Deaths: September 2
by bcampos862 | created - 28 Aug 2017 | updated - 7 months ago | Public
1. Mikis Theodorakis
Composer | Z
Mikis Theodorakis was born in the Greek island of Chios, in 1925. It was the same year that the other great composer of Greece was born in Xanthi, Manos Hatzidakis. He fought during the 2nd World War, and was captured at the city of Tripoli. He was tortured, but when he was set free, he joined the ...
2. Bill Melendez
Producer | A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Bill Melendez was born on November 15, 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and actor, known for A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). He was married to Helen Antionette Huhn. He died on September 2, 2008 in ...
3. Bob Denver
Actor | Gilligan's Island
Bob Denver was attending college at Loyola-Marymount University, in Los Angeles, when he got into acting. At first, Denver wasn't sure he wanted to be an actor, but gradually gave in, deciding that's what he was going to do for a career. Before he became established, he worked as a mailman and ...
4. Bob Mathias
Actor | Teseo contro il minotauro
Bob Mathias was born on November 17, 1930 in Tulare, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960), The Bob Mathias Story (1954) and China Doll (1958). He was married to Gwen Alexander and Melba Wiser. He died on September 2, 2006 in Fresno, California, ...
5. Carlos Lorca
Actor | Alicia en el país de las maravillas
Carlos Lorca was born in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Alicia en el país de las maravillas (1976). He died on September 2, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
6. Christiaan Barnard
Self | The Way It Is
He studied medicine in Cape Town, where he also received his doctorate and completed his residency. He received specialist surgical training at the University of Minnesota in the USA. In 1948 he married Aletta Gertruida Louw and the couple had a daughter and a son. He performed his first heart ...
7. Claire Wineland
Claire Wineland was born on April 10, 1997. She was an actress, known for Five Feet Apart (2019), Red Band Society (2014) and Clouds (2020). She died on September 2, 2018 in San Diego, California, USA.
8. Conway Savage
Actor | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: I Had a Dream, Joe
Conway Savage was born on July 27, 1960. He was an actor, known for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: I Had a Dream, Joe (1992), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Jack the Ripper (1992) and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Loverman (1994). He died on September 2, 2018 in Australia.
9. Elsa Bois
Actress | Historia del miedo
Elsa Bois was born in 1926 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for History of Fear (2014), Caída del Cielo (2016) and My Love or My Passion (2017). She died on September 2, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Elsa Bloise
10. Felipe Camiroaga
Self | Animal nocturno
Felipe Camiroaga was born on October 8, 1966 in Santiago de Chile, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Animal nocturno (2006), Buenos días a todos (1992) and La noche del mundial (1990). He died on September 2, 2011 in Juan Fernández Islands, ...
11. Felix Aylmer
Actor | Hamlet
British character actor Felix Aylmer was educated at Oxford and later studied drama, making his stage debut at the London Coliseum in 1911. During World War I he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and resumed his stage career after the war ended. He entered films in 1930 and stayed in them...
12. Frederic L. Pryor
Self | Spy Swap : Looking Back on the Final Act
Frederic L. Pryor was born on April 23, 1933 in Owosso, Michigan. USA. He was married to Zora Prochazka. He died on September 2, 2019 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
13. Germán Dehesa
Actor | Cilantro y perejil
Germán Dehesa was born on July 1, 1944 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Cilantro y perejil (1996), El show de Eduardo II (1976) and Fuera de cuadro (2002). He died on September 2, 2010 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
14. Graham Theakston
Director | The Politician's Wife
Graham Theakston was born on February 29, 1952 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a director, known for The Politician's Wife (1995), Seeing Red (2000) and The Tripods (1984). He died on September 2, 2014 in London, England, UK.
15. Halim El-Dabh
Composer | Herostratus
Halim El-Dabh was born on March 4, 1921 in Cairo, Egypt. He was a composer, known for Herostratus (1967) and Great Performances: Dance in America (1976). He was married to Deborah. He died on September 2, 2017 in Kent, Ohio, USA.
16. Harry Gittes
Producer | The Girl Next Door
Harry Gittes was born on May 6, 1936 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for The Girl Next Door (2004), About Schmidt (2002) and Last Flag Flying (2017). He was married to Christine Cuddy. He died on September 2, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
18. J.R.R. Tolkien
Writer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands ...
19. Jack Clay
Actor | The War of the Worlds
Jack DeWayne Clay was an actor, and acting teacher whose drama proteges included Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winners.
A pillar in forming professional theatrical training at universities, Jack was the esteemed teacher and mentor to many great actors and actresses. Among his best-known students were ...
