In memoriam: actors and TV figures we lost in 1985

Remembering 150 people from the world of film and television who died in 1985, most recent first, with the work they are best known for.

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Ricky Nelson

31 Dec 1985 · aged 45

Acting

László Márkus

30 Dec 1985 · aged 58

Acting

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Otto Mächtlinger

29 Dec 1985 · aged 64

Acting

Renato Castellani

28 Dec 1985 · aged 72

Directing

Jacques Monod

25 Dec 1985 · aged 67

Acting

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Don Martin

24 Dec 1985 · aged 74

Writing

Mitsi Konstadara

22 Dec 1985 · aged 66

Acting

Kamatari Fujiwara

21 Dec 1985 · aged 80

Acting

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Wilhelm Gröhl

21 Dec 1985 · aged 69

Acting

Hisao Toake

18 Dec 1985 · aged 77

Acting

Anne Baxter

12 Dec 1985 · aged 62

Acting

Barry MacKay

12 Dec 1985 · aged 79

Acting

Phil Karlson

12 Dec 1985 · aged 77

Directing

Cheung Wood-Yau

10 Dec 1985 · aged 75

Acting

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Emile Avery

8 Dec 1985 · aged 77

Acting

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Burr Tillstrom

6 Dec 1985 · aged 68

Acting

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Howard Rodman

5 Dec 1985 · aged 65

Writing

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Vladimír Ptáček

5 Dec 1985 · aged 59

Acting

Sam Gilman

3 Dec 1985 · aged 70

Acting

Don Crosby

3 Dec 1985 · aged 61

Acting

Bill Scott

29 Nov 1985 · aged 65

Acting

Harry Harvey

27 Nov 1985 · aged 84

Acting

Guillaume Hanoteau

27 Nov 1985 · aged 77

Acting

André Hunebelle

27 Nov 1985 · aged 89

Directing

Keiko Orihara

24 Nov 1985 · aged 59

Acting

René Barjavel

24 Nov 1985 · aged 74

Writing

Big Joe Turner

24 Nov 1985 · aged 74

Acting

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Peggy Feury

20 Nov 1985 · aged 61

Acting

Uwe Dallmeier

19 Nov 1985 · aged 61

Acting

Stepin Fetchit

19 Nov 1985 · aged 83

Acting

Jimmy Ritz

17 Nov 1985 · aged 81

Acting

Jarma Lewis

12 Nov 1985 · aged 54

Acting

Mark Nikelberg

12 Nov 1985 · aged 78

Acting

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James Hanley

11 Nov 1985 · aged 88

Writing

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Alexander Thom

7 Nov 1985 · aged 91

Acting

Sanjeev Kumar

6 Nov 1985 · aged 47

Acting

Line Noro

4 Nov 1985 · aged 85

Acting

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Peter Berneis

4 Nov 1985 · aged 75

Writing

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Ali Assan

4 Nov 1985 · aged 63

Acting

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

3 Nov 1985 · aged 70

Acting

Phil Silvers

1 Nov 1985 · aged 74

Acting

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David Davidson

1 Nov 1985 · aged 77

Writing

Kirby Grant

30 Oct 1985 · aged 73

Acting

David Oxley

30 Oct 1985 · aged 64

Acting

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William Bramley

27 Oct 1985 · aged 57

Acting

Irena Kačírková

26 Oct 1985 · aged 60

Acting

Masaichi Nagata

24 Oct 1985 · aged 79

Production

Nikolai Volkov St.

