Deaths in Film & TV on January 6

Victor Fleming (1889-1949)

American film director (The Wizard of Oz; Gone With The Wind), dies at 65

1975 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
1977 Niall MacGinnis, Irish character actor (Curse of the Demon, Helen of Troy), dies from cancer at 63
1978 Francine York, American actress (Slattery's People), dies at 80
1984 Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of a heart attack at 46
1990 Hans Jaray, Austrian actor (Lydia, Fedora) and playwright, dies at 83
1990 Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
1992 Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian-Dutch playwright and director (Pinter), dies at 81
1996 Johnny Johnston, American singer and actor (Make that Spare), dies at 80
1997 Catherine Scorsese [Cappa], Italian-American actress (The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
1997 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
2002 Fred Taylor, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster (Ohio State University 1959-76; MLB Washington Senators 1950-52), dies at 77
2012 Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and filmmaker, dies at 96
2012 Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
2012 Robert Holness, South African English radio and television presenter (Blockbusters), dies at 83
2014 Larry D Mann, Canadian actor and broadcaster (Accidental Family, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at 91
2015 Lance Percival, English actor and comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 81
2016 Pat Harrington Jr, American actor (Danny Thomas Show, One Day at a Time), dies at 86

Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)

American film director and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), dies at 82 [1]

Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963; To Sir, With Love"; "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), director (Stir Crazy), civil rights advocate, and diplomat, dies at 94 [1]