In Memorian 2015 - TV & movie personalities who passed away this year.

101. René Féret

René Féret, a true filmmaker from the North of France, the region in which he shot all his films. Born in 1945 in La Bassée, he spent his childhood in the small town of Annequin, where the parish priest, a confirmed film buff, awakened his taste for cinema. Féret was first a theater actor (he later...

102. Claire Gordon

Actress | Licensed to Kill

Claire Gordon died peacefully on 13th April 2015 in a nursing home in Acton, aged 74 years; she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in December 2014. At the time she was living in El-gouna, Egypt, but returned to London and underwent an operation at the Charing Cross hospital in January ...

103. Suzanne Crough

Actress | The Partridge Family

Born at St. Judes Hospital at 8:45 am, in Fullerton, California, Suzanne Crough is the youngest of eight children. Her sibling's names are Lynda, Trudy, Kathleen, Loyleen, Gail, Timothy, and Patrick. She appeared in several commercials before she was cast as Tracy Partridge. After "The Partridge ...

104. Ben E. King

Soundtrack | Stand by Me

Ben E. King was born on September 28, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Stand by Me (1986), Love and Monsters (2020) and Cloverfield (2008). He was married to Betty Nelson. He died on April 30, 2015 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.

105. Patachou

Actress | French Cancan

Patachou was born Henriette Ragon on 10 June 1918. Born and brought up in Paris she had many jobs, including typist, shop assistant, and antique dealer. In 1948, she and her husband Jean Billon opened a nightclub in Montmarte called Patachoi. She began her singing career there, so journalists gave ...

106. Ruth Rendell

Writer | Carne trémula

Ruth Rendell was born on February 17, 1930 in South Woodford, Essex, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Live Flesh (1997), La Cérémonie (1995) and Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987). She was married to Donald John Rendell. She died on May 2, 2015 in London, England, UK.

107. Michael Blake

Writer | Dances with Wolves

Michael Blake was born on July 5, 1945 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Winnetou and The One. He was married to Marianne Mortensen. He died on May 2, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

108. Philip S. Goodman

Writer | Inside Detective

Philip S. Goodman was born on February 20, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Rocky King, Detective (1950), We Shall Return (1963) and Panic! (1957). He was married to Evelyn Twersky. He died on May 2, 2015 in New York City, New York, USA.

109. Grace Lee Whitney

Actress | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Grace Lee Whitney was a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginning as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio, she soon opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich, and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands. Grace debuted on Broadway in "Top Banana",...

110. Nigel Terry

Actor | Excalibur

British actor Nigel Terry primarily dedicated himself to the classical stage. When he extended himself into film and TV outings, it was mostly for historical or period roles. Over the years, he grew quite comfortable in both a pair of hose and a suit of armor.

Terry was born Peter Nigel Terry on ...

111. Ellen Albertini Dow

Actress | The Wedding Singer

The multifaceted Ellen Albertini was a student of dance and piano at the age of five, and obtained a B.A. and M.A. in theater from Cornell University. She moved to New York, and studied and worked with the legendary likes of Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Michael Shurtleff, Uta Hagen, Marcel Marceau, ...

112. Elizabeth Wilson

Actress | The Graduate

Elizabeth Wilson was born April 4, 1921, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Marie Ethel and Dunning Wilson. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Elizabeth's film debut was in Notorious (1946) in an uncredited ...

113. B.B. King

Actor | Blues Brothers 2000

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many ...

114. George Dickerson

Actor | Blue Velvet

George Dickerson was born on July 25, 1933 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Blue Velvet (1986), Death Warrant (1990) and After Dark, My Sweet (1990). He was married to Suzanne Hartman and Victoria Chess. He died on January 10, 2015 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

115. Tony Verna

Director | The Triple Crown of Racing

Tony Verna was born on November 26, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director, known for The Triple Crown of Racing (1973), Greatest Sports Legends (1972) and Celebrity Daredevils (1983). He was married to Carol and Joanna Hayes. He died on January 18, 2015 in Palm Desert, ...

116. Stewart Stern

Writer | Rebel Without a Cause

Stewart Stern was born on March 22, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Rachel, Rachel (1968) and Sybil (1976). He was married to Marilee Stiles Stern. He died on February 2, 2015 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

117. Richard L. Bare

Director | 77 Sunset Strip

Richard L. Bare was born on August 12, 1913 in Turlock, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for 77 Sunset Strip (1958), The Islanders (1960) and I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969). He was married to Gloria Jean Bailey, Jeanne Evans, Julie Van Zandt, Phyllis Coates, ...

