- 1862 John Drew, Irish-born American actor and theatre manager, dies from head injuries at 34
- 1922 Sidney Ainsworth, British silent film actor (Not in the News, The Rajah's Tunic), dies at 49
- 1952 John Garfield [Jacob Garfinkle], American actor (Four Daughters, Body and Soul), dies of coronary thrombosis at 39
- 1966 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
- 1968 Doris Lloyd, English American actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
- 1970 Vinton Hayworth, American actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
- 1971 Dennis King, English actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
- 1973 George Breakston, French-American producer, actor and director (Jungle Stampede, It Happened One Night), dies at 53
- 1980 Ida Kamińska, Polish stage and screen actress, director, and writer (The Shop on Main Street; Mother Courage and Her Children), dies at 80
- 1981 Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
- 1984 Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
- 1984 Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies at 93
- 1987 Alejandro Rey, Argentine-American actor and director (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies lung cancer at 57
- 1990 Max Wall [Lorimer], British music hall, screen, and stage comic and actor (Professor Wallofski), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82
- 1993 John Holland, American actor (My Fair Lady, Chinatown), dies at 85
- 1996 Alfred "Lash" LaRue, American actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp), dies of emphysema at 78
John Gielgud (1904-2000)
British stage and screen actor and director (Arthur, Hamlet, Ages of Man), dies at 96
- 2005 Howard Morris, American comedic actor and director (The Andy Griffith Show, High Anxiety), dies of a heart disease at 85
- 2006 Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (Plae Kao), dies at 74
- 2009 Joan Alexander [Louise Abrass], American actress (The New Adventures of Superman, The Tales of Hoffmann), dies of an intestinal ailment at 94
- 2013 Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space), dies at 90
- 2018 Clint Walker, American actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen), dies at 90
- 2023 Ed Ames [Edmund Dantes Urick], American popular singer (Ames Brothers - "My Cup Runneth Over"), and actor (Daniel Boone - "Mingo"), dies at 95 [1]
- 2023 Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish actor (King Arthur, Rome), dies at 58
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