Deaths: February 16

1. Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz was an acclaimed Swiss actor who was a prominent figure in German language film and television for over fifty years. He is internationally renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004).

Ganz was born in Zürich, to a Swiss mechanic father and a ...

2. Agnès Laurent

Actress | La notte del grande assalto

Agnès Laurent was born on January 28, 1936 in Lyon, Rhône, France. She was an actress, known for The Night of the Great Attack (1959), Girl in His Pocket (1957) and Mary Had a Little... (1961). She died on February 16, 2010 in Grenoble, Isère, France.

3. Alfred Burke

Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

He was born in Peckham, South London after his family arrived from Cork, in Ireland, He was educated in Leo Street School, Peckham then Walworth Central. At 15 he left school and became an office boy with a railway wagon repair firm then a year later he became a steward in a business mens club in ...

4. Carlos de la Fuente

Sound_department | Canaguaro

Carlos de la Fuente was born in 1937 in Bogotá, Colombia. He was an actor, known for Canaguaro (1981), Yo soy Bea (2006) and Mi sangre aunque plebeya (1988). He died on February 16, 2020 in Bogotá, Colombia.

5. Carman

Actor | R.I.O.T.: The Movie

Carman was born on January 19, 1956 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for R.I.O.T.: The Movie (1996), Changing Hands (2010) and Carman: The Champion (2001). He was married to Dana Morrow and Rose Grissett Villamil. He died on February 16, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

6. Claudia Martin

Actress | For Those Who Think Young

Claudia Martin was the daughter of Dean Martin and his first wife, Betty MacDonald. One of seven children, she was born in Ridley Park, PA, but spent her childhood in southern California. She did follow her father into show business, appearing on such television programs as The Donna Reed Show (...

7. Corinne Lahaye

Actress | Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie

Corinne Lahaye was born on March 28, 1947 in Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie (1973), Le comédien (1996) and Du blé en liasses (1969). She was married to Jean-Pierre Darras. She died on ...

8. Dawn Mello

Self | Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's

Dawn Mello was born on October 5, 1931 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. Dawn died on February 16, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

9. Dick Anthony Williams

Actor | Edward Scissorhands

Dick Anthony Williams was born on August 9, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Jerk (1979) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). He was married to Gloria Edwards. He died on February 16, 2012 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

10. Dorce Gamalama

Actress | Mas Suka Masukin Aja

Dorce Gamalama was born on July 21, 1963 in Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia. She was an actress, known for Mas Suka Masukin Aja (2008) and Hantu Biang Kerok (2009). She died on February 16, 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

11. Elyse Knox

Actress | I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

Elyse Knox, the actress best known for starring in The Mummy's Tomb (1942) and for being Heisman Award-winner Tom Harmon's wife and actor Mark Harmon's mother, was born Elsie Lillian Kornbrath on December 14, 1917 in Hartford, Connecticut, to Austrian parents Hermine Sophie (Muck) and Frederick ...

12. Ethel Owen

Actress | Robert Montgomery Presents

Ethel Owen was born on March 30, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Robert Montgomery Presents (1950), Inner Sanctum (1954) and Kraft Theatre (1947). She was married to John Hale Almy and Dr. Raymond Gilbert Owens. She died on February 16, 1997 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.

13. Frances Cuka

Actress | Oliver Twist

Frances Cuka was born in 1936 in London, to Joseph and Letitia Cuka. The family eventually moved to Hove, where Frances was educated at Brighton and Hove High School. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, then made her stage debut in 1955 in 'Meet Mr. Callaghan' in Warrington. ...

14. Gail Halvorsen

Self | Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War

Gail Seymour Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 - February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to ...

15. George 'The Animal' Steele

Actor | Ed Wood

George 'The Animal' Steele ( his professional wrestling name) was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA as William James Myers. He was a wrestling superstar in the WWF. He had a public image of a wild type of creature that chewed on the turn buckles and sported a green tongue. In the 1990s he became an ...

16. Gloria Stewart

Actress | Laugh-In

Gloria Stewart was born on March 10, 1918 in Larchmont, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Laugh-In (1977), The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). She was married to James Stewart and Edward Beale McLean Jr.. She died on February 16, 1994 in Los Angeles, ...

17. Graeme Allwright

Soundtrack | The Walk

Graeme Allwright was born on November 7, 1926 in Wellington, New Zealand. He was a composer and actor, known for The Walk (2015), A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) and Le petit Marcel (1976). He was married to Catherine Dasté. He died on February 16, 2020 in Seine-et-Marne, France.

