- Aug 2 Bert Freed, American character actor (Shane, Invaders From Mars), dies of a heart attack at 74
- Aug 3 Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
- Aug 5 Amy Sacks, American TV producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
- Aug 7 Larry Martyn, British comedy actor (Are You Being Served), dies at 60
- Aug 7 Robert Hutton [Winne], American actor (Torture Garden, Rocket), dies at 74
- Aug 11 Dorothy Grenfell Williams, radio producer and broadcaster, dies at 60
- Aug 11 Mark "Red" Mitchell, American actor (JFK; 8 Seconds; Want to Live), dies when his car is struck by a train at 33
Peter Cushing (1913-1994)
Aug 11 English actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who), dies of cancer at 81
- Aug 14 Joan Harrison, English screenwriter and producer who often worked with Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, They Won't Believe Me), dies at 83
- Aug 16 John Doucette, American actor (The Lone Ranger, Lock Up, Big Town), dies of cancer at 73
- Aug 20 Aleksander Petrovic, Serbian film director (I Even Met Happy Gypsies), dies at 65
- Aug 21 Danitra Vance, American comedienne (SNL, 1985), and actress (Jumpin' At The Boneyard), dies of breast cancer at 40
- Aug 26 Tariq Yunus, Indian actor (Bollywood; Ashanti; Deceivers), dies at 54
- Aug 29 Phillip Gilmore, American actor (Malcolm X), dies at 38
- Aug 30 Lindsay Anderson, British director (If ...), dies at 71
- Aug 30 Michael Gribble, American film animator (Mike & Spike Festival), dies of cancer at 42
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