Deaths: March 16

1. Peter Hardy

Peter Hardy was born on January 11, 1957 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Peter was an actor, known for Chopper (2000), Hard Target 2 (2016) and Chasing Rabbits (2001). Peter died on March 16, 2023 in South Beach in Fremantle Western Australia.

2. Al Israel

Actor | Scarface

His striking menacing face and important presence as the deadly Hector The Toad in the classic Scarface (1983) was remarkable enough for movie viewers to never forget him and his role as the Colombian drug dealer who brutally murdered Tony Montana's associate in the infamous chainsaw scene from ...

3. Alan Krueger

Self | Nightly Business Report

Alan Krueger was born on September 17, 1960 in Livingston, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Lisa Simon. He died on March 16, 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

4. Anthony George

Actor | Dark Shadows

Virile-looking, hairy-chested actor Anthony George is best remembered for a couple of popular TV crime series back in the early 1960s. Born Octavio George in Endicott, New York, he began in small roles in motion pictures and TV in the 1950s. Picked up by 20th Century-Fox he was sometimes billed as ...

5. Arthur Godfrey

Actor | The Glass Bottom Boat

Arthur Godfrey was born in New York City on August 31, 1903. Mr. Godfrey was a radio and TV host and had his own television show The Arthur Godfrey Show, (1948-1959). During his career, he discovered and show cased many new talents including Pat Boone, Julius LaRosa, Marion Marlowe, and many others...

6. Barbara Hammer

Director | Maya Deren's Sink

A loud and constantly innovative voice in independent film, Barbara Hammer was born in 1939 in California. From a young age, she was encouraged to be pretty and feminine, her mother constantly forcing the images of child actors like Shirley Temple on her daughter. Her grandmother, a Ukrainian ...

7. Bebe Daniels

Actress | 42nd Street

Bebe Daniels already had toured as an actor by the age of four in a stage production of "Richard III". She had her first leading role at the age of seven and started her film career shortly after this in movies for Imperial, Pathe and others. At 14 she was already a film veteran, and was enlisted ...

8. Betsy Ann Browser

Self | The Robert MacNeil Report

Betsy Ann Browser was born on August 19, 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She was married to Chris Kelley. She died on March 16, 2018 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.

9. Bobbie Smith

Actor | Laverne & Shirley

Bobbie Smith was born on April 10, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Laverne & Shirley (1976), Soul! (1968) and Soul Power (2008). He died on March 16, 2013 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

10. Buell Neidlinger

Music_department | Nanook of the North

Buell Neidlinger was born on March 2, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Nanook of the North (1922). He was married to Margaret Storer, ?? and ???. He died on March 16, 2018 in Whidbey Island, Washington, USA.

11. Carl Benton Reid

Actor | In a Lonely Place

Carl Benton Reid was a drama graduate from Carnegie Tech who had several years of stage experience performing at the Cleveland Playhouse in the 1920s, where he met his future wife, stage actress Hazel Harrison. After moving to New York, he became a noted actor on the Broadway stage with some ...

12. Charlie Barnett

Actor | Miami Vice

He first made a name for himself in the late 1970s and early 1980s, performing several shows of raunchy comedy a day at outdoor parks in New York City, most notably in Washington Square Park, where he competed for crowds with musicians, Frisbees players, jugglers and other entertainers. Charlie was...

13. Chishû Ryû

Actor | Tôkyô monogatari

What an amazing career! Few can boast a longer one (64 years of activity). Few have been able to have to relate to three generations. And it is pretty sure that no one can compare with him in terms of faithfulness to a director: Chishu Ryu indeed appeared in no fewer than fifty-two out of ...

