Deaths: July 19

1. Rutger Hauer

Blond, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer enjoyed an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a Dutch town and former municipality in the province of Utrecht.

He was the son of Teunke ...

2. Aldo Monti

Director | Seducción sangrienta

Aldo Monti was born on January 4, 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Seducción sangrienta (1990), Santo in the Treasure of Dracula (1969) and Santo in Anonymous Death Threat (1975). He was married to Teresa Grobois. He died on July 19, 2016 in McAllen, Texas,...

3. Betty Marsden

Actress | Carry on Camping

Remarkable, unique, unforgettable Betty Marsden was one of Britain's most talented comedy actresses, best known for her multiple roles in the Kenneth Horne shows on BBC radio in the 1960s.

Betty Marsden was born in Liverpool on 24th February 1919, and appeared at Bath Pavilion aged 11 as the First ...

4. Carlos Gorostiza

Writer | El puente

Carlos Gorostiza was born on June 7, 1920 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and director, known for El puente (1950), Los cobardes (1959) and El acompañamiento (1991). He died on July 19, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

5. Cesar Pelli

Self | Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Pelli was born in San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina in 1926. He went to the US to study in 1952, becoming a citizen in 1964. Before establishing his own practice he worked for the Finnish modernist Eero Saarinen on projects including the famous TWA terminal at JFK airport in New York.

In the 1980s,...

6. Danilo Devizzia

Actor | Eva Perón

Danilo Devizzia was born on January 30, 1948 in Necochea, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Eva Peron: The True Story (1996), La condena de Gabriel Doyle (1998) and Archivo negro (1997). He died on July 19, 2002 in Mar del Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

7. Don Mossi

Self | 1954 World Series

Don Mossi was born on January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, California, USA. He died on July 19, 2019 in Nampa, Idaho, USA.

8. Eddie Quillan

Actor | Mutiny on the Bounty

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 31, 1907, Eddie Quillan was seven years old and already performing in vaudeville with his sister and three brothers in an act called "The Rising Generation." His parents, Joseph Quillan and Sarah Quillan, were well-known performers with Joseph himself ...

9. Edward Bunker

Actor | Reservoir Dogs

Edward Bunker was born on December 31, 1933 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Reservoir Dogs (1992), Runaway Train (1985) and The Longest Yard (2005). He was married to Jennifer Steele. He died on July 19, 2005 in Burbank, California, USA.

10. Evie Wynn Johnson

Actress | Private Secretary

Evie Wynn Johnson was born on May 8, 1914 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Private Secretary (1953), Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948) and Biography (1987). She was married to Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn. She died on July 19, 2004 in Fort ...

11. Garry Marshall

Actor | A League of Their Own

Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 - July 19, 2016) was an American actor and filmmaker. He started his career in the 1960s writing for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play The Odd Couple for television in 1970. He gained fame for creating Happy ...

12. Gene Roth

Actor | Earth vs the Spider

Tall (6'2"), burly, and reliable character actor Gene Roth was born Eugene Oliver Edgar Stutenroth on January 8, 1903 in Redfield, South Dakota. He was the youngest of three sons born to German father Eugene Stutenroth and Swedish mother Anna Christina Olsen. Roth and his two brothers were raised ...

13. George Barbier

Actor | The Man Who Came to Dinner

Barbier was educated for the ministry before going to work on the stage. He appeared on Broadway in such successes as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Man Who Came Back," among others. He signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1929 and later worked as an actor for most of the major ...

14. Gérard Oury

Writer | Le corniaud

Gérard Oury was born on April 29, 1919 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Sucker (1965), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) and Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966). He was married to Jacqueline Roman. He died on July 19, 2006 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.

15. Harry Stockwell

Actor | Here Comes the Band

Harry Stockwell was born on April 27, 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Here Comes the Band (1935), All Over Town (1937) and Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935). He was married to Nina Olivette, Dorothy Tucker and Elizabeth (Betty) Margaret Veronica. He died on July 19, 1984...

16. Inger Berggren

Soundtrack | Ondskan

Inger Berggren was born on February 23, 1934. She was an actress, known for Evil (2003), Raggare! (1959) and Sömnen (1984). She died on July 19, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden.

17. Jack Warden

Actor | 12 Angry Men

Jack Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, to Laura M. (Costello) and John Warden Lebzelter. His father was of German and Irish descent, and his mother was of Irish ancestry. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of seventeen, young Jack ...

18. James Garner

Actor | The Notebook

Amiable and handsome James Garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming anti-hero/con-man persona he first developed in Maverick, the offbeat western TV series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s.

James Garner was born James Scott ...

19. Jeremy Kemp

Actor | Top Secret!

