Notable Showbiz Deaths of 2016

Prolific Malayalam composer associated with over 700 films, including such hits as 'Ekalavyan' (1993), 'Commissioner' (1994), 'The Terrorist' (1997), 'Aaraam Thampuran' (1997), 'Shantham' (2001), 'Nandanam' (2002), 'Thilakkam' (2003), 'Black' (2004), and 'The Tiger' (2005); won the State Award for his work on 'Aaraam Thampuran,' Film Critics Awards for 'Shantham' and 'Nandanam,' and several international awards for the film 'In the Name of Buddha' (2002)

1956 – February 14, 2016

Art director best known for her work on 'Murder, She Wrote,' for which she earned three Emmy nominations between 1992 and 1996; earned a fourth Emmy nomination as well as an Art Directors Guild Award nomination for her work on the TV movie 'Mrs. Santa Claus' (1996), which featured 'Murder, She Wrote' star Angela Lansbury in the title role; was also art director on Michael Mann's acclaimed feature directorial debut, 'Thief' (1981), and on TV shows such as 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Taxi,' 'Falcon Crest,' 'Full House,' and 'Columbo;' believed to be the first woman to become a member of the Art Directors Guild (then known as the Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors

September 24, 1932 – February 15, 2016

Character actor best known for playing Commandant Eric Lassard in all seven 'Police Academy' films (1984-1994) and Henry Warnimont in all four seasons of 'Punky Brewster' (1984-1988); also remembered for his role as aging, amorous soap opera star John Van Horn in Sydney Pollack's hit film 'Tootsie' (1982) and for playing Arthur Feldman on the NBC/Lifetime series 'The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd' from 1987 to 1991, acting alongside his real-life wife, Allyn Ann McLerie; began performing in the 1940s, amassing stage credits that included the role of Rosalind Russell’s suitor in the original Broadway production of the musical 'Wonderful Town' in 1953; made his television debut on 'NBC Television Opera Theatre' in 1955 and his film debut with a bit part in the JFK war drama 'PT 109' (1963), which was followed by small but credited roles in René Clément's 'Joy House' (1964), Sidney Lumet's 'The Group' (1966) and John Sturges' 'Marooned' (1969); first worked with 'Tootsie' director Pollack on the popular romantic drama 'The Way We Were' and appeared in the blaxploitation film 'Slaughter's Big Rip-Off' that same year; went on to have supporting roles in many other films besides 'Tootsie' and the 'Police Academy' movies, including Peter Bogdanovich's 'Nickelodeon' (1976), Ken Russell's 'Altered States' (1980), Carl Reiner's 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid' (1982), Mel Brooks' 'To Be or Not to Be' (1983), Blake Edwards' 'Micki + Maude' (1984), Louis Malle's 'Vanya on 42nd Street' (1994), Nicholas Hynter's 'The Crucible' (1996), Barry Levinson's 'Wag the Dog' (1997), and Shawn Levy's 'Just Married' (2003); additional TV roles included Max Vincent on the miniseries 'Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II' (1976-77), Brewster Perry during the first season of the John Ritter sitcom 'Hearts Afire' (1992-93), and an appearance as Commandant Lassard in an episode of the short-lived 'Police Academy' TV series in 1998

May 16, 1917 – February 15, 2016

Birth name: Denise Matthews; singer, dancer, model, and actress who was best known as for being a protégé of Prince and the lead singer of his short-lived girl group Vanity 6, whose biggest hit was 1982's "Nasty Girl"; subsequently made two solo albums with Motown Records, which produced the hits "Pretty Mess" (1984), "Mechanical Emotion" (1985), and "Under the Influence" (1986); also had a brief acting career that included supporting roles in the films 'The Last Dragon' (1985), '52 Pick-Up' (1986), and 'Action Jackson' (1988), as well as appearances on TV shows such as 'Miami Vice,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'Tales from the Crypt,' and 'Highlander;' gave up her career in show business in the mid-1990s to pursue evangelism

January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016

French cinematographer best known for his work on Jacques Demy's classic musical drama 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' (1964) and for collaborating with Claude Chabrol on nearly every single project Chabrol directed between 1958 and 1991; was a camera operator under Director of Photography (DP) Henri Decaë on Chabrol's very first film, 'Le Beau Serge' (1958), and served the same function on Chabrol's next three productions (1959's 'Les Cousins' and 'Leda' and 1960's 'Les Bonnes Femmes'); was also Decaë's cameraman on films such as Louis Malle's groundbreaking 'Elevator to the Gallows' (1958), François Truffaut's seminal New Wave masterpiece 'The 400 Blows (1959), René Clément's acclaimed Patricia Highsmith adaptation 'Purple Noon' (1960), and Jean-Pierre Melville's irreverent triumph 'Léon Morin, Priest' (1961); succeeded Decaë as Chabrol's regular DP beginning with 'Wise Guys' (1961) and went on to film some 50 projects for the director over the next 30 years, including such classics as 'Les Biches' (1968), 'The Unfaithful Wife' (1969), 'This Man Must Die' (1969), and 'Le Boucher' (1970); first worked with 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' director Jacques Demy on the romantic drama 'Bay of Angels' (1963) and was also one of writer-director Agnès Varda's DPs on 'Cleo from 5 to 7' (1962) and 'Le Bonheur' (1965); worked almost exclusively with Chabrol in the 1970s and 1980s, with their collaborations during this period including 'Just Before Nightfall' (1971), 'Wedding in Blood' (1973), 'Dirty Hands' (1975), 'Alice or the Last Escapade' (1977), 'Violette Nozière' (1978), 'The Hatter's Ghost' (1982), 'Chicken with Vinegar' (1985), and 'Story of Women' (1988), and 'Madame Bovary' (1991), with Rabier retiring after the latter film

March 16, 1927 – February 15, 2016

Actor and voice actor best known for being the Mexican dubbing voice of iconic film and television characters such as Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy (1977-1983), Kane (John Hurt) in 'Alien' (1979), Ash (Bruce Campbell) in the 'Evil Dead' films (1981-1992), the title character on 'Jonny Quest,' Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) in 'Ghostbusters' (1984) and 'Ghostbusters II' (1989), Harold the Helicopter on 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends,' Rick Hunter and other characters on 'Robotech,' John Bender (Judd Nelson) in 'The Breakfast Club' (1985), the title role on 'Saint Seiya,' Jason Lee Scott/Red Ranger (Austin St. John) on 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,' Banzai in 'The Lion King' (1994), Rex in the 'Toy Story' films (1995-2010), Flik in 'A Bug's Life' (1998), Kuzco in 'The Emperor's New Groove' (2000), the Gingerbread Man in the 'Shrek' films (2001-2010), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) in 'The Fast and the Furious' (2001) and '2 Fast 2 Furious' (2003), Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in 'The Bourne Identity' (2002) and 'The Bourne Supremacy' (2004), Shaun (Simon Pegg) in 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004), and Peter Griffin in the third season of 'Family Guy'; also dubbed Keir Dullea as Dave in the original dub of '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968), John Travolta as Billy Nolan in 'Carrie' (1976), Johnny Depp's characters in such films as 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984) and 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998), River Phoenix as Chris Chambers in 'Stand by Me' (1986), Philip Seymour Hoffman as George Willis, Jr. in 'Scent of a Woman' (1992), Adam Sandler in the title role of 'Happy Gilmore' (1996), John Cusack as Vince Larkin in 'Con Air' (1997), Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter in 'Rush Hour' (1998), and Jason Statham's characters in the 'Transporter' movies (2002-2008) and the 'Expendables' movies (2010-2014), among many, many others

July 26, 1958 – February 16, 2016

Sound mixer who won an Oscar and a BAFTA for his work on 'Star Wars' (1977) and went on to win Emmys for his work on the TV movies 'The Winds of Kitty Hawk' (1978) and 'Unnatural Causes' (1986); earned another 11 Emmy nominations for sound mixing, including two for 'The Wonder Years' (one in 1989 and the other in 1990), one for an episode of 'Miami Vice', another for the miniseries 'Out on a Limb,' and one each for the TV movies 'Earth Star Voyager' (1988), 'Bluffing It' (1987), 'Right to Die' (1987), 'LBJ: The Early Years' (1987), 'The Executioner's Song' (1982), 'Fire on the Mountain' (1981) and 'The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal' (1979); also worked on such theatrical features as 'Smokey and the Bandit' (1977), Peter Bogdanovich's 'Saint Jack' (1979), 'They All Laughed' (1981) and 'Mask' (1985), John Carpenter's 'The Fog' (1980), 'Urban Cowboy' (1980), 'Caddyshack' (1980), 'Nighthawks' (1981), 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' (1982) and 'Star Trek III: The Search for Spock' (1984), 'The Beastmaster' (1982), 'Cujo' (1983), 'The Return of the Living Dead' (1985), 'Flowers in the Attic' (1987), Blake Edwards' 'Sunset' (1988), 'Lady in White' (1988), 'Mindwarp' (1992) and 'Sniper' (1993)

November 29, 1925 – February 17, 2016

Rebellious and controversial Polish cult film director and screenwriter who rejected mainstream commercialism, blending melodrama, surrealism, and horror to create provocative, overwrought explorations of extreme human emotions and behavior; best known for his cult horror-drama 'Possession' (1981), the only film of his to be released commercially in the United States and which won Zulaski awards at Fantasporto and the São Paulo film festivals; started out as an assistant director, working alongside Andrzej Wajda on 'Samson' (1961), 'Love at Twenty' (1962), and 'The Ashes' (1965) and also assisting Anatole Litvak on 'The Night of the Generals' (1967); made his feature directorial debut with the wrenching WWII-set drama 'The Third Part of the Night' (1971) and left Poland for France after his second feature, 'The Devil' (1972), was blocked by Polish government censors; found success with 'That Most Important Thing: Love' (1975), a classic for which star Romy Schneider won the inaugural César Award for Best Actress; returned to Poland to make the epic sci-fi fantasy 'On the Silver Globe,' but again incurred the wrath of Polish authorities, who shut down the nearly-complete project and ordered it destroyed; made a permanent move back to France, where, following the success of 'Possession,' he was able to complete a version of 'On the Silver Globe' that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988; directed French actress Sophie Marceau in the films 'L'Amour braque' ('Mad Love,' 1985), 'My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days' (1989), 'La note bleue' ('The Blue Note,' 1991), and 'Fidelity' (2000), the latter of which earned both Zulawski and Marceau awards at the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival; had earlier earned a César nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for his Dostoevsky-inspired drama 'The Public Woman' (1984), for which he also won two prizes at the Montréal World Film Festival; also directed the films 'Boris Godounov' (1989), 'Szamanka' (1996), and 'Cosmos' (2015), for which he won the Best Director prize at the Locarno International Film Festival

November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016

Reality TV personality a.k.a. Big Ang, best known for co-starring on the VH1 series 'Mob Wives,' which she joined at the start of the second season in 2012 and quickly became the show's breakout star; was given her own VH1 series in mid-2012 called 'Big Ang,' which was retooled into 'Miami Monkey' the following year; continued to appear on 'Mob Wives' until shortly before her death

May 30, 1960 − February 18, 2016

Iconic, Nebraska-born Los Angeles radio personality and TV host who was part of the legendary "Boss Jocks" at radio station KHJ in the late 1960s, helping to usher in the "Boss Radio" era of radio that laid the blueprint for Top 40 radio stations around the country; went on to become a key player in the launch of KROQ-AM, which eventually expanded with an FM counterpart that revolutionized FM radio, and KIIS-FM, which became one of the most influential and most imitated pop radio stations in the nation; was also heard daily on the Armed Forces Radio Network from 1971 to 1996, logging more than 6,000 programs; hosted the internationally syndicated TV show 'Cinema, Cinema, Cinema' for 30 years and was the announcer of the game show 'Scrabble' and other TV programs; was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999 and the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2008

April 18, 1944 – February 19, 2016

Olsen Gang actor

July 20, 1932 – February 20, 2016

July 15, 1927 – February 20, 2016

Puppeteer who with with husband Jan Dalibor co-created the popular porcine puppets Pinky and Perky and co-presented the classic children's show of the same name, which ran on BBC One from 1957 to 1968 and on ITV from 1968 to 1971

May 22, 1921 – February 21, 2016

Pioneering Canadian filmmaker behind a number of significant works for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), including two groundbreaking dramatic films that captured the youth revolt of the 1960s: the improvised 'Nobody Waved Good-bye' (1964) and the scripted 'The Ernie Game' (1965); practically launched the English Canadian feature-film industry with 'Nobody Waved Good-bye,' an important milestone in Canadian narrative filmmaking that won a BAFTA Award (for best documentary, ironically), was listed among Toronto International Film Festival's Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time in 1984 and was designated a masterwork by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust in 2004; won a Canadian Film Award for Best Direction for 'The Ernie Game,' which also won for Best Feature Film and for which he was also nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and two Gold Hugos from the Chicago International Film Festival; was also behind NBR's classic 1965 documentary shorts 'High Steel' and 'Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen', with the former earning him a special Youth Film Award from the Berlin Film Festival and the latter winning him another Canadian Film Award, as did his innovative 1966 drama 'Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail'; went on to make a sequel to 'Nobody Waved Good-bye' for the CBC called 'Unfinished Business' (1988), for which he received Genie Award nominations for Best Achievement in Direction and Best Screenplay; was the subject of a retrospective at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival

