Deaths: February 18

1. Barbara Bosson

Actress | Hill Street Blues

Barbara Bosson, who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on Murder One (1995), was raised in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, a small coal-mining town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. When she was a teenager, she and her family moved to Florida, where she attended Boca Ciega High ...

2. Alain Robbe-Grillet

Writer | Un bruit qui rend fou

Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France. Then at age 30 he ...

3. Alan Curtis

Actor | Curtain of Fear

Alan Curtis was born on July 30, 1930 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Curtain of Fear (1964), An Enemy of the State (1965) and Julius Caesar (1963). He was married to Yana. He died on February 18, 2021.

4. Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat was born on August 15, 1921 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on February 18, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

5. Andrey Myagkov

Actor | Sluzhebnyy roman

Andrey Myagkov, one of Russia's most familiar faces and a leading actor of the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) who starred in the 1970's comedy The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976), made a comeback in the sequel The Irony of Fate 2 (2007).

He was born Andrey Vasilevich Myagkov on July 8, 1938, in...

6. Andy Devine

Actor | Stagecoach

Rotund comic character actor of American films. Born Andrew Vabre Devine in Flagstaff, Arizona, he was raised in nearby Kingman, Arizona, the son of an Irish-American hotel operator Thomas Devine and his wife Amy. Devine was an able athlete as a student and actually played semi-pro football under a...

7. Angela Raiola

Actress | Scary Movie 5

Angela Raiola was born on June 30, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Scary Movie V (2013), Mob Wives (2011) and Big Ang (2012). She was married to Neil Murphy. She died on February 18, 2016 in New York City, New York, USA.

8. Ariel Ramírez

Soundtrack | The Noah

Ariel Ramírez was born on September 4, 1921 in Santa Fe, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for The Noah (1975), The Bridge in the Jungle (1970) and Los inundados (1962). He was married to Inés Cuello de Ramirez and Norma Inés Cuello de Ramírez. He died on February 18, 2010 in Monte ...

9. Ashraf Sinclair

Actor | J2: J Retribusi

Ashraf Sinclair was born on September 18, 1979 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for J2: J Retribusi (2021), Proksi (2021) and Gol & Gincu (2005). He was married to Bunga Citra Lestari. He died on February 18, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

10. Balthus

Actor | Âme belge

Balthus was born on February 29, 1908 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Âme belge (1921), Saïda a enlevé Manneken-Pis (1913) and Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge (2007). He was married to Setsuko Ideta and Antoinette de Watteville. He died on February 18, 2001 in ...

11. Bob Bornstein

Music_department | Star Trek: Generations

Bob Bornstein was born on May 14, 1928 in New Jersey, USA. He is known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). He was married to Audrey Lowell Bornstein and Audrey Lowell . He died on February 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, ...

12. Bob Van der Veken

Actor | Wittekerke

Bob Van der Veken was born on September 26, 1928 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor and director, known for Wittekerke (1993), De collega's (1978) and De Kollega's maken de brug! (1988). He was married to Mariette Van Arkkels. He died on February 18, 2019 in Heide, Kalmthout, Flanders...

13. Boris Nevzorov

Actor | Durak

Boris Nevzorov was born on January 18, 1950 in Starominskaya, Starominskiy rayon, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for The Fool (2014), Kamenskaya - 1 (1999) and U popa byla sobaka... (1993). He was married to Alla Panova, Elena Khripunova, Marina ...

14. Brad Johnson

Actor | Always

When someone told Brad Johnson he'd come a long way, his usual response was, "Well, I had a long way to come." Born on a small ranch in Tucson, Johnson, the son of a horse trainer/used car salesman, did everything from shoeing horses to repossessing cars to serving as a hunting and fishing guide. ...

15. Clyde Stubblefield

Music_department | Superbad

Clyde Stubblefield was born on April 18, 1943 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He is known for Superbad (2007), Public Enemy: Fight the Power (1989) and Morning Express with Robin Meade (2005). He was married to Jody Hannon. He died on February 18, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

16. Dale Critchlow

Actor | Napoleon Dynamite

Dale Critchlow was born on October 27, 1929 in Pleasant View, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Napoleon Dynamite (2004) and Church Ball (2006). He was married to Glenna Marie Hunsaker. He died on February 18, 2022 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA.

17. Dale Earnhardt

Actor | BASEketball

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, born April 29, 1951, in Kannapolis, North Carolina, was the son of NASCAR Grand National champion Ralph Earnhardt and his wife Martha. His Winston Cup career started with a bang, winning the Rookie of the Year in 1979 and his first of his championships in 1980, to date the ...

