- Dec 4 Rosetta Duncan, American vaudevillian (Duncan Sisters), actress (Topsy and Eva), and songwriter (Remeberin'). dies in an auto accident at 65
- Dec 6 Len Doyle, American actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66
- Dec 7 Charlie Hall, English comedic actor (Tit for Tat, A Chump at Oxford), dies at 60
- Dec 10 Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40
- Dec 12 Russell Simpson, American actor (San Francisco, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
- Dec 22 Gilda Gray [Marianna Michalska], Polish-American stage and screen actress (Piccadilly), and dancer (The Shimmy), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Dec 23 Lester Lonergan Jr, American stage and screen actor (Guilty Bystander; The Growing Paynes), dies at 66