In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1961

Remembering 48 people from the world of film and television who died in 1961, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Paul Butler

30 Dec 1961 · aged 56

Acting

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Moss Hart

20 Dec 1961 · aged 57

Writing

Tulsi Chakraborty

11 Dec 1961 · aged 62

Acting

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Fred Kruger

5 Dec 1961 · aged 48

Acting

Ruth Chatterton

25 Nov 1961 · aged 68

Acting

Douglas Walton

15 Nov 1961 · aged 51

Acting

Frederick Brady

11 Nov 1961 · aged 49

Acting

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Irwin Gielgud

9 Nov 1961 · aged 42

Writing

Hrachia Nersisyan

6 Nov 1961 · aged 65

Acting

Jack Livesey

12 Oct 1961 · aged 60

Acting

Chico Marx

11 Oct 1961 · aged 74

Acting

Michael Shepley

28 Sep 1961 · aged 53

Acting

Frank Fay

26 Sep 1961 · aged 69

Acting

John Eldredge

23 Sep 1961 · aged 57

Acting

Harry Tyler

15 Sep 1961 · aged 73

Acting

John Salew

14 Sep 1961 · aged 59

Acting

Leo Carrillo

10 Sep 1961 · aged 81

Acting

Charles Coburn

30 Aug 1961 · aged 84

Acting

Gail Russell

27 Aug 1961 · aged 36

Acting

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Tom Reed

17 Aug 1961 · aged 59

Writing

Manuel Noriega

12 Aug 1961 · aged 81

Acting

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka

4 Aug 1961 · aged 60

Acting

Esther Dale

23 Jul 1961 · aged 75

Acting

Kit Guard

18 Jul 1961 · aged 67

Acting

Gábor Rajnay

10 Jul 1961 · aged 76

Acting

Alan Marshal

10 Jul 1961 · aged 52

Acting

John Cason

7 Jul 1961 · aged 43

Acting

Franklyn Farnum

4 Jul 1961 · aged 83

Acting

Paul Guilfoyle

27 Jun 1961 · aged 58

Acting

Frances Raymond

18 Jun 1961 · aged 92

Acting

Jeff Chandler

17 Jun 1961 · aged 42

Acting

Ranko Hanai

21 May 1961 · aged 42

Acting

Henry O'Neill

18 May 1961 · aged 69

Acting

Ann Codee

18 May 1961 · aged 71

Acting

Gary Cooper

13 May 1961 · aged 60

Acting

Roy Del Ruth

27 Apr 1961 · aged 67

Directing

George Melford

25 Apr 1961 · aged 84

Directing

Belinda Lee

12 Mar 1961 · aged 25

Acting

George Formby

6 Mar 1961 · aged 56

Acting

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Kathleen Kidd

23 Feb 1961

Acting

Keiichirō Akagi

21 Feb 1961 · aged 21

Acting

Nita Naldi

17 Feb 1961 · aged 66

Acting

Wallis Clark

14 Feb 1961 · aged 78

Acting

Anna May Wong

2 Feb 1961 · aged 56

Acting

Patrice Lumumba

17 Jan 1961 · aged 35

Acting

Ernest Thesiger

14 Jan 1961 · aged 81

Acting

Barry Fitzgerald

14 Jan 1961 · aged 72

Acting

Nino Marchesini

13 Jan 1961 · aged 66

Acting