- Jan 1 Margot Grahame [Margaret Clark], British actress (The Three Musketeers, Criminal Lawyer), dies from chronic bronchitis at 70
- Jan 1 Victor Buono, American actor (Man from Atlantis: The, Untouchables; Batman - "King Tut"), dies at 43
- Jan 5 Hans Conried, American actor (Peter Pan; Bullwinkle Show; Make Room for Daddy - "Uncle Tonoose"; The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T), dies from a heart ailment at 64
- Jan 5 Harvey Lembeck, American stage and screen actor (The Phil Silvers Show; Stalag 17; Beach Party films), dies of a heat attack at 58
- Jan 8 Grégoire Aslan, American actor (The Return of the Pink Panther, King of Kings), dies of a heart attack at 73
- Jan 8 Reta Shaw, American actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir, Mary Poppins, Picnic), dies of emphysema at 69
- Jan 10 Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (The Hollywood Squares, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies after a heart attack at 55
- Jan 13 Marcel Camus, French film director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
- Jan 18 Trent Lehman, American child actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), commits suicide at 20
- Jan 23 Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
- Jan 27 Iris Korn, American actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60
- Jan 30 Stanley Holloway, English comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
- Jan 31 Jiří Srnka, Czech classical and film score composer, dies at 74
- Feb 4 Sue Carol, American actress (She's My Weakness) and talent agent, dies at 73 of a heart attack
- Feb 5 Dolores Moran, American actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies of cancer at 56
- Feb 11 Eleanor Powell, American stage and screen actress and tap dancer (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody films), dies of ovarian cancer at 69
- Feb 11 Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
- Feb 11 Victor Jory, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (A Midsummer Night's Dream; Kings Row; Manhunt), dies of a heart attack at 79
- Feb 13 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), dies at 93
- Feb 14 Henk Schaer [Hendricus Schaareman], Dutch actor and conductor (Majoor Barbara, Lijmen), dies at 79
- Feb 17 Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), dies at 80
- Feb 18 Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
- Feb 24 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
- Feb 26 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese actor and director (Gate of Hell; A Page of Madness; Jujiro; Jigoku-mon), dies at 86
- Mar 3 Georges Perec, French writer (La Vie mode d'emploi (Life A User's Manual)), and filmmaker (Seire Noire), dies of lung cancer at 45
John Belushi (1949-1982)
Mar 5 American comedian (SNL, 1975-80), actor (Animal House), and singer (The Blues Brothers), dies of a drug overdose at 33
- Mar 6 Ayn Rand [Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum], Russian-American author, screenwriter and philosopher who developed the philosophical system of "Objectivism" (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead), dies of heart failure at 77
- Mar 6 Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor (Village by the River, Beautiful Juliet), dies at 97
- Mar 9 Alan Badel, British actor (Shogun, Salome, Bill Brand), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Mar 9 Rex Marshall, American TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies from a heart attack at 64
- Mar 17 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
- Mar 18 George Lampe, Dutch painter and director (Free Academy), dies at 60
- Mar 21 Harry H Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
- Mar 24 Goodman Ace, American writer, radio presenter, actor and humorist (Better of Goodman), dies at 83
- Mar 29 Rudy Bond, American stage and screen actor (A Streetcar Named Desire), dies of a heart attack at 69
- Apr 3 Warren Oates, American actor (Dillinger, East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies of a heart attack at 53
- Apr 7 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
- Apr 15 Arthur Lowe, British actor (Dad's Army, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Ruling Class), dies following a stroke at 66
- Apr 20 Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roses), dies at 82
- Apr 21 Joe Sawyer [Sauers], Canadian actor (Adventures of Rin Tin Tin - "Sgt. Biff O'Hara"), dies of liver cancer at 75
- Apr 25 Celia Johnson, English actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
- Apr 25 Don Wilson, American radio and TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
- Apr 26 Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73
