Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Cesar Romero 86 US Actor 3 Heather Sears 58 UK Actress 7 Vittorio Mezzogiorno 52 Italy Actor 7 Llewellyn Rees 92 UK Actor 8 Pat Buttram 78 US Actor 9 Madge Ryan 75 Australia Actress 12 Samuel Bronston 85 Moldova Producer 14 Esther Ralston 91 US Actress 19 Kenneth Utt 72 US Producer, Production Manager 22 Jean-Louis Barrault 83 France Actor 22 Frances Gifford 73 US Actress 22 Telly Savalas 72 US Actor 23 Oliver Smith 75 US Production Designer 27 Claude Akins 67 US Actor 28 Hal Smith 77 US Actor, Voice Actor February 1 Olan Soule 84 US Actor 6 Harold Schneider 55 US Producer 6 Joseph Cotten 88 US Actor 6 Gwen Watford 66 UK Actress 9 Jarmila Novotna 86 Czech Republic Singer, Actress 11 Sorrell Booke 64 US Actor 11 William Conrad 73 US Actor, Producer 15 Tiger Haynes 86 US Actor 19 Derek Jarman 52 UK Director, Screenwriter 24 Dinah Shore 76 US Singer, Actress 28 Enrico Maria Salerno 67 Italy Actor March 2 Anita Morris 50 US Actress 4 John Candy 43 Canada Actor 6 Melina Mercouri 73 Greece Actress 8 John Ewart 66 Australia Actor 9 Fernando Rey 76 Spain Actor 17 Mai Zetterling 68 Sweden Actress 21 Macdonald Carey 81 US Actor 21 Lili Damita 89 France Actress 21 Dack Rambo 52 US Actor 22 Walter Lantz 94 US Animator 23 Giulietta Masina 73 Italy Actress 23 Paula Trueman 93 US Actress 29 Bill Travers 72 UK Actor April 2 Betty Furness 78 US Actress 3 Frank Wells 62 US Studio Executive 4 Ginny Simms 80 US Singer, Actress 12 Frank V. Phillips 82 US Cinematographer 16 John McLiam 76 Canada Actor 16 Ron Vawter 45 US Actor 20 Dennis Cleveland Stewart 46 US Actor 27 Lynne Frederick 39 UK Actress 30 Chris Butler 41 US Set Decorator 30 Ferdinando Scarfiotti 53 Italy Production Designer May 6 Fred Sadoff 67 US Actor 7 Ray Elton 80 UK Cinematographer 8 George Peppard 65 US Actor 8 Murray Spivack 90 US Sound Engineer 11 Timothy Carey 65 US Actor 15 Royal Dano 71 US Actor 15 Gilbert Roland 88 Mexico Actor 16 Alain Cuny 85 France Actor 19 Henry Morgan 79 US Actor 24 Oscar Saul 81 US Screenwriter 29 Joseph Janni 78 Italy Producer 31 Sidney Gilliat 86 UK Director, Screenwriter June 2 Philip Dunne 84 US Screenwriter, Director 4 Stephen McNally 80 US Actor 4 Massimo Troisi 41 Italy Actor, Director, Screenwriter 6 Johnny Downs 80 US Actor 6 Barry Sullivan 81 US Actor 7 Dennis Potter 59 UK Screenwriter 11 Herbert Anderson 77 US Actor 12 Chris Latta 44 US Actor 13 Nadia Gray 70 Romania Actress 13 K. T. Stevens 74 US Actress 14 Henry Mancini 70 US Composer 16 Eileen Way 82 UK Actress 20 Robin Raymond 77 US Actress 21 Winston Miller 83 US Screenwriter 22 Jack Davies 80 UK Screenwriter July 1 Dominic Lucero 26 US Dancer, Actor 6 Cameron Mitchell 75 US Actor 8 Robert B. Hauser 75 US Cinematographer 