2017 deaths

1. William T. Marshall

Producer | Outrageous!

William T. Marshall was born in 1939 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Outrageous! (1977), The Naked Country (1985) and Dr. Frankenstein on Campus (1970). He was married to Sari Ruda. He died on January 1, 2017 in Toronto, Canada.

2. Abis Rizvi

Producer | T for Taj Mahal

Abis Rizvi was born on February 27, 1967 in Bandra, West Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He was a producer and writer, known for T for Taj Mahal (2018), Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans (2014) and ism (2016). He died on January 1, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.

3. Ben Forster

Actor | Thomas & Friends: A Very Thomas Christmas

Ben Forster was born in 1958 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thomas & Friends: A Very Thomas Christmas (2012), Thomas and Friends: Curious Cargo (2012) and Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations (2012). He died on January 2, 2017 in London, England.

4. Richard Machowicz

Actor | Gamer

Richard "Mack" Machowicz is best known as the host/producer of Discovery Channel's FutureWeapons and Weapons that Changed the World. He was also the host of Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior and History Channel's Ultimate Soldier Challenge. Mack offered his military and weapons expertise as a key ...

5. Alan Surgal

Writer | Mickey One

Alan Surgal was born on November 12, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Mickey One (1965), Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) and The Two Lives of Carol Letner (1981). He was married to Florence Small. He died on January 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, ...

6. Salo Pasik

Actor | Los amores de Kafka

Salo Pasik was born on September 11, 1945 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was an actor, known for The Loves of Kafka (1988), Fronteras (2011) and Amor en custodia (2005). He died on January 3, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.

7. Dick Flanigan

Actor | Lenny's Inferno

Obituary for Richard E. "Dick" Flanigan.

Richard E. "Dick" Flanigan, age 81, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, following a short illness. He was born in Rockford, Illinois, USA, on 10 December 1935, the son of Paul and Zeta ( Grady) Flanigan. Following high school, Dick served in the U.S. Army ...

8. Francine York

Actress | The Family Man

Francine York was born in the small mining town of Aurora, Minnesota to her parents, Frank and Sophie Yerich. When Francine was five, her family (including her younger sister, Deanne) moved to Cleveland, where she began to write short stories and take an interest in acting. At age nine, Francine ...

9. Om Puri

Actor | The Hundred-Foot Journey

Om Puri was an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE.

Puri was born in Ambala, Haryana. His father worked on the railways and served in the Indian Army. Puri ...

10. Tilikum

Captured when he was two years old, Tilikum was a whale who spent over three decades in captivity, trained by SeaWorld to perform tricks and stunts. Controversy began to mount around him after he was involved in the death of a trainer in 2010, with much public outcry as it was revealed that he had ...

11. Ming-Ming Hsiao

Actress | Hei jian gui jing tian

Ming-Ming Hsiao was born on December 21, 1941 in Taiwan. She was an actress, known for The Darkest Sword (1970), Die wang nu jin gang (1967) and Tou tiao hao han (1971). She died on January 7, 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan.

12. Buddy Bregman

Soundtrack | Run Fatboy Run

An internationally recognized producer, director, writer, composer, conductor, arranger and musical director. Since the 1950s, Bregman has worked with many of the biggest names in the business. After high school, Bregman attended the University of California. During his sophomore year, he arranged ...

13. Nadezda Gajerová

Actress | Jeste svatba nebyla

Nadezda Gajerová was born on March 11, 1928 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She was an actress, known for Jeste svatba nebyla (1954), At' zije Republika (1965) and Neporazení (1956). She died on January 8, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.

14. Nicolai Gedda

Soundtrack | Deep Impact

Nicolai Harry Gustav Gedda (Nikolaj Ustinov) was born on July 11, 1925, in Stockholm, Sweden. He was adopted by his Russian-Swedish aunt, named Olga Gedda, and her Russian husband, named Mikhail Ustinov; who came to Sweden after the Russian Civil War and sang with an émigré Don Cossac choir and ...

15. Teresa Ann Savoy

Actress | Caligola

Teresa Ann Savoy was born on July 18, 1955 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Caligula (1979), Madam Kitty (1976) and Bambina (1974). She died on January 9, 2017 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

16. Patrick Henry

Producer | Kicked in the Nuts!

