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Notable Deaths - 1961

1961Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 73

1961Ernest Hemingway, American author and Nobel laureate, dies from suicide at 61

1961Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, dies at 85

1961Moss Hart, American dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57

1961Grandma Moses [Anna M], US painter, dies at 101

1961Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74

1961 Deaths
Date Event
Jan 1
Ernst Brunman, Summer with Monika 
Jan 2
Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies 
Jan 4
Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 
Jan 4
Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 73 
Jan 4
Morgan Brown, The Galloping Gobs 
Jan 5
Fred Luderus, 1915 World's Championship Series 
Jan 5
Harald Aimarsen, Fire in the Night 
Jan 6
Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 
Jan 7
Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Association, dies at 74 
Jan 7
Larry Hudson, The Creature Walks Among Us 
Jan 9
Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) 
Jan 9
Rogelio Barriga Rivas, Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) 
Jan 10
Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 
Jan 10
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon 
Jan 11
Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) 
Jan 11
Adolph Faylauer, The Dream Melody 
Jan 12
Walter Feldman, The Left Handed Gun 
Jan 13
Blanche Ring, The Yankee Girl 
Jan 13
Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal 
Jan 14
Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 
Jan 14
Henry Geehl, composer, dies at 79 
Jan 14
Alfred Harris, What the Butler Saw 
Jan 14
Dorothy Green, Paolo and Francesca 
Jan 14
Harry Pilcer, The Razor's Edge 
Jan 14
Henry Geehl, The Magic Bow 
Jan 15
Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49 
Jan 16
Janos Viski, composer, dies at 54 
Jan 16
Joseph Dubin, Cinderella 
Jan 17
Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36 
Jan 17
Marty Maher, The Long Gray Line 
Jan 17
Joe Kaufmann, Sudden Fear 
Jan 17
Charles Meakin, Reckless Rosie 
Jan 17
Patrice Lumumba, El Congo 1961 
Jan 18
Marcello Moretti, Arlecchino servitore di due padroni 
Jan 19
Charlott Daudert, Seitensprünge 
Jan 19
Walter Lawrence, Headin' Home 
Jan 20
Jacques Larue, Gattaca 
Jan 21
John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday 
Jan 21
Alfred Raboch, The Doctor and the Girl 
Jan 21
Hal Keene, Episode #5.9 
Jan 22
Jack McLallen, We Went to College 
Jan 23
Béla Gádor, Állami áruház 
Jan 24
Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82 
Jan 24
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American swimmer and inventor (b. 1884) 
Jan 25
Mary Beaton, A Message from Mars 
Jan 26
Morris Nichols, cricketer (41 wkts in 14 Tests for Eng 1930-39), dies 
Jan 26
Ignace Morgenstern, The Sheep Has Five Legs 
Jan 31
Dorothy Thompson, Episode #3.39 
Feb 1
J. Leslie Frith, The Laboratory 
Feb 1
James Alexander, Jack and the Beanstalk 
Feb 1
Marguerite Brésil, A Pair of White Gloves 
Feb 1
J.H. Roberts, The Girl Was Young 
Feb 2
Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 
Feb 2
Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56 
Feb 2
Albano Valerio, The Loves of Ricardo 
Feb 3
Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 
Feb 3
Viscount Dunrossil, Gov-Gen of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67 
Feb 4
Alphonse Picou, Episode dated 25 December 1958 
Feb 5
Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 
Feb 5
Arthur Roberts, A Bill of Divorcement 
Feb 6
Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 
Feb 6
Maurice Sigler, The Day of the Locust 
Feb 6
Florita Romero, An Eye for an Eye 
Feb 6
Lew Schreiber, One in a Million 
Feb 7
Jack Murray, The Searchers 
Feb 7
Hans Reinmar, The Way to Freedom 
Feb 8
William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81 
Feb 8
Anton Gaugl, Wiener Melodien 
Feb 8
William Duncan, Marian, the Holy Terror 
Feb 8
Archer MacMackin, Skipper Simpson's Daughter 
Feb 9
Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 
Feb 10
Jakub Deml, Forgotten Light 
Feb 10
Erich Franz, Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse 
Feb 11
Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 
Feb 11
Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34 
Feb 11
Enzo Masetti, Hercules 
Feb 11
Eduard Verkade, De duivel in Amsterdam 
Feb 12
Richmond Kelly Turner, To the Shores of Iwo Jima 
Feb 12
Adam Krzeptowski, Bialy slad 
Feb 12
Stanelli, The Adventures of Jane 
Feb 14
Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 
Feb 14
Leonid Tur, Vstrecha na Elbe 
Feb 14
Wallis Clark, Penny Serenade 
Feb 15
Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 
Feb 15
Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1932), dies 
Feb 16
William Ricciardi, San Francisco 
Feb 16
Dazzy Vance,  
Feb 17
Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 
Feb 17
Nita Naldi, Blood and Sand 
Feb 17
Julius Jaenzon, The Phantom Carriage 
Feb 18
Cliff Nazarro, You'll Never Get Rich 
Feb 19
Einar Fagstad, Skepparkärlek 
Feb 20
Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67 
Feb 20
Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78 
Feb 20
Harald Mannl, Ein Weihnachtslied in Prosa 
Feb 20
Judit Beczassy, Egy asszony elindul 
Feb 20
Douglas Furber, The Godfather 
Feb 20
Percy Grainger, Howards End 
Feb 21
Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 
Feb 21
Keiichiro Akagi, Ryuji the Gun Slinger 
Feb 22
George de las Cuevas Bustillo y Teheran, Chilean marquis, dies at 75 
Feb 22
Nick LaRocca, American jazz musician (b. 1889) 
Feb 22
Nick LaRocca, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
Feb 23
Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies 
Feb 25
Fred Hueston, Man from Headquarters 
Feb 25
Harry J. Wild, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 
Feb 26
Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 
Feb 26
Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51 
Feb 26
Harry Bannister, Her Private Affair 
Feb 26
Miguel N. Lira, The Hidden One 
Feb 27
Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies 
Feb 28
Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 
Feb 28
Andrei Moskvin, Ivan the Terrible, Part I 
Mar 3
Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887) 
Mar 3
Blanka Orszanska, Godziny nadziei 
Mar 3
William Vedder, The Wild One 
Mar 5
Kjeld Abell, Herra Lahtinen lähtee lipettiin 
Mar 5
Ilse Bois, Abenteuer im Warenhaus 
Mar 6
George Formby, British singer/comedian, dies at 56 
Mar 6
Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59 
Mar 6
George Formby, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 
Mar 6
Earl Seaman, A Night at the Opera 
Mar 6
Miguel Faust Rocha, Don Juan diplomático 
Mar 7
Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42 
Mar 7
Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 
Mar 7
Ferris Taylor, Mirror Image 
Mar 7
Ken Lobben, The Creeper 
Mar 8
Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 
Mar 8
Szilárd Darvas, Állami áruház 
Mar 8
Thomas Beecham, Atonement 
Mar 9
Georges Baconnet, Two Pennies Worth of Violets 
Mar 9
Fred Sanborn, Soup to Nuts 
Mar 9
Cezar Petrescu, Glissando 
Mar 10
Mikhail Dubson, Granitsa 
Mar 12
Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25 
Mar 12
Robert Crawford, Iron Man 2 
Mar 12
Hedwig Wangel, The Punch Bowl 
Mar 12
Belinda Lee, It Happened in '43 
Mar 14
Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78 
Mar 15
Mann Page, Lonesome 
Mar 15
Paul Kreibich, Dennis Wolfberg 
Mar 15
Jack Campbell, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
Mar 16
Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903) 
Mar 16
George Crocker, The First 100 Years 
Mar 16
Seymour Felix, Yankee Doodle Dandy 
Mar 16
Ande Lamb, Little House on the Prairie 
Mar 17
Susanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101 
Mar 17
Val Harris, The Wild Westerner 
Mar 17
Clarence Elmer, Patsy, Married and Settled 
Mar 19
Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68 
Mar 21
Bob Evans, Kid Galahad 
Mar 21
Louise Eneman-Wahlberg, Thora van Deken 
Mar 21
Carlo Aldini, Im Kampf mit der Unterwelt 
Mar 22
Budd Hulick, The Inventors 
Mar 22
John W. Considine Jr., Boys Town 
Mar 23
A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies 
Mar 23
James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies 
Mar 23
Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24 
Mar 23
Alfred Sjøholm, Enhver 
Mar 24
