Deaths: February 14

1. David Horowitz

David Horowitz, the Creator, Host and Executive Producer of the popular television program "Fight Back! With David Horowitz", has been at the forefront of bringing consumer issues into public awareness for nearly 35 years.

David has won 15 Emmy Awards for his "Fight Back!" television series, ...

2. Alan Howard

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Alan Howard was born on August 5, 1937 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). He was married to Sally Beauman and ...

3. Alicia Muñíz

Actress | Fotógrafo de señoras

Alicia Muñíz was born on August 18, 1955 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She was an actress, known for Ladies' Photographer (1978), Fatso Catastrophe (1977) and Encuentros muy cercanos con señoras de cualquier tipo (1978). She died on February 14, 1988 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, ...

4. Andrea Levy

Writer | The Long Song

Andrea Levy was born on March 7, 1956 in London, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for The Long Song (2018), National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019) and Small Island (2009). She was married to Bill Mayblin. She died on February 14, 2019 in London, England, UK.

5. Andrew Koenig

Actor | InAlienable

Andrew Koenig was born on August 17, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for InAlienable (2007), Batman: Dead End (2003) and Growing Pains (1985). He died on February 14, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

6. Angelique Pettyjohn

Actress | Repo Man

Born Dorothy Lee Perrins in Los Angeles, California on March 11, 1943, Angelique Pettyjohn began modeling at a very young age. She also took advantage of her living in the locus of "American Dreams" by studying acting. Pettyjohn made her movie debut at age 21, under the name "Angelique", in the ...

7. Antoni Krauze

Director | Palec bozy

Antoni Krauze was born on January 4, 1940 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Palec bozy (1973), Black Thursday (2011) and The Weather Forecast (1983). He died on February 14, 2018 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

8. Brenda Deiss

Actress | Red Rocket

Brenda Deiss was born on September 9, 1961 in Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Red Rocket (2021). She died on February 14, 2022 in Clear Lake, Texas, USA.

9. Buddy Knox

Soundtrack | American Graffiti

Buddy Knox was born on July 20, 1933 in Happy, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Look Who's Talking Too (1990) and Hexed (1993). He died on February 14, 1999 in Bremerton, Washington, USA.

10. Carl Judie

Actor | Dhar Mann

Carl Judie was born on July 11, 1958. Carl was an actor, known for Dhar Mann (2018) and A True Menstrual Show (2020). Carl died on February 14, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas, USA.

11. Carlos Saúl Menem

Actor | Chantaje complot criminal

Carlos Saúl Menem was born on July 2, 1930 in Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Chantaje complot criminal (1995), Delito de corrupción (1991) and Ladrón (1988). He was married to Cecilia Bolocco and Zulema Yoma. He died on February 14, 2021 in Buenos Aires, ...

12. Charles Judels

Actor | God's Gift to Women

Charles Judels or Charles Judel was born in Amsterdam in 1882. Starred on vaudeville in the early 1900s, and made his Broadway stage debut in 'The Ziegfeld Follies of 1912'. Highly talented chubby man who appeared in more than 130 American comedy and drama movies, his expertise with dialects served...

13. Clayton Williams

Self | Houston We Have a Problem

Clayton Williams was born on October 8, 1931 in Alpine, Texas, USA. He was married to Modesta Simpson and Betty Meriwether . He died on February 14, 2020 in Midland, Texas, USA.

14. Dave Marks

Assistant_director | Agent for H.A.R.M.

Dave Marks was born on January 24, 1900 in London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966), Nancy Goes to Rio (1950) and Space Probe Taurus (1965). He was married to Matilda Greenberg, Gwen and Marion Martha Freibrun. He died on February 14, 1997 in ...

15. Don Potter

Music_department | The Children of Sanchez

Don Potter was born on August 15, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Children of Sanchez (1978), Double Exposure (1982) and Snow White Live (1980). He died on February 14, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

16. Dory Previn

Soundtrack | Colossal

Dory Previn was born on October 22, 1925 in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Colossal (2016), Fight Club (1999) and Two for the Seesaw (1962). She was married to Joby Baker, André Previn and Leon Joseph Bronesky. She died on February 14, 2012 in ...

17. Doug Fieger

Soundtrack | Super 8

Doug Fieger was born on August 20, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Super 8 (2011), Reality Bites (1994) and The Next Karate Kid (1994). He died on February 14, 2010 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

18. Elliott Leyton

Writer | For the Record

Elliott Leyton was born on August 21, 1939 in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a writer, known for For the Record (1976), Unsolved Mysteries (1987) and The Man Who Studies Murder (2003). He was married to Bonnie Averbach . He died on February 14, 2022 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

19. Esther Scott

Actress | Transformers

Esther Scott was born on April 13, 1953 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Transformers (2007), Dreamgirls (2006) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). She died on February 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

20. Eva Mottley

Actress | Widows

Eva was born in England in 1953. Few details are known of her early life or of her break into acting. Her biggest success on television was her role in Widows (1983) as Bella O'Reilly. After the show's successful first series a second was commissioned. She was replaced by Debbie Bishop after Eva ...