September 19, 1931 – February 21, 2016

Country music singer and songwriter dubbed the "Southern Gentleman" and best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love," one of the first pop and country crossover hits by a country artist; had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unprecedented five-year streak of 16 straight Billboard #1 singles, starting with "Need You" in 1967 and ending with "Here Comes Honey Again" in 1971; had 26 #1 hits in total, which also included "You're the Only World I Know," "I'll Never Find Another You," "Since I Met You Baby," and "That's Why I Love You Like I Do"; became the first country recording artist to appear on 'The Ed Sullivan Show in 1957, co-hosted the very first Country Music Association Awards Show in 1967, and, in 1971, became the first country artist whose music went into space when he made a special recording for the crew of Apollo 14; also produced Marie Osmond’s first three albums and their singles, the first of which ("Paper Roses") resulted in Osmond becoming the youngest female and overall youngest solo artist to ever reach #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs; inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1987, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007, the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2009, and the Birmingham Record Collectors Hall of Fame in 2015

May 1, 1928 – February 22, 2016

Legendary cinematographer whose outstanding career ranges from classic Ealing Studios films such as 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' (1949) and 'The Lavender Hill Mob' (1951) to Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones adventures 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981), 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984), and 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (1989); shot many other Ealing classics early in his career, including 'Dead of Night' (1945), 'It Always Rains of Sunday' (1947), 'The Man in the White Suit' (1951), 'The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), and 'Barnacle Bill' (a.k.a. 'All at Sea,' 1957); won his first BAFTA and British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) awards for his work on Joseph Losey's drama 'The Servant' (1963) and would again win both awards for Jack Clayton's 'The Great Gatsby' (1974) and Fred Zinnemann's 'Julia' (1977); also won BSC Awards for shooting Anthony Harvey's Oscar-winning historical drama 'The Lion in Winter' (1968) and Norman Jewison's musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (1973) and earned BAFTA nominations for those two films as well as for John Guillermin's 'Guns at Batasi' (1964) and 'The Blue Max' (1966), George Cukor's 'Travels with My Aunt' (1972), Jewison's 'Rollerball' (1975), and the aforementioned 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (the latter of which also earned him his final BSC nomination); earned Oscar nominations for his work on 'Travels with My Aunt,' 'Julia,' and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' but shockingly never won a trophy; other notable works include Guy Green's 'The Mark' (1961), Seth Holt's 'Taste of Fear' (a.k.a. 'Scream of Fear,' 1961), Bryan Forbes' 'The L-Shaped Room' (1962), Roman Polanski's cult horror-comedy 'The Fearless Vampire Killers' (1967), the original version of 'The Italian Job' (1969), Ken Russell's biographical drama 'The Music Lovers' (1970), Peter Yates' 'Murphy's War' (1971), Herbert Ross' 'Nijinsky' (1981), Wilford Leach's adaptation of 'The Pirates of Penzance' (1983), the "unofficial" James Bond film 'Never Say Never Again' (1983), and the costume drama 'Lady Jane' (1986); also shot the India sequence of Spielberg's 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977); received the BSC Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008

February 10, 1913 – February 22, 2016

Co-chairman, co-owner, secretary, and treasurer of The Second City since 1978 and was executive producer of the seminal Canadian sketch comedy series 'SCTV' for its entire run

December 9, 1942 – February 22, 2016

TV presenter best known for creating and hosting the popular, long-running German children's series 'Löwenzahn' ('Dandelion')

October 27, 1937 – February 23, 2016

Accomplished stage and screen actor best known for playing trumpet player Joey "The Lips" Fagan in the hit film, 'The Commitments' (1991), in which he was the only established actor and non-musician playing a member of the title band; also identified with the role of Estragon, opposite Barry McGovern as Vladimir, in the long-running Gate Theatre production of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot,' with both actors reprising their roles in an acclaimed 2001 film adaptation of the play; reunited with 'The Commitments' director Alan Parker on 'Angela's Ashes' (1999), in which he appeared as Seamus the hospital janitor, and had roles in Mike Newell's films 'Into the West' (1992) and 'An Awfully Big Adventure' (1995); can also be seen in such films as 'Da' (1988), 'War of the Buttons' (1994), and 'I Went Down' (1997), as well as episodes of such TV series as 'Remington Steele,' 'The Bill,' and 'Scarlett'

1943 – February 23, 2016

Two-time Emmy-nominated producer of 'Get Smart'; also produced the 1989 reunion movie 'Get Smart, Again!' as well as such TV movies as 'Winter Kill' (1974) and 'Pope John Paul II' (1984)

May 6, 1924 – February 23, 2016

Longtime saxophone player and vocalist for the band Sha Na Na, joining them in 1970 and touring with the group for the next 30 years, retiring in 2000; appeared with the band on the 'Sha Na Na' TV series (1977-81) and in the film 'Grease' (1978), singing lead on the song "Blue Moon"

April 18, 1946 – February 24, 2016

December 12, 1919 – February 24, 2016

Oscar-nominated filmmaker and IMAX pioneer

July 24, 1926 – February 24, 2016

Director, screenwriter and producer who used social realism to challenge authority and was widely considered to be the father of Syrian cinema; made the 1972 film 'The Leopard,' which was the first feature released by the state-run National Film Organization and won first prize at the Locarno Film Festival that year; also known for his 1993 film 'The Extras,' shot entirely in a small Damascus apartment; made about 150 films, including shorts and features in total and was the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards, including one from the Dubai International Film Festival in 2006, which hailed him as "one of the first Arab filmmakers to use experimental techniques, which paved the way for a new cinematographic language"

September 28, 1936 – February 24, 2016

Athlete turned convict turned actor best known for playing Apollo Creed's (and later Rocky Balboa's) manager and trainer Tony "Duke" Evers" in the first six 'Rocky' films (1976-2006); also known for his roles as the prisoner Wells in John Carpenter's 'Assault on Precinct 13' (1976) and as Larry Durkin the garage owner in Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining' (1980); had a prominent role in Richard Donner's 'Inside Moves' (1980) and later made an uncredited appearance in Donner's 'The Toy' (1982); can also be seen in such films as 'The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings' (1976), 'Heroes' (1977), 'The Hunter' (1980), Sidney Poitier's 'Stir Crazy' (1980), Jackie Cooper's TV drama 'White Mama' (1980), 'Armed and Dangerous' (1986), 'Side Out' (1990), 'House Party 2' (1991), and Steven Spielberg's 'Hook' (1991); was a series regular on the Emmy-winning 1987-88 CBS dramedy 'Frank's Place' and made one-off appearances on such TV shows as 'Kojak,' 'The Rockford Files,' 'The Incredible Hulk,' 'The A-Team,' 'Amen,' 'A Different World,' 'Twin Peaks,' and 'NYPD Blue;' more recently appeared in such independent films as the crime-thriller 'Shade' (2003) and the horror-comedy 'Hack!' (2007), the latter of which was his final screen credit

March 23, 1937 – February 25, 2016

Film editor who won an Oscar and a BAFTA for his work on Roland Joffé's 'The Killing Fields' (1984) and re-teamed with Joffé for 'The Mission' (1986), earning himself another BAFTA and an Oscar nomination; began his career in 1951 as an assistant editor at the legendary Ealing Studios, where he worked on such classics as 'The Cruel Sea' (1953), 'The Ladykillers' (1955), and 'Barnacle Bill' (1957); went freelance following the closure of Ealing, during which time he found work on films such as Laurence Olivier's 'The Prince and the Showgirl' (1957) and Stanley Donen's 'Indiscreet' (1958) and 'Once More, with Feeling!' (1959), after which he was recruited by Donen to edit 'Surprise Package' and 'The Grass Is Greener,' both released in 1960; reunited with Donen one last time for what became their most successful collaboration, the Hitchcockian romantic comedy mystery thriller 'Charade' (1963); edited two acclaimed films directed by Jack Clayton -- 'The Innocents' (1961) and 'The Pumpkin Eater' (1964) -- before beginning a long collaboration with director John Schlesinger as editor of his Oscar-winning drama 'Darling' (1965); was next recruited by Schlesinger to do uncredited cuts on 'Far from the Madding Crowd' (1967) and then to serve as creative consultant on Best Picture Oscar winner 'Midnight Cowboy' (1969); went on to edit Schlesinger's films 'The Day of the Locust' (1975), 'Marathon Man' (1976), 'Yanks' (1979), and 'Honky Tonk Freeway' (1981), earning his first BAFTA nomination for 'Marathon Man'; also edited Michael Apted's 'Agatha' (1979) and re-teamed with Apted 15 years later for 'Nell' (1994) and again for the James Bond adventure 'The World Is Not Enough' (1999); was director Michael Caton-Jones' editor on 'Memphis Belle' (1990), 'This Boy's Life' (1993), 'The Jackal' (1997), and 'City by the Sea' (2002) and later edited Mike Leigh's Oscar-nominated films 'Vera Drake' (2003) and 'Happy-Go-Lucky' (2008), the latter of which was Clark's final project; other credits as editor include Gene Wilder's 'The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother' (1975), Marty Feldman's 'The Last Remake of Beau Geste' (1977), Franco Zeffirelli's 'Young Toscanini' (1988), Jon Amiel's 'Copycat' (1995), Jerry Zaks' 'Marvin's Room' (1996), Martha Fiennes' 'Onegin' (1999), Richard Loncraine's 'The Gathering Storm' (2002), and Peter Cattaneo's 'Opal Dream' (2006); also directed several films, including the Marty Feldman starrer 'Every Home Should Have One' (1970) and the cult horror thriller 'Madhouse' (1974); received a Career Achievement Award from the American Cinema Editors in 2005, having previously been nominated by the organization for his work on 'The Killing Fields' and 'The Mission'

May 24, 1931 – February 25, 2016

Award-winning director and screenwriter known for such critically acclaimed films as 'C'est quoi la vie?' (1999), 'The Officer's Ward' (2001), and 'Monsieur Ibrahim' (2003); was nominated for three César Awards for 'The Officer's Ward,' which also screened in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival; won César Awards for his short films 'La nuit du hibou' (1984) and 'Lamento' (1988), the latter of which also earned him the Grand Prize and the Youth Jury Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival; also earned César nominations for his short 'L'ornière' (1978) and his feature directorial debut, 'Strange Place for an Encounter' (1988), and won the Clermont-Ferrand Festival's Grand Prize for 'La dragonne' (1982); additional honors include two awards from the San Sebastián International Film Festival for 'C'est quoi la vie?,' a Goya nomination for 'Monsieur Ibrahim,' and multiple accolades for his 2008 comedy 'With a Little Help from Myself'

August 14, 1950 – February 25, 2016

Acclaimed Hungarian stage and screen actress who received numerous honors accolades for her work in the theatre, including the Mari Jászai Award in 1959 and 1962, the Kossuth Prize in 1966 and 2007, the Hungarian Artist of Merit award in 1976, the Outstanding Artist Award of the Republic of Hungary in 1982, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 1996, and the title of Actor of the Nation in 2000; starred or co-starred in such acclaimed and/or award-winning films as 'Ház a sziklák alatt' ('The House Under the Rocks,' 1958), 'Légy jó mindhalálig' ('Be Good All Your Life,' 1960), 'Mit csinált Felséged 3-tól 5-ig?' ('What Did Sire Do Between 3 and 5,' 1964), 'Hideg napok ('Cold Days,' 1966), 'Az oroszlán ugrani készül' ('The Lion Is Ready to Jump,' 1969) 'Egy erkölcsös éjszaka' ('A Very Moral Night,' 1977), 'Szabadíts meg a gonosztól' ('Deliver Us from Evil,' 1979) and 'Ördög vigye' ('The Devil Take It,' 1992); was also the original voice of Kotkoda in the classic 1970s Hungarian cartoon series 'Kukori és Kotkoda'

March 28, 1929 – February 25, 2016

Film editor perhaps most noted for collaborating on many classic films for directors such as Tony Richardson, Richard Lester, Nicolas Roeg, and Norman Jewison; worked on seven films with Richardson, including the Oscar-winning 'Tom Jones' (1963), which earned Gibbs the first of his four Eddie Award nominations from the American Cinema Editors (ACE); had previously edited Richardson's BAFTA-winning classics 'A Taste of Honey' (1961) and 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' (1962) and later teamed with the director as an uncredited editor on 'Girl with Green Eyes' (1964), as supervising editor on 'The Loved One' (1965), and as lead editor on 'Mademoiselle' (1966) and 'The Sailor from Gibraltar' (1967); worked with Lester on the films 'The Knack... and How to Get It' (1965), 'Petulia' (1968), and 'Juggernaut' (1974) and was hired by Roeg (who was the cinematographer of 'Petulia') to help cut the latter's first two directorial efforts, the landmark dramas 'Performance' (1970) and 'Walkabout' (1971); earned the first of four BAFTA nominations for his work on 'Performance,' with the second coming for his first collaboration with Jewison, as co-editor of the Oscar-winning musical 'Fiddler on the Roof' (1971), for which Gibbs also received his second Eddie nomination; was subsequently recruited by Jewison for editing duties on 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (1973), 'Rollerball' (1975), 'F.I.S.T.' (1978), 'Agnes of God' (1985), and 'In Country' (1989), with 'Rollerball' earning Gibbs another BAFTA nomination; was nominated by BAFTA for the fourth and final time for his work on Richard Attenborough's 'A Bridge Too Far' (1977) and went on to edit such films as Milos Forman's 'Ragtime' (1981), David Lynch's 'Dune' (1984), Mel Gibson's 'The Man Without a Face' (1993), and Jeremy Leven's 'Don Juan DeMarco' (1995); teamed with director John Frankenheimer on the TV movie 'George Wallace' (1997), winning an ACE Eddie Award in the process and continuing his association with Frankenheimer on the feature films 'Ronin' (1998) and 'Reindeer Games' (2000); also worked with Mark Rydell on the TV movies 'Crime of the Century' (1996) and 'James Dean' (2001), both of which earned him Emmy nominations for Outstanding Editing; received two awards from ACE in 2002: an Eddie for his work in 'James Dean' -- which was his final project -- and a Career Achievement Award

