08/13/1899 - 04/29/1980
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
After a successful career in his native United...
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Dennis Weaver (William Dennis Weaver)
06/04/1924 - 02/24/2006
William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his work in television, including roles on Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud, an...
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08/28/1947 - 06/25/2011
Actress Alice Playten, whose career spanned nearly five decades in some of Broadway and television's most recognizable productions, passed away June 25, 2011 from heart failure at Sloan Kettering Hospital. She was 63 years old.
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11/27/1940 - 07/20/1973
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinese American and Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
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11/12/1920 - 05/01/1990
Sunset Carson, born Winifred Maurice Harrison (November 12, 1920 - May 1, 1990) was an American B-western star of the 1940s.
Steve McQueen (Terrence Steven McQueen)
03/24/1930 - 11/07/1980
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was a popular American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool."His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietna...
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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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Lou Jacobi (Louis Harold Jacobi)
12/28/1913 - 10/23/2009
Louis Harold "Lou" Jacobi (December 28, 1913 – October 23, 2009) was a Canadian character actor.
09/02/1915 - 04/09/2010
Meinhardt Frank Raabe (September 2, 1915 – April 9, 2010) was an American actor. He was one of the last surviving Munchkin-actors in The Wizard of Oz, and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogu...
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07/07/1899 - 01/24/1983
George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932),...
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Joey Bishop (Joseph Abraham Gottlieb)
02/03/1918 - 10/17/2007
Joey Bishop (born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb; February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007) was an American entertainer who was perhaps best known for being a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra,...
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11/22/1921 - 10/05/2004
Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), was an American comedian, and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect" or "I get no respect,...
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06/26/1957 - 04/27/2007
Al Hunter Ashton (26 June 1957 – 27 April 2007), born Alan Hunter, was an English actor and script writer.
05/01/1918 - 01/27/2004
Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962....
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