In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1972

Remembering 112 people from the world of film and television who died in 1972, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Chōko Iida

26 Dec 1972 · aged 75

Acting

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Mel Ruick

24 Dec 1972 · aged 74

Acting

Gen Shimizu

20 Dec 1972 · aged 65

Acting

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Bob Mosher

15 Dec 1972 · aged 57

Writing

Edward Earle

15 Dec 1972 · aged 90

Acting

William Dieterle

8 Dec 1972 · aged 79

Directing

Janet Munro

6 Dec 1972 · aged 38

Acting

Ketti Gallian

1 Dec 1972 · aged 59

Acting

Marie Wilson

23 Nov 1972 · aged 56

Acting

Raymond Souplex

22 Nov 1972 · aged 71

Acting

Jerome Hill

21 Nov 1972 · aged 67

Directing

Ennio Flaiano

20 Nov 1972 · aged 62

Writing

Gerard Heinz

20 Nov 1972 · aged 68

Acting

Tod Andrews

7 Nov 1972 · aged 57

Acting

Reginald Owen

5 Nov 1972 · aged 85

Acting

Sándor Pécsi

4 Nov 1972 · aged 50

Acting

Davison Clark

4 Nov 1972 · aged 91

Acting

Kichijirō Ueda

3 Nov 1972 · aged 68

Acting

Mitchell Leisen

28 Oct 1972 · aged 74

Directing

Lew Parker

27 Oct 1972 · aged 64

Acting

Jackie Robinson

24 Oct 1972 · aged 53

Acting

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Barré Lyndon

23 Oct 1972 · aged 76

Writing

Leo G. Carroll

16 Oct 1972 · aged 85

Acting

Consuelo Guerrero de Luna

11 Oct 1972 · aged 67

Acting

Miriam Hopkins

9 Oct 1972 · aged 69

Acting

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Ed Adamson

1 Oct 1972 · aged 57

Writing

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Friedrich Schröder

25 Sep 1972 · aged 62

Sound

Jerry Catron

18 Sep 1972 · aged 45

Acting

Akim Tamiroff

17 Sep 1972 · aged 72

Acting

Lane Chandler

14 Sep 1972 · aged 73

Acting

William Boyd

12 Sep 1972 · aged 77

Acting

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Yasushi Nagata

12 Sep 1972 · aged 64

Acting

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Lale Andersen

29 Aug 1972 · aged 67

Acting

Joe Corey

29 Aug 1972 · aged 45

Acting

Gaby André

27 Aug 1972 · aged 52

Acting

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D. Ross Lederman

24 Aug 1972 · aged 77

Directing

Sérgio Cardoso

18 Aug 1972 · aged 47

Acting

Pierre Brasseur

16 Aug 1972 · aged 66

Acting

Sangrid Nerf

15 Aug 1972 · aged 40

Acting

Nikos Fermas

14 Aug 1972 · aged 67

Acting

Pelagia Relewicz-Ziembińska

12 Aug 1972 · aged 75

Acting

Joi Lansing

7 Aug 1972 · aged 43

Acting

Tom Neal

7 Aug 1972 · aged 58

Acting

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Ralph Maria Siegel

2 Aug 1972 · aged 61

Sound

Mieczysława Ćwiklińska

28 Jul 1972 · aged 93

Acting

Helen Traubel

28 Jul 1972 · aged 73

Acting

Aleqsandre Omiadze

27 Jul 1972 · aged 69

Acting

Julio Peña

27 Jul 1972 · aged 60

Acting

Claude Cerval

25 Jul 1972 · aged 51

Acting

Roy Gordon

23 Jul 1972 · aged 87

Acting

T. S. Balaiah

22 Jul 1972 · aged 57

Acting

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Michael Truman

11 Jul 1972 · aged 56

Editing

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Harmon Jones

10 Jul 1972 · aged 61

Directing

Brandon De Wilde

6 Jul 1972 · aged 30

Acting

Gerald Hamer

6 Jul 1972 · aged 85

Acting

