2024 In Memoriam

1. Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns was the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the ...

2. Peter Berkos

Sound_department | Slap Shot

Peter Berkos was born on August 15, 1922 in Cicero, Illinois, USA. He is known for Slap Shot (1977), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Into the Night (1985). He was married to Sally Ann Berkos. He died on January 2, 2024 in Rancho Bernardo, California, USA.

3. David Soul

Actor | Starsky & Hutch

David Soul achieved pop icon status as handsome, blond-haired, blue-eyed Detective Kenneth Hutchinson on the cult "buddy cop" TV series Starsky and Hutch (1975), Soul also had a very successful singing career recording several albums, with worldwide number one hit singles including "Silver Lady" & ...

4. Christian Oliver

Actor | Speed Racer

German actor Christian Oliver worked in the entertainment industry for more than 15 years, with, among others, Steven Soderbergh in The Good German; with Brian Singer and Tom Cruise in Valkyrie; and with the Wachowski sisters in Speed Racer. He also starred in Europe's Number One action series ...

5. Adan Canto

Actor | Designated Survivor

Adan Canto is a Mexican-American actor and director. He left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career as a musician. Canto wrote for and produced several songs for film and television while living in Mexico City. He began acting in a handful of commercials in Mexico City and was soon cast in a ...

6. Brian McConnachie

Actor | Caddyshack

Brian McConnachie was born on December 23, 1942 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Caddyshack (1980), Celebrity (1998) and Strange Brew (1983). He was married to Ann Crilly. He died on January 5, 2024 in Venice, Florida, USA.

7. Conrad E. Palmisano

Stunts | Dhoom:3

Conrad began his film career in 1970 as a stuntman. Since 1980, he has become one of the most sought after Second-Unit Directors, with scores of top films to his credit. Known to his friends and co-workers as Connie, he has endeavored to give back to the industry by serving as the President of the ...

8. René Verzier

Cinematographer | Toby McTeague

René Verzier was born in 1934 in Casablanca, French Morocco [now Morocco]. He was a cinematographer, known for Toby McTeague (1985), The Morning Man (1986) and The Vindicator (1986). He died on January 1, 2024 in Granby, Quebec, Canada.

9. April Ferry

Costume_designer | Maverick

April Ferry was born on October 31, 1932 in North Carolina, USA. She was a costume designer and actress, known for Maverick (1994), Elysium (2013) and Rome (2005). She was married to Stephen Robertson Ferry. She died on January 11, 2024.

10. Peter Crombie

Actor | Se7en

Peter Crombie was born on June 26, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Se7en (1995), My Dog Skip (2000) and Rising Sun (1993). He was married to Nadine Kijner. He died on January 10, 2024 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

11. Bill Hayes

Actor | Days of Our Lives

Throughout the 1970s and a good part of the 1980s, Bill Hayes and his second wife, Emmy-winning Susan Seaforth Hayes, reigned as the Lunt and Fontanne of daytime soaps. Prior to this he had become a noted singer/actor on the Broadway stage and in night clubs. Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey...

12. Benedict Fitzgerald

Writer | The Passion of the Christ

Benedict Fitzgerald was born on March 9, 1949 in New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and A Good Man Is Hard to Find. He was married to Krenz Mason. He died on January 17, 2024 in Marsala, Sicily, Italy.

13. Norman Jewison

Director | Jesus Christ Superstar

Norman Jewison was an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker who produced and directed some of the world's most memorable, entertaining and socially important films, exploring controversial and complicated subjects and giving them a universal accessibility. Some of his most well-known ...

14. Laurie Johnson

Composer | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Prolific British composer who has written scores for over four hundred film and television series. Very much of the old school of film composers, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and his scores reflect this classical training in their complexity. The trademark Johnson sound is the...

15. David Emge

Actor | Dawn of the Dead

David Emge was born in 1946 in Evansville, Indiana. Emge studied drama at the University of Evansville and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While attending college David got drafted and served in the army during the Vietnam war. He began his acting career on stage at the Pittsburgh ...

16. Charles Osgood

Actor | Horton Hears a Who!

Charles Osgood was born on January 8, 1933 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Horton Hears a Who! (2008), CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979) and A Science Odyssey (1998). He was married to Jean Crafton and Theresa Audette. He died on January 23, 2024...

17. Margaret Riley

Producer | Love & Other Drugs

Margaret Riley was born on December 9, 1965 in California, USA. She was a producer, known for Love & Other Drugs (2010), Bombshell (2019) and An Invisible Army. She died on January 23, 2024 in Brentwood, California, USA.

18. Sandra Milo

Actress | 8½

During the 1950s and 1960s bosomy, scintillating, dark-haired Tunisian leading lady Sandra Milo played bored patricians, manipulative mistresses and other enticing ladies of questionable morals with typical sensuous flare in scores of Italian and French productions.

Born Elena Liliana Greco in Tunis...

19. Mark Gustafson

Director | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Mark Gustafson was born on September 19, 1959 in Portland, Oregon. He was a writer and director, known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), Claymation Easter (1992) and A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011). He died on February 1, 2024.