October 17, 1925 – February 26, 2016

Renowned Estonian conductor

June 7, 1939 – February 26, 2016

Production designer best known for her work on Goran Dukic's 'Wristcutters: A Love Story' (2006), for which she was also associate producer and location manager, and on the acclaimed James Ponsoldt-directed dramas 'Smashed' (2012) and 'The Spectacular Now' (2013); other notable credits include working as a character fabricator on the stop-motion animated 'James and the Giant Peach' (1996), as a background designer on the animated series 'Mission Hill,' as art director on such films as Amin Matalqa's 'Captain Abu Raed' (2008) and Dan Rush's 'Everything Must Go' (2010), as assistant art director on the film 'Four Christmases' (2008) and the TV series 'True Blood,' and as production designer on the films 'Nobody Walks' (2012) and 'Alex of Venice' (2014)

October 29, 1966 – February 27, 2016

Actor best known for his role as Father Jack Hackett on the British sitcom 'Father Ted' from 1995 to 1998; began his career in 1968 as one of the stars of the long-running children's show 'Wanderly Wagon,' playing various characters as well as writing many of the scripts, and made his film debut in 'The Italian Job' (1969), appearing as a prison officer during the classic film's opening sequence; went on to star in the satirical series 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly, Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator' from 1971 to 1980, which made him one of Ireland's most recognizable faces; made intermittent film and television appearances during the 1980s and early '90s, which included guest spots on 'The Irish R.M.' and 'Remington Steele' and roles in the films 'Taffin' (1988) and 'War of the Buttons' (1994); followed his work on 'Father Ted' by co-starring in films such as 'Rat' (2000), Bruce Beresford's 'Evelyn' (2002), 'My Name Is Yu Ming' (2003), Stephen Frears' 'The Deal' (2003), 'Cowboys & Angels' (2003), and 'Turning Green' (2005); more recently recurred as Dermot Macey on the long-running soap opera 'Emmerdale' from 2010 to 2011

December 28, 1938 – February 28, 2016

Legendary character actor whose more than 200 film and television credits include his Oscar-winning portrayal of Dragline in 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967) and his roles as Joe Patroni in the four 'Airport' disaster films (1970-1979), Police Captain Ed Hocken in the three 'Naked Gun' movies (1988-1994), and corrupt oil tycoon Carter McKay on the TV series 'Dallas' from 1988 to 1991; made his stage debut at the age of two and continued performing in radio and theater until 1943, when he put show business aside to serve in the United States Army for the next sixteen years; was involved with the opening of the first Army Information Office, with which he served as a technical adviser for 'The Phil Silvers Show,' where he also began his screen acting career after Silvers encouraged him to appear on the show as an MP sergeant; took on many more television roles after 'The Phil Silvers Show' ended in 1959 and made his film debut the following year with a bit part in Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglas' blockbuster epic 'Spartacus' (1960); later co-starred in another Douglas picture, 'Lonely Are the Brave' (1962), and followed that with supporting roles in such classic films as Stanley Donen's 'Charade' (1963), William Castle's 'Strait-Jacket' (1964), Andrew V. McLaglen's 'Shenandoah' (1965), Otto Preminger's 'In Harm's Way' (1965), Edward Dmytryk's 'Mirage' (1965), Henry Hathaway's 'The Sons of Katie Elder' (1965), and Robert Aldrich's 'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte' (1964), 'The Flight of the Phoenix' (1965) and 'The Dirty Dozen' (1967), all leading to his Oscar-winning work in 'Cool Hand Luke'; remaining films of the 1960s include McLaglen's 'Bandolero!' (1968), Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' (1968), and 'Guns of the Magnificent Seven' (1969), in which he took over the role played by Yul Brynner in the first two 'Magnificent Seven' films; credits throughout the 1970s, in addition to the 'Airport' films, include the starring roles on the short-lived TV shows 'Sarge' (1971-1972) and 'The Blue Knight' (1975-1976) and roles in such films as McLaglen's 'Fools' Parade' (1971) and 'Cahill U.S. Marshal' (1973), Michael Cimino's 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' (1974), Mark Robson's 'Earthquake' (1974), Clint Eastwood's 'The Eiger Sanction (1975), and John Guillermin's 'Death on the Nile' (1978); additional film credits over the next three decades include Albert Pyun's 'Radioactive Dreams' (1985), Menahan Golan's 'The Delta Force' (1986), Adam Simon's 'Brain Dead' (1990), Joe Dante's 'Small Soldiers' (1998), Wim Wenders' 'Don't Come Knocking' (2005), Sam Levinson's 'Another Happy Day' (2011), and Rupert Wyatt's 'The Gambler' (2014)

February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016

Screenwriter who collaborated with the late Nora Ephron on the script for 'Silkwood' (1983), earning both an Oscar and WGA Award nominations for best original screenplay; went on to write Louis Malle's 'Alamo Bay' (1985) and then re-teamed with Ephron to write Susan Seidelman's 'Cookie' (1989), on which Arlen was also an executive producer; returned to screenwriting over a decade later with 'The Weight of Water' (2000), an adaptation of Anita Shreve's novel directed by future Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow; subsequently adapted Tony Hillerman's novel 'A Thief of Time' as a 2004 TV movie for PBS and co-scripted Helen Hunt's feature directorial debut, 'Then She Found Me' (2007)

November 6, 1940 – February 29, 2016

Award-winning director and screenwriter behind numerous box office hits in the Philippines, including 'Ang Tanging Ina' (2003) and its sequels 'Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat' (2008) and 'Ang Tanging Ina Mo: Last na 'To!' (2010), 'The Unkabogable: Praybeyt Benjamin' (2010) and its sequel 'The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin' (2014), plus 'D' Lucky Ones' (2006), 'Moron 5 and the Crying Lady' (2012), 'This Guy's In Love With U Mare!' (2012), 'Sisterakas' (2012), 'Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy' (2013), and 'Beauty and the Bestie' (2014), the latter of which is currently the highest-grossing Filipino film in the Philippines; also directed many popular and acclaimed Filipino TV shows for the ABS-CBN network, including both the original version 1997-99) and the remake (2011) of 'Mula sa Puso,' 'Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan' (2001-03), 'Marina' (2004), 'Kampanerang kuba' (2005) and 'Kokey' (2007)

May 11, 1966 – February 29, 2016

Former police officer, councilman, president of the Detroit City Council, and part-time actor who achieved recognition with his role as Axel Foley's boss, Inspector Todd, in the 'Beverly Hills Cop' movies (1984-1994)

November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016

Actor and television personality best known for appearing on the TV series 'American Gladiators' as "Hawk" from 1993 to 1996; also appeared as "Hawk" on the U.K. version of the show between 1993 and 2000; had roles in such films as 'Last Action Hero' (1993), 'Champions' (1998), 'Bratz' (2007), 'Not Easily Broken' (2009), 'Race to Witch Mountain' (2009), 'Coming & Going' (2011), and 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (2013); hosted and produced the American Veteran Awards from 1999 to 2004 and The Outdoor Channel's 'Off-Road Overhaul' from 2011 to 2012, and was also the host of 'Hot Rod TV' for The Outdoor Channel from 2007 to 2013; was featured on TLC's automotive reality series 'Overhaulin'' from 2004 to 2008, co-starred on Showtime's short-lived 'Look' series in 2010, and recurred as Special Agent Ross Hardison on the syndicated sitcom 'The First Family' from 2012 to 2015; also appeared on such shows as 'Ellen,' 'X-Files,' 'The Shield,' 'NCIS,' 'Prison Break,' 'Workaholics,' 'K.C. Undercover,' and 'Jane the Virgin'

July 4, 1966 – February 29, 2016

Visual effects supervisor and cinematographer best known for his work on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and the 2004-2009 'Battlestar Galactica' series, each of which earned him at least one Emmy Award; earned his first screen credit as an additional second assistant cameraman on the cult film 'Teen Wolf' (1985) before being hired as visual effects coordinator on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' in early 1987; worked on this series for its first five seasons, in the process earning three Emmy nominations (including two for the famed "Best of the Both Worlds" two-parter) and winning an Emmy for his work on the fifth season episode "Conundrum"; transferred to the next 'Star Trek' series 'Deep Space Nine' in 1992, serving as a visual effects supervisor on the show for its entire run and winning an Emmy for the pilot episode ("Emissary") and Emmy nominations for four other episodes, including the cutting-edge fan favorite "Trials and Tribble-ations" and the series finale, "What You Leave Behind"; followed 'Deep Space Nine' with work as a visual effects cinematographer on a handful of films, including 'Red Planet' (2000) and Robert Rodriguez's 'Spy Kids' (2001), before being tapped to serve as visual effects supervisor of the 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot for the Sci Fi channel (now Syfy); worked on both the three-hour 'Battlestar Galactica' miniseries that aired in 2003 and the ongoing series that launched the following year, remaining with the show until its end in 2009; received two Emmys and five Emmy nominations for his work on 'Battlestar Galactica' and also won five Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards for the show (out of six nominations); earned two more Emmy nominations in 2010 as vfx supervisor, one for the two-hour television pilot 'Virtuality' that aired on the Fox network in 2009 and the other for the short-lived 'Battlestar Galactica' spin-off 'Caprica' that ran on Sci Fi/Syfy from 2009-2010, with the latter also winning him another VES Award; went on to work as vfx supervisor of the Nicolas Cage film 'Drive Angry' (2011), then supervised the effects for the 'Battlestar Galactica' prequel web series/TV pilot 'Blood and Chrome' and the 2013-2015 Syfy series 'Defiance,' both of which earned him two final Emmy nominations in 2013

November 4, 1955 – March 1, 2016

Writer best known for creating ITV's long-running soap opera 'Coronation Street,' which debuted in 1960, became the most-watched program on British television within six months of its initial airing and is now the world's longest-running TV soap currently in production; wrote the first 13 episodes and continued to write for the show intermittently until 1976, though retained links with the show until his death, often advising on storylines

July 8, 1936 – March 1, 2016

Robot designer and builder best known for creating the original R2-D2 for 'Star Wars' (1977); also did work on 'The Empire Strikes Back' (1980) and other films, including 'Moonraker' (1979), 'Superman II' (1980), 'Saturn 3' (1980), and 'Dragonslayer' (1981); earned an Emmy nomination in 1985 for a Sony commercial featuring a robot version of John Cleese

April 13, 1947 – ca. March 2, 2016

A.k.a. Ke-An Fung; veteran martial arts actor, stuntman and action choreographer who was a frequent collaborator of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and director Chang Cheh; was Chan's co-star and fellow action director/stunt coordinator on 'The Young Master' (1980) and 'Dragon Strike' (1982) and later with Chan as an actor and stuntman on 'Police Story' (1985); was Hung's co-star and assistant action director on 'The Iron-Fisted Monk' (1977), 'Enter the Fat Dragon' (1978) and 'Warriors Two' (1978) and acted alongside both Chan and Hung in such films as 'Winners & Sinners' (1983), 'Heart of a Dragon' (1985) and 'Dragons Forever' (1988); also acted with Chan in 'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' (1978) and with Hung in 'Magnificent Butcher' (1979), both directed by Yuen Woo-ping, who later directed Fung in 'Dreadnought' (1981), 'Legend of a Fighter' (1982) and 'Tiger Cage' (1988); was directed by Chang Cheh in films such as 'Have Sword Will Travel' (1969), 'Vengeance' (1970), 'The New One-Armed Swordsman' (1971), 'Five Shaolin Masters' (1974), 'Heroes Two' (1974), the Hammer Films/Shaw Brothers co-production 'The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires' (1974), and 'Disciples of Shaolin' (1975); appeared in John Woo's feature directorial debut, 'The Young Dragons' (1974), and later worked with Woo on such films as 'Last Hurrah for Chivalry' (1979) and 'Just Heroes' (1989); was also directed by Lau Kar-leung in 'The Spiritual Boxer' (1975), 'Challenge of the Masters' (1976) and 'Executioners from Shaolin' (1977) and by Hark Tsui in 'Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain' (1983, on which he was also stunt coordinator) and the musical romantic comedy 'Shanghai Blues' (1984); more recently appeared as one of the two kung-fu harpists in Stephen Chow's action-comedy 'Kung Fu Hustle' (2004) and played Master Cheng in 'Ip Man 2' (2010)

September 18, 1950 – March 2, 2016

First president and CEO of Viacom

August 5, 1923 – March 3, 2016

Japanese pro-wrestling legend known as Hayabusa; more info coming soon

November 29, 1968 – March 3, 2016

Actress and honored artist of Russia perhaps best known for her roles in Leonid Gaidai's highly-acclaimed films 'Twelve Chairs' (1971) and 'Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future' (1973); went on to have smaller roles in several other films for Gaidai and was also a frequent collaborator of director Alla Surikova, notably with roles in 'Vanity of Vanities' (1981), 'Be My Husband' (1981) and 'A Man from Boulevard des Capucines' (1987); other notable film credits include 'Chipollino' (1973), 'Ma-ma' (1976), Vasiliy Buslaev' (1982), 'The Pokrovsky Gate' (1982), 'Life, Tears and Love' (1984) and 'The Master and Margarita' (1994)

