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