Deaths: April 6

1. Ingvar Hirdwall

Ingvar Hirdwall was born on December 5, 1934 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), Daybreak (2003) and Children's Island (1980). He was married to Marika Lindström. He died on April 6, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden.

2. Al Kaline

Self | Home Run Derby

15-time All-Star Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers was one of the premier baseball players of his generation, slugging 399 home-runs and amassing 3,007 hits in those less-statistics crazy times. (In this era, Kaline -- who announced his retirement before his final season of 1974 and stuck to it -- ...

3. Armand Gatti

Writer | L'enclos

Armand Gatti was born on January 25, 1924 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He was a writer and director, known for L'enclos (1961), The Other Christopher (1963) and The Writing on the Wall (1983). He died on April 6, 2017 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France.

4. Armando Francioli

Actor | Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge

Armando Francioli was born on October 21, 1919 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1954), The Pharaohs' Woman (1960) and Barber of Seville (1961). He died on April 6, 2020 in Rome, Italy.

5. Ben Powers

Actor | Mike Hammer

Ben Powers was born on July 5, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The New Mike Hammer (1984), Good Times (1974) and The Greatest American Hero (1981). He was married to Julia Harper. He died on April 6, 2015 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

6. Bigas Luna

Writer | Jamón Jamón

Bigas Luna was born on March 19, 1946 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Jamón, Jamón (1992), Caniche (1979) and Anguish (1987). He was married to Celia Orós. He died on April 6, 2013 in La Riera de Gaià, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

7. Bullet Prakash

Actor | Bachchan

Bullet Prakash was an actor, known for Bachchan (2013), Bhajarangi (2013) and Brahma (2014). He died on April 6, 2020 in Bengaluru, India.

8. Charles Pettigrew

Actor | Charles & Eddie: Would I Lie to You?

Charles Pettigrew was born on May 12, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Charles & Eddie: Would I Lie to You? (1992), Kriebels (1995) and Fully Booked (1995). He died on April 6, 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

9. Christopher Muncke

Actor | The Spy Who Loved Me

Christopher Muncke was born on July 24, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Oppenheimer (1980) and Whoops Apocalypse (1986). He died on April 6, 2022 in England, UK.

10. Corin Redgrave

Actor | A Man for All Seasons

Corin Redgrave, a towering, award-winning force on the British stage but a lesser universally recognized third-generation scion of the acting dynasty, was the reddish-haired middle brother of his more internationally famous sisters, Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave who achieved widespread ...

11. Daniel Chavarria

Writer | Malavana

Daniel Chavarria was a writer, known for Malavana (2001) and Le cercle (1998). He died on April 6, 2018 in Havana, Cuba.

12. David Macklin

Actor | Welcome to Arrow Beach

David Macklin was born on March 24, 1941 in Greenhills, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Welcome to Arrow Beach (1973), The Virginian (1962) and Perry Mason (1957). He was married to Lee A Duff Jr.. He died on April 6, 2017 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

13. Dennis Cross

Actor | Mission: Impossible

Dennis Cross was born on December 17, 1924 in Whitefish, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), The Blue Angels (1960) and Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971). He was married to Rita Jezelle Lecomte. He died on April 6, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Don Rickles

Actor | Kelly's Heroes

Donald Jay Rickles was born May 8, 1926 in New York. Following the Golden Era of Hollywood, he remained active until early 2017. He got his start in night clubs, toiling for over 20 years, until 1958, when he made his film debut in Run Silent Run Deep (1958). The movie was a big hit. Afterward, ...

15. Donald McKayle

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Donald McKayle was born on July 6, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), Good Times (1974) and Minstrel Man (1977). He was married to Lea Vivante and Esta Beck. He died on April 6, 2018 in Orange, California, USA.

16. Earl G. Graves Sr.

Earl G. Graves Sr. was born on January 9, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Earl G. was married to Barbara Kydd. Earl G. died on April 6, 2020.

17. Eddie Carroll

Actor | Villains' Revenge

Eddie Carroll was born on September 5, 1933 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Villains' Revenge (1999), Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He was married to Carolyn Springer. He died on April 6, 2010 in Woodland Hills, ...

