Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 M. J. Frankovich 82 US Producer 2 Virginia Field 74 UK Actress 3 Judith Anderson 94 Australia Actress 7 Richard Hunt 40 US Puppeteer, Actor 7 Andrew Marton 87 Hungary Director 8 Anthony Dawson 75 UK Actor 8 Marjorie Kane 82 US Actress 9 Steve Brodie 72 US Actor 9 Bill Naughton 81 Ireland Screenwriter 15 Hari Rhodes 59 US Actor 17 Dorothy Alison 66 Australia Actress 18 Ruby R. Levitt 84 US Set Decorator 23 Freddie Bartholomew 67 UK Actor 23 Ian Wolfe 95 US Actor 24 Ken Darby 82 US Composer, Lyricist 26 José Ferrer 79 Puerto Rico Actor, Director 27 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 101 UK Actress February 1 Dick York 63 US Actor 4 John Dehner 76 US Actor 8 Baruch Lumet 93 US Actor 9 Jack Kinney 82 US Director, Animator 10 Fred Hynes 83 US Sound Engineer 11 Ray Danton 60 US Actor 13 Dorothy Tree 85 US Actress 24 Doreen Montgomery 79 UK Screenwriter March 2 Robert Clatworthy 80 US Art Director, Production Designer 2 Sandy Dennis 54 US Actress 3 Robert Beatty 82 Canada Actor 4 Néstor Almendros 61 Spain Cinematographer 4 Art Babbitt 84 US Animator 11 László Benedek 87 Hungary Director 11 Richard Brooks 85 US Director, Screenwriter 14 Jean Poiret 65 France Actor, Screenwriter, Director 15 Helen Deutsch 85 US Screenwriter 17 Jack Arnold 79 US Director 17 Franklin R. Levy 43 US Producer 17 Grace Stafford 88 US Actress 18 Arnold Diamond 76 UK Actor 19 Cesare Danova 66 Italy Actor 20 Georges Delerue 67 France Composer 21 John Ireland 82 Canada Actor 22 Melissa Stribling 65 UK Actress 25 Nancy Walker 69 US Actress, Director 28 Wendell Mayes 72 US Screenwriter 29 Paul Henreid 84 Hungary Actor 29 Archie Marshek 90 US Film Editor April 3 Karl Tunberg 85 US Screenwriter 5 Molly Picon 92 US Actress 6 Andy Russell 72 US Singer, Actor 10 Cec Linder 71 Poland Actor 11 James Brown 72 US Actor 14 David Miller 82 US Director 16 Neville Brand 71 US Actor 18 Pat Thomson 51 UK Actress 19 Frankie Howerd 75 UK Actor 20 Mae Clarke 81 US Actress 20 Benny Hill 68 UK Actor 22 Steffi Duna 82 Hungary Actress 22 Rosemary Odell 67 US Costume Designer 23 Satyajit Ray 70 India Director, Screenwriter May 3 George Murphy 89 US Actor, Dancer 6 Marlene Dietrich 90 Germany Actress 8 Richard Derr 73 US Actor 10 John Lund 81 US Actor 12 Lenny Montana 66 US Actor 12 Robert Reed 59 US Actor 15 Bartlett Mullins 87 UK Actor 16 Marisa Mell 53 Austria Actress 18 Marshall Thompson 66 US Actor 26 Edmund Beloin 82 US Screenwriter June 2 Philip Dunne 84 US Screenwriter, Director 3 Robert Morley 84 UK Actor 5 Laurence Naismith 83 UK Actor 6 Larry Riley 38 US Actor 12 Renié Conley 90 US Costume Designer 12 Gerda Nicolson 54 Australia Actress 24 Hans Reiser 73 Germany Actor 22 Chuck Mitchell 64 US Actor 22 Frederic I. Rinaldo 78 US Screenwriter 26 Phil Rubenstein 51 US Actor 27 Allan Jones 84 US Actor, Singer 28 Joan Marshall 61 US Actress July 1 Franco Cristaldi 67 Italy Producer 12 Reginald Beck 90 UK Film Editor 23 Arletty 94 France Actress 23 Maxine Audley 69 UK Actress 23 Amjad Khan 51 India Actor 28 Lester Shorr 85 US Cinematographer 30 Brenda Marshall 76 US Actress August 7 John Anderson 69 US Actor 12 James W. Payne 62 US Set Decorator 16 Malcolm Atterbury 85 US Actor 18 John Sturges 82 US Director 19 Gianni Polidori 68 Italy Production Designer 21 Charles Nichols 81 US Director, Animator 23 Virginia Sale 93 US Actress 25 George R. Nelson 65 US Set Decorator 30 Hideo Gosha 63 Japan Director September 1 Morris Carnovsky 94 US Actor 4 John van Dreelen 70 Netherlands Actor 6 Henry Ephron 81 US Screenwriter 6 Mervyn Johns 93 UK Actor 8 Carroll Young 83 US Screenwriter 12 H. F. Koenekamp 100 US Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer 12 Ruth Nelson 87 US Actress 12 Ed Peck 75 US Actor 12 Anthony Perkins 60 US Actor, Director 15 Michael Luciano 83 US Film Editor 17 Feodor Chaliapin Jr. 86 Russia Actor 18 Herbert W. Spencer 87 Chile Orchestrator, Composer 21 Bill Williams 77 US Actor 27 Keith Prentice 52 US Actor 29 Paul Jabara 44 US Actor, Songwriter 29 Bill Rowe 61 UK Sound Engineer 30 Maria Malicka 92 Poland Actress October 6 Denholm Elliott 70 UK Actor 6 Natalie Moorhead 91 US Actress 9 Ben Maddow 83 US Screenwriter 12 John Hancock 51 US Actor 16 Shirley Booth 87 US Actress 16 Anna Hill Johnstone 79 US Costume Designer 16 Vladek Sheybal 69 Poland Actor 21 Clem Portman 87 US Sound Engineer 22 Cleavon Little 53 US Actor 23 Dorothy Dunbar 90 US Actress 26 Laurel Cronin 53 US Actress November 2 Hal Roach 100 US Director, Producer 6 Mark Rosenberg 44 US Producer 7 Jack Kelly 65 US Actor 10 Chuck Connors 71 US Actor 12 Eddie Mayehoff 83 US Actor 13 Alan Balsam 42 US Film Editor 17 Todd Armstrong 83 US Actor 18 Dorothy Kirsten 82 US Singer, Actress 19 Diane Varsi 54 US Actress 20 John Foreman 67 US Producer 22 Sterling Holloway 87 US Actor 22 Ronald Sinclair 68 New Zealand Actor, Film Editor 23 Rita Corday 72 US Actress 26 Joby Blanshard 73 UK Actor 26 John Sharp 72 UK Actor 29 Robert Shayne 92 US Actor 29 Robert F. Simon 83 US Actor December 2 Michael Gothard 53 UK Actor 6 Percy Herbert 72 UK Actor 6 Hank Worden 91 US Actor 9 Franco Franchi 64 Italy Actor 9 Vincent Gardenia 71 Italy Actor 11 Michael Robbins 62 UK Actor 11 Walter M. Simonds 81 US Art Director, Production Designer 15 William Ware Theiss 61 US Costume Designer 17 Dana Andrews 83 US Actor 20 Steve Ross 65 US Studio Executive 22 Milo Sperber 81 UK Actor 25 Sandra Dorne 68 UK Actress