Deaths: March 17

1. Lance Reddick

Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden ...

2. Alex Chilton

Soundtrack | Empire Records

He was the lead singer for the Memphis, Tennesse bands The Box Tops and Big Star.

The Box Tops charted with 10 Hot 100 singles between 1967-70.

Those songs were: "The Letter" (#1), "Neon Rainbow" (#24), "Cry Like A Baby" (#2), "Choo Choo Train" (#26), "I Met Her In Church" (#37), "Sweet Cream Ladies,...

3. Amy Johnston

Actress | The Buddy Holly Story

Amy Johnston was born on September 22, 1954 in La Jolla, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Charlie's Angels (1976) and Rooster: Spurs of Death! (1978). She was married to Steven. She died on March 17, 2021 in West Fork, Arkansas, USA.

4. Andre Williams

Soundtrack | The Loved Ones

Andre Williams was born on November 1, 1936 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for The Loved Ones (2009), Spun (2002) and Chicken Little (2005). He was married to Yvonne Jarman. He died on March 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

5. Angela Stevens

Actress | Creature with the Atom Brain

Angela Stevens was born on May 8, 1925 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Outlaw Women (1952) and Blunder Boys (1955). She was married to George F. Zika. She died on March 17, 2016 in Canyon Lake, Riverside County, ...

6. Felicia O'Dell

Actress | Hogan

Felicia O'Dell was born on May 7, 1957 in Louisiana, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Hogan (2017), Last Call (2015) and Bank (2016). She died on March 17, 2017 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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7. Benny Fredriksson

Director | Himmelske Händel

Benny Fredriksson was born on July 2, 1959 in Hagersten, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for Himmelske Händel (1994), Sammansvärjningen (1986) and Kära farmor (1990). He was married to Anne Sofie von Otter. He died on March 17, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.

8. Bernie Tormé

Soundtrack | Top of the Pops

Bernie Tormé was born on March 18, 1952 in Dublin, Ireland. He died on March 17, 2019 in London, England, UK.

9. Capucine

Actress | The Pink Panther

With classic patrician features and an independent, non-conformist personality, Capucine began her film debut in 1949 at the age of 21 with an appearance in the film Rendezvous in July (1949). She attended school in France and received a BA degree in foreign languages. Married for six months in her...

10. Carlos Mathus

Self | La Lección de Anatomía

Carlos Mathus was born on March 24, 1939 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He died on March 17, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

11. Chinmoy Roy

Actor | Chiriyakhana

Chinmoy Roy was born on January 16, 1940 in Comilla, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and director, known for Chiriyakhana (1967), Ek Bar Bolo Uttam Kumar (2009) and Sindoor (1991). He was married to Juin Banerjee. He died on March 17, 2019 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

12. Cristina Cervià

Actress | Explica'm un conte

Cristina Cervià was born on June 16, 1965 in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Explica'm un conte (2014), Blog (2010) and Exorcismus (2010). She died on March 17, 2019 in Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

13. Darrell Stanton

Self | This Is My Element

Darrell Stanton is known for This Is My Element (2007), Slaughter at the Opera (2008) and Bam's or Bust! (2008).

14. Derek Walcott

Writer | Haytian Earth

Derek Walcott was born on January 23, 1930 in Castries, Saint Lucia. He was a writer and director, known for Haytian Earth (1984), The English Programme (1976) and The Fist (2017). He was married to Norline Metivier, Margaret Ruth Maillard, Fay Moston and Sigrid Nama. He died on March 17, 2017 in ...

15. Eduard Limonov

Writer | Russkoe

Eduard Limonov was born on February 22, 1943 in Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Russkoe (2004), Des Teufels Kinder (2011) and Symphony of Donbass (2015). He was married to Ekaterina Volkova, Nataliya Medvedeva, ...

16. Emily Marshall

Writer | Coming of Age

Emily Marshall was born on March 24, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio. She was a writer and producer, known for Coming of Age (1988), Designing Women (1986) and Newhart (1982). She was married to Doc Severinsen. She died on March 17, 2023 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

17. Felix Bressart

Actor | The Shop Around the Corner

With his lanky frame, big nose, toothbrush moustache and horn-rimmed glasses he looked like someone had decided to cross Groucho Marx with Albert Einstein. The perennial scene-stealer Felix Bressart had two distinct careers as a comic actor: an earlier one, on stage and screen in his native Germany...