118. Betty Lucas

Actress | Prisoner

Betty Lucas was born on May 31, 1924 in Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Prisoner (1979), Blue Heelers (1994) and Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (1984). She was married to Ralph W. Peterson. She died on April 7, 2015 in Sydney, New South Wales, ...

119. John Stephenson

Actor | Charlotte's Web

A 1941 graduate of Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, where he served on the student council and participated in forensics under dramatic coach John Davies, he took second place in the National Forensics League national contest in Lexington, Kentucky in dramatic declaration and oratorical ...

120. Gunter Berger

Actor | Der Havelkaiser

Gunter Berger was born on August 25, 1943 in Boppard, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Havelkaiser (1994), Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari (1998) and Ein Mann will nach oben (1978). He died on May 13, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

121. Anne Meara

Actress | Heavyweights

The incredibly gifted comedienne-actress Anne Meara is known for her comedic efforts alongside husband-comedian, Jerry Stiller; together, they were 'Stiller and Meara'; they were original members of the improvisational company, the Compass Players, which later evolved as the Second City Theater. ...

122. Elisabeth Wiedemann

Actress | Spätere Heirat erwünscht

Elisabeth Wiedemann was born on April 8, 1926 in Bassum, Province of Hanover, Prussia [now Lower Saxony], Germany. She was an actress, known for Spätere Heirat erwünscht (1966), Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973) and Bürger Schippel (1964). She was married to Werner Mengedoht and Richard...

123. Willy Hagara

Actor | Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein

Wilhelm 'Willy' Hagara was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927. He was initially trained as a postal clerk and practiced this profession as well. In 1946, he won a popular song contest in the Wiener Konzerthaus. He focused all his activities to this new career, and took singing and acting lessons. ...

124. Jack D'Arcy

Actor | Benny Lynch

Jack D'Arcy is known for Benny Lynch (1976).

125. Julie Harris

Costume_designer | Casino Royale

Julie Harris was born on March 26, 1921 in London, England, UK. She was a costume designer, known for Casino Royale (1967), Rollerball (1975) and Live and Let Die (1973). She died on May 30, 2015 in London, England, UK.

126. Johnny Keating

Music_department | Innocent Bystanders

Johnny Keating was born on September 10, 1927 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a composer, known for Innocent Bystanders (1972), Promise Her Anything (1966) and Hotel (1967). He was married to Emma (Emily) Roberts. He died on May 28, 2015 in West London, England, UK.

127. Reynaldo Rey

Actor | Friday

Reynaldo Rey was born on January 27, 1940 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Friday (1995), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and First Sunday (2008). He was married to Evelyn. He died on May 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

128. Claudio Caligari

Director | Non essere cattivo

Claudio Caligari was born on February 7, 1948 in Arona, Novara, Piedmont, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Don't Be Bad (2015), Toxic Love (1983) and The Scent of the Night (1998). He died on May 26, 2015 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

129. Betsy Palmer

Actress | Friday the 13th

Betsy Palmer was probably best known for playing Jason Voorhees' mother in the horror film Friday the 13th (1980), but her career as an actress began many years before.

Palmer was born Patricia Betsy Hrunek in East Chicago, Indiana, to Marie (née Love), who launched the Chicago Business College, and...

130. José Canalejas

Actor | Django

José Canalejas was born on February 14, 1925 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Django (1966), Three Supermen of the West (1973) and Horror Express (1972). He was married to María del Carmen Yegros Antón. He died on May 1, 2015 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

131. Alberto De Martino

Writer | Holocaust 2000

Alberto De Martino was born on June 12, 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Chosen (1977), The Pumaman (1980) and The Invincible Gladiator (1961). He died on June 2, 2015 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

132. Edith Hancke

Actress | Holiday in St. Tropez

Edith Hancke was born on October 14, 1928 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Holiday in St. Tropez (1964), Das Paradies der flotten Sünder (1968) and Schwarzwälder Kirsch (1958). She was married to Klaus Sonnenschein and Lutz Moik. She died on June 4, 2015 in ...

133. Pierre Brice

Actor | Winnetou - 3. Teil

Pierre Brice was born on 6 February 1929 in Brest, France. After enlisting as volunteer to the French Army and fighting in Indochina, he attended acting lessons and got a first small role in Ça va barder (1955). In 1962, the German producer Horst Wendlandt searched for an actor who should ...

