Deaths: August 26

1. Wade Dominguez

Actor | Dangerous Minds

Wade Dominguez was born on May 10, 1966 in Santa Clara County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Dangerous Minds (1995), City of Industry (1997) and Shadow of Doubt (1998). He died on August 26, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

2. Alan Root

Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey

Alan Root was born on May 12, 1937 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and producer, known for Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978) and Here be dragons (1990). He was married to Joan Root, Fran Michelmore and Jenny Hammond. He died on August 26, 2017 in ...

3. Babor

Actor | Mastan

Babor was born on February 5, 1952 in Dacca, East Pakistan [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. He was an actor, known for Mastan (1975), Hisab Chai (1988) and Surrender (1987). He died on August 26, 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

4. Barrie Dunsmore

Self | Larry King Live

Barrie Dunsmore was born on February 13, 1939 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was married to Marlene Finlayson and Whitney Taylor. He died on August 26, 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

5. Bernard Pomerance

Writer | The Elephant Man

Bernard Pomerance was born on September 23, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Elephant Man (1982) and A Perfect Couple (1984). He was married to Evelyne Franceschi and Sally Belfrage. He died on August 26, 2017 in Galisteo, New Mexico, USA.

6. Charles Boyer

Actor | Gaslight

Charles Boyer studied philosophy before he went to the theater where he gave his debut in 1920. Although he had at first no intentions to pursue a career at the movies (his first movie was Man of the Sea (1920) by Marcel L'Herbier) he used his chance in Hollywood after several filming stations all ...

7. Dominick Dunne

Actor | Addicted to Love

Dominick Dunne was born on October 29, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Addicted to Love (1997), Playhouse 90 (1956) and The Panic in Needle Park (1971). He was married to Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne. He died on August 26, 2009 in Manhattan, ...

8. Erika Wallner

Actress | Padre Coraje

Sophisticated and respected actress of the Argentinian film industry, Erika Wallner has had a distinguished career since the beginning of the 60s. Married to the leading actor Carlos Estrada, she starred in severals works with him. Also, she headed a very well remember soap opera, "Cuatro Mujers ...

9. Gerard Murphy

Actor | Waterworld

Gerard Murphy was born on October 14, 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Batman Begins (2005) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). He died on August 26, 2013 in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

10. Helmut Krauss

Actor | War and Peace

Helmut Krauss was born on June 11, 1941 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for War and Peace (2007), The Founder (2012) and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017). He died on August 26, 2019 in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany.

11. Inge Borkh

Actress | Die Frau ohne Schatten

Inge Borkh was born on May 26, 1917 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Frau ohne Schatten (1963), Lieder, Arien und Geschichten (1964) and Drama Into Opera: Oedipus Rex (1961). She was married to Alexander Welitsch and Robert Lenz. She died on August 26, 2018...

12. Isabel Toledo

Costume_department | Buscando Al Zorro

Isabel Toledo was born on April 9, 1960 in Camajuani, Cuba. She is known for Searching for Zorro (2019), Peppermills (1998) and The Fashion Show (2009). She was married to Ruben Toledo. She died on August 26, 2019 in New York, USA.

13. Jeanie Macpherson

Actress | The Merchant of Venice

Born in Boston to Evangeline Tomlinson and John Sinclair Macpherson. Jeanie Macperson was educated at Madame de Facq's school in Paris, the Kenwood Institute in Chicago and took dancing lessons from Theodore Kosloff. Her stage experience began when she got the lead in a school play and was awarded ...

14. José Manuel Moreno

Actor | El crack

José Manuel Moreno was born on August 3, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for El crack (1960). He was previously married to Pola Alonso.

15. K.K. Haridas

Director | Kaattile Thadi Thevarude Aana

K.K. Haridas was a director and assistant director, known for Kaattile Thadi Thevarude Aana (1995), C.I. Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 Inchu (2004) and Panchapandavar (1999). He was married to Anitha. He died on August 26, 2018 in Kochi, Kerala, India.

16. Kay Francis

Actress | Mandalay

Kay Francis is possibly the biggest of the 'forgotten stars' from Hollywood's Golden Era. Yet, for a while in the 1930s she ranked as one of America's most popular actresses, tagged the 'Queen of Warner Brothers'. By 1935, she earned a yearly salary of $115,000 (compared to Bette Davis with $18,000...

17. Larry Keating

Actor | When Worlds Collide

Larry Keating was born on April 13, 1899 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for When Worlds Collide (1951), Mister Ed (1961) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950). He was married to Ruth Elizabeth Evans, Consuelo Blanche Hamer and Mary Kathleen Rauh. He died on August ...

18. Larry Sherman

Actor | One Fine Day

Larry Sherman was born on February 2, 1923 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for One Fine Day (1996), Law & Order (1990) and The Sopranos (1999). He was married to Marion. He died on August 26, 2017 in New York, New York, USA.

