In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1974

Remembering 121 people from the world of film and television who died in 1974, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Jack Benny

26 Dec 1974 · aged 80

Acting

Warren Finnerty

22 Dec 1974 · aged 49

Acting

Richard Long

21 Dec 1974 · aged 47

Acting

Henry de Monfreid

13 Dec 1974 · aged 95

Acting

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Teruhiko Kanno

12 Dec 1974 · aged 44

Writing

Reed Hadley

11 Dec 1974 · aged 63

Acting

Walter Coy

11 Dec 1974 · aged 65

Acting

Paul Richards

10 Dec 1974 · aged 40

Acting

Hirayoshi Aono

8 Dec 1974 · aged 62

Acting

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David Morrell

5 Dec 1974 · aged 48

Acting

Lee Kinsolving

4 Dec 1974 · aged 36

Acting

Hans Leibelt

3 Dec 1974 · aged 89

Acting

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Erich Holder

3 Dec 1974 · aged 73

Production

Raquel Martins

2 Dec 1974 · aged 62

Acting

Seijirô Onda

28 Nov 1974 · aged 64

Acting

T. A. Madhuram

27 Nov 1974

Acting

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Kunitaro Sawamura

26 Nov 1974 · aged 69

Acting

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

22 Nov 1974 · aged 76

Acting

Alessandro Momo

19 Nov 1974 · aged 17

Acting

Paul Azaïs

17 Nov 1974 · aged 71

Acting

Ursula Herking

17 Nov 1974 · aged 62

Acting

Clive Brook

17 Nov 1974 · aged 87

Acting

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Hazel Hughes

16 Nov 1974 · aged 61

Acting

Tony Barrett

16 Nov 1974 · aged 58

Acting

Vittorio De Sica

13 Nov 1974 · aged 73

Directing

Rodolfo Acosta

7 Nov 1974 · aged 54

Acting

Stafford Repp

5 Nov 1974 · aged 56

Acting

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Derwin Abrahams

5 Nov 1974 · aged 71

Directing

Gennady Shpalikov

1 Nov 1974 · aged 37

Writing

Maxwell Reed

31 Oct 1974 · aged 55

Acting

Chubby Johnson

31 Oct 1974 · aged 71

Acting

Aleksandr Orlov

23 Oct 1974 · aged 84

Acting

Ed Sullivan

13 Oct 1974 · aged 73

Acting

Vasiliy Shukshin

2 Oct 1974 · aged 45

Acting

Florelle

28 Sep 1974 · aged 76

Acting

José Marco Davó

27 Sep 1974 · aged 79

Acting

Cliff Arquette

23 Sep 1974 · aged 68

Acting

Stephanie Bidmead

22 Sep 1974 · aged 45

Acting

Walter Brennan

21 Sep 1974 · aged 80

Acting

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Jacqueline Susann

21 Sep 1974 · aged 56

Acting

Barbara Jo Allen

14 Sep 1974 · aged 68

Acting

Otto Kruger

6 Sep 1974 · aged 89

Acting

Olga Baclanova

6 Sep 1974 · aged 81

Acting

Marcel Achard

4 Sep 1974 · aged 75

Writing

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Bella Waldritter

3 Sep 1974 · aged 87

Acting

Fang Tian

27 Aug 1974 · aged 63

Acting

Sasikumar

24 Aug 1974 · aged 29

Acting

Anna Arena

19 Aug 1974 · aged 55

Acting

Edgar Dearing

17 Aug 1974 · aged 81

Acting

Ivor Dean

10 Aug 1974 · aged 56

Acting

Pedro Regas

10 Aug 1974 · aged 77

Acting

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Danny Mummert

10 Aug 1974 · aged 40

Acting

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Kan Sugi

7 Aug 1974 · aged 84

Acting

Almira Sessions

3 Aug 1974 · aged 85

Acting

Cass Elliot

29 Jul 1974 · aged 32

Acting

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Tom McBride

29 Jul 1974 · aged 63

Acting

