In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1962

Remembering 58 people from the world of film and television who died in 1962, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Luis Alberni

23 Dec 1962 · aged 76

Acting

Gaston Séverin

22 Dec 1962 · aged 83

Acting

Albert Duvaleix

21 Dec 1962 · aged 69

Acting

Syd Saylor

21 Dec 1962 · aged 67

Acting

Thomas Mitchell

17 Dec 1962 · aged 70

Acting

Lew Landers

16 Dec 1962 · aged 61

Directing

Charles Laughton

15 Dec 1962 · aged 63

Acting

Josef Sieber

3 Dec 1962 · aged 62

Acting

Willie Best

27 Nov 1962 · aged 49

Acting

Aleksandr Antonov

26 Nov 1962 · aged 64

Acting

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Leonard Williams

15 Nov 1962 · aged 48

Acting

Sid Tomack

12 Nov 1962 · aged 55

Acting

Joseph Allen

9 Nov 1962 · aged 44

Acting

Eleanor Roosevelt

7 Nov 1962 · aged 78

Acting

Frederick Stephani

31 Oct 1962 · aged 59

Writing

Vera Pashennaya

28 Oct 1962 · aged 75

Acting

Louise Beavers

26 Oct 1962 · aged 60

Acting

Eli Gurbanov

14 Oct 1962 · aged 64

Acting

Tod Browning

6 Oct 1962 · aged 82

Directing

Tom Gilson

6 Oct 1962 · aged 28

Acting

Frank Lovejoy

2 Oct 1962 · aged 50

Acting

Robert Burton

29 Sep 1962 · aged 67

Acting

Charles Reisner

24 Sep 1962 · aged 75

Directing

Louis King

7 Sep 1962 · aged 64

Directing

Hoot Gibson

23 Aug 1962 · aged 70

Acting

Marilyn Monroe

5 Aug 1962 · aged 36

Acting

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David Boehm

31 Jul 1962 · aged 69

Writing

Les Damon

21 Jul 1962 · aged 54

Acting

Denjirō Ōkōchi

19 Jul 1962 · aged 64

Acting

Rex Bell

4 Jul 1962 · aged 58

Acting

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Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

30 Jun 1962 · aged 60

Writing

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Montgomery Pittman

26 Jun 1962 · aged 45

Directing

Lucile Watson

24 Jun 1962 · aged 83

Acting

Will Wright

19 Jun 1962 · aged 68

Acting

Chhabi Biswas

11 Jun 1962 · aged 61

Acting

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

6 Jun 1962 · aged 63

Acting

Daniel Sorano

17 May 1962 · aged 41

Acting

Frank Jenks

13 May 1962 · aged 59

Acting

Jimmy Conlin

7 May 1962 · aged 77

Acting

Lyudmila Fetisova

21 Apr 1962 · aged 36

Acting

Clara Blandick

15 Apr 1962 · aged 85

Acting

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Carl Von Schiller

15 Apr 1962 · aged 71

Acting

Frank Orth

17 Mar 1962 · aged 82

Acting

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Tom Kilpatrick

11 Mar 1962 · aged 63

Writing

Juan Calvo

7 Mar 1962 · aged 69

Acting

Roscoe Ates

1 Mar 1962 · aged 67

Acting

Eric Alden

28 Feb 1962 · aged 53

Acting

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Kō Mihashi

26 Feb 1962 · aged 66

Acting

Chic Johnson

25 Feb 1962 · aged 70

Acting

James Barton

19 Feb 1962 · aged 71

Acting

Vladimir Sokoloff

15 Feb 1962 · aged 72

Acting

Glen Cavender

9 Feb 1962 · aged 78

Acting

Carey Wilson

1 Feb 1962 · aged 72

Writing

Pavel Usovnichenko

23 Jan 1962 · aged 48

Acting

Arturo Bragaglia

21 Jan 1962 · aged 69

Acting

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

19 Jan 1962 · aged 72

Acting

Ernie Kovacs

13 Jan 1962 · aged 42

Acting

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy

10 Jan 1962 · aged 68

Acting