Deaths: July 24
by bcampos862 | created - 24 Jul 2017 | updated - 24 Jul 2020 | Public
1. Sherman Hemsley
Actor | The Jeffersons
Sherman Hemsley played characters known to be wise-cracking, "Weezy" loving, boisterous fools which America and the entire world laughed with kindheartedly. Sherman Alexander Hemsley, Air Force veteran and actor, was born on Feb. 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, William Hemsley, ...
2. Alan Clarke
Director | Screen Two
Liverpool native Alan Clarke got his start in the film business in Canada, where he studied acting and directing. Upon returning to England he got a job at ITV, then moved over to the BBC in 1969. He worked mostly in television, but he made a couple of feature films that got attention for their ...
3. Archie Duncan
Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood
Archie Duncan was born on May 26, 1914 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), Sherlock Holmes (1954) and Saint Joan (1957). He died on July 24, 1979 in Waltham Forest, London, England, UK.
4. Atilio Marinelli
Actor | Cosquín, amor y folklore
Atilio Marinelli was born on May 5, 1933 in Benito Juárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Cosquín, amor y folklore (1965), Amor y un poco más (1968) and La hiena (1973). He died on July 24, 1978 in Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
5. Barbara Colby
Actress | Mary Tyler Moore
At age 36, actress Barbara Colby was on the brink of TV-character stardom when the native New Yorker was senselessly shot and killed one evening on the streets of Los Angeles. The tall, toothy, husky-voiced, frizzy-haired actress equipped with a keen, Brooklyn-tough sensibility and dead-on comedy ...
6. Brian Glover
Actor | An American Werewolf in London
Brian Glover was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and used to be a professional wrestler going by the name of "Leon Arras the Man From Paris". He also provides one of the voices for the animated "Tetley Tea" TV adverts. His stage work included seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal ...
7. Chad Everett
Actor | Mulholland Dr.
Both a leading and a supporting actor in movies and on television, name a role - lawyer, airline pilot, rig foreman, doctor, gunslinger, real-life person, good guy, bad guy - and Chad Everett has probably played it. He was born Raymon Lee Cramton on June 11, 1937 in South Bend, Indiana. In high ...
8. Chaney Kley
Actor | Darkness Falls
Chaney Kley was born on August 20, 1972 in Manassas, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Darkness Falls (2003), Legally Blonde (2001) and The Shield (2002). He died on July 24, 2007 in Venice, California, USA.
9. Constance Bennett
Actress | Topper
Independent, outspoken Constance Bennett, the first of the Bennett sisters to enter films, appeared in New York-produced silents before a chance meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood debut in Cytherea (1924). She abandoned a burgeoning career in silents for marriage to Philip Plant in ...
10. Delia González Márquez
Writer | Profesión, ama de casa
Delia González Márquez was born on January 4, 1922 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a writer and producer, known for Profesión, ama de casa (1979), Un mundo de veinte asientos (1978) and Alta comedia (1965). She died on July 24, 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
11. Domingo Alzugaray
Actor | Meus Amores no Rio
Domingo Alzugaray was born on November 22, 1932 in Victoria, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Meus Amores no Rio (1959), Con el más puro amor (1966) and Sábado a la noche, cine (1960). He was married to Cátia. He died on July 24, 2017 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
12. Donald Symington
Actor | Annie Hall
Donald Symington was born on August 30, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Annie Hall (1977), Spring Break (1983) and Mighty Aphrodite (1995). He was married to Leslie Paul. He died on July 24, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
13. Eduardo Britos
Soundtrack | Amarte es mi pecado
Eduardo Britos was born in 1964 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Eduardo died on July 24, 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
14. Ernest Morrison
Actor | Ghosts on the Loose
"Sunshine Sammy" Morrison was most famous as one of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids, but he was probably the most experienced actor of that group. Morrison made his film debut while still an infant; his father worked for a wealthy Los Angeles family that had connections in the film industry, and ...
15. G. Wood
Actor | MASH
G. Wood was born on December 31, 1919 in Forrest City, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for M*A*S*H (1970), Harold and Maude (1971) and Brewster McCloud (1970). He died on July 24, 2000 in Macon, Georgia, USA.
