In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1945

Remembering 14 people from the world of film and television who died in 1945, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

D'Arcy Corrigan

25 Dec 1945 · aged 75

Acting

Robert Benchley

21 Nov 1945 · aged 56

Acting

Guillaume de Sax

6 Nov 1945 · aged 55

Acting

Don Costello

24 Oct 1945 · aged 44

Acting

Henry Armetta

21 Oct 1945 · aged 57

Acting

Carl Barcklind

21 Aug 1945 · aged 72

Acting

Gyula Csortos

1 Aug 1945 · aged 62

Acting

Heinrich Himmler

23 May 1945 · aged 44

Acting

Horace B. Carpenter

21 May 1945 · aged 70

Acting

Joseph Goebbels

1 May 1945 · aged 47

Acting

Magda Goebbels

1 May 1945 · aged 43

Acting

Adolf Hitler

30 Apr 1945 · aged 56

Acting

Eva Braun

30 Apr 1945 · aged 33

Acting

Franklin D. Roosevelt

12 Apr 1945 · aged 63

Acting