19. Laura Branigan

Soundtrack | Flashdance

Laura Branigan was born on July 3, 1952 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Flashdance (1983), Ghostbusters (1984) and I, Tonya (2017). She was married to Laurence Ross Kruteck. She died on August 26, 2004 in East Quogue, New York, USA.

20. Lon Chaney

Actor | He Who Gets Slapped

Although his parents were deaf, Leonidas Chaney became an actor and also owner of a theatre company (together with his brother John). He made his debut at the movies in 1912, and his filmography is vast. Lon Chaney was especially famous for his horror parts in movies like e.g. Quasimodo in The ...

21. Max Berliner

Actor | Highlander II: The Quickening

Max Berliner was born on October 23, 1919 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), Tumberos (2002) and En retirada (1984). He was married to Rachel Lebenas. He died on August 26, 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

22. Miguel Bebán

Actor | Alta comedia

Miguel Bebán was born on June 6, 1918 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Alta comedia (1965), El amor tiene cara de mujer (1964) and Caballito criollo (1953). He died on August 26, 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

23. Mike Kellin

Actor | Midnight Express

Burly, coarse, raspy-voiced Mike Kellin was often cast as a tough cop, gangster, or soldier, usually a corporal or sergeant, so it may be surprising to some that during his stint in the US Navy during World War II he was a Lieutenant Commander.

Though he seemed to be straight out of the tenements of...

24. Neal Casal

Soundtrack | Supernatural

Neal Casal was born on November 2, 1968 in Denville, New Jersey, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Supernatural (2005), Happy End. (2005) and Country Strong (2010). He died on August 26, 2019 in the USA.

25. Neil Simon

Writer | The Odd Couple

Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Odd Couple (1968), Murder by Death (1976) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). He was married to Elaine Joyce, Diane Lander, Marsha Mason and Joan Baim. He died on August 26, 2018 in ...

26. Paul Comi

Actor | Howard the Duck

Paul Comi was born on February 11, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). He was married to Eva Mae Stiles. He died on August 26, 2016 in Pasadena, California, USA.

27. Penny Edwards

Actress | The Dalton Girls

Vivacious blue-eyed blonde Penny Edwards was born in New York City in 1928 and displayed signs of musical talent as a youth. She began studying dance by age six and, as a teen, appeared on Broadway in "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1943". After a couple of other musicals and a stint with the St. Louis ...

28. Ray Henwood

Actor | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Ray Henwood was born on January 15, 1937 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), Heavenly Creatures (1994) and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). He was married to Carolyn. He died on August 26, 2019 in New Zealand.

29. Richard Conrad

Self | American Masters

30. Rosa Bouglione

Self | Signé Mireille Dumas

Rosa Bouglione was born on December 21, 1910 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She was married to Joseph Bouglione. She died on August 26, 2018 in Paris, France.

31. Ted Knight

Actor | Mary Tyler Moore

Actor Ted Knight paid his dues with nearly two decades of relatively obscure dramatic, often villainous television work, before finding enduring fame in a scene-stealing supporting turn on a classic 1970s sitcom, hilariously overplaying a silver-haired, self-important imbecile. Although the ...

32. Tex Avery

Director | I Love to Singa

Tex Avery was a descendant of Judge Roy Bean and Daniel Boone, but all his grandma ever told him about it was "Don't ever mention you are kin to Roy Bean. He's a no good skunk!!" After graduating from North Dallas High School in 1927, Avery moved to Southern California in 1929 and got a job in the ...

33. Tobe Hooper

Director | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Honored with many awards for his films and achievement in the horror genre, Tobe Hooper is truly one of the Masters of Horror (2005).

Tobe Hooper was born in Austin, Texas, to Lois Belle (Crosby) and Norman William Ray Hooper, who owned a theater in San Angelo. He spent the 1960s as a college ...

34. Warner Anderson

Actor | The Caine Mutiny

Starting out as a child actor in silent films--he made his film debut at five years of age in The Sunbeam (1916), but didn't make another film for almost 30 years, in 1943's This Is the Army (1943)--Warner Anderson appeared in burlesque and vaudeville as a teenager, and enjoyed a career in Broadway...

35. Wilson das Neves

Actor | Noel: Poeta da Vila

Wilson das Neves was born on June 14, 1936 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and composer, known for Noel: Poeta da Vila (2006), The Wise Ones (2015) and Sound and Time (2017). He died on August 26, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

36. Yvette Vickers

Actress | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Born on August 26, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, Yvette Vickers majored in picture and theatre arts at UCLA for three years. On a trip to New York in the mid-1950s, she was cast as the White Rain Girl in commercials. She returned to the West Coast, working in various television series until she ...