Deaths: January 3

1. Phil Everly

Soundtrack | Tequila Sunrise

Phil Everly was born on January 19, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Tequila Sunrise (1988), Flipped (2010) and Bull Durham (1988). He was married to Patrice Yvonne Arnold, Patricia Mickey and Jacqueline Alice Ertel. He died on January 3, 2014 in Burbank, ...

2. 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, ...

3. Alicia Rhett

Actress | Gone with the Wind

Alicia Rhett was born on February 1, 1915 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Gone with the Wind (1939). She died on January 3, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

4. Anil Panachooran

Music_department | Kammara Sambhavam

Anil Panachooran was born on November 20, 1965 in Kayamkulam, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Kammara Sambhavam (2018), Cocktail (2010) and Oru Mexican Aparatha (2017). He was married to Maya. He died on January 3, 2021 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

5. AnnaRose King

Writer | Good Enough

AnnaRose King was born on September 12, 1985 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She was a writer and director, known for Good Enough (2016), American Viral (2014) and Spanish Rice (2013). She was married to Michael Telis. She died on January 3, 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

6. Barbara Shelley

Actress | Quatermass and the Pit

The sexy Barbara Shelley was born Barbara Kowin on February 13, 1932 in London, England. With her beautiful looks and stature, she worked as a model during her salad days. Her film career began in Italy in the mid-1950s in such tempting fare as Luna nova (1955) and Nero's Mistress (1956), but when ...

7. Bo Winberg

Actor | Drra på - Kul grej på väg till Götet

Bo Winberg was born on March 27, 1939 in Göteborg, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Drra på - Kul grej på väg till Götet (1967), A Lothario's Lament (2013) and BingoLotto (1989). He died on January 3, 2020 in Göteborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden.

8. Christine de Rivoyre

Writer | Les Sultans

Christine de Rivoyre was born on November 29, 1921 in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. She was a writer, known for Les Sultans (1966), La mandarine (1972) and Le petit matin (1971). She died on January 3, 2019 in Paris, France.

9. Christopher Beeny

Actor | Upstairs, Downstairs

British light leading man, on stage from 1951 and in films from 1953. Having initially aspired to be a dancer, Beeny joined the Ballet Rambert company in London at the age of eight but later switched to acting and eventually graduated from RADA in 1959. By then he had already achieved a measure of ...

10. Conrad Hilton

Actor | Playhouse 90

Hotel magnate Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born on Christmas Day of 1887 in San Antonio, New Mexico. He was the son of Mary Genevive (Laufersweiler), who was of German descent, and August Halvorsen Hilton, a Norwegian immigrant, born in Hilton, Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway. His father ran a string ...

11. Derek Acorah

Actor | Bulla... Big Fat Gypsy Gangster

Derek Acorah was born on January 27, 1950 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011), Doctor Who (2005) and Crispy's Curse (2017). He was married to Gwen Acorah, Barbara Keeton and Joan Hughes. He died on January 3, 2020 in Bootle, Lancashire, ...

12. Dick Curtis

Actor | Racing Luck

Tall, hulking character actor Dick Curtis spent years at Columbia Pictures menacing everyone from cowboy star Charles Starrett to the slapstick team of The Three Stooges. Curtis, unlike many movie villains, showed a genuine flair for comedy--especially physical comedy--in his many appearances in ...

13. Dick Kulpa

Actor | Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

Dick Kulpa was an actor, known for Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000). He died on January 3, 2021 in Boynton Beach, Florida, USA.

14. Edward J. Nugent

Actor | Rio Grande Romance

Edward J. Nugent was born on February 7, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Rio Grande Romance (1936), She Loves Me Not (1934) and Behind Stone Walls (1932). He was married to Suzanne W.. He died on January 3, 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.

15. Emily Dole

Actress | GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Emily Dole was born on September 28, 1957 in Orange, California, USA. She was an actress, known for GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (1986), Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989) and Son in Law (1993). She died on January 3, 2018 in Orange, California, USA.

