Deaths: January 2
by bcampos862 | created - 03 Jan 2017 | updated - 4 months ago | Public
1. Daryl Dragon
Composer | Payback
Daryl Dragon was born on August 27, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Payback (1990), Go for It (1976) and Sandstone (1975). He was married to Toni Tennille. He died on January 2, 2019 in Prescott, Arizona, USA.
2. Alan Hale Jr.
Actor | Gilligan's Island
The son of the great character actor (and Errol Flynn sidekick) Alan Hale, Alan Hale Jr. (he dropped the Jr. after his father passed away) was literally born into the movies. Hale did his first movie as a baby and continued to act until his death. Unlike other child actors, Hale made a smooth ...
3. Anne Francis
Actress | Forbidden Planet
Anne Francis got into show business quite early in life. She was born on September 16, 1930 in Ossining, New York (which is near Sing Sing prison), the only child of Phillip Ward Francis, a businessman/salesman, and the former Edith Albertson. A natural little beauty, she became a John Robert Powers...
4. Asher Brauner
Actor | Hunter
Asher Brauner was born on October 15, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Hunter (1984), Switchblade Sisters (1975) and Deadly Exposure (1993). He died on January 2, 2021.
5. Betty Woodman
Self | The Woodmans
Betty Woodman was born on May 14, 1930 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. She was married to George Woodman. She died on January 2, 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
6. Bibi Osterwald
Actress | As Good as It Gets
Bibi Osterwald was born on February 3, 1920 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for As Good as It Gets (1997), The World of Henry Orient (1964) and Producers' Showcase (1954). She was married to Justin Arndt. She died on January 2, 2002 in Burbank, California, USA.
7. Bill Hart
Stunts | Escape from New York
Bill Hart was born on July 28, 1934 in Red Oak, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Escape from New York (1981), The Wild Bunch (1969) and The Way of the Gun (2000). He was married to Rina Solowitz and Charlene Roberson. He died on January 2, 2015 in Northridge, California, USA.
8. Bob Einstein
Writer | Bizarre
Bob Einstein was born on November 20, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Bizarre (1979), Super Dave (1987) and Super Dave's Spike Tacular (2009). He was married to Roberta Marie Smith and Cathy Maureen Kilpatrick. He died on January 2, 2019 in Indian Wells, ...
9. Brian Cowan
Actor | Taggart
Brian Cowan was an actor, known for Taggart (1983), Family Affairs (1997) and Crimes That Shook the World (2006). He died on January 2, 2021 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK.
10. Brian Urquhart
Brian Urquhart was born on February 28, 1919 in Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Tomorrow Man (2002), Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) and The 20th Century Remembered (1981). He was married to Sidney Damrosch Howard Canfield and Alfreda Huntington. He died on ...
11. Carrie Dann
Self | American Outrage
Carrie Dann (1932-2021) and her sister Mary Dann (1923-2005) were Western Shoshone elders who were spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. They challenged the federal government over uses of their tribe's traditional land in a case that reached the ...
12. Council Cargle
Actor | Detroit 9000
Council Cargle was born on February 8, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Detroit 9000 (1973), Word of Honor (1981) and The Elevator (2001). He was married to Maggie Porter. He died on January 2, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
13. Darius Perkins
Actor | All the Rivers Run
Darius Perkins was born on October 28, 1964. He was an actor, known for All the Rivers Run (1983), Prisoner (1979) and Neighbours (1985). He died on January 2, 2019 in Australia.
14. Dick Emery
Actor | Yellow Submarine
In the 1960s and 1970s, Dick Emery was one of the most successful comics on the box. He was voted BBC TV Personality of the Year, thanks to creations such as his toothy vicar, sex-starved spinster Hettie, crusty old Lampwick, outrageously camp Clarence, who coined the phrase: "Hallo honky tonks". ...
15. Dick Powell
Actor | Murder, My Sweet
Few actors ever managed a complete image transition as thoroughly as did Dick Powell: in his case, from the boyish, wavy-haired crooner in musicals to rugged crime fighters in film noirs. Powell grew up in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas, one of three brothers (one of them, Howard, ended up as ...
