Deaths: May 20

1. Randy Savage

One of the most colorful wrestlers in and out of the ring, Randy "Macho Man" Savage became a larger-than-life pop icon along with other wrestling superstars, such as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Snuka (aka "Superfly Jimmy Snuka"), Jesse Ventura and Dwayne Johnson (aka "The Rock").

When ...

2. Andrew Hall

Actor | Butterflies

Andrew Hall was born on January 19, 1954 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor and editor, known for Butterflies (1978), Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999) and Nixon's the One (2013). He was married to Abigail Sharp. He died on May 20, 2019 in England, UK.

3. Barbara Murray

Actress | Tales from the Crypt

A self-assured and stylish actress, Barbara Murray was born into a showbusiness family, the daughter of actors and granddaughter of professional ballroom dancers. She was first thrust into the limelight as a six-year-old, dancing in the family variety act. Murray and her mother were evacuated to ...

4. Bill Gold

Bill Gold was an American graphic designer best known for thousands of film poster designs.

During his 70-year career he worked with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Laurence Olivier, Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Elia Kazan, Ridley Scott, and many more. Among ...

5. Chassman

Actor | Los chicos crecen

Chassman was born in 1938 in Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Los chicos crecen (1976). He died on May 20, 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

6. Dan Simkovitch

Actress | L'opération Corned Beef

Dan Simkovitch was born on April 28, 1954 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Operation Corned Beef (1991), Les filles d'à côté (1993) and Navarro (1989). She died on May 20, 2020 in Paris, France.

7. Dean Harens

Actor | Christmas Holiday

Dean Harens was born on June 30, 1920 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Christmas Holiday (1944), Wonder Woman (1975) and Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). He was married to June Dayton. He died on May 20, 1996 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

8. Derek Holman

Music_department | The Wars

Derek Holman was born on May 16, 1931 in Cornwall, England, UK. He is known for The Wars (1983). He was married to Margaret. He died on May 20, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

9. Dieter Schnebel

Composer | Metamorphosen

Dieter Schnebel was born on March 14, 1930 in Lahr, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Metamorphosen (1992), Film über Nichts (1992) and Alpha Forum (1998). He was married to Iris von Kaschnitz and Camilla Riegger. He died on May 20, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.

10. Dorothy Neumann

Actress | The Ten Commandments

Dorothy Neumann was born on January 26, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), The Undead (1957) and Hot Rod Gang (1958). She died on May 20, 1994 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

11. Emile Degelin

Director | Leven en dood op het land

Emile Degelin was born in 1926 in Diest, Belgium. Degelin spent his younger years doing photography. He went to the Ecole Nationale de Cinématographie in Paris to study. He achieved great distinction. Then he did internship in London at Arthur Elton and John Greerson, making Documentary films. Also...

12. Emma Amos

Self | Art City 1: Making It in Manhattan

Emma Amos was born on March 16, 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was married to Robert Levine. She died on May 20, 2020 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA.

13. Gemma Salem

Actress | L'histoire en marche

Gemma Salem was an actress, known for L'histoire en marche (1985) and La chambre (1982). She was married to Rémy Dubugnon. She died on May 20, 2020 in Vienna, Austria.

14. George Memmoli

Actor | Mean Streets

George Memmoli was born on August 3, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Mean Streets (1973), Phantom of the Paradise (1974) and Rocky (1976). He died on May 20, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

15. Gilda Radner

Actress | Saturday Night Live

Gilda Radner was one of the great comic geniuses of the 20th century, ranked with Lucille Ball and other comedy legends of the highest caliber. She was born on June 28, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan, the younger of two children of Henrietta (Dworkin), a legal secretary, and Herman Radner, a ...

16. J.D. Cannon

Actor | Cool Hand Luke

John Donovan Cannon graduated from high school in his hometown of Salmon, Idaho, in 1940. His subsequent studies at the Academy of Dramatic Arts were interrupted as a result of wartime military service from 1942 to 1945. After the war, Cannon returned to New York to complete his training and acting...

17. Jackie Basehart

Actor | Il corsaro nero

Jackie Basehart was born on October 11, 1951 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Black Corsair (1976), The Inglorious Bastards (1978) and Tea with Mussolini (1999). He was married to Tatiana Basehart. He died on May 20, 2015 in Milan, Italy.

18. Janet Edmonds

Actress | The Grand Seduction

Janet Edmonds was born on July 23, 1966 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Grand Seduction (2013), Anchor Zone (1994) and Away from Everywhere (2016). She died on May 20, 2017 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

19. Jimmy Dale

Composer | B.S. I Love You

Jimmy Dale was born on October 23, 1935 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for B.S. I Love You (1971), Li'l Abner (1971) and The Ray Stevens Show (1970). He died on May 20, 2017.

20. Joe Beauchamp

Self | The NFL on CBS

Joe Beauchamp was born on April 11, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on May 20, 2020 in the USA.

21. Jon Pertwee

Actor | Doctor Who

Jon Pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the Third Doctor on the BBC's science-fiction television series Doctor Who (1963) from 1970 to 1974. He was also the first to play the role following the transition of BBC One from black and white to colour. His 60-year entertainment career included ...

