Films in History

Events 1 - 100 of 1,004

• 1880-02-04 Steele MacKay's play "Hazel Kirke" premieres in New York City

• 1895-03-30 British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford and Cambridge boat race
• 1896-04-23 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st shown at Koster & Bial's Music Hall, New York City
• 1901-12-04 Anne Russell's play "'Girl and the judge" premieres in New York
• 1903-12-01 "The Great Train Robbery" the 1st Western film, released starring Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson
• 1908-08-17 Booth Tarkington & Harry Leon Wilson's play "Man from Home" premieres in New York
• 1913-03-25 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (NYC) starring Ed Wynn

• 1915-10-09 Louis Kaufmans comedy "Unchastened Woman" premieres in New York City
• 1916-09-05 "Intolerance", silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Vera Lewis and Ralph Lewis, is released
• 1917-01-11 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's musical "Have a Heart" premieres in New York
• 1920-02-26 German silent horror film classic "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" starring Werner Krauss is released

• 1924-02-04 George Kelly's play "Show-Off," premieres in New York City
• 1924-03-18 Silent film classic "The Thief of Bagdad" based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh is released

• 1925-06-26 "The Gold Rush", directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released
• 1925-12-21 "Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premieres in Moscow

• 1927-01-10 Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson's stage comedy "Tommy", starring Alan Bunce, Peg Entwistle, and Sidney Toler, opens at the Gaiety Theatre, NYC; runs for 232 performances

• 1927-07-23 Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson's stage comedy "Tommy", starring Alan Bunce, Peg Entwistle, and Sidney Toler, closes at the Gaiety Theatre, NYC, after 232 performances
• 1927-08-12 "Wings", one of only two silent films - the other being The Artist in 2011 - to win an Oscar for best picture, opens starring Clara Bow (Outstanding Picture 1929)

• 1928-09-11 1st ever TV drama WGY's "Queens Messenger" broadcast in the New York area starring Izetta Jewell
• 1928-11-26 Philip Barry's play "Holiday" premieres in New York City
• 1928-12-12 Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne's play "Wings over Europe" premieres in New York City
• 1929-02-01 "The Broadway Melody" directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bessie Love is released. 1st film with sound to win an Oscar (Outstanding Picture 1930)
• 1929-11-04 John L. Balderston's play "Berkeley Square" starring Leslie Howard premieres in NYC

• 1931-01-30 "City Lights", American silent romantic comedy film directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring himself and Virginia Cherrill, premieres at Los Angeles Theater

• 1931-05-11 "M" Fritz Lang's first sound film starring Peter Lorre premieres in Berlin

• 1932-02-03 "Shanghai Express" directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook and Anna Mae Wong premieres in Los Angeles

• 1932-07-28 "White Zombie" - 1st feature length zombie film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Bela Lugosi is released in the US

• 1932-12-22 "The Mummy" directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff is released in the US - 1st Mummy horror film

• 1933-01-24 Noël Coward's stage comedy "Design for Living", starring Alfred Lunt; Lynn Fontanne, and Coward himself, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 155 performances

• 1933-11-17 Marx brothers film "Duck Soup" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers is released in the US

• 1933-12-29 "Sons of the Desert" film directed by William A. Seiter starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is released
• 1934-02-22 "It Happened One Night" directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall (Academy Awards Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay 1935)
• 1934-09-12 "L'Atalante", French film directed by Jean Vigo, starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté, is released
• 1934-09-28 "Judge Priest" film directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers is released

• 1934-12-28 Film "Bright Eyes" premieres starring Shirley Temple and featuring the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
• 1935-02-22 "The Little Colonel" premieres starring Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore and Bill Robinson, featuring famous stair dance with Hollywood's first interracial dance couple
• 1935-04-19 "Bride of Frankenstein" horror film classic and sequel to "Frankenstein" starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lancaster is released

• 1935-09-07 Romantic comedy film "Page Miss Glory" starring Marion Davies premieres in the USA

• 1936-02-05 "Modern Times", silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released
• 1936-02-07 Felix the Cat, animated film released by Van Beuren Studios licensed from Otto Messmer

• 1936-09-04 RKO Radio Pictures releases "Swing Time", directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• 1936-12-16 John Monks and Fred Finklehoff's play "Brother Rat" premieres in New York City

• 1937-07-19 Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood

• 1938-02-16 "Bringing Up Baby" film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, is released