21. Friedo Solter

Actor | Martin Luther

Friedo Solter was born on July 24, 1932 in Reppen, Pomerania, Germany [now Rzepin, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for Martin Luther (1983), Scharnhorst (1978) and König Lear (1971). He died on February 14, 2023 in Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

22. George Shearing

Soundtrack | Bedtime Stories

George Shearing was born on August 13, 1919 in Battersea, London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Bedtime Stories (2008), Green Book (2018) and The Muppets (2011). He was married to Eleanor Geffert and Beatrice Bayes. He died on February 14, 2011 in New York City, New York, USA.

23. Graciela Doring

Actress | Pedro Páramo

Graciela Doring was born in 1939 in Mexico City, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Pedro Páramo (1967), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Coronación (1976). She died on February 14, 2018 in Mexico.

24. Harry Stradling Sr.

Cinematographer | My Fair Lady

Multi-Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (13 in all), Harry Stradling was unique in that he established his reputation both in America and in Europe. He was the nephew of Mary Pickford's cameraman Walter Stradling, who provided the connections for his first job in Hollywood. Walter died in ...

25. James Bond

James Bond was born on January 4, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Mary Bond. He died on February 14, 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

26. Javed Khan Amrohi

Actor | Andaz Apna Apna

Javed Khan Amrohi was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is an Indian actor who has acted in various Bollywood films in supporting and cameo roles, amounting to approx. 150 Hindi films. He is best known for his role in Academy Award-nominated Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), Andaz Apna Apna (...

27. Jean Wallace

Actress | Jigsaw

Teenage fashion model and Earl Carroll showgirl Jean Wallace failed in her first bid to break into movies, after MGM discovered that she was only 17, not 19 years old - as she had claimed. Being underage meant that she could only work four hours a day (and with an official tutor) and so her bit in ...

28. Jerry Jarrett

Producer | TNA iMPACT! Wrestling

Jerry Jarrett was born on September 4, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), TNA Wrestling: No Surrender (2005) and CWA Wrestling (1977). He was married to Deborah Marlin and Julie. He died on February 14, 2023 in Franklin, ...

29. John Shrapnel

Actor | Notting Hill

John Shrapnel was born in Birmingham, the son of Norman and Myfanwy Shrapnel. He was brought up in Stockport and south London, attending City of London School and Cambridge University. He was an original member of the National Youth Theatre and had worked extensively in theatre, particularly the ...

30. John Strauss

Music_department | The Blues Brothers

John Strauss was born on April 28, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Hair (1979) and Take the Money and Run (1969). He was married to Charlotte Rae. He died on February 14, 2011 in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

31. Lee Patterson

Actor | Airplane II: The Sequel

Manly actor Lee Patterson will always be remembered by American audiences as the hunky detective alongside equally hunky detectives Van Williams and Troy Donahue on Surfside 6 (1960) from the early 1960s. But, prior to that, he had a solid second-string career in British films playing Americanized ...

32. Lerone Bennett

Self | Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?

Lerone Bennett was born on October 17, 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Gloria Sylvester. He died on February 14, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

33. Louie Bellson

Soundtrack | Criminal

Drummer, composer, author and conductor. He performed with the orchestras of Ted Fiorito, Benny Goodman, the Dorsey brothers, Harry James, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. He toured with Jazz At the Philharmonic, and later organized his own band and did a concert tour with his wife Pearl Bailey. In...

34. Louis Jourdan

Actor | Gigi

Louis Jourdan was born Louis Robert Gendre in Marseille, France to Yvonne (née Jourdan) and hotel owner Henry Gendre. He was educated in France, Britain, and Turkey. He trained as an actor with René Simon at the École Dramatique. He debuted on screen in 1939, going on to play cultivated, polished, ...

35. Luis Marín

Actor | La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

Luis Marín was born on January 16, 1932 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and production manager, known for La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea (1973), I tre del Colorado (1965) and The Great Treasure Hunt (1972). He died on February 14, 2022.

