Actors Who Died on October 21
- 1777 Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), dies at 57
- 1906 Helena Amelung [Georgette A], Dutch actress (Scapegoat), dies at 55
- 1945 Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor (The Black Cat, Bell for Adano, Big Store), dies from a heart attack at 57
- 1965 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 42
- 1966 Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95
- 1971 Raymond Hatton, American actor (Girls in Prison, Lady Killer), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 1981 Karel Šrom, Czech composer, musicologist, critic, and broadcaster, dies at 77
- 1987 Bob Simmons, British actor and stuntman (James Bond films, 1962-85), dies at 64
- 1989 Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (b. 1910)
- 1996 Eric Halsall, English TV presenter and sheepdog trial commentator (One Man and His Dog), dies at 76
- 2003 Fred Berry, African-American actor (Rerun-What's Happening), dies at 52
- 2005 Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (Judging Amy), shot at 16
- 2012 Dann Cahn, American film editor, dies of natural causes at 89
- 2015 Marty Ingels, American comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster), dies at 79
- 2016 Manfred Krug, German actor (Boxer), dies at 79
- 2020 Frank Bough, British sports and current affairs television presenter, dies at 87
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