Deaths: November 10

1. Jack Palance

Jack Palance quite often exemplified evil incarnate on film, portraying some of the most intensely feral villains witnessed in 1950s westerns and melodrama. Enhanced by his tall, powerful build, icy voice, and piercing eyes, he earned two "Best Supporting Actor" nominations early in his career. It ...

2. Abel Gance

Writer | La roue

Born an illegitimate son of a wealthy physician, Abel Flamant, and a working class mother, Francoise Perethon. He was raised by his mother and her boyfriend, who later became her husband, Adolphe Gance. Pressured by his parents, he began his working career as a lawyer's clerk in hopes of achieving ...

3. Adrián Yospe

Actor | 5.5.5

Adrián Yospe was born on February 12, 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for 5.5.5 (2012), La venganza (1999) and Cops and Robbers (1994). He died on November 10, 2011 in San Isidro City, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

4. Alberto Breccia

Art_department | El viaje

Alberto Breccia was born on April 15, 1919 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is known for The Journey (1992) and Breccia x cuatro (1988). He died on November 10, 1993 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

5. Allen Toussaint

Soundtrack | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

New Orleans-based R&B singer/songwriter Allen Toussaint was born on January 14, 1938 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of Naomi and Clarence Toussaint, Allen grew up in a shotgun house in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gert Town. Toussaint started learning piano at age seven and began his music ...

6. Anicée Alvina

Actress | Friends

Anicée Alvina was born on January 28, 1953 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Friends (1971), Paul and Michelle (1974) and Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974). She died on November 10, 2006 in Paris, France.

7. Carmen McRae

Soundtrack | Real Genius

Carmen McRae was born on April 8, 1920 in Harlem, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Real Genius (1985), Hotel (1967) and Excess Baggage (1997). She was married to Ike Isaacs and Kenny Clarke. She died on November 10, 1994 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

8. Chuck Connors

Actor | Tourist Trap

Chuck Connors was born Kevin Joseph Connors in Brooklyn, New York, to Marcella (nee Lundrigan; died 1971) and Alban Francis "Allan" Connors (died 1966), Roman Catholic immigrants of Irish descent from the Dominion of Newfoundland (now part of Canada). Chuck and his two-years-younger sister, Gloria,...

9. Cookie Mueller

Actress | Pink Flamingos

Dorothy Karen "Cookie" Mueller was born 2 March, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland. The daughter of Frank Lennert Mueller and Anne Mueller, Cookie had two siblings: brother Michael and sister Judy. Mueller grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore and acquired the nickname 'Cookie' when she was a baby. Cookie ...

10. David Lloyd

Writer | Frasier

David Lloyd was born on July 7, 1934 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Frasier (1993), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Cheers (1982). He was married to Arline Mary Walsh. He died on November 10, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

11. Diana Coupland

Soundtrack | Dr. No

Diana Coupland was born on March 5, 1928 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dr. No (1962), Bless This House (1972) and The Twelve Chairs (1970). She was married to Marc Miller and Monty Norman. She died on November 10, 2006 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK.

12. Dino De Laurentiis

Producer | Le notti di Cabiria

Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry. His persistence paid off, and by the time he reached his 20th birthday he already had one produced film under his belt. After serving ...

13. Elio Petri

Writer | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto

Elio Petri was born on January 29, 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), We Still Kill the Old Way (1967) and His Days Are Numbered (1962). He was married to Paola Pegoraro. He died on November 10, 1982 in Rome, Lazio,...

14. Erika Remberg

Actress | Sehnsucht hat mich verführt

Erika Remberg was born on February 15, 1932 in Medan, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Sehnsucht hat mich verführt (1958), Saturday Night Out (1964) and So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit (1968). She was married to ...

15. Ernest Kinoy

Writer | The Defenders

Ernest Kinoy was born on April 1, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Defenders (1961), Naked City (1958) and Roots (1977). He was married to Barbara Powers. He died on November 10, 2014 in Townshend, Vermont, USA.

16. Gerald Levert

Soundtrack | Crank

Gerald Levert was born on July 13, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Crank (2006), Coming to America (1988) and The Fast and the Furious (2001). He died on November 10, 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

17. Irv Kupcinet

Actor | Advise & Consent

Irv Kupcinet was born on July 31, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Advise & Consent (1962), The Father Clements Story (1987) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). He was married to Esther Joan Solomon. He died on November 10, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

18. Jackie Vernon

Actor | Microwave Massacre

Mr. Vernon, who was born in New York as Ralph Verrone and attended City College, began his comedy career in the early 1950's after a stint in the Air Force. After many years of performing in small nightclubs around the country, the comedian Steve Allen discovered Mr. Vernon in a club in Windsor, ...

19. Jan Byrczek

Self | Komeda, Komeda

Jan Byrczek was born on June 15, 1936 in Chelmek, Poland. He was married to Malgorzata. He died on November 10, 2019 in Myslenice, Poland.