Patrick Henry was born on November 5, 1971 in Richmond. He was a producer and writer, known for Kicked in the Nuts! (2003), Family Guy (1999) and The Cleveland Show (2009). He died on January 9, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

17. Zygmunt Bauman

Writer | La novia de Poznan'

Zygmunt Bauman was born on November 19, 1925 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for La novia de Poznan' (2014), The Swedish Theory of Love (2015) and The Trouble with Being Human These Days (2013). He was married to Aleksandra Jasinska-Kania and Janina Bauman. He died on ...

18. Tony Rosato

Actor | Night Heat

Tony Rosato was born on December 26, 1954 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Heat (1985), SCTV (1976) and Seeds of Doubt (1998). He was married to Leah Murray. He died on January 10, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

19. Buddy Greco

Soundtrack | It Runs in the Family

Singer, composer songwriter, and pianist who conducted his own trio from 1944 to 1949 and thereafter performed with, and arranged for, the Benny Goodman orchestra into 1952. He sang in theatres and night clubs, and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1957, his popular-song compositions include "...

20. A.K. Qureshi

Sound_department | Ovishap

A.K. Qureshi was born on May 8, 1937 in East Bengal, British India. He was an actor, known for Ovishap (1967), Chetona (1989) and Neel Akasher Nichey (1969). He died on January 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

21. Gil Roper

Actor | Blood Salvage

Gil Roper was born on October 13, 1933 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Blood Salvage (1990), Basket Case 3 (1991) and Pet Sematary II (1992). He died on January 10, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

22. William Peter Blatty

Writer | The Exorcist

William Peter Blatty was born on January 7, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Exorcist (1973), The Exorcist III (1990) and The Ninth Configuration (1980). He was married to Julie Alicia Witbrodt, Linda Blatty, Elizabeth Gilman and Mary Margaret Rigard. ...

23. Meir Banai

Music_department | Cafe Paris

Meir Banai was born on July 5, 1961 in Be'er Sheva, Israel. He was an actor, known for Cafe Paris (1996), Ha-Hofesh Ha'Acharon (1989) and Lo Kolel Sherut (1990). He was married to Anat Peri-Builder. He died on January 12, 2017 in Ganot, Israel.

24. Dick Gautier

Actor | Transformers

Dick Gautier was born on October 30, 1931 in Culver City, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Transformers (1984), G.I. Joe (1985) and Get Smart (1965). He was married to Tess Hightower, Barbara Stuart and Beverly J. Gerber. He died on January 13, 2017 in Arcadia, California,...

25. Horacio Guarany

Actor | El grito en la sangre

Horacio Guarany was born on May 15, 1925 in Las Garzas, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for El grito en la sangre (2014), Si se calla el cantor (1973) and La vuelta de Martín Fierro (1974). He died on January 13, 2017 in Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

26. Michel Siry

Production_manager | The Sum of All Fears

Michel Siry was born on June 7, 1950 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Sum of All Fears (2002), Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994) and Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014). He died on January 13, 2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

27. Håkon Liu

Director | Miss Kicki

Håkon Liu was born on November 26, 1975 in Kirkenäs, Norway. He was a director and writer, known for Miss Kicki (2009), Nights in Love (2005) and Borg vs. McEnroe (2017). He died on January 14, 2017 in Sweden.

28. Sam Shamshak

Actor | Bulworth

Sam Shamshak was born on May 23, 1937. He was an actor, known for Bulworth (1998), Diff'rent Strokes (1978) and Dream Machine (1991). He died on January 15, 2017 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

29. Jimmy Snuka

Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling

Jimmy Snuka is a classic example of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (formerly known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF)) bad guy who became a baby-face (a good guy) without trying. Originally a "heel", he came into the WWE under the guidance of heel manager Capt. Lou Albano. After receiving...

30. Eugene Cernan

Writer | The Last Man on the Moon

Cernan was born on March 14, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a Czech-American mother, Rose (Cihlar), and a Slovak-American father, Andrew Cernan. He graduated from Proviso Township High School in Maywood, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue...

31. Meral Sayin

Actor | Kader yollarimizi ayiriyor

Meral Sayin was born on October 20, 1936 in Ipsala, Edirne, Turkey. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Kader yollarimizi ayiriyor (1962), Siyah gül (1966) and Burçak tarlasi (1966). He died on January 16, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.

32. William Margold

Actor | Carnal's Cuties

William Margold was born on October 2, 1943 in Washington, D.C. Margold was the son of Nathan Margold, who was a Harvard Law School graduate who served as the Solicitor General of the Department of Interior under President Harry S. Truman. William attended Alexander Hamilton High School in West Los...

