In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1976

Remembering 130 people from the world of film and television who died in 1976, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Frankie Darro

25 Dec 1976 · aged 59

Acting

Irving Lerner

25 Dec 1976 · aged 67

Directing

Walter Fitzgerald

20 Dec 1976 · aged 80

Acting

Jack Cassidy

12 Dec 1976 · aged 49

Acting

Cathy Downs

8 Dec 1976 · aged 50

Acting

Benjamin Britten

4 Dec 1976 · aged 63

Sound

Mary Nash

3 Dec 1976 · aged 92

Acting

Walter Bluhm

2 Dec 1976 · aged 69

Acting

Godfrey Cambridge

29 Nov 1976 · aged 43

Acting

Rosalind Russell

28 Nov 1976 · aged 69

Acting

André Malraux

23 Nov 1976 · aged 75

Writing

Rupert Davies

22 Nov 1976 · aged 60

Acting

Jean Gabin

15 Nov 1976 · aged 72

Acting

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Robert Hardy Andrews

11 Nov 1976 · aged 73

Writing

Billy Halop

9 Nov 1976 · aged 56

Acting

Oscar Beregi Jr.

1 Nov 1976 · aged 58

Acting

Linda Watkins

31 Oct 1976 · aged 68

Acting

Huang Tsung-Hsun

28 Oct 1976 · aged 56

Acting

Eduard Kohout

25 Oct 1976 · aged 87

Acting

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David Friedkin

15 Oct 1976 · aged 64

Directing

Edith Evans

14 Oct 1976 · aged 88

Acting

Gene Vincent

12 Oct 1976 · aged 41

Acting

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Friedrich Teitge

6 Oct 1976 · aged 77

Acting

Barbara Nichols

5 Oct 1976 · aged 47

Acting

Aage Fønss

30 Sep 1976 · aged 88

Acting

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Ivan Rasputin

25 Sep 1976 · aged 64

Acting

Romney Brent

24 Sep 1976 · aged 74

Acting

Artturi Laakso

22 Sep 1976 · aged 82

Acting

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Morris Parsons

12 Sep 1976 · aged 73

Acting

Dalton Trumbo

10 Sep 1976 · aged 70

Writing

Olga Solbelli

8 Sep 1976 · aged 78

Acting

Anissa Jones

28 Aug 1976 · aged 18

Acting

Ángel Garasa

27 Aug 1976 · aged 70

Acting

Warner Anderson

26 Aug 1976 · aged 65

Acting

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Ray Lanier

26 Aug 1976 · aged 59

Acting

Alastair Sim

19 Aug 1976 · aged 75

Acting

Murvyn Vye

17 Aug 1976 · aged 63

Acting

William Redfield

16 Aug 1976 · aged 49

Acting

Fumiko Okamura

15 Aug 1976 · aged 77

Acting

Kléber Haedens

13 Aug 1976 · aged 62

Writing

Ray Corrigan

10 Aug 1976 · aged 74

Acting

Winston Hibler

8 Aug 1976 · aged 65

Writing

William Mervyn

6 Aug 1976 · aged 64

Acting

Fritz Lang

2 Aug 1976 · aged 85

Directing

Warren Parker

31 Jul 1976 · aged 72

Acting

Lan Ma

30 Jul 1976 · aged 60

Acting

Charlotte Susa

28 Jul 1976 · aged 78

Acting

Gene Roth

19 Jul 1976 · aged 73

Acting

Lucie Mannheim

18 Jul 1976 · aged 77

Acting

Mario Pisu

17 Jul 1976 · aged 66

Acting

Yelena Shatrova

15 Jul 1976 · aged 84

Acting

James Wong Howe

12 Jul 1976 · aged 76

Camera

Mike Pratt

10 Jul 1976 · aged 45

Acting

Norman Foster

7 Jul 1976 · aged 72

Directing

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Ray Kellogg

5 Jul 1976 · aged 70

Visual Effects

Hristos Tsaganeas

2 Jul 1976 · aged 70

Acting

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Kenneth M. Rosen

2 Jul 1976 · aged 47

Writing

Larry Cross

29 Jun 1976 · aged 63

Acting

Stanley Baker

28 Jun 1976 · aged 48

Acting

Jay Jostyn

25 Jun 1976 · aged 74

Acting

Don Shelton

19 Jun 1976 · aged 63

Acting

Mikhail Yanshin

17 Jun 1976 · aged 73

Acting

Avice Landone

12 Jun 1976 · aged 67

Acting

Sybil Thorndike

9 Jun 1976 · aged 93

Acting

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Jean de Limur

5 Jun 1976 · aged 88

Directing

Zoltán Latinovits

4 Jun 1976 · aged 44

Acting

Hiroko Kawasaki

3 Jun 1976 · aged 64

Acting