16. Eric Dickey

Writer | One Night

Eric Dickey was born on July 7, 1961 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for One Night, Cappuccino (1998) and Friends and Lovers (2005). He died on January 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

17. Freddy Heineken

Self | The Magic of Heineken

18. Gerry Marsden

Soundtrack | Zodiac

Gerry Marsden was born on September 24, 1942 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) and Beast (2017). He was married to Pauline Behan. He died on January 3, 2021 in Arrowe Park, Merseyside, England, UK.

19. Gianni Celati

Writer | Diol Kadd. Vita, diari e riprese in un villaggio del Senegal

Gianni Celati was born on January 10, 1937 in Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Diol Kadd. Vita, diari e riprese in un villaggio del Senegal (2010), De schaduwlopers (1995) and Case sparse. Visioni di case che crollano (2004). He died on January 3, 2022 in Brighton ...

20. Gina Cabrera

Actress | La mentira

Gina Cabrera was born on May 28, 1928 in Havana, Cuba. She was an actress, known for La mentira (1952), Estrella sin luz (1953) and La rosa blanca (1954). She was married to Helio Dutra and Roberto Garriga. She died on January 3, 2022 in Havana, Cuba.

21. Gino Cervi

Actor | Don Camillo

The son of Italian theatre critic Antonio Cervi, Gino Cervi was one of the most famous Italian actors, first on stage, then on screen and finally on television. He appeared in his first play in 1924, a year after his father's death. He won world fame with three movies directed by Alessandro Blasetti...

22. Howard McNear

Actor | The Andy Griffith Show

Although Los Angeles native Howard McNear had a long career on radio and in films, he will forever be remembered for his memorable - and scene-stealing - portrayal of Floyd the Barber in the long-running The Andy Griffith Show (1960) (actor Don Knotts once said that playing Floyd wasn't much of a ...

23. Igor Bogdanoff

Writer | Steps to the Future

Igor Bogdanoff was born on August 29, 1949 in Saint-Lary, Gers, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Steps to the Future (2010), Robo Story (1985) and Chassé-croisé (1982). He was married to Amélie de Bourbon Parme and Ludmilla d'Oultremont. He died on January 3, 2022 in ...

24. Ivan Triesault

Actor | Notorious

Ivan Triesault was born on July 13, 1898 in Reval, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia]. He was an actor, known for Notorious (1946), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and The Amazing Transparent Man (1960). He died on January 3, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

25. Jack Ruby

Jack Ruby was born on March 25, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on January 3, 1967 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

26. Jay Wolpert

Writer | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Jay Wolpert was born on January 29, 1942 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He was married to ...

27. Jean Willes

Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Jean Willes is best known for her roles in a number of B-movies in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as on the small screen. Lovely and curvaceous, she usually played hard-boiled gold-diggers, party girls, gun molls, and saloon girls. She came off as a wily, smarter version of Barbara Nichols or Iris ...

28. Jenny Tomasin

Actress | Doctor Who

Jenny Tomasin shot to fame in the UK in the early 1970s when she joined the cast of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) playing the scullery maid Ruby. She stayed with the series right until the end, appearing in forty one episodes. When the series ended in 1975, plans were drawn up for a spin-off series ...

29. Jill Haworth

Actress | Exodus

A slim, stunning, stylish-looking actress, British Jill Haworth (born Valerie Jill Haworth on August 15, 1945 in Sussex) was a free-spirited product of the 1960s. Her father was a textile magnate and sometime race car driver and mother an aspiring ballerina. Trained in dance herself, she attended ...

30. Joaquín Martínez

Actor | Jeremiah Johnson

Joaquin Martinez considers himself the luckiest man alive. A painfully shy medical student at Mexico City's University, he was forced by a teacher to join the school's drama group to get rid of his "inadequacy". There he not only discovered a new world but was rewarded with a scholarship to ...