33. Gita Sen

Actress | Khandhar

Gita Sen was born on October 30, 1930 in British india. She was an actress, known for Khandhar (1984), Mahaprithivi (1992) and Arohan (1983). She was married to Mrinal Sen. She died on January 17, 2017 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

34. Joel Schiller

Art_department | The Graduate

Joel Schiller was born on November 24, 1930 in the USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Graduate (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Muppet Movie (1979). He died on January 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

35. Roberta Peters

Actress | City Hall

Roberta Peters was born on May 4, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for City Hall (1996), The Captive (2014) and Die Zauberflöte (1964). She was married to Bertram Fields and Robert Merrill. She died on January 18, 2017 in Rye, New York, USA.

36. Miguel Ferrer

Actor | Traffic

Miguel Ferrer was an American actor known for playing Morton from RoboCop, Shan Yu from Mulan, Martian Manhunter from Justice League: The New Frontier, Slade Wilson from Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Death from Adventure Time, Sesa Refumee from Halo 2 and Vice President Rodriguez from Iron Man 3...

37. Michael Harm

Location_management | World War Z

Michael Harm was born on December 25, 1965 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was a production manager and actor, known for World War Z (2013), Match Point (2005) and The Gunman (2015). He died on January 19, 2017 in London, England, UK.

38. Joy Coghill

Actress | Double Jeopardy

Joy Coghill was born on May 13, 1926 in Findlater, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Double Jeopardy (1999), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and The Beachcombers (1972). She was married to John Thorne. She died on January 20, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

39. Junie Morrison

Soundtrack | Free Guy

Junie Morrison was born in 1954 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Junie was a composer, known for Free Guy (2021), Charlie's Angels (2000) and Dope (2015). Junie died on January 21, 2017 in London, England, UK.

40. Werner Nekes

Director | Hynningen

Werner Nekes was born on April 29, 1944 in Erfurt, Germany. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Hynningen (1984), Beuys (1981) and Jüm-Jüm (1967). He was married to Dore O.. He died on January 22, 2017 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany.

41. Naqsh Lyallpuri

Music_department | Deewaangee

Naqsh Lyallpuri was born on February 24, 1928 in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India. He was a writer, known for Deewaangee (1976), Paapi (1977) and Dil... Akhir Dil Hai (1982). He was married to Kamlesh. He died on January 22, 2017 in Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

42. Bimba Bosé

Actress | Julieta

Bimba Bosé was born on October 1, 1975 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for Julieta (2016), The Consul of Sodom (2009) and La que se avecina (2007). She was married to Diego Postigo. She died on January 23, 2017 in Madrid, Spain.

43. Mary Webster

Actress | The Twilight Zone

Mary Webster was born on March 13, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Master of the World (1961) and Everglades! (1961). She died on January 23, 2017 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

44. Gorden Kaye

Actor | 'Allo 'Allo!

Gorden Kaye was born on April 7, 1941 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 'Allo 'Allo! (1982), Brazil (1985) and Born and Bred (1978). He died on January 23, 2017 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, UK.

45. Johann Ofner

Self | Australian Ninja Warrior

Johann Ofner died on January 23, 2017 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

46. Timo T.A. Mikkonen

Producer | Vuosikymmenen käännekohdat

Timo T.A. Mikkonen was born on June 15, 1947 in Helsinki, Finland. He was a producer and actor, known for Vuosikymmenen käännekohdat (1980), Liian iso keikka (1986) and Dispatches (1987). He was married to Nina Mikkonen and Tuire Mikkonen. He died on January 24, 2017 in Finland.

47. Kevin Geer

Actor | The Pelican Brief

Kevin Geer's celebrated acting career includes appearances in feature film, on television, Broadway, Off-Broadway and London's West End. He recently completed one of the lead roles in the independent feature film Bunker Hill, from director Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States of America). Geer ...

48. John Hurt

Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four

One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...

49. Mary Tyler Moore

Actress | Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on December 29, 1936. Moore's family relocated to California when she was eight. Her childhood was troubled, due in part to her mother's alcoholism. The eldest of three siblings, she attended a Catholic high school and married upon her graduation, in...

50. Mike Connors

Actor | Mannix

He once jokingly described himself as 'a frustrated song-and-dance man' who wound up typecast as a TV crime fighter. Tall, handsome Armenian-American Mike Connors had a minor career in the movies before becoming a star on the small screen as the impeccably dressed macho sleuth Joe Mannix. Towards ...

