In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1938

Remembering 7 people from the world of film and television who died in 1938, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

16 Nov 1938 · aged 45

Directing

Fred Kohler

28 Oct 1938 · aged 50

Acting

Kathrin Clare Ward

14 Oct 1938 · aged 67

Acting

James Carew

4 Apr 1938 · aged 62

Acting

Phyllis Allen

26 Mar 1938 · aged 76

Acting

Georges Méliès

21 Jan 1938 · aged 76

Directing

Robert McWade

19 Jan 1938 · aged 65

Acting