In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1936

Remembering 27 people from the world of film and television who died in 1936, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Lottie Pickford

9 Dec 1936 · aged 43

Acting

Carmen Phillips

9 Dec 1936 · aged 41

Acting

Leopoldo Fregoli

26 Nov 1936 · aged 69

Directing

John Bowers

17 Nov 1936 · aged 50

Acting

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Sam Livesey

7 Nov 1936 · aged 63

Acting

Charles 'Chic' Sale

7 Nov 1936 · aged 51

Acting

John Buckler

30 Oct 1936 · aged 30

Acting

Suzanne Bianchetti

17 Oct 1936 · aged 47

Acting

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Boothe Howard

4 Oct 1936 · aged 46

Acting

Maxime Desjardins

1 Oct 1936 · aged 73

Acting

Harry Northrup

2 Jul 1936 · aged 60

Acting

Alice Davenport

24 Jun 1936 · aged 72

Acting

Henry B. Walthall

17 Jun 1936 · aged 58

Acting

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

14 Jun 1936 · aged 62

Writing

M.R. James

12 Jun 1936 · aged 73

Writing

Hermann Picha

7 Jun 1936 · aged 71

Acting

Edwards Davis

17 May 1936 · aged 68

Acting

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Milla Davenport

17 May 1936 · aged 65

Acting

John Larkin

18 Mar 1936 · aged 57

Acting

Eleftherios Venizelos

18 Mar 1936 · aged 71

Acting

Rose Dione

29 Jan 1936 · aged 57

Acting

Vladimir Barsky

24 Jan 1936 · aged 69

Directing

King George V of the United Kingdom

20 Jan 1936 · aged 70

Acting

Rudyard Kipling

18 Jan 1936 · aged 70

Writing

Harry Carr

10 Jan 1936 · aged 58

Writing

John Gilbert

9 Jan 1936 · aged 38

Acting

Earl Burtnett

2 Jan 1936 · aged 39

Acting