14. Dany Dauberson

Actress | A Tale of Five Cities

Dany Dauberson was born on January 16, 1925 in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France. She was an actress, known for A Tale of Five Women (1951), Paris Nights (1954) and The Upper Hand (1966). She died on March 16, 1979 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

15. David Steinberg

Actor | Willow

David first started acting in college stage productions and received his professional training in the theatre. Best known for his fine and appealing performance as Warwick Davis's loyal friend Meegosh in the enjoyable epic fantasy adventure "Willow," Steinberg's other film credits include "Love & ...

16. Dick Dale

Soundtrack | Escape from L.A.

Hailed as the "King of Surf Guitar, " Dick Dale virtually galvanized the surf rock sound in the 1950s. An avid surfer and accomplished musician, Dale and his band, 'Dick Dale and the Del-Tones', appeared in several of the ever-popular "Beach Party" teen flicks starring Annette Funicello and Frankie...

17. Donald Randolph

Actor | Over-Exposed

Donald Randolph was born on January 5, 1906 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Over-Exposed (1956), Topaz (1969) and Assignment: Paris (1952). He died on March 16, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

18. Dorothy Adams

Actress | The Best Years of Our Lives

Dorothy Adams was born on January 8, 1900 in Hannah, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The Killing (1956) and The Ten Commandments (1956). She was married to Byron Foulger. She died on March 16, 1988 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

19. Enrique Symns

Sobredosis

Enrique Symns was born on December 22, 1945 in Lanús, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Sobredosis (1986) and Plástico cruel (2005). He died on March 16, 2023.

20. Frank Sinatra Jr.

Actor | Hollywood Homicide

Frank Sinatra Jr. was born on January 10, 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Hollywood Homicide (2003), Aru heishi no kake (1970) and Dream for an Insomniac (1996). He was married to Cynthia Sinatra. He died on March 16, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.

21. Frank Thornton

Actor | Are You Being Served?

He was the third child of William Ernest Ball, a bank manager and Rosina whose other children were Marjorie, who died in 1980 and John, Thornton was his mother's maiden name and his middle name, He played the cello in his school's orchestra and was a corporal in the Officer's Training Corps which ...

22. Ivan Dixon

Actor | A Raisin in the Sun

Ivan Dixon was a handsome, mustachioed African-American actor and director who carried a strong, serious nature about his solid frame. He initially earned attention in groundbreaking stage and film work with pronounced themes of social and racial relevance. He would become better known, however, ...

23. James Cotton

Soundtrack | Michael

James Cotton was born on July 1, 1935 in Tunica, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Michael (1996), Taking Woodstock (2009) and House M.D. (2004). He was married to Jacklyn Hairston. He died on March 16, 2017 in Austin, Texas, USA.

24. June Collyer

Actress | The Ghost Walks

June Collyer was born Dorothea Heermance in New York City on August 19, 1906. She began her career in the film East Side, West Side (1927). After making the successful change to the sound era, June continued to work, something some of her counterparts couldn't do. She appeared on the silver screen ...

25. Kathryn Givney

Actress | Daddy Long Legs

Kathryn Givney was born on October 27, 1896 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Daddy Long Legs (1955), My Friend Irma (1949) and A Place in the Sun (1951). She was married to J. George Stutzman and Francis Alton Connolly. She died on March 16, 1978 in Hollywood, ...

26. Larry DiTillio

Writer | Babylon 5

Larry DiTillio was born on June 15, 1948 in the USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Babylon 5 (1993), The Hitchhiker (1983) and Hypernauts (1996). He died on March 16, 2019 in the USA.

27. Nicolás Del Boca

Director | Señorita Andrea

Nicolás Del Boca was born on January 23, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and producer, known for Señorita Andrea (1980), Los especiales de ATC (1979) and Esa mujer (2013). He was married to Ana María Castro. He died on March 16, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

28. Norma MacMillan

Actress | Underdog

Norma MacMillan was a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was there that she met, worked with and married her producer/manager husband Thor Arngrim. Arngrim had started the now-legendary, but short-lived Totem Theatre company in 1951. Upon its demise in 1954, he, his partner Stuart ...

