Deaths: December 4
by bcampos862 | created - 04 Dec 2016 | updated - 04 Dec 2020 | Public
1. Jael Strauss
Actress | The Story of Your Life
Jael Strauss was born on July 3, 1984 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Story of Your Life (2008), Wrath/Anger (2008) and S&M: Sex & Money (2008). She died on December 4, 2018 in the USA.
2. Adam Williams
Actor | North by Northwest
Adam Williams was born on November 26, 1922 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for North by Northwest (1959), The Big Heat (1953) and The Proud and Profane (1956). He was married to Marilee Phelps and Doris Frances Hollingsworth. He died on December 4, ...
3. Annette Page
Actress | Producers' Showcase
Annette Page was born in November 1932 in Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Gala Performance (1963) and Melodies for You (1967). She was married to Ronald Hynd. She died on December 4, 2017 in England, UK.
4. Archie Mayo
Director | Vengeance
A stage actor, Archie Mayo went to Hollywood in 1915 and worked until his retirement in 1946. He began directing slapstick two-reelers, later making features at Warner Bros. just about the time sound was being introduced into films. He did much work for Warners, but he also made films at Goldwyn ...
5. Azucena Hernández
Actress | Bacanal en directo
Azucena Hernández was born on March 22, 1960 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. She was an actress, known for Bacanal en directo (1979), El consenso (1980) and Las eróticas vacaciones de Stela (1978). She died on December 4, 2019 in Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
6. Bert Lahr
Actor | The Wizard of Oz
Fittingly known to be a "Leo" for his horoscope, Bert Lahr is always remembered as the Cowardly Lion in (and the farmer "Zeke") The Wizard of Oz (1939). But during his acting career, he has been known for being in burlesque, vaudeville, and Broadway.
Dropped out of high school at the age of fifteen ...
7. Bryan O'Byrne
Actor | Spaceballs
Bryan O'Byrne was born on February 6, 1931 in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Spaceballs (1987), The Car (1977) and Get Smart (1965). He died on December 4, 2009 in Pacifica, California, USA.
8. Carl Esmond
Actor | From the Earth to the Moon
Born Willy Eichberger in Vienna, Austria, he changed his name to the ethnically nondescript Carl Esmond and went on to become a well-regarded actor both here and in Europe, a career that sustained itself for nearly 50 years. He initially studied drama in Vienna at the State Academy of Dramatic Arts...
9. Carles Santos
Composer | Minimalet Minimalot
Born in Valencia, Spain in 1940, composer Carles Santos studied piano in Barcelona and eventually established a discography steeped in the practices of avant garde colleagues Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, and John Cage. From the latter, Santos showed a preoccupation with silence as a part of ...
10. Charles Lester Kinsolving
Actor | Gettysburg
Charles Lester "Les" Kinsolving come from a distinguished family of clerics. He was an Episcopal minister and then became a news reporter. Les has worked at many newspapers. He is now a syndicated 'Talk Show Host' for WCBM-680AM in Baltimore, MD.
11. Chris Carney
Self | Twentyfourseven
Chris Carney was born on August 19, 1980 in Ohio, USA. He was married to Tiffany Thornton. He died on December 4, 2015 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
12. Christine Keeler
Actress | Mujrim Kaun?
Christine Keeler was born on February 22, 1942 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mujrim Kaun? (1968), Bryan Ferry: Kiss and Tell (1988) and The Christine Keeler Story (1963). She was married to Anthony Piatt and James Levermore. She died on December 4, 2017 in ...
13. Claudio Rodríguez
Actor | Catarsis
Claudio Rodríguez was born on August 31, 1933 in Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain. He was an actor, known for Catarsis (2004), Tristana (1970) and El invierno en Lisboa (1991). He died on December 4, 2019 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
14. Crahan Denton
Actor | The Parent Trap
Crahan Denton was born on March 20, 1914 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for The Parent Trap (1961), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and The Young One (1960). He was married to Eleanor Brown and Frances Elizabeth Reavis. He died on December 4, 1966 in San Francisco, California, USA.
