Film Tv Deaths Date 1974 | History by KabAstro

Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974)

Jan 31 Polish born Jewish-American film producer (The Best Years of Our Lives) and movie magnate, dies of natural causes at 91

Feb 7 Arline Judge, American actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), dies at 61
Feb 8 Fern Andra [Vernal Andrews], American actress who worked in German silent cinema, dies at 80
Feb 11 Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Toll Gate; Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
Feb 23 Florence Rice, American actress (Fast Company, Double Wedding, Riding on Air), dies from lung cancer at 67
Feb 23 Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, dies at 79
Mar 3 Barbara Ruick, American actress (Carousel; Fearless Fagan), and singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies of an aneurysm at 43
Mar 3 Frank Wilcox, American actor (Beverly Hillbillies), dies from a heart attack at 66
Mar 5 Billy De Wolfe, American character actor (Good Morning World), dies of lung cancer at 67
Mar 7 Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
Mar 10 June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48
Mar 13 Howard St John, American actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies from a heart attack at 68
Mar 13 Janos Prohaska, Hungarian actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at 54
Mar 18 David Imboden, American silent film actor (King of Kings), muralist, and theater director, dies at 87
Mar 19 Edward Platt, American actor (Get Smart - "The Chief'; North By Northwest), dies of a heart attack at 58
Mar 20 Chet Huntley, American newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
Mar 21 Candy Darling [James Slattery], American transgender actress (Flesh, Women in Revolt), dies at 29
Mar 24 Doris Deane [Dibble], American silent film actress (Stupid, But Brave), dies at 74
Mar 25 Otto Waldis, Austrian actor (Unknown World; Whip Hand), dies at 72
Mar 28 Francoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
Mar 29 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), dies of periarthritis at 57
Mar 29 Seton I. Miller, Hollywood screenwriter (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul), dies at 71
Mar 31 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
Apr 2 Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
Apr 5 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49
Apr 11 Charles Curtis "Curt" Conway, American actor (Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
Apr 12 Carl Jaffe, German actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), dies at 72
Apr 13 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71
Apr 17 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), dies of cancer at 52
Apr 18 Betty Compson, American actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
Apr 18 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright, filmmaker (Topaze; The Baker's Wife), and novelist, dies at 79
Apr 24 (William) "Bud" Abbott, American comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies of cancer at 78
Apr 28 Paul Page, American actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), dies at 70

Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)

Apr 30 American actress (Endora in Bewitched), dies of uterine cancer at 73

May 4 John Wengraf, Austrian actor (12 to the Moon, Pride & Passion), dies at 77
May 10 Hal Mohr [Harold Leon Mohr], American Cinematographer and husband of Evelyn Venable (Captain Blood), dies at 74
May 17 Charles Braswell, American actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
May 25 Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), dies at 91
Jun 2 Elliott Sullivan, American actor (The Persuaders!, Fury Below, Sergeant), dies from a heart attack at 66
Jun 6 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
Jun 9 Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin'; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman - "Professor Pepperwinkle), dies at 80
Jun 16 Mauritz Hugo, Swedish actor (Atomic Blonde, Death Valley Gunfighter), dies from heart disease at 65
Jun 17 Pamela Britton, American stage and screen actress (D.O.A.; Blondie; My Favorite Martian - "Mrs. Brown"), dies of brain cancer at 51
Jun 28 Frank Sutton, American actor (Marty, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.), dies of a heart attack at 50
Jul 12 Georg Annenkov, Russian-French artist and stage and film set designer ('The Mutiny of the Machines'), dies at 84
Jul 15 Christine Chubbock, American TV newscaster (WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida), commits suicide during live broadcast by shooting herself at 29
Jul 15 Christine Chubbuck, American TV news reporter, commits suicide live on TV at 29
Jul 19 Joe Flynn, American character actor (McHale's Navy - "Capt. Binghamton; The Love Bug; The Rescuers), dies of a heart attack while swimming in his pool at 49
Jul 20 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), dies at 74
Jul 22 Edna Lewis Thomas, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
Jul 22 Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
Jul 22 Mary Forbes [Ethel Young], British-American stage and screen character actress (Terror by Night; The Picture of Dorian Gray), dies at 91
Jul 24 Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
Jul 28 Truman Bradley, American TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69