134. Richard Johnson

Actor | The Haunting

Born in Upminster, Essex, England in 1927, Richard Johnson attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and then performed in John Gielgud's repertory company until joining the navy in 1945 until 1948. After the war, he appeared successfully in the West End and made his film debut in the ...

135. Giacomo Furia

Actor | Il re di Poggioreale

Giacomo Furia was born on January 2, 1925 in Arienzo, Campania, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Il re di Poggioreale (1961), Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959) and The Commander (1988). He died on June 5, 2015 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

136. Mary Ellen Trainor

Actress | The Goonies

Mary Ellen Trainor was born in Chicago, Illinois. She appeared in many feature-films of the 1980s, notable characters include, Elaine, the kidnapped sister of Kathleen Turner and the catalyst for the entire plot in Romancing the Stone (1984), Dr. Stephanie Woods (LA Police Psychiatrist) in in all ...

137. Hiroshi Koizumi

Actor | Mosura

Hiroshi Koizumi was born on August 12, 1926, in Kamakura City, Japan. He graduated from Keio University in 1948. He joined NHK television as an announcer and was selected to be part of the third-annual Tôhô New Face acting class in 1951. The following year, Koizumi made his acting debut in Tôhô ...

138. John Carter

Actor | The Andromeda Strain

John Carter was born on November 26, 1927 in Center Ridge, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Andromeda Strain (1971), Celebrity (1998) and Badlands (1973). He was married to Kendall Thompson Friede (Fewel) and Barbara Jane Williams. He died on May 23, 2015 in New York City,...

139. James Last

Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

James Last was born on April 17, 1929 in Bremen, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Ocean's Eight (2018) and Shallow Grave (1994). He was married to Christine Grundner and Waltraut. He died on June 9, 2015 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

140. Ron Moody

Actor | Oliver!

Equipped with a crooked, leering smirk and devilish gleam in his eye, actor Ron Moody will be most assuredly remembered for one signature role, despite the fact that the talented comedian had much, much more to offer. Carol Channing may have had her Dolly Levi and Yul Brynner his King of Siam, but ...

141. Robert Chartoff

Producer | Creed

Robert Chartoff was born on August 26, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Creed (2015), Rocky (1976) and Raging Bull (1980). He was married to Jenny Weyman-Cockle, Vanessa Howard and Phyllis Raphael. He died on June 10, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

142. Christopher Lee

Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it ...

143. Dusty Rhodes

Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW

"The American Dream" has been one of the most popular and colorful professional wrestlers in history. Rhodes began wrestling in the 1960s and gained a reputation as a fast-talking, hard-rocking wrestler. He teamed early in his career with fellow Texan, the late Dick Murdoch, and, for more than 20 ...

144. Harry Rowohlt

Actor | Lindenstraße

Philantrophist, Man of Letters, publisher, translator, columnist - these are the attributes that could describe Harry Rowohlt. He is a member of the publisher family Rowohlt from the fa-mous German Publishing House Rowohlt Verlag, but by no means a conformist one. The guy with the gray hair and the...

145. Monica Lewis

Actress | Earthquake

For almost two decades, Monica Lewis was the idealized, wholesomely sexy sound and image of apple-pie America, lending a curvaceous, dimpled smile and melodious voice of hope to thousands of U.S. troops through two of the 20th century's greatest wars. She starred on the very first "Ed Sullivan Show...

146. Laura Antonelli

Actress | Passione d'amore

Laura Antonelli was born on November 28, 1941 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Passion of Love (1981), Malicious (1973) and The Innocent (1976). She was married to Enrico Piacentini. She died on June 22, 2015 in Ladispoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

147. James Horner

Music_department | Titanic

James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s. After receiving a bachelor's degree in music at USC, he would go on to earn his master's degree at UCLA and teach music theory there. He ...

148. Helmuth Lohner

Actor | The Plot to Kill Hitler

Helmuth Lohner was born on April 24, 1933 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990), Die schöne Lügnerin (1959) and Frau Warrens Gewerbe (1960). He was married to Elisabeth Gürtler, Karin Baal, Susanne Cramer and Ricarda Reinisch. He died ...

149. Tony Longo

Actor | Sixteen Candles

Tony Longo was a working character actor for more than three decades. Born in New Jersey, he moved out to Los Angeles and within the first few weeks landed a recurring role on the hit TV series "Alice". In that same year he did his first 3 films, "16 Candles", "Splash" and "Fletch". Next he was ...

