- Jan 8 Kenneth McMillan, actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
- Jan 13 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51
- Jan 16 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
- Jan 16 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies
- Jan 16 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
- Jan 19 Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London), dies
- Jan 20 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94
- Jan 20 Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
- Jan 27 Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor [Okey Ka Fairy Ko!], dies at 70
- Jan 31 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
- Feb 3 John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby), dies at 59
- Feb 5 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
- Feb 6 Andre Cayatte, French filmmaker, dies at 80
- Feb 11 George O'Hanlon, american actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
- Feb 22 Joan Woodbury, American actress (Super Sleuth, Northwest Trail), dies at 73
- Feb 27 Joseph "Joe" Silver, American actor (Lenny, Mr I Magination), dies of liver cancer at 66
- Mar 1 Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress and director (Bluejackets, De kleine zielen), dies at 71
- Mar 6 Harry Andrews, English actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77
- Mar 12 Maurice Evans, British actor (Planet of the Apes, Bewitched), dies at 87
- Mar 17 Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29
- Mar 18 William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
- Mar 20 Alan Gifford [John Lennox], American actor (Time Lock, 2001: A Space Odyssey), dies at 78
- Mar 21 Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
- Mar 27 May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies
- Mar 29 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women & War), dies at 73
- Mar 30 Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies
- Apr 3 Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul & David, Medeleine), dies at 79
- Apr 3 Norman Wooland, German actor (Ivanhoe, Quo Vadis, Hamlet), dies at 79
- Apr 7 Alberto Morin, Puerto Rican actor (Two Mules for Sister Sara, Rio Grande), dies at 86
- Apr 12 Gerald Flood, British actor (Doctor Who, Patton), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Apr 15 Charles Vanel, French actor and director (Wages of Fear), dies at 96
- Apr 21 James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!), dies of cancer at 64
- Apr 25 George Coulouris, British actor (Runaway Bus), dies at 85
Lucille Ball
Apr 26 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
Lucille Ball
- May 1 Douglass Watson, American actor (Satan Murders, Another World), dies at 68
- May 1 Marion Mack, actress (General), dies
- May 3 Muriel Ostriche, American silent film actress dies at 92
- May 6 Guy Williams [Armando Joseph Catalano], American actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies of a brain aneurysm at 65
- May 19 Robert Webber, American actor (12 Angry Men, Moonlighting, 79 Park Avenue), dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at 64
- May 20 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), dies at 70
- May 27 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
- May 31 Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
- Jun 9 Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
- Jun 10 Richard Quine, American actor and director (How to Murder Your Wife, Clay Pigeon), commits suicide at 68
- Jun 13 Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), dies at 81
- Jun 15 Ray McAnally, Irish actor (The Mission, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian), dies of a heart attack at 63
- Jun 15 Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
- Jun 17 John Matuszak, American NFL defensive end (Oak Raider) and actor (The Goonies), dies of an accidental propoxyphene overdose at 38
- Jun 21 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host (Amsterdamned), dies at 70
- Jun 27 Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies
- Jul 1 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
- Jul 2 Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
- Jul 3 James "Jim" Backus, American actor (Mr Magoo, Rebel Without a Cause, Gilligan's Island), dies of pneumonia at 76
- Jul 10 Mel Blanc, American voice actor, comedian best known for his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig), dies at 81
- Jul 10 Thomas "Tommy" Trinder, British radio comedian and actor (Save a Little Sunshine, Phoenix), dies at 80
Laurence Olivier
Jul 11 Laurence Olivier, English stage and screen acting great (Hamlet, Rebecca), dies at 82
Laurence Olivier
- Jul 18 Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (Patti-My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
- Jul 19 Carl-Heinz Schroth, German director and actor (Strafverteidiger), dies at 87
- Jul 20 Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71
- Jul 24 Ernest Morrison, actor (Peggy Does Her Darndest), dies
- Jul 28 Jeff Richards [Richard Mansfield Taylor], American actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies of acute respiratory failure at 64
- Aug 5 Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Aug 11 John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
- Aug 15 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies
- Aug 16 Amanda Blake [Beverly Louise Neill], American actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 60
- Aug 22 Johannes "Jan" Teulings, Dutch actor (Lentelied, The Three Wishes), dies of natural causes at 84
- Sep 9 Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose
- Sep 19 Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies
- Sep 22 Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies
- Oct 4 Graham Chapman, English comedian (Monty Python, Life of Brian), dies of cancer at 48
Bette Davis
Oct 6 Bette Davis, American actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81
Bette Davis
- Oct 11 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
- Oct 12 Carmen Cavallaro, American actor and pianist (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe), dies from prostate cancer at 76
- Oct 13 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), dies at 87
- Oct 14 Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30
- Oct 16 Cornel Wilde [Kornel Lajos Weisz], Hungarian-American actor (Sword of Lancelot, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer), dies at 74
- Oct 20 Anthony Quayle, British actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia), dies from liver cancer at 76
- Oct 21 Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (b. 1910)
- Oct 22 Roland Winters [Winternitz], American actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers, Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), dies at 84
- Oct 23 Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
- Nov 6 Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
- Nov 17 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
- Nov 20 Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher], American actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies from a heart attack at 71
- Nov 25 Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies
- Dec 6 Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86
- Dec 6 John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun, Miracle on 34th Street), dies aged 77
- Dec 7 William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)
- Dec 7 Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler, dies at 55
- Dec 14 Jock Mahoney [Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney], American actor and stuntman (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury), dies of a stroke at 70
- Dec 15 Arnold Moss, American actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata), dies at 79
- Dec 15 Edward Underdown, British actor (Beat the Devil, Thunderball), dies at 81
- Dec 16 Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies
- Dec 16 Lee Van Cleef, US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64
- Dec 16 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas), dies at 59
- Dec 20 Audrey Christie, American actress (Splendor in the Grass, Fair Exchange), dies at 77
- Dec 23 Peter Bennett, British actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 72
- Dec 26 Peggy Thorpe-Bates, actress (Alcatraz Island), dies
- Dec 30 Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies