Deaths of TV/film actor/actresses

Aug 6th:
1964
Cecil Hardwicke- British film actor Rome Express, Les Miserables, King Solomon's Mine, Hunchback of Notre Dame, I Remember Mama, The Ten Commandments 71
1979
Kurt Kasznar- film actor Lili, Anything Goes, A Farewell to Arms, Casino Royale 65
 

Aug 7th:
1957
Oliver Hardy- film actor,best known for movies he co starred with his comedy partner, Stan Laurel. They did 107 films between 1921-1951 34 silent shorts, 45 sound shorts, 27 sound films 65
1992
John Anderson- film actor Psycho, Ride the High Country, Zoot Suit, Eight Men Out 69{heart attack}
2021
Jane WithersTV/film actress- best known TV role' spokesperson for Comet commericals as 'Josephine the PLumber' in late 60s,early 70's films: Bright Eyes, Rascals, Giant, Capt Newman,MD 95
2021
Markie Post- TV actress best known TV role' Christine' in original NBC sitcom' Night Court' 70{cancer}
 
1957
Oliver Hardy- film actor,best known for movies he co starred with his comedy partner, Stan Laurel. They did 107 films between 1921-1951 34 silent shorts, 45 sound shorts, 27 sound films 65
Stan and Ollie is a wonderful recent movie starring John C. Reilly (probably the most underrated actor of our time). It's probably streaming somewhere. It tells the story their relationship. I highly recommend it.
 

Aug 8th:
1984
Richard Deacon TV actor best known TV role' Mel Cooley' in CBS sitcom' The Dick Van Dyke Show 62
1988
Alan Napier British TV/film actor best known TV role' Alfred' -the butler' in ABC '60's show' Batman&Robin'
films: The House of Seven Gables, Cat People, Criss Cross, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Marnie 85
2004
Fay Wray- film actress Doctor X, King King, It Happened In Hollywood, Tammy&The Bachelor 96
2005
Barbara bel Geddes- TV/film actress best known TV role' Miss Ellie Ewing' in CBS drama' Dallas',
films: I Remember Mama, Vertigo The 5 Pennies 82
2010
Patricia Neal- film actress Hud, The Subject Was Roses, Fountainhead, Breakfast at Tiffanys 84
 
Aug 9th:
1969
Sharon Tate- film actress Waves, Valley of the Dolls, Wrecking Crew 26 ,killed by Charles Manson gang
2003
Gregory HInes- film actor The Cotton Club, Running Scared, White KNights, Waiting to Exhale, 57
 
Aug 11th:
1982
Tom Drake- film actor Meet Me In St. Louis, The White Cliffs of Dover, Courage of Lassie, The Singing Nun 63
1988
Anne Ramsay- film actress 'Throw Mama From The Train{,played Danny DeVito's mom} Honky, Tonk Freeway, The Twon That Banned Christmas 59
1994
Peter Cushing- British film actor Hamlet, Curse of Frankenstein, Town Without Pity, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Star Wars 81
2008
George Furth-film actor Butch Cassidy&Sundance Kid, Prime Time, The Man With Two Brains 75
 
Aug 12th:
1982
Henry Fonda- film actor Young Mr. Lincoln, Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Spencer's Mountain, Yours, Mine, Ours, On Golden Pond{best actor Oscar, his only win} 77
2000
Loretta Young- film actress The Call of the Wild, Three Blind Mice, Farmer's Daughter{best Actress Oscar} 87
2014
Lauren Bacall- film actress The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Murder on Orient Express,Dark Passage, The Mirror Has Two Faces 89
 
Aug 12th:
1982
Henry Fonda- film actor Young Mr. Lincoln, Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Spencer's Mountain, Yours, Mine, Ours, On Golden Pond{best actor Oscar, his only win} 77
2000
Loretta Young- film actress The Call of the Wild, Three Blind Mice, Farmer's Daughter{best Actress Oscar} 87
2014
Lauren Bacall- film actress The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Murder on Orient Express,Dark Passage, The Mirror Has Two Faces 89
Wow! Three big stars passed on Aug 12. I fondly remember some of their films.
 
Aug 13th:
1967
Jane Darwell- film actress Curly Top, Little Miss Broadway, Gone With the Wind, Grapes of Wrath, Daughter of Rosie O'Grady 87
2016
Kenny Baker -British film actor best known role 'RD-D2' in Star War movies, other films The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Amadeus 81
 
Aug 13th:
1967
Jane Darwell- film actress Curly Top, Little Miss Broadway, Gone With the Wind, Grapes of Wrath, Daughter of Rosie O'Grady 87
2016
Kenny Baker -British film actor best known role 'RD-D2' in Star War movies, other films The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Amadeus 81
Went from three big stars yesterday to two names I'm completely unfamiliar with, though I do know some of the movies they worked in. A reminder that, as the strikers are emphasizing, it takes more than the big stars to make the entertainment business work.
 
