Deaths: September 12

1. Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & ...

2. Athene Seyler

Actress | Drake of England

Athene Seyler was born on May 31, 1889 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Drake the Pirate (1935), Curse of the Demon (1957) and The Franchise Affair (1951). She was married to Nicholas Hannen and James Bury Sterndale-Bennett. She died on September 12, 1990 in ...

3. Bill Williams

Actor | Son of Paleface

A solid film and TV player bearing a strong, honest persona for most his career, this innocent-eyed, boyishly handsome blond "B" actor of the 1940s and '50s was born in Brooklyn on May 21, 1915, and educated there at the Pratt Institute. A natural athlete, Bill Williams was a professional swimmer ...

4. Bobby Byrd

Soundtrack | The Tuxedo

Bobby Byrd was born on August 15, 1934 in Toccoa, Georgia, USA. He is known for The Tuxedo (2002), Friday (1995) and Tommy Boy (1995). He was married to Gail Byrd and Vicki Anderson. He died on September 12, 2007 in Loganville, Georgia, USA.

5. Camila Ashland

Actress | V: The Final Battle

Camila Ashland was born on March 24, 1911 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for V: The Final Battle (1984), V (1983) and Dark Shadows (1966). She was married to James Vincent Russo. She died on September 12, 2008 in Palm Desert, California, USA.

6. Claude Chabrol

Director | Le beau Serge

Claude Chabrol was born on June 24, 1930 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le Beau Serge (1958), La Cérémonie (1995) and Story of Women (1988). He was married to Aurore Chabrol, Stéphane Audran and Agnès Goute. He died on September 12, 2010 in Paris, France.

7. David Foster Wallace

Writer | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962 in Ithaca, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), The Rescue (2014) and Lesenswert (2013). He was married to Karen Green. He died on September 12, 2008 in Claremont, California, USA.

8. Donald Sinden

Actor | The Day of the Jackal

The son of a country chemist, the British actor Donald Sinden intended to pursue a career in architecture but was spotted in an amateur theatrical production and asked to join a company that entertained the troops during World War II (Sinden was rejected for naval service because of asthma). ...

9. Ed Peck

Actor | Bullitt

Ed Peck was born on March 26, 1917 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bullitt (1968), The Last Unicorn (1982) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died on September 12, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

10. Edith Windsor

Edith Windsor was born on June 20, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was married to Judith Kasen, Thea Spyer and Saul Windsor. She died on September 12, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

11. Frank D. Gilroy

Writer | Desperate Characters

Frank D. Gilroy, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright who established himself as a screenwriter for television before breaking through as a dramatist with his 1964 Broadway hit The Subject Was Roses (1968), was born in New York City on October 13, 1925. A native of The Bronx, his father was an ...

12. Frank Ferguson

Actor | This Gun for Hire

American character actor Frank Ferguson appeared in scores of films and television shows, often as self-important types. Prior to his film debut, he was a prominent performer and director with the acclaimed Pasadena Community Playhouse, where he coached numerous up-and-coming young actors such as ...

13. Frank Nelson

Actor | The Milkman

Frank Nelson was a versatile character talent who had one of those instantly identifiable faces which could made you laugh as soon as you saw him, then he would open his mouth and you would start laughing all over again! The short statured comedic veteran with his trademark trimmed mustache and ...

14. Frank Serafine

Sound_department | Virtuosity

Frank Serafine was born on April 6, 1953 in Colorado, USA. He was a composer, known for Virtuosity (1995), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Tron (1982). He died on September 12, 2018 in Palmdale, California, USA.

15. Gary Olsen

Actor | Outland

Gary Olsen was born on November 3, 1957 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Outland (1981), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). He was married to Jane Anthony and Candy Davis. He died on September 12, 2000 in Melbourne, ...

16. George Putnam

Actor | Independence Day

A long-time staple on Los Angeles TV news, Putnam was in the reporting business for over 60 years. During the 70s, George had a short-lived nightly talk show with co-host, actor Mort Sahl. The show ended abruptly one night when George, the conservative, and Mort, the liberal, became 'too heated' ...

17. Harry T. Burleigh

Music_department | The Proud Valley

Harry T. Burleigh is known for The Tunnel (1940).

18. Jack N. Young

Actor | Midnight Run

Born Fincastle, Virginia, USA Birth Name Jack Norwood Young Gender Male Biography:

Jack N. Young was born September 25, 1926 in Fincastle, VA. He ran away from home when he was 14 and eventually ended up in the US Navy during WW11.

After the war he decided he wanted to work in movies so he moved to ...

19. Jeremy Brett

Actor | My Fair Lady

The refined and debonair English actor Jeremy Brett will forever be best remembered for his long-running and critically acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for Britain's Granada Television. From a privileged background, Brett was educated at England's most prestigious independent school, Eton ...

20. Joe Sample

Soundtrack | Moulin Rouge!

Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 (not including the 2003 reunion album "Rural ...

21. John Qualen

Actor | Casablanca

One of the best and most familiar character actors of the first four decades of sound films, although few who knew his face also knew his name, John Qualen was born in Canada to Norwegian parents. His father was a minister. The family moved to the United States and Qualen (whose real name was ...

