- Aug 4 Frank Fontaine, American comedian (Crazy Guggenheim), dies at 58
- Aug 5 Queenie Smith, American actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
- Aug 26 Charles Boyer, French actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
- Aug 28 Robert Shaw, British actor (The Sting; Jaws; The Deep), novelist (The Sun Doctor), and playwright (The Man in the Glass Booth), dies of a heart attack at 51
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