Deaths: March 3

1. Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore rose in prominence throughout the 1990s, establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy actor, sought by the most respected directors in the business.

Thomas Edward Sizemore, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Judith (Schannault), an ombudsman staff member, and Thomas Edward Sizemore, ...

2. Alf Cranner

Composer | Jentespranget

Alf Cranner was born on October 25, 1936 in Oslo, Norway. He was a composer and actor, known for Jentespranget (1973), Faneflukt (1975) and Cornelis (2010). He was married to Sølvi Thorsen. He died on March 3, 2020 in Norway.

3. Alice Pearce

Actress | Bewitched

Making a career out of a post-nasal drip, this scene-stealing character comedienne was one of the best Broadway and Hollywood had to offer. It's too bad, then, that she wasn't utilized in films more often for this slight, chinless, parrot-faced, squawky-voiced bundle of (kill)joy could draw laughs ...

4. Angela Crow

Actress | Heil Caesar!

Angela started her career young, playing truant from school to appear in 'Jane Eyre' by a touring company. She won the Gilbert award for Comedy, the Tree award for Drama and the Emile Littler award for Outstanding Talent during her years at RADA. By the time she had joined "Coronation Street" in ...

5. Barbara Ruick

Actress | Carousel

A bundle of bright sunshine and unabashed energy, lovely musical actress Barbara Ruick delighted audiences for over two decades. The brown-eyed singer/actress who admittedly came up short in the dancing department nevertheless toyed with top musical stardom in mid-1950s films and almost nabbed it. ...

6. Bobbie Battista

Actress | Contact

Bobbie Battista was born on July 23, 1952 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Contact (1997), Cherry Malicious (2016) and Getting Away with Murder (1996). She was married to John Mahon Brimelow and James Michael Battista. She died on March 3, 2020 in Davenport, Iowa, USA.

7. Bozidar Alic

Actor | Treci kljuc

Bozidar Alic was born on December 24, 1954 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He was an actor, known for The Third Key (1983), Kamenita vrata (1992) and Ponos Ratkajevih (2007). He was married to Sanda Maroa and Selma Oruc. He died on March 3, 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia.

8. Cecily Adams

Actress | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

American actress, casting director, teacher, and theatrical director. The daughter of nightclub singer Adelaide Adams and Get Smart (1965) star Don Adams, she was born in Queens, New York, several months after her parents' divorce. Raised in peripatetic fashion by her mother, she survived a ...

9. Connie Gilchrist

Actress | Auntie Mame

With more than two decades of stage experience in France, England and on Broadway behind her, this moon-faced, heavy-set character actress first entered films in 1940. But no matter a film's genre - contemporary drama, historical costumer or shoot 'em up western - her Brooklyn roots always sounded ...

10. Danny Kaye

Soundtrack | The Danny Kaye Show

Danny Kaye left school at the age of 13 to work in the so-called Borscht Belt of Jewish resorts in the Catskill Mountains. It was there he learned the basics of show biz. From there he went through a series of jobs in and out of the business. In 1939, he made his Broadway debut in "Straw Hat Revue,...

11. David Ogden Stiers

Actor | M*A*S*H

David Ogden Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, to Margaret Elizabeth (Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers. He moved with his family to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High School in 1960. At the age of twenty, he was offered $200 to join the company of the Santa Clara ...

12. David Wise

Writer | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

David Wise, the son of Electronic Arts Intermix founder Howard Wise and producer Barbara Wise, was a child prodigy whose pre-adolescent films led him to be described by Jonas Mekas as "the Mozart of Cinema." The young Wise would be trained in stop frame animation by Stan Van der Beek, before going ...

13. Drake Sather

Writer | The Larry Sanders Show

Drake Sather was born on May 24, 1959 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Zoolander 2 (2016) and NewsRadio (1995). He was married to Marnie Stroud and Krystal Sather. He died on March 3, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Erin Fraser

Producer | A Night at the Roxbury

Erin Fraser was born on April 23, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Tommy Boy (1995) and Black Sheep (1996). She was married to Walter Javan "Jay" Fraser, III. She died on March 3, 2023 in the USA.

15. Frank Wilcox

Actor | The Ten Commandments

American character actor in scores of films after substantial stage experience. He was born in DeSoto, Missouri, but raised in Atchison, Kansas. The son of a railroad worker and law clerk (some publicity material states the father was a physician, but family and census records show otherwise), he ...

