Celebrities who died in 2017
by thomaslevesque1992 | created - 04 Dec 2017 | updated - 04 Dec 2017 | Public
1. Francine York
Actress | The Family Man
Francine York was born in the small mining town of Aurora, Minnesota to her parents, Frank and Sophie Yerich. When Francine was five, her family (including her younger sister, Deanne) moved to Cleveland, where she began to write short stories and take an interest in acting. At age nine, Francine ...
2. Tony Rosato
Actor | Night Heat
Tony Rosato was born on December 26, 1954 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Heat (1985), SCTV (1976) and Seeds of Doubt (1998). He was married to Leah Murray. He died on January 10, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3. Miguel Ferrer
Actor | Traffic
Miguel Ferrer was an American actor known for playing Morton from RoboCop, Shan Yu from Mulan, Martian Manhunter from Justice League: The New Frontier, Slade Wilson from Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Death from Adventure Time, Sesa Refumee from Halo 2 and Vice President Rodriguez from Iron Man 3...
4. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
5. Mary Tyler Moore
Actress | Ordinary People
Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on December 29, 1936. Moore's family relocated to California when she was eight. Her childhood was troubled, due in part to her mother's alcoholism. The eldest of three siblings, she attended a Catholic high school and married upon her graduation, in...
6. Emmanuelle Riva
Actress | Hiroshima mon amour
An only child, Emmanuelle was born Paulette Germaine Riva in Cheniménil, but eventually grew up in Remiremont. Her mother, Jeanne Fernande Nourdin, was a seamstress. Her father, René Alfred "Alfredo" Riva, was a sign writer. Her paternal grandfather was Italian. She dreamed of becoming an actress ...
7. Richard Hatch
Actor | Battlestar Galactica
Born in Santa Monica, California, USA, Richard Hatch was studying classical piano at the age of eight, and knew he wanted to carve out a career as a performer before he reached his teens. After attending Harbor College in San Pedro, he joined a Los Angeles repertory company with which he traveled ...
8. Al Jarreau
Soundtrack | Moonlighting
Al Jarreau was born on March 12, 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Moonlighting (1985), Dick Tracy (1990) and Out of Africa (1985). He was married to Susan Player and Phyllis Hall. He died on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
9. George 'The Animal' Steele
Actor | Ed Wood
George 'The Animal' Steele ( his professional wrestling name) was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA as William James Myers. He was a wrestling superstar in the WWF. He had a public image of a wild type of creature that chewed on the turn buckles and sported a green tongue. In the 1990s he became an ...
10. Scott Lew
Producer | Let's Go to Prison
Scott Lew was born on September 24, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Let's Go to Prison (2006), Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) and Aberration (1997). He died on February 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
11. Bill Paxton
Actor | Aliens
Bill Paxton was born on May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of Mary Lou (Gray) and John Lane Paxton, a businessman and actor (as John Paxton). Bill moved to Los Angeles, California at age eighteen, where he found work in the film industry as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World ...
12. Tony Haygarth
Actor | Chicken Run
Instantly recognisable, often bearded Liverpudlian character actor who regularly featured on stage and screen in period productions, police dramas, sitcoms and soaps during a career that spanned five decades. Extremely prolific and versatile, he took on just about any type of role, merrily ...
13. Robert James Waller
Writer | The Bridges of Madison County
Robert James Waller was born on August 1, 1939 in Charles City, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004) and Sur la route de Madison (2007). He was married to Linda Bow and Georgia Weidemeier. He died on March 10, 2017 in ...
14. Felicia O'Dell
Actress | Hogan
Felicia O'Dell was born on May 7, 1957 in Louisiana, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Hogan (2017), Last Call (2015) and Bank (2016). She died on March 17, 2017 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA.
15. Chuck Berry
Soundtrack | Men in Black
Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll ...
16. 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 ...
17. Darlene Cates
Actress | What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Cates' acting career ignited after she appeared on an episode of Sally Jessy Raphael (1983), titled "Too Heavy to Leave Their House". Shortly after, author and screenwriter Peter Hedges proposed to her that she play Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio's morbidly obese and housebound mother in What's ...
