Deaths: September 27

1. Rob Garrison

Rob Garrison was born on January 23, 1960 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and Iron Eagle (1986). He died on September 27, 2019 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA.

2. A.C. Lyles

Actor | The Hunt for Red October

A.C. Lyles was born on May 17, 1918 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Hunt for Red October (1990), Here's Boomer (1980) and Rogue's Gallery (1968). He was married to Martha Troetscher Schaefer and Martha Vickers. He died on September 27, 2013 in Bel Air, Los...

3. Anne Jeffreys

Actress | Riffraff

The ever-lovely, poised and vivacious blonde Anne Jeffreys was born Annie Jeffreys Carmichael in 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Firmly managed by her mother, she trained in voice at a fairly early age and received her first break in the entertainment field after signing with the John Robert ...

4. Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi

Writer | Estambul 65

Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi was born on March 22, 1927 in Madrid, Spain. He was a writer and producer, known for That Man in Istanbul (1965), They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968) and Summertime Killer (1972). He died on September 27, 2017 in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.

5. Carles Canut

Actor | Vostè jutja

Carles Canut was born on September 23, 1944 in Gerri de la Sal, Baix Pallars, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Vostè jutja (1985), Star Knight (1985) and Sagrado y obsceno (1975). He died on September 27, 2018 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

6. Cedell Davis

Soundtrack | Tempted

Cedell Davis was born on June 9, 1926 in Helena, Arkansas, USA. He died on September 27, 2017 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.

7. Clara Bow

Actress | Wings

Clara Gordon Bow, destined to become "The It Girl", was born on July 29, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in poverty and violence. Her often absentee and brutish father could not or did not provide and her schizophrenic mother tried to slit Clara's throat when the girl spoke of becoming ...

8. Cliff Burton

Soundtrack | Triple Frontier

Clifford Lee Burton was born on February 10, 1962 in Castro Valley, California, to Janet (Morgen) and Ray Herbert Burton. He had two siblings. His mother was from a German Jewish family, and his father was of British Isles descent.

As a youngster, Clifford always liked music, listening to genres ...

9. Cuchi Leguizamón

Soundtrack | Familia rodante

Cuchi Leguizamón was born on September 29, 1917 in Salta, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for Rolling Family (2004) and La redada (1991). He died on September 27, 2000 in Salta, Argentina.

10. Denise Lor

Actress | Diary of a Bachelor

Denise Lor was born on May 3, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Diary of a Bachelor (1964), Appointment with Adventure (1955) and Stanley (1956). She was married to Jay Martin. She died on September 27, 2015 in New York, USA.

11. Donald O'Connor

Actor | Singin' in the Rain

Born into a vaudeville family, O'Connor was the youthful figure cutting a rug in several Universal musicals of the 1940s. His best-known musical work is probably Singin' in the Rain (1952), in which he did an impressive dance that culminated in a series of backflips off the wall. O'Connor was also ...

12. Edgar Degas

Writer | Degas et moi

Edgar Degas, one of France's most important artists who was an apprentice of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, became "the most reflecting, the most demanding, the most merciless draftsman in the world," according to his contemporaries. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism.

He was ...

13. Ernest Maxin

Producer | The Morecambe & Wise Show

Ernest Maxin was born on August 22, 1923 in London, England. He is a producer and director, known for Our House (1960), The Kathy Kirby Show (1964) and Miss Adventure (1964). He won the Golden Rose for Charlie Drake's version of the 1812 Overture, but is best known for his work with Morecambe and ...

14. Frank Wills

Actor | All the President's Men

Frank Wills was born on 4 February, 1948 in South Carolina. He was the security guard who discovered the five men who broke in the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate hotel in Washington, in June 1972. His courageous act made him a known name thanks to the many news articles and reports ...

15. Gracie Fields

Actress | Holy Matrimony

A comedienne and singer in the British Music Halls, she was the top box-office draw and the highest paid actress in Britain in the 1930's. Her Northern, working-class girl character was a favourite during the inter-war years.

16. Helen Cherry

Actress | His Excellency

Helen Cherry was a noted actress of stage, screen, and television, acclaimed mostly for her Shakespearean portrayals. Her favorite role was "Rosalind" in "As You Like It." She was the long-suffering wife of actor Trevor Howard, who died in 1988.

17. Herbert Lom

Actor | The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Herbert Lom was born on September 11, 1917 as Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru into an aristocratic family living in genteel poverty. His incredibly long surnames led him to select the shortest surname he could find extant ("Lom") and adopt it as his own, professionally. He ...

18. Hiromi Hayakawa

Actress | El Señor de los Cielos

Hiromi Hayakawa was born on October 19, 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan. She was an actress, known for El Señor de los Cielos (2013), El Chema (2016) and Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef (2016). She was married to Fernando Santana. She died on September 27, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.

19. Hugh Hefner

Actor | Miss March

Hugh Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Miss March (2009), Hop (2011) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). He was married to Crystal Hefner, Kimberley Conrad and Mildred Williams. He died on September 27, 2017 in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles,...

20. Hugo Giménez Agüero

Actor | Bonifacio: Un misterio llegado de Santa Cruz

Hugo Giménez Agüero was born on August 25, 1944 in Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Bonifacio: Un misterio llegado de Santa Cruz (2003). He died on September 27, 2011 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21. Jan Schmidt

Director | Kolonie Lanfieri

Jan Schmidt was born on January 3, 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and actor, known for Kolonie Lanfieri (1969), Amadeus (1984) and Luk královny Dorotky (1971). He died on September 27, 2019 in the Czech Republic.