Antonio Gómezanda, Fantasía ranchera 
Mar 25
Lou Perlof, The Angry Red Planet 
Mar 26
Dorothy Page, Water Rustlers 
Mar 27
Jack Kane, orchestra leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37 
Mar 27
Jack Kane, Merman on Broadway 
Mar 27
Jan Vanderheyden, De witte 
Mar 27
Maureen Delaney, Odd Man Out 
Mar 28
Powel Crosley Jr.,  
Mar 29
Richard Fantl, Undersea Kingdom 
Mar 30
P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 
Mar 31
Seerp Anema, Dutch poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies at 85 
Apr 2
August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67 
Apr 2
Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75 
Apr 2
Wallingford Riegger, Arias and Arabesques 
Apr 2
Amos Anderson, Episode dated 27 January 1959 
Apr 2
Robert L. Carson, The Adventures of Kathlyn 
Apr 3
Leopold Sachse, Interrupted Melody 
Apr 3
Florence Enright, The County Seat 
Apr 4
Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873) 
Apr 4
Oskar Wälterlin, Leonor 
Apr 6
Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 
Apr 6
Joseph Quillan, Son of Paleface 
Apr 7
Jesus Guridi, composer, dies at 74 
Apr 7
Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62 
Apr 7
Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at 61 
Apr 7
Jesús Guridi, Marianela 
Apr 7
Marian Jordan, Heavenly Days 
Apr 8
Emily Dunning Barringer, The Girl in White 
Apr 9
Zog I, [Ahmed Zogu], King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65 
Apr 9
Oliver Onions, The Beckoning Fair One 
Apr 10
Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 
Apr 10
Gaston Schoukens, Bossemans et Coppenolle 
Apr 11
Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70 
Apr 11
Dorothy Haydel, Flirting with Fate 
Apr 11
Roffredo Caetani, Cut and Run 
Apr 12
Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50 
Apr 12
Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93 
Apr 12
Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Countess for a Night 
Apr 13
John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (b. 1935) 
Apr 13
Francis Neilson, A Butterfly on the Wheel 
Apr 15
Artur Cederborgh, Rågens rike 
Apr 16
Julius Pinschewer, KIPHO 
Apr 17
Hjalmar Madsen, Red Meadows 
Apr 17
Regina Cohee, The Lure of a Woman 
Apr 18
Robert Haines, Citizen Kane 
Apr 19
Rose Wallerstein, The Cantor's Son 
Apr 21
James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 
Apr 21
James Melton, The James Melton Show 
Apr 22
Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curacao school inspector, dies at 91 
Apr 22
Schuyler Ladd, The Land of Hope 
Apr 24
Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 
Apr 24
Lee Moran, Too Many Burglars 
Apr 24
Lillian Snyder, Hearts of Love 
Apr 24
Alfred Williams, Rango 
Apr 24
Arthur J. Beckhard, Curly Top 
Apr 25
Hans F Blunck, writer, dies 
Apr 25
Thomas Bodkin, Episode dated 14 October 1954 
Apr 25
Pedro Sose, The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin 
Apr 25
Pietro Sosso, Lost in Transit 
Apr 25
George Melford, Drácula 
Apr 25
Stuart Thompson, At War with the Army 
Apr 26
Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36 
Apr 27
Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 
Apr 27
Heikki Aho, Suomi kutsuu 
Apr 27
Roy Del Ruth, Topper Returns 
Apr 27
Yard Van Staalduynen, Onschuldig Veroordeeld 
Apr 27
Gustav Ucicky, Der zerbrochene Krug 
Apr 29
Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918) 
Apr 29
Billy Gilbert, All Wet 
Apr 29
Miff Mole, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
Apr 29
Anton Soini, Aila, Pohjolan tytär 
May 1
Hugo Werner-Kahle, Das verlorene Ich 
May 2
J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for England 1921-31), dies 
May 2
Silvio Minciotti, Kiss Me Deadly 
May 3
Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 
May 3
John McCormick, Ella Cinders 
May 3
Bert Offord, Gas, Oil and Water 
May 4
Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 
May 4
Anita Stewart, Virtuous Wives 
May 4
Al Gilmour, The General 
May 4
Felix Jacoves, Embraceable You 
May 5
Aleksandr Gumburg, Poyedinok 
May 5
Thames Williamson, A Bullet Is Waiting 
May 6
Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 
May 6
Lucian Blaga, Adela 
May 8
James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 
May 9