November 24, 1938 – March 3, 2016

American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his pioneering tennis commentary

June 17, 1929 – March 4, 2016

Author and screenwriter best known for his 1986 novel 'The Prince of Tides,' which he and screenwriter Becky Johnston subsequently adapted into the 1991 film of the same name, earning both of them Oscar and WGA Award nominations for best adapted screenplay

October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016

Lead vocalist of the husband-and-wife country & bluegrass duo Joey + Rory, whose first two albums (2008's 'The Life of a Song' and 2010's 'Album Number Two') and seventh and final album (this year's 'Hymns That Are Important to Us') all landed in the Top 10 of the U.S. Country album chart, with the latter reaching #1; shared an Academy of Country Music Award in 2010 and an Inspirational Country Music Award in 2011 as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance earlier this year for the song "If I Needed You" from the album 'Made to Last'

September 9, 1975 – March 4, 2016

French actor and voice-over artist perhaps best known for his dubbing work, particularly as the French dub-over voice of Michael Douglas in such films as 'Fatal Attraction' (1987), 'Basic Instinct' (1992), 'The American President' (1995), 'The Game' (1997), 'Traffic' (2000), 'Wonder Boys' (2000), 'You, Me and Dupree' (2006) and 'Ant-Man' (2015); also known for dubbing Robin Williams in the French versions of some of his most popular films, namely 'Good Morning, Vietnam' (1987), 'Dead Poets Society' (1989) and 'Mrs. Doubtfire' (1993); revoiced Jeff Bridges rather than Robin Williams in the French dub of 'The Fisher King' (1991) and dubbed Bridges for many other films, including 'Tucker: The Man and His Dream' (1988), 'The Fabulous Baker Boys' (1989), 'Fearless' (1993), 'White Squall' (1996), 'The Contender' (2000), 'Iron Man' (2008), 'Crazy Heart' (2009) and 'True Grit' (2010); was the French voice of such iconic film characters as Robert Shaw's Quint in 'Jaws' (1975), Mel Gibson's Mad Max in 'Mad Max' (1979) and 'The Road Warrior' (1981), Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken in John Carpenter's 'Escape from New York' (1981) and Macready in Carpenter's 'The Thing' (1982), Dennis Hopper's Frank Booth in 'Blue Velvet' (1986) and Howard Payne in 'Speed' (1994), the titular hero played by Peter Weller in 'RoboCop' (1987), Bruce Campbell's Ash in 'Army of Darkness' (1992) and Geoffrey Rush's villainous Captain Barbossa in Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films (2003-2011); other actors he dubbed for films include Ed Harris (in 1995's 'Apollo 13', 1996's 'The Rock,' 2001's 'A Beautiful Mind' (and more), Christopher Walken (including 1993's 'True Romance' and 2005's 'Wedding Crashers'), Chris Cooper (in 1999's 'American Beauty', 2002's 'The Bourne Identity' and 2005's 'Jarhead, among others), Dustin Hoffman (most notably in 1979's 'Kramer vs. Kramer'), Willem Dafoe (including 1994's 'Clear and Present Danger' and 2006's 'Inside Man'), Bill Murray (notably in 2004's 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' and 2010's 'Get Low'), as well as Sterling Hayden in 'The Godfather' (1972), Paul Newman in 'The Towering Inferno' (1974), Jürgen Prochnow in 'Das Boot' (1981), Jack Nicholson in 'Heartburn' (1986), Daniel Day-Lewis in 'My Left Foot' (1989), Ralph Fiennes in 'The English Patient (1996), Ray Liotta in 'Blow' (2001) and William H. Macy in 'Thank You For Smoking' (2006); also dubbed actors on numerous television shows, including Bob Crane in 'Hogan's Heroes,' Michael Chiklis in 'The Shield,' John Doman in 'The Wire' and Mandy Patinkin in 'Criminal Minds' and 'Homeland'; also notably provided the original French voice of the lead character in Christian Volckman's award-winning animated Tech noir 'Renaissance' (2006); has appeared on-screen in many films as well, including bit parts in the James Bond adventure 'Moonraker' (1979) and Roman Polanski's thriller 'Frantic' (1988) and more substantive roles in Jean-Jacques Annaud's 'Coup de tête' (1979), Jean-Jacques Beineix's 'Diva' (1981), Gérard Krawczyk's 'I Hate Actors' (1986), René Manzor's 'Game Over' (1989), Baz Taylor's 'Near Mrs.' (1992) and Chris Nahon's 'Empire of the Wolves' (2005)

March 23, 1944 – March 4, 2016

Indian film archivist and film scholar, who was the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964

April 6, 1933 – March 4, 2016

Actor best known for playing Steven Cord on the primetime soap 'Peyton Place' from 1965 to 1969; acted mainly in daytime dramas during the 1970s and '80s, playing Elliott Carrington on 'Another World' from 1972 to 1974, Dr. Marcus Polk on 'One Life to Live' from 1985 to 1987, and Grant Coleman on 'As the World Turns' as a series regular from 1974 to 1981 and on a recurring basis between 1988 and 1995; also had supporting roles in such films as Karl Malden's war drama 'Time Limit' (1957), the Elvis Presley musical 'G.I. Blues' (1960), and Richard Brooks' 1962 adaptation of Tennessee Williams' 'Sweet Bird of Youth'

May 20, 1929 – March 5, 2016

Conductor and cellist who became a pioneer of the Early Music movement and brought historically informed performance to the mainstream through his period instrument orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, which he founded in 1953 with his wife, violinist Alice Hoffelner Harnoncourt; later operated with modern instrumental ensembles, including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, though Concentus Musicus Wien remained a crucial part of her performance activity; recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Erasmus Prize in 1980, the Polar Music Prize in 1994, a Grammy for his recording of the 'St Matthew Passion' with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir in 2001, and Austrian Decorations for Science and Art in 1987 and 2008; one of the most innovative and influential conductors of the latter half of the 20th century

December 6, 1929 – March 5, 2016

Indian actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1995 and 2015, including the drama 'Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum' (1999), for which he won Special Jury Awards from the National Film Awards and the Kerala State Film Awards, and S. Shankar's critically acclaimed smash hit sci-fi film 'Enthiran' (2010); also won a Filmfare Award as Best Villain for his work in the immensely popular and successful action film 'Gemini' (2002) and won Asianet Film Awards for both 'Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum' and the blockbuster comedy 'Chotta Mumbai' (2007), the latter of which also earned him a Vanitha Chandrika Award for Best Villain; co-starred in many other widely-praised box office hits, including 'Summer in Bethlehem' (1998), 'Narasimham' (2000), 'Sethurama Iyer CBI' (2004), 'Anandabhadram' (2005), 'Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum' (2006), 'Twenty:20' (2008), 'Adaminte Makan Abu' (2011), 'Ayalum Njanum Thammil' (2012), 'Amen' (2013) and 'Papanasam' (2015)

January 1, 1971 – March 6, 2016

Multi-award-winning Filipino filmmaker and television director; wrote, produced and directed the acclaimed films 'Jay' (2008), 'Sampaguita, National Flower' (2010) and 'Bwaya' ('Crocodile,' 2014), earning multiple accolades for each; also directed hit TV series such as 'Sabel,' 'My Binondo Girl,' 'Princess and I' and 'Dyesebel'

February 8, 1978 – March 6, 2016

Former actress who, as wife of actor-turned-politician Ronald Reagan, was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989; began her acting career as Nancy Davis in 1945 and made her sole Broadway appearance the following year in the musical 'Lute Song'; signed a seven-year contract with MGM in 1949, having made her film debut with a bit part in the studio's 'Portrait of Jennie' the previous year; was given supporting roles in the films 'The Doctor and the Girl' (1949), 'East Side, West Side' (1949), and 'Shadow on the Wall' (1950) and was the female lead in as 'The Next Voice You Here...' (1950), 'Night Into Morning' (1951), 'Talk About a Stranger' (1952) and 'Shadow in the Sky' (1952) before MGM released her from her contract; went on to co-star in the sci-fi horror film 'Donovan's Brain' (1953) and to perform on the live TV programs 'The Ford Television Theatre,' 'Schlitz Playhouse,' and 'Climax!'; met Ronald Reagan in November 1949 after contacting him in his capacity as president of the Screen Actors Guild, seeking his help after her name had been mistakenly added to the Hollywood blacklist; married Reagan in 1952 and later co-starred with him (still credited as Nancy Davis) in the World War II submarine thriller 'Hellcats of the Navy' (1957); made one other film -- the 1958 drama 'Crash Landing' -- and appeared on several TV shows before retiring as an actress in 1962; became First Lady when her husband was elected President of the United States in 1981, and during his presidency created the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which focused on drug education; memorably appeared as herself in a 1983 episode of 'Diff'rent Strokes' to help raise awareness of the dangers of drug abuse; spent much of her post-White House years caring for her husband, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994 and died ten years later; remained active within the Reagan Library and in politics, particularly in support of embryonic stem cell research, until her death

July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016

Longtime personal assistant of Orson Welles and the last surviving cast member of Welles' 'Citizen Kane'

March 18, 1915 – March 6, 2016

Theatre impresario and film producer who produced over 100 stage productions, including the original West End and Broadway productions of 'Oh! Calcutta!' (1969 on Broadway; 1970 on West End) and 'The Rocky Horror Show' (1973 on West End; 1975 on Broadway), and over a dozen films, most notably 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' (both 1975); earned a reputation for the courting the risqué, considering 'Oh! Calcutta!' being the first all-nude revue in the commercial theatre and 'Rocky Horror' was, well, 'Rocky Horror'; won the 1971 Tony Award for Best Play as producer of Anthony Shaffer's 'Sleuth' and was nominated for the same award in 1975 for producing Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona's 'Sizwe Banze Is Dead' and 'The Island'; also produced the original West End productions of the musicals 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' (1973), 'A Chorus Line' (1976) and 'Annie' (1978) and was involved with the Joseph Papp-produced original Broadway productions of 'A Chorus Line' as well as 'Two Gentlemen in Verona' (1971), both of which were Tony winners for Best Musical; won Evening Standard Award for Best Musical for 'The Rocky Horror Show,' 'A Chorus Line' and 'Annie' and in 1994 won both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical for 'She Loves Me'; made his segue into film with the 1972 big-screen adaptation of 'Oh Calcutta!' and, following the success of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' produced Python member Terry Gilliam's follow-up film, 'Jabberwocky' (1977); went on to produce or executive-produce such acclaimed films as Louis Malle's 'My Dinner with Andre' (1981), John Waters' 'Polyester' (1981), the concert film 'Urgh! A Music War' (1981), Jerzy Skolimowski's 'Moonlighting' (1982), and Richard Eyre's 'The Ploughman's Lunch' (1983), the latter two of which won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film in their respective years; also produced the groundbreaking and long-running Channel 4 series 'The Comic Strip Presents...' from its debut in 1982 until 1993, while also producing films such as Michael Radford's 'White Mischief' (1987) and the Robbie Coltrane comedies 'Nuns on the Run' (1990, also starring Monty Python's Eric Idle) and 'The Pope Must Die' (1991); was subsequently executive producer on John Irvin's film 'Widows' Peak' (1994) and the innovative 1995 comedy series 'The Glam Metal Detectives' and more recently executive-produced Michael Apted's espionage thriller 'Enigma' (2001); was the subject of Grace Otto's acclaimed 2013 documentary 'The Last Impresario' and received a special lifetime achievement award from the Olivier Awards in 2014

January 16, 1936 – March 7, 2016

Actor best known for his roles as Aron Trask, the younger brother of James Dean's Cal Trask, in Elia Kazan's 'East of Eden' (1955) and as "Blind Dick," a convict on the chain gang alongside the likes of Paul Newman and George Kennedy, in Stuart Rosenberg's 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967); also remembered for playing Private Gutowski, the sniper for the group of U.S. soldiers led by Clint Eastwood's Kelly, in Brian G. Hutton's 'Kelly's Heroes' (1970); was one of the main stars of the short-lived NBC drama series 'The Americans' in 1961, had the second male lead in the horror-thriller 'The Cabinet of Caligari' (1962), starred opposite Brian Donlevy and Ellen Burstyn in Jack Hill's Roger Corman-produced racing drama 'Pit Stop' (1969); also had roles in such films as 'The Sea Chase' (1955), 'I Died a Thousand Times' (1955), 'All the Young Men' (1960), 'Hot Stuff' (1979), 'Battle Beyond the Stars' (1980), 'Death Hunt' (1981), and Disney's Jack Clayton-directed 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' (1983)

November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016

Australian musician best known for his long collaboration with singer-songwriter Ross Wilson, particularly as lead guitarist for the seminal early '70s Australian rock band Daddy Cool

