In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1971

Remembering 101 people from the world of film and television who died in 1971, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Pete Duel

31 Dec 1971 · aged 31

Acting

Stuart Holmes

29 Dec 1971 · aged 87

Acting

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Harold Daniels

27 Dec 1971 · aged 68

Directing

Robert Lowery

26 Dec 1971 · aged 58

Acting

Hiroshi Hayashi

22 Dec 1971 · aged 66

Acting

Frank Tweddell

20 Dec 1971 · aged 76

Acting

Diana Lynn

18 Dec 1971 · aged 45

Acting

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Bobby Jones

18 Dec 1971 · aged 69

Acting

Enrique Rambal

15 Dec 1971 · aged 47

Acting

Warren Foster

13 Dec 1971 · aged 67

Writing

Frank Wolff

12 Dec 1971 · aged 43

Acting

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Hal Taggart

7 Dec 1971 · aged 75

Acting

Hugh Wakefield

5 Dec 1971 · aged 83

Acting

Al Ferguson

4 Dec 1971 · aged 83

Acting

Rafael Rivelles

3 Dec 1971 · aged 72

Acting

Hank Mann

25 Nov 1971 · aged 84

Acting

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Billy Russell

25 Nov 1971 · aged 78

Acting

Walter Sande

22 Nov 1971 · aged 65

Acting

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Helena Grant

22 Nov 1971 · aged 92

Acting

Gladys Cooper

17 Nov 1971 · aged 82

Acting

Paul Klinger

14 Nov 1971 · aged 64

Acting

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Charlie Manna

9 Nov 1971 · aged 51

Acting

Martha Vickers

2 Nov 1971 · aged 46

Acting

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Roy Fant

1 Nov 1971 · aged 86

Acting

József Szendrő

22 Oct 1971 · aged 57

Acting

Raymond Hatton

21 Oct 1971 · aged 84

Acting

Betty Bronson

19 Oct 1971 · aged 64

Acting

Chester Conklin

11 Oct 1971 · aged 85

Acting

Christopher Dark

10 Oct 1971 · aged 51

Acting

Jack Perry

7 Oct 1971 · aged 76

Acting

Robert "Buzz" Henry

30 Sep 1971 · aged 40

Acting

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James P. Cavanagh

25 Sep 1971 · aged 49

Writing

Billy Gilbert

23 Sep 1971 · aged 77

Acting

James Westerfield

20 Sep 1971 · aged 58

Acting

David Volosov

19 Sep 1971 · aged 66

Acting

Ralph Moody

16 Sep 1971 · aged 84

Acting

Valeriy Lekarev

14 Sep 1971 · aged 61

Acting

Percy Helton

11 Sep 1971 · aged 77

Acting

Bella Darvi

11 Sep 1971 · aged 42

Acting

Pier Angeli

10 Sep 1971 · aged 39

Acting

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Kenrick Hudson

8 Sep 1971 · aged 66

Acting

Spring Byington

7 Sep 1971 · aged 84

Acting

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Ted Lewis

25 Aug 1971 · aged 81

Acting

Pedro Elviro

24 Aug 1971 · aged 75

Acting

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Frank Fenton

23 Aug 1971 · aged 68

Writing

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Oliver McGowan

23 Aug 1971 · aged 64

Acting

Horace McMahon

17 Aug 1971 · aged 65

Acting

Paul Lukas

15 Aug 1971 · aged 77

Acting

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Jaroslava Dobrá

7 Aug 1971 · aged 47

Acting

Musei Tokugawa

1 Aug 1971 · aged 77

Acting

Van Heflin

23 Jul 1971 · aged 60

Acting

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Alfons Teuber

23 Jul 1971 · aged 68

Acting

Carleton G. Young

11 Jul 1971 · aged 64

Acting

Gene Wang

7 Jul 1971 · aged 57

Production

Louis Armstrong

6 Jul 1971 · aged 69

Acting

Jim Morrison

3 Jul 1971 · aged 27

Acting

Tenen Holtz

1 Jul 1971 · aged 84

Acting

Jack Goode

24 Jun 1971 · aged 63

Acting

Thomas Gomez

18 Jun 1971 · aged 65

Acting

Michael Rennie

10 Jun 1971 · aged 61

Acting

Harold Lloyd Jr.

9 Jun 1971 · aged 40

Acting

Carlos Martínez Baena

29 May 1971 · aged 82

Acting

Audie Murphy

28 May 1971 · aged 45

Acting

Chips Rafferty

27 May 1971 · aged 62

Acting

Heihachirō Ōkawa

27 May 1971 · aged 65

Acting

Bokuzen Hidari

26 May 1971 · aged 77

Acting

Terence de Marney

25 May 1971 · aged 63

Acting

Donald Kirke

18 May 1971 · aged 70

Acting

Dot Farley

2 May 1971 · aged 90

Acting

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Margaret Bert

1 May 1971 · aged 74

Acting

Glenda Farrell

1 May 1971 · aged 66

Acting

House Jameson

23 Apr 1971 · aged 68

Acting

Edmund Lowe

21 Apr 1971 · aged 81

Acting

Cecil Parker

20 Apr 1971 · aged 73

Acting

Josephine Middleton

8 Apr 1971 · aged 88

Acting

José Venegas

5 Apr 1971 · aged 45

Acting

Selmer Jackson

30 Mar 1971 · aged 82

Acting

Werner Peters

30 Mar 1971 · aged 52

Acting

Basil Dearden

23 Mar 1971 · aged 60

Directing

Nan Wynn

23 Mar 1971 · aged 52

Acting

Nella Walker

22 Mar 1971 · aged 85

Acting

Fanny Navarro

18 Mar 1971 · aged 51

Acting

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Leland Hayward

18 Mar 1971 · aged 68

Production

Bebe Daniels

16 Mar 1971 · aged 70

Acting

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Helmuth Rudolph

16 Mar 1971 · aged 70

Acting

Roy Glenn

12 Mar 1971 · aged 56

Acting

David Burns

12 Mar 1971 · aged 69

Acting

Harold Lloyd

8 Mar 1971 · aged 77

Acting

Kyū Sazanka

4 Mar 1971 · aged 56

Acting

Izolda Izvitskaya

1 Mar 1971 · aged 38

Acting

Fernandel

26 Feb 1971 · aged 67

Acting

Bert Roach

16 Feb 1971 · aged 79

Acting

Seth Holt

14 Feb 1971 · aged 47

Directing

Jay C. Flippen

3 Feb 1971 · aged 71

Acting

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Robert Maxwell

3 Feb 1971 · aged 63

Production

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Robert Maxwell

3 Feb 1971 · aged 63

Writing

Kermit Maynard

16 Jan 1971 · aged 73

Acting

John Dall

15 Jan 1971 · aged 50

Acting

Marshall Bradford

11 Jan 1971 · aged 85

Acting

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Coco Chanel

10 Jan 1971 · aged 87

Costume & Make-Up

Talia Saltı

1 Jan 1971 · aged 72

Acting