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}
 
moviequeen1 said:
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
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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
 
moviequeen1 said:
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
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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
 
moviequeen1 said:
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
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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.
 
StarSong said:
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.
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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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