Actors Who Died on December 1
- 1723 Susanna Centlivre, English actress known as "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century", dies at 66 (approximately)
- 1955 Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels], Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger, Colt .45), dies from stomach cancer at 57
- 1958 Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care), dies from chronic throat disease at 45
- 1968 Hugo Haas, Czechoslovakian actor and director (Bait, Pick Up, 2 Smart People), dies of asthma at 66
- 1980 Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
- 1990 Robert Gordon, American child actor (billed as "Bobby" - The Jazz Singer; Mountains of Manhattan), and director (The Joe Louis Story), dies at 77
- 1991 Byron Webster, British-American actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58
- 1998 Freddie Young, British cinematographer (Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 96
- 2001 Ellis R. Dungan, American born Indian film director, dies at 92
- 2005 Jack Colvin, American actor (Incredible Hulk), dies at 71
- 2006 Claude Jade, French actress (Stolen Kisses), dies at 58
- 2007 Anton Rodgers, British actor (May to December), dies at 74
- 2008 Paul Benedict, American actor (Harry-Jeffersons), dies at 70
- 2009 Éva Szörényi, Hungarian actress and freedom activist for Hungary, dies at 92
- 2009 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), dies at 76
- 2013 Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist, album cover artist songwriter (Cream), and filmmaker, dies of emphysema at 71
- 2018 Kenneth "Ken" Berry, American actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family), dies at 85
- 2019 Shelley Morrison, American actress (General Hospital, Will & Grace), dies at 83
- 2022 Mylene Demongeot, French actress (3 Murderesses), dies at 87
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