Deaths: April 16
by bcampos862 | created - 16 Apr 2017 | updated - 11 months ago | Public1. Felix Silla
Actor | Spaceballs
Felix Silla was born on January 11, 1937 in a small village outside Rome, Lazio, Italy. Silla trained as a circus performer, came to the United States in 1955, and toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Show. His multiple talents -- as a bareback rider, trapeze artist and tumbler -- ...
2. Alfred Ryder
Actor | True Grit
Alfred Ryder, the veteran actor who appeared on radio and Broadway and in the movies and TV and who also was a renowned stage director, was born Alfred Jacob Corn on January 5, 1916, in New York City. He made his professional debut as an actor at the age of eight and attended New York City's ...
3. Althea McNish
Self | Britain's Hidden Art History
Althea McNish was born on May 15, 1924 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She was married to John Weiss . She died on April 16, 2020 in London, England, UK.
4. Andrew J. Fenady
Producer | The Man with Bogart's Face
Andrew J. Fenady was born on October 4, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Man with Bogart's Face (1980), The Rebel (1959) and Branded (1965). He was married to Mary Frances Dolan. He died on April 16, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
5. Andy Russell
Soundtrack | Lolita
Born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents, Andy Russell, who took his professional name from one of his idols, Russ Columbo, achieved his greatest U.S. popularity in the 1940s. As with Columbo and Bing Crosby before him, he started out singing with Gus Arnheim's orchestra at the Cocoanut ...
6. Anthony Powell
Costume_designer | Death on the Nile
Three time Academy Award-winning costume designer Anthony Powell had an interesting range of films, from costume period films to more contemporary settings, working with an impressive list of directors such as Steven Spielberg, Roman Polanski, George Cukor and William Friedkin. Powell contributed ...
7. Arthur English
Actor | Are You Being Served?
One of Britain's great variety comedians Arthur English was known as 'The Prince of the Wide Boys', a cockney 'spiv' character outrageously dressed on stage and wearing a huge kipper tie.
Born in Aldershot, Hants English started his career at an early age appearing in amateur shows but did not ...
8. Byron Haskin
Director | The War of the Worlds
After graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, Byron Haskin worked for a time as a newspaper cartoonist. He began his career in the film industry in 1920 as a commercial-industrial movie photographer, and then as a cameraman for Pathe and International Newsreel. Later he became an ...
9. Carlos Donoso
Actor | Chacun cherche son chat
Carlos Donoso was born on July 26, 1948 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was an actor, known for When the Cat's Away (1996) and Festival Internacional del Humor 2014 (2014). He died on April 16, 2020 in Bogota, Colombia.
10. Charles Halton
Actor | To Be or Not to Be
A respected stage actor -- he trained at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts -- since the 1920s, birdlike Charles Halton's thinning hair, rimless glasses and officious manner were familiar to generations of moviegoers. Whether playing the neighborhood busybody, a stern government bureaucrat or ...
11. Christophe
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Christophe was born on October 13, 1945 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), The Road to Salina (1970) and Let the Corpses Tan (2017). He was married to Véronique. He died on April 16, 2020 in Brest, Finistère, France.
12. Daisy Keith
Actress | Heartland
Daisy Keith was born on June 26, 1969 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Heartland (1989). She was married to Scott Sampson. She died on April 16, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
13. Danny O'Dea
Actor | Last of the Summer Wine
Danny O'Dea was a British funnyman born out of the finest Music Hall tradition, left a legacy which spans eight decades and reads like the history of British comedy. He performed alongside some of the biggest names in the business including Arthur Askey, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, John Inman and Cilla...
14. David Bond
Actor | The Return of the Living Dead
David Bond was born on November 13, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Return of the Living Dead (1985), The Silencers (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He died on April 16, 1989 in West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
15. David Lama
Self | Cerro Torre: A Snowball's Chance in Hell
David Lama is one of the cutting-edge young alpinists with his bold free climbing and aid soloing taken him to rarely visited areas and up many unclimbed walls.
He was a climbing prodigy from age five. As a teenager, Lama won the a number of world cups and in 2008 he became the first person to win ...
16. David Lean
Director | Lawrence of Arabia
An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon on March 25, 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn't allowed to go to the movies). During the 1920s, he briefly considered the possibility of becoming an accountant like his father before finding ...
17. Dona Ivone Lara
Actress | A Força do Xangô
Dona Ivone Lara was born on April 13, 1921 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress and composer, known for A Força do Xangô (1977), Woman on Top (2000) and Caso Verdade (1983). She was married to Oscar Costa. She died on April 16, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
18. Edwin Apps
Actor | Joan of Arc
Edwin Apps was a familiar face during the early days of British television, at his most prolific as a character actor between 1953 and 1972. In addition, he sidelined as a scripter for the BBC, penning some 33 episodes of the comedy series All Gas and Gaiters (1966). The son of auctioneers and hop ...
