Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 George Carl 83 US Actor, Comedian Funny Bones 5 Vic Schoen 83 US Composer, Arranger 7 Klaus Wennemann 59 Germany Actor 9 Marguerite Churchill 89 US Actress 10 Arthur Batanides 83 US Actor 11 Helena Carter 79 US Actress 12 Marc Davis 86 US Animator 15 Fran Ryan 83 US Actress 18 Nancy Coleman 87 US Actress 18 Frances Drake 87 US Actress 18 Jester Hairston 98 US Actor 19 Hedy Lamarr 85 Austria Actress 19 Alan North 79 US Actor 24 Jeffrey Boam 53 US Screenwriter 25 Tom Pedigo 53 US Set Decorator 28 Tony Doyle 58 Ireland Actor 28 Joy Shelton 77 UK Actress 28 Kenneth Waller 72 UK Actor 31 Ralph Manza 78 US Actor February 1 James N. Harrell 81 US Actor 3 Bonnie Cashin 84 US Costume Designer 5 Todd Karns 79 US Actor 8 Sidney Hayers 78 UK Director 10 George Jackson 42 US Producer, Director 10 Jim Varney 50 US Actor 11 Roger Vadim 72 France Director, Screenwriter 12 John London 58 US Key Grip 16 Marceline Day 91 US Actress 16 Lila Kedrova 81 Russia Actress 17 Miles White 85 US Costume Designer 20 Otello Martelli 97 Italy Cinematographer 22 John Kellogg 83 US Actor 23 Ofra Haza 42 Israel Singer, Actress 23 Joseph V. Perry 69 US Actor 24 Rosalind Keith 83 US Actress 27 George Duning 92 US Composer March 7 Charles Gray 71 UK Actor 10 Judith Barrett 91 US Actress 11 Richard Collier 80 US Actor 13 Rex Everhart 79 US Actor 15 Wally Rose 88 US Actor, Stuntman 25 Jim Cash 59 US Screenwriter 25 Helen Martin 90 US Actress 29 John Baskcomb 84 UK Actor April ?? Maurice Carter 85–86 UK Art Director 2 Greta Gynt 83 Norway Actress 8 Claire Trevor 90 US Actress 10 Arnold Johnson 78 US Actor 10 Peter Jones 79 UK Actor 11 Douglas Green 79 US Second Unit Director 12 Carmen Dillon 91 UK Art Director 12 Christopher Pettiet 24 US Actor 13 Peter Archer 56 Australia Actor Enter the Dragon 21 Susan Stephen 68 UK Actress 25 David Merrick 88 US Producer May 1 Steve Reeves 74 US Actor 3 Lewis Allen 94 UK Director 7 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 90 US Actor 10 Bart the Bear 23 US Actor 10 Craig Stevens 81 US Actor 11 David Bretherton 76 US Film Editor 11 René Muñoz 62 Cuba Actor, Screenwriter 13 Paul Bartel 61 US Actor, Director 20 Edward Bernds 94 US Director 21 John Gielgud 96 UK Actor 25 Nicholas Clay 53 UK Actor 25 Francis Lederer 100 Austria-Hungary Actor 26 William McCaughey 70 US Sound Engineer 26 Samuel A. Taylor 87 US Screenwriter 28 Robert Fryer 79 US Producer 29 Aubrey Richards 79 UK Actor 30 Doris Hare 95 UK Actress 30 Bill Thomas 78 US Costume Designer 31 Walter Sparrow 73 UK Actor June 10 Terry Forrestal 52 UK Stuntman 10 J. Watson Webb Jr. 84 US Film Editor 11 Elizabeth Lawrence 77 US Actress 13 John Bramall 76 UK Sound Engineer 18 Nancy Marchand 71 US Actress 19 Anton Gorchev 60 Bulgaria Actor 24 David Tomlinson 83 UK Actor 27 David Neal 68 UK Actor 28 Nils Poppe 92 Sweden Actor 28 Michael Ripper 87 UK Actor 29 John Abineri 