Deaths: September 7

1. Marsha Hunt

Actress | Pride and Prejudice

Stardom somehow eluded this vastly gifted actress. Had it not perhaps been for her low-level profile compounded by her McCarthy-era blacklisting in the early 1950s, there is no telling what higher tier Marsha Hunt might have attained. Perhaps her work was not flashy enough, or too subdued, or ...

2. Al Carmichael

Stunts | The Big Operator

Al Carmichael, USC halfback who scored first touchdown in AFL history, set an NFL record with a 106-yard kick return in 1956 and was elected to the Packers Hall of Fame in 1974, also worked as a Hollywood stuntman and double in dozens of movies. Carmichael, a halfback, played for Denver in 1960 and...

3. Ben Piazza

Actor | The Blues Brothers

Ben Piazza was born on July 30, 1933 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Mask (1985) and Guilty by Suspicion (1991). He was married to Dolores Dorn. He died on September 7, 1991 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

4. Bernard Shaw

Actor | Contact

CNN's main anchor in Washington, D.C., Shaw, who co-anchored "The International Hour" and The World Today (1992), made a name for himself in the 1988 U.S. presidential debates when he shocked candidate Michael Dukakis with his opening question asking if Dukakis would drop his opposition to the ...

5. Bibi Besch

Actress | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Bibi Besch, a talented actress, was born in Vienna, Austria, to Gotfrid Köchert, a renowned race car driver, and actress Gusti Huber. She had a busy career, especially as a supporting actress on TV, spanning over twenty years. Her exceptional performance in the TV series, Doing Time on Maple Drive ...

6. Billie Lou Watt

Actress | Astro Boy

Billie Lou Watt was born on June 20, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Astro Boy (1963), The End of the Road (1998) and SuperBook (1981). She was married to Hal Studer. She died on September 7, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.

7. Candida Royalle

Actress | Three Daughters

Candida Royalle was born on October 15, 1950 in New York City. Candida was raised by her father and stepmother after her biological mother abandoned her when she was only eighteen months old. Royalle trained in music, dance, and the arts in New York City: She not only studied dance and music at New...

8. Catherine Dale Owen

Actress | Strictly Unconventional

Lean, fair-haired Catherine Dale Owen, acclaimed as one of the world's ten most beautiful women of 1925, had the dubious distinction of co-starring in the film which did most to ruin John Gilbert's career in talking pictures. For most of the players concerned, His Glorious Night (1929) was anything...

9. Clive Donner

Director | The Caretaker

British director Clive Donner was born in West Hampstead, London, England. By age 18 he was already working in the film business, as an office clerk at Denham Studios. He eventually became an editor and then graduated to the director's chair. After making a series of TV commercials, he made his ...

10. Cyrinda Foxe

Actress | Bad

Cyrinda Foxe was born Kathleen Hetzekian, and she says that she grew up in an abusive household. Kathleen left home before she graduated from high school and lived for a while in Texas before settling in New York City. Kathleen changed her name to Cyrinda Foxe and became part of the New York ...

11. David A. Arnold

Writer | Fuller House

David A Arnold has been making you laugh for years and you probably never knew it! Known for his TV writing, Arnold is now stepping out of the shadows and into the spotlight with the development of his own stand up special, "Fat Ballerina" due for release in 2019. David has had numerous TV ...

12. Dennis Morgan

Actor | My Wild Irish Rose

Dennis Morgan was born Stanley Morner in the small town of Prentice, Wisconsin. His first jobs in Hollywood were mostly bit parts, but he scored big after playing opposite Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle (1940). He starred in films like My Wild Irish Rose (1947), God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) and The Very...

13. Dickie Moore

Actor | Gabriel Over the White House

Dickie Moore made his acting and screen debut at the age of 18 months in the 1927 John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927) as a baby, and by the time he had turned 10 he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. He continued as a child star for many more years, and became the ...

14. Don Keefer

Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Don Keefer was born on August 18, 1916 in Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Death of a Salesman (1951). He was married to Catherine McLeod. He died on September 7, 2014 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

15. Dorothy McGuire

Self | The Steve Allen Show

Dorothy McGuire was born on February 13, 1928 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was married to Lowell James Williamson and John Henry Brown. She died on September 7, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

16. Eiichi Yamamoto

Director | Kanashimi no Beradonna

Graduated in the Kyôto Prefecture. After several years working as animator in Ryûichi Yokoyama's animation Studio Otogi, Yamamoto joined Osamu Tezuka to found Mushi Production in 1961 and since until 1973 worked as producer, supervising director or director of a dozen of animation productions from ...

17. Elisabeth Brooks

Actress | The Howling

Elisabeth Brooks Luyties was born on July 2, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth Brooks began acting at age five with her career encompassing both stage and screen. She started appearing in television roles in the mid-1970s and managed to pursue her acting career as a single mother while ...