18. Danic Champoux

Director | Chsld Mon Amour

-Trained by the popular program Course destination monde at the end of the 1990s, Danic Champoux has since multiplied projects in the cinema (Séances, Autoportrait sans moi) and on television (Mon amour, ma prison). Marked by the heritage of cinema-vérité, and in particular by the work of ...

19. Didier Lockwood

Music_department | Astérix & Obélix contre César

Didier Lockwood was born on February 11, 1956 in Calais, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul (2010) and Max & Jeremie (1992). He was married to Patricia Petibon and Caroline Casadesus. He died on February 18, ...

20. Elspet Gray

Actress | Four Weddings and a Funeral

Elspet Gray was born on April 12, 1929 in Inverness, Inverness Shire, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Six with Rix (1972) and Fly Away Peter (1948). She was married to Brian Rix. She died on February 18, 2013 in London, England, UK.

21. Eugeniusz Kabatc

Writer | Decyzja

Eugeniusz Kabatc was born on January 11, 1930 in Wolkowysk, Bialostockie, Poland [now Vawkavysk, Belarus]. Eugeniusz is a writer, known for Decyzja (1960), Doktor Murek (1979) and Dyrektorzy (1975).

22. Flavio Bucci

Actor | Suspiria

Flavio Bucci was born on May 25, 1947 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Suspiria (1977), Ligabue (1977) and Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973). He was married to Micaela Pignatelli. He died on February 18, 2020 in Passoscuro, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

23. Frank Lupo

Writer | The A-Team

Frank Lupo was born on January 11, 1955 in New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The A-Team (2010), Hunter (1984) and Riptide (1984). He was married to Angel Petrulli Lupo. He died on February 18, 2021 in Florida, USA.

24. Gennadiy Yukhtin

Actor | Bratya Karamazovy

Gennadiy Yukhtin is a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

At ten years old, the boy was orphaned: his mother died at the front, and his father died of wounds. Gennadiy Yukhtin ended up in a special orphanage for the children of fallen army and navy officers. Later he...

25. Guido Stagnaro

Director | Puzzle

Guido Stagnaro was born on January 20, 1925 in Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Puzzle (1978), La betìa ovvero in amore, per ogni gaudenza, ci vuole sofferenza (1971) and The World of Topo Gigio (1961). He died on February 18, 2021 in Milan, Lombardy, ...

26. Günter Blobel

Self | Beckmann

Günter Blobel was born on May 21, 1936 in Waltersdorf, Lower Silesia, Germany. He was married to Laura Maioglio. He died on February 18, 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

27. Hans Werner Grosse

Self | Sportclub

Hans Werner Grosse was born on November 29, 1922 in Swinemünde, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany. He was married to Karin. He died on February 18, 2021 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

28. Harry Caray

Soundtrack | Undercover Boss

Harry Caray was born on March 1, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Undercover Boss (2010), 1964 World Series (1964) and 1968 World Series (1968). He was married to Dolores "Dutchie" Goldmann, Marian Binkin and Dorothy Kanz. He died on February 18, 1998 in Rancho Mirage, ...

29. Idrissa Ouedraogo

Director | Yaaba

Idrissa Ouedraogo was born on January 21, 1954 in Banfora, Upper Volta [now Burkina Faso]. He was a director and writer, known for Yaaba (1989), The Law (1990) and Samba Traoré (1992). He died on February 18, 2018 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

30. Isaac Thomas Kottukappally

Composer | Margam

Isaac Thomas Kottukapally is an Indian film score composer, music director and script writer working mainly in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. He has scored music for several English documentaries and commercials.

Isaac debuted as a composer into the film industry with the National award winning...

31. Jack Lambert

Actor | The Killers

American character actor specializing in tough guys and heavies. A native of Yonkers, New York. He worked on the Broadway stage and then became an increasingly familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas, after World War II. Although almost as familiar a presence in films as his contemporaries ...

32. Jack Tornek

Actor | A Five Foot Ruler

Jack Tornek was born on January 2, 1887 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for A Five Foot Ruler (1917), Bombs and Banknotes (1917) and David Hartman: Counterspy (1955). He died on February 18, 1974 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

33. Jacqueline Hill

Actress | Doctor Who

Born in 17 December 1929, Jacqueline Hill was orphaned as a toddler and raised by her grandparents. She was taken out of school at the age of 14 to enable her younger brother to continue. She then worked at Cadbury's, which had an amateur dramatics society. She was encouraged to apply for, and was ...

34. Jean Périsson

Music_department | L'enfant et les sortilèges

Jean Périsson was born in 1925 in France. Jean is known for L'enfant et les sortilèges (1967) and Les contes d'Hoffmann (1978). Jean died on February 18, 2019.

35. Jim Iaquinta

Actor | Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake

Jim Iaquinta was born on May 20, 1947 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1980), The Game (1984) and The Storm That Follows Me (1994). He died on February 18, 2022 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA.