22. Juan Manuel Palacios

23. Lucy Gordon

Actress | Spider-Man 3

Lucy Gordon was born on May 22, 1980 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Four Feathers (2002) and Serendipity (2001). She died on May 20, 2009 in Paris, France.

24. Malin Gjörup

Actress | Hallo Baby

Born in Lule, Sweden into artistic family. Parents Annette (n Bogeland) and Henning Gjoerup. Mother remarried 1970 to famous swedish actor Håkan Serner. Grew up in Stockholm. Went to music-school. Entered the Malmö andCollege of Music in 1986. Graduated in 1992 with a post-graduate diploma in ...

25. Mario Mazzone

Self | Evita, otra mirada

Mario Mazzone was born on December 31, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on May 20, 2007 in Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

26. Mary Ellen Trainor

Actress | The Goonies

Mary Ellen Trainor was born in Chicago, Illinois. She appeared in many feature-films of the 1980s, notable characters include, Elaine, the kidnapped sister of Kathleen Turner and the catalyst for the entire plot in Romancing the Stone (1984), Dr. Stephanie Woods (LA Police Psychiatrist) in in all ...

27. Mira Zakai

Music_department | Biba

Mira Zakai was born on September 21, 1942 in Jerusalem, Palestine. She is known for Biba (1977). She was married to Yaakov Zakai. She died on May 20, 2019 in Israel.

28. Niki Lauda

Actor | Heiteres Bezirksgericht

Born to a wealthy family in Vienna, Niki Lauda did not use the conventional methods of a man his means to become a world champion race driver. Far from it, his family disapproved and refused to finance his career, but Lauda plodded on, racing in the lesser ranks before getting his first break in ...

29. Oleg Yankovskiy

Actor | Nostalghia

Yankovsky was named best actor in a 1984 reader poll by Soviet Screen for his role in "In Love Because He Wants to Be." He was awarded the State Prize in 1987 for his role in "Flying Asleep and Awake." In 1989 he received the Vasiliev State Prize for his role in "The Kreutzer Sonata." Yakovsky was ...

30. Patricia Morison

Actress | The Song of Bernadette

Woefully misused while in her prime screen years at Paramount during the late '30s and '40s, Patricia Morison, lovely and exotic with Rapunzel-like long, dark hair, nevertheless became a star in her own right -- as a supremely talented diva on the singing stage.

Born on March 19, 1915, in New York ...

31. Peter Bull

Actor | The African Queen

He was born 21st March 1912 in London, the fourth son of Sir William James Bull M.P. and Lillian Heather Brandon. Educated at Winchester College, he started in journalism before studying for the stage with Elsie Fogerty and made his stage debut at London's Shaftsbury Theatre in As You Like It on ...

32. Ramón Chao

Writer | Arriba España

Ramón Chao was born on July 21, 1935 in Vilalba, Terra Chá, Galicia, Spain. He was a writer, known for Arriba España (1976), El debate de la 2 (2002) and Un Buñuel mexican (1997). He was married to Felisa Ortega. He died on May 20, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

33. Ray Manzarek

Soundtrack | Army of the Dead

Ray Manzarek was born on February 12, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director and composer, known for Army of the Dead (2021), Strange Days (1995) and The X Files (1998). He was married to Dorothy Manzarek. He died on May 20, 2013 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany.

34. Roberto Talice

Writer | Centauros del pasado

Roberto Talice was born on March 15, 1902 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a writer, known for Centauros del pasado (1944), El paraíso (1953) and La gata (1947). He died on May 20, 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

35. Robin Gibb

Soundtrack | Saturday Night Fever

Robin Gibb was born in 1949 on the Isle of Man, about half an hour before his twin brother Maurice. His parents, Barbara and Hugh, were both musical. Barbara sang and Hugh was a drummer and bandleader. Robin had four siblings - an older sister and brother, Lesley and Barry, twin Maurice and younger...

36. Rolf Sand

Actor | Volpone

Rolf Sand was born on February 21, 1921 in Kristiania, Norway. He was an actor, known for Volpone (1965), Pastor Jarman kommer hjem (1958) and Douglas (1970). He was married to Britt Elisabeth Joner. He died on May 20, 2018 in Baerum, Norway.

37. Rosanna Huffman

Actress | Babe

Rosanna Huffman was born on August 12, 1938 in Timblane, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Babe (1995), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and Murder One (1995). She was married to Richard Levinson. She died on May 20, 2016 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

38. Stephen Jay Gould

3-2-1 Contact

Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for 3-2-1 Contact (1980), Cosmos (1980) and Evolution (2002). He was married to Deborah Lee and Rhonda Roland Shearer. He died on May 20, 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.

39. Thomas Botosan

Actor | Hunter

Thomas Botosan was born on March 18, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Hunter (1976), Police Story (1973) and M*A*S*H (1972). He died on May 20, 2017 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.

40. Tino Pascali

Actor | Verdad consecuencia

Tino Pascali was born on February 21, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and production designer, known for Verdad consecuencia (1996), El novicio rebelde (1968) and Vamos a soñar por el amor (1971). He died on May 20, 2005 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

41. Yasuo Furuhata

Director | Poppoya

Yasuo Furuhata was born on August 19, 1934 in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Railroad Man (1999), Buddies (1989) and Station (1981). He died on May 20, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.