18. Gustavo Martínez

Self | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand

Gustavo Martínez was born on September 2, 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on February 16, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

19. Héctor Díaz

20. Herminio Iglesias

Self | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand

Herminio Iglesias was born on October 20, 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on February 16, 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21. Howard Da Silva

Actor | The Lost Weekend

Howard da Silva was one of 324 actors, writers and directors who fell victim to the Hollywood blacklisting of the early 1950s, and had his career halted in the blink of an eye. Originally was a steelworker before making his stage debut at age 20 in New York. He made a name for himself on Broadway ...

22. Howard W. Koch

Producer | The Manchurian Candidate

Getting his start in the movie business in Universal's contract and playdate department in New York City, Howard W. Koch moved on to 20th Century-Fox as a film librarian and then entered production as second assistant director on The Keys of the Kingdom (1944). After many films as assistant ...

23. Ivo Kadic

Actor | Caruga

Ivo Kadic was born on January 15, 1929 in Dugi Rat, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Charuga (1991), Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) and Ponedjeljak ili utorak (1966). He died on February 16, 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia.

24. Jack Smethurst

Actor | Chariots of Fire

Jack Smethurst was born on April 9, 1932 in Collyhurst, Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chariots of Fire (1981), For the Love of Ada (1972) and A Kind of Loving (1962). He was married to Julie Nicholls. He died on February 16, 2022 in the UK.

25. Jason Davis

Actor | Rush Hour

Jason Davis was born on October 14, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Rush Hour (1998), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) and Recess (1997). He died on February 16, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Jesslyn Fax

Actress | Rear Window

Jesslyn Fax was born on January 4, 1893 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Rear Window (1954), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and Kiss Me Deadly (1955). She died on February 16, 1975 in Hollywood, California, USA.

27. Jim Bridwell

Camera_department | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Jim Bridwell was one of the great innovators of the modern climbing era, bringing a tech-savvy meticulousness coupled with a go-for-it attitude to his many first ascents, 100 first-ascent free climbs plus A5 big wall routes on Half Dome and El Capitan-but also cutting-edge alpine routes from Alaska...

28. John Davis Chandler

Actor | Adventures in Babysitting

Character actor John Davis Chandler was born on January 28, 1935, in Hinton, West Virginia. He was raised in Charleston, West Virginia. Tall and thin, with fair hair, piercing blue eyes, a pale complexion and a nasal, whiny voice, Chandler specialized in portraying mean, neurotic and dangerous ...

29. Kellye Nakahara

Actress | Clue

Kellye Nakahara was born on January 16, 1948 in Oahu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for Clue (1985), M*A*S*H (1972) and Doctor Dolittle (1998). She was married to David Wallett. She died on February 16, 2020 in Pasadena, California, USA.

30. Ken Nordine

Actor | The Jacksons: Can You Feel It

Legendary voice-over artist, narrator, and disc jockey Ken Nordine was born on April 13, 1920 in Cherokee, Iowa, the son of an architect. Nordine attended Lane Technical College Prep High School and the University of Chicago. Blessed with an exquisitely deep, rich, soothing, and resonant baritone ...

31. Larry Tesler

Producer | Pencil Test

Larry Tesler was born on April 24, 1945 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Pencil Test (1988), The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) and The Genius of Design (2010). He was married to Colleen Barton. He died on February 16, 2020 in Portola...

32. Len Lesser

Actor | Kelly's Heroes

Len Lesser was an American character actor, from the Bronx, New York City. His most famous role was that of Uncle Leo, the maternal uncle of protagonist Jerry Seinfeld in the sitcom "Seinfield". Lesser played this role from 1991 to the series finale in 1998.

Lesser was the son of a Polish-Jewish ...

33. Lesley Gore

Soundtrack | Suicide Squad

Lesley Gore was born Lesley Sue Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York City, to Ronny and Leo Goldstein, a manufacturer of children's clothes and swimwear. Her family was Jewish. She grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey. Gore hit the music scene at 17 years of age in 1963 with the teen anthem "It's My Party". ...

34. Lila Kedrova

Actress | Alexis Zorbas

Lila Kedrova was a Russian actress, who spend most of her career as an expatriate. For her role as widowed courtesan Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964), Kedrova won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the first Russian actress to win the award, and this was her only ...

35. Little Sammy Davis

Actor | The Midnight Ramble Sessions: Volume 1

Little Sammy Davis was born in 1928 in Winona, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Midnight Ramble Sessions: Volume 1 (2005) and Little Sammy Davis (2002). He died on February 16, 2018 in Middletown, New York, USA.

36. Lorena Rojas

Actress | Corazones rotos

Lorena Rojas was born on February 10, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Corazones rotos (2001), El Cuerpo del Deseo (2005) and La quebradita (1994). She was married to Patrick Shaas. She died on February 16, 2015 in Miami, Florida, USA.