36. Jon Christensen

Music_department | Liv

Jon Christensen was born on March 20, 1943 in Oslo, Norway. He is known for Liv (1967), For Ever Mozart (1996) and Torsdagstoner (1967). He was married to Ellen Horn. He died on February 18, 2020 in Oslo, Norway.

37. Jose Bonaparte

Self | Unexplained Mysteries

38. Juan Pizarro

Self | 1958 World Series

Juan Pizarro was born on February 7, 1937 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He died on February 18, 2021 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

39. Ketty Fusco

Actress | Il sogno della farfalla

Ketty Fusco was born on August 5, 1926 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Butterfly's Dream (1994), Fondovalle (1998) and L'avvocato (2003). She died on February 18, 2021 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.

40. Kishori Ballal

Actress | Swades: We, the People

Kishori Ballal was an actress, known for Swades (2004), Sparsha (2000) and Kempe Gowda (2011). She was married to N Sripathi Ballal. She died on February 18, 2020 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

41. Leo Fong

Actor | Runaway Killer

Fong was born in the Xinhui district of the city of Jiangmen, located in the province of Canton, China in 1928. At the age of five, he arrived in Seattle, Washington with his parents and siblings, where they were detained for a time, as was common with immigrants from Asia. Upon being released in ...

42. Leopoldo Lugones

Writer | La guerra gaucha

Leopoldo Lugones was born on June 13, 1874 in Río Seco, Córdoba, Argentina. He was a writer, known for La guerra gaucha, The Gaucho War (1942) and Los especiales de Doria (1996). He was married to Juana Agudelo. He died on February 18, 1938 in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

43. Lindsey Pearlman

Actress | Chicago Justice

Lindsey Pearlman was a Chicago-bred actress. She was a recipient of the prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role, for her work in the play NEVER THE BRIDESMAID.

A graduate of The Second City Conservatory, she toured the world with Catharsis Productions' SEX SIGNALS, using ...

44. Lionel Godoy

Self | Premios Martín Fierro 1997

Lionel Godoy was born on October 14, 1934 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on February 18, 2021 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

45. Louis Wolheim

Actor | All Quiet on the Western Front

It was Lionel Barrymore who gave Louis Wolheim (Cornell '07) his start as an actor. Wolheim had had his face more or less smashed in and his nose nicely fractured while playing on a scrub Cornell football team. Later as a Cornell Instructor he found life none too easy. He had worked off and on as ...

46. Maggie McNamara

Actress | The Moon Is Blue

Maggie McNamara -- with her brown hair in a ponytail -- arrives in Rome in Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) expecting great things to happen. Petite and slender, she looks almost like a schoolgirl in her prim blue suit. She is bright and vivacious and goes for what she wants -- a proposal from "...

47. Malcolm Tierney

Actor | Braveheart

Malcolm Tierney was born on February 25, 1938 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Braveheart (1995), The Saint (1997) and In the Name of the Father (1993). He was married to Andrea Schinko. He died on February 18, 2014 in the UK.

48. Melchor Saiz Pardo

Self | Fuerzas ocultas

49. Merle Conscious Soden

Producer | Conscious Homeless to Hollywood One Woman Show

Dr. Soden is an Actor, a Division 1 Basketball player, she holds a Master's Degree in Network Engineering and a Bachelors Science degree in Electrical Engineering. She is the self published author of the legendary book "Getting Unstuck (Girl to Girl you can be, infected Indeed)" that went from ...

50. Monte Blue

Actor | Key Largo

Stalwart, durable Monte Blue, a romantic leading man of the silent days, was born January 11, 1887, as Gerard Monte Blue (some sources indicate 1890, but his mother's application for his admission to the Soldier's and Sailor's Orphan's Home lists his birth date as January 11, 1887). Various sources...

51. Nancy Brous

Costume_department | Serendipity

Nancy Brous was born on March 6, 1968 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Serendipity (2001), Happy! (2017) and Homeland (2011). She was married to Kurt Nelson. She died on February 18, 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

52. Nazif Mujic

Actor | Epizoda u zivotu beraca zeljeza

Nazif Mujic was born on October 10, 1970 in Tuzla, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. He was an actor, known for An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013). He died on February 18, 2018 in Svatovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

53. Noam Pitlik

Director | Barney Miller

Noam Pitlik was born on November 4, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Barney Miller (1975), Taxi (1978) and Fitzwilly (1967). He was married to Susan Whittaker, Linda Hirsch and Jesse Blostein. He died on February 18, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, ...

54. Olivia Leyva

Actress | La fuerza inútil

Olivia Leyva was born in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. She was an actress, known for La fuerza inútil (1972), Las reglas del juego (1971) and El Chavo del Ocho (1972). She died on February 18, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico.

