Notable Deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 2 | Etta Moten Barnett | 102 | USA | Actress | Flying Down to Rio • Gold Diggers of 1933 |
2 | Lynn Cartwright | 76 | USA | Actress | A League of Their Own • The Garbage Pail Kids Movie • The Wasp Woman •The Cry Baby Killer | |
4 | Brian Gibson | 59 | UK | Director | Poltergeist II: The Other Side • Still Crazy • The Juror • Kilroy Was Here | |
7 | Ingrid Thulin | 77 | Sweden | Actress | Wild Strawberries • Cries and Whispers • The House of Smiles • The Silence | |
10 | Spalding Gray | 62 | USA | Actor | The Paper • Kate and Leopold • The Killing Fields • Beaches • How High | |
14 | Uta Hagen | 84 | Germany | Actress | Reversal of Fortune • The Boys from Brazil • The Other | |
14 | Ron O'Neal | 66 | USA | Actor, Director | Super Fly • Red Dawn • When a Stranger Calls • The Final Countdown | |
17 | Ray Stark | 89 | USA | Producer | Funny Girl • Steel Magnolias • Annie • The Way We Were • The World of Suzie Wong • The Goodbye Girl | |
28 | Noble Willingham | 72 | USA | Actor | City Slickers • Steel Magnolias • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective • Chinatown • Good Morning, Vietnam • The Last Boy Scout • Paper Moon • Norma Rae | |
22 | Ann Miller | 83 | USA | Actor | Mulholland Dr. • On the Town | |
17 | Joe Viterelli | 66 | USA | Actor | Analyze This • Bullets Over Broadway • Shallow Hal • Eraser • Mobsters • See Spot Run | |
February | 8 | Robert F. Colesberry | 57 | USA | Producer | Mississippi Burning • K-PAX • The King of Comedy |
10 | J.C. Quinn | 63 | USA | Actor | The Abyss • Days of Thunder • Turner & Hooch • Primary Colors • Heartbreak Ridge • Animal Factory • Barfly | |
11 | Tony Pope | 56 | USA | Voice Actor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Akira | |
11 | Hugh Cecil | 90 | UK | Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Spice World | |
15 | Jan Miner | 86 | USA | Actress | Lenny • Mermaids • Endless Love | |
23 | Carl Anderson | 58 | USA | Singer, Actor | Jesus Christ Superstar • The Color Purple | |
23 | John Randolph | 88 | USA | Actress | Serpico • You've Got Mail • Prizzi's Honor • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation • Earthquake | |
March | 2 | Mercedes McCambridge | 87 | USA | Actress | The Exorcist • All the King's Men • Giant • Johnny Guitar |
5 | Walt Gorney | 91 | Austria | Actor | Friday the 13th • Trading Places | |
6 | Frances Dee | 94 | USA | Actress | Little Women • I Walked with a Zombie | |
7 | Paul Winfield | 64 | USA | Actor | The Terminator • Sounder • Mars Attacks! • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Presumed Innocent • Cliffhanger | |
8 | Robert Pastorelli | 83 | USA | Actor | Michael • Dances with Wolves • Striking Distance • The Fairy Godmother • Be Cool • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | |
10 | Wilhelm von Homburg | 63 | Germany | Actor | Die Hard • Ghostbusters II | |
18 | Richard Marner | 82 | Russia | Actor | The African Queen • The Sum of All Fears • Birth of the Beatles | |
28 | Peter Ustinov | 82 | USA | Actor | Spartacus • Logan's Run • The Sundowners • Blackbeard's Ghost • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing • One of Our Aircraft is Missing • Quo Vadis • The Comedians | |
April | 4 | Austin Willis | 87 | Canada | Actor | Goldfinger • Firefox • The Boston Strangler |
7 | Victor Argo | 69 | USA | Actor | Taxi Driver • Bad Lieutenant • True Romance • Don't Say a Word • King of New York • Monkey Trouble | |
17 | Bruce Boa | 73 | Canada | Actor | The Empire Strikes Back • Full Metal Jacket • The Omen • Octopussy • Return to Oz | |
19 | Tim Burstall | 77 | Australia | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | Kangaroo • Attack Force Z • Alvin Purple • Stork | |
May | 3 | Anthony Ainley | 71 | UK | Actor | The Land That Time Forgot • Blood on Satan's Claw • Assault • Inspector Clouseau |
6 | Virginia Capers | 78 | USA | Actress | Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Beethoven's 2nd • Lady Sing the Blues • Howard the Duck | |
9 | Tommy Farrell | 82 | USA | Actress | Breakfast at Tiffany's • Singin' in the Rain • Strangers on a Train • Little Caesar | |