• 1938-07-16 John Murray and Allen Boretz's stage comedy "Room Service", starring Sam Levene, Eddie Albert, and Phillip Loeb, closes at the Cort Theatre, NYC, after 500 performances

• 1938-09-21 RKO film comedy "Room Service", starring the Marx Brothers, based on Allen Boretz and John Murray's play, premieres in NYC
• 1938-10-15 Robert E Sherwood's stage drama "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", starring Raymond Massey, opens at the Plymouth Theatre, NYC; runs for 472 performances

• 1939-07-07 "The Rules of the Game", French film directed by Jean Renoir, starring Nora Gregor and Paulette Dubost, premieres in Paris

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Birthdays 1 - 100 of 106

• 1844-12-08 Émile Reynaud, French inventor of the praxinoscope who created the first projected animated films (Pantomimes Lumineuses), born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France (d. 1918)
• 1874-04-28 [Hooper] Sidney Toler, American theater director, playwright, stage and screen actor (Madame X; Meeting at Midnight; Charlie Chan films, 1938-46), born in Warrensburg, Missouri (d. 1947)
• 1875-02-26 Emma Dunn, British-American stage, silent and sound film actress (Dr. Monica; Dr. Kildare (films); Hideaway), born in Birkenhead, Cheshire (d. 1966)

• 1885-11-10 Esther Dale, American actress (Curly Top; The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in Beaufort, South Carolina (d. 1961)
• 1887-08-27 James Finlayson, Scottish-American stage and silent and "talkie" film actor (Laurel and Hardy films), born in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1953)
• 1888-07-16 Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
• 1888-11-24 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor and prototype for silent films master criminal (Metropolis, Spies), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1955)
• 1890-01-16 Lloyd Bacon, American actor (Charlie Chaplin films), born in San Jose, California (d. 1955)
• 1890-02-24 Marjorie Main [Mary Tomlinson], American vaudeville and screen actress (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films; Another Thin Man), born near Acton, Indiana (d. 1975)
• 1890-04-26 Edgar Kennedy, American silent and sound screen character actor famous for his 'slow burn' (Laurel & Hardy films; Duck Soup; "Average Man" shorts) and director (From Soup to Nuts), born in Lake San Antonio, California (d. 1948)

• 1891-03-21 Jonathan Hale [Hatley], Canadian-American, actor (Blondie films; The Saint films), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1960)
• 1891-06-13 Nell Craig, American actress (Dr. Kildare (films); The Queen of Sheba), born in Princeton, New Jersey (d. 1965)
• 1892-12-29 Emory Parnell, American vaudeville performer and character actor (Life of RIley; County Fair; Falcon films; Ma and Pa Kettle movies), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1979)
• 1895-05-15 Charles Lamont, American actor and director (Abbott & Costello films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1993)
• 1895-09-26 Fay Holden, British actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1973)
• 1895-12-02 Jesse Crawford, American pianist, theatre organist for silent films, and recording artist, born in Woodland, California (d. 1962)
• 1897-09-10 David L. Snell, American pianist and composer for films (MGM Studio), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1967)
• 1899-07-01 Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr., American fictional film character (Indiana Jones films)
• 1899-08-07 Renie Riano, British-American vaudeville and screen actress (Jiggs and Maggie films; The Family Jewels), born in London, England (d. 1971)
• 1900-08-13 Gordon Sparling, Canadian pioneering filmmaker (Canadian Cameo series - Canada's first major films with sound), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1994) [1]
• 1901-12-05 Ray Whitley, American country and western singer-songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again") and actor (Tim Holt films), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1979)
• 1903-03-03 Gilbert Adrian [Greenberg], American costume designer (MGM films, The Wizard of Oz), born in Naugatuck, Connecticut (d. 1959)

• 1908-04-24 Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress, mostly in silent films (The Cameraman; The Jazz Age; The Arm of the Law), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 2000)
• 1908-12-28 Lew Ayres, American actor (All Quiet on Western Front; Holiday; Dr Kildare (films); Johnny Belinda), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1996)
• 1909-04-05 Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as "Cubby", born in New York City (d. 1996)
• 1911-03-23 Charles Russhon, American airforce officer (liaison for James Bond films) (d. 1982)
• 1911-08-27 Johnny Eck [Eckhardt], American sideshow performer, actor (Freaks; Tarzan films), magician, and artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1991)
• 1911-12-03 Nino Rota [Giovanni Rota Rinaldi], Italian classical and film score composer (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze; The Godfather (I & II); 16 Federico Fellini films), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1979)
• 1914-09-12 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1999)