72 UK Actor 29 Vittorio Gassman 77 Italy Actor July 1 Walter Matthau 79 US Actor 3 Harold Nicholas 79 US Dancer, Actor 3 Kemal Sunal 55 Turkey Actor 10 Justin Pierce 25 UK Actor 14 Meredith MacRae 56 US Actress 18 Roberto Contreras 71 US Actor 19 James B. Clark 92 US Director, Film Editor 22 Eric Christmas 84 UK Actor 27 Don Weis 78 US Director 30 Nan Leslie 74 US Actress 30 Max Showalter 83 US Actor August 5 Alec Guinness 86 UK Actor 8 Jess Barker 88 US Actor 8 John F. Warren 91 US Cinematographer 9 Lewis Wilson 80 US Actor 10 Joan Marsh 86 US Actress 11 Eddie Powell 73 UK Stuntman 12 Loretta Young 87 US Actress 15 Robert Swink 82 US Film Editor 22 Toru Tanaka 70 US Actor 24 Patricia Owens 75 Canada Actress 25 Jack Nitzsche 63 US Composer 29 Rose Hobart 94 US Actress 30 Joseph H. Lewis 93 US Director September 2 Ishaq Bux 83 India Actor 2 Jean Speegle Howard 73 US Actress 3 Edward Anhalt 86 US Screenwriter 3 Walt Stanchfield 81 US Animator 7 Gian Luigi Polidoro 73 Italy Director 10 Mary Colquhoun 59 UK Casting Director 12 Juan Ibáñez 83 Mexico Director 12 Gary Olsen 55 Australia Actor, Key Grip 14 Beah Richards 80 US Actress 19 Ann Doran 89 US Actress 19 Gloria Talbott 69 US Actress 26 Richard Mulligan 67 US Actor October 2 Richard Liberty 68 US Actor 6 Richard Farnsworth 80 US Actor 9 David Dukes 55 US Actor 10 Emile Kuri 93 Mexico Set Decorator 11 Sam O'Steen 76 US Film Editor 12 Gordon Stulberg 76 Canada Studio Executive 13 Jean Peters 73 US Actress 15 Vincent Canby 76 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for The New York Times 17 Walter Shenson 81 UK Producer, Director 18 Julie London 74 US Actress, Singer 18 Sidney Salkow 89 US Director 18 Gwen Verdon 75 US Actress, Dancer 21 Mort Briskin 86 US Producer, Screenwriter 22 Anthony Chinn 69 Guyana Actor 24 Pasquale Cajano 79 Italy Actor 26 Muriel Evans 90 US Actress 28 Anthony Lee 39 US Actor 30 Steve Allen 78 US Actor 30 Elizabeth Bradley 83 UK Actress 31 Ring Lardner Jr. 85 US Screenwriter November 1 Allan Surtees 75 UK Actor 3 Leonardo Benvenuti 77 Italy Screenwriter 11 Rayford Barnes 80 US Actor 22 Christian Marquand 73 France Actor, Director 26 Carlo Simi 76 Italy Costume Designer, Production Designer 27 Anne Barton 76 US Actress 27 George Wells 91 US Screenwriter 29 Margaret Early 80 US Actress December 4 Chet Douglas 64 US Actor 6 Werner Klemperer 80 Germany Actor 10 Marie Windsor 80 US Actress 11 Don Devlin 70 US Producer, Screenwriter 11 David Lewis 84 US Actor 11 N. Richard Nash 87 US Screenwriter 12 George Montgomery 84 US Actor 14 Uldis Pūcītis 63 Latvia Actor, Director Purva bridējs Elpojiet dziļi Gaisma tuneļa galā 16 Margo Moore 69 US Actress 20 Richard Hazard 79 US Composer, Orchestrator 22 Stuart Lancaster 80 US Actor 23 Billy Barty 76 US Actor 23 Noor Jehan 75 Pakistan Singer, Actress 26 Leo Gordon 78 US Actor, Screenwriter 26 Jason Robards 77 US Actor 30 Julius J. Epstein 91 US Screenwriter