18. Ferlin Husky

Soundtrack | Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Ferlin Husky was born on December 3, 1925 in Cantwell, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967), The Devil All the Time (2020) and Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966). He died on March 17, 2011 in Westmoreland, Tennessee, USA.

19. Fred Allen

Actor | It's in the Bag!

Fred Allen, the well-known comedian who went on to star in radio, television, and film, was born John Florence Sullivan in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1894 and educated at Boston University. His Broadway shows include "The Passing Show of 1922" and "The Greenwich Village Follies".

He produced, wrote...

20. Freddie Francis

Cinematographer | The Straight Story

During his last years at school he spent most of his time writing a thesis on 'the future of film' On leaving school he joined Gaumont British Studios at Lime Grove as an apprentice to a stills photographer for a year. He claimed this taught him more about the art of photography than any other form...

21. Geneviève Fontanel

Actress | L'homme qui aimait les femmes

Geneviève Fontanel was born on June 27, 1936 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Loved Women (1977), L'affaire Dominici (1973) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). She was married to Jacques Destoop. She died on March 17, 2018 in Draveil, Essonne, France.

22. Gerald Freedman

Director | ABC Stage 67

Author, composer and director, educated at Northwestern University (BA, cum laude, and MA, summa cum laude), and at the Cleveland School of Art and the Mannes School of Music. He was an assistant director of the Broadway musicals "Gypsy" and "West Side Story", and he also directed other Broadway ...

23. Grace Stafford

Actress | Anthony Adverse

Actress, Grace Stafford was born in New York City, New York, as Grace Boyle. She was both an actress & an off-screen voice, (especially as "Woody Woodpecker"), the most popular character created by her second husband, Walter Lantz. She acted in three theatrical films: Confessions of a Nazi Spy (...

24. Helen Hayes

Actress | Airport

Known as "The First lady of the American Theater", Helen Hayes had a legendary career on stage and in films and television that spanned over eighty years. Hayes was born in Washington, D.C., to Catherine Estelle "Essie" Hayes, an actress who worked in touring companies, and Francis van Arnum Brown,...

25. Helen Westcott

Actress | Adventures of Don Juan

Born January 1, 1928, to acting parents, Helen Westcott's show biz career began at the ripe old age of 4 when she performed on stage with her vaudevillian mother who played piano and drums. Her father was handsome Warner Bros. actor Gordon Westcott who appeared in second leads opposite a number of ...

26. Jack Arnold

Director | Creature from the Black Lagoon

Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere.

Arnold...

27. Jairam Kulkarni

Actor | Prem Deewane

Jairam Kulkarni was born in 1932 in Ambe, Barshi, Solapur, British India. He was an actor, known for Prem Deewane (1992), Zunz Tujhi Majhi (1992) and Aayatya Gharat Gharoba (1991). He was married to Hema. He died on March 17, 2020 in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

28. Jermaine Stewart

Soundtrack | Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Jermaine Stewart was born on September 7, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Weekend at Bernie's (1989) and She-Devil (1989). He died on March 17, 1997 in Homewood, Illinois, USA.

29. Jim Hendricks

Actor | Commander USA's Groovie Movies

Born James Hendricks in 1949. In the late 70's Jim started in entertainment as a Disc Jockey working on a radio station in Junction City, Kansas. During his radio show that aired from 8pm to 2 am, he played it as Uncle Willie, a character Hendricks created. In 1981 there were changes in the radio ...

30. João Carlos Marinho

Actor | O Detetive Bolacha Contra o Gênio do Crime

João Carlos Marinho was born on September 25, 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for O Detetive Bolacha Contra o Gênio do Crime (1973) and Era uma vez nos tempos da Ditadura (2015). He died on March 17, 2019 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

31. Larry Drake

Actor | Darkman

Larry Drake was born on February 21, 1949 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Darkman (1990), L.A. Law (1986) and The Karate Kid (1984). He was married to Ruth de Sosa. He died on March 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

32. Lawrence Montaigne

Actor | The Great Escape

"Every actor should have a Great Escape", wrote actor Lawrence Montaigne in his autobiography, "A Vulcan Odyssey". He was referring to The Great Escape (1963), in which he played a small role, as a Canadian prisoner (Haynes) who gets killed at the end of the film. Nonetheless, this was his ...