18. Don Rickles
Actor | Kelly's Heroes
Donald Jay Rickles was born May 8, 1926 in New York. Following the Golden Era of Hollywood, he remained active until early 2017. He got his start in night clubs, toiling for over 20 years, until 1958, when he made his film debut in Run Silent Run Deep (1958). The movie was a big hit. Afterward, ...
19. Tim Pigott-Smith
Actor | V for Vendetta
A familiar patrician-looking face both here and abroad, blue-eyed, fair-haired classical stage and TV actor Tim Pigott-Smith, the son of a journalist, was born on in Rugby, Warwickshire, on May 13, 1946. The Britisher attended King Edward VI School in Stratford-upon-Avon, graduated from Bristol ...
20. Michael Ballhaus
Cinematographer | Goodfellas
Michael Ballhaus was a German cinematographer. He worked on many American films, including Baby It's You (1983), Old Enough (1984), After Hours (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York ...
21. Dorothy Mengering
Self | Late Show with David Letterman
Dorothy Mengering was born on July 18, 1921 in Linton, Indiana, USA. She was married to Hans Mengering and Harry Joseph (Joe) Letterman. She died on April 11, 2017 in Carmel, Indiana, USA.
22. Charlie Murphy
Actor | Norbit
Charlie Murphy was born on July 12, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Norbit (2007), Night at the Museum (2006) and Chappelle's Show (2003). He was married to Tisha Taylor Murphy. He died on April 12, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, ...
23. Clifton James
Actor | Live and Let Die
Blustery, stocky, loud although often genial character actor who has created a niche for himself playing often frustrated and fast talking Southern characters... most noticeably as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond adventures Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the ...
24. Matt Anoai
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Matt Anoai was born on April 7, 1970 in Samoa. He was an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WXW Rage TV (1996) and WWE Raw (1993). He was married to Amanda Van DeBerg. He died on April 17, 2017 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
25. J.C. Spink
Producer | A History of Violence
J.C. Spink was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for A History of Violence (2005), I Am Number Four (2011) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). He died on April 18, 2017 in West Hollywood, California, USA.
26. Aaron Hernandez
Self | The NFL on CBS
Aaron Hernandez was born on November 6, 1989 in Bristol, Connecticut, USA. He died on April 19, 2017 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA.
27. Cuba Gooding
Soundtrack | Sudden Death
Cuba Gooding was born on April 27, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Death (1985), Thank God It's Friday (1978) and Children of the Struggle (1999). He was married to Shirley Sullivan and Gail Barbara Harris. He died on April 20, 2017 in Woodland Hills, ...
28. Sandy Gallin
Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sandy Gallin was born on May 23, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), I.Q. (1994) and Fly Away Home (1996). He was married to Bryan Fox. He died on April 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
29. Erin Moran
Actress | Joanie Loves Chachi
Born in Burbank, California, USA on October 18, 1960, Erin Moran was the youngest daughter of Sharon and Edward Moran, who have five other children. She attended Walter Reed Junior High School for one year and North Hollywood High School for another year. Her first professional acting job was in a ...
30. Don Gordon
Actor | The Towering Inferno
Don Gordon was born on November 13, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), Papillon (1973) and Bullitt (1968). He was married to Denise Farr, Bek Nelson, Nita Talbot and Helen Westcott. He died on April 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, ...
31. Michael Mantenuto
Actor | Miracle
Michael Mantenuto was born on May 13, 1981 in Holliston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Miracle (2004), Surfer, Dude (2008) and Dirtbags (2006). He was married to Kati Vienneau. He died on April 24, 2017 in Des Moines, Washington, USA.
32. Jonathan Demme
Director | The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme was born on February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Philadelphia (1993). He was married to Joanne Howard and Evelyn Purcell. He died on April 26, 2017 in ...
33. Edwin Sherin
Producer | Law & Order
Edwin Sherin was born on January 15, 1930 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Law & Order (1990), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). He was married to Jane Alexander and Pamela Nichol Vevers. He died on ...
34. Mary Tsoni
Actress | Kynodontas
Mary Tsoni (25 June 1987 - 8 May 2017) was a Greek actress and singer. She was best known for her roles in the films Evil (2005), Dogtooth and Evil: In the Time of Heroes (both 2009). For her role in Dogtooth, she won the award for Best Actress at the Sarajevo Film Festival, and the motion picture ...