18. Erma Franklin

Soundtrack | The Boys in the Band

Erma Franklin was born on March 13, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was married to Thomas Garrett. She died on September 7, 2002 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

19. Forrest Fenn

Self | Expedition Unknown

Forrest Fenn was born on August 22, 1930 in Temple, Texas, USA. He died on September 7, 2020 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

20. Frank Coghlan Jr.

Actor | Adventures of Captain Marvel

The son of a railroad clerk/pro boxer, Frank Coghlan Jr. was born in Connecticut and soon moved with his parents to California, where all three did extra work in silent pictures. Freckle-faced Coghlan was soon one of the era's most popular child actors, but with the advent of sound (and the ...

21. Gilda

Music_department | Sos mi vida

Gilda was born on October 11, 1961 in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is known for Sos mi vida (2006), El resultado del amor (2007) and Muñeca brava (1998). She was married to Raúl Magnín and Carlos Giménez. She died on September 7, 1996.

22. Glenn Shadix

Actor | Beetlejuice

William G. Scott was born in 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years. He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s.

Changing his name to Glenn Shadix, he made his film debut in the poorly received The Postman Always Rings Twice (...

23. Hall Bartlett

Writer | The Sandpit Generals

Hall Bartlett was born on November 27, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Sandpit Generals (1971), The Caretakers (1963) and Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973). He was married to Lupita Ferrer, Rhonda Fleming and Lois Butler. He died on September 7, 1993...

24. John Wesley

Actor | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

John Wesley was born on August 3, 1947 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) and Hang 'Em High (1968). He was married to Jenny Aubert. He died on September 8, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

25. Julien Schoenaerts

Actor | De leeuw van Vlaanderen

The Flemish (Dutch-language Belgian) actor Julien Schoenaerts made a most notable acting career, foremost in the theatre but also on the movie - and TV screen.

Schoenaerts was born on 30 August 1925 in Eigenbilzen (Belgian province of Limburg). He once said his first public part was that of St-John ...

26. Julio Blanck

Self | La crisis causó dos nuevas muertes

Julio Blanck was born on June 28, 1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was married to Silvana Boschi. He died on September 7, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

27. Karen Blixen

Writer | Out of Africa

Karen Blixen was born on April 17, 1885 in Rungsted, Denmark. She was a writer, known for Out of Africa (1985), Babette's Feast (1987) and The Heroine (1967). She was married to Bror Frederik von Blixen-Finecke. She died on September 7, 1962 in Rungsted, Denmark.

28. Katrin Cartlidge

Actress | Breaking the Waves

Katrin Cartlidge began her career as a doing backstage & front of house work at London's Royal Court Theatre, having appeared with their Young People's Theatre group. She progressed to appearing in play readings and workshops before winning a regular role in Brookside (1982).

She went on to forge an...

29. Keith Moon

Actor | Tommy

Keith John Moon was born to working class parents in Wembley, London, England, on the 23rd August, 1946. At the age of 12, he had joined the Sea Cadet Corp and was given his first musical instrument, the bugle. He left school by 15 and was in his first band, The Beachcombers; this was around the ...

30. Kim Ki-duk

Director | Taekoesu Yonggary

Kim Ki-duk was born on September 29, 1934 in Seoul, Korea. He was a director and editor, known for Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967), Bultaneun cheongchun (1966) and Seongnan daeji (1968). He died on September 7, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.

31. Louise La Planche

Actress | Louisiana Purchase

Louise La Planche was born on February 6, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Louisiana Purchase (1941). She was married to Lester Freedman. She died on September 7, 2012 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

32. Mac Miller

Actor | Scary Movie 5

Mac Miller was born on January 19, 1992 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Scary Movie V (2013), Tall Girl (2019) and Lethal Weapon (2016). He died on September 7, 2018 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.

33. Maria Montez

Actress | Arabian Nights

In a world weary of war and dispirited by the ravages of the Great Depression, Hollywood at the turn of the 1940s concocted a wildly popular, effective lot of escapist fare (though often cheaply made) to regale the sick at heart worldwide. Universal Pictures, more often than not, led in producing ...

34. Mary Goldberg

Casting_director | Amadeus

Mary Goldberg was a casting director, known for Amadeus (1984), Deep Rising (1998) and Alien (1979). She died on September 7, 2017 in Ojai, California, USA.

35. Michael Elphick

Actor | The Elephant Man

Michael Elphick was a fantastic and very popular actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Ken Boon in the hit series Boon (1986). He died tragically at the early age of 55. He had been in ill-health for some years, caused by a long-running battle with alcohol, which was exacerbated by the ...

