- Jul 2 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
- Jul 3 "Curly" Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies of pneumonia at 83
- Jul 4 Anne Shirley [Dawn Evelyeen Paris], British actress (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Murder My Sweet), dies of lung cancer at 75
- Jul 4 Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
- Jul 9 Will Rogers Jr, American politician (D-Representative 1943-44) writer, political commentator, and actor (Down to Earth), commits suicide at 81
- Jul 10 Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Jul 12 Gusti Huber, Austrian American actress, (The Diary of Anne Frank), dies of heart failure at 78
- Jul 12 Lily van Lugt Melsert, Dutch actress (Tomorrow Will Be Better), dies at 91
- Jul 14 Robert Strong, American actor, dies at 87
- Jul 15 David Brian, American actor (Accused of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco), dies at 78
- Jul 18 Davis Roberts [Robert Davis], American character actor (Westworld; Star Trek; The Killers), dies of emphysema at 76
- Jul 18 Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (Three Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
- Jul 18 John Beck, American film producer (Harvey; The Singing Nun), dies at 83
- Jul 19 Elmar Klos, Czech film director (The Shop on Main Street), dies at 83
- Jul 21 Robert Glass, American film sound engineer (ET), is murdered at 53
- Jul 24 Francis Bouygues, French film producer, dies at 70
- Jul 24 Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
- Jul 25 Nan Grey [Eschal Miller], American actress (Three Smart Girls, Dracula's Daughters), dies of heart failure on her 75th birthday
- Jul 26 Daniel Fuchs, American screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
- Jul 28 Herbert Joeks [Herman Hugten], Dutch actor (Snip & Snap, Pipo de clown), dies at 77
- Jul 30 Jay Scott [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], American-Canadian movie critic, dies at 43
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