31. John Falsey

Writer | Northern Exposure

John Falsey was born on November 6, 1951 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Northern Exposure (1990), I'll Fly Away (1991) and St. Elsewhere (1982). He was married to Julie and Kathy Suzanne Mynes. He died on January 3, 2019 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

32. Joy Adamson

Writer | Born Free

Joy Adamson was born on January 20, 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Born Free (1998), Born Free (1966) and Living Free (1972). She was married to George Adamson, Peter René Oscar Bally and Victor Isidor Ernst Ritter von Klarwill. ...

33. Judith Anderson

Actress | Rebecca

Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson on February 10, 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her acting career in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. There she established herself as one of the greatest theatrical actresses and was a major star on Broadway ...

34. Kristine Crown

Actress | Criminal Minds

Kristine Crown was born on November 8, 1982 in Manila, Philippines. She was an actress and producer, known for Criminal Minds (2005), Shades (2013) and The Singing Surgeon (2007). She died on January 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

35. Lee Breuer

Director | Mabou Mines Dollhouse

Lee Breuer was born on February 6, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Mabou Mines Dollhouse (2009), Camp (2003) and The Lost Ones (1975). He was married to Maude Mitchell and Ruth Maleczech. He died on January 3, 2021 in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New ...

36. Mario Lanfranchi

Director | Genova a mano armata

After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Milan (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) in the early 1950s, and a few experiences directing plays and operas, Mario Lanfranchi was hired at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. He was therefore a pioneer of Italia television and the first one ...

37. Mónica Echeverría

Actress | Juego de ilusiones

Mónica Echeverría was born on September 2, 1920 in Santiago, Chile. She was an actress and writer, known for Juego de ilusiones (2023), The Penal Colony (1970) and Little White Dove (1992). She was married to Fernando Castillo Velasco. She died on January 3, 2020 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

38. Néstor Ibarra

Actor | Yo gané el prode, ¿y usted?

Néstor Ibarra was born on November 5, 1938 in Puán, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Yo gané el prode, ¿y usted? (1973), Shared Secrets (1998) and Recursos humanos (2002). He died on January 3, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

39. Olga San Juan

Actress | Are You with It?

She possessed the same tiny frame and fervid temperament as Brazilian Carmen Miranda and, for most her career, Puerto Rican singer/dancer Olga San Juan, like Miranda, was a welcome distraction by American audiences. A flavorful, scene-stealing personality who delightfully mangled the English ...

40. Pat Hingle

Actor | The Quick and the Dead

Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. His parents divorced when Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. She then began to travel (with her son...

41. Paul Bley

Composer | Die blaue Stunde

Paul Bley was born on November 10, 1932 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a composer, known for The Blue Hour (1992), Peggy's Blue Skylight (1986) and Till Orfeus - En resa i Palle Nielsens bildvärld (1989). He was married to Carol Goss, Annette Peacock and Carla Bley. He died on January 3, ...

42. Penny Morrell

Actress | The End of the Affair

Penny Morrell was born on February 4, 1938 in England, UK. She was an actress, known for The End of the Affair (1999), EastEnders (1985) and Armchair Theatre (1956). She was married to George Cole. She died on January 3, 2020 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.

43. Pete Brewster

Self | The NFL on CBS

Pete Brewster was born on September 1, 1930 in Adams City, Indiana, USA.

44. Philip Eden

Self | The Weather

Philip Eden was born on July 14, 1951 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He died on January 3, 2018 in the United Kingdom.

45. Qasem Soleimani

Self | Heute

46. Renate Lasker-Harpprecht

Actress | Interview mit der Geschichte

Renate Lasker-Harpprecht was born on January 14, 1924 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was a writer and director, known for Interview mit der Geschichte (1964), Mächte des Glaubens (1961) and Skizzen aus Amerika (1963). She was married to Klaus Harpprecht. ...