22 Oct 1985 · aged 83

Acting

Jun Tazaki

18 Oct 1985 · aged 72

Acting

Claude Stroud

16 Oct 1985 · aged 78

Acting

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Harry Friedauer

14 Oct 1985 · aged 58

Acting

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Eiji Kanie

13 Oct 1985 · aged 43

Acting

Yul Brynner

10 Oct 1985 · aged 65

Acting

Orson Welles

10 Oct 1985 · aged 70

Directing

Rock Hudson

2 Oct 1985 · aged 59

Acting

George Savalas

2 Oct 1985 · aged 60

Acting

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Hilde Kneip

2 Oct 1985 · aged 73

Acting

Simone Signoret

30 Sep 1985 · aged 64

Acting

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Herb Wallerstein

29 Sep 1985 · aged 59

Directing

Lloyd Nolan

27 Sep 1985 · aged 83

Acting

Orlando Martins

25 Sep 1985 · aged 85

Acting

Mickey Simpson

23 Sep 1985 · aged 71

Acting

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Dickie Henderson

22 Sep 1985 · aged 62

Acting

Harvey Parry

18 Sep 1985 · aged 85

Crew

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Violetta Napierska

18 Sep 1985 · aged 85

Acting

Julian Beck

14 Sep 1985 · aged 60

Acting

Masako Natsume

11 Sep 1985 · aged 27

Acting

Alexa Kenin

10 Sep 1985 · aged 23

Acting

Robert Henderson

9 Sep 1985 · aged 80

Acting

Sid Marcus

9 Sep 1985 · aged 81

Directing

Johnny Desmond

6 Sep 1985 · aged 64

Acting

George O'Brien

4 Sep 1985 · aged 86

Acting

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Isabel Jeans

4 Sep 1985 · aged 93

Acting

Paul Bryar

30 Aug 1985 · aged 75

Acting

Evelyn Ankers

29 Aug 1985 · aged 67

Acting

Patrick Barr

29 Aug 1985 · aged 77

Acting

Ruth Gordon

28 Aug 1985 · aged 88

Acting

Aleksandr Titov

23 Aug 1985 · aged 71

Acting

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John Gill

23 Aug 1985 · aged 57

Acting

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Tatsuo Matsushita

20 Aug 1985 · aged 73

Acting

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Lester Cole

15 Aug 1985 · aged 81

Writing

Gale Sondergaard

14 Aug 1985 · aged 86

Acting

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Alfred Hayes

14 Aug 1985 · aged 74

Writing

Kyū Sakamoto

12 Aug 1985 · aged 43

Acting

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Someshō Matsumoto

12 Aug 1985 · aged 82

Acting

Louise Brooks

8 Aug 1985 · aged 78

Acting

John Harmon

6 Aug 1985 · aged 80

Acting

Michel Jourdan

4 Aug 1985 · aged 59

Acting

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Eileen Beldon

3 Aug 1985 · aged 83

Acting

Frank Faylen

2 Aug 1985 · aged 79

Acting

Rodolfo Mayer

1 Aug 1985 · aged 75

Acting

James Nolan

29 Jul 1985 · aged 69

Acting

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Michel Audiard

28 Jul 1985 · aged 65

Writing

Shigeru Amachi

27 Jul 1985 · aged 54

Acting

Hachiro Tako

24 Jul 1985 · aged 44

Acting

José Bódalo

24 Jul 1985 · aged 69

Acting

Mickey Shaughnessy

23 Jul 1985 · aged 64

Acting

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Tom Waldman

23 Jul 1985 · aged 63

Writing

Zoran Radmilović

21 Jul 1985 · aged 52

Acting

Henry Mollison

19 Jul 1985 · aged 80

Acting

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Toyoko Takechi

18 Jul 1985 · aged 76

Acting

Robert Raglan

18 Jul 1985 · aged 76

Acting

Margo

17 Jul 1985 · aged 68

Acting

Rafael Campos

9 Jul 1985 · aged 49

Acting

Maria Zbyszewska

9 Jul 1985 · aged 60

Acting

Phil Foster

8 Jul 1985 · aged 72

Acting

Ewen Solon

7 Jul 1985 · aged 67

Acting

Marian Waldman

5 Jul 1985 · aged 60

Acting

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Barry Crane

5 Jul 1985 · aged 57

Directing

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Sammy Shack

5 Jul 1985 · aged 79

Acting

Hsu Pu-Liao

3 Jul 1985 · aged 34

Acting

Herbert Hirschman

3 Jul 1985 · aged 71

Directing

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Kyōji Kokonoe

2 Jul 1985 · aged 75

Acting

Labros Konstadaras

28 Jun 1985 · aged 72

Acting

James Craig

27 Jun 1985 · aged 73

Acting

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Graham Leaman

14 Jun 1985 · aged 64

Acting

Dominique Laffin

11 Jun 1985 · aged 33

Acting

George Chandler

10 Jun 1985 · aged 86

Acting

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John Devlin

10 Jun 1985 · aged 48

Acting

Clifford Evans

9 Jun 1985 · aged 73

Acting

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Matsutarō Kawaguchi

9 Jun 1985 · aged 85

Writing

Karl Obermayr

3 Jun 1985 · aged 54

Acting

Edmond Beauchamp

3 Jun 1985 · aged 85

Acting

Richard Greene

1 Jun 1985 · aged 66

Acting

Henry Hunter

25 May 1985 · aged 77

Acting

Gordon Glenwright

25 May 1985 · aged 67

Acting

Stanislav Khitrov

24 May 1985 · aged 48

Acting

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Russell Custer

23 May 1985 · aged 85

Acting

George Memmoli

20 May 1985 · aged 46

Acting

Alfredo Mayo

19 May 1985 · aged 74

Acting

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Charlie Dugdale

18 May 1985 · aged 61

Acting

Hugh Burden

17 May 1985 · aged 72

Acting

Margaret Hamilton

16 May 1985 · aged 82

Acting

Barbara Yung

14 May 1985 · aged 26

Acting

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Igor Shuvalov

14 May 1985 · aged 54

Acting

Leatrice Joy

13 May 1985 · aged 91

Acting

Kenner G. Kemp

13 May 1985 · aged 77

Acting

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Mildred Scheel

13 May 1985 · aged 53

Acting

Tomás Perrín

10 May 1985 · aged 71

Acting

Edmond O'Brien

9 May 1985 · aged 69

Acting

Setsuko Wakayama

9 May 1985 · aged 55

Acting

Dolph Sweet

8 May 1985 · aged 64

Acting

Susan Morrow

8 May 1985 · aged 53

Acting

Theodore Sturgeon

8 May 1985 · aged 67

Writing

Dawn Addams

7 May 1985 · aged 54

Acting

Harry Earles

4 May 1985 · aged 84

Acting

Hal Le Roy

2 May 1985 · aged 71

Acting

Jules White

30 Apr 1985 · aged 84

Directing

Franco Ressel

30 Apr 1985 · aged 60

Acting

George Pravda

30 Apr 1985 · aged 66

Acting