In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1975

Remembering 120 people from the world of film and television who died in 1975, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Bernard Herrmann

24 Dec 1975 · aged 64

Sound

William Lundigan

20 Dec 1975 · aged 61

Acting

José Amaro

19 Dec 1975 · aged 60

Acting

Frank Sully

17 Dec 1975 · aged 67

Acting

Arthur Treacher

14 Dec 1975 · aged 81

Acting

Cyril Delevanti

13 Dec 1975 · aged 86

Acting

Jean Chevrier

13 Dec 1975 · aged 60

Acting

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Maurice Edelman

13 Dec 1975 · aged 64

Writing

William A. Wellman

9 Dec 1975 · aged 79

Directing

Hardie Albright

7 Dec 1975 · aged 71

Acting

Valerie White

3 Dec 1975 · aged 59

Acting

Jack Chefe

1 Dec 1975 · aged 81

Acting

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Hans Schweikart

1 Dec 1975 · aged 80

Directing

Moyna MacGill

25 Nov 1975 · aged 79

Acting

Francisco Franco

20 Nov 1975 · aged 82

Acting

Viktor Avdyushko

19 Nov 1975 · aged 50

Acting

Sheila Ryan

4 Nov 1975 · aged 54

Acting

Pier Paolo Pasolini

2 Nov 1975 · aged 53

Directing

Doro Merande

1 Nov 1975 · aged 83

Acting

Joseph Calleia

31 Oct 1975 · aged 78

Acting

Frank Puglia

26 Oct 1975 · aged 83

Acting

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Boris Lifanov

25 Oct 1975 · aged 62

Acting

Martin Boddey

24 Oct 1975 · aged 68

Acting

Barboura Morris

23 Oct 1975 · aged 43

Acting

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Marion Gray

19 Oct 1975 · aged 90

Acting

Al Lettieri

18 Oct 1975 · aged 47

Acting

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Karl Erik Flens

17 Oct 1975 · aged 62

Acting

Carlo Romano

16 Oct 1975 · aged 67

Acting

Jacques Charon

15 Oct 1975 · aged 55

Acting

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Leslie Weston

13 Oct 1975 · aged 79

Acting

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Josef Traxel

8 Oct 1975 · aged 59

Acting

Henry Calvin

6 Oct 1975 · aged 57

Acting

Masao Shimizu

5 Oct 1975 · aged 67

Acting

Casey Stengel

29 Sep 1975 · aged 85

Acting

Agnes Windeck

28 Sep 1975 · aged 87

Acting

Danyal Topatan

26 Sep 1975 · aged 61

Acting

Kenji Misumi

24 Sep 1975 · aged 54

Directing

Ian Hunter

23 Sep 1975 · aged 75

Acting

Ikio Sawamura

20 Sep 1975 · aged 70

Acting

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Vincent Lopez

20 Sep 1975 · aged 79

Acting

Pamela Brown

18 Sep 1975 · aged 58

Acting

John McGiver

9 Sep 1975 · aged 61

Acting

Minta Durfee

9 Sep 1975 · aged 85

Acting

Kyoji Sugi

1 Sep 1975 · aged 72

Acting

Eugenio Kusnet

29 Aug 1975 · aged 76

Acting

Alejandro Ciangherotti

29 Aug 1975 · aged 62

Acting

Hank Patterson

23 Aug 1975 · aged 86

Acting

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Claude-André Puget

14 Aug 1975 · aged 70

Writing

Howard Wendell

11 Aug 1975 · aged 67

Acting

Ruth Stephan

8 Aug 1975 · aged 49

Acting

John Baragrey

4 Aug 1975 · aged 57

Acting

Ruth Lee

3 Aug 1975 · aged 79

Acting

Jean Yarbrough

2 Aug 1975 · aged 74

Directing

Daisuke Katō

31 Jul 1975 · aged 64

Acting

Barbara Colby

24 Jul 1975 · aged 36

Acting

Pierre Sergeol

18 Jul 1975 · aged 72

Acting

Edward Radulski

10 Jul 1975 · aged 66

Acting

James Robertson Justice

2 Jul 1975 · aged 68

Acting

Vladimir Yemelyanov

2 Jul 1975 · aged 64

Acting

Rod Serling

28 Jun 1975 · aged 50

Writing

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Eddie Leslie

