- Aug 3 James Donald, Scottish actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies of stomach cancer at 76
- Aug 4 Bernard Barrow, American actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving), dies at 65
- Aug 8 Harry Bellaver, American actor (Another World; Naked City), dies at 88
- Aug 8 Roy London, American actor and director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50
- Aug 10 Ken England, American screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82
- Aug 12 Jerome Thor, American actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69
- Aug 16 Stewart Granger, English actor (Prisoner of Zenda, King Solomon's Mines), dies of cancer at 80
- Aug 16 Tom Fuccella, actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDS at 56
- Aug 19 Jean King, American actress (Night Has a Thousand Eyes), dies at 76
- Aug 19 Utpal Dutt, Indian actor and director (Manusher Adhikar), dies at 64
- Aug 20 Sydney Arnold, British comic actor (The Meaning of Life, Top Secret!, Miss Jones & Son), dies at 93
- Aug 22 Don Getz, American filmmaker (Playpoint), dies at 50
- Aug 23 Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80
- Aug 23 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42
- Aug 27 Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71
- Aug 28 René Ray, English countess/actress (Farewell again), dies at 80
- Aug 29 Dorian Corey, American actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDS at 56
- Aug 30 Richard Jordan, American actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
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