Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
2
Alan Hale Jr.
68
US
Actor
Johnny Dangerously
5
Arthur Kennedy
75
US
Actor
Some Came Running
6
Ian Charleson
40
UK
Actor
Gandhi
6
Peter Cookson
76
US
Actor
Detective Kitty O'Day
8
Terry-Thomas
78
UK
Actor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
10
Lyle R. Wheeler
84
US
Art Director
The Day the Earth Stood Still
14
John Witty
74
UK
Actor
The Vault of Horror
15
Gordon Jackson
66
UK
Actor
The Ipcress File
20
John Maxim
64
UK
Actor
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
20
Barbara Stanwyck
82
US
Actress
Stella Dallas
25
Ava Gardner
67
US
Actress
The Killers
26
Dodo Abashidze
66
Georgia
Director
Ashik Kerib
27
Helen Jerome Eddy
92
US
Actress
A Shot in the Dark
February
2
Hans Schumm
93
Germany
Actor
The Great Dictator
6
John Merivale
72
Canada
Actor
Arabesque
6
Jimmy Van Heusen
77
US
Songwriter
The Joker Is Wild
8
Frank Ross
85
US
Producer
The Robe
13
Ken Lynch
79
US
Actor
Anatomy of a Murder
14
Jean Wallace
66
US
Actress
No Blade of Grass
15
Henry Brandon
77
Germany
Actor
The Searchers
15
Michel Drach
59
France
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
The Simple Past
16
Joshua Shelley
70
US
Actor
Funny Lady
17
Allen Rivkin
86
US
Screenwriter
The Farmer's Daughter
19
Gabriel Katzka
59
US
Producer
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
19
Michael Powell
84
UK
Director
A Matter of Life and Death
28
Fabia Drake
86
UK
Actress
Year of the Dragon
March
5
Gary Merrill
74
US
Actor
Twelve O'Clock High
17
Capucine
62
Switzerland
Actress
North to Alaska
18
Robin Harris
36
US
Actor, Comedian
House Party
20
Maurice Cloche
82
France
Director
Doctor Laennec
28
Helene Reynolds
75
US
Actress
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
April
2
Aldo Fabrizi
84
Italy
Actor
Cops and Robbers
3
Clair Huffaker
63
US
Screenwriter
100 Rifles
8
Ernest Steward
79
UK
Cinematographer
Quest for Love
11
Vanda Godsell
67
UK
Actress
A Shot in the Dark
15
Greta Garbo
84
Sweden
Actress
Ninotchka
17
Joseph McMillan Johnson
77
US
Art Director, Production Designer, Visual Effects Artist
Rear Window
18
Robert D. Webb
87
US
Director
Love Me Tender
20
Alex McCrindle
78
UK
Actor
Eye of the Needle
22
Albert Salmi
62
US
Actor
The Bravados
23
Paulette Goddard
79
US
Actress
Modern Times
25
Dexter Gordon
67
US
Musician, Actor
Awakenings
27
Bella Spewack
91
US
Screenwriter
Week-End at the Waldorf
May
1
Sunset Carson
69
US
Actor
Alias Billy the Kid
2
David Rappaport
38
US
Actor
Turkish Delight
6
Charles Farrell
89
US
Actor
7th Heaven
10
Susan Oliver
58
US
Actress
Your Cheatin' Heart
12
Anthony Masters
70
UK
Production Designer
Dune
12
Nate Monaster
78
US
Screenwriter
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
14
Franklyn Seales
37
West Indies
Actor
Southern Comfort
16
Sammy Davis Jr.