35. Chris Boykin
Writer | Rob & Big
Chris Boykin was born on January 13, 1972 in Raleigh, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Rob & Big (2006), Sk8 Life (2006) and Skate. (2007). He was married to Shannon. He died on May 9, 2017 in Plano, Texas, USA.
36. Michael Parks
Actor | Red State
Michael Parks is known as an actor's actor by his peers with a breadth of astonishing range that has allowed him to portray stunning contrasts--sometimes in the same film, like in Tusk (2014), starring in dual roles as an erudite serial killer opposite Justin Long, and as a feeble rube opposite ...
37. John Cygan
Actor | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
John Cygan was born on April 27, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), Iron Man (2008) and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003). He was married to Cathy Merriman. He died on May 13, 2017 in Woodland Hills, ...
38. Powers Boothe
Actor | Sin City
Incisive, gravelly-voiced screen tough guy Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1948 in Snyder, Texas, a sharecropper's son. Used to hard physical work "chopping cotton" as a youngster, he went on to become the first member of his family to attend university. He then proceeded to study acting via a ...
39. Brad Grey
Producer | The Departed
Brad Grey was born on December 29, 1957 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Departed (2006), The Sopranos (1999) and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). He was married to Cassandra Huysentuyt and Jill Gutterson. He died on May 14, 2017 in Holmby Hills,...
40. Roger Ailes
Producer | The Mike Douglas Show
Roger Eugene Ailes was born in Warren, Ohio, the son of Donna Marie and Robert Eugene Ailes, a factory foreman at a local factory. Later in life, Roger Ailes was inducted into the Warren High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.
Roger Ailes graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio with a ...
41. Roger Moore
Actor | Moonraker
Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down.
Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. His ...
42. Toni Bertorelli
Actor | The Passion of the Christ
Toni Bertorelli was born on March 18, 1948 in Barge, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Who Killed Pasolini? (1995) and My Mother's Smile (2002). He was married to Barbara. He died on May 26, 2017 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
43. Gregg Allman
Soundtrack | Jack Reacher
Gregg LeNoir Allman was NOT primarily known for being an actor, he was a musician, songwriter and singer that formed the Allman Brothers Band with his brother Duane in 1969. His music appeared in the movie soundtracks of films such as Walking Tall (2004) and Jack Reacher (2012) and in the ...
44. Wendell Burton
Actor | The Sterile Cuckoo
Most impressionable and indelibly remembered as the sensitive, cherubic-faced college student/boyfriend of Liza Minnelli in The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), actor Wendell Burton was born in Texas on July 21, 1947. When he was only five, his father, an Air Force technical sergeant, was killed in a plane ...
45. Robert Michael Morris
Actor | The Comeback
Robert Michael Morris' Hollywood career began in just 2005. His most famous role is playing Mickey in the short-lived but critically acclaimed 'The Comeback' with Lisa Kudrow. He also played Will Arnett's nanny on Fox's 'Running Wilde.' With memorable guests spots on 'Will & Grace,' 'Arrested ...
46. Tino Insana
Actor | Barnyard
Tino Insana was born on February 15, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Barnyard (2006), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and Masters of Menace (1990). He was married to Dana Moller. He died on May 31, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
47. Susan B. Landau
Producer | Cool Runnings
Susan B. Landau was a producer, known for Cool Runnings (1993), The Blue Yonder (1985) and Tiger Town (1983). She died on May 31, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
48. Fred J. Koenekamp
Cinematographer | The Towering Inferno
Fred J. Koenekamp was born on November 11, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), Patton (1970) and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984). He died on May 31, 2017 in Bonita Springs, Florida, USA.
49. Peter Sallis
Actor | The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter started off as a junior bank clerk but he had always been interested in the theatre and went every week to the Intimate Theatre in Palmers Green in London which was run by actor John Clements. Serving in the RAF as a radio instructor one of his pupils was Peter Bridge (now a theatre ...