December 1, 1950 – March 8, 2016

Legendary record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician famed for his extensive involvement with the Beatles, for which he has become known as "the Fifth Beatle;" signed the group to a recording contract with EMI's Parlophone label when everyone else turned them down and guided them in their transformation from a regional dance band into the most inventive, influential and studio-savvy rock group of the 1960s; produced all but one of the Beatles' albums and also acted as their arranger, encouraging them to experiment with new ways of recording in the studio and giving many of the band's greatest songs their distinctive sound; won two of the four Grammy Awards received by the Beatles' historic 1967 album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' including the first ever Grammy for Album of the Year awarded to a rock LP; also composed and arranged the incidental music for two of the Beatles' classic films, 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964) and 'Yellow Submarine' (1968), earning an Oscar nomination for the former and a Grammy nomination for the latter; wrote or co-wrote the scores for several other films, including Ken Annakin's 'Crooks Anonymous' (1963), Mike Hodges' 'Pulp' (1972), John Schlesinger's 'Honky Tonk Freeway' (1981), and, most notably, the James Bond entry 'Live and Let Die' (1973); also produced and won a Grammy for arranging the title song for 'Live and Let Die,' which reunited him with former Beatle Paul McCartney, who co-wrote the tune with Linda McCartney and performed it with his band Wings; later won a Grammy for producing the show album for 'The Who's Tommy' and two more Grammys for his work on the Beatles remix album 'Love,' which served as the soundtrack for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name; produced hits by several other British Invasion acts besides the Beatles, among them Gerry and the Pacemakers (including the chart-toppers "How Do You Do It?" and "I Like It"), Cilla Black (including her #1 hit "You're My World"), and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (including the #1 hits "Little Children" and "Bad to Me"), and earlier in his career at EMI had produced popular comedy records by Peter Ustinov, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Peter Cook, among others; later worked with an eclectic group of pop and jazz performers, including Ella Fitzgerald, the Bee Gees, Jeff Beck, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cheap Trick, America, Elton John and Kenny Rogers; produced a total of 30 number-one hit singles in the U.K. (including 19 for the Beatles) and 23 number-one hits in the U.S. (almost all of them Beatles songs), and is one of just a handful of producers to have number-one records in three or more consecutive decades (1960s, '70s, '80s, and '90s); helped redefine a record producer’s role in pop music, being among a select few who became almost as famous as the musicians they recorded and, after leaving Parlophone to launch his own production company, helped raise the stature of record production as an independent career; was made a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his services to the music industry and popular culture in 1996; was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006; received many other awards and honors throughout his career, including two BRIT Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Film by the World Soundtrack Academy, honorary membership in the Audio Engineering Society, and multiple honorary degrees and doctorates; hands down one of the most influential producers in the history of popular music

January 8, 1926 – March 8, 2016

Australian rock music legend and actor who rose to prominence when he played Judas in the first full Australian production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' from 1972 to 1974 and starred in and co-wrote and performed the music for the 1978 miniseries 'Against the Wind,' which was the first major Australian TV production to be broadcast in the United States and earned English a Logie Award as Best New Talent for his acting; later starred in the Australian sitcom 'All Together Now,' which aired from 1991 to 1993 and earned English a nomination for another Logie, this time as "Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Male Performer"; had several Top 20 hits in Australia, including "Turn the Page" (a cover of the Bob Seger song), "Hollywood Seven", "Words are Not Enough", "Six Ribbons" and "Hot Town," with some even achieving international success; won four Mo Awards, including three consecutive 'Entertainer of the Year' awards and another as 'Male Vocal Performer' in 1985; starred in numerous performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas 'The Pirates of Penzance,' 'The Mikado' and 'H.M.S. Pinafore' starting in 1984, with performances of each production ultimately being broadcast on Australian TV and later released on home video; more recently appeared on the children's series 'Time Trackers,' in which he played the older version of the role of Old Troy

March 26, 1949 – March 9, 2016

Actor best known for his role as frontier scout Flint McCullough on the Western series 'Wagon Train' from 1957 to 1962; also remembered for starring as Commander Jack Rankin in Kinji Fukasaku's cult low-budget sci-fi horror film 'The Green Slime' (1968); made his screen debut with an uncredited role in Lewis Milestone's acclaimed war film 'A Walk in the Sun' (1945) and had supporting roles in many films throughout the 1950s, including 'The Tanks Are Coming' (1951), 'Pony Soldier' (1952), Delmer Daves' 'Return of the Texan' (1952), Richard Flesicher's 'Arena' (1953), 'Bright Road (1953), 'Code Two' (1953), 'The Story of Three Loves' (1953) and 'Men of the Fighting Lady' (1954); followed 'Wagon Train' with a starring role in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical '110 in the Shade' in 1963 and then returned to television to play the title role in the short-lived Western series 'A Man Called Shenandoah' during the 1965-66 TV season; subsequently starred in the title role of MGM's first made-for-TV movie, 'The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones', which premiered Christmas Day 1966 on ABC and was later released theatrically in Europe and Mexico; subsequently starred as the secret agent John Smith in the TV movies 'The Spy Killer' (1969) and 'Foreign Exchange' (1970) and later played Whitney McColl on the soap opera 'As the World Turns' from 1982 to 1984; retired from the screen following an appearance on 'Murder, She Wrote' in 1989

July 29, 1924 – March 9, 2016

Daring Brazilian percussionist noted for both his solo work and as a backing musician for the likes of Pat Metheny, Egberto Gismonti, Don Cherry, Gato Barbieri, Milton Nascimento, and even The Talking Heads; was particularly renowned for his expertise on the bow-shaped berimbau, transforming it into a solo instrument with richly varied capabilities and helping to popularize its use in jazz groups and classical orchestras internationally; voted Best Percussionist Of The Year by the 'Down Beat' magazine's Critics Poll for seven consecutive years, from 1984 to 1990, and was also the recipient of eight Grammy Awards

August 2, 1944 – March 9, 2016

Legendary production designer most famous for his work in seven James Bond films and the Stanley Kubrick classics 'Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (1964) and 'Barry Lyndon' (1975), the latter of which earned him the first of his two Oscars; entered the film industry as a draughtsman in the late 1940s and worked his way up to assistant/associate art director within a few years, a position he held on Raoul Walsh's 'Captain Horatio Hornblower' (1951), Robert Siodmak's 'The Crimson Pirate' (1952), Robert Wise's 'Helen of Troy' (1956), and William Wyler's Oscar-winning epic 'Ben-Hur' (1959), among other films; earned his first Oscar nomination for his work as art director on the 1956 Best Picture Oscar winner 'Around the World in Eighty Days' and made his debut as production designer the following year in the classic horror film 'Night of the Demon' (1957); went on to design the sets the very first James Bond film, 'Dr. No' (1962), including the now-iconic headquarters of the movie's titular villain; returned to the Bond franchise for its third installment, 'Goldfinger' (1964), and continued to define the look of the series with his work in 'Thunderball' (1965), 'You Only Live Twice' (1967), 'Diamonds Are Forever' (1971), 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977), and 'Moonraker' (1979); earned an Oscar nomination for his work on 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and received BAFTA nominations for that film as well as 'Goldfinger,' 'Thunderball' and 'You Only Live Twice'; won the first of two BAFTA Awards for designing Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove,' which featured another of his most famous sets--the triangular Pentagon War Room with its giant circular table below a ring of lights; won his second BAFTA for his work in the non-Bond espionage film 'The Ipcress File' (1965), and was subsequently BAFTA-nominated for his set designs in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 'Sleuth' (1972) and the aforementioned Kubrick masterpiece 'Barry Lyndon'; also famed for his work in Ken Hughes' classic family film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' (1968), which included designing the title automobile; was later nominated for an Oscar for his work in 'Addams Family Values' (1993), after which he earned his second Oscar win for 'The Madness of King George' (1994), for which he also received a final BAFTA nomination while both films garnered him London Critics Circle Film Awards; collaborated most frequently with director Herbert Ross, for whom he designed 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' (1969), 'The Last of Sheila' (1973), 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution' (1976), 'Undercover Blues' (1993), and 'Boys on the Side' (1996); other films he designed include Robert Aldrich's 'The Angry Hills' (1959) and 'Sodom and Gomorrah' (1962), Ken Hughes' 'The Trials of Oscar Wilde' (1960), 'Ipcress File' sequel 'Funeral in Berlin' (1966), Bruce Beresford's 'King David' (1985) and 'Crimes of the Heart' (1986), Norman Jewison's 'Agnes of God' (1985) and 'Bogus' (1996), Nicholas Meyer's 'The Deceivers' (1988), John Frankenheimer's 'Dead Bang' (1989), 'Company Business' (1991), Frank Oz's 'In & Out' (1997), and István Szabó's 'Taking Sides' (2001); also worked on storyboards and concept art for the proposed film 'Star Trek: Planet of the Titans' in the late 1970s, but the project was eventually shelved by Paramount; returned to the Bond universe as production designer of the 2004 video game 'GoldenEye: Rogue Agent,' which was the final project he worked on; received the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and the following year was given a knighthood--the first for a production designer

February 5, 1921 – March 10, 2016

Four-time Grammy-nominated jazz and blues singer who recorded over 30 albums over a period more than six decades; won rave reviews for her second album, 'Hot Cargo' (1958) from Mercury Records and went on to release more than a dozen albums on the Concord Jazz label between 1977 and 1991, including the Grammy-nominated 'Never Make Your Move Too Soon' (1981) and 'Big City' (1983); subsequently released two Grammy-nominated albums on the Qwest label, 'Now and Then' (1993) and 'Blues, Dues & Love News' (1996); performed at the first and second Monterey Jazz Festivals in 1958 and 1959, respectively, and would return to the festival four more times between 1982 and 2007; also performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the presidential inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower and jazz festivals around the world, including South America, Europe and Japan; was among the 75 women highlighted in Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker's 1989 book 'I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America;' won the Golden Umbrella award at the Bumbershoot Seattle arts festival in 2002 and received the Record Academy's IMPACT Award two years later

November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016

Founder of Germany's annual Hof International Film Festival, which he directed from its launch in 1967 until his death, making him the second longest-serving film festival director after Chicago’s Michael Kutza; had also been involved in the selection of German films for the Berlin International Film Festival (or Berlinale) since 1976 and oversaw the showcase of German films in Le Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival; played a key role in introducing to German audiences the works of U.S. independent filmmakers such as John Waters, Russ Meyer, George A. Romero, John Carpenter and David Lynch; also worked on a number of films, including Bob Fosse's 'Cabaret' (1972) and Norman Jewison's 'Rollerball' (1975) as an assistant director and Wim Wenders' 'Kings of the Road' (1976) and 'The American Friend' (1977) as location manager; received numerous awards for his significant role in the development of German cinema, including the Special Prize from the Bavarian Film Awards in 1991, the Honorary German Film Award in 1998, the Berlinale Camera in 2001, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Film Critics’ Association’s Honorary Award in 2010, and the FIRST STEPS Honorary Award in 2014

May 26, 1941 – March 10, 2016

Singer best known for her hit 1956 ballad "The Wayward Wind," which spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard music charts; had a Top 10 hit with "Suddenly There's a Valley" the year before; also provided the singing voice of Helen Morgan (portrayed by Ann Blyth) in Michael Curtiz's 'The Helen Morgan Story' (1957) and was one of the three solo singers featured in the first stereo LP recording of the classic musical 'Show Boat'

September 20, 1924 – March 10, 2016

Canine actor, a rescued chihuahua, known for his role as Elle Woods' pampered pooch Bruiser in 'Legally Blonde' (2001) and 'Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde' (2003)

ca. 1998 – March 10, 2016

Composer best known for scoring horror films and thrillers, including Gilles Marchand's 'Who Killed Bambi? (2003), Alexandre Aja's 'High Tension' (2003), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo's 'Inside' (2007) and Oliver Blackburn's 'Donkey Punch' (2008) and 'Kristy' (2014); was also designed the music and sound for Aja's 2006 remake of 'The Hills Have Eyes' and created the music for dramas such as Fabrice Du Welz's 'Vinyan' (2008), Karin Albou's 'The Wedding Song' (2008), Fabienne Godet's 'A Place on Earth' (2013), Carter Smith's 'Jamie Marks Is Dead' (2014), Fabienne Berthaud's 'Sky' (2015) and Clément Cogitore's 'Neither Heaven Nor Earth' (2015)

December 2, 1974 – March 11, 2016

Stage and screen actor who was part of the original cast of the off-Broadway musical revue 'Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris' when it debuted in 1968; was also in the original casts of the Tony-winning Broadway musical 'City of Angels' in 1989 and the Tony-nominated musical drama 'Marie Christine' in 1999; made his screen debut in the 1977 film adaptation of Miguel Piñero's play 'Short Eyes' directed by Robert M. Young, with whom Elliott would reunite nearly 20 years later for the erotic thriller 'Caught' (1996); co-starred opposite Rubén Blades in the dramedy 'Crossover Dreams' (1985) and was later part of the Florida Film Critics Circle Award-winning ensemble cast of Jill Sprecher's drama 'Thirteen Conversations About One Thing' (2001); had a role in the Dirty Harry movie 'The Dead Pool' (1988), appeared as the Puerto Rican Icee man in Spike Lee's acclaimed 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) and was last seen in the Allen Hughes-directed crime thriller 'Broken City' (2013), starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe; other notable film credits include 'Beat Street' (1984), Sondra Locke's thriller 'Impulse' (1990), 'Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh' (1991), 'Hurricane Streets' (1997), the action comedy 'Double Take' (2001), 'The Feast of the Goat' (2005) and Nicholas Jarecki's thriller 'Arbitrage' (2012); notable TV works include recurring roles on 'Ghostwriter' and 'Law & Order' and guest appearances on 'The Cosby Show,' 'Miami Vice' and 'CSI: Miami'; was married to Tony-winning actress Donna Murphy since 1990

ca. 1937 – March 11, 2016

Legendary prog rock musician, songwriter, arranger and composer best known for being the keyboardist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer; also co-wrote many of the band's most enduring hits, including "Tarkus" and "Karn Evil 9"; had previously been a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, Gary Farr and the T-Bones, The V.I.P.'s and P. P. Arnold's backing band The Nice; also composed the scores for such films as Dario Argento's 'Inferno' (1980), Bruce Malmuth's 'Nighthawks' (1981), Lucio Fulci's 'Murder Rock' (1984) and contributed to the scores of 'The Church' (1989) and 'Godzilla: Final Wars' (2004); widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the prog rock era and among the greatest in rock history

