In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1970

Remembering 106 people from the world of film and television who died in 1970, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Leon Cortez

31 Dec 1970 · aged 72

Acting

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Alexander Campbell

25 Dec 1970 · aged 82

Acting

Charles Ruggles

23 Dec 1970 · aged 84

Acting

Joji Oka

17 Dec 1970 · aged 68

Acting

John Paddy Carstairs

12 Dec 1970 · aged 60

Directing

Jean-Max

7 Dec 1970 · aged 74

Acting

Yukio Mishima

25 Nov 1970 · aged 45

Writing

Naunton Wayne

17 Nov 1970 · aged 69

Acting

Harold Lang

16 Nov 1970

Acting

Denise Clair

16 Nov 1970 · aged 54

Acting

Henri Jeanson

6 Nov 1970 · aged 70

Writing

Fernand Gravey

2 Nov 1970 · aged 64

Acting

Hertha Feiler

1 Nov 1970 · aged 54

Acting

Dorothy Vernon

28 Oct 1970 · aged 94

Acting

Wally Patch

27 Oct 1970 · aged 82

Acting

Kenneth Edwards

25 Oct 1970 · aged 69

Acting

Patrick Wymark

20 Oct 1970 · aged 44

Acting

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Madeleine Koehler

11 Oct 1970 · aged 75

Acting

John McLaren

10 Oct 1970 · aged 59

Acting

Lauro Gazzolo

2 Oct 1970 · aged 69

Acting

Grethe Weiser

2 Oct 1970 · aged 67

Acting

Edward Everett Horton

29 Sep 1970 · aged 84

Acting

Gamal Abdel Nasser

28 Sep 1970 · aged 52

Acting

Bourvil

23 Sep 1970 · aged 53

Acting

Axel Högel

20 Sep 1970 · aged 86

Acting

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Guy Verney

19 Sep 1970 · aged 54

Directing

Jimi Hendrix

18 Sep 1970 · aged 27

Acting

Cap Somers

18 Sep 1970 · aged 77

Acting

Chester Morris

11 Sep 1970 · aged 69

Acting

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Robert R. Stephenson

8 Sep 1970 · aged 69

Acting

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Jamie Forster

7 Sep 1970 · aged 78

Acting

Bernard Noël

2 Sep 1970 · aged 43

Acting

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Robert Robinson

1 Sep 1970 · aged 67

Acting

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

30 Aug 1970 · aged 68

Acting

Del Moore

30 Aug 1970 · aged 54

Acting

Dan Riss

28 Aug 1970 · aged 60

Acting

Frederick Leister

24 Aug 1970 · aged 84

Acting

Soledad Miranda

18 Aug 1970 · aged 27

Acting

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Bob Ross

18 Aug 1970 · aged 62

Writing

Tetsu Komai

10 Aug 1970 · aged 76

Acting

Mimi Aguglia

31 Jul 1970 · aged 85

Acting

Claud Allister

26 Jul 1970 · aged 81

Acting

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Katherine Albert

26 Jul 1970 · aged 67

Writing

Pyotr Repnin

24 Jul 1970 · aged 75

Acting

Juano Hernández

17 Jul 1970 · aged 73

Acting

Preston Foster

14 Jul 1970 · aged 69

Acting

Luis Mariano

14 Jul 1970 · aged 55

Acting

Andreas Malandrinos

11 Jul 1970 · aged 81

Acting

Pavel Volkov

10 Jul 1970 · aged 73

Acting

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Chet Stratton

7 Jul 1970 · aged 59

Acting

Marjorie Rambeau

6 Jul 1970 · aged 80

Acting

Geraldine Wall

22 Jun 1970 · aged 62

Acting

Frank Silvera

11 Jun 1970 · aged 55

Acting

Sonny Tufts

4 Jun 1970 · aged 58

Acting

Vinton Hayworth

21 May 1970 · aged 63

Acting

Ureo Egawa

20 May 1970 · aged 68

Acting

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Nigel Balchin

17 May 1970 · aged 61

Writing

Billie Burke

14 May 1970 · aged 85

Acting

Charles Fredericks

14 May 1970 · aged 51

Acting

Mari Blanchard

10 May 1970 · aged 47

Acting

Hy Hazell

10 May 1970 · aged 50

Acting

Inger Stevens

30 Apr 1970 · aged 35

Acting

Ed Begley

28 Apr 1970 · aged 69

Acting

Arthur Shields

27 Apr 1970 · aged 74

Acting

Gypsy Rose Lee

26 Apr 1970 · aged 59

Acting

Anita Louise

25 Apr 1970 · aged 55

Acting

Ekaterina Savinova

25 Apr 1970 · aged 43

Acting

Herb Shriner

23 Apr 1970 · aged 51

Acting

Nora Bush

22 Apr 1970 · aged 94

Acting

Glenn Tryon

18 Apr 1970 · aged 71

Acting

Milton Kibbee

17 Apr 1970 · aged 74

Acting

Peter Chen Ho

16 Apr 1970 · aged 40

Acting

Gustavo Serena

16 Apr 1970 · aged 88

Acting

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Merriman Smith

13 Apr 1970 · aged 57

Acting

Cathy O'Donnell

11 Apr 1970 · aged 46

Acting

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Joe Dominguez

11 Apr 1970 · aged 76

Acting

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Maurice Stokes

6 Apr 1970 · aged 36

Acting

Byron Foulger

4 Apr 1970 · aged 71

Acting

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Heinz Schorlemmer

1 Apr 1970 · aged 64

Acting

Nancy Price

31 Mar 1970 · aged 90

Acting

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Hiroshi Mizuno

22 Mar 1970 · aged 70

Acting

William Beaudine

18 Mar 1970 · aged 78

Directing

Alec Clunes

13 Mar 1970 · aged 57

Acting

Erle Stanley Gardner

11 Mar 1970 · aged 80

Writing

Vasilis Avlonitis

10 Mar 1970 · aged 66

Acting

Borden Chase

9 Mar 1970 · aged 70

Writing

Wally Vernon

7 Mar 1970 · aged 64

Acting

Olga Limburg

7 Mar 1970 · aged 88

Acting

William Hopper

6 Mar 1970 · aged 55

Acting

Conrad Nagel

24 Feb 1970 · aged 72

Acting

Arnold Marlé

21 Feb 1970 · aged 82

Acting

Gaston Modot

19 Feb 1970 · aged 82

Acting

Jules Munshin

19 Feb 1970 · aged 54

Directing

Albert Sharpe

13 Feb 1970 · aged 84

Acting

Yuriko Hanabusa

7 Feb 1970 · aged 69

Acting

Roscoe Karns

6 Feb 1970 · aged 78

Acting

Frank Gerstle

2 Feb 1970 · aged 54

Acting

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Joan Sudlow

1 Feb 1970 · aged 78

Acting

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Edward Lexy

31 Jan 1970 · aged 72

Acting

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

28 Jan 1970 · aged 52

Acting

Robert Barrat

8 Jan 1970 · aged 80

Acting

Kenichi Enomoto

7 Jan 1970 · aged 65

Acting

Si Jenks

6 Jan 1970 · aged 93

Acting

Sylvie

6 Jan 1970 · aged 87

Acting

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Robert B. Sinclair

4 Jan 1970 · aged 64

Directing

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Ritu Pandey

1 Jan 1970

Acting