Deaths of TV/film actor/actresses

Aug 24th:
1988
Leonard Fry- film actor The Magic Christian, The Boys in The Band, Fiddler On The Roof, Where The Buffalo Roam 49
1998
E.G. Marshall TV/film actor best known TV role' Lawrence Preston' in CBS 60's court room drama' The Defenders, Robert Reed was his co star
films: The Caine Mutiny, Twelve Angry Men, Town Without Pity, Nixon, Absolute Power 84
2014
Richard Attenborough- British film actor Stairway to Heaven, The Great Escape, The Sandpebbles, Jurrasic Park
he won 2 Oscars for best director/ producer movie' Gandhi 90
 

Aug 25th:
1967
Paul Muni- film actor Scarface, The Good Earth, Stage Door Canteen, Angel on My Shoulder 71
1980
Gower Champion- film actor Show Boat, Give a Girl A Break, Three For The Show 61
 
Aug 26th:
1930
Lon Chaney- film actor The Hunchback of Notre Dame,Phantom of the Opera 47
1986
Ted Knight TV comedic actor, best known TV role' Ted Baxter' on CBS sitcom' Mary Tyler Moore Show'
'Henry Rush' in ABC's 80's sitcom' Too Close For Comfort' 62{cancer}
 

Aug 27th:
1964
Gracie Allen TV/film actress ,best known TV role playing herself with husband, George Burns in CBS 50's sitcom'Burns&Allen:
films: International House,Here Comes Cookie,A Damsel in Distress 62{cancer}
1996
Gregg Morris- TV actor, best known TV role' Barney Collier- electronics expert in CBS drama' Mission Impossible 62 {brain tumor}
 
moviequeen1 said:
Aug 27th:
1964
Gracie Allen TV/film actress ,best known TV role playing herself with husband, George Burns in CBS 50's sitcom'Burns&Allen:
films: International House,Here Comes Cookie,A Damsel in Distress 62{cancer}
1996
Gregg Morris- TV actor, best known TV role' Barney Collier- electronics expert in CBS drama' Mission Impossible 62 {brain tumor}
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Oh my gosh, I didn't realize Gracie died 32 years before George. They were such a talented team.
 
Aug 28th:
1951
Robert Walker- film actor Madame Curie, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Strangers on A Train 32
1976
Anissa Jones- TV child actress best known TV role' Buffy' on sitcom' Family Affair 18 drug overdose
1985
Ruth Gordon- film actress Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Rosemary's Baby, Harold&Maude, Inside Daisy Clover, The Big Bus 88 stroke
 
moviequeen1 said:
Aug 28th:
1951
Robert Walker- film actor Madame Curie, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Strangers on A Train 32
1976
Anissa Jones- TV child actress best known TV role' Buffy' on sitcom' Family Affair 18 drug overdose
1985
Ruth Gordon- film actress Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Rosemary's Baby, Harold&Maude, Inside Daisy Clover, The Big Bus 88 stroke
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Ruth Gordon was one of a kind. ❤️
 
Aug 29th:
1973
Michael Dunn- short film actor Ship of Fools, You're A Big Boy Now, The Abdication 38
1977
Jean Hagen-film actress Adam's Rib, The Asphalt Jungle, Singing In the Rain, The Shaggy Dog 54
1982
Ingrid Bergman- film actress A Woman's Face, Casablanca, Gaslight, Murder on The Orient Express, Spellbound, Cactus Flower 67
1987
Lee Marvin- film actor Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou{best actor Oscar} The Dirty Dozen, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Gorky Park 63{heart attack}
2016
Gene Wilder- film actor Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka&The Chocolate Factory, Silver Streak, Young Frankenstein 83
2021
Ed Asner TV actor best known TV role' Lou Grant' in CBS sitcom' Mary Tyler Moore Show, played same character in CBS drama' Lou Grant' 91
 
Aug 30th:
1968
William Talman TV actor, best known TV role' D.A. Hamilton Burger' in CBS legal drama' Perry Mason' 53
1979
Jean Seberg- film actress Saint Joan, The Mouse That Roared, A Fine Madness,Airport 40{suicide}
2003
Charles Bronson film actor Vera Cruz, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish movies 81
2006
Glenn Ford- film actor Blackboard Jungle, 3 :10 To Yuma, Pockeful of Miracles, Courtship of Eddie's Father,
Dear Heart, Midway 90
 
Aug 31st:
1968
Dennis O'Keefe- film actor Cimarron, Topper Returns, Brewster's Millions, All Hands on Deck 60
2008
Jerry Reed- film actor Smokey&The Bandit movies, Bat 21, The Waterboy 71
2021
Michael Constantine- TV/film actor best known TV role' Seymour Kaufman' {school principal} in ABC school drama' Room 222,p films: The Hustler, Don't Drink The Water, My Big, Fat Greek Wedding 94
 
