Actors Who Died on December 9
- 1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist, dies at approximately 38
- 1944 Laird Cregar, American actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28
- 1976 Nino Martini, Italian actor (The Gay Desperado, Here's to Romance), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 1979 Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop and religious broadcaster (Life is Worth Living), dies in NYC at 84
- 1982 Joey Forman, American actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
- 1983 David Rounds, American actor (Terence-Beacon Hill, Alice, The Blue and The Grey), dies of cancer at 53
- 1990 Mike Mazurki, Austrian-American actor and professional wrestler (Some Like It Hot, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World), dies at 82
- 1992 Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Moonstruck, Little Shop of Horrors), dies of a heart attack at 71
- 1995 Benny Lee, Scottish singer and actor (Are You Being Served), dies at 79
- 1995 Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56
- 1995 Vivian Blaine, American actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy), dies of heart failure at 74
- 1997 Tamara Geva, Russian-born dancer and actress, dies at 91
- 2004 Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
- 2009 Gene Barry [Eugene Klass], American actor (The Atomic City, Bat Masterson), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
- 2011 Myra Taylor (née Render), American jazz singer ("Spider and the Fly"; Wild Women of Kansas City), songwriter, and actress, dies at 94
- 2013 Eleanor Parker, American actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker), dies from pneumonia at 91
- 2014 Mary Ann Mobley, American model/actress, dies from breast cancer at 77
- 2018 Melvin Dummar, American gas station attendant, claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, and subject of the film "Melvin and Howard", dies at 74
- 2021 Cara Williams, American actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show), dies at 96
- 2022 Ruth Madoc, British singer and actress (Hi Di Hi), dies from complications after a fall at 79
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