37. Louise Allbritton

Actress | Son of Dracula

An alumnus of the Pasadena Playhouse, Louise Allbritton's beauty and talent quickly got her jobs in the film industry, and she spent several years at Universal, where she played leads in mainly second features. She married CBS news reporter Charles Collingwood in 1946, and retired from the screen a...

38. Marceline Day

Actress | The Cameraman

The younger sister of actress Alice Day, Marceline achieved stardom in the mid-1920s, appearing opposite such stars as John Barrymore and Lon Chaney. Adept at comedy, she also starred with such top comics as Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. Her career faltered in the early 1930s, however, and she ...

39. Martín Gianola

Actor | Nueve lunas

Martín Gianola was born on November 3, 1970 in Buenos Aires. He was an actor, known for Nueve lunas (1994), Como vos & yo (1998) and De gira (2005). He died on February 16, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

40. Michel Deville

Director | Le dossier 51

Michel Deville, a singular talent in French cinema. For, except during a short period where he made two or three standard commercial films (but that was to repay the debts of his own film company, due to the defection of a business partner), Deville made pictures which, without being too elitist, ...

41. Mike Walker

Self | Autopsy: The Last Hours of

42. Milos Kopecký

Actor | Tajemství hradu v Karpatech

Milos Kopecký was born on August 22, 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981), The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962) and Lemonade Joe (1964). He was married to Jana Krecková and Stella Zázvorková. He ...

43. Nicole DeHuff

Actress | Meet the Parents

Nicole DeHuff was born on 6 January 1975 in Oklahoma. She began her acting studies at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon Acting Conservatory. Her first screen role was in the comedy hit Meet the Parents (2000), in which she co-starred with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. Her character (Deborah Byrnes)...

44. Pearl Carr

Actress | And So to Bentley

Pearl Carr was born on November 2, 1921 in Exmouth, Devon, England, UK. She was an actress, known for And So to Bentley (1954), The Arthur Haynes Show (1956) and Ontdek de ster (1955). She was married to Teddy Johnson. She died on February 16, 2020 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.

45. Ramon Stagnaro

Soundtrack | Contact

Ramon Stagnaro was born on May 10, 1954 in Lima, Peru. He is known for Contact (1997), Snatched (2017) and Red Notice (2021). He was married to Angélica . He died on February 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

46. Roger Bowen

Actor | MASH

Mr. Bowen was a comedic actor and novelist, best known for his portrayal of Colonel Henry Blake in the film version of M*A*S*H (1970). He often portrayed roles as a stuffy defender of the upper class and had regular roles on a number of television series. His acting career aside, Mr. Bowen always ...

47. Rusty Magee

Actor | Hannah and Her Sisters

Rusty Magee was born on August 6, 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Dirt (1999) and Billy & Bobby: The Hollywood Years (1998). He was married to Alison Fraser. He died on February 16, 2003 in Manhattan, New York...

48. Sandra Shaw

Actress | The Gay Nighties

Sandra Shaw was born on May 27, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Gay Nighties (1933), The Jack Benny Program (1950) and Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons Throw a Party (1935). She was married to Dr. John Marquis Converse and Gary Cooper. She died on February 16, ...

49. Serge Merlin

Actor | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Serge Merlin was born on December 29, 1932 in Sainte-Barbe-du-Tlélat (now Oued Tlelat), French Algeria. He was an actor, known for Amélie (2001), The City of Lost Children (1995) and Danton (1983). He died on February 16, 2019 in Paris, France.

50. Sharon Disney

Self | One Hour in Wonderland

Sharon Disney was born on December 21, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for One Hour in Wonderland (1950). She was married to Robert Brown and William Lund. She died on February 16, 1993 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

51. Shelly Saltman

Actor | Finding Amanda

Shelly Saltman was born on August 17, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for Finding Amanda (2008) and Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (2000). He died on February 16, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

52. Smiley Burnette

Actor | Galloping Thunder

Smiley worked on a local radio station and in Vaudeville after high school. Always interested in music, he was friends with Gene Autry and worked with him on the radio show "The National Barn Dance". When Westerns became a big draw with sound, the studios were always on the lookout for singing ...

53. Tim McCarver

Actor | Fever Pitch

A durable catcher in the Major Leagues, McCarver was one of the few players to play in four different decades (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s). Not known for his bat, McCarver was a smart, defensive catcher, who knew how to position his fielders and take care of his pitchers. McCarver caught for two of the ...

54. Zoe Caldwell

Actress | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

As a testament to her remarkable talent, Broadway honored esteemed Australian stage actress Zoe Caldwell four times with Tony Awards: for "Slapstick Tragedy" (1966), for her title role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1968), for her searing title performance as "Medea" (1982), and as opera diva ...