20. Carl Weathers

Actor | Predator

Carl Weathers was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A famous and successful football star at San Diego State, he played with the Oakland Raiders and retired from the sport in 1974, in order to give full attention to his goal: to be a real actor.

Weathers first played small parts ...

21. Don Murray

Actor | Bus Stop

Don Murray is an American actor. He is best known for playing Governor Breck, the authoritarian ruler in the science fiction film "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" (1972).

Murray was born in 1929 to Dennis Aloisius Murray and his wife Ethel Cook. Dennis worked as a dance director and stage ...

22. Toby Keith

Actor | Beer for My Horses

Born July 8, 1961, Toby Keith Covel was the second child of Joan and Hubert Keith ("H. K.") Covel. He was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, and grew up with his brother Tracy and sister Tonnie in Moore, Oklahoma. After graduating from Moore High School, he didn't go on to college, but went to work in the ...

23. Mickey Gilbert

Stunts | The Last of the Mohicans

Mickey Gilbert was born on April 17, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Waterworld (1995) and The Blues Brothers (1980). He was married to Yvonne Yrigoyen. He died on February 5, 2024 in Camarillo, California, USA.

24. Robert M. Young

Director | Alambrista!

Born in New York City. Made many award-winning documentaries including The Eskimo: Fight for Life (1970) and a documentary about the civil war in Angola. In 1978 he won the Camera d'Or at Cannes and Best Feature at San Sebastian for Alambrista! (1977).

25. Alec Mills

Camera_department | Moonraker

Alec Mills was born on May 10, 1932 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Moonraker (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Licence to Kill (1989). He was married to Zsuzsa Szemes. He died on February 12, 2024 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

26. Mike Trcic

Special_effects | Jurassic Park

Mike Trcic was born on September 28, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Jurassic Park (1993), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and In the Mouth of Madness (1994). He died on January 30, 2024 in Clarksdale, Arizona, USA.

27. Matt Sweeney

Special_effects | Apollo 13

Matt Sweeney was born in April 1948 in the USA. He is known for Apollo 13 (1995), Falling Down (1993) and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003). He was married to Lucinda Foy. He died on February 19, 2024 in Burbank, California, USA.

28. Kent Melton

Animation_department | Hercules

Kent Melton was born in 1955 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is known for Hercules (1997), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and Aladdin (1992). He was married to Martha. He died on February 22, 2024 in Stone County, Missouri, USA.

29. Joyce Randolph

Actress | The Honeymooners

Lovely, sweet-natured Joyce Randolph will forever be etched in the minds of "Golden Age" television viewers as the Bowery-like fourth party of the classic husband/wife quartet on the enduring TV family comedy The Honeymooners (1955) starring Jackie Gleason as the irrepressible hothead bus driver ...

30. Kenneth Mitchell

Actor | Jericho

Kenneth Mitchell was born on November 25, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Jericho (2006), Miracle (2004) and The Astronaut Wives Club (2015). He was married to Susan May Pratt. He died on February 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

31. Chris Gauthier

Actor | Freddy vs. Jason

Chris Gauthier was born on January 27, 1976 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Watchmen (2009) and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002). He was married to Erin. He died on February 23, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

32. Charles Dierkop

Actor | The Sting

Charles Dierkop was born on September 11, 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). He was married to Joan Florence Addis. He died on February 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, ...

33. Richard Lewis

Actor | Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Richard Philip Lewis was born on June 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. He went to Dwight Morrow High School and Ohio State University, graduating in 1969 with a degree in marketing and communications. Lewis wrote ad copy in New Jersey while also writing jokes for ...

34. Mark Dodson

Actor | Gremlins

Mark Dodson was born on February 1, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Gremlins (1984), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). He was married to Teresa Kay Willey and Tanya Lee Christopherson. He died on March 2, 2024 in ...

35. Hinton Battle

Actor | Dreamgirls

Hinton Battle was born on November 29, 1956 in Neubrücke, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dreamgirls (2006), Quantum Leap (1989) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). He died on January 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

36. Janice Burgess

Writer | The Backyardigans

Janice Burgess was the creator of The Backyardigans (2004) and the story editor for Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club (2004). She joined Nickelodeon in 1995 as executive-in-charge of production and worked at Nick Animation for almost 20 years. When writing for both The Backyardigans and Winx Club,...

37. Edward Bond

Writer | Blow-Up

Edward Bond was born on July 18, 1934 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Blow-Up (1966), Walkabout (1971) and Laughter in the Dark (1969). He was married to Elisabeth Pablé. He died on March 3, 2024 in Cambridge, England, UK.

38. Steve Lawrence

Actor | The Blues Brothers

Singer, composer, actor and author, educated at Brooklyn's Thomas Jefferson High School and a student of saxophone and piano. Between 1958 and 1960 he served in the US Army and was a vocalist with the US Army Band and Orchestra based in Fort Myers, Virginia. After he was discharged, he commenced ...