16. Hedley Mattingly

Actor | All of Me

Hedley Mattingly was born on May 7, 1915 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for All of Me (1984), Daktari (1966) and Festival (1960). He was married to Barbara Mattingly. He died on March 3, 1998 in Encino, California, USA.

17. Horst Buchholz

Actor | La vita è bella

On the cast list of The Magnificent Seven (1960), you will find several names that doubtless you know well: Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and Yul Brynner. But there is one name that you will have difficulty pronouncing, let alone identifying as an actor you have seen before. That man is Horst ...

18. James Otis

Actor | The Prestige

James Otis was born on March 16, 1948. He was an actor, known for The Prestige (2006), The Black Dahlia (2006) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). He died on March 3, 2020 in the USA.

19. John Howlett

Writer | Thirty-Minute Theatre

John Howlett is a novelist, biographer and writer for film, radio, television and stage. He read History at Jesus College, Oxford where, with his school-friend from Tonbridge, David Sherwin, they wrote Crusaders, the original screenplay that later in the 1960's became Lindsay Anderson's ...

20. John Tormey

Actor | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

John Tormey was born on August 4, 1937 in Willimantic, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Stay (2005) and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001). He died on March 3, 2022 in the United States.

21. Jorge Wagensberg

Self | Mestres

Jorge Wagensberg was born on December 2, 1948 in Barcelona, Spain. He died on March 3, 2018 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

22. Juan Helguera

Composer | Yaxcabá

Juan Helguera was born on February 14, 1932 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. He was a composer and writer, known for Yaxcabá (1979), Joyas tradicionales de Yucatán (1994) and Ponce y la guitarra (1981). He died on March 3, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.

23. Juana Patiño

Producer | El tiempo de los chicos

Juana Patiño was a producer, known for El tiempo de los chicos (1981). She died on March 3, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

24. Kate Cook

Self | Australian Idol

Kate Cook was born on July 28, 1983 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. She died on March 3, 2019 in Lowood, Queensland, Australia.

25. Kenneth Gärdestad

Soundtrack | Tillsammans

Kenneth Gärdestad was born on May 9, 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Together (2000), Echoes from the Dead (2013) and Stenansiktet (1973). He was married to Christina. He died on March 3, 2018 in Sweden.

26. Lee Philips

Actor | Peyton Place

Lee Philips was born on January 10, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Peyton Place (1957), The Hunters (1958) and The American Girls (1978). He was married to Barbara Schrader and Jean Allison. He died on March 3, 1999 in Brentwood, California, USA.

27. Leo De Castro

Self | Once Around the Sun

Leo De Castro was born in 1948 in Benneydale, King Country, North Island, New Zealand. He died on March 3, 2019 in New Zealand.

28. Leonardo Cimino

Actor | Dune

Veteran little old man Italian character actor Leonardo Anthony Cimino steadily worked in both movies and TV shows alike from the late 1950's up until 2007. Cimino was born on November 4, 1917 in New York City. He was the son of tailor Andrea Cimino and his wife Leonilda. Leonardo played violin as ...

29. Lois Wilson

Actress | The Covered Wagon

A schoolteacher who became a stage actress (briefly), Lois Wilson entered films in 1916 at Paramount (her sisters, Diana Kane and Connie Lewis, also worked as actresses). Wilson played leading roles well into the sound era, and after she retired from the screen she worked sporadically in television...

30. Lou Costello

Actor | Hold That Ghost

Lou Costello was born Louis Francis Cristillo in Paterson, New Jersey, to Helen (Rege) and Sebastiano Cristillo. His father was from Calabria, Italy, and his mother was an American of Italian, French, and Irish ancestry. Raised in Paterson, Costello dropped out of high school and headed west to ...

31. Louis Edmonds

Actor | House of Dark Shadows

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he studied at Louisiana State University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. During WWII, he served in the Navy. His career was started in New York, acting in regional and Off-Broadway Theatre until his Broadway debut in the musical, "Candide" in 1956. Edmonds ...

