In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1955

Remembering 77 people from the world of film and television who died in 1955, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Jack Vyvyan

28 Dec 1955 · aged 66

Acting

Howard Gaye

26 Dec 1955 · aged 77

Acting

Nana Bryant

24 Dec 1955 · aged 67

Acting

Albert Ståhl

18 Dec 1955 · aged 78

Acting

Paul Harvey

15 Dec 1955 · aged 73

Acting

Louis Dumar

15 Dec 1955 · aged 59

Acting

Dorothy Bernard

14 Dec 1955 · aged 65

Acting

George Burton

8 Dec 1955 · aged 57

Acting

Charles McNaughton

4 Dec 1955 · aged 77

Acting

Chief Thundercloud

1 Dec 1955 · aged 56

Acting

Dave Morris

27 Nov 1955 · aged 71

Acting

James Millican

24 Nov 1955 · aged 45

Acting

Shemp Howard

22 Nov 1955 · aged 60

Acting

Vyacheslav Novikov

21 Nov 1955 · aged 61

Acting

Topo Leistelä

20 Nov 1955 · aged 62

Acting

Lloyd Bacon

15 Nov 1955 · aged 65

Directing

Robert E. Sherwood

14 Nov 1955 · aged 59

Writing

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Pepe Martínez

13 Nov 1955 · aged 50

Acting

Robert Dudley

12 Nov 1955 · aged 66

Acting

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Chris Allen

7 Nov 1955 · aged 78

Acting

Cyril Chadwick

3 Nov 1955 · aged 76

Acting

Anthony Ross

26 Oct 1955 · aged 46

Acting

John Hodiak

19 Oct 1955 · aged 41

Acting

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Imre László

19 Oct 1955 · aged 64

Acting

Paul Stanton

9 Oct 1955 · aged 70

Acting

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Barton Hepburn

9 Oct 1955 · aged 49

Acting

Theo Shall

4 Oct 1955 · aged 61

Acting

James Dean

30 Sep 1955 · aged 24

Acting

Michael Chekhov

30 Sep 1955 · aged 64

Acting

Martin Walker

18 Sep 1955 · aged 54

Acting

Broderick O'Farrell

2 Sep 1955 · aged 73

Acting

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James Carney

25 Aug 1955 · aged 44

Acting

Reginald Tate

23 Aug 1955 · aged 58

Acting

Lynne Carver

12 Aug 1955 · aged 38

Acting

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Grace Hartman

8 Aug 1955 · aged 48

Acting

Carmen Miranda

5 Aug 1955 · aged 46

Acting

Suzan Ball

5 Aug 1955 · aged 21

Acting

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Edward H. Robins

27 Jul 1955 · aged 74

Acting

Vernon Steele

23 Jul 1955 · aged 72

Acting

Joaquín Pardavé

20 Jul 1955 · aged 54

Acting

Fred Burns

18 Jul 1955 · aged 77

Acting

Stanley Price

13 Jul 1955 · aged 62

Acting

Eddie Borden

1 Jul 1955 · aged 67

Acting

James Craven

29 Jun 1955 · aged 62

Acting

Carlyle Blackwell

17 Jun 1955 · aged 71

Acting

Robert Wilcox

11 Jun 1955 · aged 45

Acting

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Fred Groves

4 Jun 1955 · aged 74

Acting

Betty Ann Davies

14 May 1955 · aged 44

Acting

Vladimir Uralskiy

13 May 1955 · aged 67

Acting

Francis Pierlot

11 May 1955 · aged 79

Acting

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Connie Leon

10 May 1955 · aged 74

Acting

Edward Martindel

4 May 1955 · aged 78

Acting

Robert Kent

4 May 1955 · aged 46

Acting

Skelton Knaggs

1 May 1955 · aged 43

Acting

George Morrell

28 Apr 1955 · aged 84

Acting

Basil Gill

23 Apr 1955 · aged 78

Acting

Albert Einstein

18 Apr 1955 · aged 76

Acting

Elida Gay Palmer

16 Apr 1955 · aged 20

Acting

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Charles Goldner

15 Apr 1955 · aged 54

Acting

Muriel Aked

21 Mar 1955 · aged 67

Acting

Dorothy Vaughan

15 Mar 1955 · aged 64

Acting

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Charlie Parker

12 Mar 1955 · aged 34

Acting

Olaf Hytten

11 Mar 1955 · aged 67

Acting

Miroslava

9 Mar 1955 · aged 29

Acting

Tom Dugan

7 Mar 1955 · aged 66

Acting

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Rose Plumer

3 Mar 1955 · aged 79

Acting

Mary Jerrold

3 Mar 1955 · aged 77

Acting

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Tom Howard

27 Feb 1955 · aged 69

Acting

Paul Claudel

23 Feb 1955 · aged 86

Writing

Peter Martyn

15 Feb 1955 · aged 29

Acting

S.Z. Sakall

12 Feb 1955 · aged 72

Acting

Ona Munson

11 Feb 1955 · aged 51

Acting

Arnold Sjöstrand

1 Feb 1955 · aged 51

Acting

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Ford Washington Lee

31 Jan 1955 · aged 51

Acting

Clyde Bruckman

4 Jan 1955 · aged 60

Writing

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Claude Dampier

1 Jan 1955

Acting

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Daisy

1 Jan 1955 · aged 18

Acting