2002 in Film - Notable Deaths

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Julia Phillips 57 USA Producer Taxi Driver • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • The Sting • Steelyard Blues • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
6 Mario Nascimbene 88 Italy Composer The Vikings • Room at the Top •The Barefoot Contessa
7 Avery Schreiber 66 USA Actor Robin Hood: Men in Tights • Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Galaxina • The Concorde ... Airport '79
9 Bill McCutcheon 77 USA Actor Steel Magnolias • Family Business • Tune in Tomorrow • Vibes • W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
13 Ted Demme 38 USA Director, Producer Blow • Rounders • Life • The Ref • Beautiful Girls • Snitch
17 Queenie Leonard 96 UK Actress Alice in Wonderland • One Hundred and One Dalmatians • My Fair Lady
19 Roy Conrad 61 USA Actor Patch Adams • Casino • The Wizard • Pink Cadillac • The Fan • Titan A.E.
21 Peggy Lee 81 USA Singer, Actress Lady and the Tramp • Pete Kelly's Blues • The Jazz Singer
February 1 Hildegard Knef 76 Germany Actress The Snows of Kilimanjaro • Fedora • Murderers Among Us • Decision Before Dawn • The Dirty Dozen
11 Barry Foster 74 UK Actor Frenzy • Ryan's Daughter • Maurice • Rancid Aluminum
13 Waylon Jennings 64 USA Singer, Actor Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird • Moonrunners • Nashville Rebel • Mackintosh and T.J.
18 Byrne Piven 72 USA Actor Being John Malkovich • Miracle on 34th Street • Very Bad Things • Trojan War
20 Fredric Steinkamp 73 USA Film Editor Tootsie • Out of Africa • Scrooged • The Firm • Sabrina • Adventures in Babysitting • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? • The Unsinkable Molly Brown
26 Lawrence Tierney 82 USA Actor Reservoir Dogs • The Naked Gun • Junior • The Greatest Show on Earth • Prizzi's Honor • Armageddon • Tough Guys Don't Dance
27 Spike Milligan 83 India Actor Life of Brian • The Big Freeze • History of the World: Part I
March 1 Robert Weil 87 USA Actor The Little Mermaid • Moonstruck • Saturday Night Fever • The Hudsucker Proxy • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • The French Connection • The Naked Gun 2 1/2
4 Claire Davenport 68 UK Actress Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi • The Elephant Man • The Return of the Pink Panther
4 Eric Flynn 62 China Actor Empire of the Sun • Safari 3000
4 Shirley Russell 66 UK Costume Designer Reds • Tommy • Hope and Glory • Enigma • FairyTale: A True Story
18 Denis Forest 41 Canada Actor The Mask • Cliffhanger • Eraser
23 Richard Sylbert 73 USA Production Designer Chinatown • The Graduate • Rosemary's Baby • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Dick Tracy • My Best Friend's Wedding • Carlito's Way • The Manchurian Candidate • Mobsters • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Mulholland Falls
27 Milton Berle 93 USA Actor, Comedian It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • The Muppet Movie • Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows • Journey Back to Oz
27 Dudley Moore 66 UK Actor Arthur • 10 • Santa Claus: The Movie • Bedazzled • Derek and Clive Get the Horn • Like Father Like Son • Crazy People
27 Billy Wilder 95 Poland Director, Screenwriter The Apartment • Some Like It Hot • Sunset Boulevard • The Fortune Cookie • Stalag 17 • Sabrina • The Spirit of St. Louis • Avanti! • One, Two, Three
April 4 Harry O'Connor 44 USA Stuntman The Perfect Storm • XXX • Charlie's Angels • K-PAX • Air Force One • The Animal