Cass Elliot (1941-1974)

Jul 29 American pop vocalist (Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreaming"; "Monday, Monday"; solo - "Dream A little Dream Of Me"; "Make Your Own Kind of Music"), dies of a heart attack in London at 32

Aug 3 Almira Sessions, American character actress (Oklahoma Annie), dies at 85
Aug 10 Ivor Dean, British stage and screen actor (Treasure Island; The Saint - "Inspector Teal"), dies at 56
Aug 10 Pedro Regas, Greek stage actor (Only Angels Have Wings, Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour), dies at 77
Aug 15 Edmund Cobb, American silent and sound screen actor, specializing in western film (A Final Reckoning; Motorcycle Gang; Comanche Territory), dies of a heart attack at 82
Aug 17 Edgar Dearing, American actor (Pollyanna, Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy), dies at 81
Aug 20 Ilona Massey [Hajmássy], Hungarian-American film, stage, and radio actress and singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies of cancer at 64
Aug 22 Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British mathematician and science writer best known as the presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man, dies of a heart attack at 66
Sep 6 Olga Baclanova, Russian-American actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75
Sep 6 Otto Kruger, American actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday
Sep 8 Robert Cox, American comic actor, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79
Sep 14 Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], American actress (Sleeping Beauty, Follow the Leader), dies at 66
Sep 14 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71
Sep 17 André Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter and cartoonist, dies at 90
Sep 18 Edna Best, English actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74
Sep 19 Eve March, American actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
Sep 20 Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat), dies at 71
Sep 21 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point), dies at 80
Sep 23 Cliff Arquette, American comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68

Coco the Clown (1900-1974)

Sep 25 Russian-born British clown famous in the mid-20th century, dies at 73

Sep 28 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88

Oskar Schindler (1908-1974)

Oct 9 Austrian businessman and subject of the novel "Schindler's Ark" and the film "Schindler's List", dies at 66

Ed Sullivan (1901-1974)

Oct 13 American newspaper columnist, and television host (The Ed Sullivan Show), dies of esophageal cancer at 73

Nov 1 Ralf Harolde, American actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off), dies at 75
Nov 5 Stafford Repp, American actor (Playhouse 90, Batman, Plunder Road), dies of a heart attack at 56
Nov 7 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), dies of cancer at 54
Nov 11 Jane Ace, American comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74
Nov 12 Charles Quinlivan, American actor (Seven Guns to Mesa, Mr. Garlund), dies of a heart attack at 50
Nov 13 Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor and director (Bicycle Thieves, Sciuscià), dies at 73
Nov 14 Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies from a cardiac condition at 70
Nov 15 James Morrison, American actor (Wine of Youth, Little Detectives), dies on his birthday at 86
Nov 17 Clive Brook, British actor and director (List of Adrian Messenger, On Approval), dies at 87
Nov 25 Rosemary Lane, American actress (An Angel from Texas, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody), dies from diabetes and pulmonary obstruction at 61
Nov 30 Bert Gordon [Barney Gorodetsky], American comedian, dies at 79
Dec 4 Lee Kinsolving, American actor (Explosive Generation), dies of an illness at 36
Dec 5 Henry Wadsworth, American actor (The Thin Man, Applause, Fast & Loose), dies at 77
Dec 5 Pietro Germi, Italian actor, writer and director (Divorce Italian Style, The Facts of Murder), dies from hepatitis at 60
Dec 10 Paul Richards, American actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies of cancer at 50
Dec 11 Reed Hadley, American actor (Zorro's Fighting Legion, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon), dies from a heart attack at 63
Dec 13 Rufus "Rufe" Davis, American actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora), dies at 66
Dec 15 Anatole Litvak, Russian-born American film director, writer and producer (Mayerling, Anastasia, The Snake Pit), dies at 72
Dec 21 Richard Long, American actor (Prof-Nanny and the Professor), dies at 47
Dec 22 Fosco Giachetti, Italian actor (Wastrel, We the Living), dies at 74
Dec 25 Harry Ray, American film make-up artist, costume designer and actor (Avanti!), dies at 65
Dec 26 Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), dies of heart disease at 59