Deaths: February 7

1. Fabio Legarda

Soundtrack | Percentage

Fabio Legarda was born on November 18, 1989 in Popayán, Colombia. He was an actor and writer, known for Percentage (2014), Soy Campeon (2014) and Run (2012). He died on February 7, 2019 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.

2. Albert Finney

Actor | Murder on the Orient Express

The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal ...

3. Allan Edwall

Actor | Jungfrukällan

Allan Edwall was born in a working class home in Jämtland, Sweden in 1924. His father was a trade-union man and a communist. 1949-52 he attended Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School. Through the years he made more than 400 parts in theater, film, television and radio. He was also a director, ...

4. Almut Eggert

Actress | Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei

She was born in Rostock into a cultivated, well-to-do family, the daughter of stage director Walter Eggert and actress/ author Agnes-Marie Grisebach (1913-2011). With her schooling completed in 1951, the family took her to Heidelberg where Almut proceeded to study for her diploma as a cosmetician. ...

5. Angel Echevarria

Self | Sunday Night Baseball

Angel Echevarria was born on May 25, 1971 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He died on February 7, 2020 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.

6. Ann E. Todd

Actress | How Green Was My Valley

Ann E. Todd was born Ann Todd Phillips on August 26, 1931, in Denver, Colorado. Both of her parents had extensive careers in music; her father, Burrill Phillips, was an accomplished composer and pianist. Ann also had one brother, Stephen, who was born in 1937 (and died in 1986). Ann was adopted and...

7. Arline Judge

Actress | Sensation Hunters

This pert and pretty number was probably better known for her not-so-private off-camera escapades than for her commendable "B" work as a light comedienne in 30s and 40s films. Nevertheless, actress Arline Judge enlivened a number of them with her blue-eyed, brunette beauty and colorful ...

8. Arthur Murphy

Self | The Podge and Rodge Show

Arthur Murphy was born on June 4, 1928 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Podge and Rodge Show (2006). He was married to Patricia Pacey. He died on February 7, 2019 in Ireland.

9. Babs Bram

Actress | Red Rock West

Babs Bram was born on January 18, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Red Rock West (1993), Little House on the Prairie (1974) and Father Murphy (1981). She died on February 7, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

10. Beatriz Thibaudin

Actress | Tan de repente

Beatriz Thibaudin was born in 1927. She was an actress, known for Suddenly (2002), Los simuladores (2002) and The Official Story (1985). She died on February 7, 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

11. Big Pun

Soundtrack | That Awkward Moment

Big Pun was born on November 9, 1971 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for That Awkward Moment (2014), Vacation (2015) and Life of the Party (2018). He was married to Liza Rios. He died on February 7, 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.

12. Bill Brown

Self | Alaskan Bush People

Bill Brown was born on December 3, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was married to Ami Brown and Brenda Faye Britt. He died on February 7, 2021 in Alaska, USA.

13. Bob Woodward

Actor | The Adventures of Kit Carson

Bob Woodward was born on March 5, 1909 in Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951), The Range Rider (1951) and The Fighting Texan (1937). He was married to Diana Mack. He died on February 7, 1972 in Granada Hills, California, USA.

14. Bobby Troup

Actor | MASH

Bobby Troup was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. As a songwriter, Troup is mostly remembered for writing the hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (1946), about a cross-country drive through the highway U.S. Route 66. Tne song was originally performed by Nat King Cole and ...

15. Cacho Bustamante

Actor | Experto en ortología

Cacho Bustamante was born in 1938. He was an actor. He died on February 7, 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

16. Claudio Villa

Soundtrack | Big Night

One of the most representative Italian popular singers, Claudio Villa became famous nationwide in 1955, when he won the Sanremo Song Festival for the first time. During his career he won that prestigious award three more times (1957, 1962 and 1967), recorded more than 3,000 songs, sold 45 million ...

17. Dale Evans

Soundtrack | Cowboy and the Senorita

American leading lady of musical westerns of the 1940s. Born Frances Octavia Smith in Uvalde, Texas. She was raised in Texas and Arkansas. Married at 14 and a mother at 15, she was divorced at 17 (some sources say widowed). Intent on a singing career, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and worked in ...

18. 'Lonesome' Dave Peverett

Soundtrack | Nebraska

'Lonesome' Dave Peverett was born on April 16, 1943 in Dulwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nebraska (2013), Wild Hogs (2007) and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009). He died on February 7, 2000 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

19. Domingo Di Núbila

Writer | La mano que aprieta

Domingo Di Núbila was born in 1924 in Pergamino, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for La mano que aprieta (1953), La noche de Venus (1955) and Section des disparus (1956). He died on February 7, 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

20. Doug Henning

Actor | The Magic Show

Doug Henning was born on May 3, 1947 in Fort Garry, Manitoba, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for The Magic Show (1983), Doug Henning's World of Magic (1976) and World of Magic (1977). He was married to Debby Douillard and Barbara De Angelis. He died on February 7, 2000 in Los Angeles, ...