36. Lynn Cohen

Actress | Munich

Lynn Cohen was born on August 10, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Munich (2005), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) and The Cobbler (2014). She was married to Ronald Theodore Cohen and Gilbert Laman Frazen. She died on February 14, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

37. Mark Venturini

Actor | The Return of the Living Dead

Mark Venturini was born on January 10, 1961 in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Return of the Living Dead (1985), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and Knight Rider (1982). He died on February 14, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

38. Michael V. Gazzo

Actor | The Godfather Part II

Michael Vincente Gazzo was born in Hillside, New Jersey, on April 5, 1923. He attended Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop at the New School on the GI Bill after being demobilized from the US Army Air Force after World War II.

Gazzo's first major success was as a playwright. His play about drug ...

39. Michel Ragon

Writer | L'histoire du samedi

Michel Ragon was born on June 24, 1924 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer, known for L'histoire du samedi (1995), Louise Michel (2009) and Une main... Un regard... Un tableau...: Les diverses fonctions de la peinture (1968). He died on February 14, 2020 in France.

40. Mickie Henson

Actor | WCW Monday Nitro

Mickie Henson was born on May 1, 1961 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for WCW Monday Nitro (1995), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WCW Thunder (1998). He died on February 14, 2022 in Florida, USA.

41. Pamela Cundell

Actress | Big Deal

Pamela Cundell was born on January 15, 1920 in Croydon, Surrey, England as Pamela Isabel Cundell. She was an actress, known for TwentyFourSeven (1997), Big Deal (1984) and Dad's Army (1968). She was married to Bill Fraser, Leslie Newport-Gwilt and Robert O'Connor. She died on February 14, 2015 in ...

42. Pepe Parada

Producer | Basta para mí

Pepe Parada was born on January 15, 1937 in San Cristóbal, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pepe was a producer and actor, known for Basta para mí (1990), Juan Moreira (1973) and La mano del muerto (2011). Pepe died on February 14, 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

43. Perry Lopez

Actor | Chinatown

Perry Lopez was born on July 22, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Chinatown (1974), The Two Jakes (1990) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). He was married to Claire Kelly. He died on February 14, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

44. Reeva Steenkamp

Self | Pistorius

Fashion Model. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, her father was employed as a horse trainer. After moving to Port Elizabeth, South Africa with her family, she attended Saint Dominic's Priory School and later enrolled at the University of Port Elizabeth (now part of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan ...

45. Reinbert de Leeuw

Music_department | Satie and Suzanne

Reinbert de Leeuw was born on September 8, 1938 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and composer, known for Satie and Suzanne (1994), Toonmeesters (1997) and The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012). He died on February 14, 2020 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

46. Sandy Nelson

Soundtrack | The Outsiders

Born in Santa Monica, California, legendary rock drummer Sandy Nelson seemed destined for a career in music--his best friends in high school were future rock stars Jan Berry and Dean Torrence (later to become the singing duo of Jan & Dean) and Kim Fowley, who became one of the most influential ...

47. Sergei Zakharov

Actor | Nebesnye lastochki

Sergei Zakharov was born on May 1, 1950 in Nikolaev, USSR. He was an actor, known for Heavenly Swallows (1976). He was married to Alla Narimanovna Saligulin. He died on February 14, 2019 in Moscow, Russia.

48. Sherry Jones

Producer | Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History

Sherry Jones was born on April 21, 1948 in Austin, Texas, USA. Sherry was a producer and writer, known for Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History (2003), Frontline (1983) and Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report (2001). Sherry was married to Alan Stone . Sherry died on February 14, 2022 in Washington, ...

49. Sig Ruman

Actor | To Be or Not to Be

Wonderfully talented German-born actor, capable of tremendous comedic and dramatic performances, usually as some type of pompous bureaucrat or similarly arrogant individual. Ruman was born on October 11, 1884, in Hamburg, Germany, and actually studied electrotechnology in college before making the ...

50. Sterling Brimley

Actor | Brigham City

Sterling Brimley was born on May 18, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Brigham City (2001), The Pandora Directive (1996) and Promised Land (1996). He was married to Joyce Cunningham and Pam Collier. He died on February 14, 2022 in Bountiful, Utah, USA.

51. Tony Fuochi

Actor | Saint Seiya Rebirth

Tony Fuochi was born on April 25, 1955 in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Saint Seiya Rebirth (2011), Saint Seiya Live Action: Una Nuova Minaccia (2011) and Arriva Cristina (1988). He died on February 14, 2022 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

52. Travis Engle

Producer | Brock on Your Block

Travis Engle was born on March 16, 1984 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was a producer and cinematographer, known for Brock on Your Block (2015), Dogs in the Distance (2014) and Gringa Latina (2014). He died on February 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

53. Zoran Bogdanov

Actor | Siroko je lisce

Zoran Bogdanov was born on July 1, 1957 in Novi Knezevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Siroko je lisce (1981), Jagodici (2012) and Snohvatice (1983). He died on February 14, 2022 in Novi Sad, Serbia.