Deaths: July 21
by bcampos862 | created - 21 Jul 2017 | updated - 21 Jul 2020 | Public
1. Elmarie Wendel
Actress | 3rd Rock from the Sun
Elmarie Wendel was born on November 23, 1928 in Cresco, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), The Lorax (2012) and Knight Rider (1982). She died on July 21, 2018.
2. Angharad Rees
Actress | Under Milk Wood
Angharad Rees was born on July 16, 1944 in Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Under Milk Wood (1971), Poldark (1975) and Close to Home (1989). She was married to David McAlpine and Christopher Cazenove. She died on July 21, 2012 in Knightsbridge, London, England, UK.
3. Basil Rathbone
Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood
Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War. The Rathbones escaped to England, ...
4. Billy West
Actor | Hello Bill
Billy West was a silent film comedian, the best-known and most successful imitator of Charles Chaplin's "Tramp" character, until West developed his own comedic persona. Oliver Hardy was West's foil in many of his silents.
5. Dave Garroway
Actor | I Surrender Dear
Dave Garroway was born on July 13, 1913 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for I Surrender Dear (1948), It Happened to Jane (1959) and The World Through the Eyes of Children (1975). He was married to Sarah Lee Lippincott, Pamela Wilde and Adele Marie Dwyer. He died on ...
6. Deborah Watling
Actress | The Invisible Man
Born on 2 January 1948, Deborah Watling grew up in an acting family. She attended stage school after failing her O level exams, but left after three weeks and got herself an agent. She then landed the part of Alice in a BBC play "The Life of Lewis Carroll" (aka The Wednesday Play: Alice (1965)). ...
8. Eddie Pequenino
Actor | extraña invasión
Eddie Pequenino was born on April 1, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for Stay Tuned for Terror (1965), Quiere casarse conmigo...?! (1967) and El tinglado de la risa (1970). He died on July 21, 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
9. Éric Névé
Producer | Suburra
Éric Névé was born on July 23, 1961 in Poissy, Yvelines, France. He was a producer and actor, known for Suburra (2015), Wùlu (2016) and Les kidnappeurs (1998). He died on July 21, 2019 in Rouen, France.
10. Fidel Oyarzo
11. Gedalio Tarasow
12. Genevieve Tobin
Actress | Easy to Love
The daughter of a stage entertainer, New York-born actress Genevieve Tobin started treading the boards as a child and appeared in the role of Little Eva in the silent short Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910). Her older brother George Tobin and younger sister Vivian Tobin also became stage and film actors. By...
13. Geoff Mack
Soundtrack | Flight of the Phoenix
Geoff Mack was born on December 20, 1922 in Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a composer, known for Flight of the Phoenix (2004), The Ice Road (2021) and The Mule (2018). He was married to Tabby Francis. He died on July 21, 2017 in Benowa, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
14. Herb Edelman
Actor | The Odd Couple
Herb Edelman was born on November 5, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Odd Couple (1968), The Golden Girls (1985) and The Way We Were (1973). He was married to Louise Sorel. He died on July 21, 1996 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
15. Horacio Romairone
Producer | Amo y señor
Horacio Romairone was born on October 2, 1950 in Lanus, Argentina. He was a producer, known for Amo y señor (1984), El infiel (1986) and El hombre que amo (1986). He was married to Adriana Curti. He died on July 20, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
16. J. Madison Wright
Actress | Earth 2
Jessica Madison Wright was born in Cincinnati on July 29th 1984, the eldest of four children. A pretty youngster who enjoyed dressing up and was very much a 'girlie' child, Madison began modeling at the age of five. Her interest in modeling and acting - something she shared with her younger sister ...
17. Jerry Goldsmith
Composer | L.A. Confidential
Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California. In 1950, he was employed as a clerk ...
18. Jessica Dublin
Actress | The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
Jessica Dublin was born on July 9, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989), The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) and Trinity Is Still My Name (1971). She was married to John R. Pfrommer Jr. and Max Dublin. She ...
19. John Heard
Actor | The Guardian
John Heard was a very talented actor who established himself as a respected thespian in the late 1970s and early '80s, though he is perhaps better known for his turn as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's (Macaulay Culkin) father in the Home Alone (1990) movies.
