Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926)
Italian actor and silent movie idol (The Sheik, Eagle), dies of a relapse of pleuritis in NY at 31
- 1955 Reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896)
- 1962 Edmund "Hoot" Gibson, American rodeo champion, western actor, director, and producer (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw), dies from cancer at 70
- 1966 Francis X. Bushman, American silent film actor (Sabrina, Ben-Hur), dies at 83
- 1971 Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64
- 1975 Hank Patterson, American actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
- 1979 Richard Hearne, British actor (Tons of Trouble, The Time of His Life), dies at 71
- 1980 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77
- 1986 Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80
- 1992 Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way), dies at 85
- 1993 Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80
- 1993 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42
- 1995 Leslie Graves, American actress (Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2), dies of AIDS at 35
- 1999 Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b.1926)
- 2001 Kathleen Freeman, American actress (Beverly Hillbillies, 3 Ring Circus), dies of lung cancer at 82
- 2005 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones; To Kill a Mockingbird), dies at 78
- 2007 Robert Symonds, American actor and associate director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, dies at 80
- 2011 John Howard Davies, British child actor (Oliver Twist), and television comedy producer and director (Monty Python's Flying Circus; Fawlty Towers; The Good Life), dies of cancer at 72
- 2015 Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang), dies at 93
- 2016 Steven Hill, American actor (Mission Impossible, Law & Order), dies at 94
- 2019 Sheila Steafel, South African British actress (The Frost Report), dies at 84
- 2020 Lori Nelson, American actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 87
- 2021 Michael Nader, American actor (Dynasty, All My Children), dies at 76
- 2023 Terry Funk, American HOF pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship 1998; NWA World Heavyweight C'ship 1975-76) and actor (Paradise Alley; Roadhouse), dies at 79
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