36. Mobutu Sese Seko

Actor | Congo vivo

Mobutu Sese Seko was born Joseph Mobutu in Lisala, Belgian Congo. His father was a cook, who died when Mobutu was a child, and his mother was a maid in a hotel. She used her earnings to send him to a Christian Brothers Catholic boarding school for his education. In 1949 he joined the Force Publique...

37. Nicolino Locche

38. Peter Nichols

Writer | Inspector Morse

Peter Nichols was born on July 31, 1927 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Inspector Morse (1987), Having a Wild Weekend (1965) and The Wednesday Play (1964). He was married to Thelma Reed. He died on September 7, 2019 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

39. Reynaldo Mompel

Actor | La muchachada de a bordo

Reynaldo Mompel was born in 1920 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for La muchachada de a bordo (1967), Solamente ella (1975) and La doctora Castañuelas (1950). He died in September 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

40. Robert Axelrod

Actor | The Blob

Robert Axelrod was born on May 29, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Blob (1988), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993). He died on September 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

41. Robert Earl Jones

Actor | The Sting

Robert Earl Jones was born on February 3, 1910 in Senatobia, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), Sleepaway Camp (1983) and Witness (1985). He was married to Ruth Connolly, Jumelle P. Jones and Ruth Williams. He died on September 7, 2006 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

42. Colonel Roger Boutry

Soundtrack | Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort

Colonel Roger Boutry was born on February 27, 1932 in Paris, France. He is known for Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort (1988), Chanel Solitaire (1981) and Stardom (2000). He died on September 7, 2019 in Paris, France.

43. Sergio Endrigo

Soundtrack | Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di massacro

Sergio Endrigo was born on June 15, 1933 in Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]. He was an actor and composer, known for Massacre Time (1966), The Reunion (1963) and The Next Victim (1995). He was married to Maria Giulia Bartolocci. He died on September 7, 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

44. Sheila White

Actress | Oliver!

Sheila was born in the Highgate area of London. Her father was a clerk in a shipping line office and she had an older sister. When she was 12 she went to see a friend , who was a member of the Terry Juveniles, rehearsing for a pantomime at Golders Green. MISS terry asked her if she'd like to do ...

45. Shirley Yamaguchi

Soundtrack | Gangster Squad

Shirley Yamaguchi was born to Japanese parents in Manchuria in 1920. She used the Chinese name Li Xianglan (Ri Koran in Japanese) and made pro-Japanese films in Japanese-occupied areas in China. She also was a popular singer and some of her hits, including "fragrance of the night" (Ye Lai Xiang), ...

46. Spring Byington

Actress | You Can't Take It with You

The possessor of one of Hollywood's gentlest faces and warmest voices, and about as sweet as Tupelo honey both on-and-off camera, character actress Spring Byington was seldom called upon to play callous or unsympathetic (she did once play a half-crazed housekeeper in Dragonwyck (1946)). Although ...

47. Terence Harvey

Actor | Johnny English

Terence Harvey was born in October 1944 in the UK. He was an actor, known for Johnny English (2003), From Hell (2001) and Basic Instinct 2 (2006). He died on September 7, 2017 in England, UK.

48. Terence Young

Director | Dr. No

Born in Shanghai and Cambridge-educated, Terence Young began in the industry as a scriptwriter. In the 1940s he worked on a variety of subjects, including the hugely popular wartime romance Suicide Squadron (1941), set to Richard Addinsell's rousing "Warsaw Concerto". His original story was devised...

49. Thomas E. Jackson

Actor | Little Caesar

Thomas Edward Jackson (1886-1967) began his acting career with juvenile parts on Broadway from 1899-1903. As a tough kid living in New York's lower east side, Jackson would become a boxer and serve in WW1. He returned to the theatre in 1917 and worked steadily through the end of 1928.

Jackson would ...

50. Veeru Krishnan

Actor | Ishq

Veeru Krishnan was an actor, known for Ishq (1997), Raja Hindustani (1996) and Mela (2000). He died on September 7, 2019 in Mumbai.

51. Vivi Janiss

Actress | Lux Video Theatre

Vivi Janiss was born on May 29, 1911 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Lux Video Theatre (1950), Ben Casey (1961) and TV Reader's Digest (1955). She was married to John Larch and Robert Cummings. She died on September 7, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

52. Warren Zevon

Soundtrack | Looper

The son of a gangster who was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and a Mormon Midwestern mother of English descent, Warren Zevon overcame a difficult childhood and an ill-fated start as a folk-rock-singer in the 1960s to establish himself as one of the most offbeat and intelligent singer-songwriters in ...

53. Javier Ortiz

Actor | Che: Part One

Javier Ortiz was born on June 29, 1972 in Mexico. He was an actor, known for Che: Part One (2008), Un gancho al corazón (2008) and Camila (1998). He was married to Carisa de Leon and Patricia Manterola. He died on September 7, 2020 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.