Deaths: August 11

1. Jani Lane

Soundtrack | Shazam!

Jani Lane was born on February 1, 1964 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Shazam! (2019), Bring It On (2000) and Rock of Ages (2012). He was married to Kimberly Nash, Rowanne Brewer and Bobbie Jean Brown. He died on August 10, 2011 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

2. Anne Ramsey

Actress | The Goonies

American character actress Anne Ramsey was born Anne Mobley in Omaha, Nebraska to Eleanor (Smith), a national treasurer of the Girl Scouts, and Nathan Mobley, an insurance executive. Her uncle was U.S. Ambassador David S. Smith. An ancestor was Mayflower Pilgrim William Brewster. She attended ...

3. Barbara March

Actress | Star Trek: Generations

Barbara March was born on October 9, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). She was married to Alan Scarfe. She died on August 11, 2019 in British Columbia, Canada.

4. Bill Rafferty

Actor | Mad City

Bill Rafferty was born on June 17, 1944 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Mad City (1997), Nash Bridges (1996) and Texas (1980). He was married to Regina Miletic. He died on August 11, 2012 in San Rafael, California, USA.

5. Bruno S.

Actor | Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

The unwanted son of a prostitute, Bruno S. was beaten so severely by his mother at age 3 that he became temporarily deaf. This led to his placement in a mental institution; he spent the next 23 years in various institutions, often running afoul of the law. Despite this past, he a self-taught ...

6. Charles Santore

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

Charles Santore was born on May 16, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995), Charles Santore Illustrates the Wizard of Oz (1997) and Articulate with Jim Cotter (2015). He was married to Olenka Litynski. He died on ...

7. Clem Bevans

Actor | Saboteur

Born in 1879, Clem Bevans spent most of his performing career on the stage. First appearing in 1900 in a vaudeville act with Grace Emmett as a boy and girl act, he would move on to burlesque and eventually make the move to Broadway and even opera productions. His first screen appearance did not ...

8. Darryl Drake

Self | All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals

Darryl Drake was born on December 11, 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Sheila. He died on August 11, 2019 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA.

9. Eddie Powell

Stunts | Aliens

Eddie Powell was born on March 9, 1927 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Aliens (1986), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Legend (1985). He was married to Rosemary Burrows. He died on August 11, 2000 in Berkshire, England, UK.

10. Eric Justen

Sound_department | Breaking Bad

Eric Justen graduated from Columbia College in Chicago, majoring in Sound. He married Cassandra Suarez, in Maui on May 21st, 2016. Eric worked at various studios before landing a position at Warner Brothers for the last nine years as a post-production rerecording mixer. He worked on more than 100 ...

11. Eugenio Polgovsky

Cinematographer | Los herederos

Eugenio Polgovsky was born on June 29, 1977 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Inheritors (2008), Tropico de cancer (2004) and Resurrección (2016). He died on August 11, 2017 in London, England, UK.

12. George Furth

Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

George Furth wrote eleven one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley as each of the separate leads. Hollywood actor Anthony Perkins, interested in directing, asked Sondheim to read the material. After Sondheim read the plays, Sondheim asked Harold Prince for his opinion; Prince thought the plays could ...

13. Glenn Yarbrough

Soundtrack | Baby the Rain Must Fall

Glenn Yarbrough was born on January 12, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965), The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969) and The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966). He was married to Laurie Ann Poole, Ann Graves, Margaret (Peggy) Ellen Goodhart and ...

14. Gordan Mihic

Writer | Crna macka, beli macor

Gordan Mihic was born on September 19, 1938 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Black Cat, White Cat (1998), Happy New Year (1986) and Time of the Gypsies (1988). He was married to Vera Cukic. He died on August 11, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.

15. Henry Polic II

Actor | When Things Were Rotten

Henry went to North Hialeah Elementary school where he played an absolutely unforgettable Scrooge, He walked off the stage declaring " Scrooge has no more money". His talent was unmistakable even at that young age. He graduated from Hialeah High School, in Hialeah, FL. He was class president of the...

16. Henry Slate

Actor | Miss Sadie Thompson

Henry Slate was born on June 15, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) and Pete's Dragon (1977). He died on August 11, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

17. Howard Wendell

Actor | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Howard Wendell was born on January 25, 1908 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Big Heat (1953) and Affair in Trinidad (1952). He was married to Harriet Duane Morley. He died on August 11, 1975 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA.

18. J. Neil Schulman

Actor | Lady Magdalene's

J. Neil Schulman is a writer, publisher, radio personality, composer, prophet, filmmaker, and actor.

He was born in Forest Hills, New York, the only son of Julius Schulman, a renowned concert violinist who won CBS's Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts competition, and to Betty Schulman, a painter. He grew ...

19. Jackson Pollock

Art_department | American Gothic

Jackson Pollock was born on January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming, USA. He is known for American Gothic (2016), Works of Calder (1950) and The New York School (1972). He was married to Lee Krasner. He died on August 11, 1956 in Springs, New York, USA.

