- 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
Jack Benny (1894-1974)
Dec 26 American comedian (The Jack Benny Program), dies of pancreatic cancer at 80
- Dec 27 Bob Custer [Raymond Glenn], American silent and sound screen actor (The Fighting Hombre; The Law of the Wild), dies of a heart attack at 76
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