33. Leigh Brackett

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

Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "...

34. Luchino Visconti

Writer | Il gattopardo

Born in his ancestral palazzo, situated in the same Milanese square as both the opera house La Scala and the Milan Cathedral, Luchino Visconti (1906 - 1976) was raised under the auspices of aristocratic privilege, theater and Catholicism. This triangulation of monuments would create an equally ...

35. L'Wren Scott

Ocean's Thirteen

L'Wren Scott was born on April 28, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Diabolique (1996) and Mercy (2000). She was married to Andrew Brand and Andrew Ladsky. She died on March 17, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

36. Lyle Waggoner

Actor | Wonder Woman

The television heartthrob from the 1960s and 1970s was the proverbial tall, dark and classically handsome actor. Completing the solid package was a great, muscular build, smooth charm, and an almost perfect set of teeth. Born in 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, he ...

37. Maggie Griffin

Self | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Maggie Griffin was born on June 10, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was married to John Griffin. She died on March 17, 2020 in the USA.

38. Mai Zetterling

Actress | The Witches

Mai Zetterling was born in Sweden in 1925, and lived briefly in Australia while still a child. She's known as a director and actor and trained on the Stockholm repertory stage, she began appearing in war-era films starting in her teens. Following her debut in Lasse Maja (1941), she made quite an ...

39. Marguerite Nichols

Actress | Dust

Marguerite Nichols was born on August 3, 1892 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Dust (1916), The Torch Bearer (1916) and Youth's Endearing Charm (1916). She was married to Hal Roach. She died on March 17, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

40. María Silva

Actress | I promessi sposi

Exotic Spanish leading lady, latterly seen in episodic television, but best known internationally for her many roles in peplum, horror and spaghetti westerns. She began her screen career under the stage moniker Mara Silva in a 1959 Portuguese romantic comedy. One of her initial leading roles was in...

41. Mario Marenco

Writer | Un ufficiale non si arrende mai, nemmeno di fronte all'evidenza. Firmato Colonnello Buttiglione

Mario Marenco was born on September 9, 1933 in Foggia, Puglia, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Un ufficiale non si arrende mai, nemmeno di fronte all'evidenza. Firmato Colonnello Buttiglione (1973), Buttiglione diventa capo del servizio segreto (1975) and Von Buttiglione Sturmtruppenf&...

42. Merritt Butrick

Actor | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Merritt Butrick was an American actor from Gainesville, Florida. He is primarily remembered for portraying Dr. David Marcus in the science fiction films "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982) and "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" (1984). His character was depicted as a son of the Starfleet ...

43. Michael Broadbent

Self | WINE and WAR

Michael Broadbent was born on May 2, 1927 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He is married to Daphne.

44. Michael Gough

Actor | Batman Forever

Tony Award-winning English actor Michael Gough, best known for playing the butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first four Batman (1989, 1992, 1995 & 1997) movies and for playing the arch-criminal Dr. Clement Armstrong in The Avengers (1961) episode "The Cybernauts", was an accomplished performer on ...

45. Mike MacDonald

Actor | The Nutcracker Prince

Mike MacDonald was born on June 21, 1954 in Metz, Moselle, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Nutcracker Prince (1990), Chasing Robert (2007) and The Funny Farm (1983). He was married to Bonnie Lee Bayes. He died on March 17, 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

46. Norman Hollyn

Music_department | Hair

Norman Hollyn was born on May 11, 1952 in New York, New York, USA. He was an editor, known for Hair (1979), Heathers (1988) and Sophie's Choice (1982). He was married to Janet Conn. He died on March 17, 2019 in Yokohama, Japan.

47. Oleg Cassini

Costume_department | The Sentinel

Oleg Cassini Loiewski was born on April 11, 1913, in Paris, France, into the family of Russian diplomat Alexander Loiewski and Italian Countess Marguerite Cassini. His maternal grandfather, Arthur Paul Nicholas, Marquis de Capuzzuchi di Bologna, Count de Cassini, worked for the Russian Tsar ...