19. Eldar Kuliyev
Director | Legenda Serebryanogo ozera
Eldar Kuliyev was born on January 18, 1941 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]. He was a director and writer, known for Legenda Serebryanogo ozera (1984), Sevinc buxtasi (1977) and Nizami (1982). He died on April 16, 2021.
20. Elida Gay Palmer
Actress | Delito
Elida Gay Palmer was born on July 28, 1934 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a writer and actress, known for Delito (1962), El curandero (1955) and Barrio Gris (1954). She was married to Alberto D'Aversa and Nelson Luiz de Toledo Piza. She died on April 16, 1995 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
21. Choi Eun-hie
Actress | The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
Choi Eun-hie was born on November 20, 1926 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea. She was an actress and director, known for The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law (1965), Uijeok Iljimae (1961) and Bam-ui tae-yang (1948). She was married to Shin Sang-ok. She died on April 16, 2018 in Seoul, South ...
22. Fay Bainter
Actress | Jezebel
Fay Bainter's career began as a child performer in 1898. For some time, she was a member of the traveling cast of the Morosco Stock Company in Los Angeles. In 1912, she made her Broadway debut in 'The Rose of Panama', but this and her subsequent play 'The Bridal Path' (1913), were conspicuous ...
23. Fay McKenzie
Actress | The Party
Fay Eunice McKenzie was born February 19, 1918 into a show business family where she was the youngest of two sisters and an actress cousin, and made her screen debut at only ten weeks old in "Station Content" (1918) in which she was carried in the arms of Gloria Swanson. Her parents, Eva & Bob "...
25. Gene Deitch
Director | Obri
Gene Deitch was an animator at UPA. He later joined Terrytoons in 1955. He created characters like "John Doormat", "Clint Clobber", "Gaston Le Crayon", "Sidney", and "Foofle". In early 1958, his theatrical cartoon Sidney's Family Tree (1958) was nominated for Academy Award. In August, 1958, he was ...
26. George Beverly Shea
Soundtrack | The Heart Is a Rebel
George Beverly Shea was born on February 1, 1909 in Winchester, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Heart Is a Rebel (1958), Who I Am (2004) and Mr. Texas (1951). He was married to Karlene Aceto and Erma L Scharfe. He died on April 16, 2013 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
27. Graham Jarvis
Actor | Mr. Mom
Born in Toronto, Canadian-American actor Graham Jarvis attended Williams College, before moving to New York to pursue a career in theatre. He studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and was an original member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater. He appeared in film and television for ...
28. Hansjörg Auer
Self | Mord am Unmöglichen
Hansjörg Auer is an Austrian mountaineer, known for his free solo climbs. He is probably best known for his 2007 free solo climb of the fish route (south face) of Marmolada in the Dolomites, northeastern Italy. Born in Zams, Austria in 1984. Certified teacher for Mathematics and Sports, Mountain ...
29. Harry Anderson
Actor | Night Court
Harry Anderson was born on October 14, 1952 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Night Court (1984), It (1990) and Tales from the Crypt (1989). He was married to Elizabeth Morgan and Leslie Pollack. He died on April 16, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
30. Helen McCrory
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Award-winning actress Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born in London, England, to Welsh-born Anne (Morgans) and Scottish-born Iain McCrory, a diplomat from Glasgow. After training at the Drama Centre London, Helen began her career on stage in the UK and won the Manchester Evening News' Best Actress ...
31. Howard Finkel
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Howard Finkel was born on June 7, 1950 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), The JBL & Cole Show with Renee Young (2012) and The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985). He died on April 16, 2020 in Madison, Connecticut, USA.
32. Jack Wallace
Actor | Death Wish
Jack Wallace was born on August 10, 1933 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Wish (1974), Faster (2010) and The Boy Next Door (2015). He was married to Margot Schnarr Wallace. He died on April 16, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
33. Jess Roskelley
Self | Annapurna 7.8
Jess Roskelley is an American alpinist, known most notably for his expeditions in Alaska. Raised in Spokane, Washington, mountaineering and climbing have always been an integral part of his life. As the son of John Roskelley, in 2003 at the age of 20, he summited Mount Everest with his father, who ...
34. Jim Hutchison
Actor | Magnum, P.I.
