In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1984

Remembering 150 people from the world of film and television who died in 1984, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Sam Peckinpah

28 Dec 1984 · aged 59

Directing

Konstantin Ershov

28 Dec 1984 · aged 49

Directing

Peter Lawford

24 Dec 1984 · aged 61

Acting

Ian Hendry

24 Dec 1984 · aged 53

Acting

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Stan Jay

22 Dec 1984 · aged 85

Acting

Sōji Kiyokawa

18 Dec 1984 · aged 81

Acting

Rudolf Platte

18 Dec 1984 · aged 80

Acting

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Jan Peerce

15 Dec 1984 · aged 80

Acting

Cheung Ying

14 Dec 1984 · aged 65

Acting

Walter Richter-Reinick

14 Dec 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Margaret Livingston

13 Dec 1984 · aged 89

Acting

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Robert E. Kent

11 Dec 1984 · aged 73

Writing

George Waggner

11 Dec 1984 · aged 90

Directing

Luther Adler

8 Dec 1984 · aged 81

Acting

Jack Mercer

7 Dec 1984 · aged 74

Acting

Hashizo Ōkawa

7 Dec 1984 · aged 55

Acting

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Fay Sappington

7 Dec 1984 · aged 78

Acting

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Clete Roberts

30 Nov 1984 · aged 72

Acting

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Willis Robards

24 Nov 1984 · aged 72

Acting

Paul Dahlke

23 Nov 1984 · aged 80

Acting

John Gilling

22 Nov 1984 · aged 72

Writing

László Bánhidi

22 Nov 1984 · aged 78

Acting

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Denis Cleary

21 Nov 1984 · aged 57

Acting

Aslam Pervaiz

21 Nov 1984 · aged 52

Acting

Nikitas Platis

14 Nov 1984 · aged 72

Acting

Dorothy Arnold

13 Nov 1984 · aged 66

Acting

Sudie Bond

10 Nov 1984 · aged 56

Acting

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Béla Fáy

8 Nov 1984 · aged 83

Acting

George Mathews

7 Nov 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Merie Earle

4 Nov 1984 · aged 95

Acting

Eduardo De Filippo

31 Oct 1984 · aged 84

Acting

Mario Gallo

30 Oct 1984 · aged 61

Acting

June Duprez

30 Oct 1984 · aged 66

Acting

Sue Randall

26 Oct 1984 · aged 49

Acting

Pascale Ogier

25 Oct 1984 · aged 25

Acting

Edith Massey

24 Oct 1984 · aged 66

Acting

Walter Woolf King

24 Oct 1984 · aged 84

Acting

Oskar Werner

23 Oct 1984 · aged 61

Acting

David Gorcey

23 Oct 1984 · aged 63

Acting

Napoleon Whiting

22 Oct 1984 · aged 74

Acting

François Truffaut

21 Oct 1984 · aged 52

Directing

Lajos Őze

21 Oct 1984 · aged 49

Acting

Pierre Kast

20 Oct 1984 · aged 64

Directing

Jon-Erik Hexum

18 Oct 1984 · aged 26

Acting

Peggy Ann Garner

16 Oct 1984 · aged 52

Acting

Gary Vinson

15 Oct 1984 · aged 47

Acting

H. Bruce Humberstone

11 Oct 1984 · aged 82

Directing

Alan Lake

10 Oct 1984 · aged 43

Acting

Joan Young

10 Oct 1984 · aged 81

Acting

Maricruz Olivier

10 Oct 1984 · aged 49

Acting

Leonard Rossiter

5 Oct 1984 · aged 57

Acting

Steve Pendleton

3 Oct 1984 · aged 76

Acting

Orville Sherman

1 Oct 1984 · aged 68

Acting

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Frank Satenstein

30 Sep 1984 · aged 59

Production

Walter Pidgeon

25 Sep 1984 · aged 87

Acting

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Viktor Turbin

25 Sep 1984 · aged 71

Directing

Neil Hamilton

24 Sep 1984 · aged 85

Acting

Richard Basehart

17 Sep 1984 · aged 70

Acting

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Berkeley Harris

17 Sep 1984 · aged 51

Acting

Janet Gaynor

14 Sep 1984 · aged 77

Acting

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Boyd Cabeen

11 Sep 1984 · aged 63

Acting

Ismael Merlo

10 Sep 1984 · aged 66

Acting

Willy Semmelrogge

10 Sep 1984 · aged 61

Acting

Nan Boardman

9 Sep 1984 · aged 81

Acting

Yılmaz Güney

9 Sep 1984 · aged 47

Directing

Sergei Martinson

2 Sep 1984 · aged 85

Acting

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Gil Winfield

1 Sep 1984 · aged 67

Acting

Wesley Lau

30 Aug 1984 · aged 63

Acting

Billy Sands

27 Aug 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Truman Capote

25 Aug 1984 · aged 59

Writing

George Meeker

19 Aug 1984 · aged 80

Acting

Cauê Filho

14 Aug 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Clyde Cook

13 Aug 1984 · aged 92

Acting

Christian Hay

12 Aug 1984 · aged 39

Acting

Antanas Gabrėnas

10 Aug 1984 · aged 62

Acting