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Yōichirō Mikawa

2 Jun 1976 · aged 58

Acting

Ruth McDevitt

27 May 1976 · aged 80

Acting

Bobby Barber

24 May 1976 · aged 81

Acting

Hans Terofal

16 May 1976 · aged 53

Acting

Serafima Birman

11 May 1976 · aged 85

Acting

Kenjirō Ishiyama

10 May 1976 · aged 72

Acting

Alan Baxter

7 May 1976 · aged 67

Acting

Irena Ładosiówna

7 May 1976 · aged 70

Acting

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Alethea Charlton

6 May 1976 · aged 44

Acting

David Bruce

3 May 1976 · aged 60

Acting

Sidney James

26 Apr 1976 · aged 62

Acting

Darlene Fields

26 Apr 1976 · aged 49

Acting

Sergey Godzi

26 Apr 1976 · aged 69

Acting

Neil McCallum

26 Apr 1976 · aged 46

Acting

Carol Reed

25 Apr 1976 · aged 69

Directing

James Flavin

23 Apr 1976 · aged 69

Acting

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Léonide Moguy

21 Apr 1976 · aged 76

Directing

Nora Ricci

16 Apr 1976 · aged 51

Acting

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Sarett Tobias

16 Apr 1976 · aged 58

Writing

George Pastell

15 Apr 1976 · aged 53

Acting

Maudie Prickett

14 Apr 1976 · aged 61

Acting

Paul Ford

12 Apr 1976 · aged 74

Acting

Liam Dunn

11 Apr 1976 · aged 59

Acting

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Sydney Mason

11 Apr 1976 · aged 71

Acting

Ana María Custodio

10 Apr 1976 · aged 68

Acting

Venancio Muro

10 Apr 1976 · aged 47

Acting

Howard Hughes

5 Apr 1976 · aged 70

Production

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Hans Moebus

3 Apr 1976 · aged 73

Acting

Ray Teal

2 Apr 1976 · aged 74

Acting

Richard Arlen

28 Mar 1976 · aged 76

Acting

Rory Mallinson

26 Mar 1976 · aged 62

Acting

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Josef Koza

26 Mar 1976 · aged 55

Acting

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Chikako Hosokawa

20 Mar 1976 · aged 70

Acting

Michael Goodliffe

20 Mar 1976 · aged 61

Acting

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James Drake

18 Mar 1976 · aged 44

Acting

Andrew Tombes

17 Mar 1976 · aged 90

Acting

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Chalky Williams

13 Mar 1976 · aged 68

Acting

Jack Lambert

13 Mar 1976 · aged 76

Acting

Maxie Rosenbloom

6 Mar 1976 · aged 68

Acting

Frieda Inescort

26 Feb 1976 · aged 74

Acting

Tetsuo Kinjo

26 Feb 1976 · aged 37

Writing

Peter Madden

24 Feb 1976 · aged 71

Acting

Fuzzy Knight

23 Feb 1976 · aged 74

Acting

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Jack Gordon

23 Feb 1976 · aged 69

Acting

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Angela Baddeley

22 Feb 1976 · aged 71

Acting

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Florence Ballard

22 Feb 1976 · aged 32

Acting

Campbell Singer

16 Feb 1976 · aged 66

Acting

Lily Pons

13 Feb 1976 · aged 77

Acting

Sal Mineo

12 Feb 1976 · aged 37

Acting

Lee J. Cobb

11 Feb 1976 · aged 64

Acting

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Frank Littlewood

7 Feb 1976 · aged 71

Acting

Oskar Lind

6 Feb 1976 · aged 71

Acting

Roger Livesey

4 Feb 1976 · aged 69

Acting

Fernand Sardou

31 Jan 1976 · aged 65

Acting

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Arthur Gomez

30 Jan 1976 · aged 73

Acting

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James Mellor

28 Jan 1976 · aged 42

Acting

Kevin Coughlin

19 Jan 1976 · aged 30

Acting

Sonia Dresdel

18 Jan 1976 · aged 66

Acting

Golda Casimir

15 Jan 1976 · aged 65

Acting

Margaret Leighton

13 Jan 1976 · aged 53

Acting

Howlin' Wolf

10 Jan 1976 · aged 65

Acting

Germaine Michel

9 Jan 1976 · aged 83

Acting

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Doris Yorke

1 Jan 1976 · aged 78

Acting