16. G.D. Spradlin
Actor | Ed Wood
G.D. Spradlin was born on August 31, 1920 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Ed Wood (1994), Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather Part II (1974). He was married to Frances Hewitt Hendrickson and Nell Ethelyn Hulsizer. He died on July 24, 2011 in San Luis ...
17. Hans Albers
Soundtrack | Soul Kitchen
Life companion was the actress Hansi Burg. Their relationship started in 1925. They separated in 1935 due to the pressure of the German Nazi government. In 1938 she went into exile in Switzerland (later London). Shortly after this she married the Norwegian Erich Blydt. Burg returned to Germany and ...
18. Jane White
Actress | Klute
Jane White was born on October 30, 1922 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Klute (1971), Once Upon a Mattress (1964) and Once Upon a Mattress (1972). She was married to Alfredo Viazzi. She died on July 24, 2011 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York...
19. Ki-nam Nam
Director | Sahyeong samgeol
Ki-nam Nam is known for Sahyeong samgeol (1981), Horimsa daetonggwan (1978) and Mister O (1977).
20. Luis Gimeno
Actor | Mañana es para siempre
Luis Gimeno was born on February 15, 1927 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was an actor and director, known for Mañana es para siempre (2008), El juego de la vida (2001) and Las locuras de mamá (1996). He was married to Virginia Gutiérrez. He died on July 24, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.
21. Manfred Uhlig
Actor | Hände hoch oder ich schieße
Manfred Uhlig was born on September 2, 1927 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hände hoch oder ich schieße (1966), Familie intakt (1984) and Das Stacheltier - Recht gute Besserung (1961). He died on July 24, 2019 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
22. Margaret Fulton
Self | Celebrity Tattle Tales
Margaret Fulton was born on October 6, 1924 in Nairn, Scotland, UK. She was married to Denis Doonan and Trevor Wilfred Price. She died on July 24, 2019 in New South Wales, Australia.
23. Marni Nixon
Actress | The Sound of Music
"Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon ensured herself a proper place in film history although most moviegoers would not have recognize her had they passed her on the street. But if you had heard her, that might be a horse of a different color. She was one of those unsung (or "much sung") talents given ...
24. Maurice Denham
Actor | The Day of the Jackal
Born in Beckenham, Kent, English character actor Maurice Denham first came to public notice in the 1940s on radio, appearing on many of the most popular comedy series of the day in a variety of characters. His debut in films came in 1947 with The Smugglers (1947). His talents came to the forefront ...
25. Michael Sundin
Actor | Return to Oz
Michael Sundin was an English actor, puppeteer, dancer, and trampolinist from Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. He was better known as one of the presenters of the children's program "Blue Peter" from 1984 to 1985. He was fired under controversial circumstances.
Sundin initially became known as a ...
26. Peg Lynch
Actress | Ethel and Albert
Writer-actress Peggy (aka Peg) Lynch, who was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, began her broadcasting career in 1938 as a jack-of-all-trades at a small radio station in Minnesota. Her realistic husband-and-wife sketches caught the attention of network officials at NBC in Chicago, and soon her popular and...
27. Peter Sellers
Actor | Being There
Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers to a well-off acting family in 1925 in Southsea, a suburb of Portsmouth. He was the son of Agnes Doreen "Peg" (Marks) and William "Bill" Sellers. His parents worked in an acting company run by his ...
28. Sergio Di Giulio
Actor | Versipellis
Sergio Di Giulio was born on April 4, 1945 in Milan, Italy. He was an actor, known for Versipellis (2011), One Hamlet Less (1973) and Al cuore si comanda (2003). He died on July 24, 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
29. Uttam Kumar
Actor | Chiriyakhana
The legendary Bengali Actor of Calcutta, Uttam Kumar (Guru, Mahanayak as fans say), widely regarded as one of the Greatest actors ever in India, was an Indian film actor, director, producer, singer, music composer, playback singer who predominantly worked in Indian Cinema. Though he was a ...
30. Virginia Christine
Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Virginia has a long career as a character actress on the screen, but she will always be best remembered as the Swedish "Mrs. Olsen", who somehow knew everything about making coffee, and we somehow always found her in the kitchen of some hapless young housewife who just couldn't seem to make good ...
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