21. Douglas Trumbull

Visual_effects | Blade Runner

Legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer, Douglas Trumbull, was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). He went on to become the Visual Effects Supervisor for such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Star Trek: The Motion Picture...

22. Fernando Becerril

Actor | The Mask of Zorro

Fernando Becerril was born in 1944. He was an actor, known for The Mask of Zorro (1998), Ravenous (1999) and Get the Gringo (2012). He died on February 7, 2023 in Mexico.

23. Gerardo Vallejo

Director | El rigor del destino

Gerardo Vallejo was born on January 4, 1942 in Tucumán, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for The Sternness of Fate (1985), El camino hacia la muerte del viejo Reales (1971) and Reflexiones de un salvaje (1978). He was married to Eva Piwowarski. He died on February 6, 2007 in Buenos ...

24. Gianfranco Plenizio

Soundtrack | 21

Gianfranco Plenizio was born on January 10, 1941 in Sedegliano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a composer, known for 21 (2008), Joy (2015) and Hotel Rwanda (2004). He died on February 7, 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

25. Giuseppe Rotunno

Cinematographer | All That Jazz

Giuseppe 'Peppino' Rotunno entered the film industry as a still photographer at Cinecitta but lost his job due to his anti-fascist views. Conscripted and sent to Greece in 1942, he then served as a newsreel cameraman with the Italian army film unit. A year later, he was captured during the German ...

26. Grazia Volpi

Producer | Cesare deve morire

Grazia Volpi was born on March 29, 1941 in Pontedera, Tuscany, Italy. She was a producer and production manager, known for Caesar Must Die (2012), Elective Affinities (1996) and Fiorile (1993). She was married to Roberto Perpignani. She died on February 7, 2020 in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy.

27. Jill Sobel Messick

Producer | Frida

Jill Sobel Messick was born on July 27, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a producer, known for Frida (2002), Mean Girls (2004) and She's All That (1999). She was married to Kevin J. Messick. She died on February 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

28. John Perry Barlow

Actor | Endangered Species

John Perry Barlow was born on October 3, 1947 in Pinedale, Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for Endangered Species (1982), Conceiving Ada (1997) and Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead (1981). He was married to Elaine Parker Barlow. He died on February 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California, USA.

29. John War Eagle

Actor | The Man from Laramie

John War Eagle was born on September 24, 1901 in Charles Mix, South Dakota. He was an actor, known for The Man from Laramie (1955), Last of the Comanches (1953) and The Great Sioux Uprising (1953). He was married to Harriet Pansy McBride. He died on June 21, 1977 in Orange County, California, USA.

30. King Hussein

Self | El Assifa

King Hussein was born on November 14, 1935 in Amman, Jordan. He was married to Queen Noor, Alia Baha ed Toukan, Antoinette Avril Gardiner and Sharifa Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid. He died on February 7, 1999 in Amman, Jordan.

31. Lanny Rees

Actor | The Life of Riley

Lanny Rees was born on December 14, 1933 in Veradale, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for The Life of Riley (1949), The Life of Riley (1948) and The Time of Your Life (1948). He was married to Natalie Monte. He died on February 7, 2023 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.

32. Lenine El-Ramli

Writer | El-Bedayah

Lenine El-Ramli was born on August 18, 1945 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a writer, known for The Beginning (1986), Al-irhabi (1994) and Ali Baih Mazhar wa 40 Harami (1985). He was married to Fatma El Maadoul. He died on February 7, 2020 in Cairo, Egypt.

33. Leoda Richards

Actress | Quincy M.E.

Prolific (and ubiquitous) bit player Leoda Richards was born Leoda Carole Knapp, March 15, 1907 in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Carl and Celia Knapp, Richards trained as a dancer. Moreover, Leoda was in the original company of 3 Broadway musicals: "A Connecticut Yankee," "Strike Me Pink," and "...

34. Lucille Eichengreen

Self | Radegast

35. Mable Lee

Actress | O'Voutie O'Rooney

Mable Lee started dancing at the age of three and was still dancing past the age of eighty. She was performing in public at the age of four; by twelve she was dancing in night clubs in her native Atlanta. At nineteen, she went north to New York City where she got her first job dancing in the chorus...

36. Margarita Lozano

Actress | Per un pugno di dollari

Margarita Lozano was born on February 14, 1931 in Tetuan, Spain. She was an actress, known for A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Viridiana (1961) and Jean de Florette (1986). She died on February 7, 2022 in Lorca, Murcia, Spain.

37. Mary Griffith

Producer | Prayers for Bobby

Mary Griffith was born on October 13, 1934 in the USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Prayers for Bobby (2009) and Prayers for Bobby: Meet the Real Mary Griffith (2009). She died on February 7, 2020 in Walnut Creek, California, USA.