20. Jimmie Dodd

Soundtrack | Mystery of the River Boat

Composer, songwriter ("Mickey Mouse March"), actor, singer, guitarist and conductor, Jimmie Dodd was educated at the University of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Conservatory and Vanderbilt University. He began his career in 1933 as a guitarist and singer on radio, coming to Hollywood in 1937 to play ...

21. Joel Barcellos

Actor | Paraíso no Inferno

Joel Barcellos was born on November 27, 1936 in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for Paraíso no Inferno (1977), Jardim de Guerra (1969) and Beijo 2348/72 (1990). He died on November 10, 2018 in Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

22. Ken Takakura

Actor | Black Rain

Ken Takakura was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brought to his roles.

Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of Japan, Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and ...

23. Laraine Day

Actress | Foreign Correspondent

Born into a prominent Mormon family in Utah, Laraine Day's acting career began after her parents moved to Long Beach, California, where she joined the Long Beach Players. She appeared in her first film in 1937 in a bit part, then did leads in several George O'Brien westerns. Signing a contract with...

24. Lawrence G. Paull

Production_designer | Blade Runner

Lawrence G. Paull was born on April 13, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Blade Runner (1982), Back to the Future (1985) and Romancing the Stone (1984). He was married to Marcy Bolotin. He died on November 10, 2019 in La Jolla, San Diego, ...

25. Márcia Cabrita

Actress | Delegacia de Mulheres

Márcia Cabrita was born on January 20, 1964 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Delegacia de Mulheres (1989), Xuxa Gêmeas (2006) and Seven Sins (2007). She was married to Ricardo Parente. She died on November 10, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

26. Marián Geisberg

Actor | Rudý kapitán

Marián Geisberg was born on December 23, 1953 in Piestany, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Rudý kapitán (2016), The Magic Quill (2018) and Muzika (2008). He was married to Anicka. He died on November 10, 2018 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

27. Mary Millar

Actress | Keeping Up Appearances

Mary Millar had a very successful stage career in the West End. She began singing arias at the age of fourteen. Her London stage debut was in the 1962 production "Lock Up Your Daughters". She was in the original cast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "The Phantom of the Opera", and can be heard ...

28. Mikhail Zadornov

Writer | Yolki

Mikhail Zadornov was born on July 21, 1948 in Jurmala, Latvian SSR, USSR. He was a writer and producer, known for Six Degrees of Celebration (2010), Perku Jusu Viru (2003) and Evgeniy Petrosyan: Duraki my vse... (1991). He was married to Velta Kalnberzina and Elena Bombina. He died on November 10, ...

29. Norman Mailer

Writer | Tough Guys Don't Dance

Norman Mailer, the Brooklyn-born and -bred writer who fought for what he characterized as the "heavyweight championship" of American letters after the 1961 death of Ernest Hemingway, never came close to his dream of writing the Great American novel, but he was a colossus of American culture and ...

30. Pachi Armas

Actor | El amor tiene cara de mujer

Pachi Armas was born on March 18, 1943 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for El amor tiene cara de mujer (1994), La nocturna (1998) and El teatro de Irma Roy (1983). He died on November 10, 2010 in Argentina.

31. Ray Lovelock

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Handsome, charming, and versatile actor Ray Lovelock was born on June 19, 1950 in Rome, Italy to an Italian mother and English father. Lovelock's father was an allied British soldier who in 1944 liberated Italy from a fascist regime. Ray's father met and eventually married his mother while ...

32. Rick Ludwin

Self | The Story of Late Night

Rick Ludwin was born on May 27, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an executive and actor. He died on November 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

33. Robert Enke

Self | João Baião

Robert Enke was born on August 24, 1977 in Jena, East Germany [now Thuringia, Germany]. He was married to Teresa. He died on November 10, 2009 in Eilvese, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony, Germany.

34. Ron Castro

Actor | Search

Ron Castro was born on July 2, 1942 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Search (1972), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). He was married to Juliana 'Jewel' Davis and Teddi Siddall. He died on November 10, 2013 in Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.

35. Ronnie Dyson

Actor | Hair

Ronnie Dyson was born on June 5, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Hair (1979), She's Gotta Have It (1986) and Putney Swope (1969). He died on November 10, 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

36. Stringbean

Soundtrack | There's Someone Inside Your House

David Akeman, the country musician known as "Stringbean," was a legend at the Grand Ole Opry and one of the stars of television's Hee Haw (1969). Along with his long-time partner and Hee Haw (1969) co-star Grandpa Jones, he was one of the premier traditional-style banjo players in country music. ...

37. Sudie Bond

Actress | Johnny Dangerously

Sudie Bond was born on July 13, 1923 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Johnny Dangerously (1984), Love Story (1970) and Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). She was married to Cornelius 'Neil' Massini Noland. She died on November 10, 1984 in New ...