In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1968

Remembering 96 people from the world of film and television who died in 1968, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Komako Hara

28 Dec 1968 · aged 58

Acting

John Steinbeck

20 Dec 1968 · aged 66

Writing

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Ken Hultgren

13 Dec 1968 · aged 53

Visual Effects

Tallulah Bankhead

12 Dec 1968 · aged 66

Acting

Antonio Cifariello

12 Dec 1968 · aged 38

Acting

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Nat Hiken

7 Dec 1968 · aged 54

Writing

Fred Clark

5 Dec 1968 · aged 54

Acting

Darío Moreno

1 Dec 1968 · aged 47

Acting

Kim Seung-ho

1 Dec 1968 · aged 50

Acting

Hugo Haas

1 Dec 1968 · aged 67

Acting

Hung Po

17 Nov 1968 · aged 47

Acting

Gerald Mohr

9 Nov 1968 · aged 54

Acting

Wendell Corey

8 Nov 1968 · aged 54

Acting

Robert Ayres

5 Nov 1968 · aged 53

Acting

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Vojta Plachý-Tůma

1 Nov 1968 · aged 65

Acting

Grant Woods

31 Oct 1968 · aged 36

Acting

Ramon Novarro

30 Oct 1968 · aged 69

Acting

Pert Kelton

30 Oct 1968 · aged 61

Acting

Rudolf Forster

25 Oct 1968 · aged 83

Acting

Naima Wifstrand

23 Oct 1968 · aged 78

Acting

Bea Benaderet

13 Oct 1968 · aged 62

Acting

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Armin Schweizer

8 Oct 1968 · aged 76

Acting

Cornell Woolrich

25 Sep 1968 · aged 64

Writing

Dudley Dickerson

23 Sep 1968 · aged 61

Acting

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Jay Dratler

21 Sep 1968 · aged 57

Writing

Géo Forster

20 Sep 1968 · aged 69

Acting

Franchot Tone

18 Sep 1968 · aged 63

Acting

Nedrick Young

16 Sep 1968 · aged 54

Acting

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Charles Soldani

10 Sep 1968 · aged 75

Acting

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Bruno Della Santina

1 Sep 1968 · aged 64

Acting

Dennis O'Keefe

31 Aug 1968 · aged 60

Acting

William Talman

30 Aug 1968 · aged 53

Acting

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Bruce Randall

30 Aug 1968 · aged 79

Acting

Kay Francis

26 Aug 1968 · aged 63

Acting

John George

25 Aug 1968 · aged 70

Acting

Juguang Zhang

24 Aug 1968 · aged 39

Acting

Shunji Sakai

10 Aug 1968 · aged 54

Acting

Elvira Quintana

8 Aug 1968 · aged 32

Acting

Björn Berglund

3 Aug 1968 · aged 63

Acting

Minosuke Yamada

3 Aug 1968 · aged 74

Acting

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Eugene Solow

23 Jul 1968 · aged 64

Writing

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Richard Romanowsky

22 Jul 1968 · aged 85

Acting

Frank Lackteen

8 Jul 1968 · aged 70

Acting

Virginia Weidler

1 Jul 1968 · aged 41

Acting

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Otto Reinwald

1 Jul 1968 · aged 68

Acting

Kitty Kelly

29 Jun 1968 · aged 66

Acting

Patricia Jessel

10 Jun 1968 · aged 47

Acting

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Toppa Utsumi

8 Jun 1968 · aged 53

Acting

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Sacha Gordine

8 Jun 1968 · aged 58

Production

Dan Duryea

7 Jun 1968 · aged 61

Acting

Rudolf Rhomberg

6 Jun 1968 · aged 48

Acting

Dorothy Gish

4 Jun 1968 · aged 70

Acting

James Burke

23 May 1968 · aged 81

Acting

Doris Lloyd

21 May 1968 · aged 76

Acting

Vladimir Chestnokov

15 May 1968 · aged 64

Acting

Jane Faber

13 May 1968 · aged 87

Acting

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Abel Jacquin

12 May 1968 · aged 74

Acting

Scotty Beckett

10 May 1968 · aged 38

Acting

Finlay Currie

9 May 1968 · aged 90

Acting

Henri Arius

8 May 1968 · aged 70

Acting

Ludde Juberg

8 May 1968 · aged 84

Acting

Olga Lindo

7 May 1968 · aged 68

Acting

Albert Dekker

5 May 1968 · aged 62

Acting

Al Mulock

1 May 1968 · aged 42

Acting

Liu En-Jia

25 Apr 1968 · aged 52

Acting

Tommy Noonan

24 Apr 1968 · aged 45

Acting

Margaret Seddon

17 Apr 1968 · aged 95

Acting

Fay Bainter

16 Apr 1968 · aged 74

Acting

Lois Andrews

5 Apr 1968 · aged 44

Acting

Martin Luther King Jr.

4 Apr 1968 · aged 39

Acting

William D. Russell

2 Apr 1968 · aged 59

Directing

Bobby Driscoll

30 Mar 1968 · aged 31

Acting

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Barry Shawzin

28 Mar 1968

Acting

Douglas Evans

25 Mar 1968 · aged 64

Acting

Howard Petrie

24 Mar 1968 · aged 61

Acting

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Harvey Toombs

19 Mar 1968 · aged 59

Visual Effects

June Collyer

16 Mar 1968 · aged 61

Acting

Yoshio Kosugi

12 Mar 1968 · aged 64

Acting

Helen Walker

10 Mar 1968 · aged 47

Acting

Tatsuo Saitō

2 Mar 1968 · aged 65

Acting

Eric Feldary

26 Feb 1968 · aged 55

Acting

Ralph Dunn

19 Feb 1968 · aged 67

Acting

Mae Marsh

13 Feb 1968 · aged 73

Acting

Barbara Everest

9 Feb 1968 · aged 77

Acting

Nick Adams

7 Feb 1968 · aged 36

Acting

Miguel Ligero

26 Jan 1968 · aged 77

Acting

Virginia Maskell

25 Jan 1968 · aged 31

Acting

Ed Cassidy

19 Jan 1968 · aged 74

Acting

John Ridgely

18 Jan 1968 · aged 58

Acting

Bert Wheeler

18 Jan 1968 · aged 72

Acting

John Davidson

16 Jan 1968 · aged 81

Acting

Howard Smith

11 Jan 1968 · aged 74

Acting

Basil Sydney

10 Jan 1968 · aged 73

Acting

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Piero Pastore

8 Jan 1968 · aged 64

Acting

Jean Murat

4 Jan 1968 · aged 79

Acting

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Robert Riordan

1 Jan 1968 · aged 56

Acting