Deaths: March 21

1. Dack Rambo

Dack (given name Norman) and identical twin brother, Dirk Rambo (Orman), were born in sunny California in 1941. Dack's noticeable difference was a mole on his left cheek. Both happened upon an acting career, at age 21, after being discovered by Loretta Young for her TV show, while sitting in a ...

2. Alberta Watson

Actress | Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Alberta Watson, well known to television audiences for her Gemini award-nominated role as Madeline on La Femme Nikita (1997), enjoys a long and diverse career in television and film.

A native of Toronto, Watson began performing with a local theater group as a teenager. She received a Genie ...

3. Anna-Lisa

Actress | Black Saddle

Anna-Lisa was born on March 30, 1933 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress, known for Black Saddle (1959), The Search for the Evil One (1967) and Ben Casey (1961). She died on March 21, 2018 in Oslo, Norway.

4. Anthony Steel

Actor | The Master of Ballantrae

Known primarily in Britain for his many "matinée idol" roles during the 1950s, Anthony Steel is perhaps best remembered in Hollywood and elsewhere as the erstwhile husband of Anita Ekberg.

His career never really took off in Hollywood; at one point during his marriage to Ms. Ekberg, he was referred ...

5. Atsushi Ii

Actor | Kingudamu hâtsu: Bâsu bai surîpu

Atsushi Ii was born on January 1, 1939 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010), Sword of the Stranger (2007) and Berserk (1997). He died on March 21, 2020 in Japan.

6. Barney Martin

Actor | Arthur

Barney Martin was born on March 3, 1923 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Arthur (1981), The Producers (1967) and Seinfeld (1989). He was married to Catherine Martin. He died on March 21, 2005 in Studio City, California, USA.

7. Bobby Short

Soundtrack | Hannah and Her Sisters

Bobby Short was an attraction at Manhattan's Cafe Carlyle for three decades (he doubtless got his greatest exposure there in a scene from Woody Allen's film Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)). Short is the quintessential New Yorker, the Fred Astaire of saloon singers, an international icon of style and ...

8. Candy Darling

Actress | Women in Revolt

Candy Darling was born on November 24, 1944 in Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Women in Revolt (1971), The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) and Flesh (1968). She died on March 21, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.

9. Carmen Vázquez Vigo

Actress | Tiempos de constitución

Carmen Vázquez Vigo was born in 1923 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. She was an actress and writer, known for Tiempos de constitución (1978), Un día perdido (1955) and El diablo toca la flauta (1953). She was married to José María Forqué. She died on March 23, 2018 in ...

10. Charles E. Bastien

Art_department | The Magic School Bus

Charles E. Bastien was born on October 14, 1962 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and production designer, known for The Magic School Bus (1994), PAW Patrol (2013) and Gargoyles (1994). He died on March 21, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

11. Chuck Barris

Writer | The Gong Show Movie

Chuck Barris was born on June 3, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Gong Show Movie (1980), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and X: First Class (2011). He was married to Mary Clagett Kane, Robin Altman and Lynne Frances Levy. He died on March ...

12. Colin Dexter

Writer | Lewis

Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK as Norman Colin Dexter, he was an English writer, best known for the Inspector Morse series of novels. His parents were Alfred and Dorothy Dexter, his father run a small taxi company. He had a brother, John, and a sister, Avril. He attended St. John's ...

13. Dean Paul Martin

Soundtrack | Hell Ride

The son of Rat Pack member Dean Martin, Dean Paul Martin initially showed interest in a singing career, and was also a talented tennis player, which served him well in his role opposite Ali MacGraw in Players (1979). An avid pilot and a captain in the California Air National Guard, Martin was ...

14. Francesco Maselli

Director | Storia d'amore

Francesco Maselli was born on December 9, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Storia d'amore (1986), Codice privato (1988) and Time of Indifference (1964). He was married to Stefania Brai and Goliarda Sapienza. He died on March 21, 2023 in Rome, Italy.

15. Gianni Mura

Self | Gianni Brera. Il libero della Bassa

Gianni Mura was born on October 9, 1945 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was married to Paola Gius. He died on March 21, 2020 in Senigallia, Marche, Ancona, Italy.

16. Gunter Nezhoda

Actor | I Am Here.... Now

Gunter Nezhoda was born in Vienna/Austria, lived 10 years in Frankfurt/Germany and moved in 1990 to Las Vegas. He has worked on Bass with: Pat Travers, Leslie West, Michael Schenker, George Lynch, Kevin Dubrow and many others. Gunter Nezhoda also appears in several movies and on the A&E TV Show "...

17. Harry H. Corbett

Actor | Carry on Screaming!

Harry H Corbett (he added the "H" to avoid being confused with Sooty's friend) was born in Burma in 1925. His father was an officer in the army. His mother died when he was very young and he moved to England as a child and was brought up in Manchester by an aunt.

After his war service, he joined a ...

