Deaths in Film & Television in 1994

Cesar Romero

Jan 1 Cesar Romero, American actor (Batman, Ocean's 11), dies at 86

Dinah Shore

Feb 24 Dinah Shore, American singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet), actress and TV personality (Dinah Shore Show, Nabisco DS Championship), dies of ovarian cancer at 76

Feb 25 Wladyslaw Sila Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki, dies at 80
Feb 26 William Melvin "Bill" Hicks, American stand-up comedian and social critic, dies of pancreatic cancer at 32
Mar 1 Manmohan Desai, Indian filmmaker (Amar Akbar Anthony, Suhaag), dies at 57
Mar 2 Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker, dies at 70

Mar 3 Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50
Mar 3 Ezra Stone [Chaim Feinstone], American director, actor and producer (My Living Doll, Henry Aldrich), dies in a road accident at 76

John Candy

Mar 4 John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43

Mar 6 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, activist and politician, dies of lung cancer at 73
Mar 9 Fernando Rey [Arambillet], Spanish actor (The French Connection, Matter of Time), dies of bladder cancer at 76
Mar 9 John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48
Mar 9 Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928)
Mar 9 Charles Bukowski, German-born American columnist (Notes of a Dirty Old Man) and writer (Hollywood: A Novel) who was described as a "laureate of American lowlife", dies of leukemia at 73
Mar 15 Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
Mar 17 Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
Mar 17 Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and film director (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm), dies of cancer at 68
Mar 20 Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
Mar 20 Don Goddard, American news anchor (ABC Evening News 1958-59), dies at 89
Mar 21 Dack Rambo, American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
Mar 21 Lili Damita [Liliane Carré], French actress and wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
Mar 21 Macdonald Carey, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Lock Up), dies of cancer at 81
Mar 23 Giulietta Masina, Italian actress, (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik) and wife of director Federico Fellini, dies at 73
Mar 23 Jim Moloney, American actor and writer, dies of Parkinson's disease at 64
Mar 29 Bill Travers [William Inge Lindon-Travers], British actor, director, officer and animal rights activist (Born Free, Gorgo), dies at 72
Mar 29 Paul Grimault, animator, dies at 89
Apr 2 Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
Apr 3 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), dies of stomach cancer at 78
Apr 3 Frank G Wells, US company director (Walt Disney Co.), dies in a helicopter crash at 62
Apr 3 Pat Harper, NYC news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies
Apr 4 Virginia "Ginny" Simms, American actress and singer (Night and Day, Kay Kyser Band), dies of a heart attack at 78

Apr 8 François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
Apr 9 Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
Apr 13 Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, Soviet film actor (Telegram, Town People), dies at 83
Apr 13 Nikolai Krjoetsjkov, Russian actor (Ballad of Soldatje), dies at 83
Apr 13 Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor & director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 73
Apr 16 John McLiam [Williams], Canadian actor (First Blood, Sleeper, Men From Shiloh), dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
Apr 16 Ron Vawter, American actor (Roy Cohn, The Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
Apr 17 Peter Hacker, American journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
Apr 19 Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
Apr 19 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
Apr 20 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), dies of a heart attack at 72
Apr 25 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), dies of a heart attack at 82
Apr 27 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
Apr 29 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), dies of natural causes at 81
May 6 Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
May 6 Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72
May 8 George Peppard, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max), dies at 65
May 8 Rupert Haselden, journalist and screenwriter, dies at 36
May 8 Steven Keats, American actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
May 11 Timothy Carey, American actor (Paths of Glory, The Killing), dies of stroke at 65
May 12 Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
May 13 Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88
May 14 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
May 15 Gilbert Roland [Luis Alonso], Mexican actor (Juarez, Barbarosa), dies from cancer at 88
May 15 Royal Dano, American actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II), dies of a heart attack at 71
May 16 Alain Cuny, French actor (La Dolce Vita, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle), dies at 85
May 16 Phani Majumdar, film director, dies at 82
May 16 Vasek Simek, Czech/American actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at 66
May 17 Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55
May 19 Henry Morgan, American comedian and TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena), dies of cancer at 74

