Deaths: July 17

1. Gary Beach

Actor | The Producers

Tony winner ("The Producers") and popular Broadway veteran Gary Beach is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. He and his partner, Jeff Barnett, live in New York City.

Beach received the 2001 Tony Award, as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics ...

2. Andrea Camilleri

Writer | Il commissario Montalbano

Born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy in 1925 he began to work as stage-manager in 1942. After that he directed more than a hundred works of Luigi Pirandello, Samuel Beckett (which he introduced to Italy for the first time in 1958), and many other authors. In the sixties and seventies, he worked ...

3. Angélica López Gamio

Actress | Julián de madrugada

After her leading participation in "El Amor tiene Cara de Mujer" (1964), Angelica Lopez Gamio has worked very sporadically after the 60s. She has appeared in a few soap operas, but nothing has been the same any more like her lead in " El Amor Tiene Cara de Mujer in the 60s.

4. Arthur Byron

Actor | The Mummy

Arthur Byron was born on April 3, 1872 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mummy (1932), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) and Marie Galante (1934). He was married to Kathryn Byron and Lillian Hall (actress). He died on July 17, 1943 in Hollywood, California, USA.

5. Bart Burns

Actor | Seven Days in May

Bart Burns was born on March 13, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Seven Days in May (1964), Mike Hammer (1958) and Frances (1982). He was married to Fern Frances (Christensen) Bennett. He died on July 17, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

6. Billie Holiday

Soundtrack | Minority Report

Billie Holiday was a true artist of her day and rose as a social phenomenon in the 1950s. Her soulful, unique singing voice and her ability to boldly turn any material that she confronted into her own music made her a superstar of her time. Today, Holiday is remembered for her masterpieces, ...

7. Briony McRoberts

Actress | The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Briony McRoberts was born in Hertfordshire in February 1957. One of her earliest acting roles was in The Pink Panther Strikes Again at the age of 19. She appeared in numerous theatrical and film roles, though the majority of her work was in television. She appeared in over 15 series, including ...

8. Cliff Edwards

Actor | His Girl Friday

Becoming popular with playing the ukulele, his unique singing and supplying the voice of animated movies, Cliff Edwards was one of the most popular singers in America.

Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Edwards left school at the age of 14, moved to St. Louis, and started to work as a singer in saloons. ...

9. David Stevens

Writer | The Sum of Us

David Stevens was born on December 22, 1940 in Tiberias, Palestine. He was a director and writer, known for The Sum of Us (1994), Breaker Morant (1980) and Merlin (1998). He died on July 17, 2018 in Whangarei, New Zealand.

10. Don 'Red' Barry

Actor | Jesse James' Women

Donald Barry went from the stage to the screen. After four years of playing villains and henchmen at various studios, Barry got the role that changed his image: Red Ryder in the Republic Pictures serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940). Although he had appeared in westerns for two years or so, this ...

11. Donal McCann

Actor | Stealing Beauty

Donal McCann was born on May 7, 1943 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Stealing Beauty (1996), The Dead (1987) and High Spirits (1988). He died on July 17, 1999 in Dublin, Ireland.

12. Donald W. Thompson

Writer | The Prodigal Planet

Donald W. Thompson was born on August 18, 1937 in Hornell, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Prodigal Planet (1983), Image of the Beast (1981) and Blood on the Mountain (1974). He was married to Beverly Thompson. He died on July 17, 2019 in Iowa, USA.

13. Elaine Stritch

Actress | 30 Rock

A brash, sharp-tongued, incorrigible actress/singer who led a six decade career that contained many highs and lows, veteran Elaine Stritch's raucous six-decade career certainly lived up well to the Stephen Sondheim song lyrics "I'm Still Here." A popular, magnetic performer, she stole so many ...

14. Evan Helmuth

Actor | Fever Pitch

Evan Helmuth was born on May 18, 1977 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fever Pitch (2005), Jobs (2013) and The Devil Inside (2012). He died on July 17, 2017.