November 2, 1944 – March 11, 2016

French actress perhaps best known for starring opposite Charlton Heston in the adventure film 'Secret of the Incas' (1954) -- often credited as the inspiration for 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981) -- and opposite Howard Keel in the sci-fi horror film 'The Day of the Triffids' (1962); also acted alongside Bing Crosby in George Seaton's drama 'Little Boy Lost' (1953) and Blake Edwards' musical comedy 'High Times' (1962), was the female lead in such films as 'The Bold and the Brave' (1956), Peter Glenville's war comedy 'Me and the Colonel' (1958) and Melvin Frank's Western 'The Jayhawkers!' (1959), and had supporting roles in classics such as Robert Bresson's masterful drama 'Diary of a Country Priest' (1951), Sacha Guitry's historical drama 'Royal Affairs in Versailles' (1954), Sidney Gilliat's comedy 'The Constant Husband' (1955), Robert Hamer's crime film 'The Scapegoat' (1959) and Brian Desmond Hust's comedy 'His and Hers' (1961); later starred in a number of television series, including the now-lost BBC drama 'Champion House' (1967-68) and the hit French drama 'La Demoiselle d'Avignon' (1972)

December 20, 1925 – March 11, 2016

Legendary Serbian actor who appeared in over 175 films and television shows in a career spanning five decades; was perhaps best known for his role as Prle in the popular 1974-75 TV war drama series 'Otpisani' ('Written Off'), the 1974 film of the same name, the 1976-77 follow-up series 'Povratak otpisanih' ('The Written Off Return') and the 1976 film also bearing that title; made his screen debut with a small role in Vladan Slijepcevic's 1964 film 'Pravo stanje stvari' ('The True State of Things') and just a few years later landed the lead role in Živojin Pavlović's award-winning 1967 film 'Kad budem mrtav i beo' ('When I Am Dead and Gone'); starred in many other acclaimed and award-winning films throughout the 1960s, '70s and '80s, including 'Horoscope' (1969), 'Backbone' (1975), 'National Class Category Up to 785 ccm' (1979), 'Who's Singin' Over There?' (1980), 'The Falcon,' (1981), 'Moving On' (1982), 'Balkan Express' (1983), 'Unseen Wonder' (1984), 'Life is Beautiful' (1985) and 'The Meeting Point' (1989), with his work in 'The Falcon winning him the Golden Arena for Best Actor at Croatia's Pula Film Festival; had supporting roles in many esteemed films from the 1990s, including 'Tito and Me' (1992), 'Three Tickets to Hollywood' (1993), 'In the Middle of Nowhere (1994), 'Cabaret Balkan' (1998) and 'The Knife' (1999), and even had a small role in Emir Kusturica's critically-acclaimed masterpiece 'Underground' (1995); more recently had supporting roles in 'Zona Zamfirova' (2002), 'Ivko's Feast' (2005), 'The Fourth Man' (2007), 'The Tour' (2008), '72 Days' (2010) and 'See You in Montevideo' (2014), though he also took on the occasional lead role during this time, notably in the 2002 thriller 'Labyrinth' and the 2004 war comedy 'The Robbery of the Third Reich' (2004); also remembered for starring in the 1986 series 'Sivi dom' and for playing Labud Stojanovic on the TV series 'Porodicno blago' ('Family Treasure') from 1998 to 2002

August 20, 1943 – March 11, 2016

Singer and actress who had supporting roles in such films as 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (1938), 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1939), 'Wife, Husband and Friend' (1939), 'Slightly Honorable' (1939), 'An Angel from Texas' (1940), 'Blondie Goes Latin' (1941) and 'The Cheaters' (1945); was also the leading lady in the Gene Autry western 'Call of the Canyon' (1942), the crime comedy 'The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine' (1942) and the Roy Rogers westerns 'Heart of the Golden West' (1942), 'Man from Music Mountain' (1943) and 'Hands Across the Border' (1944)

October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016

Prolific director who helmed hundreds of hours of television in a career spanning the industry's first four decades; worked on more than 100 shows in virtually every genre, among them 44 episodes of the CBS anthology drama 'The Millionaire,' the entirety of ABC's short-lived sitcom 'Bing Crosby Show,' and six classic episodes of 'The Twilight Zone,' including "I Sing the Body Electric" (the show's 100th episode), "A Penny for Your Thoughts" and "It's a Good Life"; was directing the radio show 'We the People' when it transitioned to television and became the first commercial CBS network program to telecast nationally on June 1, 1948, with Sheldon at the helm; remained with 'We the People' until its end in 1952 and moved on to direct the first ten episodes of the NBC sitcom 'Mister Peepers,' with the premiere episode marking his first credited directing gig; subsequent directing credits include 13 episodes of 'West Point,' 11 episodes of 'Armstrong Circle Theatre,' 10 episodes each of 'Mister Peepers' and 'Route 66,' 9 episodes of 'Zane Grey Theater,' 8 episodes each of 'My Three Sons,' 'The Virginian,' 'Room 222' and 'Love, American Style,' 7 episodes each of 'The Fugitive,' 'That Girl' and 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color,' 6 episodes each of 'Naked City' and 'Sanford and Son,' and multiple episodes each of such shows as 'The Love Boat,' 'Death Valley Days,' ''McMillan & Wife,' 'The Dukes of Hazzard,' 'Ironside,' 'Petrocelli,' 'The Patty Duke Show,' 'Studio One,' 'Perry Mason,' 'Gunsmoke,' 'Batman,' 'Alice,' 'M*A*S*H,' 'Knots Landing' and 'The Waltons'; also directed one episode each of such series as 'The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,' 'Petticoat Junction,' 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,' 'Cagney & Lacey' and 'The Equalizer'; retired after directing the fifth episode of the cop show spoof 'Sledge Hammer!' in 1986

November 12, 1920 – March 12, 2016

Actress who had significant roles in many films but is perhaps best known for her small but memorable part in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971) as Mrs. Alexander, the woman who is raped by Malcolm McDowell's Alex DeLarge as he sings "Singin' in the Rain"; also remembered for playing Amelia, the mother of Lara Antipova, in the sprawling, Oscar-winning 1965 adaptation of 'Doctor Zhivago' directed by David Lean; made her film debut in Edmond T. Gréville's comedy 'The Romantic Age' (a.k.a. 'Naughty Arlette,' 1949), after which she played Valerie in Jean Renoir's classic India-set drama 'The River' (1951); went on to co-star in such films as 'The Kidnappers' (a.k.a. 'The Little Kidnappers,' 1953), 'Devil Girl from Mars' (1954) and 'Lease of Life' (1954) before landing starring roles in films such as 'Make Me an Offer' (1954) and 'The Big Chance' (1957); later appeared in three thrillers directed and produced by Otto Preminger and starring Richard Attenborough: the classic psychological thriller 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (1965), the more action-oriented 'Rosebud' (1975) and the Graham Greene adaptation 'The Human Factor' (1979), the latter of which was her final feature film; had roles in several other thriller and horror films, including supporting roles 'Corridors of Blood' (1958), 'A Study in Terror' (1965) and Jim Clark's 'Madhouse' (1974), as well as the female lead in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (1960) and the starring role in 'Vampire Circus' (1972); also co-starred in several adventure films in the 1960s, including 'The Hellfire Club' (1961), 'Sword of Lancelot' (1963), 'The Viking Woman' (1967) and the sci-fi adventure 'Moon Zero Two' (1969); other notable film credits include Vittorio De Sica's anthology 'Woman Times Seven' (1967), Sam Wanamaker's crime thriller 'The File of the Golden Goose' (1969) and Blake Edwards' 'Revenge of the Pink Panther' (1978); notable television work included starring opposite Edmund Purdom in the 1958-61 adventure drama 'Sword of Freedom' and playing Mena in the 1980 'Doctor Who' serial 'The Leisure Hive'

November 13, 1931 – March 13, 2016

Award-winning production designer who, as art director for Lenfilm Studio since 1955, worked on acclaimed films such as Grigori Kozintsev's 'Hamlet' (1964), Aleksey Batalov's 'Three Fat Men' (1966), Rezo Esadze's 'Love at First Sight' (1977), Ayan Shakhmaliyeva's 'Sofya Kovalevskaya' (1985) and Aleksei Yuryevich German's final two projects, 'Khrustalyov, My Car!' (1998) and 'Hard to Be a God' (2013), both of which won him Nika Awards; was perhaps best known, however, for co-writing and co-directing Mosfilm's 'Viy' (1967), believed to be the first and only Soviet horror film; was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 1997

April 15, 1930 – March 13, 2016

Famous Portuguese actor, director, screenwriter and playwright who began acting in theatre and film in the 1960s but was best known for his work in television from the 1970s onward; achieved national fame with his 1975 TV show 'Nicholas in Wonderland,' particularly the program's weekly skit 'Sr. Feliz E Sr. Contente,' in which he played a shyster opposite an aspiring comedian he discovered named Herman José, who is now one of Portugal's best-known talents; went on to co-create and star in the very first Portuguese telenovela, 'Vila Faia,' as well as the popular comedy series 'Gente Fina É Outra Coisa,' both of which first aired in 1982; also conceived and starred in the sketch comedy series 'Eu Show Nico' (1980-81/1987-88) and 'Euronico' (1990) and starred or co-starred in (and sometimes directed) shows such as the sitcoms 'Nico d'Obra' (1993-96), 'Aqui Não Há Quem Viva' (2006-08) and 'Os Compadres" (2011-13, which he also created), the dramas 'A Ferreirinha' (2004), 'Pedro e Inês' (2005), 'Casos da Vida' (2008-09), 'Equador' (2008-09) and 'Uma Família Açoriana' (2013), and the telenovelas 'Origins' (1983, which he also co-created), 'Palavras Cruzadas' (1987), 'Cinzas' (1992-93), 'Verão Quente" (1993-94, another show he co-created), 'Vidas de Sal' (1996), 'Rebel Without a Cause' (2002), 'Vingança' (2007), 'Meu Amor' (2009-10), 'Louco Amor' (2012-13) and 'O Beijo do Escorpião' (2014); won a Troféu TV 7 Dias for Best Leading Actor in a Telenovela for 'Meu Amor' in 2010 and received the Troféu TV 7 Dias Career Award the following year; notable film credits include Portuguese Golden Globe-winning roles in António-Pedro Vasconcelos's 'Os Imortais' (2003), Mário Barroso's 'The Miracle According to Salomé' (2004) and António da Cunha Telles' 'Kiss Me' (2004), Globe-nominated performances in Carlos Coelho da Silva's 'O Crime do Padre Amaro' (2005) and João Botelho's 'Corrupção' (2007), and roles in several other films for director Vasconcelo, including 'Jaime' (1999), 'Call Girl' (2007) and 'Cats Don't Have Vertigo' (2014); also co-starred in 'Chronicle of Good Tricksters' (1984) and 'On the Edge of the Horizon' (1993) for Fernando Lopes, 'Adeus Princesa' (1992) and 'The Mystery of Sintra' (2007) for Jorge Paixão da Costa, 'According to Pereira' (1995) for Roberto Faenza, 'Inferno' (1999) for Joaquim Leitão, 'The Art of Stealing' (2008) for Leonel Vieira, and 'Night Train to Lisbon' (2013) for Bille August; co-wrote, directed and appeared in 'A Teia de Gelo' (2012), which screened in competition at the Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português, and also directed and co-starred in such films as 'Contrato' (2009) and '7 Pecados Rurais (2013)

July 30, 1940 – March 14, 2016

Renowned, iconoclastic composer and conductor who was a leading figure in the European avant-garde of the postwar era; best known works include the monodrama 'Eight Songs for a Mad King' (1969), the two-act opera 'Taverner' (1972), the chamber opera 'The Lighthouse' (1979), the interlude "Farewell to Stromness" from his piano/voice composition 'The Yellow Cake Revue' (1980), and the classical orchestral composition 'An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise' (1984); wrote ten symphonies between 1973 and 2013, a cycle of ten concertos known as the 'Strathclyde Concertos' between 1986 and 1996, and the Naxos Quartets -- a cycle of ten string quartets -- between 2001 and 2007; formed the New Music Manchester group along with fellow students of the University of Manchester and at the Royal Manchester College of Music in the 1950s, co-founded the British chamber music ensemble The Fires of London (originally known as the Pierrot Players), which was active from 1965 to 1987, and founded the Orkney Islands' St Magnus International Festival in 1977; composed and conducted the scores for Ken Russell's acclaimed 1971 films 'The Devils' and 'The Boy Friend,' earning an Oscar nomination for the latter; was Artistic Director of the Dartington International Summer School from 1979 to 1984, associate conductor/composer with both the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (1991-2000) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1992-2002) and was composer laureate of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, for whom he wrote the 'Strathclyde Concertos'; was long known as an anti-establishment and anti-monarchist 'enfant terrible,' yet still managed to be knighted in 1987 and, more surprisingly, was appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004 and held that post for ten years; awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society -- the highest honor the society can bestow -- in 2015

