- Dec 3 Mathias Wieman, German actor (The Blue Light, Fear), dies at 67
- Dec 3 Ruth White, American actress (To Kill a Mockingbird, Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 55
- Dec 7 Eric Portman, English actor (Naked Edge), dies from a heart ailment at 66
- Dec 7 Hugh Williams, British dramatist, actor and writer (Wuthering Heights, Bank Holiday), dies after surgery at 65
- Dec 13 Spencer Williams, American director, writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show), dies at 76
- Dec 22 Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at 52
- Dec 23 Donald Foster, American actor (Hazel, Lord Love A Duck), dies after long illness at 80
- Dec 28 Henry Oscar, English stage and film actor (Saint in London), dies at 78
- Dec 31 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian operatic bass buffo singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-62), and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), dies at 69
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