May 23 Ray Candy, American professional wrestler, dies from a heart attack at 42
May 29 Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92
May 31 Sidney Gilliat, English screenwriter (Night Train to Munich) and director, dies at 86
Jun 1 Frances Heflin, American actress (All My Children, The Skin of Our Teeth), dies of lung cancer at 73
Jun 4 Stephen McNally, American attorney and actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 82
Jun 4 Massimo Troisi, Italian actor and director (Ricomincio da tre), dies at 41
Jun 4 Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33
Jun 6 Barry Sullivan, American actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), dies at 81
Jun 6 John Morey Downs, actor/dancer/singer, dies at 80
Jun 6 Mark McManus, actor (Ned Kelly), dies of pneumonia at 59
Jun 6 Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
Jun 6 Johnny Downs, American actor (The Mad Monster, Coronado, Manhattan Showcase), dies from cancer at 80
Jun 8 William Marshall, American singer, bandleader and actor (State Fair, Pennsylvanians), dies at 76
Jun 11 Herbert Anderson, American character actor (Dennis The Menace, Battleground), dies of a stroke at 77
Jun 11 Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90
Jun 12 Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 44
Jun 14 Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
Jun 15 Nadia Gray [Nadia Kujnir-Herescu], Romanian actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide), dies at 70
Jun 16 Eileen Way, British actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin), dies at 82
Jun 17 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74
Jun 22 Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80
Jun 26 Roelof Kiers, VPRO-programmer/director (Macchiavelli), dies at 56
Jun 28 Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan), dies at 90
Jul 4 Liesbeth Struppert, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
Jul 4 Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
Jul 6 Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
Jul 6 Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
Jul 7 Anita Garvin, American actress (Sailors Beware), dies at 80
Jul 8 Dick Sargent [Richard Stanford Cox], American actor (Darren in "Bewitched"), dies of cancer at 64
Jul 8 Christian-Jaque [Christian Maudet], French film director (Fearless Little Soldier, Race for Life, The Pearls of the Crown), dies at 89

Jul 11 Bart Scheepens, actor/director, dies of AIDS at 50
Jul 11 Savannah [Shannon Michelle Wilsey], American pornographic film actress, dies after a suicide attempt at 23
Jul 12 Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
Jul 21 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
Jul 23 Hans J Salter, Austrian-American film composer (The Wolf Man, Christmas Holiday, This Love Of Ours), dies at 98
Jul 26 Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
Aug 2 Bert Freed, American character actor (Shane, Invaders From Mars), dies of a heart attack at 74
Aug 3 Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
Aug 5 Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
Aug 7 Robert Hutton [Winne], American actor (Torture Garden, Rocket), dies at 74
Aug 7 Larry Martyn, comedy actor (b. 1934)
Aug 11 Dorothy Grenfell Williams, radio producer and broadcaster, dies at 60
Aug 11 Mark "Red" Mitchell, American actor (JFK, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33

Peter Cushing

Aug 11 Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr Who), dies of cancer at 81

Aug 14 Joan Harrison, English screenwriter and producer who often worked with Alfred Hitchcock (Rebecca, They Won't Believe Me), dies at 83
Aug 16 John Doucette, American actor (The Lone Ranger, Lock Up, Big Town), dies of cancer at 73
Aug 20 Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65
Aug 21 Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35
Aug 26 Tariq Yunus, Indian actor (Ashanti, Deceivers), dies at 54
Aug 29 Phillip Gilmore, American actor (Malcolm X), dies at 38
Aug 30 Lindsay Anderson, British director (If ...), dies at 71
Aug 30 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike & Spike Festival), dies at 42
Sep 1 Boris Malenko, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
Sep 2 Roy Castle, English dancer, actor and tv presenter (Dr Who & the Daleks), dies of lung cancer at 62
Sep 3 James T. Aubrey, American television executive (President of the CBS television network 1959-65), dies of heart attack at 75
Sep 6 James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69
Sep 7 Dennis Morgan [Stanley], American actor (21 Beacon Street), dies at 85
Sep 7 Godfrey Quigley, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney), dies at 71
Sep 7 Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), dies of at 79
Sep 9 Patrick O'Neal, American actor (Under Siege, The Stepford Wives, King Rat, Night of the Iguana), dies at 66