50. Roger Smith
Actor | Auntie Mame
Debonair, dark-haired, exceedingly handsome Roger LaVerne Smith was born in South Gate, California to Dallas and Leone Smith on December 18, 1932. At age 6, his parents enrolled him at a professional school for singing, elocution and dancing lessons. By age 12, the family moved to Nogales, Arizona,...
51. Rita Riggs
Costume_department | Marnie
Rita Riggs was born on September 2, 1930 in Lead Hill, Boone County, Arkansas, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Marnie (1964), The Birds (1963) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). She was married to Charles S. Sharp. She died on June 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
52. Glenne Headly
Actress | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
For fourteen years, she said that family was the most important thing to her and she set most of her time aside to be a "present" mother to her son. Movies, plays and television were chosen, for the most part, when they occurred in town or on a school break. She took one year to homeschool her son ...
53. Adam West
Actor | Batman
Adam West was born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, to parents Otto West Anderson, a farmer, and his wife Audrey V. (Speer), an opera singer. At age 10, in 1938, West had a cache of comic books; and starting in 1939, Batman, who appeared in Detective Comics, ...
54. Sam Beazley
Actor | Johnny English
Sam Beazley was born on March 29, 1916 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Johnny English (2003), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). He died on June 12, 2017 in London, England, UK.
55. Jack Ong
Actor | Next
Jack Ong was born on November 6, 1940 in Mesa, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for Next (2007), Pacific Blue (1996) and V.I.P. (1998). He died on June 13, 2017 in Castle Rock, Colorado, USA.
56. John G. Avildsen
Director | Rocky
John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...
57. Stephen Furst
Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House
Stephen Furst was born on May 8, 1954 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Babylon 5 (1993) and The Dream Team (1989). He was married to Lorraine Furst. He died on June 16, 2017 in Moorpark, California, USA.
58. Paul De Rolf
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Paul De Rolf was born on December 6, 1942 in Lena, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), 1941 (1979) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986). He died on June 22, 2017 in Australia.
59. Loren Janes
Stunts | Escape from New York
One of the key figures in the development of modern cinematic stunt design, improved safety procedures and co-founder of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures & Televsion, Loren Janes ranks alongside Dar Robinson, Hal Needham and Yakima Canutt for his contributions to movie stunt work.
James...
60. Michael Bond
Writer | Paddington 2
Michael Bond was born on January 13, 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Paddington 2 (2017), Paddington (2014) and The Herbs (1968). He was married to Sue Bond and Brenda Bond. He died on June 27, 2017 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
61. Michael Nyqvist
Actor | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Born Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist in Stockholm, Sweden, it wasn't until he was over a year old when he was finally adopted from the orphanage he had been given to. His father was a lawyer and his mother a writer. It wasn't until he had his first child that he decided to seek out his biological parents. ...
62. C.O. Erickson
Production_manager | Groundhog Day
C.O. "Doc" Erickson, an executive producer, has over thirty years' experience as a producer and production manager on many of Hollywood's biggest films. He began his career at Paramount Pictures, serving as production manager on five Alfred Hitchcock films: Rear Window (1954), To Catch a Thief (...
63. Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Actor | Mandingo
Ji-Tu Cumbuka is one of the many U.S. African actors who overcame walls of adversity in the 60s. Born in Montgomery County, Alabama on March fourth, 1940 in an era of oppression, Ji-Tu did not let social norms hold him back from what he loved. Opportunities were slim; a U.S. African actor of the ...
64. David Lewis Yewdall
Sound_department | Starship Troopers
David Lewis Yewdall was born on October 30, 1950 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is known for Starship Troopers (1997), Escape from New York (1981) and The Fifth Element (1997). He was married to Lisa Howes Yewdall and Lisa. He died on July 4, 2017 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
65. Joan Lee
Actress | X-Men: Apocalypse
Joan Lee was born on February 5, 1922 in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. She was an actress, known for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994) and Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994). She was married to Stan Lee and Sanford Dorf Weiss. She died on July 6,...
66. Thomas E. Sanders
Production_designer | Crimson Peak
Thomas E. Sanders was born in 1953 in San Pedro, California, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Crimson Peak (2015), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He died on July 6, 2017.
