • Licence to Kill • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Goldfinger • From Russia with Love • The World Is Not Enough
21 Frank Stanley 77 USA Cinematographer Magnum Force • 10 • Grease 2 • Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
23 Lois Hamilton 56 USA Actress Stripes • The Cannonball Run • Summer Rental
25 Peter Jeffrey 70 UK Actor Midnight Express • The Return of the Pink Panther • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen • The Abominable Dr. Phibes • Britannia Hospital
26 Curtis Mayfield 57 USA Singer, Composer, Actor Super Fly • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
27 Michael McDowell 49 USA Screenwriter Beetlejuice • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Thinner • Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

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