Deaths: June 29

1. Jim Kelly

With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s. After appearing in a minor film role, Kelly's second screen effort was as one of the invited guests to the deadly Han's ...

2. Allan Carr

Producer | Grease

Allan Carr was born on May 27, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Grease (1978), Can't Stop the Music (1980) and Grease 2 (1982). He died on June 29, 1999 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

3. Antonio Badú

Actor | Cantaclaro

Antonio Badú was born on August 13, 1914 in Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for Cantaclaro (1946), Me he de comer esa tuna (1945) and La vida de Agustín Lara (1959). He was married to Esther Fernández. He died on June 29, 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico.

4. Bob Crane

Actor | Hogan's Heroes

Bob Crane was born in Waterbury, CT, the youngest of two sons. In school he was known for being a class clown and an intense music lover. His favorites were jazz and big band. Bob's specialty was the drums. After graduating from Stamford High School in 1946, he turned his attention to his love for ...

5. Bruce Malmuth

Director | Hard to Kill

Bruce Malmuth has enjoyed a distinguished career in film, television and theater as a writer, director and actor. Soon after achieving success with his commercials (Excedrin Headache #1 and Fresca Snowstorms campaigns, and other Clio winners) Mr. Malmuth made his film directorial debut with ...

6. Carlos Giachetti

Self | Premios Martín Fierro 2006

Carlos Giachetti was born on February 19, 1948 in José León Suárez, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on June 29, 2019 in San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

7. Chantal Garrigues

Actress | La mentale

Chantal Garrigues was born on November 14, 1944 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. She was an actress, known for The Code (2002), Louise... l'insoumise (1985) and Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches (2003). She died on June 29, 2018.

8. Chuck Renslow

Self | Kink Crusaders

Chuck Renslow was born on August 26, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on June 29, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

9. Derrick O'Connor

Actor | Deep Rising

Derrick O'Connor was born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in London. He was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Scottish National Theatre, with many leading stage performances in Edinburgh, Stratford-on-Avon and London's West End. His long and successful career includes numerous...

10. Don Matheson

Actor | Land of the Giants

Don Matheson was born on August 5, 1929 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Land of the Giants (1968), Lost in Space (1965) and Murph the Surf (1975). He was married to Deanna Lund and Maxine Arnold. He died on June 29, 2014 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

11. Don S. Davis

Actor | A League of Their Own

Don S. Davis was born on August 4, 1942 in Aurora, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for A League of Their Own (1992), The Fan (1996) and Twin Peaks (1990). He was married to Ruby Fleming-Davis and Sondra Sue Davis. He died on June 29, 2008 in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada.

12. Edward Yang

Writer | Yi yi

Born on November 6, 1947 in Shanghai, China, Edward Yang has become one of the most talented international filmmakers of his generation. Along with Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Tsai Ming-Liang, Yang ranks among the leading artists of the Taiwanese New Wave, and one of the world's most brilliant auteurs. ...

13. Enrique Cahen Salaberry

Director | El día que me quieras

Enrique Cahen Salaberry was born on October 12, 1911 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and assistant director, known for El día que me quieras (1969), El bote, el río y la gente (1960) and El caradura y la millonaria (1971). He died on June 29, 1991 in Buenos Aires, ...

14. Eugene Pitt

Soundtrack | The Missing Person

Eugene Pitt was born on November 6, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Emma Spencer. He died on June 29, 2018 in Newberry, South Carolina, USA.

15. Gary Duncan

Soundtrack | The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon

Gary Duncan was born on September 4, 1946 in San Diego, California, USA. He is known for The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon (1996), Friday Night Open Mic (2015) and Fillmore (1972). He was married to Shelley Eidson and Dara Love. He died on June 29, 2019 in Woodland, California, USA.

16. Germán Valdés

Actor | Los tres mosqueteros y medio

Germán Valdés was born on September 19, 1915 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for Three and a Half Musketeers (1957), Chanoc en las garras de las fieras (1970) and Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972). He was married to Rosalía Julián, Micaela ...

17. Guillermo Mordillo

Writer | Crazy Cowboy

Guillermo Mordillo was born on August 4, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and director, known for Crazy Cowboy (1971), Crazy Island and Karussell (1977). He was married to Amparo Camarasa. He died on June 29, 2019 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

18. Gunilla Pontén

Actress | Motorkavaljerer

Gunilla Pontén was born on June 14, 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a costume designer and actress, known for Motorkavaljerer (1950), Träfracken (1966) and Dear John (1964). She was married to Ulf Engquist, Lars-Magnus Lindgren and Dag Palmcrantz. She died on June 29, 2019 in Lidingö, ...

