- 1952 Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
- 1956 Charley Grapewin, American actor (The Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady), dies at 86
- 1963 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright (Sailor's Wives), dies at 77
- 1963 William Gaxton, American actor (Destry, Convoy), dies at 72
- 1969 Boris Karloff [William H Pratt], British actor (The Mummy, Frankenstein), dies at 81
- 1970 Lawrence Gray, American actor, dies at 71
- 1972 Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
- 1976 Johan Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
- 1978 Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
- 1981 Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
- 1990 Joel Fluellen, American actor (Porgy and Bess, Burning Cross, Learning Tree), commits suicide at 82
- 1992 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77
- 1994 Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
- 1995 Donald Pleasence, British actor (You Only Live Twice, Escape from New York, Halloween), dies from heart failure at 75
- 1996 Gene Kelly, American actor and dancer (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 83
- 1997 Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher, dies at 91
- 2004 Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
- 2007 Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
- 2008 Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960)
- 2008 Herbert "Barry" Morse, British-Canadian actor (The Fugitive, Space: 1999, Winds of War), dies at 89
- 2011 Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress, presenter and VJ. (b. 1975)
- 2011 Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (Capote, Moneyball) dies of a suspected drug overdose at 46
- 2016 Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life), dies at 92