150. Dick Van Patten

Actor | Spaceballs

Dick Van Patten began acting as a child. He made his first of 27 Broadway appearances at age seven in "Tapestry in Grey." After, he appeared in numerous films, including Freaky Friday (1976), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Spaceballs (1987). His television credits include his best-known role...

151. Magali Noël

Actress | Amarcord

Magali Noël was born on June 27, 1931 in Izmir, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Amarcord (1973), Rififi (1955) and Z (1969). She was married to Jean-Pierre Bernard. She died on June 23, 2015 in Châteauneuf-Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

152. Patrick Macnee

Actor | The Avengers

British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...

153. Jack Carter

Actor | History of the World: Part I

Jack Carter was born on June 24, 1922 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Alligator (1980) and Amazing Stories (1985). He was married to Roxanne Wander, Paula Stewart and Joan Mann. He died on June ...

154. Dietrich Haugk

Director | Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk

Dietrich Haugk was born on May 12, 1925 in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964), Erzähl mir nichts (1964) and Agatha, laß das Morden sein! (1960). He was married to Silvia Lukan, Signe Seidel, Johanna von Koczian and ...

155. Ladislav Chudík

Actor | Kawasakiho ruze

Ladislav Chudík was born on May 27, 1924 in Hronec by Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Kawasakiho ruze (2009), Sokolovo (1975) and Vergeßt Mozart (1985). He was married to Alena. He died on June 29, 2015 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

156. Sergio Sollima

Writer | Requiem per un agente segreto

Sergio Sollima was born on April 27, 1921 in Rome, Italy. Like many of his colleagues, he began his career as a film critic before gaining entry into the movie industry as a screenwriter. After authorizing a number of book volumes on film history, Sollima used his contacts to began his career as a ...

157. Edward Burnham

Actor | To Sir, with Love

Edward Burnham was born on December 25, 1916 in Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for To Sir, with Love (1967), Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and Little Dorrit (1987). He was married to Lucille. He died on June 30, 2015 in the UK.

158. Peter Garden

Actor | Schön ist die Welt

Peter Garden was born on August 17, 1924 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Schön ist die Welt (1957), Wehe wenn sie losgelassen... (1958) and Hugo, der Weiberschreck (1969). He was married to Margit Nünke and Christiane Jansen. He died on January 7, 2015 in Germany.

159. Seth Winston

Writer | Session Man

Seth Winston was born on August 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Session Man (1991), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Magical Thinking. He was married to Susan. He died on June 5, 2015 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

160. Rick Ducommun

Actor | The 'Burbs

Once an overweight comic from Canada, Rick Ducommun slimmed down in the late 1980s and went on to tackle solid co-starring roles in feature films and TV, as well as headline several HBO and other pay-cable specials.

Ducommun grew up on a farm, the son of an entrepreneur father with whom he did not ...

161. Jacques Sernas

Actor | Helen of Troy

With eye-catching good looks, blond Lithuanian-born actor Jacques Sernas (aka Jack Sernas) is best known for cutting a fine figure in European costumers and spectacles in the 1950s and 1960s. Born on July 30, 1925, his father died when he was a year old and the boy would be raised by his mother in ...

162. Diana Douglas

Actress | Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Diana Douglas was born on January 22, 1923 in Devonshire, Bermuda. She was an actress, known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), Remington Steele (1982) and The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951). She was married to Donald Albert Webster, Bill Darrid and Kirk Douglas. She died on July 3, 2015 ...

163. Jerry Weintraub

Producer | The Avengers

Jerry Weintraub was born on September 26, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for The Avengers (1998), The Firm (1993) and The Next Karate Kid (1994). He was married to Jane Morgan and Janice Ivy Greenberg. He died on July 6, 2015 in Santa Barbara, ...

164. Amanda Peterson

Actress | Can't Buy Me Love

Amanda Peterson was born on July 8, in Greeley, Colorado. With a natural beauty, powerful charm and a strong personality this talented and truly gifted actress began her career in film industry at age 9, with the feature film Annie (1982), directed by Academy Award-winner John Huston. To ...

165. Irwin Keyes

Actor | The Flintstones

Large (6'1"), affable, and commanding character actor Irwin Keyes was born on March 16, 1952 in New York City. Keyes grew up in Amityville, New York and graduated from Amityville Memorial High School in 1970. He acted in his first play "The Lower Depths" by Maxim Grody while attending college. ...

166. Omar Sharif

Actor | Lawrence of Arabia

Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and ...