15. Geraldine Fitzgerald

Actress | Dark Victory

Geraldine Fitzgerald was the only actress to appear as both Laurence Olivier's wife and Rodney Dangerfield's mother-in-law, which surely qualifies her as running the gamut (if not the gauntlet, in the latter case) of A to Z for co-starring with cinema immortals. The Irish lass appeared in many ...

16. Harry Guardino

Actor | The Enforcer

Brash, virile Italian-American lead and supporting "tough guy" Harry Guardino, with dark, wavy hair and a perpetual worried look on his craggy-looking mug, was born Harold Vincent Guardino on December 23, 1925, in Manhattan but raised as a Brooklynite. Serving with the U.S. Navy during World War II...

17. Harvey Atkin

Actor | Meatballs

Harvey Atkin was born on December 18, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Meatballs (1979), Barney's Version (2010) and Speed Zone (1989). He was married to Celia Tessler. He died on July 17, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

18. Hugh Whitemore

Writer | 84 Charing Cross Road

Hugh Whitemore was born on June 16, 1936 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), The Gathering Storm (2002) and The Boy in the Bush (1984). He was married to Rohan McCullough and Sheila Lemon. He died on July 17, 2018 in the UK.

19. Jean Borotra

Self | This Is Your Life

20. Jeremy Strode

Self | MasterChef Australia

Jeremy Strode was born in 1964 in the UK. He was married to Jane and Virginia. He died on July 17, 2017 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

21. John Coltrane

Soundtrack | Adrift

John Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Adrift (2018), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Zodiac (2007). He was married to Alice Macleod and Juanita Grubbs. He died on July 17, 1967 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA.

22. Joseph Maher

Actor | In & Out

Joseph Maher was born on December 29, 1933 in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. He was an actor, known for In & Out (1997), I.Q. (1994) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died on July 17, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

23. Juan Manuel Fangio

Transportation_department | Grand Prix

Juan Manuel Fangio was considered one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, thanks in part to his five World Championships that he won during the 1950s. He was son of an Italian immigrant, who moved to Argentina at the turn of the century. Fangio worked in a garage at an early age and was ...

24. Jules Bianchi

Self | Formula 1

Jules Bianchi was born on August 3, 1989 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He died on July 17, 2015 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

25. Kasia Orzazewski

Actress | Call Northside 777

Kasia Orzazewski was born on October 16, 1888 in Poland. She was an actress, known for Call Northside 777 (1948), Thieves' Highway (1949) and The Red Danube (1949). She died on July 17, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Kim Renders

Actress | Skeletons

Kim Renders was an actress, known for Skeletons (2016), Turning to Stone (1985) and The Squamish Five (1988). She was married to Robert Lindsay. She died on July 17, 2018 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

27. Larry Haines

Actor | The Odd Couple

Appeared in scores of programs from radio's "Golden Age", such as "Suspense", the "Shadow", "Inner Sanctum Mysteries", and "X Minus One". Mr. Haines also starred in a short-lived series of 1953, "That Hammer Guy", in which he played the character created by Mickey Spillane, "Mike Hammer". He was on...

28. Larry Keith

Actor | All My Children

Larry Keith was born on March 4, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), Kennedy (1983) and Damages (2007). He was married to Mina Wagman. He died on July 17, 2010 in Manhattan, New York, USA.

29. Larry Roberts

Actor | Lady and the Tramp

Larry Roberts was born Lawrence Saltzman on September 28, 1926. He was the only child of Robert E. and Mabel (Haber) Saltzman. Larry was a native of Cleveland, Ohio. After Larry's parents divorced, his father moved to Los Angeles. During World War II, Larry served with General Patton's Third Army ...

30. Margo

Actress | Lost Horizon

The daughter of a Mexican surgeon, Maria Margarita Guadalupe Teresa Estella Castilla Bolado y O'Donnell was born in Mexico City. As a niece to famous bandleader Xavier Cugat, she performed with his orchestra from the age of nine as a specialty dancer in nightclubs, and, later, on the Starlight Roof...