20. James Yeager
Actor | Daylight's End
James Yeager spent much of his career in Tennessee, a renowned self-defense enthusiast in the business of training people in not only the operations of firearms but tactical measures in general. Throughout the years prior to mid-2004, he held various law enforcement occupations in at least two ...
21. Jay Novello
Actor | Harum Scarum
Short, dapper Jay Novello specialized in playing ethnic types, sometimes Spanish, Greek or Mexican but usually Italian--not surprising, since his parents were Italian immigrants and he grew up speaking the language before he learned English. Born in Chicago in 1904, he came from a very diverse ...
22. Jean Speegle Howard
Actress | Apollo 13
Jean Speegle Howard was born on January 31, 1927 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Apollo 13 (1995), Scrooged (1988) and Cocoon (1985). She was married to Rance Howard. She died on September 2, 2000 in Burbank, California, USA.
23. Jeffrey Tuchman
Producer | Mavericks, Miracles and Medicine
Jeffrey Tuchman is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary producer, director and writer who, for the past thirty years, has dedicated himself to the creation of innovative documentary film and television. In that time, he has built a formidable body of documentary work, with over 30 film ...
24. Joan Washington
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Joan Washington was born on December 21, 1946 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Red Sparrow (2018) and Crimson Peak (2015). She was married to Richard E. Grant and ??? Washington. She died on September 2, 2021 in ...
25. John Hostetter
Actor | Heartbreak Ridge
John Hostetter was born on October 6, 1946 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). He was married to Del Louise Appleby. He died on September 2, 2016 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA.
26. Kawthar Ramzy
Actress | Mohemma Fi Tel Aviv
Kawthar Ramzy was born on June 17, 1931 in Egypt. She was an actress, known for Mission in Tel Aviv (1992), Al massiada (1963) and Min ajal emraa (1959). She died on September 2, 2018 in Egypt.
27. Marcia Mae Jones
Actress | The Way We Were
Marcia Mae Jones was born on August 1, 1924, into an acting family. Her mother, Freda Jones, was an actress, and all three of her siblings -- Margaret Jones, Macon Jones, and Marvin Jones -- were child actors. But Marcia Mae had the most successful career, and she was the only one of her siblings ...
28. Morris Ankrum
Actor | In a Lonely Place
A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Law, Morris Ankrum was an attorney and an economics professor before switching careers and joining the theater. He was a veteran stage actor by the time he entered the film industry in the 1930s. His film career spanned 1933-64, during ...
29. Murray Lerner
Director | Festival
Murray Lerner was born on May 8, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Festival (1967), From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1979) and Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who (2007). He was married to Judith Levine. He died on September 2, 2017 in New...
30. Nelson Prenat
Actor | Una máscara para Ana
Nelson Prenat is known for Una máscara para Ana (1966), Buenos Aires tango (1982) and Alejandra, mon amour (1979).
31. Rea Brändle
Self | The Human Zoo
Rea Brändle was born on May 1, 1953 in Toggenburg, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. She died on September 2, 2019 in Zürich, Switzerland.
32. Rémi Bouchard
33. Roy Castle
Actor | Carry on Up the Khyber
Roy Castle was born on August 31, 1932 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Carry on Up the Khyber (1968), Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965). He was married to Fiona Dickson. He died on September 2, 1994 in Gerrards Cross, ...
34. Sidharth Shukla
Actor | Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Sidharth Shukla was an Indian actor and model. He was the first Asian to win the world's best model Title, which was held in Turkey in 2005, and was the runner-up of Gladrags Manhunt Contest in 2004. After appearing in so many advertisements, he made his acting debut in 2008 with Sony TV show Babul...
35. Stephen Dunne
Actor | The Woman from Tangier
A minor "B" leading man of 1940s and early 1950s films who moved easily to 60s TV when film offers dried up, blue-eyed, brown-haired actor Stephen Dunne was born Francis Michael Dunne and raised in his hometown of Northampton, Massachusetts in 1918. His interest in acting occurred following high ...
36. Symona Boniface
Actress | Girls' Dormitory
An American actress most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, mostly at Columbia Pictures, particularly those of The Three Stooges, Symona Boniface entered the theatre as a playwright and actress, and produced plays as well. After the stock market crash of 1929 she began taking bit parts ...
37. Troy Donahue
Actor | A Summer Place
Troy Donahue was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions. He made his film debut in Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player with Warner Bros., which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year. He was soon a teenage ...
38. Wanda Seux
Actress | La hora del jaguar
Wanda Seux was born on January 3, 1948 in Asunción, Paraguay. She was an actress, known for La hora del jaguar (1978), El Arracadas (1978) and El macho bionico (1981). She died on September 2, 2020 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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