18. Edla Van Steen

Actress | Na Garganta do Diabo

Edla Van Steen was born on July 12, 1936 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. She was an actress and writer, known for Iguassu: The Devil's Throat (1960), Anuska, Manequim e Mulher (1968) and Saudades da Vila (2002). She was married to Sábato Magaldi. She died on April 6, 2018 in Sao Paulo, ...

19. Greer Garson

Actress | Pride and Prejudice

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was born on September 29, 1904 in London, England, to Nancy Sophia (Greer) and George Garson, a commercial clerk. Of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent, Garson displayed no early interest in becoming an actress. Educated at the University of London intending to become a ...

20. Hendrik Jan Korterink

Producer | Moordvrouwen

Hendrik Jan Korterink was a producer, known for Moordvrouwen (2011) and EénVandaag (1993). He died on April 6, 2020 in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands.

21. Igor Stravinsky

Soundtrack | The Lobster

Igor Stravinsky's father was a singer at the opera, and thus Stravinsky became a student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after a short stint as a law student. Very much influenced by Russian composers, only his sponsor Sergei Diaghilev in Paris was able to convince him to try new styles of ballet, e.g. ...

22. Isaac Asimov

Writer | I, Robot

Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Judah Ozimov, on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi shtetl, near Smolensk, Russia. He was the oldest of three children. His father, named Judah Ozimov, and his mother, named Anna Rachel Ozimov (nee Berman), were Orthodox Jews. Ozimov family were millers (the name Ozimov ...

23. Jacques Higelin

Actor | La verte moisson

Jacques Higelin was born on October 18, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was an actor and composer, known for La verte moisson (1959), If You Love Me, Follow Me (2006) and Savannah (1988). He was married to Aziza Zakine, Nicole Courtois and Kuelan Nguyen, . He died on April ...

24. Jacques Hustin

Self | Musicolor

Jacques Hustin was born on March 15, 1940 in Liège, Belgium. He died on April 6, 2009.

25. James Aubrey

Actor | Lord of the Flies

James Aubrey was born on August 28, 1947 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria [now Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria]. He was an actor and casting director, known for Lord of the Flies (1963), Spy Game (2001) and The Hunger (1983). He was married to Agnes Kristin Hallander. He died on April...

26. James Best

Actor | The Dukes of Hazzard

American character actor and teacher. Born Jewel Guy in Powderly, Kentucky, on July 26, 1926, he was orphaned at three and adopted by Armen and Essa Knowland Best, who renamed him James Knowland Best and raised him in Corydon, Indiana. Following high school he worked briefly as a metalworker before...

27. James Drury

Actor | The Virginian

Laconic, dark and handsome were the essential attributes for Hollywood western leading men in the 50s and 60s. James Drury fit the bill, keeping in mind that his most famous screen persona - that of the stalwart Shiloh estate ranch foreman known only as 'the Virginian' - took a while to properly ...

28. Jean Little

Writer | Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

Jean Little was a Canadian writer who was born in Taiwan. Her parents were Canadian doctors serving as medical missionaries. They returned to Canada in 1939 and settled in Guelph in 1940.

After earning a degree from the University of Toronto, Little taught disabled children for several years. In ...

29. Jim Glaser

Soundtrack | Extract

Jim Glaser was born on December 16, 1936 in Spalding, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Extract (2009), Tick, Tick, Tick (1970) and The Deuce (2017). He died on April 6, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

30. John Clements

Actor | The Four Feathers

John Clements hailed from southern England and was educated at St Paul's School in London and St John's College, Cambridge. His acting aspiration prompted his first stage appearance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 1930 in the play "Out of the Blue". Through the 1930s, he continued to develop ...

31. Josep Maria Benet i Jornet

Writer | Amic/Amat

Josep Maria Benet i Jornet was born on June 20, 1940 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Beloved/Friend (1999), Actresses (1997) and Laberint d'ombres (1998). He died on April 6, 2020 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

32. Julia Faye

Actress | The Ten Commandments

Julia Faye's career is inextricably linked to director Cecil B. DeMille. He was her mentor, while she was for many years his mistress (a liaison which was tolerated by De Mille's long-suffering wife Constance Adams). Julia was born in Richmond, Virginia, of French-American parentage. She had a ...