51. Stephen Joyce

Actor | Matinee Theater

Stephen Joyce was an American stage, television and film actor. He was born in New York City, to Stephen James Joyce and Ruth Rita Reilly. The family moved to Brooklyn, and he attended Catholic schools, Xavier High School and Fordham University (where he majored in theater). He married Billie Jean ...

52. Barbara Hale

Actress | Perry Mason

Barbara Hale was born on April 18, 1922 in DeKalb, Illinois, to Wilma (née Colvin) and Luther Ezra Hale, a landscape gardener. She had one sister, Juanita. As a young girl, she intended to major in art and drawing but to work her way through The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, she began her ...

53. Emmanuelle Riva

Actress | Hiroshima mon amour

An only child, Emmanuelle was born Paulette Germaine Riva in Cheniménil, but eventually grew up in Remiremont. Her mother, Jeanne Fernande Nourdin, was a seamstress. Her father, René Alfred "Alfredo" Riva, was a sign writer. Her paternal grandfather was Italian. She dreamed of becoming an actress ...

54. Frank Tidy

Cinematographer | Chain Reaction

Frank Tidy was born on May 17, 1932 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Chain Reaction (1996), Under Siege (1992) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992). He was married to Maureen Catherine Corcoran. He died on January 27, 2017 in Kent, England, UK.

55. Robert Ellis Miller

Director | The Buttercup Chain

Robert Ellis Miller was born on July 18, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Buttercup Chain (1970), Alcoa Premiere (1961) and Breaking Point (1963). He was married to Pola Miller. He died on January 27, 2017 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

56. Eléonore Hirt

Actress | Un amour de sorcière

Eléonore Hirt was born on December 19, 1919 in Basel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for A Witch's Way of Love (1997), Comédie (1966) and Le journal (1979). She was married to Michel Piccoli and André Rouyer. She died on January 27, 2017 in Longjumeau, Essonne, France.

57. Richard Portman

Sound_department | Star Wars

Portman entered the film industry in 1957, as a trainee at Columbia Pictures. In 1959 he joined the Samuel Goldwyn Studio as a junior engineer, rising to the position of Assistant Supervising Sound Recording Engineer. In 1970 he joined Robert Altman at the Lion's Gate facility, serving as Sound ...

58. Stanley Kallis

Producer | Police Story

Stanley Kallis was born on September 5, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Police Story (1973), The Glitter Dome (1984) and Roadracers (1959). He was married to Lucetta. He died on January 28, 2017 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.

59. Lech Branski

Sound_department | Kochaj i rób co chcesz

Lech Branski was born on January 13, 1949 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a composer, known for Kochaj i rób co chcesz (1998), Girl Guide (1995) and Czule miejsca (1981). He died on January 29, 2017 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

60. Frank Pellegrino

Actor | Goodfellas

Frank Pellegrino was born on May 19, 1944 in East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Goodfellas (1990), Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). He was married to Josephine Nicita. He died on January 31, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City...

61. Rob Stewart

Director | Sharkwater

Rob Stewart is an award-winning biologist, photographer, conservationist and filmmaker. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Stewart began photographing underwater when he was 13. By the age of 18 he became a scuba instructor and then moved on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, ...

62. David Shepard

Producer | Monte Cristo

David Shepard was born on October 22, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Monte Cristo (1922), The Age of Ballyhoo (1973) and The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975). He died on January 31, 2017 in Medford, Oregon, USA.

63. Lars-Erik Berenett

Actor | Hassel/Förgörarna

Lars-Erik Berenett was born on December 23, 1942 in Skellefteå, Västerbottens län, Sweden. He was an actor and writer, known for Hassel/Förgörarna (2000), Roland Hassel (2012) and Kråsnålen (1988). He was married to Evabritt Strandberg and Maria Kulle. He died on February 1, ...

64. Stig Grybe

Actor | 91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han)

Stig Grybe was born on July 18, 1928 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor and writer, known for 91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han) (1959), Femte generationen (1986) and Skägget i brevlådan (2008). He was married to Marie-Louise Engstrand. He died on February 1, 2017 in Sweden.

65. Sandra Aranha

Actress | Spice Sisters

Sandra Aranha was born on January 28, 1958 in New Delhi, India. She was an actress, known for Spice Sisters (2016) and Australia's Got Talent (2007). She died on February 1, 2017 in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

66. Jeanne Austin

Actress | The Funhouse

Jeanne Austin was born on February 17, 1940 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Funhouse (1981) and Stuckey's Last Stand (1980). She died on February 1, 2017 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.

