Deaths: October 31

1. River Phoenix

River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968. They worked as itinerant fruit pickers, and later joined the Children of God religious group (John was originally ...

2. Alberto Anchart

Actor | Mi familia es un dibujo

Alberto Anchart was born on September 24, 1931 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Mi familia es un dibujo (1996), Dibu 3 (2002) and El veraneo de los Campanelli (1971). He died on October 31, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3. Alvin Hammer

Actor | Scrooged

Alvin Hammer was born on January 2, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Scrooged (1988), Hollow Triumph (1948) and Who's That Girl (1987). He died on October 31, 1993 in Hollywood, California, USA.

4. Ann Crumb

Actress | Aspects of Love

Ann Crumb was born on May 25, 1950 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Aspects of Love (1993), Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). She died on October 31, 2019 in Media, Pennsylvania, USA.

5. Arthur Peterson

Actor | Soap

Arthur Peterson was born on November 18, 1912 in Mandan, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Soap (1977), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Targets (1968). He was married to Norma Ransome. He died on October 31, 1996 in Pasadena, California, USA.

6. Champak Jain

Producer | Main Khiladi Tu Anari

Champak Jain was born in 1967 in India. Champak was a producer, known for Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Ek Kali (2015) and Chura Ke Dil Mera: Madhushree (2015). Champak died on October 31, 2019 in India.

7. Charles Herbert

Actor | 13 Ghosts

Charles Herbert was a mildly popular 1950s child actor with a trademark sulky puss and thick, furrowed eyebrows, who was known for playing inquisitive kids besieged by alien beings, including a robot, as well as by a human fly and several house-haunting ghosts. He racked up over 20 films, 50 TV ...

8. Chubby Johnson

Actor | The First Texan

Chubby Johnson was born Charles Rutledge Johnson on August 13, 1903, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He made a living as a journalist and did not become a movie actor until he was in his 40s, making his debut in the Randolph Scott oater Abilene Town (1946) in support of Scott, Ann Dvorak and Edgar Buchanan...

9. Colin Edwynn

Actor | Emmerdale Farm

Colin Edwynn was born on September 23, 1933 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), 1990 (1977) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Elizabeth A A Quickfall. He died on October 31, 2018 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

10. Ebrahim Abadi

Actor | Zangha

Ebrahim Abadi was born on August 15, 1934 in Tabriz, Iran. He was an actor, known for Rings (1986), The Entire Nation (1990) and Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (2000). He died on October 31, 2019 in Tehran, Iran.

11. Edelmiro Julián Farrell

Edelmiro Julián Farrell was born on February 12, 1887 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on October 31, 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

12. Federico Fellini

Writer | Le notti di Cabiria

The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...

13. Florence Giorgetti

Actress | La dentellière

Florence Giorgetti was born on February 15, 1943 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Lacemaker (1977), The Big Feast (1973) and Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982). She was married to Robert Cantarella and Pierre Arditi. She died on October 31, 2019 in Paris, France.

14. Giannis Spanos

Composer | Ekeino to kalokairi...

Giannis Spanos was born on July 26, 1934 in Kiato Korinthias, Greece. He was a composer, known for Ekeino to kalokairi... (1971), Blue Passion (1977) and Omorfes meres (1970). He died on October 31, 2019 in Kiato Korinthias, Greece.

15. Gitanjali

Actress | Parasmani

Gitanjali was born in 1947 in Kakinada, India. She was an actress, known for Parasmani (1963), Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961) and Babruvahana (1964). She was married to Ramakrishna. She died on October 31, 2019 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

16. Grant Woods

Actor | Star Trek

Grant Woods arrived in Hollywood after a stint in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a stuntman, occasionally using the name Grant Lockwood. Most notably he is known to Star Trek (1966) fans as Lieutenant Kelowitz in three episodes, This Side of Paradise (1967), Arena (1967), and The Galileo Seven (1967).