167. Roger Rees

Actor | Frida

Like a number of British actors of the same generation (John Hurt and Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained for the visual arts. He was born on May 5 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, and acted in church and Boy Scouts stage productions while growing up in South London, but studied ...

168. Satoru Iwata

Producer | Zeruda no densetsu Towairaito purinsesu

Satoru Iwata was born on December 6, 1959 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a producer and actor, known for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006), Metroid Prime (2002) and Metroid: Zero Mission (2004). He was married to Kayoko Iwata. He died on July 11, 2015 in Kyoto, Japan.

169. Wolf Gremm

Director | Kamikaze 1989

Wolf Gremm was born on February 26, 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Kamikaze 89 (1982), Tod oder Freiheit (1977) and Die Brüder (1977). He was married to Regina Ziegler. He died on July 14, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

170. Olaf Pooley

Actor | The Corpse

He was born in Parkstone, Dorset, England. His father was English and his mother was Danish. Olaf was a student of architecture at the Architectural Association, London, and of painting at the Chelsea School of Art. In Paris, he studied under the tutelage of Marcel Grommaire, at the Acedemie ...

171. Aubrey Morris

Actor | A Clockwork Orange

He was one of those delightful, typically British actors with a penchant for playing eccentrics. Early in his career, Jeremy Brett once quaintly introduced Aubrey Morris to Noël Coward as "the finest small-part player in London". Born Aubrey Steinberg of Jewish-Ukrainian ancestry, he was one of ...

172. Alex Rocco

Actor | The Godfather

Tough, gruff, thick-browed, volatile-looking character actor Alex Rocco was born Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr. on February 29, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Cambridge, Mass. He grew up a member of Boston's Winter Hill gang (his nickname was "Bobo") and was briefly detained regarding a murder ...

173. Ulrich Lenk

Actor | Tears of Kali

Ulrich Lenk was born on December 26, 1966 in Dresden, East Germany [now Saxony, Germany]. He was an actor, known for Tears of Kali (2004), Police Call 110 (1971) and Meine schönsten Jahre (2004). He died on July 16, 2015 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.

174. George Coe

Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon

George Coe was born on May 10, 1929 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and The Stepford Wives (1975). He was married to Karen Foray, Nancy Baker and Susan Allsopp Massaron. He died...

175. Van Alexander

Soundtrack | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Composer, bandleader, conductor, and author Van Alexander was educated at Columbia University, then formed his own orchestra playing in theatres and on radio, later arranging and conducting for radio. He was the chief conductor and arranger for Gordon MacRae and Sheila MacRae. His chief musical ...

176. Nova Pilbeam

Actress | Young and Innocent

Nova Pilbeam was a famous child actress on stage and screen in the UK. Her biggest successes were her two movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and this film. She married director Pen Tennyson in 1939, but unfortunately she was widowed less than two years later when ...

177. Theodore Bikel

Actor | My Fair Lady

Theodore Bikel is one of the most versatile and respected actors and performers of his generation. A master of languages, dialects and accents, he has played every sort of film villain and semi-bad guy imaginable, and always adds depth, dimension and even sympathy to characters that would end up as...

178. Natasha Parry

Actress | Romeo and Juliet

Natasha Parry was born on December 2, 1930 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Romeo and Juliet (1968), Midnight Lace (1960) and Crow Hollow (1952). She was married to Peter Brook. She died on July 22, 2015 in Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France.

179. Robin Phillips

Actor | Broome Stages

Robin Phillips was born on February 28, 1942 in Haslemere, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Broome Stages (1966), Doctor Who (1963) and The Forsyte Saga (1967). He died on July 25, 2015 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

180. Roddy Piper

Actor | They Live

Roddy Piper was born Roderick George Toombs on April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a pro wrestler from 1973-1987 in the NWA, Pacific Northwest, California. He was a longtime mainstay in the WWF, and was one of the biggest "bad guys" in the WWF during the early '80s, before ...

181. Coleen Gray

Actress | The Killing

Coleen Gray was born in Staplehurst, Nebraska, in 1922. After graduating from high school she studied dramatics at Hamline University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She then decided to see America and traveled to California, stopping off at La Jolla where she worked as a waitress. ...

182. Peter Ehrlich

Actor | Ein Mann namens Harry Brent

Peter Ehrlich was born on March 25, 1933 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ein Mann namens Harry Brent (1968), Berlinger (1975) and Der Sittlichkeitsverbrecher (1963). He was married to Elisabeth Roon. He died on July 26, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland.