16. Élisabeth Rappeneau
Director | Fréquence meurtre
Élisabeth Rappeneau was born on January 19, 1940 in Auxerre, Yonne, France. She was a director and writer, known for Fréquence meurtre (1988), J'ai peur d'oublier (2011) and Le sauvage (1975). She died on January 2, 2020 in Paris, France.
17. Emil Jannings
Actor | The Last Command
His real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Passion (1919) and Quo Vadis? (1924), followed by The Last Laugh (1924) (aka The Last ...
18. Frank Buxton
Actor | Overboard
Born in Wellesley, MA, USA, Buxton grew up in Larchmont, NY, USA, graduated from Northwestern University (BS) and Syracuse University (MS). After service in the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he worked in local television as a producer-director in Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, IL and then began his ...
19. Gene Okerlund
Actor | WrestleMania III
Gene Okerlund was born on December 19, 1942 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for WrestleMania III (1987), WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) and WCW Monday Nitro (1995). He was married to Jeanne Ellen Zulawnik. He died on January 2, 2019 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
20. Giovanni Di Clemente
Producer | Speriamo che sia femmina
Giovanni Di Clemente was born in 1948 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and writer, known for Speriamo che sia femmina (1986), Scugnizzi (1989) and Close Friends (1992). He died on January 2, 2018 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
21. Guida Maria
Actress | A Promessa
Guida Maria was born on January 23, 1950 in Lisbon, Portugal. She was an actress, known for A Promessa (1973), Baía das Mulheres (2004) and The Emissaries of Khalom (1988). She was married to Mike Sergeant. She died on January 2, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.
22. Héctor Coire
Actor | Escuela de campeones
Héctor Coire was born in 1917 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Escuela de campeones (1950), Gold in Clay (1939) and Such Is Life (1939). He died on January 2, 1974 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
23. J. Patrick McNamara
Actor | Close Encounters of the Third Kind
A New Orleans native, Patrick John McNamara became known on screen as 'J. Patrick' to avoid confusion with another Actor's Equity member of longer standing. McNamara initially started out performing in plays at the University of New Orleans in order to improve his public speaking, because (in his ...
24. Jack Carson
Actor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
When Jack Carson arrived in Hollywood in 1937, he found work at RKO as an extra. His first major acting role came alongside Humphrey Bogart in the romantic comedy Stand-In (1937). After a few years, he developed into a popular character actor who would be seen in a large number of comedies, ...
25. Jacques Lassalle
Director | Teatr Telewizji
Jacques Lassalle was born on July 6, 1936 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France. He was an actor and director, known for Television Theater (1953), Le tartuffe (1984) and Ismael's Ghosts (2017). He was married to Françoise. He died on January 2, 2018 in Chambourcy, Yvelynes, France.
26. Jacques Renaud
Self | Tour De France 1953
27. Jay Weaver
Soundtrack | Zombieland
Jay Weaver was born in 1980. He was married to Emily. He died on January 2, 2022 in the USA.
28. Jett Travolta
Jett Travolta was born on April 13, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on January 2, 2009 in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
29. Jim Boyd
Actor | The Electric Company
Jim Boyd was born on November 11, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Electric Company (1971), Law & Order (1990) and Space Force (1978). He was married to Kathleen Paris. He died on January 2, 2013 in Rye Brook, New York, USA.
30. Jo Ann Marlowe
Actress | Mildred Pierce
Jo Ann Marlowe was born Jo Ann Mares in Schuyler, NE in 1936 to Edward and Theora Mares.
Jo Ann was discovered on a family vacation in Hollywood at age 4 by a Warner Brothers director in a restaurant. The family relocated to California and Jo Ann took the stage name Jo Ann Marlowe.
Jo Ann acted for ...
31. Joan Corominas
Actor | Mar de fons
Joan Corominas is known for Mar de fons (2006), Crónicas Drakonianas (2010) and Coco rallado (2008).