Victor Cornelius, Panserbasse 
May 10
Rollin S. Sturgeon, The Courage of the Commonplace 
May 11
Uno Larsson, Summer with Monika 
May 13
Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 
May 13
Victoria Adams, Angel Baby 
May 15
Guido Rocca, 100 Years of Love 
May 15
Delmar Costello, Four Frightened People 
May 16
George A. Malcolm, American jurist & educator (b. 1881) 
May 17
Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 
May 17
Henri Gagnon, composer, dies at 74 
May 17
Andrei Demidenko, Strogiy yunosha 
May 18
Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies 
May 18
Viljo Vesterinen, The Storage 
May 18
Ann Codee, Can-Can 
May 19
Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 
May 19
Hank Gobble, Hand on the Gun 
May 20
Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (b. 1915) 
May 20
Josef Priller, The Longest Day 
May 20
Will Dugal, Heart of Stone 
May 21
Earle Ross, Cavalry 
May 21
Ranko Hanai, Meshi 
May 22
Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 
May 22
Joan Davis, Hold That Ghost 
May 22
Emil Brosig, Heinrich Heines erste Liebe 
May 22
Egon Brosig, Hoffnung ist ein Ding mit Federn 
May 22
Edward F. Cline, Cops 
May 23
Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 
May 23
Henri Jullien, Les joyeuses noces de Saint-Lolo 
May 23
William O'Neal, Annie Get Your Gun 
May 24
Clem Fuller, The Sundowners 
May 25
Stanley Van Beers, The Dam Busters 
May 28
Gino Valori, Equatore 
May 28
Victor Vina, Faces of Children 
May 29
Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60 
May 29
Uuno Klami, Yli rajan 
May 30
Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 
May 30
Rafael Trujillo, Casablanca 
May 30
Werner R. Heymann, Chocolat 
May 30
Elsa Bassermann, Madame Curie 
May 31
Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877) 
May 31
Ruby Goodwin, The View from Pompey's Head 
May 31
Sydney Blow, Weddings Are Wonderful 
Jun 1
Josephine Whittell, It's a Gift 
Jun 2
George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 
Jun 2
Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70 
Jun 2
George S. Kaufman, A Night at the Opera 
Jun 2
Andy Kisch, The Grapes of Wrath 
Jun 2
Anna-Greta Krigström, Sunny Sunberg 
Jun 3
John Stone, Fighting Back 
Jun 4
Eddie Abdo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame 
Jun 4
Pittamandalam Venktatachalapathy Pathy, Pen to People 
Jun 6
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875) 
Jun 6
Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, dies at 85 
Jun 6
Art Gillham, The Public Enemy 
Jun 7
Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies 
Jun 7
Lillian Christy Chester, Dead Men Tell No Tales 
Jun 9
Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872) 
Jun 9
George B. French, Tarzan of the Apes 
Jun 9
Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, We of the Never Never 
Jun 10
Vivienne Osborne, Two Seconds 
Jun 13
Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79 
Jun 13
Domingo Soler, La barraca 
Jun 14
Rhoda Donaldson, Lost Horizon 
Jun 14
Eddie Polo, Hell of a Reporter 
Jun 15
Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923) 
Jun 15
Ralph A. Pender, The Wizard of Oz 
Jun 15
Peyami Safa, Cingöz Recai 
Jun 16
O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies 
Jun 16
Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904) 
Jun 16
Ludwig von Wohl, Die englische Heirat 
Jun 16
James Dent, Indiscreet 
Jun 16
Zé da Caninha, Eu Quero é Movimento 
Jun 17
Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40 
Jun 17
Jeff Chandler, Broken Arrow 
Jun 17
Jack Stevens, Another Fine Mess 
Jun 18
Gretchen Gailing, Joan of Arc 
Jun 18
Frances Raymond, Seven Chances 
Jun 18
John Hilke, Munkbrogreven 
Jun 18
Curt J. Braun, Never Trust a Woman 
Jun 20
Jack Dawn, The Wizard of Oz 
Jun 22
Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 
Jun 22
Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900) 
Jun 22
Albert Dambek, Das Dorf ohne Moral 
Jun 23
Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70 
Jun 23
Lee MacGregor, Twelve O'Clock High 
Jun 24
Lanier Bartlett, The Lash 
Jun 25
Börje Blomberg, Youths in Danger 
Jun 26
Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 
Jun 26
Kenneth Fearing, No Way Out 
Jun 26
Arno Frey, Hangmen Also Die! 