38. Matt Monro

Soundtrack | The Italian Job

While doing his national service in the army in Hong Kong he fixed up his first radio show and ended up in the cells for returning late from leave the night before he was due to go on air, His C,O, was a fan and let him out under guard to go to the studios. Demobbed he worked as a long distance ...

39. Mickey Jones

Actor | Total Recall

Mickey Jones was born on June 10, 1941 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Total Recall (1990), Starman (1984) and Sling Blade (1996). He was married to Phyllis Jean Starr and Sandra Joel Davis. He died on February 7, 2018 in Simi Valley, California, USA.

40. Nexhmije Pagarusha

Actress | Makedonska krvava svadba

Nexhmije Pagarusha was born on May 7, 1933 in Pagarushë, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Makedonska krvava svadba (1967), E kafshoja terrin (1977) and I ikuri (1980). She was married to Rexho Muliqi. She died on February 7, 2020 in Pristina, Kosovo.

41. Nick Adams

Actor | No Time for Sergeants

Nick Adams, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel (1959), played leads and supporting parts in many films of the 1950s, often cast in the same "troubled young man" mold as his good friend, James Dean. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Twilight of Honor...

42. Orson Bean

Actor | Being John Malkovich

Orson Bean, the American actor, television personality and author, was born Dallas Frederick Burrows on July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont to George Frederick Burrows, a policeman who later went on to become the chief of campus police at Harvard University, and the former Marion Ainsworth Pollard...

43. Pat Torpey

Music_department | Armed Response

Pat Torpey was born on December 13, 1962. He was an actor, known for Armed Response (1986), One Hit Wonderland (2012) and Mr. Big: To Be with You (1992). He died on February 7, 2018.

44. Per Olov Jansson

Self | Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson

Per Olov Jansson was born on April 22, 1920 in Helsinki, Finland. He died on February 7, 2019 in Vantaa, Finland.

45. Pierre Guyotat

Writer | Balances des blancs

Pierre Guyotat was born on January 9, 1940 in Bourg-Argental, Loire, France. He was a writer, known for Balances des blancs (2013), Pierre Guyotat, le don de soi (2022) and Post-scriptum (1970). He died on February 7, 2020 in Paris, France.

46. Praveen Kumar Sobti

Actor | Mahabharat

Praveen Kumar Sobti is an Indian hammer and discus thrower, film actor, and politician. As an actor, he starred in more than 50 Hindi films and played the famous character of "Bheem" in B.R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat that started in 1988. He was a silver medalist in the 1966 ...

47. Reg Evans

Actor | Mad Max

Reg Evans was born on March 27, 1928 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mad Max (1979), Gallipoli (1981) and A Cry in the Dark (1988). He died on February 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Victoria, Australia.

48. René Lavand

Actor | Un oso rojo

René Lavand was born on September 24, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Red Bear (2002), Stuff the White Rabbit (1997) and Noite Mágica (1994). He died on February 7, 2015 in Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

49. Ricardo Silva

Actor | Mañana es para siempre

Ricardo Silva was born on February 6, 1954 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Mañana es para siempre (2008), Clase 406 (2002) and Muchachitas como tú (2007). He died on February 7, 2021 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

50. Richard Hatch

Actor | Battlestar Galactica

Born in Santa Monica, California, USA, Richard Hatch was studying classical piano at the age of eight, and knew he wanted to carve out a career as a performer before he reached his teens. After attending Harbor College in San Pedro, he joined a Los Angeles repertory company with which he traveled ...

51. Robert Crewdson

Actor | The Night Caller

Robert Crewdson was born on January 20, 1927 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Blood Beast from Outer Space (1965), Epitaph for a Spy (1963) and Escape (1957). He was married to Lucy Pearson, Pamela Strong and Kathleen Bidmead. He died on February 7, 2023 in Castle Douglas...

52. Robert Montgomery Jr.

Actor | The Tall Man

Robert Montgomery Jr. was born on January 6, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Tall Man (1960), 12 to the Moon (1960) and Sea Hunt (1958). He was married to Melanie and Deborah Chase. He died on February 7, 2000 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

53. Rocky Lockridge

Self | ESPN Friday Night Fights

Rocky Lockridge was born on January 30, 1959 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He was married to ???. He died on February 7, 2019 in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

54. Sebastián Chiola

Actor | El muerto falta a la cita

Sebastián Chiola was born in 1902 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor, known for El muerto falta a la cita (1944), Casa de muñecas (1943) and La fuga (1937). He died on February 7, 1950 in Rosario, Santa Fé, Argentina.

55. Steve Weber

Soundtrack | A Dirty Shame

Steve Weber was born on June 22, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on February 7, 2020 in Mount Clare, West Virginia, USA.

56. Tonya Knight

Self | American Gladiators

Tonya Knight was born on March 24, 1966 in Peculiar, Cass County, Missouri, USA. She was married to John Poteat. She died on February 7, 2023 in the USA.