September 8, 1934 – March 14, 2016

Italian actor who appeared in over 140 films between 1949 and 2014, with perhaps his best-known role being that Riccardo, the divorcée who breaks up the party at his beach house, at the end of Federico Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' (1960); previously appeared in Fellini's 'Il Bidone' (1955), playing another character named Riccardo; frequently collaborated with many other legendary Italian directors over the years, including Luigi Zampa (1954's 'Woman of Rome,' 1960's 'The Traffic Policeman' and 1971's 'A Girl in Australia'), Mario Monicelli (1957's 'A Tailor's Maid' and 'Doctor and the Healer' and 1969's 'Oh, Grandmother's Dead') and Dino Risi (1957's 'Poor Girl, Pretty Girl,' 1958's 'Venice, the Moon and You' and 1965's 'Complexes'); appeared in Ettore Scola's comedy 'Let's Talk About Women' (1964) and reunited with Scola over 30 years later for 'The Dinner' (1998), for which won Garrone and his male co-stars won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists' Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor; other notable film credits include 'Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti' (1959), 'Signori si nasce' (1960), 'Girl with a Suitcase' (1961), Joseph Losey's 'Eva' (1962), 'Swordsman of Siena' (1962), 'Il Successo' (1963), Anthony Asquith's 'The Yellow Rolls-Royce' (1964), 'Terror-Creatures from the Grave' (1965), 'Madigan's Millions' (1968), 'A Man Called Sledge' (1970), Sergio Corbucci's 'What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution (1972), 'The Cursed Medallion' (1975), 'The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist' (1977), 'The Cricket' (1980), 'Fantozzi subisce ancora' (1983), 'Vacanze di Natale' (1983), 'Paprika' (1991), 'A Cold, Cold Winter' (1996), 'I Love You Eugenio' (2002) and 'La legge è uguale per tutti... forse' (2014)

November 1, 1926 – March 14, 2016

Writer, producer, voice actress and designer who co-created several classic 1960s and 1970s television series with then-husband Gerry Anderson, the most popular and successful being their "Supermarionation" hit 'Thunderbirds' (1965-66), in which she also famously provided the voice of Lady Penelope; had previously worked with Gerry as a production assistant on his earliest shows -- including the very first one he produced, 'The Adventures of Twizzle' (1957-59) -- and later as writer, dialogue director and voice artist on 'Supercar' before the two created their first show together, 'Fireball XL5' (1962-63), in which Sylvia also voiced Doctor Venus; was responsible for the development and visualization of the characters on 'Thunderbirds' as well as most of the other "Supermarionation" classics she co-created with Gerry, namely 'Stingray' (1964-65, on which she was also producer and script and dialogue supervisor), 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' (1967-68), 'Joe 90' (1968-69) and 'The Secret Service' (1969); was also the voice of Melody Angel on 'Captain Scarlet,' the voice Mrs. Ada Harris and other characters on 'Joe 90,' and the voice of Mrs. Appleby on 'The Secret Service'; co-wrote and produced the 'Thunderbirds' spin-off movies 'Thunderbird 6' (1966) and 'Thunderbirds Are GO' (1968) and co-wrote the cult sci-fi feature 'Doppelgänger' a.k.a. 'Journey to the Far Side of the Sun' (1969); went on to co-create (again with Gerry) the cult live-action sci-fi series 'UFO' (1970-77), for which she also designed the costumes, and 'Space: 1999' (1975-77), which she also produced

March 27, 1927 – March 15, 2016

Television and radio broadcaster best known for hosting BBC TV's ground-breaking current affairs program 'Tonight' from 1957 to 1965, which at its peak attracted eight million viewers; famously conducted the first-ever television interview with David Bowie during the 'Tonight' program in 1964, introducing the then-17-year-old future rock icon as the spokesman and founder of "The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men"; went on to present the BBC's TV coverage of events such as the Apollo moon landings, the Aberfan disaster, the 1966 and 1970 UK general elections and the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969; presented the UK segment of 'Our World,' the first live, international satellite television production, which was broadcast on June 25, 1967, and famously concluded with the Beatles' first-ever performance of "All You Need Is Love"; hosted the BBC One show '24 Hours' from 1965 to 1968, served as chief anchorman and presenter for Southern Television's evening local news program 'Day by Day' from the 1970s to 1981, was a regular presenter on BBC One's 'Holiday' program from 1969 to 1986, and presented the very last broadcast from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios in 1991; was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1969

December 11, 1919 – March 16, 2016

Singer, songwriter, conductor and actor best known as the son of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra and for helping to carry on his father's legacy, performing his songs and arrangements on tours and especially in Las Vegas; performed on numerous TV shows throughout the 1960s and '70s, including 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,' 'The Joey Bishop Show,' 'The Dean Martin Show,' and 'The Mike Douglas Show,' and even co-hosted a 10-week summer replacement series for 'The Dean Martin Show' called 'Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers' in 1968; had acting roles on scripted series such as 'The Patty Duke Show,' 'Adam-12,' 'Marcus Welby, M.D.,' 'The Love Boat,' 'Tales of the Unexpected,' and 'Son of the Beach,' and also had roles in a handul of films, most notably 'A Man Called Adam' (1966) opposite the likes of Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Louis Armstrong, and 'Hollywood Homicide' (2003), starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett; put his own career on hold in the late 1988s and 1990s to serve as his father's musical director and conductor on tours and on TV specials such as 'Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event' (1989) and 'Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come' (1990); sang "Wedding Vows in Vegas" on Was (Was Not)'s 1989 album 'What Up, Dog?' and performed "The Gumby Heart Song" on the 'Gumby' tribute album, also released in 1989; sang "My Kind of Town" with his father on the elder Sinatra's 'Duets II' album released in 1994 and released six albums of his own, including 'Young Love For Sale' (1965), 'His Way!' (1972), 'As I Remember I' (1996), and 'That Face!' (2006); more recently became familiar to TV viewers for his animated appearances in two episodes of 'Family Guy'

January 10, 1944 – March 16, 2016

Iconic magician and television personality who achieved international fame with 'The Paul Daniels Magic Show,' a BBC series he presented from 1979 to 1994; also presented the BBC One game shows 'Odd One Out' (1982-85) and 'Every Second Counts' (1986-93), starred in the network's children's show 'Wizbit' from 1986 to 1988, and was the original host of the UK's 'Wipeout' (also for BBC One) from 1994 to 1997

April 6, 1938 – March 17, 2016

Actor best known for playing intellectually disabled office clerk Benny Stulwicz on the NBC drama 'L.A. Law' from 1987 to 1994 and in the reunion TV movie 'L.A. Law: The Movie' in 2002; earned three Emmy nominations between 1988 and 1990 for his portrayal of Stulwicz, winning the award on the first two occasions, and also received three Golden Globe nominations for the role between 1989 and 1992; also known for playing the mobster Robert Durant in Sam Raimi's superhero action film 'Darkman' (1991) and its direct-to-video sequel, 'Darkman II: The Return of Durant' (1995), for starring in the title role of Manny Coto's horror film 'Dr. Giggles' (1992), and for voicing the character of Pops on the Cartoon Network series 'Johnny Bravo' from 1999 to 2004; made his screen debut in Herschell Gordon Lewis's 1971 film 'This Stuff'll Kill Ya!' and went on to appear in such films as 'Date with a Kidnapper' (1976), 'The Seniors' (1978), 'Battle Creek Brawl' (1980), 'The Karate Kid' (1984) and 'For Keeps?' (1988) and also popped up on TV shows including 'Hardcastle and McCormick' and 'Hunter' before landing his breakthrough role on 'L.A. Law'; later film credits include 'The Journey of August King' (1995), 'Bean' (1997), 'Overnight Delivery' (1998), 'Inferno' (1999), 'American Pie 2' (2001), 'Spun' (2002), 'Dorm Daze 2' (2006), 'Attack of the Gryphon' (2007), 'Pathology' (2008), and 'Dead Air' (2009), the latter of which was directed by and co-starred Drake's former 'L.A. Law' castmate Corbin Bernsen; also starred in ABC's short-lived sci-fi series 'Prey' in 1998 and had guest appearances on such shows as 'Tales from the Crypt,' 'Star Trek: Voyager,' 'Stargate SG-1,' 'Six Feet Under,' 'Firefly,' '7th Heaven' and 'Boston Legal'

February 21, 1950 – March 17, 2016

Hungarian director, screenwriter, actor and producer who earned multiple accolades for his films 'Az alkimista és a szüz' ('The Alchemist and the Virgin,' 1999), 'Kísértések' ('Temptations,' 2002) and 'Dolina' (2007); also had acting roles in such films as Béla Tarr's apocalyptic masterpiece 'Sátántangó' (1994) and Károly Makk's 'The Gambler' (1997) and was the producer of Pater Sparrow's award-winning sci-fi thriller '1' (2009)

April 6, 1960 – March 17, 2016

Actor best known for starring as Pvt. Franek Dolas in the classic Polish war comedy 'How I Unleashed World War II' (1970); also remembered for playing Murgrabia in the 1974 film and TV series 'Janosik,' for starring in such films as 'Skinny and the Others' (1967), 'Fucha' (1984) and 'Bermuda Triangle' (1987) and for his supporting roles in Andrzej Wajda's 'Danton' (1983) and 'Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania' (1999)

January 11, 1936 – March 17, 2016

French film composer perhaps most noted for scoring Jean Delannoy's films 'Les amitiés particulières' ('This Special Friendship,' 1964) and Andrzej Wajda's 'Danton' (1983); had previously composed the music for Delannoy's 'Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case' (1959) and 'The Baron of the Locks' (1960) and also worked with Roger Vadim on 'Blood and Roses' (1960) and the horror anthology 'Spirits of the Dead' (1968); other notable film credits include Gilles Grangier's 'Archimède le clochard' ('The Magnificent Tramp,' 1959) and 'Under the Sign of the Bull' (1969), Albert Lamorisse's 'Stowaway in the Sky' (1960), Alain Cavalier's 'Pillaged' (1967) and Dominique Delouche's '24 Hours in the Life of a Woman' (1968)

July 3, 1927 – March 17, 2016

Legendary German swing and jazz bandleader and clarinetist famous for leading his Dance Orchestra since 1955 and for his 'Tanzplatte des Jahres' ('The Dance Record of the Year') series of albums published from 1966 to 1996

April 7, 1922 – March 17, 2016

Author best known for his 1968 novel 'A Kestrel for a Knave,' which he subsequently co-adapted into the award-winning film 'Kes' (1969) alongside director Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett; re-teamed with Loach and Garrett on the two-part drama 'The Price of Coal' for the BBC's 'Play for Today' in 1977 and later collaborated with Loach on the film adaptation of Hines' books 'The Gamekeeper' (1980) and 'Looks and Smiles' (1981); also wrote the script for the acclaimed, BAFTA Award-winning television drama 'Threads' (1984)

June 30, 1939 – March 18, 2016

Filmmaker often described as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave" due to his uncompromising and controversial work, the most well-known of which are his surreal war drama 'Diamonds of the Night' (1964), for which won the Grand Prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, and his absurdist fable 'A Report on the Party and the Guests' (1966), an international success that was "banned forever" by the Czech communist regime in 1973; also won acclaim with short films such as 'A Loaf of Bread' (1960) and 'Oratorio for Prague' (1968) and for his comic fantasy 'Martyrs of Love' (1967), which screened in competition at the Chicago International Film Festival and earned him a Special Mention at the Locarno International Film Festival; was prohibited from making films by the Czech government from 1968 to 1974, after which he left his home country and over the next 15 years traveled to such places as Germany, Sweden and the U.S., during which time he pioneered the use of video cameras to record weddings, including documenting the nuptials of the Swedish royal family; returned to Czechoslovakia in 1989 and resumed his film career, going on to win Locarno's Golden Leopard for 'Late Night Talks with Mother' (2001) and the Pilsen Film Festival's Czech Film Clubs Association Award for 'Toyen' (2005); was working on an autobiographical film titled 'The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street' at the time of his death

July 12, 1936 – March 18, 2016

Actor best known for playing LAPD Detective Dennis Becker on 'The Rockford Files' during the show's entire six-season run (1974-1980), earning an Emmy nomination for the role in 1979; went on to recur as police officers on such shows as 'Hill Street Blues' (as Inspector Lastarza), 'Hardcastle and McCormick' (as Lt. Frank Harper), 'Magnum, P.I.' (as Lt. Nolan Page) and to reprise his role as Becker in several 'Rockford Files' TV movies in the 1990s; more recently recurred as semi-retired Lupertazzi consigliere Angelo Garepe on 'The Sopranos' in 2004; also had roles in a number of notable films, including Jerry Schatzberg's 'The Panic in Needle Park' (1971), the Gordon Park-directed 'Shaft's Big Score!' (1972), Peter Yates' 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle' (1973), John Badham's 'Blue Thunder' (1983), Abel Ferrara's 'Fear City' (1984), Tony Scott's 'Revenge' (1990) and 'The Last Boy Scout' (1991), Damon Wayans comedy 'Mo' Money' (1992), Kevin Costner's 'The Postman' (1997), the Jeff Goldblum drama 'Auggie Rose' (2000) and George Hickenlooper's drama 'The Man from Elysian Fields' (2001)