Jun 27
Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58 
Jun 27
Louis Huch, To Joy 
Jun 27
Paul Guilfoyle, The Grapes of Wrath 
Jun 27
Charles Kenyon, The Iron Horse 
Jun 28
Aurore Palmgren, Pimpernel Svensson 
Jun 29
Paul Pranger, Herren der Meere 
Jun 29
Ilmari Peitsalo, Hallin Janne 
Jun 30
Lee de Forest, American inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 
Jun 30
Kurt Meister, Der Verlorene 
Jun 30
Walter Smith, Rechter Thomas 
Jul 1
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894) 
Jul 1
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Die Nacht 
Jul 1
André de Ridder, PressPausePlay 
Jul 1
Maria Wendt, Das Feuerzeug 
Jul 2
Ernest Hemingway, American author and Nobel laureate, dies from suicide at 61 
Jul 2
Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not 
Jul 4
Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 
Jul 4
Knud Pheiffer, All Things Fair 
Jul 4
Franklyn Farnum, Sunset Blvd. 
Jul 6
Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 
Jul 6
Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies 
Jul 6
Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936) 
Jul 6
Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890) 
Jul 6
Wladyslaw Grabowski, Studenci 
Jul 7
John L. Cason, Snowfire 
Jul 8
Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 
Jul 8
Julián Bautista, The Ghost Lady 
Jul 9
Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52 
Jul 10
Peter Preses, Der Bockerer 
Jul 10
Gábor Rajnay, Budapesti tavasz 
Jul 11
Margit Veszi, All in a Night's Work 
Jul 11
Alberto Talegalli, Le vacanze del sor Clemente 
Jul 12
Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879) 
Jul 13
Walter D. Nealand, The Dark Mirror 
Jul 15
John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) 
Jul 15
Lou Bring, The Roy Rogers Show 
Jul 16
[Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88 
Jul 16
Urho Seppälä, Kolmas laukaus 
Jul 16
Connie Van, The Far Country 
Jul 17
Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 
Jul 17
Ty Cobb, Somewhere in Georgia 
Jul 17
Ed Reulbach, World Series Baseball Game 
Jul 18
Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 
Jul 18
Alfréd Deésy, Casanova 
Jul 19
Hjalmar Gullberg, Medea 
Jul 19
Joe McTurk, Guys and Dolls 
Jul 22
Eduard von Winterstein, The Blue Angel 
Jul 23
Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 
Jul 23
Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th Street 
Jul 25
Porter Chase, Citizen Kane 
Jul 27
Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 
Jul 27
Roy Bassett, The Terror of Bar X 
Jul 28
Harry Gribbon, The Cameraman 
Jul 28
Noburô Ôfuji, Kuronyago 
Jul 31
Joe Murphy, Andy's Stump Speech 
Aug 1
Arthur Lovejoy, Full of Life 
Aug 2
Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 
Aug 2
Giovan Battista Angioletti, L'ebreo errante 
Aug 2
Christian Eriksen, De pokkers unger 
Aug 4
Gerty Godden, Die Privatsekretärin 
Aug 5
Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 
Aug 5
Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67 
Aug 5
Goffredo Bellisario, Kapò 
Aug 6
Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 
Aug 6
Werner Segtrop, Hotelboy Ed Martin 
Aug 8
Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 
Aug 8
Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83 
Aug 8
Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894) 
Aug 8
Ernst Richter, Rosemary 
Aug 8
J. Logan Pearson, Young Blood 
Aug 8
Muriel Rahn, King for a Day 
Aug 8
Einar Söderbäck, Summer with Monika 
Aug 9
Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 
Aug 9
Lawrence Abrott, The Night That Sophie Graduated 
Aug 9
Walter Bedell Smith, To Hell and Back 
Aug 10
Emily Rait, One Glorious Day 
Aug 10
Géza von Bolváry, Opernball 
Aug 10
Janet Manson, Cop Hater 
Aug 11
Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910) 
Aug 11
Edwin Wetzel, The Jolson Story 
Aug 11
Lowell J. Farrell, Rope 
Aug 12
Manuel Noriega, Mexican Bus Ride 
Aug 12
Vinzenz Kaiser, Die Fiakermilli 
Aug 12
Nisse Rinkama, Ruma Elsa 
Aug 13
Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 
Aug 14
Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 
Aug 14
Guido Alberto Fano, composer, dies at 86 
Aug 14
Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies 
Aug 14
Donald Gallaher, ABC Television Players 
Aug 14