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17. Gregg Palmer

Actor | The Shootist

Norwegian by heritage and a San Franciscan by birth, brown-haired, brown-eyed Gregg Palmer (born Palmer Lee) broke into show biz as a radio announcer. After an early '50s stint as a contract player at Universal, he turned to freelancing, closing out the decade by starring and co-starring in a ...

18. Gustavo Sanchez

Casting_department | CeReality

Gustavo Sanchez was born on August 28, 1958 in Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for CeReality (2011), Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013) and Con una nota (2011). He died on October 31, 2012 in Miami, Florida, USA.

19. Hal Sitowitz

Writer | Gunsmoke

Hal Sitowitz was born on July 26, 1933 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gunsmoke (1955), Ohara (1987) and Me and Mom (1985). He was married to Myrtle. He died on October 31, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

20. Hardy Fox

Actor | Triple Trouble

Hardy Fox was born on March 29, 1945 in Longview, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Triple Trouble (2022) and Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (2015). He was married to Steven Kloman. He died on October 31, 2018 in San Anselmo, California, USA.

21. Harry Houdini

Actor | The Man from Beyond

The great American escape artist and magician Houdini (immortalized by a memorable performance by Tony Curtis in the eponymous 1953 film) was born Erich Weiss on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, though he often gave his birthplace as Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was raised. One of five ...

22. Henry Daniell

Actor | The Philadelphia Story

One of Hollywood's greatest screen villains, Charles Henry Pywell Daniell was born in London, England, the son of Elinor Mary (Wookey) and Henry Pyweh Daniell, L.R.C.P. He had the profound misfortune to make his professional theatrical debut on the eve of World War I. His life thus interrupted, he ...

23. Ian Fraser

Music_department | Scrooge

Ian Fraser was born on August 23, 1933 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Scrooge (1970), The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981). He was married to Judee Morton. He died on October 31, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

24. Indira Gandhi

Commando

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was the 3rd prime minister of India and was also the first and, to date, only female prime minister of India. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal ...

25. Jenny Laird

Actress | Black Narcissus

Jenny Laird was born on February 13, 1912 in Chorlton, Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Black Narcissus (1947), Just William (1940) and The Forsyte Saga (1967). She was married to John Fernald. She died on October 31, 2001 in Camden, London, England, UK.

26. John Houseman

Actor | The Paper Chase

Academy Award-winning actor John Houseman's main contribution to American culture was not his own performances on film but rather, his role as a midwife to one of the greatest actor-directors-cinematic geniuses his adopted country ever produced (Orson Welles) and as a midwife to a whole generation ...

27. Joseph Calleia

Actor | Touch of Evil

His full name was Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja - but he was better known as Joseph or Joe Calleia, one of Hollywood's most recognized bad guys. But Calleia's roots and talents ran much deeper than character actor. He was Maltese, born on that barren but historically important ...

28. Linda Watkins

Actress | The Parent Trap

Linda Watkins was born on May 23, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Parent Trap (1961), From Hell It Came (1957) and Route 66 (1960). She was married to Gabriel Lorie Hess. She died on October 31, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

29. Lola Membrives

Actress | La chismosa

Lola Membrives was born on June 28, 1888 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for The Gossiper (1938), La cigüeña dijo sí (1955) and Teatro del sábado (1965). She died on October 31, 1969 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

30. Marcel Carné

Director | Le quai des brumes

Marcel Carné, the son of a cabinet maker, entered the movies as the assistant of Jacques Feyder. At the age of 25 he directed his first movie Jenny (1936). Colaborating with the writer Jacques Prévert, the decorator Alexandre Trauner, the musician and composer Maurice Jaubert and the actor Jean ...

31. Marcella Martin

Actress | Gone with the Wind

Marcella Martin was born on June 5, 1916 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) and The Secret Storm (1954). She was married to Robert Lee McGratty, John Martin and James Ferguson. She died on October 31, 1986 in ...