- Apr 27 Tom Tully, American radio, stage, and screen actor (The Caine Mutiny; Shane), dies at 73
- Apr 28 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), dies at 66
- May 1 Gene Sheldon, American actor (Zorro - "Bernardo"), mime artist, and banjo player, dies of a heart attack at 74
- May 2 Helmut Dantine, Austrian-American actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies of a heart attack at 64
- May 2 Hugh Marlowe [Hipple], American actor (All About Eve, Ellery Queen), dies from a heart attack at 71
- May 6 Sam Baker, American silent film actor (The Missing Link; The Lost City; The Sea Beast), dies at 75
- May 7 Alfred Adam, French character actor, dies at 72
- May 11 Leigh Snowden [Martha Lee Estes], American actress (All That Heaven Allows), dies of cancer at 51
- May 14 Hugh Beaumont, American actor (The Mole People, Leave it to Beaver), dies from a heart attack at 73
- May 25 Larry J. Blake, American actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
- May 29 Romy Schneider, actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 43
- Jun 9 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
- Jun 10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German filmmaker and director (Marriage of Maria Braum), dies of a drug overdose at 37
- Jun 13 Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
- Jun 14 Marie Rambert, Polish-British ballerina, teacher and director (Ballet Rambert) dies at 94
- Jun 14 Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer
- Jun 15 Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90
- Jun 18 Curd Jürgens [Curt Jurgens], German-born Austrian actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
- Jun 22 Alan Webb, British stage and screen character actor (King Lear; Taming of Shrew; Challenge of Lassie), dies at 75
- Jun 26 Charles Russhon, American air force officer (liaison for James Bond films), dies at 71
- Jun 26 Sandy Powell, English comedian, dies at 82
- Jun 27 Jack Mullaney, American actor (South Pacific; My Living Doll, It's About Time; Spinout), dies of a stroke at 52
- Jun 28 Gerard Rutten, Dutch film director (Sterren stralen overal), dies at 79
- Jul 1 Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
- Jul 3 Henry King, US film director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies at 96
- Jul 6 Russell Thorson, American radio and television actor (One Man's Family; The Detectives), dies at 72
- Jul 7 Fred Stuthman, actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63
- Jul 8 Isa Miranda, Italian model and actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
- Jul 12 Kenneth More, British actor (39 Steps, Doctor in the House), dies of Parkinson's disease at 67
- Jul 13 Edith Heerdegen, German actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti), dies at 69
- Jul 13 John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
- Jul 16 Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35
- Jul 19 John Harvey, stage and film actor (b. 1911)
- Jul 21 Dave Garroway, American TV host (Today Show, 1951-61), dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound at 69
- Jul 21 Jean J A Girault, French director and screenwriter (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies of tuberculosis at 58
- Jul 23 Vic Morrow [Morozoff], American film and television actor Combat!; Cimmaron; Roots), killed by helicopter crash during the filming of "The Twilight Zone: The Movie" at 53
- Jul 26 Betty Walker, American actress and comedienne, dies of pancreatic cancer at 53
- Jul 29 Harold Sakata [Toshiyuki], American actor (Gold Finger, Dimension 5), dies of liver cancer at 62
- Jul 30 Roberta Pedon, American glamour model, dies at 28
- Aug 2 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
- Aug 5 Wanda Rotha, Austrian actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
- Aug 9 Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-French filmmaker (pinscreen animation) and artist, dies at 81
- Aug 11 Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63
Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
Aug 12 American stage and screen actor (Mr. Roberts; 12 Angry Men; On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
- Aug 13 Charles Walters, American actor, choreographer and director (Lili, Easter parade), dies of lung cancer at 70
- Aug 13 Joe E. Ross, American comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 68
- Aug 14 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
- Aug 17 Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies from cancer at 68
- Aug 18 Beverly Bayne, American actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
- Aug 19 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- Aug 20 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), dies of bone cancer at 53