Clark Ashton Smith, The Return of the Sorcerer 
Aug 16
Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870) 
Aug 17
Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76 
Aug 18
Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89 
Aug 18
Leonhard Frank, writer, dies at 78 
Aug 18
Sonny Lamont, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 
Aug 18
Turan Seyfioglu, The White Hell 
Aug 18
Jack Lait Jr., Texas Masquerade 
Aug 19
Charles Gemora, Jack the Giant Killer 
Aug 20
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 
Aug 20
Gwen Lee, Laugh, Clown, Laugh 
Aug 21
H. William Miller, Kitten with a Whip 
Aug 23
Joseph Jay Bamberger, A Sheffield Blade 
Aug 24
Gilbert Reichert, The Greatest Show on Earth 
Aug 25
Ernst Roters, Murderers Among Us 
Aug 26
Vera Michelena, The Devil's Playground 
Aug 26
Hampe Faustman, Crime and Punishment 
Aug 27
Gail Russell, Angel and the Badman 
Aug 27
May Williams, Episode #2.56 
Aug 27
Kálmán Rózsahegyi, A cigány 
Aug 27
John C. Brownell, Three Wise Crooks 
Aug 28
Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies 
Aug 28
Gaston Gabaroche, French Cancan 
Aug 28
Carsten Carlsen, To levende og en død 
Aug 30
Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84 
Aug 30
Charles Coburn, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 
Aug 31
Michele Cozzoli, La nonna Sabella 
Sep 1
Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 
Sep 1
William S Foster, chairman (US Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 
Sep 1
Åke Askner, Trav, hopp och kärlek 
Sep 2
Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54 
Sep 2
Erwin von Kreibig, Weh dem der lügt 
Sep 2
Dick Scott, Strange Impersonation 
Sep 2
Fred Kelsey, Hans Christian Andersen 
Sep 2
Tadeusz Faliszewski, Ghetto Queen 
Sep 3
Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897) 
Sep 5
Ernest Bock, cricketer (Test for South Africa, 1935), dies 
Sep 6
Frida Gombaszögi, The Wolf 
Sep 7
Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76 
Sep 9
Rube Oldring, The Baseball Bug 
Sep 9
Simon Gantillon, Maya 
Sep 9
Gabriele von Sazenhofen, Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee 
Sep 10
Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81 
Sep 10
Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. 1928) 
Sep 10
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips,  
Sep 11
George Irving, Bringing Up Baby 
Sep 12
Carl Hermann, German physicist (b. 1898) 
Sep 12
Maud Shearer, World of Water 
Sep 15
Adolphe Osso, Captain Fracasse 
Sep 16
A P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England), dies 
Sep 16
Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist, dies 
Sep 17
Adnan Menderes, PM of Turkey (1950-60), dies at 62 
Sep 17
Simon Delmonte, actor/director (Bleke Bet), dies at 68 
Sep 17
Stella Adams, The Vampire Bat 
Sep 17
Svend Borch, Luksusrejen 
Sep 17
Mack Discant, Selena 
Sep 18
Dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56 
Sep 19
Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive) 
Sep 19
Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies 
Sep 20
Karl Farr, Sons of the Pioneers 
Sep 20
Andrzej Munk, Passenger 
Sep 21
Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68 
Sep 21
Maurice Delage, composer, dies at 81 
Sep 21
Ruby Rosenberg, The Night of the Hunter 
Sep 21
Hilda Doolittle, Borderline 
Sep 22
Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64 
Sep 22
Albin Skoda, The Last Ten Days 
Sep 22
Seymour Nebenzal, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 
Sep 22
Roland Schacht, Die blonde Carmen 
Sep 23
Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71 
Sep 23
Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Stenkol), dies at 65 
Sep 23
John Eldredge, Dangerous 
Sep 23
Arthur Devère, Le Jour se Leve 
Sep 24
Sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68 
Sep 25
Frank Fay, American actor (God's Gift to Women), dies at 69 
Sep 25
Frank Fay, Nothing Sacred 
Sep 26
Eily Malyon, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch), dies at 81 
Sep 26
Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67 
Sep 26
Peter Dawson, Good Neighbors 
Sep 26
Eily Malyon, Going My Way 
Sep 26
Charles Wilson,  
Sep 27
Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75 
Sep 28
Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54 