• 1916-10-10 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
• 1916-11-23 Michael Gough, English actor (Hammer Horror Films, Search for the Nile), born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (d. 2011)
• 1919-08-26 Ronny Graham [Stringer], American composer, lyricist, screenwriter (M*A*S*H (TV series), and actor (Chico & the Man; Mel Brooks films), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
• 1922-02-07 Josephine "Hattie" Jacques, British comedy actress (Carry on films, Hancock's Half Hour), born in Kent, England (d. 1980)
• 1922-10-27 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)
• 1923-01-05 Harvey Lembeck, American stage and screen actor (The Phil Silvers Show; Stalag 17; Beach Party films), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1982)
• 1923-03-06 Ed McMahon, American TV side-kick (Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), and host (Star Search), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009)
• 1923-07-22 Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films, born in Delhi, British India (d. 1976)

• 1924-04-20 Leslie Phillips, British stage and screen, screen, and radio actor (Carry On; Harry Potter films), born in Tottenham, England (d. 2022) [1]
• 1927-05-04 Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), born in Watford, Hertfordshire (d. 1994)
• 1929-06-11 Lennie Niehaus, American jazz saxophonist and film composer (Clint Eastwood films), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2020)
• 1929-12-09 Michel Fano, French composer (films of Alain Robbe-Grillet), born in Paris, France
• 1930-05-09 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), born in Laindon, Essex, England (d. 2001)

• 1932-04-29 King Hu, Chinese film director and actor (wuxia films), born in Beijing, Republic of China (d. 1997)
• 1932-11-12 John Marshall, American filmmaker and activist (Ju/'hoan Bushman films), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2005) [1]
• 1935-07-17 Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor (The Dirty Dozen; M*A*S*H (film): Ordinary People; Hunger; Games films), born in St. John, New Brunswick
• 1935-07-31 Mort Crim, American broadcast journalist, author, and inspiration for the Ron Burgundy character in the "Anchorman" films, born in West Frankfort, Illinois
• 1936-10-28 Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant's Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC's Pride and Prejudice), born in New York City (d. 2023)
• 1937-08-06 Barbara Windsor, British actress and Dame (Carry On films; EastEnders), born in London, England (d. 2020)

• 1943-05-03 Gregory Bowen, Welsh big band jazz and session trumpet player (James Bond films), born in Llangennech, South Wales
• 1943-07-05 (Jaime Royal) "Robbie" Robertson, Canadian-Mohawk singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band - "The Weight"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), and soundtrack composer (Martin Scorsese films), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2023) [1] [2]
• 1943-11-28 Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter ("Short People"; "You've Got a Friend in Me"; "Louisiana 1927") and film score composer (The Natural; Seabiscuit; Pixar films), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• 1944-07-17 Catherine Schell [Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott], Hungarian-born British actress (two Pink Panther films), born in Budapest, Hungary
• 1946-10-26 Holly Woodlawn, transgender Puerto Rican actress (Warhol films), born in Juana Díaz (d. 2015)
• 1946-11-03 Tom Savini, American prosthetic makeup artist (George Romero films), actor, and director, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• 1948-09-24 Gordon Clapp, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actor (NYPD Blue - "Greg Medavoy"; John Sayles films), born in North Conway, New Hampshire
• 1948-10-17 Margot Kidder, Canadian American actress (Lois Lane in Superman films, Amityville Horror), born in Yellowknife, Canada (d. 2018)
• 1949-01-16 Caroline Munro, British actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad; Hammer Horror films), and singer ("Tar and Cement"; "Pump Me Up"), born in Windsor, England

• 1951-06-09 James Newton Howard, American film composer (The Hunger Games; M. Night Shyamalan films), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1952-06-05 Mukesh Bhatt, Indian film producer (Vishesh Films), born in Mumbai, India

• 1955-07-18 Teresa Ann Savoy, British actress in Italian Films (Caligula; Salon Kitty), born in London, England (d. 2017)
• 1955-08-03 Corey Burton [Weinberg], American voice actor (Adventures in Odyssey; Dismey themeparks and films), born in Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California