19. Hector Lavoe

Soundtrack | Carlito's Way

Hector Lavoe was born on September 30, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was a composer, known for Carlito's Way (1993), Street Kings (2008) and Black Mass (2015). He was married to Nilda Georgina Perez. He died on June 29, 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.

20. Héctor Ricardo García

Director | Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers

Héctor Ricardo García was born on November 18, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and producer, known for Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2004), Felicidades: Navidad 2015 (2015) and Las tragedias de los famosos (2004). He died on June 29, 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21. Helen Griffin

Actress | The Machine

Helen Griffin was born in 1959 in Swansea, Wales, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Machine (2013), Little White Lies (2006) and Human Traffic (1999). She died on June 29, 2018 in Wales, UK.

22. Henry King

Director | The Song of Bernadette

For more than three decades, Henry King was the most versatile and reliable (not to mention hard-working) contract director on the 20th Century-Fox lot. His tenure lasted from 1930 to 1961, spanning most of Hollywood's "golden" era. King was renowned as a specialist in literary adaptations (A Bell ...

23. Jan Rubes

Actor | Witness

Jan Rubes was born in Volyne, Czechoslovakia, to Ruzena (Kellnerová) and Jan Rubes. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, he went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early ...

24. Jayne Mansfield

Actress | The Girl Can't Help It

One of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, film actress Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the only child of Vera J. (nee Palmer; later Peers) and Herbert W. Palmer. Her parents were well-to-do, with her father a successful attorney ...

25. Jesper Langberg

Actor | Sådan er de alle

Jesper Langberg was born on October 20, 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for They All Do It (1968), Stolen Spring (1993) and Matador (1978). He was married to Eva Jensen, Susanne Heinrich and Hanne Mørup. He died on June 29, 2019 in Denmark.

26. Jess Hahn

Actor | La isla misteriosa

Indiana-born Jess Hahn never played in an American movie, at least shot on American soil. On the other hand, this friendly giant with a nice sense of humor was a fixture in French movies where he often landed roles as a tough gangster or a Yankee (whether an army officer, a C.I.A./F.B.I. agent or ...

27. Joel Siegel

Actor | Deathtrap

Joel Siegel was born on July 7, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Deathtrap (1982), Hotel (1983) and Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001). He was married to Ena Swansea, Melissa DeMayo, Jane Kessler and Karen Oshman. He died on June 29, 2007 in New York ...

28. John Abineri

Actor | The Last of the Mohicans

While doing his national service he ran three theatres helping to rehabilitate servicemen then joined The Old Vic Theatre School for acting training and after completion accepted an invitation from Tyrone Guthrie to join the theatre's company headed by Donald Wolfit. Spending a season there he ...

29. Juan Alberto Badía

Actor | Los simuladores

Juan Alberto Badía was born on November 29, 1947 in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Los simuladores (2002), La noche viene movida (1980) and Videomatch (1990). He was married to Liliana. He died on June 29, 2012 in Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

30. Katharine Hepburn

Actress | The Lion in Winter

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...

31. Kirsti Simonsuuri

Writer | Oresteia

Kirsti Simonsuuri was born on December 26, 1945 in Helsinki, Finland. She was a writer, known for Oresteia (1991), Sammon sirpaleet (2000) and 10 kirjaa rakkaudesta (2009). She died on June 29, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.

32. Lana Turner

Actress | Madame X

Lana Turner had an acting ability that belied the "Sweater Girl" image MGM thrust upon her, and even many of her directors admitted that they knew she was capable of greatness (check out The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)). Unfortunately, her private life sometimes overshadowed her professional ...

33. Liliane Montevecchi

Actress | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Vivid, show-stopping French entertainer Liliane (Dina) Montevecchi was born in Paris on October 13, 1932, and first put on ballet shoes at the age of 8. Nine years later, having entered the Conservatoire for two years of training and working with various companies, she would become a prima ...

34. Lloyd Richards

Director | American Playhouse

Lloyd Richards was born on June 29, 1919 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and actor, known for American Playhouse (1980), The Wide World of Mystery (1973) and The Piano Lesson (1995). He was married to Barbara Davenport. He died on June 29, 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.

35. Manlio Accinelli

36. María Luisa Mendoza

Actress | En este pueblo no hay ladrones

María Luisa Mendoza was an actress, known for En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965), Metamórfico and La hora 25 (1977). She died on June 29, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico.