22. Johnny Cash

Soundtrack | The Johnny Cash Show

Johnny Cash was born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Carrie Cash (Rivers) and Raymond Cash. He made his first single, "Hey Porter", for Sun Records in 1955. In 1958 he moved to Columbia Records. He had long periods of drug abuse during the 1960s, but later that decade he successfully ...

23. Juanita Abernathy

Self | Pilgrimage: John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement

Juanita Abernathy was born on December 1, 1931 in Uniontown, Alabama, USA. She was married to Ralph Abernathy. She died on September 12, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

24. László Marton

Director | Ítélet elött

László Marton was born on January 6, 1943 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director, known for Ítélet elött (1978), R.U.R. (1976) and A messziröl jött ember (1981). He was married to Virág Csikós. He died on September 12, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.

25. Lewis Stone

Actor | The Mask of Fu Manchu

By the time that he was 20, Lewis Stone had turned prematurely grey. He enlisted to fight in the Spanish American War and when he returned, he returned to be a writer. This turned to acting and he began to appear in films during the middle teens. His career was again interrupted by war as he served...

26. Lillian Randolph

Actress | It's a Wonderful Life

Lillian Randolph was born on December 14, 1898 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944) and Magic (1978). She was married to Garcia Delano "Gossie" McKee and James Lott . She died on September 12, 1980 in Los Angeles, ...

27. Otto Sander

Actor | Der Himmel über Berlin

Sander spent his childhood and youth in Hanover and Kassel. He also went to school there and graduated from high school in 1962. After his military service in the navy, he studied theater studies, German, literature, art history and philosophy until 1967. Sander made his theater debut in 1965 at ...

28. Pasquale Buba

Actor | Dawn of the Dead

Pasquale Buba was born on April 16, 1946 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an editor, known for Dawn of the Dead (1978), Heat (1995) and Striking Distance (1993). He was married to Zilla Clinton. He died on September 12, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

29. Ray Dolby

Miss Representation

Ray Dolby was born on January 18, 1933 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Miss Representation (2011) and The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1997). He was married to Dagmar Bäumert. He died on September 12, 2013 in San Francisco, California, USA.

30. Raymond Burr

Actor | Rear Window

Born Raymond William Stacy Burr on 21 May 1917 in New Westminster, British Columbia, he spent most of his early life traveling. As a youngster, his father moved his family to China, where the elder Burr worked as a trade agent. When the family returned to Canada, Raymond's parents separated. He and...

31. Riem de Wolff

Actor | Davon träumen alle Mädchen

Riem de Wolff was born on April 15, 1943 in Depok, Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies [now Depok, West Java, Indonesia]. He was an actor, known for Davon träumen alle Mädchen (1961), Ver van familie (2008) and Ramona (1961). He died on September 12, 2017 in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

32. Rod Masterson

Actor | Tightrope

Rod Masterson was born on February 14, 1945 in Alexandra, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Tightrope (1984), Delta Heat (1992) and The Rockford Files (1974). He died on September 12, 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

33. Ruth Nelson

Actress | Awakenings

Stage actress Ruth Nelson's biggest claim to fame was as one of the founding members of the famed New York-based "Group Theatre" back in the 30s and was well-received playing the cabby's wife in Clifford Odets' short play "Waiting for Lefty" in 1935. This role would typify Ruth's career as the ...

34. Siegfried Köhler

Music_department | Rienzi

Siegfried Köhler was born on July 30, 1923 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He is known for Rienzi (1992). He died on September 12, 2017 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.

35. Theodore J. Flicker

Writer | The President's Analyst

Theodore J. Flicker was born on June 6, 1930 in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The President's Analyst (1967), Up in the Cellar (1970) and Spinout (1966). He was married to Barbara Flicker. He died on September 12, 2014 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

36. Tom Ewell

Actor | The Seven Year Itch

Beleaguered character actor Tom Ewell, the unlikely film and TV star with the trademark lumpy figure and droopy, lugubrious mug, was born Samuel Yewell Tompkins on April 29, 1909, in Kentucky. His family tried to steer him towards a law career but he chose the path of acting instead after becoming ...

37. Tom Helmore

Actor | Vertigo

Helmore served as an apprentice in his father's accounting firm while working as an extra in movies. He subsequently pursued acting as a career, working predominantly on the stage. The 1945 Broadway musical "The Day Before Spring" led to Helmore's Hollywood career. In British and American films, ...

38. Victor Wong

Actor | Big Trouble in Little China

Eccentric-looking Chinese-American actor with a slightly drooping face (the result of a bout of Bell's palsy) who studied political science, art & journalism before becoming a news reporter for a San Francisco public TV station in the late 1960s.

Apart from a brief stint in the mid-1970s on the TV ...

39. William Boyd

Actor | Flaming Gold

The son of a day laborer, William Boyd moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was seven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him to quit school and take such jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor and oil field worker. He went to Hollywood in 1919, already gray-haired. ...