In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1965

Remembering 66 people from the world of film and television who died in 1965, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Charles Victor

23 Dec 1965 · aged 69

Acting

Al Ritz

22 Dec 1965 · aged 64

Acting

Tatsuya Ishiguro

18 Dec 1965 · aged 54

Acting

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Josef Příhoda

18 Dec 1965 · aged 77

Acting

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Johnny Lee

12 Dec 1965 · aged 67

Acting

Armand Bernard

10 Dec 1965 · aged 70

Acting

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Charity Grace

28 Nov 1965 · aged 81

Acting

Bill Elliott

26 Nov 1965 · aged 61

Acting

Russell Collins

14 Nov 1965 · aged 68

Acting

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Lionel Gadsden

9 Nov 1965 · aged 86

Acting

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Ton Shimada

7 Nov 1965 · aged 48

Acting

René Blancard

6 Nov 1965 · aged 68

Acting

Kusuo Abe

2 Nov 1965 · aged 55

Acting

Rita Johnson

31 Oct 1965 · aged 52

Acting

Muriel George

22 Oct 1965 · aged 82

Acting

Henry Travers

18 Oct 1965 · aged 91

Acting

Tom Kennedy

6 Oct 1965 · aged 80

Acting

Zachary Scott

3 Oct 1965 · aged 51

Acting

Piri Vaszary

2 Oct 1965 · aged 64

Acting

Clara Bow

27 Sep 1965 · aged 60

Acting

Bobby Jordan

10 Sep 1965 · aged 42

Acting

Dorothy Dandridge

8 Sep 1965 · aged 42

Acting

Felix E. Feist

2 Sep 1965 · aged 55

Directing

Mathilde Casadesus

27 Aug 1965 · aged 44

Acting

Hans Nielsen

17 Aug 1965 · aged 53

Acting

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John Hardinge

13 Aug 1965

Acting

Everett Sloane

6 Aug 1965 · aged 55

Acting

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Eugene Howard

1 Aug 1965 · aged 84

Acting

Minor Watson

28 Jul 1965 · aged 75

Acting

Constance Bennett

24 Jul 1965 · aged 60

Acting

Alda Mangini

19 Jul 1965 · aged 51

Acting

Clyde Beatty

19 Jul 1965 · aged 62

Acting

Katherine Warren

17 Jul 1965 · aged 60

Acting

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Michael Plant

12 Jul 1965 · aged 35

Writing

Ray Collins

11 Jul 1965 · aged 75

Acting

Lisa Howard

4 Jul 1965 · aged 39

Acting

Reginald Beckwith

26 Jun 1965 · aged 56

Acting

David O. Selznick

22 Jun 1965 · aged 63

Production

Robert Pizani

17 Jun 1965 · aged 67

Acting

Günther Haack

16 Jun 1965 · aged 36

Acting

Steve Cochran

15 Jun 1965 · aged 48

Acting

Judy Holliday

7 Jun 1965 · aged 43

Acting

Vladimir Gardin

29 May 1965 · aged 88

Directing

Edward R. Murrow

27 Apr 1965 · aged 57

Acting

Mikhail Astangov

21 Apr 1965 · aged 64

Acting

Dick Wessel

20 Apr 1965 · aged 52

Acting

George Davis

19 Apr 1965 · aged 75

Acting

Sydney Chaplin

16 Apr 1965 · aged 80

Acting

Leonard Mudie

14 Apr 1965 · aged 82

Acting

Linda Darnell

10 Apr 1965 · aged 41

Acting

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Harry Tierney

22 Mar 1965 · aged 74

Sound

Quentin Reynolds

17 Mar 1965 · aged 62

Writing

Esther Howard

8 Mar 1965 · aged 72

Acting

Margaret Dumont

6 Mar 1965 · aged 82

Acting

Sergei Lukyanov

1 Mar 1965 · aged 54

Acting

Stan Laurel

23 Feb 1965 · aged 74

Acting

Joseph Hamilton

20 Feb 1965 · aged 66

Acting

Forrest Taylor

19 Feb 1965 · aged 81

Acting

Tom Wilson

19 Feb 1965 · aged 84

Acting

Irving Bacon

5 Feb 1965 · aged 71

Acting

John Larkin

29 Jan 1965 · aged 52

Acting

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Svatopluk Majer

28 Jan 1965 · aged 58

Acting

Winston Churchill

24 Jan 1965 · aged 90

Acting

Frank Reicher

19 Jan 1965 · aged 89

Acting

Jeanette MacDonald

14 Jan 1965 · aged 61

Acting

Jack Mower

6 Jan 1965 · aged 74

Acting