20. James Booth

Actor | Zulu

James Booth was born on December 19, 1927 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Zulu (1964), American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990) and Airport '77 (1977). He was married to Paula Delaney. He died on August 11, 2005 in Hadleigh, Essex, England, UK.

21. Jim Cullum

Soundtrack | Still Breathing

Jim Cullum was born on September 20, 1941 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Still Breathing (1997), The Newton Boys (1998) and The 41st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1967). He died on August 11, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

22. Louise Lorimer

Actress | Flying Cadets

Louise Lorimer was born on July 14, 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Flying Cadets (1941), Compulsion (1959) and The Prowler (1951). She died on August 11, 1995 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

23. Maruja Gil Quesada

Actress | El túnel

Maruja Gil Quesada was born on August 13, 1907 in Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for El túnel (1952), Donde comienzan los pantanos (1952) and Soy del tiempo de Gardel (1954). She died on August 11, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

24. Mike Douglas

Actor | Cinderella

Mike Douglas was born on August 11, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Cinderella (1950), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and Bugsy (1991). He was married to Genevieve Purnell. He died on August 11, 2006 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA.

25. Murray Kinnell

Actor | The Public Enemy

Murray Kinnell was born on July 24, 1889 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Public Enemy (1931), The Three Musketeers (1935) and Charlie Chan in Paris (1935). He was married to Henrietta Goodwin. He died on August 11, 1954 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

26. Ningali Lawford

Actress | Rabbit-Proof Fence

Ningali Lawford was born in 1967 in Christmas Creek Station, Wangkatjungka, Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia. She was an actress, known for Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), Last Cab to Darwin (2015) and Mystery Road (2018). She was married to Joe Edgar Wolf. She died on August 11...

27. Peggie Castle

Actress | I, the Jury

Tall, sultry, green-eyed blonde Peggie Castle was actually spotted by a talent scout while she was lunching in a Beverly Hills restaurant. In her films she was usually somebody's "woman" rather than a girlfriend, and her career was confined to mostly "B"-grade action pictures, dramas or westerns: ...

28. Peter Cushing

Actor | Star Wars

Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was ...

29. Phil Harris

Actor | Robin Hood

A bandleader of the 1940s and a radio, film, and TV actor who always seemed to imply allegiance to the former Confederate States of America. Was a principal of long standing among the comedian Jack Benny's radio retinue, parlaying his popularity into his own radio series, in which his wife, Alice ...

30. Quela Fernández

Actress | The Odd Perspective

Quela Fernández was born in 1921 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for The Odd Perspective (2020), The Afterglow (2014) and Igualita a mí (2010). She died on August 31, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

31. Richard Compton

Director | Babylon 5

Writer/director/producer Richard Compton was born on March 2, 1938, in Philadelphia, PA. He began his career in the early 1960s making government propaganda movies for the United States Information Agency. His debut feature "The French Way", was never released in America. Compton followed this film...

32. Roberto Maidana

Actor | El centroforward murió al amanecer

Roberto Maidana was born on July 1, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for El centroforward murió al amanecer (1961), Mónica presenta (1978) and Our Malvinas Islands (1966). He died on August 11, 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

33. Robin Williams

Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire

Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...

34. Shelby Lyman

Self | Bobby Fischer Against the World

Shelby Lyman was born on October 22, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Br, Michele Merrell and Marcy May. He died on August 11, 2019 in Johnson City, New York, USA.

35. Susanne Düllmann

Actress | He Du!

Susanne Düllmann was born on February 29, 1928 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany. She was an actress, known for He Du! (1970), Karriere in Paris (1952) and Tatort (1970). She died on August 11, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

36. Terele Pávez

Actress | La Celestina

Terele Pávez was born on July 29, 1939 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. She was an actress, known for La Celestina (1996), Witching and Bitching (2013) and The Bar (2017). She died on August 11, 2017 in Madrid, Spain.

37. Teresa Blasco

Actress | La mejor del colegio

Teresa Blasco was born on April 26, 1931 in Chile. She was an actress, known for La mejor del colegio (1953), La pérgola de las flores (1965) and Mañana puedo morir (1979). She was married to Carlos Alberto Fra and Abel Santa Cruz. She died on August 11, 2006 in Buenos Aires, ...

38. Tom Drake

Actor | Meet Me in St. Louis

Tom Drake was an American actor with a relatively lengthy career. Drake was born in 1918, in Brooklyn, New York. His real name was Alfred Sinclair Alderdice. He was educated at the Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York, and Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania,

He started his...

39. Tred Barta

Self | The Best and Worst of Tred Barta

Tred Barta was born on March 28, 1952 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He died on August 11, 2019 in Yukon Territories, Canada.

40. V.S. Naipaul

Writer | The Mystic Masseur

V.S. Naipaul was born on August 17, 1932 in Chaguanas, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. He was a writer, known for The Mystic Masseur (2001), The Levin Interviews (1980) and Review (1969). He was married to Nadira Khannum Alvi and Patricia Ann Hale. He died on August 11, 2018 in London, England, UK.