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==Deaths== <!-- This section is in the article 1980 in "film", people that are television actors, television directors or something like that but did not have any part of a movie don't belong here. Those belong to the "Notable Deaths" section in "1980 in television" --> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" |+ |- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;" ! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films |- | rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''January''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Adolph Deutsch]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Arranger || {{hlist|''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]''| ''[[The Apartment]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Ivan Triesault]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]''| ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Robert Ardrey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''| ''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Barbara Britton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Virginian (1946 film)|The Virginian]]''| ''[[Captain Kidd (1945 film)|Captain Kidd]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Cecil Beaton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer, Production Designer || {{hlist|''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]''| ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Iris Meredith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Green Archer (1940 serial)|The Green Archer]]''| ''[[The Spider's Web (serial)|The Spider's Web]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Leonard Strong (actor)|Leonard Strong]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''| ''[[The Naked Jungle]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Lil Dagover]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]''| ''[[Destiny (1921 film)|Destiny]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[James Poe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''| ''[[Lilies of the Field (1963 film)|Lilies of the Field]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Peppino De Filippo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy]]''| ''[[Boccaccio '70]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Erle C. Kenton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[House of Frankenstein (1944 film)|House of Frankenstein]]''| ''[[Who Done It? (1942 film)|Who Done It?]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Jimmy Durante]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]]''| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''}} |- | rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''February''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Romolo Valli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Leopard (1963 film)|The Leopard]]''| ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Ray Heindorf]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''| ''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Renée Houston]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]''| ''[[The Horse's Mouth (film)|The Horse's Mouth]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[David Janssen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]''| ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Jerry Fielding]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Wild Bunch]]''| ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Ed Graves]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || {{hlist|''[[Doctor Dolittle (1967 film)|Doctor Dolittle]]''| ''[[Our Man Flint]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Gale Robbins]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]''| ''[[Three Little Words (film)|Three Little Words]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Mario Mattoli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Funniest Show on Earth]]''| ''[[Imputato, alzatevi!]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[George Tobias]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]''| ''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]''}} |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''March''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Jay Silverheels]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Lone Ranger (1956 film)|The Lone Ranger]]''| ''[[One Little Indian (film)|One Little Indian]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Frank McDonald (director)|Frank McDonald]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Isle of Fury]]''| ''[[In Old Missouri]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Farciot Edouart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Special Effects Artist || {{hlist|''[[Double Indemnity]]''| ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Philip W. Anderson (film editor)|Philip W. Anderson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]''| ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Steve Fisher (writer)|Steve Fisher]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Dead Reckoning (1947 film)|Dead Reckoning]]''| ''[[Lady in the Lake]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Dick Haymes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[One Touch of Venus (film)|One Touch of Venus]]''| ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[David Sharpe (actor)|David Sharpe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dick Tracy Returns]]''| ''[[Trail Riders]]''}} |- | rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''April''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Mary McCarty (actress)|Mary McCarty]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The French Line]]''| ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[John Collier (fiction writer)|John Collier]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Deception (1946 film)|Deception]]''| ''[[The War Lord]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Kathleen Burke]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)|Island of Lost Souls]]''| ''[[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (film)|The Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Kay Medford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''| ''[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Charlotte Henry]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Alice in Wonderland (1933 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''| ''[[Babes in Toyland (1934 film)|Babes in Toyland]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Tom Fadden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''| ''[[Flareup (film)|Flareup]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Raymond Bailey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''| ''[[The Gallant Hours]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Alf Sjöberg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Only a Mother]]''| ''[[Wild Birds]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Tony Beckley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Italian Job]]''| ''[[Get Carter]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Mario Bava]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Black Sabbath (film)|Black Sabbath]]''| ''[[The Whip and the Body]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Cicely Courtneidge]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Take My Tip]]''| ''[[Under Your Hat]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[William Clemens (film director)|William Clemens]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Case of the Stuttering Bishop]]''| ''[[Calling Philo Vance]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Alfred Hitchcock]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''| ''[[Rear Window]]''}} |- | rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''May''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Henry Levin (film director)|Henry Levin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Murderers' Row (film)|Murderers' Row]]''| ''[[Where the Boys Are]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Gene Markey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[On the Avenue]]''| ''[[Luxury Liner (1933 film)|Luxury Liner]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[George Pal]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director || {{hlist|''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|War of the Worlds]]''| ''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Kay Hammond]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Blithe Spirit (1945 film)|Blithe Spirit]]''| ''[[Five Golden Hours]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Lillian Roth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]''| ''[[Ladies They Talk About]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Hugh Griffith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''| ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Gordon E. Sawyer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || {{hlist|''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''| ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[José Calvo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Spain || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''| ''[[I Giorni dell'ira]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Ray Rennahan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]''| ''[[Lady in the Dark (film)|Lady in the Dark]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Ida Kamińska]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Ukraine || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Shop on Main Street]]''| ''[[The Angel Levine]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Franz Bachelin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || {{hlist|''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]''| ''[[Stalag 17]]''}} |- | rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''June''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Gloria Saunders]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Captive Women]]'' | ''[[Northwest Territory (film)|Northwest Territory]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Milburn Stone]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Captive