Went from three big stars yesterday to two names I'm completely unfamiliar with, though I do know some of the movies they worked in. A reminder that, as the strikers are emphasizing, it takes more than the big stars to make the entertainment business work.
 
Aug 14th:
1972
Oscar Levant- film actor Romance on the High Seas, An American in Paris 65
1982
Patrick Magee- Irish film actor Zulu, Cromwell, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Chariots of Fire 60{heart attack}
2006
Bruno Kirby- film actor Cinderella Liberty, This is Spinal Tap, Good Morning, Vietnam, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers 57
2012
Ron Palillo- TV actor, best known TV role' Arnold Horshack' on ABC sitcom' Welcome Back Kotter 63{heart attack}
 
Aug 15th:
1935
Will Rogers- film actor They Had To See Me, Judge Priest, In Old Kentucky, Life Begins At Fourty 55{plane crash}
1971
Paul Lukas- film actor Little Women, Dinner at the Ritz, The Lady Vanishes, Kim, 55 Days at Peking, Lord Jim 76
 
Aug 16th:
1956
Bela Lugosi- film actor Dracula, The Phantom Creeps, Black Friday , Wolf Man, Plan 9 From Outer Space 73
1989
Amanda Blake- TV actress best known TV role' Miss Kitty' on CBS western' Gunsmoke' 60
2012
William Windom TV/movie actor best known TV role' 'Congressman Glen Morley' in 60's ABC sitcom' Farmer's Daughter' JOhn Monroe' in NBC/CBS sitcom' My World&Welcome To It- loosely based on the work of humorist, James Thurber, 'Dr Seth Hazlitt' on CBS detective series' Murder She Wrote'
films' To Kill A Mockingbird, Americanization of Emily, Sommersby 88
2019
Peter Fonda film actor Easy Rider, Futureworld, Cannonball Run, Ulee's Gold 3:10 To Yuma 79
 
Today our most well known chat show host., and really a British Icon, Michael Parkinson Died.. age 88. R.I.P MIchael


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Aug 19th:
1976
Alastair Simm Scottish film actor A Christmas Carol, The Ruling Class 75
1987
Hayden Rorke- TV actor best known TV role' Dr Alfred Bellows' on NBC sitcom' I Dream of Jeannie' 76
2016
Jack Riley- TV actor best known TV role' Mr Carlin' on CBS sitcom' Bob Newhart Show' 80
 
Aug 20th:
2001
Kim Stanley- film actress To Kill A Mockingbird- narrator, The Goddess, The Right Stuff,Cat On A Hot Tin Roof 76
2012
Phyliss Diller- film actress Splendor in the Grass,Boy Did I Get the Wrong Number, Eight On The Lam 95
2017
Jerry Lewis- film actor My Friend Irma, The Caddy, The Geisha Boy, The Nutty Professor, King of Comedy
was National Chariman/host of Muscular Dystrophy Telethon 1966- 2010 91
 
Aug 21st:
2018
Barbara Harris film actress, A Thousand Clowns, Plaza Suite, Nashville, Family Plot, The Seduction of Joe Tynan,Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 83
 
Aug 22nd;
1977
Sebastian Cabot- British TV/film actor best known TV role' Mr French' on CBS sitcom' Family Affair'
films: The Time Machine, The Family Jewels, animated movies The Jungle Book{voice},Sword in the Stone{voice} Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh-narrator 59
1991
Collen Dewhurst- film actress The Nun's Story, The Cowboys, Annie Hall, The Blue&The Grey, Anne of Green Gables 67
 
Aug 23rd:
1926
Rudolph Valentino- silent film actor The Married Virgin, The Sheik,The Eagle 31
1975
Hank Patterson- TV actor best known TV roles' Hank-stableman in CBS western' Gunsmoke', 'Fred Ziffel-pig farmer in CBS sitcom' Green Acres 87
2001
Kathleen Freeman- film actress, The Nutty Professor, Point Blank, The Blues Brothers, Dragnet 82
2005
Brock Peters- film actor Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird-{played black man defended by Atticus Finch}The Pawnbrokers, Soylent Green 78
2016
Steven Hill TV actor best known TV roles 'Daniel Briggs' -1st yr on CBS drama' MIssion,Impossible' he left due to dispute with producers, 'D.A. Adam Schiff' on NBC police/legal drama' Law&Order' 94
 


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