15. Dante Zavatarelli
Self | Todos los goles
Dante Zavatarelli was born on November 6, 1937 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on December 4, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
16. Edward Binns
Actor | 12 Angry Men
Gravel-voiced, authoritative American character actor, a reliable presence on screen for more than four decades.
Edward Thomas Binns was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Esther (Bracken) and Edward Thoms Binns. His family were Quakers. He was a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and ...
17. Frank Zappa
Soundtrack | Baby Snakes
Of all the qualities that typified Frank Zappa, perhaps the most striking is that he was a paradox. A workaholic perfectionist rock star who eschewed the hippie culture of the 1960s, deploring its conformism, spurious ideals and drug use, Zappa was not only a brilliant rock guitarist but an ...
18. Jack Mercer
Actor | Popeye
His parents were actors, but Jack decided to pursue his love of art. He got a job as an inbetweener (rookie animator) at the Fleischer studio. Dave Fleischer happened to hear him singing the Popeye theme song in a funny voice, and asked Jack to try voicing one cartoon. He later became a writer at ...
19. Javier Aguirre
Director | Tiempo abierto
Javier Aguirre was born on June 13, 1935 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Tiempo abierto (1963), Pasajes tres (lo viejo, lo nuevo y más) (1961) and El insólito embarazo de los Martínez (1974). He was married to ...
20. Karen Montgomery
Actress | Star Trek: The Next Generation
Karen Montgomery was born on November 28, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Coast to Coast (1980) and Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). She was married to Christopher Monger. She died on December 4, 2015 in Los Angeles, ...
21. Lee Kinsolving
Actor | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Gifted, poetic actor who never fulfilled his potential. The son of an Episcopal minister and the eldest of four, Kinsolving began acting after his first year of college. A Method actor, Kinsolving studied under Mary Welch of the famed Actors Studio in New York.
After a short turn on Broadway, he was...
22. Leila Hyams
Actress | Freaks
Leila Hyams was one of the top leading ladies of the early talkie pre-code years. She was a likable, pleasing actress with a charming presence. She had much spark, personality and charisma, and a touch of down-to-earthiness and naturalness that won over movie fans; they could relate to her. A ...
23. Leonard Goldberg
Producer | WarGames
Leonard Goldberg has long been considered one of the entertainment industry's most talented, successful and creative executives and producers of feature films, television series and films made directly for television. He and his production company, "Mandy Films, Inc.", are currently associated with...
24. Manuel Tejada
Actor | Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days
Manuel Tejada was born on July 18, 1940 in Puente de Génave, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor, known for Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012), The Last Circus (2010) and Cañas y barro (1978). He died on December 4, 2019 in Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.
25. Margaret Whitton
Actress | Major League
Brassy blonde actress Margaret Whitton was born on November 30, 1949, at Fort Meade, a U.S. Army base in the suburbs of Baltimore. Her father being an Army colonel and mother a nurse, there was much traveling in Margaret's early life and she spent her early years in Japan. Returning to the states, ...
26. Michael O'Shea
Actor | Lady of Burlesque
His five brothers all became policemen, encouraged on by their father, but Hartford-born Irish-American Michael O'Shea defied family tradition and turned to acting. Born on March 17, 1906, Michael dropped out of school at age 12 and went the vaudeville route, touring with his boxing idol Jack ...
27. Miguel Calero
Self | Fútbol RCN
28. Pamela Jean Bryant
Actress | Don't Answer the Phone!
Lovely, buxom and shapely blonde knockout Pamela Jean Bryant was born on February 8, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Bryant attended Indiana University as a telecommunications major. Pamela was the Playmate of the Month in the April, 1978 issue of "Playboy". She had previously appeared in the ...
29. Pat McCaffrie
Actor | Get Smart
Pat McCaffrie was born on January 12, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Get Smart (1965), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) and One Step Beyond (1959). He died on December 4, 1992 in Orange, California, USA.