32. John Baldessari
Director | Baldessari Sings LeWitt
John Baldessari was born on June 17, 1931 in National City, California, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Baldessari Sings LeWitt (1972), The Simpsons (1989) and Conceptual Paradise (2006). He was married to Carol Ann Wixom. He died on January 2, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
33. John Berger
Writer | Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000
John Berger was born on November 5, 1926 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976), The Salamander (1971) and The Middle of the World (1974). He was married to Patricia Marriott, Anya Bostock and Beverly Bancroft. He ...
34. John Woodnutt
Actor | Lifeforce
John Woodnutt was a serious, gaunt-faced character actor with extensive stage experience. He made his professional acting debut at the Oxford Playhouse at the age of 18. He also performed Shakespearean roles at the Open Air Theatre at London's Regent's Park. He had a long string of television ...
35. Kerry Vincent
Self | Last Cake Standing
Kerry Vincent was born on June 2, 1945 in Wyalkatchem, Western Australia, Australia. She was married to Doug Vincent. She died on January 2, 2021 in Oklahoma, USA.
36. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Self | VIII FIFA World Cup 1966
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz died on January 2, 2013 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
37. Lady Mary Colman
Self | Inside the Crown
38. Little Jimmy Dickens
Soundtrack | Northern Exposure
Little Jimmy Dickens was born on December 19, 1920 in Bolt, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Northern Exposure (1990), More American Graffiti (1979) and Last Night's Party (2014). He was married to Mona Evans, Anne Ernestine Jones and Dorothy (Connie) Chapman. He died on January 2, ...
39. Luis Fernando Orozco
Actor | Bandidas
Luis Fernando Orozco was born on April 8, 1943 in Bogotá, Colombia. He was an actor, known for Bandidas (2006), Pasiones secretas (1993) and Top Cat (2011). He was married to Clemencia Aristizábal. He died on January 2, 2020 in Bogotá, Colombia.
40. Lynn Cartwright
Actress | A League of Their Own
Frequently appearing for or alongside her actor/writer husband of 50 years, noted stage, screen and TV heavy and writer Leo Gordon, actress Lynn Cartwright is probably best remembered for one of her early screen roles as the brusque, Brooklyn-accented switchboard operator in the cult horror The ...
41. Marek Pivovar
Writer | Denik Ostravaka
Marek Pivovar was born on June 26, 1964 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He was a writer, known for Denik Ostravaka (2007), Sumná mesta (1995) and Sumný Ceský ráj (2002). He died on January 2, 2021 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
42. Marian Finucane
Producer | Nuala: A Life and Death
Marian Finucane was born on May 21, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress and producer, known for Nuala: A Life and Death (2011), RTÉ - Marian Finucane (2017) and Red Mist (2007). She was married to John Clarke. She died on January 2, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland.
43. Marko Nikolic
Actor | Srecni ljudi
Marko Nikolic was born on October 20, 1946 in Kraljevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Srecni ljudi (1993), Vuk Karadzic (1987) and Brat Deyan (2015). He was married to Dubravka Nikolic. He died on January 2, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.
44. Mary Catherine Bateson
Self | The Anthropologist
Mary Catherine Bateson was born on December 8, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to J. Barkev Kassarjian. She died on January 2, 2021 in Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
45. Miriam Seegar
Actress | Seven Keys to Baldpate
Miriam Seegar was born on September 1, 1907, to Frank and Carrie (née Wall) Seegar, both teachers. Raised in Greentown, Indiana, in the Seegar-Sewell home on 404 S. Main Street, she was the fourth of five daughters. Her sisters, known around town as the Seegar Sisters, were educator Helen ...
46. Nancy Kelly
Actress | The Bad Seed
Coached by her show-business mother, a former actress, brunette Nancy Kelly started her career as a one-year-old model for James Montgomery Flagg. While receiving her education at the Bentley School for Girls she also trained as an actress. From 1926, at age 5, the precociously talented Nancy ...
47. Ned Wertimer
Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ned Wertimer was born on October 27, 1923 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) and Bad Company (1972). He was married to Skyne Uku. He died on January 2, 2013 in Valley Village, Los Angeles, ...
48. Oleg Danilov
Writer | Kontrakt so smertyu
Oleg Danilov was born on October 26, 1949 in Leningrad, USSR. He was a writer and production manager, known for Kontrakt so smertyu (1998), Vsyo budet khorosho (1995) and Ty u menya odna (1993). He died on January 2, 2021 in Russia.
