- May 6 Niklaus Schilling, Swiss film director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold), dies at 72
- May 7 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), dies at 92
- May 8 William Schallert, American character actor (Patty Duke Show - "Martin"; Get Smart - "The Admiral"), dies at 93
- May 10 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), dies at 93
- May 16 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 90
- May 19 (Angus) "Alan" Young, British-Canadian-American actor (Mister Ed - "Wilbur"), and voice actor (Scrooge McDuck), dies of natural causes at 96
- May 19 Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 84
- May 24 Burt Kwouk, English actor (Pink Panther movies), dies at 85
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