In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1979

Remembering 150 people from the world of film and television who died in 1979, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Luis Induni

31 Dec 1979 · aged 59

Acting

Richard Rodgers

30 Dec 1979 · aged 77

Sound

Joan Blondell

25 Dec 1979 · aged 73

Acting

Lee Bowman

25 Dec 1979 · aged 64

Acting

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Michael Collins

25 Dec 1979 · aged 57

Acting

George Pollock

22 Dec 1979 · aged 72

Directing

Darryl F. Zanuck

22 Dec 1979 · aged 77

Production

Bern Hoffman

15 Dec 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Jon Hall

13 Dec 1979 · aged 64

Acting

Claire Carleton

11 Dec 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Ann Dvorak

10 Dec 1979 · aged 68

Acting

James Neilson

9 Dec 1979 · aged 70

Directing

Lesley Selander

5 Dec 1979 · aged 79

Directing

Robert Karnes

4 Dec 1979 · aged 62

Acting

Gabrielle Dorziat

30 Nov 1979 · aged 99

Acting

Joyce Grenfell

30 Nov 1979 · aged 69

Acting

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Dalmo Ferreira

27 Nov 1979 · aged 44

Acting

Merle Oberon

23 Nov 1979 · aged 68

Acting

Aleksey Bakhar

17 Nov 1979 · aged 51

Acting

Dimitri Tiomkin

11 Nov 1979 · aged 85

Sound

Lewis Charles

9 Nov 1979 · aged 59

Acting

Sydney Tafler

8 Nov 1979 · aged 63

Acting

Gunnar Lemvigh

8 Nov 1979 · aged 70

Acting

Amedeo Nazzari

5 Nov 1979 · aged 71

Acting

Saro Urzì

2 Nov 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Graham Ashley

30 Oct 1979 · aged 52

Acting

Park Chung-hee

26 Oct 1979 · aged 61

Acting

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Charles Thompson

26 Oct 1979 · aged 88

Acting

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Jus Addiss

26 Oct 1979 · aged 62

Directing

Fernando Soler

24 Oct 1979 · aged 83

Acting

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Daniel B. Ullman

23 Oct 1979 · aged 61

Writing

Tamara Garina

19 Oct 1979 · aged 78

Acting

John Stuart

17 Oct 1979 · aged 81

Acting

Noel Hood

15 Oct 1979 · aged 69

Acting

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Arthur Hilton

15 Oct 1979 · aged 82

Editing

Celia Lovsky

12 Oct 1979 · aged 82

Acting

Fred Graham

10 Oct 1979 · aged 70

Acting

Margit Ladomerszky

10 Oct 1979 · aged 74

Acting

Emmaline Henry

8 Oct 1979 · aged 50

Acting

Tatjana Iwanow

6 Oct 1979 · aged 54

Acting

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Nick Holt

6 Oct 1979 · aged 30

Acting

Dorothy Peterson

3 Oct 1979 · aged 81

Acting

Claudia Jennings

3 Oct 1979 · aged 29

Acting

Bernie Gozier

2 Oct 1979 · aged 62

Acting

Gracie Fields

27 Sep 1979 · aged 81

Acting

John Cromwell

26 Sep 1979 · aged 92

Directing

Arthur Hunnicutt

26 Sep 1979 · aged 69

Acting

Catherine Lacey

23 Sep 1979 · aged 75

Acting

Paul Dubov

20 Sep 1979 · aged 60

Acting

M. R. Radha

17 Sep 1979 · aged 72

Acting

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Peter Lagger

17 Sep 1979 · aged 49

Acting

Laly Soldevila

12 Sep 1979 · aged 46

Acting

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Franklin Adreon

10 Sep 1979 · aged 76

Directing

Haroldo Barbosa

6 Sep 1979 · aged 64

Writing

James Maxwell

5 Sep 1979 · aged 48

Acting

Felix Aylmer

2 Sep 1979 · aged 90

Acting

Doris Kenyon

1 Sep 1979 · aged 81

Acting

Sally Rand

31 Aug 1979 · aged 75

Acting

Jean Seberg

30 Aug 1979 · aged 40

Acting

Stuart Heisler

21 Aug 1979 · aged 82

Directing

Mary Millington

19 Aug 1979 · aged 33

Acting

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David Orrick McDearmon

18 Aug 1979 · aged 65

Directing

Vivian Vance

17 Aug 1979 · aged 70

Acting

Dick Foran

10 Aug 1979 · aged 69

Acting

Kurt Kasznar

6 Aug 1979 · aged 65

Acting

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Philip Brack

29 Jul 1979 · aged 52

Acting

Frederick Stafford

28 Jul 1979 · aged 51

Acting

Ettore Manni

27 Jul 1979 · aged 52

Acting

Virginia Brissac

26 Jul 1979 · aged 96

Acting

Eric Pohlmann

25 Jul 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Bin Amatsu

24 Jul 1979 · aged 58

Acting

Archie Duncan

24 Jul 1979 · aged 65

Acting

Kōji Mitsui

20 Jul 1979 · aged 69

Acting

Annika Tretow

18 Jul 1979 · aged 60

Acting

Corinne Griffith

13 Jul 1979 · aged 84

Acting