47. Rex Lease

Actor | Troopers Three

Born Rex Lloyd Lease in West Virginia on February 11, 1903 (not 1901, according to Social Security records found), future cowboy actor Rex Lease was raised in Columbus, Ohio and very briefly attended Ohio Wesleyan University initially interested in the ministry. When this fell through, he decided ...

48. Robert Blanche

Actor | Men of Honor

The youngest of five children, Robert Clinton Blanche was born to Mary Edith Blanche (Heavner) and Richard Keith Blanche on March 30, 1962 in Pomona, California, but spent most of his life in Oregon. He joined SAG (Screen Actors Guild) in 1995 and served as Portland SAG Branch President for many ...

49. Rodolfo Kuhn

Director | Los jóvenes viejos

Rodolfo Kuhn was born on December 29, 1934 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Los jóvenes viejos (1962), Pajarito Gómez (1965) and Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación (1969). He was married to Elsa Daniel. He died on January 3,...

50. Roger Hassenforder

Self | Tour De France 1953

Roger Hassenforder was born on July 23, 1930 in Sansheim, Haut-Rhin, France. He died on January 3, 2021 in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France.

51. 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.

52. Sam Lovullo

Producer | Hee Haw

Sam Lovullo was born on September 30, 1928 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Hee Haw (1969), The Nashville Palace (1980) and The Brass Are Comin' (1969). He was married to Grace. He died on January 3, 2017 in Encino, California, USA.

53. Saul Zaentz

Producer | The English Patient

Saul Zaentz learned gambling as a youth in Passaic, New Jersey, playing a card game called briscola. Later, in his twenties, he earned a full-time living as a gambler.

Saul settled in San Francisco after WWII, at first working for a local record distributor and eventually joining the jazz record ...

54. Sergiu Nicolaescu

Director | Duelul

Sergiu Nicolaescu was born on the 13th of April 1930, in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, Romania. Nicolaescu, aka 'Steven Spielberg of the Romanian cinema', was a brilliant, self-taught technician and a master of popular entertainment who approached during his long career various genres with great success....

55. Shani Mahadevappa

Actor | Operation Diamond Racket

Shani Mahadevappa was born in 1933 in Malavalli, Karnataka, India. He was an actor, known for Operation Diamond Racket (1978), Akasmika (1993) and Babruvahana (1977). He died on January 3, 2021 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

56. Steve Ripley

Sound_department | JJ Cale in Session

Steve Ripley was born on January 1, 1950 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for JJ Cale in Session (2002), Deportee (1976) and L'dor V'dor: Generation to Generation (2019). He was married to Charlene Ripley. He died on January 3, 2019 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA.

57. Sylvia Chase

Actress | Hopkins 24/7

Sylvia Chase was born on February 23, 1938 in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Hopkins 24/7 (2000), 20/20 (1978) and Now on PBS (2002). She was married to Robert Rosenstone. She died on January 3, 2019 in Marin County, California, USA.

58. Tom Gries

Director | Will Penny

Georgetown University-educated Thomas Stephen Gries was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ruth Marie (Gluck), an advertising copywriter and actress, and Joseph Charles Gries. He returned from service with the US Marines in WW II and worked as a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Traveling to Hollywood ...

59. Victor Sjöström

Actor | Smultronstället

Victor Sjöström was born on September 20, 1879, and is the undisputed father of Swedish film, ranking as one of the masters of world cinema. His influence lives on in the work of Ingmar Bergman and all those directors, both Swedish and international, influenced by his work and the works of ...

60. Vladan Zivkovic

Actor | Balkanski spijun

Vladan Zivkovic was born on December 15, 1941 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Balkan Spy (1984), Covek u srebrnoj jakni (1987) and Beloved Love (1977). He died on January 3, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

61. Warren J. Kemmerling

Actor | Close Encounters of the Third Kind

After graduating from St. Louis University in 1947 and serving a hitch in the Marines, Warren Kemmerling began his professional acting career. He debuted on Broadway in 1953 in a new musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein, "Me and Juliet". After several years of performing in Broadway plays and musicals,...