39. Akira Toriyama

Writer | Dragonball Evolution

Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga writer, manga artist, and character designer for video games. He has been a working artist since 1978. In manga, he is better known for creating the science fiction comedy series "Dr. Slump" (1980-1984) and the martial-arts-themed series "Dragon Ball" (1984-1995)....

40. Jerry Foley

Director | Late Show with David Letterman

Jerry Foley is best known as the Director and Supervising Producer of The Late Show with David Letterman and Executive Producer/Director of the Live on Letterman concert series. As a network Technical Director, Foley moved from NBC to CBS with David Letterman in 1993. In June of 1995, he succeeded ...

41. Eric Carmen

Soundtrack | Footloose

Eric Carmen was born on August 11, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Footloose (1984), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and To Die For (1995). He was married to Amy Murrphy, Susan Brown and Marcy Hill. He died on March 11, 2024 in the USA.

42. Michael Culver

Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Michael Culver was born on June 16, 1938 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), A Passage to India (1984) and Breakaway (1980). He was married to Amanda Ward and Lucinda Curtis. He died on February 27, 2024.

43. Dan Wakefield

Writer | James at 15

Dan Wakefield was born on May 21, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for James at 16 (1977), Quiz Show (1994) and Starting Over (1979). He was married to Alice Jokela Stewart. He died on March 13, 2024 in Miami, Florida, USA.

44. Grant Page

Stunts | Mad Max

Grant Page was born on August 6, 1939 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He was an actor, known for Mad Max (1979), Gods of Egypt (2016) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). He died on March 14, 2024 in New South Wales, Australia.

45. David Seidler

Writer | The King's Speech

David Seidler was born on July 13, 1937 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for The King's Speech (2010), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He was married to Mary Ann Tharaldsen, Huia Newton and Jacqueline Feather. He died...

46. Sam Mercer

Producer | Signs

Sam Mercer was a producer and production manager, known for Signs (2002), Congo (1995) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He was married to Tegan Jones. He died on February 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

47. M. Emmet Walsh

Actor | Blood Simple

Wonderfully talented, heavyset character actor (from New York, but regularly playing Southerners) M. Emmet Walsh has made a solid career of playing corrupt cops, deadly crooks, and zany comedic roles since the early 1970s.

Michael Emmet Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, to Agnes Katharine (Sullivan) and...

48. Dianne Crittenden

Casting_director | Witness

Dianne Crittenden was born on August 6, 1941 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was a casting director and actress, known for Witness (1985), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Howard the Duck (1986). She was married to Jordan Crittenden. She died on March 20, 2024 in Pacific ...

49. Fritz Wepper

Actor | Cabaret

Fritz Wepper was born on August 17, 1941 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cabaret (1972), Der Kommissar (1969) and For Heaven's Sake (2002). He was married to Susanne Kellermann and Angela von Morgen. He died on March 25, 2024 in Gmund am Tegerseen, Bavaria, Germany.

50. Louis Gossett Jr.

Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman

Louis Gossett Jr. was one of the most respected and beloved actors on stage, screen and television and is also an accomplished writer, producer and director. Off-screen, he was a social activist, educator, and author dedicated to enriching the lives of others. He was the first African-American to ...

51. Tim McGovern

Visual_effects | First Man

Tim McGovern was born on June 24, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for First Man (2018), Dunkirk (2017) and Total Recall (1990). He was married to Reena NeGandhi. He died on March 30, 2024 in Mumbai, India.

52. Barbara Rush

Actress | It Came from Outer Space

The epitome of poise, charm, style and grace, beautiful brunette Barbara Rush was born in Denver, Colorado in 1927 and enrolled at the University of California before working with the University Players and taking acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. It didn't take long for talent scouts to ...

53. Joe Flaherty

Actor | Happy Gilmore

Joe Flaherty was born on June 21, 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Happy Gilmore (1996), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Detroit Rock City (1999). He was married to Judith Ann Dagley. He died on April 1, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

54. O.J. Simpson

Actor | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Orenthal James Simpson, was an American former football running back, broadcaster, actor, advertising spokesman.

Simpson attended the University of Southern California, where he played football for the USC Trojans and won the Heisman Trophy in 1968. He played professionally as a running back in the ...

55. Eleanor Coppola

Director | Bonjour Anne

Eleanor Coppola was born on May 4, 1936 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Paris Can Wait (2016), Love Is Love Is Love (2020) and Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991). She was married to Francis Ford Coppola. She died on April 12, 2024 in ...

56. Richard Horowitz

Composer | Any Given Sunday

Richard Horowitz was born on January 6, 1949 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Any Given Sunday (1999), The Sheltering Sky (1990) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). He died on April 13, 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco.

57. Terry Carter

Actor | Foxy Brown

Terry Carter, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He attended Hunter College, Boston University - School of Communications, U.C.L.A. - School of Theater, Film, and Television, and St. John's University School of Law. He earned a Bachelor of ...

58. Ray Chan

Art_director | Avengers: Endgame

Ray Chan was born on December 1, 1967 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Children of Men (2006). He was married to Lindsay. He died on April 24, 2024 in the USA.