22. Jay Robinson

Actor | The Robe

Character actor Jay Robinson owned a pair of the narrowest, cruelest-looking eyes in 1950s Hollywood. To complement them was an evil-looking sneer, crisp and biting diction and a nefarious-sounding cackle. These were all draped upon a lean, bony physique that could slither about menacingly like a ...

23. Jimmy Spicer

Soundtrack | Dude, Where's My Car?

Jimmy Spicer was born on May 12, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He died on September 27, 2019 in the USA.

24. John Guillermin

Director | The Towering Inferno

John Guillermin was born on November 11, 1925 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), Death on the Nile (1978) and King Kong (1976). He was married to Maureen Connell and Mary Guillermin. He died on September 27, 2015 in Topanga Canyon, ...

25. Joy Fleming

Soundtrack | Geierwally

Joy Fleming was born on November 15, 1944 in Rockenhausen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Geierwally (1986), The New Adventures of Snow White (1969) and Rendezvous mit Caterina Valente (1976). She was married to Bernd Liebenow and ? Strube. She died on September 27, 2017 in ...

26. Lloyd Nolan

Actor | Hannah and Her Sisters

It would no doubt be a real shock to most people to discover that the rich baritone Bronx-like accent of great veteran character actor Lloyd Nolan was a product of the San Francisco streets--not the urban jungle of New York City. Nolan was born in the City by the Bay, and his father, James Nolan, ...

27. Luis Ospina

Director | Breath of Life

Luis Ospina was born on June 14, 1949 in Cali, Colombia. He was a director and writer, known for Breath of Life (1999), Pura sangre (1982) and Un tigre de papel (2008). He died on September 27, 2019 in Bogota, Colombia.

28. Mark Frechette

Actor | Zabriskie Point

Mark Frechette, a high school dropout of Quebecois ancestry from Fairfield, Connecticut, made his acting debut in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial Zabriskie Point (1970). As Antonioni toured the U.S., experiencing cultural clash firsthand and shooting background footage, a talent scout saw ...

29. Marty Balin

Soundtrack | Forrest Gump

Marty Balin was born on January 30, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Forrest Gump (1994), The Age of Adaline (2015) and Crank (2006). He was married to Karen Teresa Deal, Victoria Ann Martin and Susan Joy Finkelstein. He died on September 27, 2018 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

30. Negro García López

Self | Pura Química

Negro García López was born on November 9, 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on September 27, 2014 in Tornquist, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

31. Oona Chaplin

Actress | Broken English

Oona O'Neil was born in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, the daughter of famed American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born socialite Agnes Boulton. Oona had a fairly happy childhood, although she rarely saw her busy father. During her teens Oona attended boarding school in New York where she met ...

32. Phyllis Davis

Actress | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Phyllis Davis was one of the loveliest faces in Hollywood during the late 60s-early 80s. She grew up in Nederland, Texas. The family lived on the second floor of her parents' mortuary business. Phyllis and her two younger brothers learnt how to be quiet during services, as the floors would creak. ...

33. Robert Hyatt

Writer | Deadly Ransom

Robert "Bobby" Hyatt appeared in his first motion picture at six months old when Cary Grant picked him out of a group of babies at MGM. That was the beginning of an acting career that kept him busy for the next 25 years, giving him a solid background of experience to move behind the camera as a ...

34. Robert Montgomery

Actor | Night Must Fall

Robert Montgomery was born Henry Montgomery Jr., the elder son of New York businessman Henry Montgomery and his wife, Mary Weed (Barney), a native of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Montgomery had a younger brother, Donald. He was not related to Belinda Montgomery.

As a child, he enjoyed a ...

35. Rudy Behlmer

Director | The Ray Anthony Show

Rudy Behlmer was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He has had a strong interest in the history and evolution of motion pictures since childhood when he began filming his own miniature dramas. He served two years in the Naval Air Corps, then was a Theatre Arts major at Los Angeles City ...

36. Sally Menke

Editor | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Sally Menke was born on December 17, 1953 in Mineola, New York, USA. She was an editor and producer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). She was married to Dean Parisot. She died on September 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

37. Sarah Danielle Madison

Actress | Jurassic Park III

Sarah Danielle Madison was born in Springfield, Illinois. She was a 1992 graduate of Latin School of Chicago, the alma mater of Nancy Reagan, Bob Balaban, Brendan Baber, Crispin Freeman, Clark Freeman and Cassidy Freeman.

She attended Amherst College and graduated in 1996. A talented scientist, she ...

38. Shawn Phelan

Actor | Toy Soldiers

Shawn Phelan was born on January 7, 1975 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Toy Soldiers (1991), Grand (1990) and Caroline? (1990). He died on September 27, 1998 in Houston, Texas, USA.

39. Tuncel Kurtiz

Actor | Auf der anderen Seite

Tuncel Kurtiz was born in 1936, Izmit-Turkey. He graduated from Istanbul University, English Language and Literature and started acting in 1956 with Dormen Theatre. With the movie 'Suru', he reached the peak of his acting career. Kurtiz received many awards in Turkey and also abroad. He also known ...

40. Willis Bouchey

Actor | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Willis Bouchey appeared in almost 150 movies and television shows over a 30-year period from 1951 to 1979. He was one of those wonderful character actors who would be a crooked judge in one film and a humorous cavalry officer in another. He appeared in many of John Ford's movies as well as James ...

41. Yvonne Suhor

Actress | The Young Riders

Yvonne Suhor, visiting assistant professor of theatre, received her MFA from the University of California and has been a professional actress, director and teacher for several years. She was a regular on ABC's The Young Riders (1989), played Cicely in an Emmy award-winning episode of Northern ...