In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1938

Remembering 20 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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Anita Campillo

25 Nov 1938 · aged 28

Acting

Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh

16 Nov 1938 · aged 45

Directing

Fred Kohler

28 Oct 1938 · aged 50

Acting

Fred Duprez

27 Oct 1938 · aged 54

Acting

Kathrin Clare Ward

14 Oct 1938 · aged 67

Acting

Conway Tearle

1 Oct 1938 · aged 60

Acting

Andrew Arbuckle

21 Sep 1938 · aged 51

Acting

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Rudolf Biebrach

5 Sep 1938 · aged 71

Acting

Warner Oland

6 Aug 1938 · aged 58

Acting

Harvey Clark

19 Jul 1938 · aged 52

Acting

Mathilde Comont

21 Jun 1938 · aged 51

Acting

Thelma Hill

11 May 1938 · aged 31

Acting

James Carew

4 Apr 1938 · aged 62

Acting

Phyllis Allen

26 Mar 1938 · aged 76

Acting

Oscar Apfel

21 Mar 1938 · aged 60

Acting

Clarence Darrow

13 Mar 1938 · aged 80

Acting

Matthew Betz

26 Jan 1938 · aged 56

Acting

Georges Méliès

21 Jan 1938 · aged 76

Directing

Robert McWade

19 Jan 1938 · aged 65

Acting

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Herbert Rice

1 Jan 1938 · aged 50

Acting