Jim Hutchison was born on January 19, 1934 in England, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980), Raven (1992) and Damien's Island (1976). He was married to Wisa D'Orso. He died on April 16, 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
35. John McLiam
Actor | First Blood
John McLiam was born on January 24, 1918 in Hayter, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for First Blood (1982), In Cold Blood (1967) and Sleeper (1973). He was married to Roberta Claire Robinson. He died on April 16, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
36. Johnny Kemp
Soundtrack | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
He began singing in nightclubs in his hometown of Nassau, Bahamas, when he was only 13. He moved to Harlem in 1979, developing his other talents as a dancer, songwriter, and actor. "Just Got Paid" was a Top Ten hit in 1988; he subsequently did a tune for the soundtrack of the motion picture Sing (...
37. Jörg Demus
Actor | Soiree im Schönbrunner Schloßtheater
Jörg Demus was born on December 2, 1928 in St. Pölten, Austria. He was an actor, known for Soiree im Schönbrunner Schloßtheater (1962), Music on 2 (1965) and Die Drehscheibe (1964). He died on April 16, 2019 in Vienna, Austria.
38. Jose Mari
Actor | Joey, Eddie, Lito
Jose Mari was born on June 15, 1938 in Tacloban, Leyte, Commonwealth of the Philippines. He was an actor, known for Joey, Eddie, Lito (1961), Baby Face (1959) and Viva Ranchera (1966). He was married to Charito Malarky. He died on April 16, 2019 in Muntinlupa City, Philippines.
39. Joseph Adler
Director | Sex and the College Girl
Stage and film director Joseph Adler studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and graduated from New York University's Film Department. He wrote, produced and/or directed a handful of genre potboilers for the big screen in the 1960s and 1970s. From the 1990s, Adler worked ...
40. Kay Walsh
Actress | The Horse's Mouth
Kay Walsh graced the British Cinema of the 1930s and 1940s as a leading lady, before maturing into character roles. She was born Kathleen Walsh in London, England of Irish parentage. She and her sister Peggy were raised in Pimlico by their grandmother. She began her career as a dancer in the chorus...
41. Kenneth Gilbert
Music_department | Waiting for Caroline
Kenneth Gilbert was born on December 16, 1931 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He was a composer, known for Waiting for Caroline (1969), Samuel de Champlain: Québec 1603 (1964) and La route de l'Ouest (1965). He died on April 16, 2020 in Québec, Québec, Canada.
42. Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Actor | Sairento mebiusu
Kiyoshi Kawakubo was born on November 18, 1929. He was an actor and director, known for Silent Möbius (1998), Silent Möbius (1991) and Bubblegum Crisis (1987). He died on April 16, 2019.
43. Leonie Kooiker
Writer | Circus op stelten
Leonie Kooiker is known for Circus in an Uproar (1972).
44. Lili Muráti
Actress | Doctor Zhivago
Lili Muráti was born on July 22, 1914 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania). She was an actress, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), Miss President (1935) and A tökéletes család (1942). She was married to János Vaszary and Dóra, Sándor. She died on April 16, 2003 in ...
45. Lucille Bremer
Actress | Meet Me in St. Louis
Arthur Freed discovered Lucille when she was working in a nightclub doing a specialty dance act, and decided to cast her as Rose Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis, and began building up her career which never really took off despite being put in 3 big musical productions at MGM. When she married, she ...
46. Luis Sepúlveda
Writer | Nowhere
Luis Sepúlveda was born on October 4, 1949 in Ovalle, Chile. He was a writer and director, known for Nowhere (2002), Mailbox 5 and Vivir a los 17 (1992). He was married to Carmen Yáñez and Margarita Seven. He died on April 16, 2020 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
47. Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
Writer | Berenice Procura
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza was born on September 16, 1936 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Berenice (2017), Silence of the Rain (2020) and Achados e Perdidos (2007). He was married to Livia Garcia-Roza. He died on April 16, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, ...
48. Marcelo Alfaro
Actor | Rebelde Way
Marcelo Alfaro was born on February 11, 1963 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for Rebelde Way (2002), El pulpo negro (1985) and Amándote (1988). He died on April 17, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
49. Mari Törőcsik
Actress | Kölyök
She graduated in 1957 after which she went to work to the National Theatre. Her first role was Solveig in Peer Gynt. She was a student in the College when Zoltan Fabri gave her the main character cast in the film: Korhinta (1955). She is a well-balanced (sense and sensibility) actress, who can act ...
50. Michael Ritchie
Director | The Golden Child
Michael Ritchie was born on November 28, 1938 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Golden Child (1986), The Island (1980) and Fletch (1985). He was married to Jimmie Brown and Georgina Tebrock. He died on April 16, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
51. Neville Brand
Actor | Stalag 17
Neville Brand joined the Illinois National Guard in 1939, bent on a career in the military. His National Guard unit was activated into federal service shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. It was while he was in the army that he made his acting debut, in Army training films, ...