Truman Bradley

28 Jul 1974 · aged 69

Acting

Joan Ingram

27 Jul 1974 · aged 70

Acting

Toshie Kimura

26 Jul 1974 · aged 39

Acting

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Clarke Alexander

26 Jul 1974 · aged 54

Acting

Mary Forbes

22 Jul 1974 · aged 91

Acting

Allen Jenkins

20 Jul 1974 · aged 74

Acting

Leslie Bradley

20 Jul 1974 · aged 66

Acting

Joe Flynn

19 Jul 1974 · aged 49

Acting

S. V. Ranga Rao

18 Jul 1974 · aged 56

Acting

Chet Brandenburg

17 Jul 1974 · aged 76

Acting

Karl E. Mundt

16 Jul 1974 · aged 74

Acting

Nancy Wickwire

10 Jul 1974 · aged 48

Acting

Earl Warren

9 Jul 1974 · aged 83

Acting

Francis Blanche

6 Jul 1974 · aged 52

Acting

Pyotr Polev

2 Jul 1974 · aged 54

Acting

Juan Domingo Perón

1 Jul 1974 · aged 78

Acting

Marcel Pérès

28 Jun 1974 · aged 76

Acting

Frank Sutton

28 Jun 1974 · aged 50

Acting

Pamela Britton

17 Jun 1974 · aged 51

Acting

Mauritz Hugo

16 Jun 1974 · aged 65

Acting

Lewis R. Foster

10 Jun 1974 · aged 75

Writing

Blanche Yurka

6 Jun 1974 · aged 86

Acting

José Jaspe

5 Jun 1974 · aged 67

Acting

Rallis Angelidis

1 Jun 1974 · aged 72

Acting

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Douglas Herald

30 May 1974 · aged 82

Acting

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James MacTaggart

29 May 1974 · aged 46

Directing

Donald Crisp

25 May 1974 · aged 91

Acting

Duke Ellington

24 May 1974 · aged 75

Acting

Audrey Betz

21 May 1974 · aged 65

Acting

Takeshi Sakamoto

17 May 1974 · aged 74

Acting

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Jadwiga Halina Gallowa

9 May 1974 · aged 83

Acting

John Wengraf

4 May 1974 · aged 77

Acting

Agnes Moorehead

30 Apr 1974 · aged 73

Acting

Bud Abbott

24 Apr 1974 · aged 76

Acting

Robert Burnier

24 Apr 1974 · aged 76

Acting

Michael Whalen

14 Apr 1974 · aged 71

Acting

Curt Conway

10 Apr 1974 · aged 58

Acting

Douglass Dumbrille

2 Apr 1974 · aged 84

Acting

Françoise Rosay

28 Mar 1974 · aged 82

Acting

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Kenneth Henry

27 Mar 1974 · aged 68

Acting

Candy Darling

21 Mar 1974 · aged 29

Acting

Edward Platt

19 Mar 1974 · aged 58

Acting

Willard Sage

17 Mar 1974 · aged 51

Acting

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Janos Prohaska

13 Mar 1974 · aged 54

Acting

Carl Jaffe

12 Mar 1974 · aged 71

Acting

Judd Holdren

11 Mar 1974 · aged 58

Acting

Martha Wentworth

8 Mar 1974 · aged 84

Acting

Wim Sonneveld

8 Mar 1974 · aged 56

Acting

Frank Wilcox

3 Mar 1974 · aged 66

Acting

Barbara Ruick

3 Mar 1974 · aged 41

Acting

Jack Tornek

18 Feb 1974 · aged 87

Acting

Arline Judge

7 Feb 1974 · aged 61

Acting

Nana Skiada

7 Feb 1974 · aged 55

Acting

Samuel Goldwyn

31 Jan 1974 · aged 94

Production

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H. E. Bates

28 Jan 1974 · aged 68

Writing

Kanji Kawara

26 Jan 1974 · aged 76

Acting

William Fawcett

25 Jan 1974 · aged 79

Acting

Leonard Freeman

20 Jan 1974 · aged 53

Writing

Paul Whitsun-Jones

14 Jan 1974 · aged 50

Acting

Cliff Lyons

6 Jan 1974 · aged 72

Acting

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Wolfgang Anheisser

5 Jan 1974 · aged 44

Acting

Gino Cervi

3 Jan 1974 · aged 72

Acting

J. P. Chandrababu

1 Jan 1974 · aged 47

Acting

Giani Esposito

1 Jan 1974 · aged 43

Acting