15 Robert Urich 55 USA Actor Magnum Force • Endangered Species
19 Reginald Rose 81 USA Screenwriter 12 Angry Men • The Wild Geese • The Sea Wolves • Whose Life Is It Anyway?
25 Michael Bryant 74 UK Actor Gandhi • Hamlet • Goodbye, Mr. Chips • The Miracle Maker
May 5 George Sidney 85 USA Director Viva Las Vegas • Showboat • Anchors Aweigh • Bye Bye Birdie
11 Bill Peet 87 USA Screenwriter Dumbo • Peter Pan • Fantasia • Alice in Wonderland • The Sword and the Stone • Cinderella • One Hundred and One Dalmatians
15 Bryan Pringle 67 USA Actor Brazil • Three Men and a Little Lady • Jabberwocky
June 3 Sam Whipple 41 USA Actor The Rock • The Doors • Airheads • Blue City
9 James Wheaton 78 USA Actor THX 1138
28 Robert S. Mendelsohn 68 USA Production Manager Se7en • The Onion Field • Barb Wire
29 Rosemary Clooney 74 USA Singer, Actress White Christmas • Radioland Murders • Deep in My Heart • Red Garters
July 4 Ivan Moffat 84 Cuba Screenwriter Giant • Black Sunday • Bhowani Junction • They Came to Cordura • Hitler: The Last Ten Days
5 Katy Jurado 78 Mexico Actress High Noon • One-Eyed Jacks • Under the Volcano • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid • The Hi-Lo Country
6 John Frankenheimer 72 USA Director, Producer, Actor The Manchurian Candidate • Ronin • Reindeer Games • French Connection II • The Island of Dr. Moreau • Birdman of Alcatraz • The General's Daughter
9 Rod Steiger 77 USA Actor In the Heat of the Night • Mars Attacks! • On the Waterfront • Doctor Zhivago • The Amityville Horror • The Hurricane • The Longest Day • Oklahoma! • End of Days • Lion of the Desert • The Specialist
15 Philip Roth 72 USA Actor One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Harry and Tonto • What's Up, Doc? • The Baltimore Bullet • Linda Lovelace for President
26 Buddy Baker 84 USA Composer The Fox and the Hound • The Apple Dumpling Gang
August 5 Josh Ryan Evans 20 USA Actor How the Grinch Stole Christmas
15 Yuriy Yakovlev 71 Bulgaria Actor The Past-Master • Gerlovo Event • A Peasant on a Bicycle • Farsighted for Two Diopters
16 Jeff Corey 88 USA Actor Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • True Grit • Little Big Man • Beethoven's 2nd • Conan the Destroyer • Color of Night
23 Dennis Fimple 78 USA Actor Maverick • House of 1000 Corpses • King Kong • Stay Hungry • Down Periscope
30 J. Lee Thompson 88 UK Director The Guns of Navarone • Cape Fear • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes • Death Wish 4: The Crackdown • Huckleberry Finn
September 3 Ted Ross 68 USA Actor The Fisher King • Police Academy • Arthur • The Wiz
7 Katrin Cartlidge 41 UK Actress From Hell • Breaking the Waves • Topsy-Turvy
7 Michael Elphick 55 UK Actor Cry of the Banshee • O Lucky Man! • The First Great Train Robbery • The Elephant Man • Krull • Gorky Park • Withnail & I • Little Dorrit David Copperfield
11 Kim Hunter 79 USA Actress A Streetcar Named Desire • Planet of the Apes • Storm Center • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • The Seventh Victim
16 James Gregory 90 USA Actor The Manchurian Candidate • The Flight of Dragons • The Love God? • Beneath the Planet of the Apes
22 Carmen Phillips 65 USA Actress Easy Rider • Please Don't Eat the Daisies
October 3 Tad Horino 81 USA Actor Mulholland Drive • Red Sonja • Kung Pow! Enter the Fist • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
4 Buddy Lester 85 USA Actor Ocean's Eleven • The Nutty Professor
13 Dennis Patrick 84 USA Actor Joe • House of Dark Shadows
18 Chuck Domanico 58 USA Musician Midnight Run • The Truth About Cats & Dogs • The Edge • The Big Kahuna
21 George Hall 85 Canada Actor Big Daddy • Mrs. Brown • From the Hip
24 Charmian May 94 UK Actress Bridget Jones's Diary • The Dawning • Highlander: Endgame • Paper Mask
25 Richard Harris 72 UK Actor Unforgiven • Gladiator • Camelot • The Guns of Navarone • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone • The Count of Monte Cristo • Mutiny on the Bounty • Patriot Games • The Cassandra Crossing • The Wild Geese • The Bible: In the Beginning • Caprice • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
27 André de Toth 90 Hungary Director, Screenwriter House of Wax • The Gunfighter • Play Dirty • The Indian Fighter • Crime Wave
28 Lawrence Dobkin 83 USA Actor, Director, Screenwriter Patton • The Ten Commandments • The Defiant Ones • Johnny Yuma
31 Raf Vallone 86 Italy Actor The Godfather: Part III • El Cid • The Italian Job • The Other Side of Midnight • Lion of the Desert
November 1 Keith A. Wester 62 USA Sound Engineer The Rock • Air Force One • The Princess Diaries • Armageddon • Waterworld • The Perfect Storm • Orange County • G.I. Jane • Cradle 2 the Grave • Wayne's World 2
3 Jonathan Harris 87 USA Actor Toy Story 2 • A Bug's Life • Lost in Space
9 Merlin Santana 26 USA Actor Showtime
14 Eddie Bracken 87 USA Actor The Miracle of Morgan's Creek • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York • Vacation • Oscar • Baby's Day Out
18 James Coburn 74 USA Actor The Great Escape • Affliction • Monsters Inc. • Eraser • Maverick • Snow Dogs • Young Guns II • Hudson Hawk • The Muppet Movie • Our Man Flint • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
22 Parley Baer 88 USA Actor Dave • Space Case • The Young Lions • Last of the Dogmen
24 Noel Davis 75 UK Casting Director Reds • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Ishtar • Jane Eyre • Incognito
27 Billie Bird 94 USA Actress Home Alone • Dennis the Menace • Sixteen Candles • Ernest Saves Christmas • Jury Duty • Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
27 Roger Kemp 71 UK Actor Superman II • Pink Floyd The Wall • Dragonslayer
December 12 Brad Dexter 85 USA Actor The Magnificent Seven • The Asphalt Jungle • Shampoo • The Las Vegas Story • Run Silent Run Deep
14 Ruth Kobart 78 USA Actress Dirty Harry • Sister Act • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
15 Arthur Jeph Parker 79 USA Set Decorator Silverado • Private Benjamin • The China Syndrome • The Shootist • Dragnet
27 George Roy Hill 81 USA Director Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • The Sting • Slap Shot • Hawaii • The Great Waldo Pepper

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