37. Matt Cappotelli

Actor | Clancy Once Again

Matt Cappotelli was born on November 12, 1979 in Caledonia, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Clancy Once Again (2017), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998). He was married to Lindsay Seeders. He died on June 29, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

38. Jeon Mi-seon

Actress | Salinui chueok

Jeon Mi-seon was born on December 7, 1972 in South Korea. She was an actress, known for Memories of Murder (2003), Mother (2009) and The King's Letters (2019). She was married to Park Sang-hoon. She died on June 29, 2019 in Jeonju, South Korea.

39. Pamela Mason

Actress | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask

Pamela Mason was born on March 10, 1916 in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), Lady Possessed (1952) and I Met a Murderer (1939). She was married to James Mason and Roy Kellino. ...

40. René Jolivet

Self | Estampas de mi Tierra

41. Robert Drivas

Actor | Cool Hand Luke

Actor-turned-director Robert Drivas showed dark, brooding power and strong potential on the 60s stage, film and TV but, in the long run, did not achieve the kind of success he deserved. Born on November 21, 1935, the Coral Gables, Florida native initially studied his craft at the Universities of ...

42. Rod Amateau

Producer | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

Starting out as a radio writer, Rodney Amateau began his career as a dialogue coach and filmed screen tests for Fox Studios while working as a stunt dbl before directing 2nd Unit's, where he began his film career. He soon turned to directing TV series, which he did for many years before returning ...

43. Ronald Shiner

Actor | The Night We Got the Bird

Ronald Shiner was born on June 8, 1903 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Night We Got the Bird (1961), They Drive by Night (1938) and The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939). He was married to Gladys W. Lester-Jones. He died on June 29, 1966 in London, England, UK.

44. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Actor | Coney Island

Roscoe Arbuckle, the youngest of nine children, reportedly weighed 16 pounds at birth in Smith Center, Kansas on March 24, 1887. His family moved to California when he was one year old. At age 8 he first appeared on the stage. His first part was with the Webster-Brown stock company. From then until...

45. Rosemary Clooney

Actress | White Christmas

She was the daughter of Andrew and Frances Clooney and grew up in Maysville, Kentucky, where she and her sister Betty Clooney used to sing in her grandfather's mayoral election campaigns, which he won three times. She made her singing debut on Cincinnati radio station WLW in 1941 at 13. On WLW she ...

46. Shorty Long

Soundtrack | The Fan

Shorty Long was born on May 20, 1940 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fan (1996), The Butler (2013) and Coneheads (1993). He died on June 29, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

47. Steve Ditko

Writer | Spider-Man

Steve Ditko was an American comics writer and artist of Rusyn descent. He is better known for co-creating the superheroes Spider-Man/Peter Parker and Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange for Marvel Comics. He created many other characters for various publishing companies. Among his better known creations...

48. Tom Jordan

Actor | Remington Steele

Tom Jordan was born in 1937 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Remington Steele (1982), Lost Belongings (1987) and Strumpet City (1980). He was married to Julie. He died on June 29, 2019 in Tullyvrane, Lanesboro, Ireland.

49. Vera West

Costume_designer | The Wolf Man

Vera West was born on June 26, 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a costume designer, known for The Wolf Man (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Madame Spy (1942). She was married to Jack C. West. She died on June 29, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

50. Victor Lundin

Actor | Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Victor Lundin was born on December 8, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960) and Batman (1966). He was married to Amelia Pryharski and Christa Friedlander. He died on July 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, ...

51. Vittorio Gassman

Actor | Sleepers

Vittorio Gassman studied theatre in his youth and was quite a good basketball player. He debuted on stage in 1943 and soon felt home in all classical theatre works. Since 1946 he also worked at the movies and his first big role there was the criminal in Bitter Rice (1949). This fixed him to his ...

52. William Hickey

Actor | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Son of Edward & Nora Hickey. Best known as the ancient Mafia don in Prizzi's Honor (1985), Hickey had a long, distinguished career in film, television, and the stage. Began career as a child actor on the variety stage. Made Broadway debut as walk-on in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" (1951 ...

53. Yevgeniya Dembskaya

Actress | Den lyubvi

Yevgeniya Dembskaya was born on November 28, 1920 in Kiev, Russia. She was an actress, known for Den lyubvi (1990) and Belaya akatsiya (1957). She was married to Alexey Petrovich Krinitsky and Alexander Katz. She died on June 29, 2019 in Odessa, Ukraine.