67. Satara Silver

Actress | Being Mary Jane

Satara is an actor (starting age 3 with Disney), she enjoyed indie films thus often working with smaller film companies like Fire Fuel, but also larger companies like Troma. Satara did enjoy the filmmaking process thus also working on Being Mary Jane, BET., with Tyler Perry on many shows or to full...

68. John Gay

Writer | Separate Tables

John Gay was born on April 1, 1924 in Whittier, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Separate Tables (1958), Lux Video Theatre (1950) and Run Silent Run Deep (1958). He was married to Barbara (Bobbie) Elizabeth Meyer. He died on February 4, 2017 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

69. Georgiy Taratorkin

Actor | Prestuplenie i nakazanie

Georgiy Taratorkin was born on January 11, 1945 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Crime and Punishment (1970), Lyubov imperatora (2002) and Otklonenie - nol (1978). He was married to Ekaterina Markova. He died on February 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

70. Björn Granath

Actor | Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Björn Granath was born on April 5, 1946 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) and Evil (2003). He was married to Annmargret Fyregård. He died on February 5, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.

71. Irwin Corey

Actor | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost Authority," was born on July 29, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York. He and his five siblings were wards of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and during the Great Depression, he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corp. Possessing brawn as well as brains, ...

72. Ming Kao

Actor | Xia nü

Ming Kao was born on September 8, 1933 in Chiayi, Taiwan. He was an actor, known for A Touch of Zen (1971), Wu lin long hu dou (1970) and Tie niang zi (1969). He died on February 6, 2017 in Wanli, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

73. Alec McCowen

Actor | Never Say Never Again

Alec McCowen was born Alexander Duncan McCowan on May 26, 1925 in Tunbridge Wells, England. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in 1942. He established his reputation in classical stage roles, appearing in the ensemble of Laurence Olivier's famed ...

74. Christine Dolce

Actress | The Dark Forest

Christine Dolce was born on August 31, 1981 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Dark Forest (2014), Guys Choice (2007) and Byte Me: 20 Hottest Women of the Web (2008). She died on February 6, 2017 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.

75. Fun Lo

Actress | Maang taam

Fun Lo was born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. She was an actress, known for Blind Detective (2013), The Raid (1991) and Street Angels (1996). She died on February 6, 2017 in Hong Kong.

76. John Ahrens

Actor | For Never

John Ahrens (1963-2017) was a New York City based actor. John attended the University of New Haven and from there went on to work in the music industry. In music he worked his way up into the major A&R marketing distribution divisions at Warner, Elektra, Atlantic. After leaving the music industry ...

77. 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 ...

78. Olive Dunbar

Actress | The Lottery

Olive Dunbar was born on March 30, 1925 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lottery (1969), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). She was married to William Keene. She died on February 8, 2017 in Ithaca, New York, USA.

79. Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Actress | An Ideal Husband

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, or TP-T as she had become widely recognised by the nation, first rose to fame in the 1990s when she was a budding writer and fashion enthusiast eager to share her views with the world by entering into a newly-found London lifestyle--a big change from her quintessentially ...

80. Breck Wilson

Actor | Clueless

Breck Wilson was born in Carthage, Missouri and attended college at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In 1990 he headed west on Route 66 out of Carthage and landed on the Santa Monica Pier. When confronted by the Pacific Ocean, he decided to back track briefly 22 miles to Hollywood. After...

81. Kazim Akboga

Actor | Therapie

Kazim Akboga was an actor, known for Therapie (2016) and Der Wedding kommt (2016). He died on February 9, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.

82. Chavo Guerrero Sr.

Actor | Streets of Rage

Chavo Guerrero Sr. was born on January 7, 1949 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Streets of Rage (1993), The One and Only (1978) and Alligator II: The Mutation (1991). He was married to Nancy Vasquez. He died on February 11, 2017 in El Paso, Texas, USA.

83. Jirô Taniguchi

Art_department | Kodoku no gurume

Jirô Taniguchi was born on August 12, 1947 in Tottori, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for The Solitary Gourmet (2012), Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016) and The Summit of the Gods (2021). He died on February 11, 2017.