Sep 10 Charles Drake [Ruppert], American actor (Harvey, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story), dies of heart attack at 92

Jessica Tandy

Sep 11 Jessica Tandy, actress (Driving Miss Daisy), dies of cancer at 85

Sep 11 William Obanheim, actor (Officer Obie-Alice's Restaurant), dies at 69
Sep 12 Tom Ewell [Sam Yewell Tompkins], American actor (Tom Ewell Show, The Seven Year Itch), dies at 85
Sep 15 Mark Stevens, American actor (Big Town, Martin Kane, Private Eye), dies of cancer at 77
Sep 16 Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
Sep 16 Jack Dodson, American actor (Howard Sprage- "The Andy Griffith Show"), dies at 63
Sep 17 Iris Adrian, American actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard), dies at 82
Sep 23 Madeleine Renaud, French actress and theater director (Plaisir), dies at 94
Sep 25 Kitty Masters, actress, dies at 92
Sep 27 Gerald Bledsoe, American broadcaster (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of a heart attack at 51
Sep 27 Ruth Niehaus, German actress, dies at 69
Sep 28 Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), dies at 78
Sep 30 Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87
Oct 1 Brad O'Hare, American actor dies of complications due to AIDS at 43
Oct 1 Marjorie Weaver, American actress (Michael Shayne: Private Detective, Young Mr Lincoln), dies from a stroke at 81
Oct 2 Harriet Nelson [Peggy Lou Synder], American actress, dies of congestive heart failure at 80
Oct 2 Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), dies of heart failure at 85 [1]
Oct 3 Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48
Oct 3 Dub Taylor [Walter Clarence Taylor Jr], American character actor (Gunsmoke), dies from a heart attack at 87
Oct 3 Harriet Nelson, American actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 80
Oct 3 V, comedian and actor, dies at 48
Oct 3 Virginia Dale, American actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77
Oct 3 Heinz Rühmann, German actor and director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick), dies at 92
Oct 4 Heinz Rohmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92
Oct 7 Paul Swift, American actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
Oct 8 Diana Churchill, English actress (Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster), dies at 81
Oct 9 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
Oct 11 Maja Bulgakova, Ukrainian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
Oct 15 Wilhelmus HL "Willem" Tollenaar, actor and director (Elkerlyc), dies at 82

Oct 19 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress (Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), dies after illness at 78

Burt Lancaster

Oct 20 Burton "Burt" Lancaster, American actor (Spartacus, Apartment, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 80

Oct 20 Eberhard Feik, German actor (Tatort), dies at 50
Oct 20 Sergei F Bondartsjoek, actor and director (Waterloo), dies at 74
Oct 23 Robert Lansing, American actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, A Man for All Seasons, Chariots of Fire), dies of cancer at 66
Oct 23 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78
Oct 24 Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (Addams Family), dies of stroke at 54
Oct 25 Mildred Natwick, American actress (Barefoot in the Park, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 89 (b. 1905)
Oct 25 Lillian Hayman, American actress (Leslie Uggams Show), dies at 72
Oct 26 Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64
Oct 26 Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87
Oct 30 Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40
Oct 31 Jole Silvani [Niobe Quaiatti], Italian actress (La citta' Delle), dies
Nov 1 Noah Beery Jr, American actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot, Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun), dies of a cerebral thrombosis, at 81
Nov 3 Dennis C Ott, American actor (Star Trek 3/4), dies of AIDs
Nov 4 Jan Wegter, actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64
Nov 7 Carleton Young, American actor (Reefer Madness, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 89
Nov 8 Michael O'Donoghue, American comedy writer (SNL), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 54
Nov 9 Priscilla Morrill, American actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 67

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