In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1963

Remembering 118 people from the world of film and television who died in 1963, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Yorgos Damasiotis

30 Dec 1963 · aged 63

Acting

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Harro Meller

26 Dec 1963 · aged 56

Acting

Titina De Filippo

26 Dec 1963 · aged 65

Acting

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Stanley Vilven

22 Dec 1963 · aged 72

Acting

Grayce Hampton

20 Dec 1963 · aged 87

Acting

Carmen Amaya

19 Dec 1963 · aged 45

Acting

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Winfried Zillig

18 Dec 1963 · aged 58

Sound

George Meader

17 Dec 1963 · aged 75

Acting

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Rikidōzan

15 Dec 1963 · aged 39

Acting

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Dinah Washington

14 Dec 1963 · aged 39

Acting

Barbara Read

11 Dec 1963 · aged 45

Acting

Tom London

5 Dec 1963 · aged 74

Acting

Sabu

2 Dec 1963 · aged 39

Acting

Gina Malo

30 Nov 1963 · aged 54

Acting

Phil Baker

30 Nov 1963 · aged 67

Acting

Karyn Kupcinet

28 Nov 1963 · aged 22

Acting

Jean Brooks

25 Nov 1963 · aged 47

Acting

Joseph Sweeney

25 Nov 1963 · aged 79

Acting

Aldous Huxley

22 Nov 1963 · aged 69

Writing

John F. Kennedy

22 Nov 1963 · aged 46

Acting

Pierre Blanchar

21 Nov 1963 · aged 71

Acting

Richard L'Estrange

19 Nov 1963 · aged 73

Production

Kenneth Kent

17 Nov 1963 · aged 71

Acting

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John S. Peters

7 Nov 1963 · aged 68

Acting

Vernon Dent

5 Nov 1963 · aged 68

Acting

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Harold Siddons

4 Nov 1963 · aged 41

Acting

Elsa Maxwell

1 Nov 1963 · aged 82

Acting

Henry Daniell

31 Oct 1963 · aged 69

Acting

Raymond Greenleaf

29 Oct 1963 · aged 71

Acting

Adolphe Menjou

29 Oct 1963 · aged 73

Acting

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H.F. Maltby

25 Oct 1963 · aged 82

Acting

Constance Worth

18 Oct 1963 · aged 51

Acting

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Nicholas Meredith

12 Oct 1963

Acting

Jean Cocteau

11 Oct 1963 · aged 74

Directing

Édith Piaf

10 Oct 1963 · aged 47

Acting

Alvys Maben

29 Sep 1963 · aged 41

Acting

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Louis Stevens

29 Sep 1963 · aged 66

Writing

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Warren Wilson

16 Sep 1963 · aged 54

Writing

Reda Caire

9 Sep 1963 · aged 58

Acting

Jane Buchanan

5 Sep 1963 · aged 49

Acting

Larry Keating

26 Aug 1963 · aged 67

Acting

James Kirkwood

24 Aug 1963 · aged 87

Acting

Mary Gordon

23 Aug 1963 · aged 81

Acting

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Perry Ivins

22 Aug 1963 · aged 68

Acting

Clifford Odets

18 Aug 1963 · aged 57

Writing

Richard Barthelmess

17 Aug 1963 · aged 68

Acting

Ed Gardner

17 Aug 1963 · aged 62

Acting

Jane Keckley

14 Aug 1963 · aged 86

Acting

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Konstantin Nassonov

11 Aug 1963 · aged 68

Acting

Clem Bevans

11 Aug 1963 · aged 82

Acting

Tom Keene

4 Aug 1963 · aged 66

Acting

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Hermann Mayer-Falkow

1 Aug 1963 · aged 65

Acting

Eiko Miyoshi

28 Jul 1963 · aged 69

Acting

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Arthur Stander

20 Jul 1963 · aged 46

Creator

John Sutton

11 Jul 1963 · aged 54

Acting

Frank Mayo

9 Jul 1963 · aged 74

Acting

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Dan Sheridan