8 Dick Sargent 64 US Actor 14 Eric Linden 84 US Actor 14 Alberto Lionello 64 Italy Actor 19 Gottfried Reinhardt 83 Germany Director 20 Gregg Fonseca 41 US Production Designer 23 Mario Brega 71 Italy Actor 23 Hans J. Salter 98 Austria Composer 30 Janis Carter 80 US Actress August 2 Bert Freed 74 US Actor 3 John Zenda 50 US Actor 7 Robert Hutton 74 US Actor 11 Peter Cushing 81 UK Actor 11 Red Mitchell 33 US Actor 14 Joan Harrison 87 UK Screenwriter, Producer 16 John Doucette 73 US Actor 21 Danitra Vance 40 US Actress 26 Norman Warwick 74 UK Cinematographer 26 Tariq Yunus 47-54 India Actor 30 Lindsay Anderson 71 UK Director September 6 James Clavell 72 Australia Screenwriter, Director 6 Duccio Tessari 67 Italian Director, Screenwriter 7 Dennis Morgan 85 US Actor 7 Godfrey Quigley 71 Israel Actor 7 Terence Young 79 China Director 9 Douglas Morrow 80 US Screenwriter 9 Patrick O'Neal 66 US Actor 10 Charles Drake 76 US Actor 11 Jessica Tandy 85 UK Actress 12 Tom Ewell 85 US Actor 15 Mark Stevens 77 US Actor 16 Jack Dodson 63 US Actor 17 Iris Adrian 82 US Actress 18 Wayne Finkelman 47 US Costume Designer 20 Jule Styne 88 UK Songwriter, Composer 21 Arthur B. Krim 84 US Studio Executive 23 Robert Bloch 77 US Screenwriter 28 Harry Saltzman 78 Canada Producer 30 Lina Basquette 87 US Actress 30 Sydney Walker 73 US Actress October 1 Marjorie Weaver 81 US Actress 2 Harriet Nelson 85 US Actress 3 Virginia Dale 77 US Actress 3 Dub Taylor 87 US Actor 7 James Hill 75 UK Director 8 Diana Churchill 81 UK Actress 16 Peter Bromilow 61 UK Actor 17 Monja Danischewsky 83 Russia Screenwriter, Producer 17 Martha Raye 78 US Actress 20 Burt Lancaster 80 US Actor 23 Robert Lansing 66 US Actor 24 Raul Julia 54 Puerto Rico Actor 25 Mildred Natwick 89 US Actress 26 Tutta Rolf 87 Norway Actress November 1 Noah Beery Jr. 81 US Actor 7 Carleton Young 89 US Actor 8 Michael O'Donoghue 54 US Screenwriter, Actor 9 Ralph Michael 87 UK Actor 9 Richard Rust 54 US Actor 11 Ernest Clark 82 UK Actor 14 Tom Villard 40 US Actor 18 Cab Calloway 86 US Actor, Singer 24 Irwin Kostal 83 US Orchestrator 27 Rufina Nifontova 63 Russia Actress 30 Lionel Stander 86 US Actor December 5 Alan Splet 54 US Sound Engineer 5 Harry Horner 84 Czech Republic Production Designer, Director 5 Günter Meisner 68 Germany Actor 6 Gian Maria Volonté 61 Italy Actor 11 Yuli Raizman 90 Russia Director, Screenwriter 18 Lilia Skala 98 Hungary Actress 23 Nora Dunfee 78 US Dialogue Coach, Actress 23 Sebastian Shaw 89 UK Actor 24 Rossano Brazzi 78 Italy Actor 24 Julie Haydon 84 US Actress 24 John Osborne 65 UK Actor, Screenwriter 26 Robert Emhardt 81 US Actor 26 Sylva Koscina 61 Yugoslavia Actress 27 Steve Plytas 81 UK Actor 29 Frank Thring 68 Australia Actor 31 Woody Strode 80 US Actor