52. Nino Bravo
Soundtrack | Cuéntame cómo pasó
Nino Bravo was born on August 3, 1944 in Ayelo de Malferit, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001), Dos tipos duros (2003) and Benidorm (2020). He was married to Amparo Martínez. He died on April 16, 1973 in Villarrubio, ...
53. Pamela Gidley
Actress | Cherry 2000
Pamela Gidley was born on July 11, 1965, in Methuen, Massachusetts, and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire. Pamela was the only girl among four older brothers. After high school, she moved to New York and was discovered by a modeling agent while walking down a Manhattan street and soon afterward she ...
54. Pat Summerall
Actor | The Replacements
Pat Summerall was born on May 10, 1930 in Lake City, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for The Replacements (2000), Black Sunday (1977) and The Simpsons (1989). He was married to Cherilyn Burns and Katharine Elliott Jacobs. He died on April 16, 2013 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
55. Regis Cordic
Actor | The Transformers: The Movie
Regis Cordic was born on May 15, 1926 in Hazelwood, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1984) and Kung Fu (1972). He was married to Dianne C Dundon and Catherine Ann Shea. He died on April 16, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
56. Robert Urich
Actor | Lonesome Dove
Robert Urich grew up in Toronto, Ohio, one of four siblings of Slovak and Rusyn descent, raised Catholic by their parents, John P. Urich (died 1977) and Cecelia (née Halpate) Urich (died 2002). His athletic ability led to a four-year football scholarship at Florida State University (FSU). He earned...
57. Rod Daniel
Director | WKRP in Cincinnati
Rod Daniel was born on August 4, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a director and producer, known for WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), K-9 (1989) and Teen Wolf (1985). He was married to Martha (Marti) C. Mueller. He died on April 16, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
58. Ron Vawter
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Ron Vawter was born on December 9, 1948 in Latham, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) and Philadelphia (1993). He was married to Rosemary Hochschild. He died on April 16, 1994 in on plane from Zurich to New York City...
59. Rosemary De Angelis
Actress | Frequency
Rosemary De Angelis was born on April 26, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Frequency (2000), Two Bits (1995) and The Wanderers (1979). She was married to Kenneth Richard Bridges. She died on April 16, 2020.
60. Maurice Reedus Jr.
Self | The Sax Man
Maurice Reedus Jr. died on April 16, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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61. Scott Brady
Actor | Gremlins
He had the manly good looks and rugged appeal to make it to top stardom in Hollywood and succeeded quite well as a sturdy leading man of standard action on film and TV. Born in Brooklyn on September 13, 1924, Irish-American Scott Brady was christened Gerard Kenneth Tierney (called Jerry) by parents...
62. Sol Saks
Writer | Bewitched
Sol Saks, the screenwriter and TV executive who became a millionaire for writing the pilot for the TV series Bewitched (1964), was born on December 13, 1910 n New York City, though he was raised Chicago from the time he was two-years-old.
A radio actor as a child, Saks started out his professional ...
63. Srilal Abeykoon
Actor | Sansara Prarthana
Srilal Abeykoon is known for Sansara Prarthana (2002), Edath Chandiya Adath Chandiya (1995) and Chandiyage Putha (1995).
64. Tani Guthrie
Actress | Greenwich Village Story
Tani Guthrie was born on September 27, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Greenwich Village Story (1963), Festival (1960) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). She died on April 16, 2018 in Fredericksburg, Texas, USA.
65. Ulrich Kienzle
Actor | Frontal
Ulrich Kienzle was born on May 9, 1936 in Neckargröningen, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frontal (1991), Hauser & Kienzle und die Meinungsmacher (1997) and Landesschau (1957). He was married to Ilse. He died on April 16, 2020 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.
66. Valentin Platareanu
Actor | Santaj
Valentin Platareanu was born on November 15, 1936 in Bucuresti, Romania. He was an actor, known for Santaj (1981), Un om în loden (1979) and Ana si hotul (1981). He died on April 16, 2019 in Germany.
67. Willie Fung
Actor | The Gay Falcon
Willie Fung was born on March 3, 1896 in Canton, China. He was an actor, known for The Gay Falcon (1941), The Great Profile (1940) and Shanghai (1935). He died on April 16, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
68. Zoë Lund
Actress | Bad Lieutenant
Zoe Lund was born Zoe Tamerlis to a Swedish mother and Romanian father on February 9, 1962 in New York City. She was an accomplished composer/musician and devout political activist at an early age. In 1981 at age 19, Lund gave a stunning performance as Thana, a mousy, mute garment worker and rape ...
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