49. Osa Massen
Actress | A Woman's Face
Osa Massen (born Aase Madsen Iversen) was a newspaper photographer with an ambition to become a film editor. Prolific Danish film director Alice O'Fredericks gave her a role in her film Kidnapped (1935). After only two films in Denmark, she was given a screen test by 20th Century Fox and arrived in...
50. Patricia Smith
Actress | The Spirit of St. Louis
Patricia Smith was born on February 20, 1930 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), The Debbie Reynolds Show (1969) and Helen Keller and Her Teacher (1970). She was married to John Lasell. She died on January 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, California,...
51. Paul Westphal
Actor | Space Jam
Paul Westphal was born on November 30, 1950 in Torrance, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Space Jam (1996), Forget Paris (1995) and Four Square Miles to Glory. He was married to Cindy Lou Paden. He died on January 2, 2021 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
52. Pete Postlethwaite
Actor | The Usual Suspects
An oddly fascinating bloke with prominent bony cheeks and rawboned figure, Peter William (Pete) Postlethwaite was born on February 16, 1946 and was a distinguished character actor on stage, TV and film. Growing up the youngest of four siblings in a Catholic family in Warrington, Lancashire (near ...
53. Peter Hobbs
Actor | The Man with Two Brains
Peter Hobbs was born on January 18, 1918 in Etretat, France. He was an actor, known for The Man with Two Brains (1983), The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Sleeper (1973). He was married to Carolyn Adams, Patience Cleveland, Parker McCormick and Ruth Margaret Davis. He died on January 2, 2011 in Santa ...
54. Randy Dee Hafen
Randy Dee Hafen was born on July 20, 1988. He was an actor. He died on January 2, 2017.
55. Renato Rascel
Actor | Il cappotto
Renato Rascel was born on April 27, 1912 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor and composer, known for The Overcoat (1952), The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) and Zodiac (2007). He was married to Giuditta Saltarini, Huguette Cartier and Tina De Mola. He died on January 2, 1991 in Rome, Lazio,...
56. Richard D. Winters
Self | Band of Brothers
Richard D. Winters was born on January 21, 1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Band of Brothers (2001), Dick Winters: Hang Tough (2012) and The Last Days of World War II (2005). He was married to Ethel. He died on January 2, 2011 in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, USA.
57. Richard Leakey
Self | Whiteboard
Richard Leakey (19 December 1944 - 2 January 2022) was a Kenyan palaeoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. He held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation. He had been Director of the National Museum of Kenya, founded the ...
58. Richard Machowicz
Actor | Gamer
Richard "Mack" Machowicz is best known as the host/producer of Discovery Channel's FutureWeapons and Weapons that Changed the World. He was also the host of Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior and History Channel's Ultimate Soldier Challenge. Mack offered his military and weapons expertise as a key ...
59. Rick Hall
Soundtrack | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Rick Hall was born on January 31, 1932 in Forest Grove, Mississippi, USA. He was a composer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019). He was married to Linda Kay Hall. He died on January 2, 2018 in Muscle ...
60. Ross Alexander
Actor | Captain Blood
The tragically brief life of fresh-faced, boyishly handsome Ross Alexander, who seemed to have everything going for him, plays these days like a bad Hollywood movie. Alexander was a charming, highly engaging young actor whose pleasant voice and breezy personality aided greatly in his transition ...
61. Rudolf Vatinyan
Cinematographer | On the Old Roman Road
Rudolf Vatinyan was born on May 12, 1941 in Dilijan, Armenian USSR, USSR. He was a cinematographer, known for On the Old Roman Road (2001), Hin oreri yerge (1982) and Avtomeqenan taniqi vra (1981). He died on January 2, 2021 in Armenia.
62. Sam Wyche
Actor | Lord's Work
Sam Wyche was born on January 5, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Lord's Work (2014), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He was married to Jane Underwood. He died on January 2, 2020 in Pickens, South Carolina, USA.
