- 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