Richard Deacon

8 Aug 1984 · aged 62

Acting

Esther Phillips

7 Aug 1984 · aged 48

Acting

Richard Burton

5 Aug 1984 · aged 58

Acting

Roland Kibbee

5 Aug 1984 · aged 70

Writing

Walter Burke

4 Aug 1984 · aged 75

Acting

Edmon Ryan

4 Aug 1984 · aged 79

Acting

Woodrow Parfrey

29 Jul 1984 · aged 61

Acting

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Fred Waring

29 Jul 1984 · aged 84

Acting

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David Williams

29 Jul 1984 · aged 58

Writing

Jim Bannon

28 Jul 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Bess Flowers

28 Jul 1984 · aged 85

Acting

Viktor Dobrovolsky

28 Jul 1984 · aged 78

Acting

James Mason

27 Jul 1984 · aged 75

Acting

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Lawrence Green

27 Jul 1984 · aged 66

Acting

Christian Gérard

27 Jul 1984 · aged 75

Acting

Carlos Serrano de Osma

26 Jul 1984 · aged 68

Directing

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Roger H. Lewis

26 Jul 1984 · aged 66

Production

Manfred Inger

25 Jul 1984 · aged 77

Acting

Akihiko Hirata

25 Jul 1984 · aged 56

Acting

Lloyd Gough

23 Jul 1984 · aged 76

Acting

Faina Ranevskaya

19 Jul 1984 · aged 87

Acting

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Lally Bowers

18 Jul 1984 · aged 67

Acting

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Billy Williams

16 Jul 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Kenny Delmar

14 Jul 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Pina Renzi

13 Jul 1984 · aged 82

Acting

Christine McIntyre

8 Jul 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Flora Robson

7 Jul 1984 · aged 82

Acting

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Michiko Hirai

3 Jul 1984 · aged 48

Acting

Victor Alexandrov

3 Jul 1984 · aged 76

Writing

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Arkadiy Rubtsov

1 Jul 1984 · aged 63

Acting

Tommy Godfrey

24 Jun 1984 · aged 68

Acting

Yataro Kurokawa

23 Jun 1984 · aged 73

Acting

Joseph Losey

22 Jun 1984 · aged 75

Directing

Estelle Winwood

20 Jun 1984 · aged 101

Acting

Sunny Johnson

19 Jun 1984 · aged 30

Acting

Nobuo Nakagawa

17 Jun 1984 · aged 79

Directing

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Hiroshi Unayama

16 Jun 1984 · aged 48

Acting

Ryōhei Uchida

15 Jun 1984 · aged 60

Acting

Ned Glass

15 Jun 1984 · aged 78

Acting

Kikuko Hanaoka

12 Jun 1984 · aged 73

Acting

George Givot

7 Jun 1984 · aged 81

Acting

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Nana Palsikar

1 Jun 1984 · aged 76

Acting

Eric Morecambe

28 May 1984 · aged 58

Acting

John Marley

22 May 1984 · aged 76

Acting

Peter Bull

20 May 1984 · aged 72

Acting

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Tom Gowling

19 May 1984 · aged 71

Acting

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Jimmy Mac

18 May 1984 · aged 81

Acting

Andy Kaufman

16 May 1984 · aged 35

Acting

Irwin Shaw

16 May 1984 · aged 71

Writing

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Ben Roberts

12 May 1984 · aged 68

Writing

Robert Moore

10 May 1984 · aged 56

Directing

Lech Grzmociński

8 May 1984 · aged 57

Acting

Diana Dors

4 May 1984 · aged 52

Acting

Frank Forsyth

2 May 1984 · aged 78

Acting

Yang Chi-Ching

30 Apr 1984 · aged 65

Acting

Chan Shen

26 Apr 1984 · aged 44

Acting

Count Basie

26 Apr 1984 · aged 79

Acting

Henry Rowland

26 Apr 1984 · aged 70

Acting

Richard Benedict

25 Apr 1984 · aged 64

Acting

Eijirō Yanagi

24 Apr 1984 · aged 88

Acting

Francis de Wolff

18 Apr 1984 · aged 71

Acting

Leopold Lindtberg

18 Apr 1984 · aged 81

Directing

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

17 Apr 1984 · aged 72

Acting

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George Haight

17 Apr 1984 · aged 79

Production

Byron Haskin

16 Apr 1984 · aged 84

Directing

Gilbert Green

15 Apr 1984 · aged 70

Acting

Richard Hurndall

13 Apr 1984 · aged 73

Acting

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Leonard Kantor

12 Apr 1984 · aged 63

Writing

Masashi Amenomori

9 Apr 1984 · aged 53

Acting

Kazuo Hasegawa

6 Apr 1984 · aged 76

Acting

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Sherry Hall

6 Apr 1984 · aged 91

Acting

Vici Raaf

6 Apr 1984 · aged 62

Acting

Herbert Fleischmann

5 Apr 1984 · aged 59

Acting

Guy Kerner

5 Apr 1984 · aged 62

Acting

Marvin Gaye

1 Apr 1984 · aged 44

Acting