63. Sergio Jiménez
Director | Mujeres engañadas
Sergio Jiménez was born on December 17, 1937 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Mujeres engañadas (1999), La fea más bella (2006) and El cambio (1971). He died on January 2, 2007 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
64. Shepard Menken
Actor | Killers from Space
Shepard Menken was born on November 2, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Killers from Space (1954), Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) and I Spy (1965). He died on January 2, 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
65. Silvana Gallardo
Actress | Centennial
Silvana Gallardo was born on January 13, 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Centennial (1978), Death Wish II (1982) and A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She was married to Billy Drago. She died on January 2, 2012 in Paris, Kentucky, USA.
66. Steven Gilborn
Actor | Evolution
Steven Gilborn was born on July 15, 1936 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Evolution (2001), Doctor Dolittle (1998) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). He was married to Karen Halverson. He died on January 2, 2009 in North Chatham, New York, USA.
67. Tareka
Actress | Der schräge Otto
Tareka was born on November 22, 1927 in Lisbon, Portugal. She was an actress and writer, known for Der schräge Otto (1957), A Árvore (1992) and Amanhecer (2002). She was married to João Ramalho and António Caetano de Oliveira Martinho. She died on January 2, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.
68. Tex Ritter
Actor | Song of the Gringo
Tex Ritter was born on January 12, 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the Gringo (1936), High Noon (1952) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was married to Dorothy Fay. He died on January 2, 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
69. Tony Calder
Self | Queens of British Pop
Tony Calder was born on June 27, 1943 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. He was a manager. He was married to Karen Richardson and Jennifer. He died on January 2, 2018 in London, England, UK.
70. Traxamillion
Soundtrack | Venom
Traxamillion was born on February 26, 1979. He was an actor, known for Venom (2018), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) and Traxamillion feat. Chenelle McCoy: Madness (2021). He died on January 2, 2022 in Santa Clara, California, USA.
71. Una Merkel
Actress | The Parent Trap
Una Merkel began her movie career as stand-in for Lillian Gish in the movie The Wind (1928). After that, she performed on Broadway before she returned to movies for the D.W. Griffith film Abraham Lincoln (1930). In her early years, before gaining a few pounds, she looked like Lillian Gish, but ...
72. Veronika Fitz
Actress | Die Hausmeisterin
Veronika Fitz was born on March 28, 1936 in Dießen am Ammersee, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Hausmeisterin (1987), Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (1969) and Im Tal des Schweigens (2004). She was married to Willy Anders. She died on January 2, 2020 in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, ...
73. Viktor Vrabec
Actor | 'Babicky dobíjejte presne!'
Viktor Vrabec was born on May 18, 1941 in Vysoké Mýto, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for 'Babicky dobíjejte presne!' (1984), I, Olga Hepnarova (2016) and The Last Butterfly (1991). He died on January 2, 2022 in the Czech Republic.
74. Virginia Field
Actress | Waterloo Bridge
London-born actress, daughter of the King's Counsel, St. John Field, educated in Paris and Vienna. Her mother, a cousin of famous Confederate General Robert E. Lee, chose the name "Virginia" as homage to Lee's beloved home state. Virginia also had an actress aunt, Auriol Lee, who paved the way for ...
75. Vladimir Korenev
Actor | Chelovek-amfibiya
Vladimir Korenev was born on June 20, 1940 in Sevastopol, Krymskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Amphibian Man (1961), Ya - aktrisa (1980) and Much Ado About Nothing (1973). He was married to Aleftina Konstantinova. He died on January 2, 2021 in Moscow, Russia.
76. Wahid Hamed
Writer | Dail el samakah
Through more than 100 films, TV dramas, radio shows and theatrical productions, Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed carved a place for himself in the Arab world by utilizing all the dramatic tools he could get his hands on since the 1970s and over 50 years. The success of his work was reflected in ...
77. Wilbur Plaugher
Actor | Daniel Boone
Wilbur Plaugher was born on March 13, 1922 in Lima, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Daniel Boone (1964), Run, Appaloosa, Run (1966) and The Incredible Adventure of Jojo (and His Annoying Little Sister Avila) (2014). He died on January 2, 2018 in Sanger, California, USA.
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