18. Hellmut Stern

Self | III nach neun

Hellmut Stern was born on May 21, 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Gisela Gerecke and Tatiana . He died on March 21, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

19. Hiroshi Masuoka

Actor | Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor

Hiroshi Masuoka was born on August 7, 1936 in Iwatsuki, Saitama, Japan. He was an actor, known for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007), Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (2001) and Dragon Ball Z (1989). He died on March 21, 2020.

20. Iván Nogales

Writer | Trabajando... entre gallos y media noche

Iván Nogales is known for Trabajando... entre gallos y media noche (1996), Erase una vez en Bolivia (2011) and A Ghost Dressed as a Clown (2013).

21. Jacques Haitkin

Camera_department | Venom

Every horror film buff will recognize the name Jacques Haitkin. He photographed the features A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), as well as Part II of that series and The Hidden, all considered to be classics of this genre. His imagination and skill at helping the director "put every dollar on the ...

22. James Rebhorn

Actor | Independence Day

James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 - March 21, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays. At the time of his death, he had recurring roles in the current series White Collar and Homeland.

An early performance was in Butterflies are Free at the ...

23. John Cater

Actor | The Abominable Dr. Phibes

A masterful character actor who was in the first London season of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961 and who became a familiar face in countless television sitcoms and serials, notably as a core cast member in The Duchess of Duke Street in 1976.

In The Duchess, he played the enigmatic hall porter...

24. John Franklyn-Robbins

Actor | Emma

John Franklyn-Robbins was born on December 14, 1924 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emma (1996), The Golden Compass (2007) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He died on March 21, 2009 in London, England, UK.

25. John Ireland

Actor | All the King's Men

Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York. Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater, often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays. His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective letter-writing G.I. in ...

26. Jørgen Ingmann

Soundtrack | Losin' It

Jørgen Ingmann was born on April 26, 1925 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor and composer, known for Losin' It (1982), Gade uden ende (1963) and Støvsugerbanden (1963). He was married to Gitte Heide and Grethe Ingmann. He died on March 21, 2015 in Denmark.

27. Juan Carlos de Seta

Actor | El tinglado de la risa

Juan Carlos de Seta was born on July 28, 1930 in Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for El tinglado de la risa (1970), Detective de señoras (1990) and Vivir con alegría (1979). He died in March 1990 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

28. Kinuyo Tanaka

Actress | Joyû Sumako no koi

Tanaka Kinuyo was a highly regarded and prolific actress best known for her films with director Mizoguchi Kenji. She was immersed in the world of film having received her start in the world of entertainment at age fourteen, being a filmmaker herself, being the cousin of director Kobayashi Masaki ...

29. Lawrence Dane

Actor | Scanners

Lawrence Dane was an exceptionally fine, versatile, and shamefully underrated Canadian character actor who was equally adept at both comedy and drama alike. Tall and lean, with silver gray hair, a gaunt face, and a distinguished air about him, Dane was often cast as smooth business executives, ...

30. Lili Damita

Actress | Fighting Caravans

Lili Damita was a French-American actress, best remembered today for whom she married than for the movies in which she appeared. When the sound revolution arrived in Hollywood, all of the studio's scrambled to find actors who could speak lines and record well. It was at this time Lili burst onto ...

31. Lilyan Tashman

Actress | The Matrimonial Bed

Lilyan Tashman was born on October 23, 1896 in Brooklyn, New York to Rose (Cook) from Germany and Morris Tashman from Bialystock, Poland. After toying with stage work, Lilyan made her film debut with Experience (1921), followed the next year by Head Over Heels (1922) (this was at a time when some ...

32. Lorenzo Sanz

Self | El rondo de Estudio estadio

Lorenzo Sanz was born on August 9, 1943 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was married to Malula Durán. He died on March 21, 2020 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

33. Macdonald Carey

Actor | Shadow of a Doubt

American film and television actor MacDonald Carey became famous for his role as Dr. Tom Horton on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives (1965). For three decades he was the centered cast member of the show.

His film career was from the 1940s-'60s, and he appeared mostly in second-features (aka "B" ...

34. Maggie Fox

Actress | The Forsyte Saga

Maggie Fox was born on March 13, 1963 in London, England. She was an actress, known for The Forsyte Saga (2002), Coronation Street (1960) and How Do You Want Me? (1998). She died on March 21, 2022 in London, England.

35. Mariko Miyagi

Actress | Anderusen dôwa ningyo-hime

Mariko Miyagi was born on March 21, 1927 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress and director, known for The Little Mermaid (1975), Gokurakuto monogatari (1957) and Tôkyô no kyûjitsu (1958). She died on March 21, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.

36. Martha Wallner

Actress | Das Schloß

Martha Wallner was born on March 28, 1927 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for The Castle (1968), An Einzeltischen (1968) and Hotel du Commerce (1963). She was married to Erich Auer. She died on March 21, 2018.

37. Michael Redgrave

Actor | The Lady Vanishes

Sir Michael Redgrave was of the generation of English actors that gave the world the legendary John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, Britain three fabled "Theatrical Knights" back in the days when a knighthood for thespian was far more rare than it is today. A superb actor, Redgrave ...

