Deaths: May 28

1. Carmine Caridi

Actor | The Godfather Part II

Carmine Caridi was born on January 23, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990) and The Money Pit (1986). He died on May 28, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

2. Anne Brontë

Writer | Novela

The youngest of the talented Brontë siblings, Anne was born January 17th, 1820 to Rev. Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell Brontë. Her mother died of cancer when she was only a year old, and growing up Anne was especially close to her elder sister Emily Brontë. Along with their other sister, ...

3. Arthur Brough

Actor | Are You Being Served?

The English actor Arthur Brough, who achieved fame as senior clothing salesman Mr. Grainger on the BBC-TV comedy series Are You Being Served? (1972) in the 1970s, after almost half-a-century on the stage, was born Frederick Arthur Baker on February 26, 1905 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England. After ...

4. Audie Murphy

Actor | To Hell and Back

Audie Murphy became a national hero during World War II as the most decorated combat soldier of the war. Among his 33 awards was the Medal of Honor, the highest award for bravery that a soldier can receive. In addition, he was also decorated for bravery by the governments of France and Belgium, and...

5. Brynn Hartman

Actress | North

Brynn Hartman was born on April 11, 1958 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for North (1994), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996). She was married to Phil Hartman and Douglas Iver Torfin. She died on May 28, 1998 in Encino, California, USA.

6. Buck

Actor | Married with Children

Buck was the name of the original family dog in the hit sitcom "Married... with Children" (1987-1997). It was played by the dog actor Michael, trained by Steven Ritt. Several episodes included voice-overs which revealed Buck's thoughts. The dog was a Briard, a French breed of large shepherd dogs. ...

7. Cornelia Frances

Actress | Home and Away

Cornelia Frances was born on April 7, 1941 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Home and Away (1988), Sons and Daughters (1982) and Ned (2003). She was married to Michael Eastland. She died on May 28, 2018 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

8. Dick Tuck

Self | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Dick Tuck was born on January 25, 1924 in Hayden, Arizona, USA. He was married to Joyce Daly and Faith Eversfield. He died on May 28, 2018 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

9. D'Urville Martin

Actor | Rosemary's Baby

D'Urville Martin was a key important, prolific and hugely engaging supporting actor who appeared with pleasing regularity in a handful of delightfully down'n'dirty 70s blaxploitation features. Martin was born on February 11, 1939 in New York City. D'Urville first began acting in the 1960s including...

10. Eddie Barth

Actor | Fame

Eddie Barth was born on September 29, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Fame (1980), Babe: Pig in the City (1998) and Bananas (1971). He was married to Sally Hada. He died on May 28, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

11. Eric Morecambe

Soundtrack | The Morecambe & Wise Show

Eric Morecambe was born on May 14, 1926 in Buxton Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968), Night Train to Murder (1984) and The Intelligence Men (1965). He was married to Joan Morecambe. He died on May 28, 1984 in ...

12. Frank Deford

Writer | Everybody's All-American

Frank Deford was born on December 16, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Everybody's All-American (1988), Trading Hearts (1988) and Alex: The Life of a Child (1986). He was married to Carol Ruth Penner. He died on May 28, 2017 in Key West, Florida, USA.

13. Gary Coleman

Actor | Diff'rent Strokes

Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the minute he was glimpsed in ...

14. Gerald Anthony

Actor | One Life to Live

Gerald Anthony was born on July 31, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for One Life to Live (1968), General Hospital (1963) and All My Children (1970). He was married to Brynn Thayer. He died on May 28, 2004 in Butler, New Jersey, USA.

15. Irene Manning

Actress | Yankee Doodle Dandy

The youngest of five children born to a real estate broker, glamorous actress/singer Irene Manning began this world in Cincinatti, Ohio, as Inez Harvuot in 1912. Classically trained at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, she showed great potential for the grand opera scene but an ...

16. John Noakes

Actor | Redcap

John Noakes was born on March 6, 1934 in Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Redcap (1964), Camera Three (1955) and The Rise and Fall of César Birotteau (1965). He was married to Victoria Fenez. He died on May 28, 2017 in Palma, Majorca, Spain.

17. Lana Morris

Actress | The Forsyte Saga

Lana Morris always appeared to be more confident and mature than the other post war British starlets. However, the big roles always escaped her and she appeared as a supporting actress in many British films of the 1950s. She later re-started her career, appearing as a professional panellist on many...

18. Lurene Tuttle

Actress | Psycho

Quite a familiar lady and notorious busybody on 1950s and '60s TV and film, petite, red-headed character actress Lurene Tuttle was born in Pleasant Lake, Indiana and raised on a ranch close to the Arizona border. Her father, O.V. Tuttle, started out as a performer in minstrels, but found a job as a...