55. O'Neal Compton

Actor | Deep Impact

O'Neal Compton was born on February 5, 1951 in Sumter, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Deep Impact (1998), Nixon (1995) and Big Eden (2000). He died on February 18, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

56. Peggy Cooper-Cafritz

Producer | Jazz in the Diamond District

Peggy Cooper-Cafritz was born on April 7, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. She was a producer, known for Jazz in the Diamond District (2008). She was married to Conrad Cafritz. She died on February 18, 2018 in Washington, USA.

57. Peregrine Pollen

Actor | Bored Games

Peregrine Pollen was born on January 24, 1931 in Oxford, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bored Games (2016). He was married to Patricia Helen Barry . He died on February 18, 2020 in the UK.

58. Peter Wells

Director | Desperate Remedies

Peter Wells was born in 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a director and writer, known for Desperate Remedies (1992), Georgie Girl (2001) and A Death in the Family (1987). He was married to Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins. He died on February 18, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand.

59. Philippe Forquet

Actor | Camille 2000

In 1962, as a member of the celebrated Theatre Moufftard in Paris, young Phillipe Forquet was discovered by American director Robert Parrish, who gave him an important role in a movie based on Irwin Shaw's novel, In the French Style (1963).

Learning English as he went along, he played the handsome ...

60. Mark Morales

Soundtrack | Money Train

Mark Morales was born on February 19, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Money Train (1995), The Bling Ring (2013) and Disorderlies (1987). He died on February 18, 2021 in Miami, Florida, USA.

61. Ralph Graves

Actor | Rich Men's Sons

Ralph Graves was born on January 23, 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rich Men's Sons (1927), Flight (1929) and Ticket to a Crime (1934). He was married to Betty Flournoy, Virginia Goodwin and Marjorie Seaman. He died on February 18, 1977 in Santa Barbara, ...

62. Richard Bright

Actor | The Godfather Part III

Fair complexioned, cold-eyed actor Richard Bright notched up an impressive array of character performances of often shifty, or deadly characters on the wrong side of the law. He first came to attention as a burglar in the engrossing The Panic in Needle Park (1971), and then followed it the ...

63. Robert Rossen

Writer | The Hustler

Robert Rossen was born on March 16, 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Hustler (1961), All the King's Men (1949) and Alexander the Great (1956). He was married to Sarah (Sue) Siegel. He died on February 18, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.

64. Skip Groff

Self | Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement

Skip Groff was born on November 20, 1948 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Kelly Cuthbert. He died on February 18, 2019 in Olney, Maryland, USA.

65. Sonia Graham

Actress | Within These Walls

Born in Croydon in 1929 as Sonia Mary Biddlecombe, Graham won a scholarship at the age of sixteen to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She played in rep theatre in Preston, Farnham, Leatherhead and Wolverhampton; with the Old Vic in London and on a tour of South Africa. Her other ...

66. Steve Fonyo

Self | Fonyo

Steve Fonyo was born on June 29, 1965 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He died on February 18, 2022 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

67. Tapas Pal

Actor | Devdas

Tapas Pal was born on September 29, 1958 in Chandannagar, West Bengal, India. He was an actor, known for Devdas (2002), Byomkesh (2014) and Sinthir Sindoor (1996). He was married to Nandini Paul. He died on February 18, 2020 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

68. Taraka Ratna Nandamuri

Actor | Raja Cheyyi Vesthe

Taraka Ratna Ramarao Nandamuri was an Indian actor who appeared as the lead or antagonist in several Telugu-language films.

Taraka Ratna was a prominent member of the Nandamuri family, which holds significant influence in Telugu cinema and politics. He was the grandson of N.T. Rama Rao, the former ...

69. Tina Carver

Actress | From Hell It Came

Smoky-voiced, sultry Tina Carver began her career on the post-war stages of Germany and France. Having married an Indiana academic who served the High Commission for Occupied Germany in a legal capacity, her acting opportunities were confined to entertaining troops under the auspices of the Special...

70. Tom Whitlock

Soundtrack | Top Gun

Academy Award winner, Tom Whitlock '76, did not have a typical college experience. Student by day, rock n roll artist by night, Whitlock spread out his college career over several decades, allowing him to build a solo career as a songwriter. Whitlock's music has been featured in movies such as ...

71. Toni Myers

Editor | A Beautiful Planet

Toni Myers was born on September 29, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an editor and writer, known for A Beautiful Planet (2016), Hubble 3D (2010) and Space Station 3D (2002). She was married to Michael Myers. She died on February 18, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

72. Vittore Bocchetta

Self | Flossenbürg. Gedenken an Befreiung