31. Marlon Brando Sr.

Producer | The Naked Edge

The movie industry executive and producer Marlon Brando, Sr. was the father of Marlon Brando Jr., whom many consider the greatest movie actor of all time, and of movie and TV actress Jocelyn Brando. Marlon, Jr. made his father, a former salesman and businessman, the head of his personal production ...

32. Mary Mendum

Actress | Confessions of a Young American Housewife

Mary Mendum was born on February 21, 1952. She grew up in a poor family outside of Chicago. She began her acting career in the early '70s in stage productions of her then boyfriend Michael Butler such as "Hair" and "Lenny". Mendum started appearing in movies with small parts in adult pictures for ...

33. Mickey Spillane

Writer | The Girl Hunters

Mickey Spillane, the king of the pulp novelists in the post-WW II period, sold an estimated 200 million copies globally. He was born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York. Young Frank's mother was a Protestant who bestowed on him his middle name "Morrison", but his Irish Catholic father, ...

34. Morgan Paull

Actor | Blade Runner

Morgan Paull was born on December 15, 1944 in West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Blade Runner (1982), Patton (1970) and Centennial (1978). He was married to Jenny Elam, April, Carmen Nelson and Gaye Huston. He died on July 17, 2012 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.

35. Nova Pilbeam

Actress | Young and Innocent

Nova Pilbeam was a famous child actress on stage and screen in the UK. Her biggest successes were her two movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and this film. She married director Pen Tennyson in 1939, but unfortunately she was widowed less than two years later when ...

36. Pat Roach

Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark

Proud and passionate Angle, Pat Roach, was born and raised in Birmingham, England and grew to be a mountain of a man standing at six feet, five inches tall, with doorway-wide shoulders and a barrel chest.

Pat wrestled competitively under the name of "Bomber" Roach, and at one time held both the ...

37. Pumpsie Green

Self | Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History

Pumpsie Green was born on October 27, 1933 in Oakland, California, USA. He was married to Marie. He died on July 17, 2019 in San Leandro, California, USA.

38. Robert Wiene

Director | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene was born on April 24, 1873 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Das wandernde Licht (1916) and The Knight of the Rose (1925). He died on July 17, 1938 in Paris, France.

39. Sebastián Piana

Composer | El hombre que nació dos veces

Sebastián Piana was born on November 26, 1903 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer, known for El hombre que nació dos veces (1938), ¡Tango! (1933) and Love and Other Disasters (2006). He died on June 17, 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

40. Swarup Dutt

Actor | Uphaar

Swarup Dutt was born on June 22, 1941 in Calcutta, British India. He was an actor, known for Uphaar (1971), Manavata (1972) and Paap Punnya (1987). He died on July 17, 2019 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

41. Thayer David

Actor | Rocky

He was David Thayer Hersey from an upper crust Winchester, Massachusetts family. After secondary school he began attending Harvard University. Along with several students he founded the Brattle Theatre Company in 1946. After working closely on Brattle with fellow Harvard graduates and his father,...

42. Vincenzo Cerami

Writer | La vita è bella

Vincenzo Cerami was born on November 2, 1940 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Open Doors (1990). He was married to Mimsy Farmer and Graziella Chiarcossi. He died on July 17, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

43. Walter Cronkite

Actor | Liberty's Kids

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Walter Leland Cronkite, a doctor. Throughout his early career, Cronkite worked with newspapers. During World War II, he served as a news reporter. In 1950, Cronkite became a journalist. He ...

44. Yûjirô Ishihara

Actor | Arashi o yobu otoko

Yûjirô Ishihara was born on December 28, 1934 in Kobe, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for Man Who Causes a Storm (1957), Arcadia of My Youth (1982) and The Eagle and the Hawk (1957). He was married to Mie Kitahara. He died on July 17, 1987 in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, Japan.

45. Yvonne Blake

Costume_designer | Superman

Yvonne Blake was born on April 17, 1940 in Manchester, England, UK. She was a costume designer and actress, known for Superman (1978), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and Goya's Ghosts (2006). She was married to Gil Carretero. She died on July 17, 2018 in Madrid, Spain.