This fair-haired, craggy-faced English character actor was born Edmund Jeremy James Walker, scion of Yorkshire landed gentry. After national service with the Gordon Highlanders and the Black Watch, Kemp adopted his mother's maiden name as his stage moniker and studied acting at the Central School ...

20. Joe Flynn

Actor | The Rescuers

Born on November 8, 1924, in Youngstown, Ohio and after attending Northwestern University, Flynn began his entertainment career as a ventriloquist and as a radio performer. During World War II, he served in the Army's Special Services Branch (formerly the Morale Branch) entertaining the troops in ...

21. John R. Reilly

Actor | Story of G.I. Joe

John R. Reilly was born on September 9, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and The Well Groomed Bride (1946). He died on July 19, 2000 in La Mesa, California, USA.

22. Jon Schnepp

Animation_department | The ABCs of Death

Jon Schnepp was born on May 16, 1967 in the USA. He was a producer and director, known for The ABCs of Death (2012), The Removers (2001) and The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (2015). He died on July 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

23. Kurt Land

Director | Como yo no hay dos

Kurt Land was born on February 19, 1913 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and editor, known for Como yo no hay dos (1952), Estrellas de Buenos Aires (1956) and Los problemas de papá (1954). He died on July 19, 1997 in New York City, New York, USA.

24. Laura Devon

Actress | Gunn

Gorgeous, well-endowed singer/actress Laura Devon arrived in Tinseltown during the early 1960s, but gave notice less than a decade later and retired permanently after her fourth marriage. She made only five films. Laura was categorized as one of those beautiful bouffant blondes of film and TV who ...

25. Lee Yao

Music_department | Ge mi xiao jie

Lee Yao was born on September 3, 1922 in Shanghai, China. She was an actress, known for Ge mi xiao jie (1959), Ru shi jia ren (1960) and The White Countess (2005). She was married to Huang Baoluo. She died on July 19, 2019 in Hong Kong.

26. María Amuchastegui

Actress | Graduados

María Amuchastegui was born on January 16, 1953 in Cordoba, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Graduates (2012), Mesa de noticias (1983) and A la cama con Moria (1990). She was married to Juan José Alberdi. She died on July 19, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

27. Mary Louise Whitney

Self | The Bob Braun Show

28. Mel Smith

Actor | The Princess Bride

His father Ken was born in Co Durham, he married Vera and together took over her family's greengrocers shop in Quick Road, Chiswick, London. He convinced her that the way forward was to convert the shop into a bookmakers and before long they'd moved to a semi-detached house. Mel was born in 1952 ...

29. Michael Howells

Production_designer | Victoria

Michael Howells was born on January 13, 1957 in Droxford, Hampshire, England, UK. Michael was a production designer and art director, known for Victoria (2016), Emma (1996) and Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998). Michael died on July 19, 2018.

30. Poncie Ponce

Actor | Hawaiian Eye

Poncie Ponce was born on April 10, 1933 in Maui, Hawaii, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaiian Eye (1959), G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) and The Gallant Men (1962). He was married to Sherry Luke. He died on July 19, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

31. Roberto Fontanarrosa

Writer | Cuestión de principios

Roberto "El negro" Fontanarrosa was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, in 1944. His career began as humorous sketcher, being emphasized quickly for the quality of his jobs. Fan of Rosario Central (Argentine Soccer Club), he created memorable comics such as "Inodoro Pereyra" and "Boogie, el ...

32. Selva Xtabay

33. Shinobu Hashimoto

Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

Shinobu Hashimoto was born on April 18, 1918 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for The Hidden Fortress (1958), Harakiri (1962) and To Live (1952). He died on July 19, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

34. Skye McCole Bartusiak

Actress | Don't Say a Word

Skye McCole Bartusiak was an American child actress and child model. She appeared in The Patriot (2000), Don't Say a Word (2001), as Rose Wilder in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2002), 24 (2002-03), Boogeyman (2005), and Kill Your Darlings (2006). Bartusiak died at the...

35. Tom Davis

Writer | Saturday Night Live

Tom Davis was born on August 13, 1952 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Trading Places (1983) and Evolution (2001). He was married to Mimi Raleigh. He died on July 19, 2012 in Hudson, New York, USA.

36. Yale Udoff

Writer | Eve of Destruction

Udoff began his career at ABC in New York working with producers-executives Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge, and he is credited by some for coming up with the idea to transform the Batman comic books into a TV series in the 1960s. Udoff walked in and said we ought to do Batman. ...

37. Yoshio Harada

Actor | Rônin-gai

Yoshio Harada was born on February 29, 1940 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for Ronin Gai (1990), It's Easier Than Kissing (1989) and Onibi (1997). He died on July 19, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.