67. Shû Nakajima
Actor | 47 Ronin
Shû Nakajima was born on April 18, 1948 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for 47 Ronin (2013), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) and Dreams (1990). He was married to Machiko Washio. He died on July 6, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.
68. Wally Burr
Wally Burr was born on June 2, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Akira (1988) and Motorama (1991). He died on July 9, 2017 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
69. John Bernecker
Stunts | Black Panther
John Bernecker was born on March 2, 1984 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Black Panther (2018), The 5th Wave (2016) and Looper (2012). He died on July 13, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
70. Martin Landau
Actor | Ed Wood
Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. At age 17, he was hired by the New York Daily News to work in the promotions department before he became a staff cartoonist and illustrator. In his five years on the paper, he served as the illustrator for ...
71. Trevor Baxter
Actor | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Trevor W Baxter (born 18 November 1932) was a British actor and playwright. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
His credits include: Adam Adamant Lives!, Z Cars (1962), Maelstrom, Thriller, Spy Trap, The New Avengers, Jack the Ripper, The Barchester Chronicles ...
72. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
73. Harvey Atkin
Actor | Meatballs
Harvey Atkin was born on December 18, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Meatballs (1979), Barney's Version (2010) and Speed Zone (1989). He was married to Celia Tessler. He died on July 17, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
74. Evan Helmuth
Actor | Fever Pitch
Evan Helmuth was born on May 18, 1977 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fever Pitch (2005), Jobs (2013) and The Devil Inside (2012). He died on July 17, 2017.
75. Red West
Actor | Road House
Robert Gene "Red" West was a close friend of Elvis Presley and a member of Presley's inner circle, known as "The Memphis Mafia". He first met Elvis in high school, where he was a year behind him. West played football for the Memphis Tigers high school football team, boxed in the Golden Gloves and ...
76. Chester Bennington
Soundtrack | Transformers
Chester Charles Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Susan Elaine (Johnson), a nurse, and Lee Russell Bennington, a police detective. His parents divorced when he was 11 years old. He has two half sisters and a half brother. He attended Centennial High School at the beginning of his freshman...
77. John Heard
Actor | The Guardian
John Heard was a very talented actor who established himself as a respected thespian in the late 1970s and early '80s, though he is perhaps better known for his turn as Peter McCallister, Kevin McCallister's (Macaulay Culkin) father in the Home Alone (1990) movies.
John was born in Washington, D.C.,...
78. Patti Deutsch
Actress | The Emperor's New Groove
Patti Deutsch was born on December 16, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Tarzan (1999) and Mr. Mom (1983). She was married to Donald Ross. She died on July 26, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
79. June Foray
Actress | Mulan
Legendary voice actress June Foray was born June Lucille Forer on September 18, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Maurice Forer and Ida Edith Robinson, who wed in Hampden, Massachusetts. Her father, who was Jewish, emigrated from Novgorod, Imperial Russia, while her Massachusetts-born mother ...
80. Sam Shepard
Actor | August: Osage County
Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, IL, to Jane Elaine (Schook), a teacher, and Samuel Shepard Rogers, a teacher and farmer who was also in the army. As the eldest son of a US Army officer (and WWII bomber pilot), Shepard spent his early childhood moving from base to base ...
81. Eric Zumbrunnen
Editor | Being John Malkovich
Eric Zumbrunnen was born on November 4, 1964. He was an editor and actor, known for Being John Malkovich (1999), Her (2013) and Adaptation. (2002). He was married to Suzanne Marie Berry. He died on August 1, 2017 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
82. Daniel Licht
Composer | Dexter
Composer of the Emmy-winning show Dexter (2006) and hugely popular video games, Silent Hill and Dishonored, one of Daniel Licht's first experiences as a musician resulted in him hanging out with Miles Davis and playing jazz with Don Cherry in New York City. Licht continued to develop as a musician ...
83. Haruo Nakajima
Actor | Shichinin no samurai
Haruo Nakajima was born on January 1, 1929 in Yamagata, Japan. He was an actor, known for Seven Samurai (1954), Godzilla (1954) and Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). He died on August 7, 2017 in Japan.