48. Pascual Condito

Actor | El perro

Pascual Condito was born on August 18, 1948 in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for Bombón: El Perro (2004), Matar a Videla (2009) and El frasco (2008). He was married to Silvia López. He died on March 17, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

49. Pedro Favini

Music_department | Un giorno perfetto

Pedro Favini was born on February 25, 1943 in Tucumán, Argentina. He is known for Un giorno perfetto (2008). He died on March 17, 2012 in San Martín, Mendoza, Argentina.

50. Peter Bowles

Actor | The Bank Job

Though he had a long and varied career on stage and screen, Peter Bowles achieved his greatest popular success on mainstream TV as the debonair nouveau riche tycoon Richard De Vere, head of a supermarket and catering chain, forever matching wits with Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) in To ...

51. Raoul Servais

Director | Taxandria

Raoul Servais was born on May 1, 1928 in Oostende, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Taxandria (1994), Papillons de nuit (1997) and Atraksion (2001). He died on March 17, 2023 in Leffinge, Flanders, Belgium.

52. René Clément

Director | Jeux interdits

René Clément was one of the leading French directors of the post-World War II era. He directed what are regarded as some of the greatest films of the time, such as The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952) and The Day and the Hour (1963). He was later almost forgotten as a director. He...

53. Richard A. Roth

Producer | Outland

Richard A. Roth was born on September 16, 1940 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Outland (1981), Young Frankenstein (1974) and Summer of '42 (1971). He was married to Sharon Lee Hayes-Roth. He died on March 17, 2017 in New York City, New York, ...

54. Richard Reeves

Actor | Target Earth

Richard Reeves was born on August 10, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Target Earth (1954), Adventures of Superman (1952) and Day of Triumph (1954). He died on March 17, 1967 in Northridge, California, USA.

55. Rick Aviles

Actor | Waterworld

Rick Aviles was born on October 14, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Ghost (1990) and The Cannonball Run (1981). He died on March 17, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

56. Rodolfo Brindisi

Actor | Llévame contigo

Rodolfo Brindisi was born in 1932 in Mar del Plata, Argentyna. He was an actor, known for Llévame contigo (1982), Las esclavas (1987) and El oriental (1982). He died on March 17, 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

57. Roger Mayweather

Actor | Mayweather Exprience Documentary

Roger Mayweather was born on April 24, 1961 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Mayweather Exprience Documentary (2013), De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 (2007) and El Boxeo (2013). He died on March 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

58. Rosetta LeNoire

Actress | Family Matters

Born Rosetta Olive Barton, Rosetta LeNoire was the goddaughter of famed tap dancer "Bojangles" Bill Robinson. She was in the landmark all-black version of "Macbeth," directed by Orson Welles in the 1930s. Former president Bill Clinton presented her with the National Medal of the Arts in 1999. ...

59. Sammy Williams

Actor | The Day of the Triffids

Sammy Williams was born on November 13, 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Day of the Triffids (2009), The Take (2009) and God Told Me To (1976). He died on March 17, 2018 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

60. Skip Young

Actor | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Skip Young was born on March 14, 1930 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), One Step Beyond (1959) and The Spider (1958). He was married to Carol A Whittaker and Beverly Ruth Trout. He died on March 17, 1993 in Victorville, ...

61. TanNa Young

Lincoln

TanNa Young was born on August 31, 1970 in the USA. She was a producer and production manager, known for Lincoln (2012), The Good Wife (2009) and The Good Fight (2017). She died on March 17, 2021 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

62. Terry Stafford

Soundtrack | The Born Losers

Born to William Nathan Stafford and Juanita J. Stafford in Hollis, Oklahoma, Terry Stafford grew up in Amarillo, Texas, and graduated from Amarillo's Palo Duro High School in 1960. After high school he moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a career in music.

His most famous song, "Suspicion", ...

63. Willard Sage

Actor | Star Trek

Willard Sage was born on August 13, 1922 in London, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), The Butler's Night Off (1951) and Dragnet (1954). He was married to Judith Ann (Handel) Walston and Marjorie McKenna. He died on March 17, 1974 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

64. Yûya Uchida

Actor | Komikku zasshi nanka iranai!

Yûya Uchida was born on November 17, 1939 in Kobe, Japan. He was an actor and writer, known for Comic Magazine (1986), Black Rain (1989) and Erotic Liaisons (1992). He was married to Kirin Kiki. He died on March 17, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.