• 1960-11-10 Neil Gaiman, English writer of graphic novels, films and fiction (American Gods, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane), born in Portchester, Hampshire, England
• 1964-03-16 Gore Verbinski, American movie director (Pirates of the Caribbean films; Rango), born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
• 1965-11-24 Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress (Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter films), born in Forres, Scotland

• 1970-02-03 Warwick Davis, English actor (Willow, Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter films), born in Epsom, England
• 1970-04-25 Jason Lee, American comic actor (My Name Is Earl; Kevin Smith films; Alvin an the Chipmunks), and skateboard maker, born in Santa Ana, California
• 1970-07-03 Benedict Wong, English actor (Wong in Marvel films), born in Eccles, England
• 1971-03-07 Matthew Vaughn, British producer and director (Kingsman films), born in London, England
• 1972-05-14 Gabriel Mann [Mick], American actor (Bourne films - "Danny Zorn"; Revenge -"Norman"), born in Middlebury, Vermont
• 1972-11-06 Rebecca Romijn (O'Connell), American model and actress (X-Men films; Ugly Betty; The Librarians), born in Berkeley, California
• 1973-09-12 Maximiliano Hernández, American actor (Mr. Mercedes; The Americans, 2013; Marvel Universe films), born in Brooklyn, NYC
• 1973-10-10 S.S. Rajamouli, Indian film director (Baahubali films, highest grossing Indian director), born in Hire Kotnekal, Mysore, India
• 1974-05-22 Sean Gunn, American actor (Gilmore Girls - "Kirk"; Marvel superhero films), born in St. Louis, Missouri

• 1978-06-18 Tara Platt, American actress and voice actress for Japanese anime films (Temari-Naruto), born in Fairfax, Virginia
• 1978-07-21 Justin Bartha, American actor (National Treasure films), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• 1978-11-10 Eve [Jeffers-Cooper], American rapper ("Let Me Blow Ya Mind"), actress (Barbershop films), and television personality (The Talk), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1979-03-14 Chris Klein, American actor (American Pie films), born in Hinsdale, Illinois

• 1980-10-04 Jimmy Workman, American actor (Pugsley-Addams Family Films), born in Fairfax, Virginia
• 1982-10-30 Clémence Poésy [Guichard], French stage and screen actress (Harry Potter films; The Tunnel), and fashion model, born in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
• 1983-05-12 Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor (Harry Potter films, The Revenant), born in Dublin, Ireland
• 1983-06-19 Aidan Turner, Irish stage and screen actor (The Hobbit films; Poldark), born in Clondalkin, Dublin
• 1986-02-25 James and Oliver Phelps, British identical twin actors (Harry Potter films), born in the Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
• 1986-03-16 Alexandra Daddario, American actress (Percy Jackson films; White Lotus; Mayfair Witches), born in New York City
• 1986-05-03 Pom Klementiff, French actress (Oldboy; Marvel Universe films), born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
• 1986-11-15 Winston Duke, Tobagonian actor (Black Panther films; Us), born in Argyle, Tobago

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• 1918-01-09 Émile Reynaud, French inventor of the praxinoscope who created the first projected animated films (Pantomimes Lumineuses), dies at 73
• 1933-11-12 James T. Kelley, Irish silent film actor (Charlie films - The Rink; The Immigrant; A Dog's Life), dies at 79
• 1947-02-12 [Hooper] Sidney Toler, American theater director, playwright, stage and screen actor (Madame X; Meeting at Midnight; Charlie Chan films, 1938-46), dies of cancer at 72
• 1948-11-09 Edgar Kennedy, American silent and sound screen character actor famous for his 'slow burn' (Laurel & Hardy films; Duck Soup; "Average Man" shorts) and director (From Soup to Nuts), dies of throat cancer at 58
• 1953-10-09 James Finlayson, Scottish-American stage, and silent and "talkie" film actor (Laurel and Hardy films), dies of a heart attack at 66

• 1955-04-30 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor and prototype for silent films master criminal (Metropolis, Spies), dies at 69

• 1961-07-23 Esther Dale, American actress (Curly Top; The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), dies after surgery at 75
• 1962-05-28 Jesse Crawford, American pianist, theatre organist for silent films, and recording artist, dies at 66
• 1964-12-11 Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), dies at 76
• 1965-01-05 Nell Craig, American actress (Dr. Kildare (films); The Queen of Sheba), dies at 73