29. Ola Brunkert

Music_department | Mitt sanna jag

Ola Brunkert was born on September 15, 1946 in Örebro, Örebro län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Mitt sanna jag (1995), Och skeppets namn var Gigantic... (1980) and ABBA: The Movie (1977). He was married to Inger. He died on March 16, 2008 in Arta, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

30. Richard Erdman

Actor | Stalag 17

Character actor John Richard Erdmann was born on June 1, 1925 in Enid, Oklahoma, of Dutch descent. Raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Erdman and his single mother moved to Los Angeles, California in 1941 after his high school drama teacher told him he could make it in movies. Richard ...

31. Russell Freedman

Producer | Fau sai luen kuk

Russell Freedman was born on October 11, 1929 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a producer, known for To Liv(e) (1992), The Map of Sex and Love (2001) and ESPN SportsCentury (1999). He was married to Evans Chan. He died on March 16, 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

32. Sabine Schmitz

Self | The Green Hell

Sabine Schmitz was born on May 14, 1969 in Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany [now Germany]. She was married to Reck and Klaus Abbelen. She died on March 16, 2021 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

33. Saskia Post

Actress | Ocean Girl

Saskia Post was born on January 1, 1961 in Martinez, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ocean Girl (1994), Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000) and Throbbin' 84. She died on March 16, 2020 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

34. Sharon Acker

Actress | Happy Birthday to Me

Although she was presented in 1969 the first Film Star of Tomorrow by The Motion Picture Exhibitors of Canada, the status of Sharon Acker as a star never materialized. Not that she was inactive, quite the opposite, but she worked almost only for TV and appeared only in a few undistinguished movies....

35. Shug Fisher

Actor | Mister Roberts

This country singing-and-playing perennial earned the nickname of "Shug" early in life from his mother, who used to call him "sugar" as an infant. The native Oklahoman was born George Clinton Fisher in 1907, the son of a Scots-Irish father and part Choctaw mother. He learned how to play the ...

36. Stuart Whitman

Actor | The Comancheros

American leading man Stuart Maxwell Whitman was known for his rugged roles. He was born in San Francisco, California, the elder of two sons of Cecilia (Gold) and Joseph Whitman, a realtor. His mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant, while his paternal grandparents were Polish Jews. His family moved ...

37. Tammi Terrell

Soundtrack | Guardians of the Galaxy

Tammi Terrell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Thomasina Winifred Montgomery. She is best known for singing duets with Marvin Gaye in the 1960s, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." She was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the height of her popularity and after unsuccessful ...

38. T-Bone Walker

Soundtrack | The Firm

T-Bone Walker was born on May 28, 1910 in Linden, Texas, USA. He is known for The Firm (1993), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and The Rainmaker (1997). He was married to Vida. He died on March 16, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

39. Tom Hatten

Actor | Spies Like Us

Tom Hatten was born on November 14, 1926 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Spies Like Us (1985), The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Get Smart (1965). He died on March 16, 2019 in California, USA.

40. Walter Coblenz

Producer | All the President's Men

Walter Coblenz was born on August 15, 1928 in Glogau, Germany. He was a production manager and producer, known for All the President's Men (1976), Money Talks (1997) and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981). He was married to Rita Bellisle. He died on March 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

41. Yann-Fañch Kemener

Self | Breiz o veva

Yann-Fañch Kemener was born on April 7, 1957 in Sainte-Tréphine, Côtes-du-Nord, France. He died on March 16, 2019 in Trémeven, Finistère, France.

42. Yuliya Nachalova

Actress | Geroy eyo romana

Yuliya Nachalova was born on January 31, 1981 in Voronezh, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Geroy eyo romana (2001), Tri mushketyora (2005) and The Last Hero (2001). She was married to Evgeniy Aldonin and Dmitriy Lanskoy. She died on March 16, 2019 in Moscow, Russia.