In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1966

Remembering 76 people from the world of film and television who died in 1966, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Oliver Johnston

22 Dec 1966 · aged 78

Acting

Robert Keith

22 Dec 1966 · aged 68

Acting

Walt Disney

15 Dec 1966 · aged 65

Production

Verna Felton

14 Dec 1966 · aged 76

Acting

Richard Whorf

14 Dec 1966 · aged 60

Directing

Robert Porte

10 Dec 1966 · aged 43

Acting

Pierre Palau

3 Dec 1966 · aged 83

Acting

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Giles Cooper

2 Dec 1966 · aged 48

Writing

José Isbert

28 Nov 1966 · aged 80

Acting

Margarete Haagen

19 Nov 1966 · aged 76

Acting

John Norrman

11 Nov 1966 · aged 82

Acting

James V. Kern

9 Nov 1966 · aged 57

Directing

Germaine Dermoz

6 Nov 1966 · aged 78

Acting

Peter Illing

29 Oct 1966 · aged 67

Acting

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Alma Cogan

26 Oct 1966 · aged 34

Acting

Charles Morton

26 Oct 1966 · aged 58

Acting

Claire McDowell

23 Oct 1966 · aged 88

Acting

Clifton Webb

13 Oct 1966 · aged 76

Acting

Wilfrid Lawson

10 Oct 1966 · aged 66

Acting

Alois Dvorský

10 Oct 1966 · aged 82

Acting

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Les Crutchfield

6 Oct 1966 · aged 50

Writing

Jean Marchat

2 Oct 1966 · aged 64

Acting

Eric Fleming

28 Sep 1966 · aged 41

Acting

Helen Kane

26 Sep 1966 · aged 62

Acting

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James Gunn

22 Sep 1966 · aged 46

Writing

Nikolai Cherkasov

14 Sep 1966 · aged 63

Acting

Wiktor Andersson

13 Sep 1966 · aged 79

Acting

Charles Cantor

11 Sep 1966 · aged 68

Acting

Sol Gorss

10 Sep 1966 · aged 58

Acting

Nestor Paiva

9 Sep 1966 · aged 61

Acting

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Mui Yee

17 Aug 1966 · aged 43

Acting

Jack Mather

15 Aug 1966 · aged 58

Acting

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Milton Wood

14 Aug 1966 · aged 49

Acting

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Akira Tani

11 Aug 1966 · aged 55

Acting

Aleqsandre Gomelauri

29 Jul 1966 · aged 58

Acting

Josef von Báky

28 Jul 1966 · aged 64

Directing

Montgomery Clift

23 Jul 1966 · aged 45

Acting

Julien Carette

20 Jul 1966 · aged 68

Acting

Sailor Vincent

12 Jul 1966 · aged 64

Acting

Anne Nagel

6 Jul 1966 · aged 50

Acting

Félix Fernández

4 Jul 1966 · aged 68

Acting

Pauline Boty

1 Jul 1966 · aged 28

Acting

Elena Ponsova

30 Jun 1966 · aged 59

Acting

Ronald Shiner

29 Jun 1966 · aged 63

Acting

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Pearl Prescod

25 Jun 1966 · aged 46

Acting

Dean Harens

20 Jun 1966 · aged 45

Acting

Ed Wynn

19 Jun 1966 · aged 79

Acting

Emma Fink

13 Jun 1966 · aged 70

Acting

Wallace Ford

11 Jun 1966 · aged 68

Acting

Gil Delamare

30 May 1966 · aged 41

Acting

Don Castle

26 May 1966 · aged 48

Acting

Titien Sumarni

13 May 1966 · aged 33

Acting

Enrico Glori

22 Apr 1966 · aged 64

Acting

Javier Solís

19 Apr 1966 · aged 34

Acting

Joseph Crehan

15 Apr 1966 · aged 82

Acting

Julia Faye

6 Apr 1966 · aged 72

Acting

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Cyril Hume

26 Mar 1966 · aged 66

Writing

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Judy Child

24 Mar 1966 · aged 60

Acting

Ken Terrell

8 Mar 1966 · aged 61

Acting

Chief Yowlachie

7 Mar 1966 · aged 74

Acting

William Frawley

3 Mar 1966 · aged 79

Acting

Donald Stewart

1 Mar 1966 · aged 55

Acting

Jonathan Hale

28 Feb 1966 · aged 74

Acting

Minerva Urecal

26 Feb 1966 · aged 71

Acting

Frank Pettingell

17 Feb 1966 · aged 75

Acting

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James B. Allardice

15 Feb 1966 · aged 46

Writing

Sophie Tucker

9 Feb 1966 · aged 82

Acting

Buster Keaton

1 Feb 1966 · aged 70

Directing

Hedda Hopper

1 Feb 1966 · aged 80

Acting

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Koji Kiyomura

1 Feb 1966 · aged 40

Acting

Elizabeth Patterson

31 Jan 1966 · aged 91

Acting

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Martin Berliner

26 Jan 1966 · aged 70

Acting

Herbert Marshall

23 Jan 1966 · aged 75

Acting

Hugh Sanders

9 Jan 1966 · aged 54

Acting

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Hallene Hill

6 Jan 1966 · aged 89

Acting

Rex Lease

3 Jan 1966 · aged 62

Acting