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Yeung Yip-Wang

3 Jul 1972 · aged 72

Acting

Jack Whittingham

3 Jul 1972 · aged 61

Writing

Charles Sullivan

25 Jun 1972 · aged 73

Acting

Sidney Lanfield

20 Jun 1972 · aged 74

Directing

Lidiya Genel-Ablova

19 Jun 1972 · aged 92

Acting

George Pembroke

11 Jun 1972 · aged 70

Acting

Roberto Rey

30 May 1972 · aged 67

Acting

Prithviraj Kapoor

29 May 1972 · aged 65

Acting

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Ichijirō Oya

28 May 1972 · aged 78

Acting

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Kenji Susukida

26 May 1972 · aged 73

Acting

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Jesús "Murciélago" Velázquez

26 May 1972 · aged 62

Acting

Gavin Muir

24 May 1972 · aged 71

Acting

Margaret Rutherford

22 May 1972 · aged 80

Acting

Nigel Green

15 May 1972 · aged 47

Acting

Dan Blocker

13 May 1972 · aged 43

Acting

Steve Ihnat

12 May 1972 · aged 37

Acting

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Carl Bernard

4 May 1972 · aged 64

Acting

Bruce Cabot

3 May 1972 · aged 68

Acting

Dmitriy Kara-Dmitriev

2 May 1972 · aged 84

Acting

Gia Scala

30 Apr 1972 · aged 38

Acting

Bobby Howes

27 Apr 1972 · aged 76

Acting

George Sanders

25 Apr 1972 · aged 65

Acting

Jorge Mistral

21 Apr 1972 · aged 51

Acting

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Ryuji Kita

16 Apr 1972 · aged 67

Acting

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Charles Hoffman

8 Apr 1972 · aged 60

Writing

Brian Donlevy

6 Apr 1972 · aged 71

Acting

Eddie Dew

6 Apr 1972 · aged 63

Acting

Isabel Jewell

5 Apr 1972 · aged 64

Acting

Meena Kumari

31 Mar 1972 · aged 38

Acting

Peter Whitney

30 Mar 1972 · aged 55

Acting

Shin Morikawa

26 Mar 1972 · aged 60

Acting

Arkadi Tolbuzin

24 Mar 1972 · aged 51

Acting

Noboru Kiritachi

22 Mar 1972 · aged 55

Acting

Marilyn Maxwell

20 Mar 1972 · aged 50

Acting

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Carl Meyer

19 Mar 1972 · aged 78

Writing

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Fredric Brown

11 Mar 1972 · aged 65

Writing

Walter Winchell

20 Feb 1972 · aged 74

Acting

Raymond Bond

13 Feb 1972 · aged 86

Acting

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Lee Erwin

9 Feb 1972 · aged 65

Writing

John Litel

3 Feb 1972 · aged 79

Acting

Jessie Royce Landis

2 Feb 1972 · aged 75

Acting

Hugh McDermott

29 Jan 1972 · aged 65

Acting

David McMahon

27 Jan 1972 · aged 61

Acting

Jerome Cowan

24 Jan 1972 · aged 74

Acting

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Alec Coppel

22 Jan 1972 · aged 64

Writing

George Mitchell

18 Jan 1972 · aged 66

Acting

Rochelle Hudson

17 Jan 1972 · aged 55

Acting

Irène Tunc

16 Jan 1972 · aged 37

Acting

Ross Bagdasarian

16 Jan 1972 · aged 52

Acting

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John Warwick

10 Jan 1972 · aged 67

Acting

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Al Goodman

10 Jan 1972 · aged 81

Acting

Hamilton Dyce

8 Jan 1972 · aged 59

Acting

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Raoul De Leon

6 Jan 1972 · aged 66

Acting

Maurice Chevalier

1 Jan 1972 · aged 83

Acting

Highland Dale

1 Jan 1972 · aged 28

Acting

Heinz Piper

1 Jan 1972 · aged 63

Acting

Vagelis Sakainas

1 Jan 1972 · aged 64

Acting