9 | Alan King | 76 | USA | Actor | The Helen Morgan Story • Casino • Rush Hour 2 • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Cat's Eye | |
14 | Anna Lee | 91 | UK | Actress | The Sound of Music • What Can I Do? • How Green Was My Valley • His Lordship | |
17 | Tony Randall | 84 | USA | Actor | Pillow Talk • Lover Come Back • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? • Gremlins 2: The New Batch • Down with Love | |
26 | Trudy Marshall | 84 | USA | Actor | The Fighting Sullivans • Once Is Not Enough • The Fuller Brush Man | |
27 | Patience Cleveland | 73 | USA | Actress | Donnie Darko • Psycho III | |
28 | Irene Manning | 91 | USA | Actress | Yankee Doodle Dandy • The Desert Song • Shine On, Harvest Moon • The Old Corral | |
June | 5 | Ronald Reagan | 93 | USA | Actor, 40th President of the United States | Hellcats of the Navy • Kings Row • Knute Rockne, All American • Million Dollar Baby • This Is the Army • Cattle Queen of Montana • The Young Doctors • Bedtime for Bonzo |
6 | Judy Campbell | 88 | UK | Actress | Convoy • Mr. Forbush and the Penguins • Saloon Bar • East of Piccadilly | |
7 | Donald Trumbull | 95 | USA | Visual Effects Artist | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • Star Trek: The Motion Picture • Spaceballs • The Wizard of Oz | |
9 | Barbara Whiting Smith | 73 | USA | Actress | Home, Sweet Homicide • Dangerous When Wet • Centennial Summer • Beware, My Lovely | |
10 | Ray Charles | 73 | USA | Singer, Actor | The Blues Brothers • Spy Hard | |
18 | George 'Buck' Flower | 66 | USA | Actor | Back to the Future • They Live • Escape from New York • Starman • The Fog • Mac and Me | |
July | 1 | Marlon Brando | 80 | USA | Actor | On the Waterfront • The Godfather • Superman • Apocalypse Now • A Streetcar Named Desire • Julius Caesar • One-Eyed Jacks • Sayonara • Viva Zapata! • Mutiny on the Bounty • Don Juan DeMarco • Last Tango in Paris • The Freshman • Guys and Dolls • The Island of Dr. Moreau |
6 | Eric Douglas | 46 | USA | Actor | The Golden Child • Delta Force 3: The Killing Game • The Flamingo Kid | |
6 | Jimmie Skaggs | 59 | USA | Actor | Lethal Weapon • Catch Me if You Can • Hollow Man • Cutthroat Island • Pink Cadillac • Dragnet | |
9 | Isabel Sanford | 86 | USA | Actress | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • Lady Sings the Blues • Love at First Bite • The New Centurions | |
12 | Jeff Morris | 69 | USA | Actor | The Blues Brothers • Anger Management • Kelly's Heroes • The Two Jakes • Ironweed | |
13 | George Mallaby | 64 | Australia | Actor | The Spy Who Loved Me • Eliza Fraser • Petersen | |
15 | Pat Roach | 67 | UK | Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark • A Clockwork Orange • Clash of the Titans • Conan the Destroyer • Never Say Never Again • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Willow • Superman III • Red Sonja | |
21 | Jerry Goldsmith | 75 | USA | Composer | Alien • Patton • The Secret of NIMH • Rudy • Chinatown • The Ghost and the Darkness • First Blood • The Omen • Gremlins • Total Recall • Planet of the Apes • L.A. Confidential • Twilight Zone: The Movie • Poltergeist • Basic Instinct • Congo • Executive Decision • The Mummy • The Sum of All Fears • Star Trek: First Contact • Psycho II • Small Soldiers • Capricorn One • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Mulan • City Hall • First Knight • The 'Burbs • Rio Lobo • The Russia House • Air Force One • Hollow Man • Chain Reaction • Lionheart • Medicine Man • U.S. Marshals • Logan's Run | |
27 | Sam Edwards | 89 | USA | Actor | Twelve O'Clock High • Operation Pacific • Escape to Witch Mountain • The Postman Always Rings Twice • Bambi | |
31 | Virginia Grey | 87 | USA | Actress | Uncle Tom's Cabin • Airport • The Rose Tattoo • The Women • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Gold Diggers of 1935 | |
August | 8 | Paul Garner | 95 | USA | Actor | The Onion Movie • Saturday the 14th |
8 | Fay Wray | 96 | Canada | Actress | King Kong • Hell on Frisco Bay • When Knights Were Bold • Gideon's Trumpet • Blind Husbands | |
