Deaths: October 4
by bcampos862 | created - 28 Sep 2017 | updated - 04 Oct 2020 | Public1. Diahann Carroll
Actress | Julia
One of television's premier African-American series stars, elegant actress, singer and recording artist Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diann (or Diahann) Johnson on July 17, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. The first child of John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel Faulk Johnson, a nurse; music ...
2. Alberto Testa
Alberto Testa was born on December 23, 1922 in Turin, Italy. He was an actor, known for Romeo and Juliet (1968), Laudes Evangelii (1961) and The Kiss of Death (1974). He died on October 4, 2019 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
3. Arturo García Buhr
Actor | Los chicos crecen
Arturo García Buhr was born on December 16, 1905 in Dolores, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Los chicos crecen (1942), Mi mujer, la sueca y yo (1967) and ¿Vendrás a media noche? (1950). He was married to Aída Olivier. He died on October 4, 1995 in ...
4. Audrey Wells
Writer | The Hate U Give
Audrey Wells was born on January 25, 1960 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for The Hate U Give (2018), Guinevere (1999) and George of the Jungle (1997). She was married to Brian Lane Larky, John James Radzik, Jeffrey D Robinson and Mr Wells. She died on ...
5. Ben Bates
Actor | Ruckus
Ben Bates was born on September 4, 1933 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Ruckus (1980), Swamp Thing (1982) and Gemini Man (1976). He died on October 4, 2017 in Sun City, California, USA.
6. Buddy Lester
Actor | Ocean's Eleven
Buddy Lester, stand-up comedian and character actor on television and in motion pictures was born in Chicago and became a fixture on the international nightclub circuit for seven decades. In Las Vegas, he opened for Frank Sinatra several times and appeared in the Rat Pack films Ocean's Eleven (1960)...
7. Colin Gordon
Actor | The Pink Panther
Ceylon-born Colin Gordon began acting on the West End stage as the hind legs of a horse in 'Toad of Toad Hall' in 1934. After wartime service, he returned to the stage, appearing in such plays as 'The White Carnation' and 'The Little Hut' (both 1953), 'Misery Me!' (1955) and 'The Touch of Fear' (...
8. Doris Belack
Actress | Tootsie
A New York native, Doris Belack began her acting career as an audio reader and lent her voice to the 1955 album "Poetry of the Negro" with Sidney Poitier. She later was active in television; she was best known for her roles as Anna Wolek on the television soap opera One Life to Live (1968) and ...
9. Ed Ackerson
Soundtrack | Slaves to the Underground
Ed Ackerson was born in 1965 in Stillwater, Minnesota. He died on October 4, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
10. Eduardo Pavlovsky
Actor | Potestad
Eduardo Pavlovsky was born on December 10, 1933 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for Potestad (2002), Clouds (1998) and Cuatro caras para Victoria (1992). He died on October 4, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
11. George Claydon
Actor | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
George Claydon was born on September 4, 1933 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967), The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) and Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989). He died on October 4, 2001 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
12. Graham Chapman
Writer | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Graham Chapman was born on January 8, 1941 in Leicester, England while a German air raid was in progress. Graham's father was a chief police inspector and probably inspired the constables Graham often portrayed later in comedy sketches. Graham studied medicine in college and earned an M.D., but he ...
13. Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett was born on September 16, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Hamiet died on October 4, 2018 in Brooklyn, Illinois, USA.
14. James Schmerer
Writer | MacGyver
James Schmerer was born on June 14, 1938 in Flushing, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for MacGyver (1985), Chase (1973) and Matt Helm (1975). He died on October 4, 2019 in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
15. Janis Joplin
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...
16. Jerry Ross
Soundtrack | Now and Then
Jerry Ross was born on May 1, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on October 4, 2017 in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, USA.
