Deaths: October 3

1. Zachary Scott

Actor | Mildred Pierce

American leading man of suave or sinister roles. A collateral relative of George Washington and William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson, Scott was the son of a wealthy surgeon. Intending to follow his father into medicine, Scott studied at the University of Texas, but found he preferred the theater. He ...

2. Aníbal Arias

Actor | Mataperros

Aníbal Arias was born on July 20, 1922 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Mataperros (2002) and Café de los maestros (2008). He died on October 3, 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3. Ben Orr

Actor | The Cars: Drive

Bassist and singer Ben Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski on September 8, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio. His Russian and Czechoslovakian parents actively encouraged his musical endeavors. Ben grew up in Lakewood and Parma Heights, Ohio. He played bass, keyboards, and percussion instruments in his teen ...

4. Bent Lorentzen

Composer | Den forvandlede brudgom

Bent Lorentzen was born on February 11, 1935 in Stenvad, Jutland, Denmark. He was a composer, known for Den forvandlede brudgom (1964), I den store pyramide (1974) and Stalten Mette (1981). He died on October 3, 2018 in Denmark.

5. Bruce Paltrow

Producer | St. Elsewhere

Bruce Paltrow was born on November 26, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for St. Elsewhere (1982), The White Shadow (1978) and Nick & Hillary (1988). He was married to Blythe Danner. He died on October 3, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

6. Bryan Russell

Actor | Bye Bye Birdie

Bryan Russell was born on December 3, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Emil and the Detectives (1964) and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967). He was married to Cathryn Michelle Sands. He died on October 3, 2016 in Greenbank, Washington, ...

7. Claudia Jennings

Actress | The Unholy Rollers

Born Mary Eileen "Mimi" Chesterton (nicknamed Mimi by her friends and family) in St. Paul, Minnesota, titian beauty Claudia Jennings was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1966, she moved to Evanston, Illinois, the first suburb north of Chicago just south of the Wisconsin state line, where she ...

8. Clyde Howdy

Actor | PT 109

Clyde Howdy was born on May 31, 1921 in Arlington, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for PT 109 (1963), Mod Squad (1968) and Temple Houston (1963). He died on October 3, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

9. Dub Taylor

Actor | The Getaway

Dub Taylor was born on February 26, 1907 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Getaway (1972), The Wild Bunch (1969) and You Can't Take It with You (1938). He was married to Florence Gertrude Heffernan. He died on October 3, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

10. Elisabeth Andersen

Actress | Golven

Elisabeth Andersen was born on January 1, 1920 in Den Haag; Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Golven (1982), Per ongeluk (1971) and Amsterdam 700 (1975). She was married to Jan Retèl. She died on October 3, 2018 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

11. Florence Stanley

Actress | Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Florence Stanley was born Florence Schwartz on July 1, 1924 in Chicago. She enjoyed a prolific career in the theatre before achieving fame on television as Abe Vigoda's long-suffering, neglected wife, Bernice, on Barney Miller (1975), and later, as Bernice Fish in the short-lived spinoff Fish (1977)...

12. Gerry Burkhardt

Actor | Everyone Says I Love You

Gerry Burkhardt was born on June 14, 1946 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Everyone Says I Love You (1996). He died on October 3, 2017 in Oak Ridge, New Jersey, USA.

13. Hugo Raspoet

Actor | Van toen tot nu

Hugo Raspoet was born on November 2, 1940 in Ganshoren, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Van toen tot nu (1966), Luister naar dit leven (1967) and Triptiek III (1968). He died on October 3, 2018 in Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.

14. Janet Leigh

Actress | Psycho

Janet Leigh was the only child of a couple who often moved from town to town. Living in apartments, Janet was a bright child who skipped several grades and finished high school when she was 15. A lonely child, she would spend much of her time at movie theaters. She was a student, studying music and...

15. Jeanne Eagels

Actress | The Letter

Jeanne Eagels, one of the most intriguing stars of late silent films and the early talkies, was born Amelia Jean Eagles on June 26, 1890 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Edward and Julia Sullivan Eagles. Young Jean was part of an impoverished family of eight, with three brothers and two sisters. She ...

16. John Ashley

Producer | The A-Team

Oklahoma-bred John Ashley got his start in the movie business while on a vacation in California. A friend from Oklahoma State University got him onto the set of the John Wayne movie The Conqueror (1956), and Wayne in turn steered him toward a job in television in the William Castle series Men of ...