84. Al Jarreau

Soundtrack | Moonlighting

Al Jarreau was born on March 12, 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Moonlighting (1985), Dick Tracy (1990) and Out of Africa (1985). He was married to Susan Player and Phyllis Hall. He died on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

85. Krystyna Sienkiewicz

Actress | Zwariowana noc

Krystyna Sienkiewicz was born on February 14, 1935 in Ostrów Mazowiecka, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Zwariowana noc (1967), Lydia Ate the Apple (1958) and Motodrama (1971). She was married to Andrzej Przylubski and Wlodzimierz Rylski. She died on February 12, 2017 in Warsaw, ...

86. Richard Tassé

Art_department | Johnny Mnemonic

Richard Tassé was born on March 21, 1954 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a production designer and art director, known for Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Feardotcom (2002) and L'assassin jouait du trombone (1991). He died on February 12, 2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

87. Barbara Carroll

Actress | Hollywood Ending

Songwriter, pianist and composer, educated at the New England Conservatory. She made a USA tour with an instrumental trio, and was a pianist in night clubs and in the Broadway musical "Me and Juliet." She made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1956, her popular-song compositions include "Barbara's ...

88. Marek Serafinski

Director | Wyscig

Marek Serafinski was born on July 12, 1954 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. Marek was a producer and director, known for Wyscig (1990), Son of Stars (2006) and Narodziny (1995). Marek died on February 12, 2017 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

89. Seijun Suzuki

Director | Tsigoineruwaizen

Seijun Suzuki was born in Nihonbashi, Tôkyô, on May 24, 1923. In 1943, he entered the army to fight at the front. In 1946, he enrolled in the film department of the Kamakura Academy and passed the assistant director's exam. For the next few years, he worked as an assistant director at several ...

90. Gerald Hirschfeld

Cinematographer | Young Frankenstein

Gerald Hirschfeld was born on April 25, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Young Frankenstein (1974), Mr. Smith (1983) and The Car (1977). He was married to Julia Tucker and Sarnell Ogus. He died on February 13, 2017 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.

91. Jong-Nam Kim

Producer | Silent Venom

Jong-Nam Kim was born on May 10, 1971 in Pyongyang, North Korea. He was an actor and producer, known for Silent Venom (2009), Geudeul-ui moseub-eseo (1985) and Frontline (1983). He was married to Hye-Kyong Lee and Jong-Hui Shin. He died on February 13, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

92. Ya'akov Gross

Director | Shuv Zorachat Shemesh

Ya'akov Gross was born on April 16, 1949 in Lodzh, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for The Sun Rises Again (1990), Bonim V'Lohamim (1997) and Dreamers and Builders 1920 - 1926 (1997). He died on February 15, 2017 in Israel.

93. 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 ...

94. Ben Hu Wang

Writer | Yin jian xiang ma, Chui gu chui

Ben Hu Wang was born on December 6, 1953 in Tainan County, Taiwan, Republic of China. He was a writer, known for Yin jian xiang ma, Chui gu chui (1988), The Daughter-in-Law (1995) and That Vital Organ (1991). He died on February 16, 2017 in Tainan City, Taiwan, Republic of China.

95. Warren Frost

Actor | Twin Peaks

Born and raised in upstate Vermont, Warren Frost left home at age 17 to enlist in the United States Navy during World War II, serving aboard the destroyer escort USS Borum (DE-790) in Europe during the Normandy landings. After his service, he worked mainly in theater. He had a doctorate in theater ...

96. Nicole Bass

Actress | Private Parts

Nicole Bass was born on August 10, 1964 in Middle Village, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Private Parts (1997), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Raw (1993). She was married to Robert Fuchs. She died on February 17, 2017 in the USA.

97. Richard Schickel

Producer | The Big Red One

Richard Schickel was born on February 10, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Big Red One (1980), Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente (1987) and Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005). He was married to Carol Rubenstein and ...

98. Witold Adamek

Cinematographer | Krótki film o milosci

Witold Adamek was born on November 7, 1945 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a cinematographer and director, known for A Short Film About Love (1988), Yesterday (1985) and Television Theater (1953). He died on February 18, 2017 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

99. Jen Apgar

Actress | Cold Mountain

Jen Apgar was born on May 21, 1972. She was an actress, known for Cold Mountain (2003), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She was married to Jiri Vala. She died on February 19, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

100. Danuta Szaflarska

Actress | Pora umierac

Danuta Szaflarska was born on February 6, 1915 in Kosarzyska, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kosarzyska, Piwniczna-Zdrój, Malopolskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Time to Die (2007), Diably, diably (1991) and Pozegnanie z Maria (1993). She was married to Janusz Kilanski and Jan Ekier. She...