- May 8 Margaret Lindsay, American actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies at 70
- May 17 Hugo Friedhofer, American cellist and film and television composer, dies at 80
- May 18 Arthur O'Connell, American actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years), dies at 73
- May 21 Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
- May 23 George Jessel, American stage and screen actor, singer, producer and host known as "The Toastmaster General", dies of a heart attack at 83
- May 24 Jack Warner [Waters], British actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Christmas Carol), dies from pneumonia at 85
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