- Apr 6 Don Rickles, American comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey), dies at 90
- Apr 7 Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (Jewel in Crown, King Charles III), dies at 70
- Apr 9 Peter Hansen, American actor (General Hospital, The War of the Roses), dies at 95
- Apr 15 Clifton James, American actor (Live and Let Die, Silver Streak), dies at 96
- Apr 22 Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), dies at 56
- Apr 22 Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), dies at 96
- Apr 24 Don Gordon [Donald Guadagno], American actor (Bullitt, Papillon), dies at 90
- Apr 26 Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), dies at 73
- Apr 27 Vinod Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor (Mera Gaon Mera Desh), dies at 70