Sept 1st:
1967
James Dunn-film actor Baby,Take a Bow, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Killer McCoy 65
1977
Ethel Waters- film actress Cairo, Tales of Manhattan, Member of the Wedding 80
1986
Murray Hamilton- film actor Spirit of St. Louis, , Anatomy of a Murder, The Graduate, Jaws, Mazes&Monsters 83
2015
Dean Jones- film actor Jail house Rock, Under the Yum-Yum Tree, The Love Bug, Born Again, Beethoven, That Darn Cat 84
 
moviequeen1 said:
Aug 30th:
1968
William Talman TV actor, best known TV role' D.A. Hamilton Burger' in CBS legal drama' Perry Mason' 53
1979
Jean Seberg- film actress Saint Joan, The Mouse That Roared, A Fine Madness,Airport 40{suicide}
2003
Charles Bronson film actor Vera Cruz, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish movies 81
2006
Glenn Ford- film actor Blackboard Jungle, 3 :10 To Yuma, Pockeful of Miracles, Courtship of Eddie's Father,
Dear Heart, Midway 90
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I always thought Charles Bronson was underrated. He was fitted just right for the movies, “Death Wish.” I think there were 4 of them. Some of the stuff in the movies was a bit of a reach, but they were entertaining. He also had a hot wife. (Jill Ireland)
 
911 said:
I always thought Charles Bronson was underrated. He was fitted just right for the movies, “Death Wish.” I think there were 4 of them. Some of the stuff in the movies was a bit of a reach, but they were entertaining. He also had a hot wife. (Jill Ireland)
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HI 911, there were actually 5 'Death Wish movies '74,'82,'83,'87' '94 Sue
 
Sept 2nd:
2001
Troy Donahue- film actor A Summer PLace, Parrish, The Godfather 2, Cry Baby 65
2005
Bob Denver- TV/film actor best known TV roles'Maynard G.Krebs in CBS sitcom' The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis,'Gilligan' in CBS sitcom' Gilligan's Island
films: Take Her, She's Mine, Who's MInding The Mint 70
 
moviequeen1 said:
Sept 2nd:
2001
Troy Donahue- film actor A Summer PLace, Parrish, The Godfather 2, Cry Baby 65
2005
Bob Denver- TV/film actor best known TV roles'Maynard G.Krebs in CBS sitcom' The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis,'Gilligan' in CBS sitcom' Gilligan's Island
films: Take Her, She's Mine, Who's MInding The Mint 70
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Both were icons for our generation of Americans.
 
911 said:
I always thought Charles Bronson was underrated. He was fitted just right for the movies, “Death Wish.” I think there were 4 of them. Some of the stuff in the movies was a bit of a reach, but they were entertaining. He also had a hot wife. (Jill Ireland)
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He stole Jill Ireland from her husband David McCallum....
 
Sept 3rd:
1954
Eugene Pallette film actor Birth of a Nation,The 3 Musketeers, My Man Godfrey,Topper, Mr Smith Goes to Washington,The Mark of Zorro
2012
Michael Clarke Duncan- film actor The Green Mile,The Scorpion King, Daredevil, Redemption Road 54
 
Sept 4th:
1985
George O'Brien- film actor Sunrise, Daniel Boone, My Wild Irish Rose, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Cheynne Autumn 85
1990
Irene Dunne- film actress, Cimarron,Magnificent Obsession, Show Boat, My Favorite Wife,I Remember Mama 91
1991
Tom Tryon- film actor Screaming Eagles, The Longest Day, The Cardinal, In Harm's Way 65
1990
Herve Villechaize- TV actor, best known TV role 'Tatoo' in ABC drama' Fantasy Island' he always said the catch phrase zee plane,zee plane' 50 suicide
 
Sept 5th:
1988
Gert Frobe- German film actor, Goldfinger,The Longest Day, Chitty,Chitty Bang Bang, The Serpents Egg 75
2016
Hugh O'Brian TV/film actor best known TV role' Wyatt Earp' in ABC western' Life&Legend of Wyatt Earp
films: Return of Jesse James, Little Big Horn, Broken Lance, The Shootist, Twins 91
 
Sept 6th:
1952
Gertrude Lawrence- British film actress Rembrandt, Stage Door Canteen 54
1959
Edmund Gwenn- British film actor Pride&Prejudice, Charley's Aunt, Miracle on 34thStreet, The Trouble With Harry 81
2015
Martin Milner- TV actor best known TV roles 'Tod Stiles in CBS 60's drama' Route 66, 'Off. Pete Malloy in NBC police drama' Adam-12 83
2018
Burt Reynolds TV/film actor best known TV roles' Quinn Asper in CBS western' Gunsmoke' ,"Wood Newton in CBS sitcom' Evening Shade'
films: Deliverance, Savage Run, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Smokey&The Bandit movies, Cannonball Run, Boogie Nights,The Longest Yard 83
In 1972,he famously posed nude in Cosmopolitan magazine, later he said in interview' It was a mistake because it wrecked my acting career'
 
Sept 7th
1971
Spring Byington TV/film actress best known TV role' Lily Ruskin' in CBS 50's sitcom' December Bride'
films: Mutiny on the Bounty, Jezebel, Meet John Doe, In The Good Old Summertime, Don't Eat the Daisies 84
1994
Dennis Morgan-film actor The Great Ziegfeld, Kitty Foyle, My Wild Irish Rose, The Cattle Town 85
2006
Robert Earl Jones- film actor Wild River, The Sting, Trading Places The Cotton Club, Witness, 96{actor James Earl Jones's father}
2022
Marsha Hunt- film actress Great Expectations, Anna Karenina, Three Men In a Boat, Bunny Lake Is Missing
104
 
Sept 8th:
1965
Dorothy Dandridge- film actress Sundown,Since You Went Away Island in the Sun 43{drug overdose}
1977
Zero Mostel-film actor A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,The Producers, The Front 62
1991
Brad Davis- film actor Sybil,Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire,The Player 41
 

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