Sep 28
Michael Shepley, Mine Own Executioner 
Sep 29
Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist, dies at 63 
Sep 29
Deering Wells, Richard III 
Sep 29
Jed Buell, The Terror of Tiny Town 
Sep 30
Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888) 
Sep 30
Paul Eagler, Foreign Correspondent 
Sep 30
Clint H. O'Reilly, Night Time in Nevada 
Sep 30
Aleksandr Bryantsev, Chastnyy sluchay 
Oct 1
Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60 
Oct 2
Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v South Africa 1912), dies 
Oct 2
N. Shpanov, Generali da zizilebi 
Oct 3
Harry Levette, Lady Luck 
Oct 4
Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies 
Oct 4
Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (b. 1880) 
Oct 5
Percy Waram, A Face in the Crowd 
Oct 5
Frank Eldredge, Taste of Danger 
Oct 5
Ted Pearson, Test Pilot 
Oct 6
Mary Zavian, Cry of the Hunted 
Oct 8
Milka Balek-Brodská, Perníková chaloupka 
Oct 10
Norman Selby, Hello, Baby 
Oct 10
Lewin Fitzhamon, Rescued by Rover 
Oct 11
Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74 
Oct 11
Wallace Lupino, Wishes 
Oct 12
Jack Livesey, That Touch of Mink 
Oct 13
Maya Deren (born Eleanora Derenkowskaia) American filmmaker dies of a brain hemorrhage aged 44 
Oct 13
Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon 
Oct 13
Clinton Wardrop, A Chump at Oxford 
Oct 13
Zoltan Korda, Sahara 
Oct 14
Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888) 
Oct 14
Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (b. 1876) 
Oct 18
Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892) 
Oct 18
Tsuru Aoki, The Dragon Painter 
Oct 18
Hans Heinz Theyer, Hallo Dienstmann 
Oct 18
Walter Trumbull, Bits of Life 
Oct 19
Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 
Oct 19
John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63 
Oct 19
Mihail Sadoveanu, Fratii Jderi 
Oct 20
Jozo Laurencic, Veliki i mali 
Oct 21
Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies 
Oct 21
Hjördis Gille, Pensionat Paradiset 
Oct 21
Nils Ferlin, Adventurer 
Oct 23
Raúl Cancio, Séptima página 
Oct 25
Peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75 
Oct 26
Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies 
Oct 26
Milan Stojadinović, Premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73 
Oct 26
Edward Johnson, Captain America: The First Avenger 
Oct 27
Severo Fernández, La luz de un fósforo 
Oct 29
John C. Wilson, Episode #1.1 
Oct 29
Dorothy Urban, The Fight for Life 
Oct 30
Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies 
Oct 30
Carl Rosenbaum, The Four Daredevils 
Oct 31
Augustus John, Augustus John 
Nov 1
Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97 
Nov 1
Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38 
Nov 1
Joan McCracken, Good News 
Nov 1
Emil Gerstenberger, Judge Priest 
Nov 2
James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66 
Nov 2
Hans Starck, Arvingen til Skjoldborg 
Nov 2
Harriet Bosse, Ingmarssönerna 
Nov 3
Aleksandr Shatov, Lenin in 1918 
Nov 3
Carl Worm, Har jeg Ret til at tage mit eget Liv? 
Nov 4
Juan Sarcione, Fortín alto 
Nov 6
Michio Ito, Spawn of the North 
Nov 6
George Southam, The Woman in White 
Nov 6
Carl Lee, Africa Screams 
Nov 7
Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 
Nov 7
Kathleen Kirkham, The Married Virgin 
Nov 9
Walter Schmidtkunz, Der Rebell 
Nov 9
Antoon Coolen, Village by the River 
Nov 9
Fred Fleck, Angel Face 
Nov 9
Jean-Marie Amato, Men Think Only of That 
Nov 11
Frederick Brady, Hollywood Story 
Nov 12
Russell Lewis, Becky Sharp 
Nov 12
Lewis L. Russell, The Lost Weekend 
Nov 13
Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63 
Nov 13
Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57 
Nov 13
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897) 
Nov 13
Max Hansen, Gröna hissen 
Nov 13
Gabriel Hart, Podvod s Rubensem 
Nov 14
Daniel B. Clark, Charlie Chan in Egypt 
Nov 14
Kyösti Erämaa, Tukkijoella 
Nov 14
György Solthy, Goose Boy 
Nov 14
Madge Titheradge, David and Jonathan 
Nov 15
Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 
Nov 15
Elsie Ferguson, American actress (Footlights, Scarlet Pages), dies at 78 
Nov 15
Richard Weichert, Zwei Krawatten 
Nov 15
Elsie Ferguson, Scarlet Pages 
Nov 15
Douglas Walton, Bride of Frankenstein 
Nov 15
