09/15/1940 - 03/11/2010
Merlin Jay Olsen (September 15, 1940 – March 11, 2010) was an American football player in the National Football League, NFL commentator, and actor.
12/08/1936 - 07/03/2009
John Arthur Carradine, was an American character actor, best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu and its 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. He was a member of a productive acting family d...
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07/10/1925 - 07/21/2011
Elwy McMurran Yost, CM (July 10, 1925 – July 21, 2011) was a television host, best-known for hosting CBC's weekday Passport to Adventure series from 1965-67, and TVOntario's weekday Magic Shadows, from 1974 until the mid-1980s, and S...
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10/01/1928 - 05/08/1994
George Peppard, Jr. (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. He secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), he is probably best known to younger audien...
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Ron Silver (Ronald Arthur Silver)
07/02/1946 - 03/15/2009
Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host and political activist.
12/25/1899 - 01/14/1957
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon. The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema.
08/12/1935 - 03/12/1978
John Holland Cazale (August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978), was an American film and theater actor. During his six-year film career he appeared in five films, each of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Godfather, The...
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06/10/1926 - 02/19/2010
Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, screenwriter and film director.
10/21/1927 - 02/22/2009
Howard Zieff (21 October 1927 – 22 February 2009), (pronounced Zeef ) was an American director, television commercial director, and advertising photographer.
Don Knotts (Jesse Donald Knotts)
07/21/1924 - 02/24/2006
Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role whi...
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04/27/1931 - 06/08/2006
Robert Donner (April 27, 1931 - June 8, 2006) was an American actor who made many appearances in television series and films in a career spanning more than 40 years.
Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminsky)
01/18/1913 - 03/03/1987
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky) (January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. He became extremely popular in films with his bravura performances of patter songs and for children's favorit...
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Pete Postlethwaite (Peter William Postlethwaite)
02/07/1946 - 01/02/2011
Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011), was an English stage, film and television actor. Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a myst...
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02/11/1926 - 11/28/2010
Leslie Nielsen was raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. Leslie studied at the Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto before moving on to New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. His acting career started at a much earlier...
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02/28/1928 - 07/22/2011
Tom Aldredge (February 28, 1928 – July 22, 2011) was an American actor. He achieved notice on television, in films and in theatre.