John was born in Washington, D.C.,...
20. Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold was born on July 28, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hype! (1996), Documentary Now! (2015) and City of Gold (2015). He was married to Laurie Ochoa. He died on July 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
21. Les Lye
Actor | You Can't Do That on Television
Les Lye was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 18, 1924. Following a stint in the armed forces after high school, he attended the University of Toronto, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, and then enrolled in Lorne Greene's Academy of Radio Arts. In 1948, he moved to Ottawa to ...
22. Luana Anders
Actress | Easy Rider
Born Luana Margo Anderson on 12 May, 1938, Luana Anders began her career as a bike messenger at MGM, along with fellow actors, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight and future film producers George Edwards, and Fred Roos. She convinced Nicholson to join her in her improv class with legendary teacher and ...
23. Mako
Actor | Conan the Barbarian
Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S...
Mako Iwamatsu
24. María Vaner
Actress | Los jóvenes viejos
María Vaner was born on March 23, 1935 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Los jóvenes viejos (1962), Tres veces Ana (1961) and The Headless Woman (2008). She was married to Leonardo Favio. She died on July 21, 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
25. Norman Chappell
Actor | Journey to the Unknown
Norman Chappell was born on December 31, 1925 in Lucknow, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Journey to the Unknown (1968), Journey to Midnight (1968) and Fire Crackers (1964). He died on July 21, 1983 in London, England, UK.
26. Óscar Cardozo Ocampo
Composer | Amazons
Óscar Cardozo Ocampo was born on December 27, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer and actor, known for Amazons (1986), El cantor enamorado (1969) and Deathstalker (1983). He died on July 21, 2001 in Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
27. Paul Krassner
Writer | The Last of the Manson Girls
Paul Krassner was born on April 9, 1932 in Queens, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Last of the Manson Girls (2018), Independent Lens (1999) and Chicago 10 (2007). He was married to Nancy Cain and Jeanne Johnson. He died on July 21, 2019 in Desert Hot Springs, California, USA.
28. Peter Blake
Actor | Dear John....
Peter Blake was born on December 8, 1948 in Selkirk, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Dear John.... (1986), Fox (1980) and Jonathan Creek (1997). He was married to Kim. He died on July 21, 2018 in France.
29. Peter Doohan
Peter Doohan was born on May 2, 1961 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Angela. He died on July 21, 2017 in Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
30. Pudsey
Self | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Pudsey was born on December 28, 2005 in the United Kingdom. He was an actor, known for Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014), Mr. Stink (2012) and Celebrity Juice (2008). He died on July 20, 2017 in England, UK.
31. Robert Young
Actor | Crossfire
Quiet, soft-spoken Robert grew up in California and had some stage experience with the Pasadena Playhouse before entering films in 1931. His movie career consisted of playing characters who were charming, good-looking--and bland. In fact, his screen image was such that he usually never got the girl...
32. Semillita
Actor | Bólidos de acero
Semillita was born on April 1, 1922 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Bólidos de acero (1950), Los Parchís contra el inventor invisible (1981) and La mano que aprieta (1953). He died on July 23, 1991 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
33. Sergei Parajanov
Director | Tini zabutykh predkiv
One of the 20th century's greatest masters of cinema Sergei Parajanov was born in Georgia to Armenian parents and it was always unlikely that his work would conform to the strict socialist realism that Soviet authorities preferred. After studying film and music, Parajanov became an assistant ...
34. Susanne Lothar
Actress | Funny Games
Susanne Lothar was born on November 15, 1960 in Hamburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Funny Games (1997), The White Ribbon (2009) and The Reader (2008). She was married to Ulrich Mühe. She died on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
35. Teddy Wilson
Actor | Good Times
Teddy Wilson was born on December 10, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Good Times (1974), Bound by Honor (1993) and Life Stinks (1991). He was married to Joan Pringle. He died on July 21, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
36. Theodore Bikel
Actor | My Fair Lady
Theodore Bikel is one of the most versatile and respected actors and performers of his generation. A master of languages, dialects and accents, he has played every sort of film villain and semi-bad guy imaginable, and always adds depth, dimension and even sympathy to characters that would end up as...
Tell Your Friends