17. Jill Bennett
Actress | The Nanny
Jill Bennett was born on December 24, 1931 in Penang, Malaysia. She was an actress and writer, known for The Nanny (1965), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Moulin Rouge (1952). She was married to John Osborne and Willis Hall. She died on October 4, 1990 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
18. Kevin Ellison
Self | The NFL on CBS
Kevin Ellison was born in 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on October 4, 2018 in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA.
19. María Elena Sagrera
Actress | Dos a quererse
Maria Elena Sagrera is one of the complete actresses of Argentina. Studied in the National Conservatory of Dramatico Art with professors like Blanca de la Vega and Antonio Cunill Cabanellas. It was important figure in the independent theaters, releasing "El Puente", of Carlos Gorostiza. She ...
20. Mario Almada
Actor | Todo por nada
Mario Almada was born on January 7, 1922 in Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for Todo por nada (1969), El tunco Maclovio (1970) and Chido Guan, el tacos de oro (1986). He died on October 4, 2016 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
21. Masaki Kobayashi
Director | Seppuku
Masaki Kobayashi was born on February 14, 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Harakiri (1962), Samurai Rebellion (1967) and The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961). He died on October 4, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
22. Mercedes Sosa
Soundtrack | The Two Popes
Mercedes Sosa was born on July 9, 1935 in Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina. She was a composer and actress, known for The Two Popes (2019), Güemes - la tierra en armas (1971) and Che: Part Two (2008). She was married to Manuel Oscar Matus and Pocho Mazitelli. She died on October 4, 2009 in...
23. Norman Wisdom
Actor | A Stitch in Time
Sir Norman Wisdom has become the great British clown in the mold of Sir Charles Chaplin with his little man in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap. His character is an everyman, much put upon but struggling through to a (usually) happy ending. He was brought up in an orphanage after his mother died ...
24. Osvaldo Terranova
Actor | En retirada
Osvaldo Terranova was born on August 30, 1923 in Villaguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina. He was an actor, known for En retirada (1984), Anna Christie (1965) and La parte del león (1978). He was married to Beatriz Doré. He died on October 4, 1984 in Villaguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
25. Pepe Biondi
Actor | Reventa de esclavas
Pepe Biondi was born on September 4, 1909 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for Reventa de esclavas (1954), Música, mujeres y amor (1952) and Patapufete! (1967). He was married to María Teresa Moraca. He died on October 4, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
26. Stephen Moore
Actor | Pirate Radio
Stephen Moore was born on December 11, 1937 in Brixton, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Boat That Rocked (2009), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He was married to Noelyn George, Beth Morris, Celestine Randall and Barbara Mognaz. He died ...
27. Susy Leiva
Actress | Ritmo, amor y juventud
Susy Leiva was born on August 31, 1933 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Ritmo, amor y juventud (1966), Buenas noches, Buenos Aires (1964) and Dos quijotes sobre ruedas (1966). She died on October 4, 1966 in Santa Fe, Argentina.
28. Takumi Furukawa
Director | Gyangu no shôzô
Takumi Furukawa was born on March 27, 1917 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Gyangu no shôzô (1965), Hei ying (1967) and Season of the Sun (1956). He died on October 4, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
29. Tom Bell
Actor | The L-Shaped Room
Tom Bell was one of the UK's finest actors but he never achieved the star billing or recognition he so richly deserved. His career spanned some 50 years. Time and time again, Bell gave memorable performances. From the able seaman ordered to be flogged by a sadistic officer, played by Dirk Bogarde, ...
30. Will Vinton
Producer | Closed Mondays
Will Vinton was born on November 17, 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Closed Mondays (1974), Return to Oz (1985) and Moonwalker (1988). He was married to Susan Shadburne, Gillian Allred and Bevan Vinton. He died on October 4, 2018 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
31. William Tepper
Actor | Bachelor Party
William Tepper (aka Billy Tepper) was born in The Bronx and studied filmmaking at UCLA Film School where his first film, Evidence Of Tradition, was voted Best Film of the Year. His Hollywood career began at age 20, when his first screenplay won the prestigious Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award. Fresh ...
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