64
US
Actor, Singer
Robin and the 7 Hoods
16
Jim Henson
53
US
Puppeteer, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
The Muppet Movie
18
Jill Ireland
54
UK
Actress
Breakheart Pass
22
Max Wall
82
UK
Actor
Jabberwocky
25
Vic Tayback
60
US
Actor
All Dogs Go to Heaven
June
1
Eric Barker
78
UK
Actor
There's a Girl in My Soup
2
Rex Harrison
82
UK
Actor
Doctor Dolittle
3
Tom Brown
70
US
Actor
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
4
Jack Gilford
81
US
Actor
Catch-22
6
Marcel Grignon
75
France
Cinematographer
The Fixer
7
Barbara Baxley
67
US
Actress
No Way to Treat a Lady
15
Leonard Sachs
80
UK
Actor
John Wesley
20
Ina Balin
52
US
Actress
The Patsy
23
Frank Gatliff
62
UK
Actor
Operation Daybreak
25
Sydney Boehm
82
US
Screenwriter
The Big Heat
July
8
Howard Duff
76
US
Actor
The Naked City
13
Lois Moran
81
US
Actress
Under Suspicion
14
Philip Leacock
74
UK
Director
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
15
Margaret Lockwood
73
UK
Actress
Night Train to Munich
15
Bud Thackery
87
US
Cinematographer
Coogan's Bluff
19
Eddie Quillan
83
US
Actor
The Big Shot
20
Sergei Parajanov
66
Georgia
Director
The Color of Pomegranates
21
Stanley Shapiro
65
US
Screenwriter
That Touch of Mink
23
Georges Flamant
86
France
Actor
The 400 Blows
27
Elizabeth Allan
80
UK
Actress
Camille
27
Ernest Archer
80
UK
Art Director
The Pirates of Penzance
28
Jill Esmond
82
UK
Actress
No Funny Business
August
2
Edwin Richfield
68
UK
Actor, Screenwriter
The Dam Busters
3
Betty Amann
85
Germany
Actress
In Old Mexico
12
Dorothy Mackaill
87
US
Actress
Safe in Hell
12
Sara Seegar
76
US
Actress
The Music Man
17
Pearl Bailey
72
US
Actress, Singer
St. Louis Blues
23
Dorothea Kent
74
US
Actress
She Married a Cop
27
Raymond St. Jacques
60
US
Actor
The Green Berets
28
Edmund H. North
79
US
Screenwriter
Patton
September
4
Irene Dunne
91
US
Actress
Cimarron
5
Jack Hildyard
82
UK
Cinematographer
The Message
19
Werner Janssen
91
US
Composer
The Southerner
19
Hermes Pan
80
US
Choreographer
Top Hat
20
Jackie Moran
67
US
Actor
Nobody's Darling
October
4
Jill Bennett
58
UK
Actress
The Sheltering Sky
4
Roy Charman
60
UK
Sound Engineer
Raiders of the Lost Ark
14
Leonard Bernstein
72
US
Composer
On the Waterfront
15
Delphine Seyrig
58
France
Actress, Director
The Day of the Jackal
20
Joel McCrea
84
US
Actor
Foreign Correspondent
27
Jacques Demy
59
France
Director, Screenwriter, Composer
The Young Girls of Rochefort
27
Ugo Tognazzi
68
Italy
Actor
The Conjugal Bed
November
2
William Travilla
70
US
Costume Designer
Adventures of Don Juan
3
Valerie French
62
UK
Actress
Decision at Sundown
3
Mary Martin
76
US
Actress, Singer
Night and Day
3
Walter H. Tyler
81
US
Art Director
The Ten Commandments
4
Carol Sobieski
51
US
Screenwriter
Annie
10
Maura McGiveney
51
US
Actress
Do Not Disturb
11
Alexis Minotis
90
Greece
Actor
Boy on a Dolphin
12
Eve Arden
82
US
Actress
Anatomy of a Murder
13
Don Chaffey
73
New Zealand
Director
Pete's Dragon
13
Maurice Richlin
70
US
Screenwriter
Pillow Talk
23
Roald Dahl
74
UK
Screenwriter
You Only Live Twice
27
David White
74
US
Actor
The Apartment
December
1
Sergio Corbucci
63
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
Navajo Joe
1
Carla Lehmann
73
Canada
Actress
29 Acacia Avenue
2
Robert Cummings
80
US
Actor
Saboteur
4
Edward Binns
79
US
Actor
Fail-Safe
7
Joan Bennett
80
US
Actress
Scarlet Street
8
Martin Ritt
76
US
Director, Actor, Producer
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
9
Mike Mazurki
82
US
Actor
Dick Tracy
18
Anne Revere
87
US
Actress
Gentleman's Agreement
18
Connie Russell
67
US
Singer, Actress
Nightmare
26
Gene Callahan
67
US
Production Designer
Steel Magnolias
28
Warren Skaaren
44
US
Screenwriter
Beetlejuice