30. Pimp C
Soundtrack | 2 Fast 2 Furious
Pimp C was born on December 29, 1973 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA. He was a composer, known for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Shaft (2000) and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). He died on December 4, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Pimp C
31. Pina Pellicer
Actress | One-Eyed Jacks
Pina Pellicer was, and still is, one of the most beloved Mexican actresses of all time. She set a standard for realism in a time when "melodrama" and "artificial" acting still ran rampant. She was best known for her groundbreaking performance in One-Eyed Jacks (1961) with Marlon Brando. She is ...
32. Richard Vernon
Actor | Goldfinger
Dignified, aristocratic-looking Richard Vernon was born to English parents in Kenya. He was educated at Reading and Leighton Park Schools and commenced his acting career near the end of his wartime service with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, producing, directing and starring in a production of ...
33. Robert Karnes
Actor | Inside Detective
Robert Karnes was born on June 19, 1917 in Watsonville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky King, Detective (1950), Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and Police Story (1973). He was married to Doris Karnes. He died on December 4, 1979 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA.
34. Robert Loggia
Actor | Big
Born and raised in New York City, Robert Loggia studied journalism at the University of Missouri before moving back to New York to pursue acting. He trained at the Actors Studio while doing stage work. From the late 1950s he was a familiar face on TV, usually as authoritative figures. Loggia also ...
35. Robert Parrish
Director | Casino Royale
Robert Parrish was an Academy Award-winning film editor who also directed and acted in movies. As a child he appeared in films during the early 1930s, such as City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). As an editor he won an Academy Award for ...
36. Rosa Morena
Soundtrack | Flor salvaje
Rosa Morena was born on July 11, 1941 in Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. She was an actress, known for Flor salvaje (1965), El secreto de las esmeraldas (1968) and Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001). She died on December 4, 2019 in Badajoz, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
37. Rouben Mamoulian
Director | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Rouben Mamoulian was born on October 8, 1897 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Applause (1929) and Becky Sharp (1935). He was married to Catharine Azadia Newman. He died on December 4, 1987 in ...
39. Shashi Kapoor
Actor | Deewaar
Shashi Kapoor is one of the leading actors of Indian cinema having appeared in 160 movies - 12 in English and 148 in Hindi. He has appeared in 148 Hindi films - of them played the solo lead hero in 61 films, was lead hero in 53 released multi star cast Hindi films, 2 unreleased multi star film and ...
40. Sheila Mercier
Actress | Emmerdale Farm
Born January 1st 1919 in Hull Sheila started her stage career with Sir Donald Wolfit;s company as did her brother, Brian Rix, During the war she was a WAAF adjutant then in 1955 she joined her brother's Whitehall Theatre Company and was with him for 11 years .She joined the new television soap ...
41. Socrates
Self | Sambafotboll
Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio DE Souza Vieira DE Oliveira, simply known as Sócrates, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with style and quality of his play, earned him the nickname "Doctor Socrates".
Easily recognizable for ...
42. Thomas Elsaesser
Director | Die Sonneninsel
Thomas Elsaesser was born on June 22, 1943 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Sun Island (2017), From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014) and Film Genre (2002). He was married to Silvia Vega-Llona. He died on December 4, 2019 in Beijing, ...
43. Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Actor | Voyna i mir
Vyacheslav Tikhonov was one of Russian cinema's best known faces, he survived hardship during the Second World War, and became renown for his portrayal of Russian aristocrats and intellectuals in several award-winning films, such as War and Peace (1965) and White Bim Black Ear (1977).
He was born ...
44. Willard Parker
Actor | The Earth Dies Screaming
As New York-born Worcester Van Eps, he was a meter reader who turned professional tennis player, In 1937, aged 25, however, he parlayed his fair-haired good looks and obvious athleticism into an acting career and changed his name to the friendlier and less ethnic marquee moniker (common during that...
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