17. John Weitz

Costume_department | Mary Tyler Moore

John Weitz was born on May 25, 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He is known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), The Dick Cavett Show (1968) and The Sam Levenson Show (1951). He was married to Susan Kohner, Eva Lorant (Eve Orton) and Sally Blauner. He died on October 3, 2002 in Bridgehampton, New York, ...

18. Lance Russell

Actor | Man on the Moon

Lance Russell was born on March 18, 1926 in Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Man on the Moon (1999), CWA Wrestling (1977) and WCW Worldwide (1975). He was married to Audrey Lou Renner. He died on October 3, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

19. Leon Lederman

Self | Horizon

Leon Lederman was born on July 15, 1922 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was married to Ellen Carr and Florence Gordon. He died on October 3, 2018 in Rexburg, Idaho, USA.

20. Lewis Dauber

Actor | The Island

Lewis Dauber was born on April 27, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Island (2005), Something's Gotta Give (2003) and Jingle All the Way (1996). He was married to Paulette Levin. He died on October 3, 2019 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California...

21. Manuel Romero

Director | Divorcio en Montevideo

Manuel Romero was born on September 21, 1891 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Divorcio en Montevideo (1939), Ven mi corazón te llama (1942) and Una luz en la ventana (1942). He died on October 3, 1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

22. Marcos Caplán

Actor | El último encuentro

Marcos Caplán is known for The Last Meeting (1938), Outside the Law (1937) and La vuelta de Rocha (1937).

23. Maurice Copeland

Actor | Blow Out

Maurice Copeland was born on June 13, 1911 in Rector, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Blow Out (1981), Arthur (1981) and Being There (1979). He died on October 3, 1985 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.

24. Max Cantor

Actor | Dirty Dancing

Max Cantor was born on May 15, 1959 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Leg Work (1987) and Fear Anxiety Depression (1989). He died on October 3, 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.

25. Pat Ast

Actress | Reform School Girls

Pat was a native New Yorker who worked as a receptionist and clerk in a box factory. She met Andy Warhol later and starred in his film "Heat" with Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles. Later she met a fashion designer, Roy Halston and worked in his Madison Avenue store. From there, she decided to move ...

26. Philip Gips

Actor | Loveless in Los Angeles

Philip Gips, the graphic designer and advertising executive who created iconic posters for such films as Rosemary's Baby, Alien, Network, Superman and Fatal Attraction, also designed posters for other movies including Downhill Racer (1969), That's Entertainment (1974), Tommy (1975), The Front (1976...

27. Pinto Colvig

Actor | Creation

Pinto Colvig was the quintessential clown whose own identity was always hidden but whose innate warmhearted character always came through his many talents. His humor tickled the funny bone and touched the heart. Incredibly gifted in music, art and mime, he spoke to different generations in ...

28. Roddy McDowall

Actor | Fright Night

Roddy McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London, England, to Winifriede Lucinda (Corcoran), an Irish-born aspiring actress, and Thomas Andrew McDowall, a merchant seaman. Roddy was enrolled in elocution courses at age five and by ten had appeared in his first film, Murder in the Family (1938), ...

29. Roger Taillibert

Self | Le Point

30. Ronnie Barker

Actor | The Two Ronnies

Ronnie Barker's remarkable versatility as a performer can be traced back to his time in repertory theatre, where he was able to play a wide range of roles and develop his talent for accents, voices and verbal dexterity. It was during this time that he met Glenn Melvyn, who taught him how to stammer ...

31. Salvatore Caci

Actor | Streit um Drei

Salvatore Caci was born on October 21, 1976 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a talent agent and actor. He died on October 3, 2017 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

32. Stefano Casiraghi

Stefano Casiraghi was born on September 8, 1960 in Como, Lombardy, Italy. He was married to Princess Caroline of Monaco. He died on October 3, 1990 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

33. Tay Garnett

Director | China Seas

Following his service as a naval aviator in WW I, Tay Garnett entered films in 1920 as a screenwriter. After a stint as a gag writer for Mack Sennett and Hal Roach he joined Pathe, then the distributor for both competing comedy producers, and in 1928 began directing for that company. Garnett ...

34. Virginia Vincent

Actress | The Hills Have Eyes

Virginia Vincent was born on May 3, 1918 in Goshen, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hills Have Eyes (1977), Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956) and The Return of Dracula (1958). She was married to Frank London and Jack Vincent. She died on October 3, 2013 in San Diego, ...

35. William Bishop

Actor | Lorna Doone

William attended grammar and high schools in New York and New Jersey. Upon graduation, he enrolled at West Virginia University where he planned to study law and played football and tennis. One summer, his uncle got him a job at the Suffern County (in New York) Theatre. He worked with actors ...