Roddy McMillan

9 Jul 1979 · aged 56

Acting

Michael Wilding

8 Jul 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Sayre Dearing

5 Jul 1979 · aged 79

Acting

Marjorie Rhodes

4 Jul 1979 · aged 82

Acting

Larisa Shepitko

2 Jul 1979 · aged 41

Directing

Richard Ward

1 Jul 1979 · aged 64

Acting

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Eric Snowden

27 Jun 1979 · aged 90

Acting

Hope Summers

22 Jun 1979 · aged 83

Acting

Emory Parnell

22 Jun 1979 · aged 86

Acting

Curt Masreliez

21 Jun 1979 · aged 59

Acting

Yūji Hori

19 Jun 1979 · aged 56

Acting

Lou Frizzell

17 Jun 1979 · aged 59

Acting

Nicholas Ray

16 Jun 1979 · aged 67

Directing

Ayhan Işık

16 Jun 1979 · aged 50

Acting

David Butler

14 Jun 1979 · aged 84

Directing

Barry Shear

13 Jun 1979 · aged 56

Directing

George Cisar

13 Jun 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Darla Hood

13 Jun 1979 · aged 47

Acting

John Wayne

11 Jun 1979 · aged 72

Acting

Jean-Louis Bory

11 Jun 1979 · aged 59

Writing

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Harry Kronman

10 Jun 1979 · aged 77

Writing

Jack Haley

6 Jun 1979 · aged 81

Acting

Malcolm Hulke

6 Jun 1979 · aged 54

Writing

Heinz Erhardt

5 Jun 1979 · aged 70

Acting

Jim Hutton

2 Jun 1979 · aged 45

Acting

Jack Mulhall

1 Jun 1979 · aged 91

Acting

Sandro Giglio

1 Jun 1979 · aged 79

Acting

Jack Raine

30 May 1979 · aged 82

Acting

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Hilda Barry

29 May 1979 · aged 94

Acting

George Brent

26 May 1979 · aged 75

Acting

André Luguet

24 May 1979 · aged 87

Acting

Claude Génia

18 May 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Robert Florey

16 May 1979 · aged 78

Directing

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Kinnosuke Takamatsu

14 May 1979 · aged 81

Acting

Lester Flatt

11 May 1979 · aged 64

Acting

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Murray Pollack

10 May 1979 · aged 61

Acting

Beatrice Campbell

10 May 1979 · aged 56

Acting

Michel Ardan

9 May 1979 · aged 58

Acting

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Robert Thom

8 May 1979 · aged 49

Writing

Erin O'Brien-Moore

3 May 1979 · aged 77

Acting

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Peter Donald

30 Apr 1979 · aged 60

Acting

Fred Coe

29 Apr 1979 · aged 64

Production

Maurice Clavel

23 Apr 1979 · aged 58

Writing

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William Meader

15 Apr 1979 · aged 74

Acting

Rıza Tüzün

12 Apr 1979 · aged 59

Acting

Leonid Bykov

11 Apr 1979 · aged 50

Acting

Zoltán Várkonyi

10 Apr 1979 · aged 66

Acting

Norman Tokar

6 Apr 1979 · aged 59

Directing

Edgar Buchanan

4 Apr 1979 · aged 76

Acting

Kenjiro Uemura

3 Apr 1979 · aged 65

Acting

Barbara Luddy

1 Apr 1979 · aged 70

Acting

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Jack Pepper

1 Apr 1979 · aged 76

Acting

Bruno Coquatrix

1 Apr 1979 · aged 68

Acting

Lalo Hartich

31 Mar 1979 · aged 74

Acting

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Monti DeLyle

28 Mar 1979 · aged 79

Acting

Ronald Adam

27 Mar 1979 · aged 82

Acting

Yvonne Mitchell

24 Mar 1979 · aged 63

Acting

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John Meston

24 Mar 1979 · aged 64

Writing

Ben Lyon

22 Mar 1979 · aged 78

Acting

Richard Beckinsale

19 Mar 1979 · aged 31

Acting

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Lucille Barkley

19 Mar 1979 · aged 53

Acting

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John Tate

19 Mar 1979 · aged 64

Acting

Dany Dauberson

16 Mar 1979 · aged 54

Acting

P J Antony

14 Mar 1979 · aged 54

Acting

Harry-Max

13 Mar 1979 · aged 77

Acting

Victor Kilian

11 Mar 1979 · aged 88

Acting

Barbara Mullen

9 Mar 1979 · aged 64

Acting

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Quentin Lawrence

9 Mar 1979 · aged 58

Directing

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James Fritzell

9 Mar 1979 · aged 59

Writing

Charles Wagenheim

6 Mar 1979 · aged 83

Acting

John Robinson

6 Mar 1979 · aged 70

Acting

Dolores Costello

1 Mar 1979 · aged 75

Acting

Jane Hylton

28 Feb 1979 · aged 51

Acting

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Sesika Kuprashvili

22 Feb 1979 · aged 75

Acting

William Gargan

18 Feb 1979 · aged 73

Acting