- Apr 2 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of a heart attack at 79
- Apr 3 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), dies of stomach cancer at 78
- Apr 3 Frank G. Wells, American company director (Walt Disney Co.), dies in a helicopter crash at 62
- Apr 3 Pat Harper, American NYC news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies of a heart attack at 59
- Apr 4 (Virginia) "Ginny" Simms, American singer (Kay Kyser Band), actress (Night and Day), and radio star, dies of a heart attack at 80 [1]
- Apr 5 Marlon Riggs, American writer, director and producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
- Apr 8 François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
- Apr 9 Marcel Ichac, French director (Karakoram) and alpinist, dies at 87
- Apr 13 Nikolai Kryuchkov, Soviet Russian film actor (Telegram; Ballad of a Soldier; Town People), dies at 83
- Apr 13 Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor and director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 73
- Apr 16 John McLiam [Williams], Canadian actor (First Blood, Sleeper, Men From Shiloh), dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
- Apr 16 Ron Vawter, American actor (Roy Cohn; The Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
- Apr 17 Peter Hacker, American journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
- Apr 19 Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
- Apr 19 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
- Apr 20 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Apr 22 Denis Pitts, English journalist, filmmaker, and novelist (Rogue Hercules), dies at 64
- Apr 25 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), dies of a heart attack at 82
- Apr 27 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
- Apr 29 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), dies of natural causes at 81
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