- 1950 Walter Huston, Canadian actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre), dies from an aneurysm at 67
- 1955 Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
- 1967 Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood
- 1972 Victor Wong, American actor (Mission to Moscow, War Correspondent, King Kong), dies at 65
- 1973 Nick Stuart, Romanian-born American bandleader and actor (Secrets of Chinatown), dies of cancer at 69
- 1976 Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
- 1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
- 1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
- 1987 Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams], American jazz vocalist and performer (Going Places), dies following a seizure at 75
- 1989 Alberto Morin, Puerto Rican actor (Two Mules for Sister Sara, Rio Grande), dies at 86
- 1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor (The Village on the River, Dog of Flanders, Little Ark), dies at 80
- 2001 David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), dies of a heart attack at 50
- 2001 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), dies of pneumonia at 86
- 2002 John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81
- 2004 Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2007 Barry Nelson, American actor (Airport), dies at 89
- 2017 Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (Jewel in Crown, King Charles III), dies at 70