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Actor best known for his role as Deputy Johnny McKay on ABC's Western series 'Lawman' from 1958 to 1962 and for playing Chad Cooper on NBC's Western program 'Laredo' from 1965 to 1967; later portrayed Dr. Greg Peters on 'Days of Our Lives' from 1972 to 1979 and had stints as a series regular on several other daytime soaps, including 'One Life to Live,' 'The Young and the Restless,' and 'The Bold and the Beautiful'; also had roles in a number of films, most notably as crime lord Steve Elias in the blaxploitation classic 'Foxy Brown' (1974); starred or co-starred in many other cult films, including 'Kitten with a Whip' (1964), 'Chrome and Hot Leather' (1971), 'Piranha' (1972), 'Act of Vengeance' (1974) and 'The Concrete Jungle' (1982); also had lead roles in Samuel Fuller's war drama 'Merrill's Marauders' (1962) and the well-received beach party movie 'Ride the Wild Surf' (1964) and had supporting roles in such films as 'Darby's Rangers' (1958), 'Marjorie Morningstar' (1958) and Disney's 'Summer Magic' (1963); more recently appeared in low-budget independent genre films such as 'The Messenger' (1986), 'Asylum' (1997) and 'Hell to Pay' (2005), though he also had a small role in Sony's hit romantic comedy 'The Wedding Planner' (2001)

October 5, 1935 – March 21, 2016

Chilean filmmaker best known for his 1991 drama 'The Frontier,' for which he won multiple awards, including the Silver Bear for Outstanding Single Achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival and a Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film; subsequent films include 'Enthusiasm' (1998) and 'ChilePueda' (2008)

April 27, 1957 – March 21, 2016

Actor best known for starring in the 1967-68 British series 'Man in a Suitcase' and for his later role as corrupt police chief Mike Dorsett in Brian De Palma's film 'The Untouchables' (1987); also remembered for playing Mary Beth Lacy's estranged father, Martin Zzbiske, in three episodes of '80s series 'Cagney & Lacey,' a role he reprised in the 1995 TV movie 'Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling'; made his screen debut in Arthur Penn's classic crime drama 'The Chase' and re-teamed with Penn ten years later on 'The Missouri Breaks' (1976), which, like 'The Chase,' starred the legendary Marlon Brando; subsequently acted alongside 'Missouri Breaks' co-star Jack Nicholson on the Western comedy 'Goin' South' (1978), which Nicholson also directed; had supporting roles in many other notable films, including 'An Enemy of the People' (1978) opposite Steve McQueen, Costa-Gavras' 'Missing' (1982), Wim Wenders' 'Hammett' (1982), Hal Ashby's 'Lookin' to Get Out' (1982), Matthew Robbins' 'The Legend of Billie Jean' (1985), Peter Masterson's 'The Trip to Bountiful' (1985), the Emmy-nominated TV movie 'Resting Place' (1986), Richard Benjamin's 'Little Nikita' (1988), Robert Redford's 'The Milagro Beanfield War' (1988), Blake Edwards' 'Sunset' (1988), Mike Figgis' 'Internal Affairs' (1990), Nicolas Roeg's 'Cold Heaven' (1991), Manny Coto's 'Dr. Giggles' (1992, opposite Larry Drake, who preceded him in death five days earlier), Mick Jackson's Emmy-winning TV movie 'Indictment: The McMartin Trial' (1995), Sean Penn's 'The Crossing Guard' (1995, reuniting him with Jack Nicholson), James Foley's 'The Chamber' (1996), Bill Duke's 'Hoodlum' (1997), Richard Wenk's 'Just the Ticket' (1999), George Hickenlooper's 'The Man from Elysian Fields' (2001) and Andy Garcia's 'The Lost City' (2005)

November 10, 1934 – March 22, 2016

Actress and filmmaker who starred in several films during the 1950s but is but is perhaps most recognized for her playing Herodias in Nicholas Ray's biblical epic 'King of Kings' (1961) and Trina in Alan J. Pakula's classic crime thriller 'Klute' (1971); began acting in television in 1950 and made her film debut two years later in Russell Rouse's noir spy thriller 'The Thief' (1952), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer; subsequently landed the title role in Albert Lewin's adventure drama 'Saadia' (1953), starred opposite Gregory Peck in Nunnally Johnson's spy drama 'Night People' (1954), portrayed the daughter of Jack Palance's Attila the Hun in Douglas Sirk's 'Sign of the Pagan' (1954) and had the female lead opposite Scott Brady in Kurt Neumann's 'Mohawk' (1956) and opposite Victor Mature in the title role of 'Hannibal' (1959); won the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear for her performance in the drama 'No Exit' (a.k.a. 'Sinners Go to Hell,' 1962) but did not appear in another film until nine years later, when she was seen not only in 'Klute' but also Otto Preminger's dramedy 'Such Good Friends' and Henry Hathaway's Western 'Shoot Out' (1971), the latter of which reunited her with Gregory Peck; later film credits include Norman Thaddeus Vane's 'Midnight' (1989) and Masato Harada's 'Rowing Through' (1996), while her TV work included appearances on 'The Rockford Files,' 'Mannix,' 'McMillan & Wife,' 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,' 'Family Affair,' and 'The Jack Benny Program'; also noted for being the first wife of legendary director Sidney Lumet

April 2, 1927 – March 22, 2016

Renowned set designer who was responsible for the look of some of the most memorable shows in postwar British theatre, some of the earliest of which were for the Royal Court, including the stark premiere production of Edward Bond's 'Saved' in 1965 and Peter Gill's landmark stagings of D.H. Lawrence's three "coal-mining" plays in 1968; later earned wide acclaim for a run of hits at the Royal National Theatre in the 1980s, including Richard Eyre's 1982 revival of 'Guys and Dolls,' Peter Wood's 1983 revival of 'The Rivals' and Eyre's 1985 production of 'The Government Inspector,' all three of which were produced for the Theatre's Olivier auditorium; won the Olivier Award for Designer of the Year in 1982 for his work on 'Guys ad Dolls' and won the same award two years later for the first production of Michael Frayn's 'Wild Honey,' staged at the National Theatre's Lyttelton auditorium; was previously nominated for an Olivier for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) 1980 production of 'Juno and the Paycock' at the Aldwych Theatre and would again earn Olivier nominations in 1996 (for three plays: David Hare's 'Skylight,' Rodney Ackland's 'Absolute Hell,' and Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'), 1998 (for The Peter Hall Company's Season at the Old Vic) and 2005 (for co-designing 'Hamlet' at the Old Vic); other notable British stage credits include David Storey's 'The Contractor' at the Royal Court in 1970, Trevor Nunn's 1986 production of 'Porgy and Bess' at Glyndebourne, the Peter O'Toole-fronted 'Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell' at the Apollo on West End in 1989, and 'The Flying Dutchman' at the Royal Opera House in 2000; was also a veteran of Broadway, creating the scenic design for Christopher Hampton's Tony-nominated comedy 'The Philanthropist' (1971) and designing both the sets and costumes for the Mike Nichols-directed 'Comedians' (1977), for which he earned a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Costume Design; went on to earn nominations for both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his set design in the 1983 Broadway transfer of the RSC's Trevor Nunn-directed 'All's Well that Ends Well,' and earned another Drama Desk nomination for his scenic design in the 1986 Broadway transfer of 'Wild Honey'; other Broadway credits include Andrew Davies' 'Rose' (1981) and the Broadway transfers of David Hare's 'Plenty' (1982) and 'Skylight' (1996); screen credits include the costume designs for the acclaimed Robert Enders-directed biographical 'Stevie' (1978) and the art direction for the Nunn-directed 1993 videotaped staging of 'Porgy and Bess,' which aired as part of PBS' 'American Playhouse' in the U.S. and won Gunter and production designer Eric Walmsley an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program

October 31, 1938 – March 22, 2016

Actor and writer best known for playing singing store owner Mr. Handford on 'Sesame Street' from 1990 to 1998, a role for which he won eight Daytime Emmy Awards for his contributions to children's programming; previously appeared on Broadway in the Tony-nominated musical 'Working' in 1978 and then wrote for the TV sitcom 'Benson,' for which he won a People's Choice Award; went on to become a gag writer, warm-up man and occasional actor on 'The Cosby Show,' where popped up in a handful of episodes as contractor Sam Lucas; co-starred in Martin Davidson's acclaimed HBO movie 'Long Gone' (1987) before joining the cast of 'Sesame Street' in 1990, taking over the role of Mr. Handford from Leonard Jackson and transforming him from a grumpy old man to a cheerful and friendly character who was young at heart; additional acting credits include a small part in Penny Marshall's film 'The Preacher's Wife' (1996) and appearances on 'Law & Order' and 'ER'

September 13, 1935 – March 22, 2016

Birth name: Malik Isaac Taylor; rapper , a.k.a. "Phife Diggy," "The Five Foot Assassin" and "The Five Footer," best known as of a member of the acclaimed hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest and thus regarded as one of the pioneers of alternative hip-hop music and cited as an influence on artists such as Kanye West, Jill Scott, The Roots, Common and Kendrick Lamar; performed on four of the 14 tracks of the group's debut album, 'People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm' (1990) and his contributions to the group increased with their iconic second album, 'The Low End Theory' (1991), performing on and co-writing ten of the LP's 14 tracks; earned Grammy nominations with the rest of A Tribe Called Quest for the group's last two studio albums, 'Beats, Rhymes and Life' (1996) and 'The Love Movement' (1998) and their lead single from the former album, "1nce Again"; also featured on other artists' songs, including Fu-Schnickens' "La Schmoove," and went on to release a solo album, 'Ventilation: Da LP,' in 2000; made an appearance in Ted Demme's film 'Who's the Man?' (1993), provided the singing voice of a newborn baby in 'The Rugrats Movie' (1998) and was the subject, along with fellow Tribe Called Quest members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, of the documentary 'Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest' (2011)

November 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016

Professional baseball catcher-turned-announcer and TV host known for his colorful personality, his 30-year association with NBC television and for being a regular panelist on 'The Today Show' from 1967 to 1973 and again from 1990 to 1992; began his broadcasting career calling Cardinals games for AM radio station KMOX from 1955 to 1962 and began doing national baseball broadcasts for NBC television in 1961; had a stint calling New York Yankess games from 1965 to 1967, during which time he called Mickey Mantle's 500th home run; was play-by-play announcer for NBC baseball from 1974 to 1982 before becoming color commentator for the network from 1983 to 1988, during which time he called three All-Star Games (1983, 1985, and 1987), three National League Championship Series (1983, 1985, and 1987), and three World Series (1984, 1986, and 1988) alongside play-by-play announcer Vin Scully; also remembered for guest-hosting Johnny Carson's Tonight Show' in the 1960s and '70s, for hosting game shows such as 'He Said, She Said' (1969-70), Joe Garagiola's Memory Game (1971), 'Sale of the Century' (1971-74) and 'To Tell the Truth' (1977-78), and for being a guest celebrity panelist on 'Match Game' in the late 1970s; was part-time color commentator for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 1998 to 2012 before retiring from broadcasting in 2013

February 12, 1926 – March 23, 2016

Acclaimed and respected Tony- and Emmy-winning actor and union executive best known for portraying Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway production of the musical '1776' (for which he won a Theatre World Award in 1969) and its 1972 film adaptation and for starring as high school basketball coach Ken Reeves on the acclaimed and influential CBS drama series 'The White Shadow' from 1978 to 1981; made his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's 'Promises, Promises' in 1968 and won a Tony for his performance in 'Child's Play' in 1970; made his film debut that same year, starring opposite Liza Minnelli in Otto Preminger's dramedy 'Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon' (1970), and worked with Preminger again on the director's next film, 'Such Good Friends' (1971); returned to Broadway in 1973 to star in Michael Bennett's Tony-winning musical 'Seesaw' and starred in ABC's short-lived 'Adam's Rib' sitcom later that year, after which he starred in another short-lived series, this time a detective drama for CBS called 'The Manhunter'; starred in the original Broadway productions of Alan Ayckbourn's 'The Norman Conquests' in 1975 and reprised the role of Thomas Jefferson in John Huston's short film 'Independence' (1976) before being cast in 'The White Shadow'; went on to win a Daytime Emmy for his work in the 1980 CBS afternoon special 'The Body Human: Facts for Boys' and to recur as Garrett Boydston on both 'Dynasty' and 'The Colbys' from 1985 to 1986 before making one last appearance on Broadway in 1988, co-starring opposite Christine Baranski in Neil Simon's farce 'Rumors'; later played the recurring role of George Andrews on 'Melrose Place' from 1994 to 1998 and then portrayed cop-turned-bar owner Max Cavanaugh, the father of the title character in the NBC drama 'Crossing Jordan,' between 2001 and 2005; more recently won an Emmy Award for his performance in the HBO movie 'Grey Gardens' (2009) and recurred as Hank Hooper on the NBC comedy '30 Rock' from 2011 to 2013; also appeared in many popular feature films over the past 25 years, including 'Oscar' (1991), 'Clear and Present Danger' (1994), 'The Net' (1995), 'At First Sight' (1999), 'In Her Shoes' (2005), 'Michael Clayton' (2007), 'Rambo' (2008), Clint Eastwood's 'J. Edgar' (2011), 'Better Living Through Chemistry' (2014), David Dobkin's 'The Judge' (2014), 'The Wedding Ringer' (2015), and David O. Russell's 'Joy' (2015), the latter of which proved to be his final work on screen; was the president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from 2009 to 2012 and in that year became president of SAG-AFTRA, an office he was holding at the time of his death

March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016