27 Jun 1975 · aged 71

Acting

Krista Nell

19 Jun 1975 · aged 29

Acting

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Danny Borzage

17 Jun 1975 · aged 78

Acting

Clancy Cooper

14 Jun 1975 · aged 68

Acting

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Albert Zahn

9 Jun 1975 · aged 56

Acting

Erasmo Pascual

7 Jun 1975 · aged 72

Acting

Lester Matthews

6 Jun 1975 · aged 75

Acting

Larry Blyden

6 Jun 1975 · aged 49

Acting

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John Roy

31 May 1975 · aged 77

Acting

Michel Simon

30 May 1975 · aged 80

Acting

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Simone Berteaut

30 May 1975 · aged 42

Acting

Roy Roberts

28 May 1975 · aged 69

Acting

Chien Lung

28 May 1975 · aged 59

Directing

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Leonard Horn

25 May 1975 · aged 48

Directing

Leonard Penn

20 May 1975 · aged 67

Acting

Bob Wills

13 May 1975 · aged 70

Acting

Philip Dorn

9 May 1975 · aged 73

Acting

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Avery Brundage

8 May 1975 · aged 87

Acting

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Germaine Kerjean

6 May 1975 · aged 81

Acting

Moe Howard

4 May 1975 · aged 77

Acting

Misako Tominaga

2 May 1975 · aged 41

Acting

Sergey Smirnov

28 Apr 1975 · aged 65

Acting

Mike Brant

25 Apr 1975 · aged 28

Acting

William Hartnell

23 Apr 1975 · aged 67

Acting

Peter Reynolds

22 Apr 1975 · aged 53

Acting

Mary Philips

22 Apr 1975 · aged 74

Acting

Joe Kirk

16 Apr 1975 · aged 71

Acting

Richard Conte

15 Apr 1975 · aged 65

Acting

Fredric March

14 Apr 1975 · aged 77

Acting

Larry Parks

13 Apr 1975 · aged 60

Acting

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Karl-Helge Hofstadt

11 Apr 1975 · aged 74

Acting

Marjorie Main

10 Apr 1975 · aged 85

Acting

Eiko Nakamura

30 Mar 1975 · aged 24

Acting

Michèle Girardon

25 Mar 1975 · aged 36

Acting

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Frederick Peisley

22 Mar 1975 · aged 70

Acting

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Arthur Crabtree

15 Mar 1975 · aged 74

Directing

Susan Hayward

14 Mar 1975 · aged 57

Acting

Shirley Ross

9 Mar 1975 · aged 62

Acting

George Stevens

8 Mar 1975 · aged 70

Directing

Efim Kopelyan

6 Mar 1975 · aged 62

Acting

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Robert Stevenson

4 Mar 1975 · aged 59

Acting

Milagros Leal

2 Mar 1975 · aged 72

Acting

Robert Strauss

20 Feb 1975 · aged 61

Acting

George Marshall

17 Feb 1975 · aged 83

Directing

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Bernard Knowles

12 Feb 1975 · aged 74

Camera

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Felicia Sanders

7 Feb 1975 · aged 53

Acting

Richard Wattis

1 Feb 1975 · aged 62

Acting

Toti Dal Monte

26 Jan 1975 · aged 81

Acting

Larry Fine

24 Jan 1975 · aged 72

Acting

Neil Wilson

24 Jan 1975 · aged 58

Acting

Marie Lohr

21 Jan 1975 · aged 84

Acting

Hans Olden

20 Jan 1975 · aged 82

Acting

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Leonid Parkhomenko

13 Jan 1975 · aged 44

Acting

Roma Bahn

11 Jan 1975 · aged 78

Acting

John Slater

9 Jan 1975 · aged 58

Acting

Pierre Fresnay

9 Jan 1975 · aged 77

Acting

John Dierkes

8 Jan 1975 · aged 69

Acting

John Gregson

8 Jan 1975 · aged 55

Acting

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Richard Molinas

1 Jan 1975 · aged 63

Acting

Nikolai Neronov

1 Jan 1975 · aged 73

Acting