183. George Cole

Actor | Quentin Durward

George Cole OBE was a veteran British film, television and stage actor whose impressive career spanned over 60 years. For many, he will perhaps be best remembered for playing one of the most endearing characters of recent times on British television, "Arthur Daley", the shifty but very likable "...

184. Terrence Evans

Actor | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Terrence Evans was born on June 20, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). He was married to Heidi. He died on August 7, 2015 in Burbank, California...

185. Jack Gold

Director | Aces High

Jack Gold was born on June 28, 1930 in London, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Aces High (1976), The National Health (1973) and Famine (1967). He was married to Denyse Alexander. He died on August 9, 2015.

186. Max Greger

Music_department | Fanfaren der Liebe

Max Greger was born on April 2, 1926 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Fanfaren der Liebe (1951), Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (1958) and The Hanged Man (1975). He was married to Johanna Greger. He died on August 15, 2015 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

187. Stephen Lewis

Actor | Last of the Summer Wine

Stephen Lewis, will be chiefly remembered for the comedy catchphrase: "I 'ate you Butler!" He delivered it week after week in the hit sitcom On The Buses, a saucy slice of life that ran on ITV from 1969 to 1973. Lewis was Cyril "Blakey" Blake, a bus inspector with a Hitler moustache and delusions ...

188. Pierre Jansen

Composer | Violette Nozière

Pierre Jansen was born on February 28, 1930 in Roubaix, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Violette (1978), The Good Time Girls (1960) and Blue Panther (1965). He was married to Colette Zerah. He died on August 13, 2015 in Saint-Pierre-Saint-Jean, Rhone-Alpes, ...

189. Kitty McGeever

Actress | Emmerdale Farm

Kitty McGeever was born on October 15, 1966 in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), B. Monkey (1998) and The Unfolding (2016). She died on August 16, 2015 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

190. David A. Prior

Writer | Raw Justice

David A. Prior was born on October 5, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Raw Justice (1994), Night Trap (1993) and Lost at War (2007). He died on August 16, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

191. Rolf Henniger

Actor | Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried

Rolf Henniger was born on August 30, 1925 in Erfurt, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1966), Der Prozeß Carl von O. (1964) and Heinrich IV. (1967). He was married to Eva Katharina Schultz. He died on August 15, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

192. Peter Janisch

Actor | Tatort

Peter Janisch was born on December 20, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Tatort (1970), Café Österreich (1964) and Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977). He was married to Milla. He died on August 17, 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

193. Bud Yorkin

Producer | Blade Runner 2049

Bud Yorkin was born on February 22, 1926 in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Sanford and Son (1972) and Blade Runner (1982). He was married to Cynthia Sikes and Peg Yorkin. He died on August 18, 2015 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, ...

194. Yvonne Craig

Actress | Batgirl

Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She ...

195. Melody Patterson

Actress | F Troop

Melody Patterson was born on April 16, 1949 in Inglewood, California. She started performing at the age of four, appearing in "Mrs. McThing" at the Downey Community Theatre in Downey, California. She attended the Hollywood Professional School and later studied at the American Academy of Dramatic ...

196. Peter Kern

Director | Der letzte Sommer der Reichen

Peter Kern was born on February 13, 1949 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for The Last Summer of the Rich (2014), Domenica (1993) and Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977). He died on August 26, 2015 in Vienna, Austria.

197. Peter Arens

Actor | Der letzte Sommer

Peter Arens was born on February 18, 1928 in Freiburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Last Summer (1954), Die Troerinnen des Euripides (1959) and Die Häuser des Herrn Sartorius (1965). He was married to Margrit Ensinger. He died on August 25, 2015 in Stäfa, Zurich, Switzerland.

198. Wes Craven

Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.

Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...

199. Dean Jones

Actor | The Love Bug

Born in Decatur, Alabama and christened Dean Carroll Jones, the actor's father worked for a railroad company and the family moved often, living in Washington, DC, Nashville, and New Orleans. "It was in New Orleans I really learned how to sing", Jones told the Pittsburgh Press in 1969. Dropping out ...

200. Sergio Ciani

Actor | Maciste e la regina di Samar

One of a load of ab-normal muscular men who stood on the Neopolitan pectoral pedestal during the sword-and-sandal craze of the early 1960s, Sergio Ciani was born in Italy and went by the aptly-named stage moniker "Alan Steel" while in the meat of his film career. Playing assorted mythological ...