32. Mari Aldon

Actress | Distant Drums

A former ballet dancer, graceful Mari Aldon married Hollywood director Tay Garnett, who encouraged her to become an actress. She did, but did not leave a deep imprint on film history, with one exception, the role of Judy Beckett, a prisoner of the Seminoles and Gary Cooper's charming romantic ...

33. Mario Das Neves

Mario Das Neves was born on April 27, 1951 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mario died on October 31, 2017 in Rawson, Chubut, Argentina.

34. Mary Nolan

Actress | Desert Nights

Blonde and utterly beautiful, Mary Nolan had the requisite figure and prettiness to rise up fast in the Hollywood ranks. Her downfall, however, would be just as fast and not at all pretty.

She was born Mary Imogene Robertson in 1905 and began her show-business career as a teenage model. Showman ...

35. Mircea Dragan

Director | Lupeni 29

Mircea Dragan was born on October 3, 1932 in Gura Ocnitei, Romania. He was a director and writer, known for Lupeni 29 (1963), The Poseidon Explosion (1973) and Setea (1960). He died on October 31, 2017 in Romania.

36. Noble Frankland

Self | The World at War

Noble Frankland was born on July 4, 1922 in Westmorland, England, UK. He is known for The World at War (1973) and RAF at 90 (2008). He was married to Sally Davies and Diana Tavernor. He died on October 31, 2019 in the UK.

37. Papi Oviedo

Self | Spirits of Havana

Papi Oviedo was born on February 9, 1937 in Havana, Cuba. He died on October 31, 2017 in Cuba.

38. Poul Reichhardt

Actor | Soldaten og Jenny

Poul Reichhardt was born on February 2, 1913 in Ganløse, Denmark. He was an actor and director, known for Jenny and the Soldier (1947), Flagermusen (1966) and My Name Is Petersen (1947). He was married to Charlotte Ernst, Margareta Fahlén and Lili Lani. He died on October 31, 1985 in Denmark.

39. Raf Vallone

Actor | The Italian Job

Raf Vallone was an internationally acclaimed Italian movie star known for his rugged good looks. The athletic Vallone, a former soccer player who often was compared to Burt Lancaster, was born Raffaele Vallone in 1916 in Tropea in Calabria, Italy, the son of a prominent lawyer and his aristocratic ...

40. Raju Mavani

Director | Surakshaa

Raju Mavani was born in 1957. He was an actor and producer, known for Surakshaa (1995), Ram Aur Shyam (1996) and Iski Topi Uske Sarr (1998). He died on October 31, 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

41. Rita Johnson

Actress | The Big Clock

Rita Johnson was born on 8/13/13 in Worcester Ma. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music, did summer stock, then moved on to Broadway in 1935. She was an extremely versatile actress, who played virtually every type of role. Unfortunately, her career came to a halt in 1948 when a hair ...

42. Rosalind Cash

Actress | The Omega Man

Rosalind Cash was an actress whose career endured and flourished on stage, screen, and television, despite her staunch refusal to portray stereotypical Black roles. Ms. Cash was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Public Broadcasting Service production of American Playhouse: Go Tell It on the...

43. Studs Terkel

Actor | Eight Men Out

Studs Terkel was born on May 16, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Eight Men Out (1988), Medium Cool (1969) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Ida Goldberg. He died on October 31, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

44. Teodoro Petkoff

Self | El ocaso del socialismo mágico

Teodoro Petkoff was born on January 3, 1932 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He died on October 31, 2018 in Caracas, Venezuela.

45. Teri Shields

Producer | Sahara

Teri Shields was born on August 11, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Sahara (1983), Endless Love (1981) and Wanda Nevada (1979). She was married to Frank Shields. She died on October 31, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

46. Tom Pittman

Actor | High School Big Shot

Tom Pittman was born on March 16, 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on October 31, 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, USA.