33. Luigi Comencini

Writer | Voltati Eugenio

Luigi Comencini was born on June 8, 1916 in Salò, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Voltati Eugenio (1980), Everybody Go Home! (1960) and Bread, Love and Dreams (1953). He was married to Giulia Grifeo. He died on April 6, 2007 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

34. M.K. Arjunan

Composer | C.I.D. Nazir

M.K. Arjunan was born on August 25, 1936 in Chirattapalam, Fort Kochi, British India. He was a composer, known for C.I.D. Nazir (1971), Nyayavidhi (1986) and Ariyappedatha Rahasyam (1981). He died on April 6, 2020 in Kochi, Kerala, India.

35. Marcel Boillat

Self | Le terroriste suisse

36. Martín Rocco

Actor | En viaje

Martín Rocco was an actor, known for En viaje (2015), El Kiosco (2019) and Jorge (2013). He died on April 6, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

37. Mary Anderson

Actress | Lifeboat

Mary Anderson was born on April 3, 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for Lifeboat (1944), Wilson (1944) and Gone with the Wind (1939). She was married to Leon Shamroy and Leonard Marion Behrens. She died on April 6, 2014 in Burbank, California, USA.

38. Merle Haggard

Soundtrack | Wag the Dog

Merle Haggard was born on April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Wag the Dog (1997), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and Jack Reacher (2012). He was married to Theresa Ann Lane, Debora J Parret, Leona Bell Williams, Bonnie Owens and Billie ...

39. Michael O'Donnell

Self | Medical Express

Michael O'Donnell was born on October 20, 1928 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Medical Express (1979), Is Your Brain Really Necessary? (1982) and Cambridge Footlights Revue 'La Vie Cambridgienne' (1948). He was married to Catherine Dorrington Ward. He died on April 6, 2019 in ...

40. Mickey Rooney

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents vaudeville act at 17 months old. He made his first film appearance in 1926. The following year, he played the lead character in the first Mickey McGuire short film. ...

41. Miguel Poblet

Actor | Escuela de periodismo

Miguel Poblet was born on March 18, 1926 in Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Escuela de periodismo (1956). He died on April 6, 2013 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

42. Nadja Regin

Actress | From Russia with Love

This cosmopolitan actress is best remembered for appearing as different characters in two early James Bond films. Multilingual Nadezda "Nadja" Poderegin hailed from Kraljevo, a town in present day Serbia (then Yugoslavia). Her father, a Ukrainian-born scientist and lecturer, was killed during World...

43. Nick Levenduski

Visual_effects | Black Panther

Nick Levenduski was born on April 12, 1981 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Nick is known for Black Panther (2018), The Meg (2018) and Aquaman (2018). Nick died on April 6, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

44. Nik Hagler

Actor | UHF

Nik Hagler was born on May 31, 1943 in Center, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for UHF (1989), The Big Easy (1986) and A Perfect World (1993). He died on April 6, 2021 in Pearland, Texas, USA.

45. Nobu McCarthy

Actress | The Karate Kid Part II

Lovely, demure actress Nobu McCarthy, born Nobu Atsumi in Ottawa Canada, was raised in Japan and studied ballet. A modeling career eventually led to her winning the "Miss Tokyo" beauty title. She married a US serviceman and returned to the States in 1955. Discovered by a talent agent, she made a ...

46. Noemí Laserre

Actress | El fantasma de la ópera

Noemí Laserre was born in 1923. She was an actress, known for The Phantom of the Opera (1960), Gitano (1970) and Un viaje de locos (1974). She died on April 6, 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

47. Nora Forster

Actress | Genghis Khan

Nora Forster was born on November 6, 1942 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Genghis Khan (1965), Mein schönes kurzes Leben (1970) and Rotten TV (2000). She was married to John Lydon and Frank Forster. She died on April 6, 2023 in the USA.

48. Norman Reynolds

Art_director | Star Wars

Oscar-winning British art director and production designer, most famous for being the creative genius behind the look of the original Star Wars trilogy. Reynolds also worked on many other blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Superman (1978), Empire of the Sun (1987) and Bicentennial Man...

