Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
1
Walter Janssen
88
Germany
Actor
Maskerade
12
Agatha Christie
85
UK
Writer
Murder on the Orient Express
13
Margaret Leighton
53
UK
Actress
The Best Man
18
Sonia Dresdel
66
UK
Actress
The Fallen Idol
23
Paul Dupuis
62
France
Actor
Madness of the Heart
23
Paul Robeson
77
US
Actor, Singer
The Proud Valley
29
Michael Gwynn
59
UK
Actor
Jason and the Argonauts
February
4
Roger Livesey
69
UK
Actor
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
11
Lee J. Cobb
64
US
Actor
The Exorcist
11
John Twist
77
US
Screenwriter
Annie Oakley
12
Sal Mineo
37
US
Actor
Exodus
13
Lily Pons
77
France
Singer, Actress
Hitting a New High
13
John Lounsbery
64
US
Animator
Lady and the Tramp
15
Maria Corda
77
Hungary
Actress
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
16
Campbell Singer
66
UK
Actor
The Hands of Orlac
24
Peter Madden
71
UK
Actor
Doctor Zhivago
26
Frieda Inescort
75
UK
Actress
The Letter
March
3
Doris Hill
70
US
Actress
Men Are Like That
5
Charles Lederer
69
US
Screenwriter
Ocean's 11
14
Busby Berkeley
80
US
Director, Choreographer
Hollywood Hotel
17
Luchino Visconti
69
Italy
Director, Writer
Death in Venice
20
Michael Goodliffe
61
UK
Actor
Jigsaw
28
Richard Arlen
76
US
Actor
Wildcat
April
2
Ray Teal
74
US
Actor
Ace in the Hole
4
George Pastell
53
Cyprus
Actor
The Magus
5
Howard Hughes
70
US
Director, Producer
The Outlaw
5
Robert Lord
75
US
Screenwriter, Producer
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
11
Liam Dunn
59
US
Actor
Young Frankenstein
12
Paul Ford
74
US
Actor
The Music Man
21
Léonide Moguy
75
Russia
Director, Writer
Action in Arabia
25
Carol Reed
69
UK
Director, Writer
The Third Man
26
Neil McCallum
46
Canada
Actor
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
26
Sid James
62
UK
Actor
Trapeze
29
Thelma Connell
63
UK
Film Editor
The Deadly Affair
May
3
David Bruce
62
US
Actor
Lady on a Train
7
Alan Baxter
67
US
Actor
The Set-Up
27
Hilde Hildebrand
78
Germany
Actress
Little Dorrit
27
Ruth McDevitt
80
US
Actress
The Birds
June
5
Violet Wilkey
73
US
Actress
The Burned Hand
6
Victor Varconi
85
Hungary
Actor
The Sea Hawk
9
Sybil Thorndike
93
UK
Actress
Melba
10
Adolph Zukor
103
US
Producer, Studio Executive
Shanghai Express
25
Johnny Mercer
66
US
Songwriter
Darling Lili
28
Stanley Baker
48
UK
Actor
Helen of Troy
July
2
Frances Howard
73
US
Actress
The Swan
7
Norman Foster
72
US
Actor, Director
State Fair
12
James Wong Howe
76
China
Cinematographer
Hud
17
Rina Morelli
67
Italy
Actress
Senso
28
Lucie Mannheim
77
Germany
Actress
The High Command
August
2
Fritz Lang
85
Germany
Director, Writer
The Big Heat
6
William Mervyn
64
UK
Actor
The Long Arm
10
Ray Corrigan
74
US
Actor
Range Busters
17
William Redfield
49
US
Actor
Death Wish
17
Murvyn Vye
60
US
Actor
Al Capone
18
Luigi Serventi
91
Italy
Actor
The Story of a Poor Young Man
28
Alastair Sim
75
UK
Actor
Scrooge
September
10
Dalton Trumbo
70
US
Screenwriter
Roman Holiday
30
Paul Dehn
63
UK
Screenwriter
Murder on the Orient Express
October
5
Barbara Nichols
47
US
Actress
The Naked and the Dead
14
Edith Evans
88
UK
Actress
The Nun's Story
November
3
Ramsay Hill
86
US
Actor, Technical Advisor
One Hundred and One Dalmatians [7]
15
Jean Gabin
72
France
Actor
Port of Shadows
22
Rupert Davies
60
UK
Actor
The Criminal
28
Rosalind Russell
69
US
Actress
Auntie Mame
29
Godfrey Cambridge
43
US
Actor
The President's Analyst
December
3
Mary Nash
92
US
Actress
The Human Comedy
8
Cathy Downs
50
US
Actress
The Dark Corner
12
Jack Cassidy
49
US
Actor
The Eiger Sanction
20
Walter Fitzgerald
80
UK
Actor
Man in the Sky