29 Jun 1963 · aged 46

Acting

Marguerite Lumière

25 Jun 1963 · aged 88

Acting

Gordon Jones

20 Jun 1963 · aged 52

Acting

Ralph Sanford

20 Jun 1963 · aged 64

Acting

Pedro Armendáriz

18 Jun 1963 · aged 51

Acting

Anita King

10 Jun 1963 · aged 78

Acting

Zasu Pitts

7 Jun 1963 · aged 69

Acting

Dorothy Short

4 Jun 1963 · aged 47

Acting

Camillo Pilotto

27 May 1963 · aged 75

Acting

Ethan Laidlaw

25 May 1963 · aged 63

Acting

Luana Walters

19 May 1963 · aged 50

Acting

Daniel Mendaille

17 May 1963 · aged 77

Acting

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Valter Tuomi

17 May 1963 · aged 66

Acting

Fay Holderness

13 May 1963 · aged 82

Acting

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Elise Cavanna

12 May 1963 · aged 61

Acting

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Dinah Grace

12 May 1963 · aged 46

Acting

Max Miller

7 May 1963 · aged 68

Acting

Monty Woolley

6 May 1963 · aged 74

Acting

Giovanni Grasso

3 May 1963 · aged 74

Acting

Hal Le Sueur

3 May 1963 · aged 59

Acting

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Janet Murdoch

1 May 1963 · aged 75

Acting

Bryant Washburn

30 Apr 1963 · aged 74

Acting

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Alpo Vammelvuo

27 Apr 1963 · aged 39

Acting

Roland Pertwee

26 Apr 1963 · aged 77

Writing

Don C. Harvey

23 Apr 1963 · aged 51

Acting

Frederick Peters

23 Apr 1963 · aged 78

Acting

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Farrell Pelly

23 Apr 1963 · aged 72

Acting

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Chuck Morrison

18 Apr 1963 · aged 66

Acting

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Earl Gunn

14 Apr 1963 · aged 61

Acting

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Howard Snyder

13 Apr 1963 · aged 53

Writing

Mario Fabrizi

5 Apr 1963 · aged 38

Acting

Jason Robards Sr.

4 Apr 1963 · aged 70

Acting

Antoine Balpêtré

29 Mar 1963 · aged 64

Acting

Michael Duane

26 Mar 1963 · aged 48

Acting

Carlos Villatoro

14 Mar 1963 · aged 60

Acting

Cyril Smith

5 Mar 1963 · aged 70

Acting

Ludde Gentzel

5 Mar 1963 · aged 78

Acting

Theodore Newton

28 Feb 1963 · aged 58

Acting

Monte Blue

18 Feb 1963 · aged 76

Acting

Louis J. Gasnier

15 Feb 1963 · aged 87

Directing

George Dolenz

8 Feb 1963 · aged 55

Acting

William Gaxton

2 Feb 1963 · aged 73

Acting

Wyndham Standing

1 Feb 1963 · aged 82

Acting

Alasgar Alakbarov

31 Jan 1963 · aged 52

Acting

Minna Phillips

29 Jan 1963 · aged 77

Acting

John Farrow

28 Jan 1963 · aged 58

Directing

Ole Olsen

26 Jan 1963 · aged 70

Acting

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Boyd Davis

25 Jan 1963 · aged 77

Acting

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Otto A. Harbach

24 Jan 1963 · aged 89

Writing

Al St. John

21 Jan 1963 · aged 69

Acting

Walter Hudd

20 Jan 1963 · aged 65

Acting

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Hans Hemes

20 Jan 1963 · aged 72

Acting

Marguerite Pierry

20 Jan 1963 · aged 75

Acting

Patti Brill

18 Jan 1963 · aged 39

Acting

George Offerman, Jr.

14 Jan 1963 · aged 45

Acting

May Boley

7 Jan 1963 · aged 81

Acting

Frank Tuttle

6 Jan 1963 · aged 70

Directing

Dick Powell

2 Jan 1963 · aged 58

Acting

Jack Carson

2 Jan 1963 · aged 52

Acting

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José Luis Tortosa

1 Jan 1963 · aged 67

Acting

Yekaterina Sobol

1 Jan 1963 · aged 68

Acting

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Wolfgang Eichberger

1 Jan 1963 · aged 52

Acting