49. Norman Tokar

Director | Kingu Kongu tai Gojira

Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 - April 6, 1979) was an American director, actor and occasionally writer and producer of serial television and feature films. He directed many of the early episodes of "Leave it to Beaver," but found his greatest success directing over a dozen films for Walt Disney ...

50. Onaje Allan Gumbs

Soundtrack | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Onaje Allan Gumbs was born on September 3, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001). He was married to Sandra Wright. He died on April 6, 2020 in Yonkers...

51. Patricia Miccio

Actress | Por quererte tanto

Patricia Miccio was an actress, known for Por quererte tanto (1998), Grandiosas (2002) and Cotidiano (2002). She died on April 6, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

52. Paul Cattermole

Soundtrack | One Day

Paul was born 7 March 1977 in St Albans, England. His first big break was when Paul landed a part in a local performance of West Side Story. He then enrolled on a performing arts course, joined the National Youth Music Theatre's production of Pendragon and then took an acting and musical theatre ...

53. Radomir Antic

Self | Fantàstic

Radomir Antic was born on November 22, 1948 in Zitiste, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He died on April 6, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.

54. Prince Rainier of Monaco

Rebecca

Born the sole heir to the throne of the nation of Monaco, Prince Rainier lived his life by duty. The son of Charlotte Grimaldi, the illegitimate daughter of Monaco's Prince Louis, Rainier was the aging Monarch's only grandson and was therefore invested as his heir. He knew the constraints of duty ...

55. Rae Allen

Actress | A League of Their Own

The actress, singer and stage director Rae Allen was born Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo in Brooklyn, New York, to Joseph and Julia Abruzzo (née Riccio). She attended New York University and later studied drama at the Herbert Berghof Studio in Greenwich Village and at the American Academy of ...

56. Ray Charles

Soundtrack | Radio Days

Ray Charles was born on September 13, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for Radio Days (1987), The First Nine Months Are the Hardest (1971) and Three's Company (1976). He was married to Bernice P Rosengarden. He died on April 6, 2015 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California,...

57. Ricardo Lavié

Actor | Pimienta

Ricardo Lavié was born on October 5, 1922 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Pimienta (1966), Balabasadas (1968) and Brigada cola (1992). He died on April 6, 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

58. Salvatore Corsitto

Actor | The Godfather

Salvatore Corsitto was born on January 9, 1913 in Canicattini Bagni, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Godfather (1972) and What Are Best Friends for? (1973). He died on April 6, 1999.

59. Silvia Derbez

Actress | Lazos de amor

Silvia Derbez was born on March 8, 1932 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Lazos de amor (1995), El rey de México (1956) and Cruz de amor (1970). She died on April 6, 2002 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

60. Skip O'Brien

Actor | Black Sheep

Skip O'Brien was born on August 20, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Black Sheep (1996), Prizzi's Honor (1985) and Liar Liar (1997). He was married to Susanne Bordeaux. He died on April 6, 2011 in Hazlet, New Jersey, USA.

61. Susan French

Actress | Somewhere in Time

Susan French was born on January 23, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Somewhere in Time (1980), House (1985) and Jaws 2 (1978). She died on April 6, 2003 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

62. Tammy Wynette

Soundtrack | Cold Pursuit

Tammy once said: "I spent 15 minutes writing ["Stand by Your Man"], and a lifetime defending it". She was born Virginia Wynette Pugh on May 5, 1942, on her grandfather's cotton farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Tammy picked cotton as a child, and as a young woman worked as a waitress, a ...

63. Vic Henley

Actor | Doing Time

Vic Henley was born on October 2, 1962 in Oxford, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Doing Time (1999), Comedy Central Presents (1998) and An Evening at the Improv (1981). He died on April 6, 2020.

64. Walter Olkewicz

Actor | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Walter Olkewicz was born on May 14, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Client (1994) and 1941 (1979). He died on April 6, 2021 in Reseda, California, USA.

65. Wendy O. Williams

Actress | Reform School Girls

Wendy O. Williams was born on May 28, 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Reform School Girls (1986), Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989) and The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). She died on April 6, 1998 in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.

66. Yvonne Sherwell

Actress | Life Study

Yvonne Sherwell was born on May 27, 1934 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Life Study (1973).