84. Glen Campbell
Soundtrack | True Grit
Glen Campbell was born on April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for True Grit (1969), Shindig! (1964) and Dark Phoenix (2019). He was married to Kim Campbell, Sarah Jan Barg, Billie Jean Nunley and Diane Marie Kirk. He died on August 8, 2017 in Nashville...
85. Joi Harris
Stunts | Deadpool 2
Joi Harris was born on December 11, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Joi is known for Deadpool 2 (2018). Joi died on August 14, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
86. Sonny Landham
Actor | Predator
An actor with a powerful physique, booming voice and who has played several "Native American" characters, Sonny Landham first broke into mainstream film with a bit part as a police officer in the subway. He ends up getting tripped when Michael Beck throws the baseball bat at his legs, in Walter ...
87. Jerry Lewis
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team ...
88. Viola Harris
Actress | The Other Guys
Viola Harris was born on September 19, 1920 in Bronx, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Other Guys (2010), Choke (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). She was married to Robert H. Harris. She died on August 23, 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.
89. Jay Thomas
Actor | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Jay Thomas was born in Kermit, Texas, to Katherine (Guzzino), a tap-dancing South Louisiana belle of Italian descent, and T. Harry Terrell, Sr., an oil man. Reared in New Orleans, he was always active in sports and performing. He won his first award as emcee of the Jesuit High School talent show. ...
90. Tobe Hooper
Director | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Honored with many awards for his films and achievement in the horror genre, Tobe Hooper is truly one of the Masters of Horror (2005).
Tobe Hooper was born in Austin, Texas, to Lois Belle (Crosby) and Norman William Ray Hooper, who owned a theater in San Angelo. He spent the 1960s as a college ...
91. Larry Sherman
Actor | One Fine Day
Larry Sherman was born on February 2, 1923 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for One Fine Day (1996), Law & Order (1990) and The Sopranos (1999). He was married to Marion. He died on August 26, 2017 in New York, New York, USA.
92. Alan Macdonald
Production_designer | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Alan Macdonald was born in 1956. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Queen (2006) and The Jacket (2005). He died on August 30, 2017 in Oxfordshire, England, UK.
93. Richard Anderson
Actor | Paths of Glory
Richard Anderson appeared in high school plays, served a hitch in the Army and, upon his discharge, began doing summer stock, radio work, a movie bit part (a wounded soldier in Twelve O'Clock High (1949)) and all the other minor jobs required of your basic struggling actor. He did comedy scenes on a...
94. Shelley Berman
Actor | You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Shelley Berman began studying acting shortly after he was honorably discharged from the US navy. He enrolled as a drama student at Chicago's Goodman Theater, where he met Sarah Herman, another aspiring thespian. They fell in love and were married in 1947. After graduating from the Goodman Theater, ...
95. Hansford Rowe
Actor | Dante's Peak
Hansford Rowe was born on May 12, 1924 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Dante's Peak (1997), V: The Final Battle (1984) and Three Days of the Condor (1975). He was married to Janice Solomon, Ales Elizabeth Jackson, Zilpha Eloise Swan and Mirasol M Angeles. He died on September...
96. Mark La Mura
Actor | All My Children
Mark La Mura was born on October 18, 1948 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), City by the Sea (2002) and Something Borrowed (2011). He was married to Elizabeth Maclellan. He died on September 11, 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.
97. Frank Vincent
Actor | Goodfellas
"Go home and get your shine box....", so said ill-fated Billy Batts in Goodfellas (1990). However, Billy Batts is better known to a legion of crime-film fans as the talented actor, musician, and comedian Frank Vincent. He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, but was raised in the Greenville ...
98. Harry Dean Stanton
Actor | Lucky
Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during ...
99. Bobby Heenan
Actor | WrestleMania X-Seven
Bobby Heenan was born on November 1, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for WrestleMania X-Seven (2001), WCW Bash at the Beach (1996) and WrestleMania V (1989). He was married to Cynthia Jean Perrett. He died on September 17, 2017 in Largo, Florida, USA.
100. Chuck Low
Actor | Goodfellas
Chuck Low was born on July 21, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Goodfellas (1990), The Mission (1986) and Sleepers (1996). He died on September 18, 2017 in Allendale, New Jersey, USA.
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