• 1966-02-28 Jonathan Hale [Hatley], Canadian-American, actor (Blondie films; The Saint films), shoots himself at 74
• 1966-12-14 Emma Dunn, British-American stage, silent and sound film actress (Dr. Monica; Dr. Kildare (films); Hideaway), dies at 91
• 1967-03-27 David L. Snell, American pianist and composer for films (MGM Studio), dies at 69
• 1970-03-23 Del Lord, Canadian director (Three Stooges films), dies at 75
• 1971-07-03 Renie Riano, British-American vaudeville and screen actress (Jiggs and Maggie films; The Family Jewels), dies after long illness at 71
• 1973-06-23 Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77
• 1975-04-10 Marjorie Main [Mary Tomlinson], American vaudeville and screen actress (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films; Another Thin Man), dies of lung cancer at 85
• 1976-08-27 Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films, dies of a heart attack at 53
• 1979-02-21 Ray Whitley, American country and western singer-songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again") and actor (Tim Holt films), dies at 77
• 1979-06-22 Emory Parnell, American vaudeville performer and character actor (Life of RIley; County Fair; Falcon films; Ma and Pa Kettle movies), dies of a heat attack at 86
• 1980-06-18 Terence Fisher, English film director (Hammer Films), dies at 76
• 1980-10-06 Josephine "Hattie" Jacques, British comedy actress (Carry on films, Hancock's Half Hour), dies of a heart attack at 58
• 1982-01-05 Harvey Lembeck, American stage and screen actor (The Phil Silvers Show; Stalag 17; Beach Party films), dies of a heat attack at 58

• 1986-09-28 Carmen De Rue, American child actor in silent films, dies at 78
• 1987-08-01 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, dies of a stroke at 70
• 1990-07-21 Stanley Shapiro, American screenwriter (Doris Day films), dies of leukemia at 65
• 1991-01-05 Johnny Eck [Eckhardt], American sideshow performer, actor (Freaks; Tarzan films), magician, and artist, dies of a heart attack at 79
• 1993-09-12 Charles Lamont, American actor and director (Abbott & Costello films), dies at 95
• 1993-11-28 Kenneth Connor, English comedian and actor, best known for his "Carry On" films, dies of cancer at 75
• 1994-02-19 Gordon Sparling, Canadian pioneering filmmaker (Canadian Cameo series - Canada's first major films with sound), dies at 93 [1]

• 1994-07-26 Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
• 1996-06-27 Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as "Cubby", dies at 87
• 1996-12-30 Lew Ayres, American actor (All Quiet on Western Front; Holiday; Dr. Kildare (films); Johnny Belinda), dies at 88
• 1997-01-14 King Hu, Chinese film director, (wuxia films), dies at 64
• 1998-06-03 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), dies at 75
• 1999-07-04 Ronny Graham [Stringer], American composer, lyricist, screenwriter (M*A*S*H (TV series), and actor (Chico & the Man; Mel Brooks films), dies of liver disease at 79
• 1999-12-19 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, dies in a car crash at 85
• 2000-02-16 Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress, mostly in silent films (The Cameraman; The Jazz Age; The Arm of the Law), dies at 91
• 2001-06-28 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), dies from liver failure and diverticulitis at 71
• 2005-04-22 John Marshall, American filmmaker and activist (Ju/'hoan Bushman films), dies at 76 [1]
• 2008-12-18 Jack Douglas, English actor (Carry On films), dies at 81
• 2011-03-17 Michael Gough, English actor (Hammer Horror Films, Search for the Nile), dies at 94

• 2015-12-06 Holly Woodlawn, transgender Puerto Rican actress (Warhol films), dies at 69
• 2017-01-09 Teresa Ann Savoy, British actress in Italian films (Caligula; Salon Kitty), dies of cancer at 61
• 2018-05-13 Margot Kidder, Canadian American actress (Lois Lane in Superman films, Amityville Horror), dies at 69
• 2020-05-28 Lennie Niehaus, American jazz saxophonist and film composer (Clint Eastwood films), dies at 90
• 2020-12-10 Barbara Windsor, British actress and Dame (Carry On films, EastEnders). dies at 83

• 2022-11-07 Leslie Phillips, British stage, screen, and radio actor (Carry On; Harry Potter films), dies at 98 [1]
• 2023-08-09 (Jaime Royal) "Robbie" Robertson, Canadian-Mohawk singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band - "The Weight"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), and soundtrack composer (Martin Scorsese films), dies of prostate cancer at 80 [1] [2]

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