19. Marc Zuber

Actor | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Marc Zuber was born on May 5, 1944 in Lucknow, India. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), State of Emergency (1975) and Accident (1978). He died on May 28, 2003 in London, England, UK.

20. María Dolores Pradera

Actress | Zalacaín el aventurero

María Dolores Pradera was born on August 29, 1924 in Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Zalacaín el aventurero (1955), Es peligroso asomarse al exterior (1946) and María Antonia 'La Caramba' (1951). She was married to Fernando Fernán Gómez. She died on May 28, 2018 in Madrid...

21. Martha Scott

Actress | The Ten Commandments

Martha Ellen Scott was born in Jamesport, Missouri, to Letha (McKinley) and Walter Alva Scott, an engineer and garage owner. She entered films in the early 1940s, following an initial appearance in stock. Her first film appearance was Our Town (1940), playing the same character as she played on the...

22. Maya Angelou

Actress | Poetic Justice

Maya Angelou was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more ...

23. Norman Bartold

Actor | Westworld

Norman Bartold was born on August 6, 1928 in Berkeley, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Westworld (1973), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and The California Kid (1974). He was married to Sheila Bartold and Mary Virginia Bartold. He died on May 28, 1994 in Rancho Mirage, ...

24. Paulette Coquatrix

Costume_designer | Le désordre et la nuit

Paulette Coquatrix was born on April 28, 1916 in Paris, France. She was a costume designer, known for The Night Affair (1958), Frou-Frou (1955) and Femmes de Paris (1953). She was married to Bruno Coquatrix. She died on May 28, 2018 in Les Clérimois, Yonne, France.

25. Peter MacLean

Actor | Squirm

Peter MacLean was born on January 2, 1936 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Squirm (1976), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984). He was married to Dorothy Constantine. He died on May 28, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Phil Hartman

Actor | NewsRadio

Phil Hartman was born Philip Edward Hartmann on September 24, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. His surname was originally "Hartmann", but he later dropped the second "n". He was one of eight children of Doris Marguerite (Wardell) and Rupert Loebig Hartmann, a salesman. He was of German, Irish, ...

27. Pippo Caruso

Composer | Le evase - Storie di sesso e di violenze

Pippo Caruso was born on December 22, 1935 in Belpasso, Sicily, Italy. He was a composer and actor, known for Escape from Women's Prison (1978), Il maestro di violino (1976) and I due toreri (1964). He died on May 28, 2018 in Passo Corese, Rieti, Lazio, Italy.

28. Rachel Rockwell

29. Reynaldo Rey

Actor | Friday

Reynaldo Rey was born on January 27, 1940 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Friday (1995), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and First Sunday (2008). He was married to Evelyn. He died on May 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

30. Rhys Williams

Actor | How Green Was My Valley

Moviegoers can be forgiven if they thought that stocky, jaunty Rhys Williams was a jovial Irishman, as he often played that type of character, but his role as a Welsh miner in John Ford's classic How Green Was My Valley (1941) (his film debut) was much closer to home for him, as he was born and ...

31. Rick Dial

Actor | Sling Blade

For more than 20 years, Rick has been "The Voice of the Malvern Leopards", serving as the public address announcer for both the Malvern Leopard Football Stadium and the Basketball Field House. In addition to his acting credits, Rick has been the lead singer for rock bands since he was 13 years old....

32. Roy Roberts

Actor | Chinatown

Veteran character player Roy Roberts proudly claimed over 900 performances in a 40-year career. He might not have been known necessarily by name, but the face was distinct and obviously familiar. The prototype of the steely executive, the no-nonsense mayor, the assured banker, the stentorian leader...

33. Serge Dassault

Self | Téléthon

Serge Dassault was born on April 4, 1925 in Paris, France. He was married to Nicole Raffel. He died on May 28, 2018 in Paris, France.

34. Terence Alexander

Actor | Waterloo

To say that Terence Alexander, the distinguished British thespian, was hyperactive is a statement that borders on the understatement! Judge for yourself : born in 1923, following a short period when he considered becoming a priest, Alexander exercised the acting profession for six full decades and ...

35. Walter Connolly

Actor | It Happened One Night

The name may have been forgotten, especially today (seven decades later), but the portly, apoplectic, exasperated figure on the 1930s screen wasn't. While his film career, save a couple of silents, lasted a paltry seven years (1932-1939), character actor Walter Connolly certainly ran the distance. ...

36. Walter Wolfgang

Self | Taking Liberties

Walter Wolfgang was born on June 23, 1923 in Frankfurt, Germany. He died on May 28, 2019 in the UK.