38. Michael Trubshawe

Actor | The Guns of Navarone

Michael Trubshawe was born on December 7, 1905 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Pink Panther (1963) and Brandy for the Parson (1952). He was married to Cecilia Tower and Margaret Louise McDougall. He died on March 21, 1985 in West ...

39. Milton Frome

Actor | Batman: The Movie

Milton Frome was born on February 24, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Batman: The Movie (1966), The Nutty Professor (1963) and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). He was married to Marjorie Ann Widman. He died on March 21, 1989 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles...

40. Peter Brown

Actor | Foxy Brown

Peter Brown got into acting when he was in the army by organizing a theater group on base to occupy his spare time while stationed in Alaska. After his discharge he enrolled in the acting program at UCLA, and starting in the mid-1950s found employment in many of the western films and series being ...

41. Peter Werner

Director | Moonlighting

Peter Werner began his professional life as a teacher and documentary filmmaker; he has Master's degrees in both fields. After a year as a V.I.S.T.A. Volunteer in downtown Detroit, he co-founded a Quaker high school in Deerfield, MA. While teaching in Vermont, he met Frances Flaherty, widow of the ...

42. Pierre Truche

Self | Hôtel Terminus

Pierre Truche was born on November 1, 1929 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He died on March 21, 2020 in Lyon, Rhône, France.

43. Pinetop Perkins

Actor | The Blues Brothers

Pinetop Perkins was born on July 7, 1913 in Belzoni, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Benny & Joon (1993) and Angel Heart (1987). He died on March 21, 2011 in Austin, Texas, USA.

44. Pyotr Zaychenko

Actor | Sibir. Monamur

Pyotr Zaychenko was born on April 1, 1943 in village Kaysatskoe, Kaysatskoe Raion, Stalingrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Pallasovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sibir. Monamur (2011), Marina roshcha (2012) and Fart (2005). He died on March 21, 2019 in Volgograd, ...

45. Ricardo Larraín

Producer | La Frontera

Ricardo Larraín was born on April 27, 1957 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was a producer and director, known for La Frontera (1991), Pasos de baile (1997) and El entusiasmo (1998). He died on March 21, 2016 in Chile.

46. Richard S. Kline

Producer | Win, Lose or Draw

Richard S. Kline was born on March 24, 1940 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Win, Lose or Draw (1987), Pictionary (1989) and The Pet Set (1971). He died on March 21, 2020 in Connecticut, USA.

47. Robert Preston

Actor | The Music Man

American leading man of vast charisma, Robert Preston was the son of a garment worker and a record store clerk and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a trained musician, playing several instruments, and in high school became interested in theatre. He joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse, taking ...

48. Robert Urquhart

Actor | The Curse of Frankenstein

The character actor Robert Urquhart was born in 1921 in Ullapool, Scotland. His stage debut came in 1947 and his film debut 5 years later. He worked steadily until the late 1980s in both film and television, usually playing the stalwart, dependable type. He became particularly well known on ...

49. Rolf Leeser

Uit de wereld van Roald Dahl

Rolf Leeser was born on June 4, 1929 in Essen, Germany. He is known for Uit de wereld van Roald Dahl (1975). He was married to Anita Beatrix Leeser-Gassan. He died on March 21, 2018 in Netherlands.

50. Sally Kemp

Actress | Dynasty

Sally Kemp was born on February 7, 1933 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Dynasty (1981), ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and The Glove (1979). She was married to Jor Van Kline, Howard Gossage and Paul Jenkins. She died on March 21, 2017 in Los Angeles California, USA.

51. Sergio De Loof

Actor | Una historia del trash rococó

Sergio De Loof was born on September 18, 1962 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Una historia del trash rococó (2009) and Copacabana papers (2021). He died on March 21, 2020 in Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

52. Shinji Aoyama

Director | Yurîka

A director known for the thematic and visual bleakness of his work, Aoyama often sets his films in the Kyushu region from which he hails. He graduated from Rikkyo University and became known in 1996, but it was Eureka in 2000, which won him prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Aoyama would continue ...

53. Sol Kerzner

Self | My Story

Sol Kerzner was born on August 23, 1935 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He was married to Heather Murphy, Anneline Kriel, Maureen Adler and Shirley Bestbier . He died on March 21, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.

54. T.J. Castronovo

Producer | Boiler Maker

T.J. Castronovo was born on July 14, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Boiler Maker (2008), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) and Tales from the Darkside (1983). He died on March 21, 2021 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

55. Tonino Guerra

Writer | Amarcord

Legendary Italian screenwriter was born Antonio Guerra on the 16th of March 1920 in Sant'Arcangelo, Italy, south of Ravenna. He wrote several short stories, poetry and novels and in 1956 his first screenplay "Man and Wolves" (co-written by Elio Petri) was directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Three years...

56. Victor Beaumont

Actor | Where Eagles Dare

Victor Beaumont was born on November 7, 1912 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Where Eagles Dare (1968), A Shot in the Dark (1964) and Moonbase 3 (1973). He died on March 21, 1977.