Federico Ruiz, Bel Ami 
Nov 16
Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79 
Nov 16
Karla Frederiksen, Karla Frederiksen 
Nov 16
Luther Reed, The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi 
Nov 17
Benny Kauff, The Baseball Revue of 1917 
Nov 18
George Gramlich, Such Men Are Dangerous 
Nov 18
Eduard Tisse, Battleship Potemkin 
Nov 20
Alan Lipscott, Donna Plays Cupid 
Nov 22
Joe Van Meter, Jerry's Perfect Day 
Nov 23
Jack Ramstead, Never Again 
Nov 23
Winifred Greenwood, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 
Nov 24
Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 
Nov 24
Harrington Reynolds, Old English 
Nov 25
Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866) 
Nov 25
Ciro Berardi, Guardie e ladri 
Nov 26
Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86 
Nov 26
Styles Bridges, The Missile Race 
Nov 28
Arthur Melbourne Cooper, Dreams of Toyland 
Nov 28
Harry Persson, Trav, hopp och kärlek 
Nov 29
Martin H. Kennelly, Night Life in Chicago 
Nov 30
Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 
Nov 30
Allan Simpson, Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl 
Dec 1
Héctor Quintanilla, The Dance of Fortune 
Dec 1
Ralph Dietrich, My Friend Flicka 
Dec 1
Annabelle Moore, Annabelle Serpentine Dance 
Dec 1
Hartwig Fock, Bergslagsfolk 
Dec 2
Thyra Samter Winslow, She Married Her Boss 
Dec 3
Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75 
Dec 3
Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs & Downstairs), dies at 76 
Dec 3
Frank Moran, Peyton Place 
Dec 3
Mary Charleson, Satan's Private Door 
Dec 5
Fred Kruger, What You Need 
Dec 5
Emil Fuchs,  
Dec 6
Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925) 
Dec 6
Frantz Fanon, Concerning Violence 
Dec 6
Rosemary Cooper, The Return of Boston Blackie 
Dec 7
Mike Holoboff, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 
Dec 8
William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 
Dec 8
Lou Koupal, Alibi Ike 
Dec 8
Mila Kaminska, Pan Twardowski 
Dec 11
Paddy O'Flynn, Unguarded Girls 
Dec 12
Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91 
Dec 12
Ernie Alexander, Campus Crushes 
Dec 13
Grandma Moses [Anna M], US painter, dies at 101 
Dec 13
Grandma Moses, Grandma Moses 
Dec 14
Louis Sorin, Animal Crackers 
Dec 14
Aribert Wäscher, It Was a Gay Ballnight 
Dec 15
William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 
Dec 15
Warren Burke, Road House 
Dec 15
Margaret Armstrong, Annie Oakley 
Dec 16
Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 
Dec 16
Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93 
Dec 17
Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 
Dec 17
Denison Clift, What Would You Do? 
Dec 18
Olga Capri, Resurrectio 
Dec 18
Friedrich Domin, The Captain from Köpenick 
Dec 19
Chappell Dossett, Child o' My Heart 
Dec 20
Moss Hart, American dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 
Dec 20
Earle Page, eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880) 
Dec 20
Herbert Grün, Lucija 
Dec 20
Moss Hart, You Can't Take It With You 
Dec 21
M.F. Murphy, Night Life of the Gods 
Dec 21
Kenneth Hunter, The Adventures of Robin Hood 
Dec 22
Dick Elliott, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 
Dec 22
Yrjö Kianne, Kaksi kivaa kaveria 
Dec 22
Johanne Fritz-Petersen, Gillekop 
Dec 23
Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (b. 1910) 
Dec 23
Henry Zynda, Spy Smasher 
Dec 24
Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76 
Dec 24
Hans Ziegler, Sissi: The Young Empress 
Dec 24
Frank Richards, Bunter Goes to Nice 
Dec 25
Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies 
Dec 25
Otto Loewi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873) 
Dec 25
Owen Brewster, U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1888) 
Dec 26
Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies 
Dec 27
Lew Lipton, The Cameraman 
Dec 27
Bernard McConville, King of the Pecos 
Dec 27
Robert Litsch, Stranger Than Fiction 6371: Shampoo Springs 
Dec 28
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 
Dec 30
Jacobus "Ko" van den Bosch, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned)/dir, dies at 53 
Dec 30
Boris Ord, A Festival of Lessons and Carols 
Dec 31
Norman Macowan, The City of the Dead 
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