Wild Woman]]''| ''[[The Judge (1949 film)|The Judge]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Terence Fisher]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Dracula (1958 film)|Dracula]]''| ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Monang Carvajal]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Child of Sorrow (film)|Anak Dalita]]''| ''[[The Moises Padilla Story]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[John Laurie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)|The 39 Steps]]''| ''[[Hobson's Choice (1954 film)|Hobson's Choice]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Odile Versois]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[To Paris with Love]]''| ''[[The Young Lovers (1954 film)|The Young Lovers]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Boris Kaufman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[On the Waterfront]]''| ''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[José Iturbi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Spain || style="text-align:center;"| Conductor, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]''| ''[[Three Daring Daughters]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Thomas Browne Henry]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[20 Million Miles to Earth]]''| ''[[William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]]''}} |- | rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''July''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Frank Cordell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer|| {{hlist|''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]''| ''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Gail Patrick]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[My Man Godfrey]]''| ''[[My Favorite Wife]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Reginald Gardiner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Great Dictator]]''| ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Dore Schary]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Screenwriter, Executive || {{hlist|''[[Boys Town (film)|Boys Town]]''| ''[[Sunrise at Campobello]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Peggy Knudsen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]''| ''[[Half Past Midnight]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Peter Sellers]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''| ''[[Being There]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Charles McGraw]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Narrow Margin]]''| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Bobby Van (actor)|Bobby Van]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer || {{hlist|''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]''| ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]''}} |- | rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''August''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Strother Martin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Wild Bunch]]''| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Donald Ogden Stewart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Philadelphia Story (film)|The Philadelphia Story]]''| ''[[Holiday (1938 film)|Holiday]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Elliot Nugent]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[My Favorite Brunette]]''| ''[[Up in Arms]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Dorothy Stratten]] || style="text-align:center;"| 20 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Galaxina]]''| ''[[They All Laughed]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Harold Adamson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Lyricist || {{hlist|''[[An Affair to Remember]]''| ''[[Higher and Higher (film)|Higher and Higher]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Yootha Joyce]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''| ''[[George and Mildred (film)|George and Mildred]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Gower Champion]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer, Director || {{hlist|''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]''| ''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Lester Dorr]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Behind Prison Gates]]''| ''[[The Shadow Returns]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Tex Avery]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director || {{hlist|''[[Droopy]]''| ''[[Screwy Squirrel]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Douglas Kenney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 33 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Animal House]]''| ''[[Caddyshack]]''}} |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''September''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Barbara O'Neil]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''| ''[[All This, and Heaven Too]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Duncan Renaldo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Lady Luck (1936 film)|Lady Luck]]''| ''[[The Cisco Kid Returns]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Barbara Loden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Director || {{hlist|''[[Splendor in the Grass]]''| ''[[Wanda (film)|Wanda]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Lillian Randolph]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''| ''[[The Onion Field (film)|The Onion Field]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Michael Strong]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Point Blank (1967 film)|Point Blank]]''| ''[[The Great Santini]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Sol Lesser]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[Tarzan the Fearless]]''| ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Lewis Milestone]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Moldova || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]''| ''[[Ocean's 11]]''}} |- | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''October''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Hattie Jacques]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]''| ''[[Scrooge (1951 film)|Scrooge]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Our Gang]]''| ''[[General Spanky]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Leon Janney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]''| ''[[Penrod and Sam (1931 film)|Penrod and Sam]]''}} |- | rowspan=15 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''November''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Noel Langley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''| ''[[Ivanhoe (1952 film)|Ivanhoe]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Emilio Cigoli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Shoeshine (film)|Shoeshine]]''| ''[[Sunday in August]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Steve McQueen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''| ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Carmel Myers]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[All Night (film)|All Night]]''| ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Victor Sen Yung]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Across the Pacific]]''| ''[[Charlie Chan in Honolulu]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Nick Dennis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''| ''[[Kiss Me Deadly]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Imogen Hassall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth]]''| ''[[Toomorrow (film)|Toomorrow]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Mae West]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[She Done Him Wrong]]''| ''[[I'm No Angel]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Nancy Hsueh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Targets]]''| ''[[House Calls (1978 film)|House Calls]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[George Raft]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Some Like It Hot]]''| ''[[They Drive by Night]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Conrad A. Nervig]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''| ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''| ''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Sarah Y. Mason]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]''| ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Edith Evanson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]''| ''[[The Big Heat]]''}} |- | rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''December''' | style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[John Lennon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''| ''[[How I Won the War]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Urie McCleary]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || {{hlist|''[[Blossoms in the Dust]]''| ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Peter Collinson (film director)|Peter Collinson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Italian Job]]''| ''[[And Then There Were None (1974 film)|And Then There Were None]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Ben Sharpsteen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]''| ''[[Dumbo]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Marc Connelly]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Spirit of St. Louis (film)|The Spirit of St. Louis]]''| ''[[Tall Story]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Lesser Samuels]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[No Way Out (1950 film)|No Way Out]]''| ''[[Ace in the Hole (1951 film)|Ace in the Hole]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Memmo Carotenuto]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Big Deal on Madonna Street]]''| ''[[Bread, Love and Dreams]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Sam Levene]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]''| ''[[Brute Force (1947 film)|Brute Force]]''}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Raoul Walsh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Actor || {{hlist|''[[White Heat]]''| ''[[High Sierra (film)|High Sierra]]''}} |- |}
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