13 | Julia Child | 91 | USA | TV Chef, Actress | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | |
14 | Neal Fredericks | 35 | USA | Cinematographer | The Blair Witch Project | |
11 | Elmer Bernstein | 82 | USA | Composer | Ghostbusters • To Kill a Mockingbird • The Magnificent Seven • Airplane! • Far from Heaven • Cape Fear • Slap Shot • The Great Escape • The Ten Commandments • Hud • Wild Wild West • The Black Cauldron • The Blues Brothers • True Grit • The Age of Innocence • Trading Places • Heavy Metal • An American Werewolf in Paris • Three Amigos • My Left Foot | |
22 | Daniel Petrie | 83 | Canada | Director | A Raisin in the Sun • Cocoon: The Return • Resurrection • Fort Apache, The Bronx | |
27 | William Pierson | 78 | USA | Actor | Stalag 17 • Corvette Summer • Fun with Dick and Jane | |
September | 5 | Fritha Goodey | 31 | UK | Actress | About a Boy |
6 | Elly Annie Schneider | 90 | Germany | Actress | The Wizard of Oz • A Low Down Dirty Shame • Scary Movie 2 | |
7 | Frank Thomas | 92 | USA | Animator | Lady and the Tramp • The Aristocats • The Fox and the Hound • Mary Poppins • Robin Hood • Fantasia • The Jungle Book • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | |
10 | O.L. Duke | 51 | USA | Actor | Malcolm X • Antwone Fisher • The Return of Superfly • Out of Time | |
18 | Russ Meyer | 82 | USA | Director | Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls • Vixen! • Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! • The Immoral Mr. Teas | |
24 | Tim Choate | 49 | USA | Actor | Soapdish • Pearl Harbour • The Europeans | |
30 | Ignatius Wolfington | 83 | USA | Actor | 1941 • Herbie Rides Again • Hex • The Strongest Man in the World • Penelope | |
October | 3 | Janet Leigh | 77 | USA | Actress | Psycho • Touch of Evil • The Manchurian Candidate • The Fog • Little Women • Houdini • The Vikings • Hello Down There • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later |
5 | Rodney Dangerfield | 82 | USA | Actor | Back to School • Caddyshack • Rover Dangerfield • Natural Born Killers • Little Nicky • Casper | |
10 | Christopher Reeve | 52 | USA | Actor, Director | Superman • Superman II • Everyone's Hero • Village of the Damned • The Bostonians • Deathtrap | |
17 | Julius Harris | 81 | USA | Actor | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • Darkman • Live and Let Die • Going Berserk • Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man • Hell Up in Harlem • Looking for Mr. Goodbar | |
November | 6 | Elizabeth Rogers | 70 | USA | Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman • The Towering Inferno • The Poseidon Adventure • Grand Theft Auto • The Swarm |
7 | Howard Keel | 85 | USA | Actror | Waco • Annie Get Your Gun • Jupiter's Darling • The Big Fisherman • The Hoaxters • Texas Carnival | |
11 | Dayton Allen | 85 | USA | Voice Actor, Actor | The Cotton Club • Appointment with Fear | |
12 | Norman Rose | 87 | USA | Actor | Radio Days • The Anderson Tapes • Message from Space • Love and Death | |
15 | Helmut Griem | 72 | Germany | Actor | Cabaret • Voyage of the Damned • The McKenzie Break • Put on Ice • Ludwig | |
20 | Anna Keaveney | 55 | UK | Actress | Vera Drake • Formula 51 • Ali G Indahouse | |
December | 15 | Maria Perschy | 66 | Austria | Actress | Secret of the Sphinx • The Password is Courage • Five Golden Dragons |
21 | Richard Hamilton | 83 | USA | Actor | Men in Black • Pale Rider • Arthur • Ironweed • On Deadly Ground • Death to Smoochy • Home Alone 3 | |
28 | Jerry Orbach | 69 | USA | Actor | Beauty and the Beast • Dirty Dancing • Prince of the City • Universal Soldier • Crimes and Misdemeanors | |
29 | William Boyett | 77 | USA | Actor | The Rocketeer • Newsies • When a Stranger Calls • The Hidden • Sam's Son • Airport | |
29 | Liddy Holloway | 59 | New Zealand | Actress | Without a Paddle • Queen City Rocker |
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“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when its more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (18941963)
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (18741963)