- Aug 25 Hans van Tongeren, Dutch actor (Spetters), commits suicide at 27
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Aug 29 Swedish actress (Casablanca, Gaslight), dies on her 67th birthday
- Sep 2 Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
- Sep 2 Tom Baker, American actor, dies of a drug overdose in New York at 42
- Sep 3 Michael Thoma, American actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
- Sep 12 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor and radio play director (Tomorrow It Will Be Better), dies at 89
- Sep 13 Philip Ober, American actor (North by Northwest), dies at 80
Grace Kelly (1929-1982)
Sep 14 American actress (Rear Window) and Princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
- Sep 16 Rolfe Sedan, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Ninotchka, George Burns Show), dies at 86
- Sep 21 (C. Dudley) "Pete" King, American film and easy listening music arranger and composer (The Pied Piper of Hamelin; The Last of the Secret Agents?),dies at 68
- Sep 24 Sarah Churchill, British actress (Matinee Theatre, All Over Town, Royal Wedding), dies at 67
- Sep 28 Larry Breeding, American actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies in a car crash on his 36th birthday
- Sep 28 Mabel Albertson, American actress (Gazebo, Bewitched), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
- Sep 29 Monty Stratton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1937 Chicago WS; played minor leagues with prosthetic leg; 1949 film The Stratton Story), dies from cancer at 70
- Oct 3 Vivien Merchant [Ada Thompson], British actress (Alfie; The Homecoming; The Offence), dies from alcoholism at 53
- Oct 4 Glenn Gould, Canadian classical pianist (Bach's Goldberg Variations) and broadcaster (Solitude Trilogy), dies after suffering a stroke at 50
- Oct 8 Fernando Lamas, Argentine American actor and director (Lost World, You look marvelous), dies of cancer at 67
- Oct 15 Elsie Randolph, English actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies at 77
- Oct 18 Dwain Esper, American film director (The Seventh Commandment), dies at 89
- Oct 24 James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at 58
- Nov 1 James Broderick, American actor and director (Dog Day Afternoon, Family), dies of cancer at 55
- Nov 1 King Vidor, American film director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas), dies of a heart ailment at 88
- Nov 4 Dominique Dunne, American actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23
- Nov 4 Jacques Tati, French director (Traffic, Playtime), dies at 74
- Nov 4 Talfryn Thomas, Welsh character actor (Dad's Army -"Cheeseman"; Dr. Who), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Nov 13 Chesney Allen, English actor (Flanagan and Allen), dies at 88
- Nov 16 Arthur Askey, British actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train), dies at 82
- Nov 17 Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
- Nov 18 Donald Dillaway, American stage and screen actor (Min and Bill; Platinum Blonde), dies at 79
- Nov 19 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, dies of a heart attack at 70
- Nov 20 [Catherine] Cassie Mackin, American newswoman (NBC TV) and 1st woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone, dies of cancer at 43
- Nov 21 Lee Patrick, American stage and screen actress (The Maltese Falcon; Topper (TV series) - "Henrietta"), dies of a heart attack at 80
- Nov 22 Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80
- Nov 23 "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
- Nov 25 Robert Coote, British actor (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Scaramouche), dies of a heart attack at 73
- Nov 26 Dan Tobin, American stage and screen character actor (I Married Joan; Perry Mason), dies at 72
- Dec 2 Marty Feldman, English comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies of a heart attack at 49
- Dec 7 William "Will" Lee, American actor (They Live by Night, Melody Lane), dies from a heart attack at 74
- Dec 9 Joey Forman, American actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
- Dec 10 Freeman Gosden, American radio and television writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show; Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 83
- Dec 10 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), dies at 94
- Dec 23 Jack Webb, American screenwriter, director and actor (Dragnet, Sunset Boulevard), dies of a heart attack at 62
- Dec 29 Sol C Siegel, American film producer (A Letter To Three Wives, High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies of a heart attack at 79
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