- Dec 15 Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
- Dec 16 Fred Scott, American vocalist and actor (Melody of the Plains, Vincent Lopez), dies at 89
- Dec 18 June Storey, Canadian-born American actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73
- Dec 19 Paul Maxwell, Canadian actor (Aliens, City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70
- Dec 20 Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at 86
- Dec 20 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67
- Dec 23 Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73
- Dec 25 Tom Newman, American actor (Cape Fear (1962); Tales From The Dark Side), dies of heart attack at 60
- Dec 25 Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90
- Dec 25 Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et Caesar), dies at 87
- Dec 27 John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49