32. Lydia Scotty

Actress | Good Bye, Sevilla

Lydia Scotty was born on January 8, 1926 in Almagro, Federal District, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Good Bye, Sevilla (1955). She died on March 3, 2021 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

33. Lynn Borden

Actress | Black Mama White Mama

Most famous for her role in the 1972 low-budget shocker Frogs (1972) (a far cry from her role on Hazel (1961)), Lynn Borden rarely garnered large or leading roles. She was originally going to play the lead in 1964's Roustabout (1964) but this did not materialize. She had a memorable role in the ...

34. Marguerite Duras

Writer | Le camion

Ms. Duras was born in southern Vietnam and lost her father at age 4. The family savings of 20 years bought the family a small plot in Cambodia, but everything was lost in a single season's flooding. The disaster killed her mother as a result. After high school in Saigon, Ms. Duras left Indochina to...

35. Martí Galindo

Self | Crónicas marcianas

Martí Galindo was born on May 21, 1937 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Crónicas marcianas (1997), Pastel de sangre (1971) and Lights and Shadows (1988). He died on March 3, 2019 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

36. Minoru Betsuyaku

Writer | Kaigenrei

Minoru Betsuyaku was born on June 4, 1937 in Manchuria, China. He was a writer, known for Coup d'Etat (1973), Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985) and Kaze no Matasaburô (1976). He was married to Yûko Kusunoki. He died on March 3, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.

37. Miriam Colon

Actress | Scarface

Miriam Colon was born on August 20, 1936 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Scarface (1983), Sabrina (1995) and Goal! The Dream Begins (2005). She was married to Fred Valle, George Paul Edgar and ???. She died on March 3, 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.

38. Müslüm Gürses

Soundtrack | Poyraz Karayel

Müslüm Gürses was born on May 7, 1953 in Sanliurfa, Turkey. He was an actor and composer, known for For My Son (2015), Love Likes Coincidences (2011) and Kolpaçino (2009). He was married to Muhterem Nur. He died on March 3, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.

39. Nicholas Tucci

Actor | You're Next

Nicholas Tucci was born and raised in Middletown, CT. He graduated from Middletown High School before attending Yale University, where he received a BA in Theater and was a member of the sketch comedy group Suite 13. He had acted in numerous theatrical productions across the country, including ...

40. Nicola Pagett

Actress | An Awfully Big Adventure

Nicola Pagett was born on June 15, 1945 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). She was married to Graham Swannell. She died on March 3, 2021 in London, England, UK.

41. Nicolas Portal

Self | Tour de France 2008

Nicolas Portal was born on April 23, 1979 in Auch, Gers, France. He died on March 3, 2020 in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.

42. Noel Purcell

Actor | Lust for Life

Noel Purcell was born on December 23, 1900 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Lust for Life (1956), The Crimson Pirate (1952) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). He was married to Eileen Marmion. He died on March 3, 1985 in Dublin, Ireland.

43. Paul Smith

Actor | Mr. Terrific

Paul Smith was born on February 5, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Mr. Terrific (1967), The Gertrude Berg Show (1961) and Loving You (1957). He died on March 3, 2006 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

44. Peter Capell

Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Peter Capell was born on September 3, 1912 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), One, Two, Three (1961) and Paths of Glory (1957). He died on March 3, 1986 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

45. Peter Hurford

Soundtrack | The Favourite

Peter Hurford was born on November 22, 1930 in Minehead, Somerset, England, UK. He was married to Patricia Matthews. He died on March 3, 2019 in St. Albans, England, UK.

46. Ralph McQuarrie

Art_department | Cocoon

Ralph McQuarrie was born on June 13, 1929 in Gary, Indiana, USA. He is known for Cocoon (1985), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). He was married to Joan Benjamin. He died on March 3, 2012 in Berkeley, California, USA.

47. Raymond Kopa

Self | V FIFA World Cup 1954

Raymond Kopa (13 October 1931 - 3 March 2017) was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three European Cups. Often considered one of the best players of his generation, ...

48. Robert Beatty

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Robert Beatty graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and started in amateur dramatics with the Hamilton Player's Guild. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to London in 1936 (on the advice of...

49. Robert Carricart

Actor | T.H.E. Cat

Robert Carricart was born on January 18, 1917 in Bordeaux, France. He was an actor, known for T.H.E. Cat (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). He was married to Susan Jane E. Hathorn. He died on March 3, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

50. Robert Scheerer

Director | The Danny Kaye Show

Robert Scheerer was born on December 28, 1928 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Danny Kaye Show (1963), Fame (1982) and Live from Lincoln Center (1976). He was married to Joyce Easton, Regine (Nina) Greenbaum and Denise Ann Pennington. He died on March...

51. Roger Bannister

Actor | Bad Loser

Roger Bannister was born on March 23, 1929 in Harrow, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bad Loser (1977), Champion: The Franz Stampfl Story and What's My Line (1951). He was married to Moyra Elver Jacobsson. He died on March 3, 2018 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

52. Ronnie Montrose

Soundtrack | Wayne's World

Ronnie Montrose was born on November 29, 1947 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Wayne's World (1992), The Kitchen (2019) and Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1995). He was married to Michele Graybeal and Leighsa. He died on March 3, 2012 in Millbrae, ...

53. Roscoe Born

Actor | Powwow Highway

Roscoe Born was born on November 24, 1950 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Powwow Highway (1988), All My Children (1970) and Ryan's Hope (1975). He was married to Roberta Weiss, Randall Edwards and Adrienne Hampton. He died on March 3, 2020 in the USA.

54. Sara Lane

Actress | I Saw What You Did

Sara Lane's relatively brief fling with show biz began in 1966 when she was cast as the orphaned Wyoming frontier girl Elizabeth Grainger in the long-running NBC western series The Virginian (1962). Opposite her co-stars James Drury and Doug McClure, she went on to feature in some 105 episodes ...

55. Steve Barkett

Actor | The Aftermath

Steve Barkett was born on January 1, 1950 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Aftermath (1982), Empire of the Dark (1990) and Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds (1995). He was married to Denise Gibson. He died on March 3, 2023 in Reno, Nevada, USA.

56. Steve Bridges

Actor | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Steve Bridges was born on May 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for NCIS (2003), The Adventures of Umbweki (2009) and JAG (1995). He died on March 3, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

57. Stratis Haviaras

Writer | Seismos

Stratis Haviaras was born on June 28, 1935 in Nea Kios Argolidas, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Seismos (2003), Ta koina: Ti koino ehoume (2006) and Bookmark (1983). He was married to Heather Cole and Gail Flynn. He died on March 4, 2020 in the USA.

58. Sydney Chaplin

Actor | Limelight

In choosing a professional acting career for himself, bon vivant Sydney Chaplin had to deal with the powerful and pervasive shadow of his famous father, the legendary Charles Chaplin, hovering over him every step of the way. While his older brother, actor Charles Chaplin Jr., buckled under the ...

59. Tim Considine

Actor | My Three Sons

Tim Considine was born on December 31, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for My Three Sons (1960), Patton (1970) and Executive Suite (1954). He was married to Willett Helen Hunt and Charlotte Stewart. He died on March 3, 2022 in Mar Vista, California, USA.

60. Tom Jacobs

Actor | UnCredited

Tom Jacobs was born on March 31, 1903 in Monroe, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for UnCredited, The Joey Bishop Show (1961) and The Danny Thomas Show (1953). He died on March 3, 1976 in Lucerne, California, USA.

61. Tônia Carrero

Actress | Chega de Saudade

Maria Antonietta Farias Portocarrero was born in Rio de Janeiro on August 23, 1922. Her father, Hermenegildo Portocarrero (1894-1959), was a military man and maths teacher with a lifelong interest in show business. A close friend of the great Brazilian actor Procópio Ferreira, he was acquainted ...

62. Virgilius Noreika

Music_department | Snegurochka

Virgilius Noreika was born on September 22, 1935 in Siauliai, Lithuania. He was an actor, known for Snegurochka (1969), Novogodnee pokhishcheniye (1970) and The Lively Arts (1969). He died on March 3, 2018.

63. Wendell Goler

Self | Happening Now

Wendell Goler was born on January 1, 1949 in Jackson, Michigan, USA. He was married to Marge . He died on March 3, 2020 in the USA.

64. William Frawley

Actor | I Love Lucy

William Frawley was born in Burlington, Iowa. As a boy he sang at St. Paul's Catholic Church and played at the Burlington Opera House. His first job was as a stenographer for the Union Pacific Railroad. He did vaudeville with his brother Paul, then joined pianist Franz Rath in an act they took to ...

65. William Holden

Actor | Weary River

William Holden was born on May 22, 1862 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Weary River (1929), Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) and Holiday (1930). He was married to Louise Osborne. He died on March 3, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.