In memory of... 2006
In 2006 the Academy established an online area to acknowledge those committed and passionate individuals who worked in the film, television and video games industries who have passed away. We regret that, due to the volume of industry-related obituaries each year, we are unable to provide a definitive list of every person with industry credits who passes away. Obituaries written by Anwar Brett.
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Martin Adler
Cameraman/Photo-journalist
30 October 1958 - 23 June 2006 read more
Edward Albert
Actor
20 February 1951 - 22 September 2006 read more
Naushad Ali
Composer
25 December 1919 - 5 May 2006 read more
Elkan Allan
Producer
8 December 1922 - 25 June 2006 read more
Elizabeth Allen
Actress
25 January 1929 - 19 September 2006 read more
Jay Presson Allen
Writer
3 March 1922 - 1 May 2006 read more
Patrick Allen
Actor
17 March 1927 - 28 July 2006 read more
June Allyson
Actress
7 October 1917 - 8 July 2006 read more
Roy Alon
Stuntman
25 April 1905 - 1 February 2006 read more
Robert Altman
Director
20 February 1925 - 20 November 2006 read more
Sir Malcolm Arnold
Composer
21 October 1921 - 23 September 2006 read more
Art Baer
Writer
17 September 1925 - 17 September 2006 read more
George Balzer
Writer
1 September 1915 - 28 September 2006 read more
Joseph Barbera
Animator
24 March 1911 - 18 December 2006 read more
Peter Barkworth
Actor
14 January 1929 - 21 October 2006 read more
Zelda Barron
Producer/Writer/Director
31 March 1929 - 14 August 2006 read more
Raymond Baxter
Presenter
25 January 1922 - 15 September 2006 read more
Richard Bebb
Actor
12 January 1927 - 12 April 2006 read more
Alan Bell
Sound Editor
27 May 1931 - 5 August 2006 read more
Tom Bell
Actor
2 August 1933 - 4 October 2006 read more
Jerry Belson
Writer/Producer
8 July 1938 - 10 October 2006 read more
Remy Belvaux
Director/Producer/Writer/Actor
10 November 1966 - 4 September 2006 read more
Peter Benchley
Writer
8 May 1940 - 11 February 2006 read more
Ed Benedict
Animator
23 August 1902 - 28 August 2006 read more
Monty Berman
Producer
16 August 1913 - 14 June 2006 read more
Frank Beyer
Director
26 May 1932 - 1 October 2006 read more
Bhaskar Bhattacharyya
Filmmaker
4 June 1950 - 10 February 2006 read more
Fabián Bielinsky
Director/Writer
3 February 1959 - 28 June 2006 read more
John Bierman
Journalist
26 January 1929 - 4 January 2006 read more
Joyce Blair
Actress
4 November 1932 - 19 August 2006 read more
Claudia Bobsin
Costume Designer
27 April 1905 - 23 October 2006 read more
Roger Bolton
Trade Unionist
7 September 1947 - 18 November 2006 read more
Derek Bond
Actor/Writer/Presenter
26 January 1920 - 15 October 2006 read more
Walerian Borowczyk
Filmmaker
2 September 1923 - 3 February 2006 read more
Allister Bowtell
Model Maker/Production Designer
2 June 1940 - 20 September 2006 read more
Peter Boyle
Actor
18 October 1935 - 12 December 2006 read more
Gérard Brach
Writer
23 July 1927 - 9 September 2006 read more
Ed Bradley
Broadcaster
22 June 1941 - 9 November 2006 read more
Peter Brayham
Stuntman
12 July 1936 - 7 December 2006 read more
Richard Bright
Actor
28 June 1937 - 18 February 2006 read more
Brian Brolly
Producer
21 October 1936 - 28 October 2006 read more
Phil Brown
Actor
30 April 1916 - 9 February 2006 read more
Henry Bumstead
Production Designer
17 March 1915 - 24 May 2006 read more
David Butler
Writer/Actor
12 November 1927 - 27 May 2006 read more
Peter Cadbury
Businessman
6 February 1918 - 17 April 2006 read more
Alan Caillou
Actor/Writer
9 November 1914 - 1 October 2006 read more
Robert Carrier
Presenter/Chef
10 November 1923 - 27 June 2006 read more
Ronald Cass
Composer/Writer
21 April 1923 - 2 June 2006 read more
David Channer
Director
18 December 1925 - 15 September 2006 read more
Phil Chilvers
Director
1 May 1950 - 22 September 2006 read more
Henri Colpi
Editor/Director
15 July 1921 - 14 January 2006 read more
Betty Comden
Lyricist, Actor, Screenwriter
3 May 1917 - 23 November 2006 read more
Pat Corley
Actor
1 June 1930 - 11 September 2006 read more
Diana Coupland
Actress
5 March 1932 - 10 November 2006 read more
David Croucher
Costumier
24 March 1946 - 26 September 2006 read more
Michael Croucher
Filmmaker
17 January 1930 - 26 May 2006 read more
Mitzi Cunliffe
Artist
1 January 1918 - 30 December 2006 read more
Ross Davidson
Actor
25 August 1949 - 16 October 2006 read more
Ernest Day
Cinematographer
15 April 1927 - 16 November 2006 read more
Tamara Dobson
Actress
14 May 1947 - 2 October 2006 read more
Robert Donner
Actor
27 April 1931 - 8 June 2006 read more
Charlie Drake
Actor/Comedian
19 June 1925 - 24 December 2006 read more
Sir John Drummond
Producer/Director
25 November 1934 - 6 September 2006 read more
Ernest Dudley
Writer/Journalist
23 July 1908 - 1 February 2006 read more
Daryl Duke
Director
8 March 1929 - 12 September 2006 read more
Rocío Dúrcal
Actress
4 October 1944 - 25 March 2006 read more
Ana de Skalon
Filmmaker
12 August 1953 - 17 February 2006 read more
Peter Ellis
Director
28 January 1948 - 24 April 2006 read more
Daniel Emilfork
Actor
7 April 1924 - 17 October 2006 read more
Andi Engel
Film Distributor, Director
11 November 1942 - 26 December 2006 read more
Eberhard Esche
Actor
21 October 1933 - 15 May 2006 read more
Cy Feuer
Producer
15 January 1911 - 17 May 2006 read more
Richard Fleischer
Director
8 December 1916 - 25 March 2006 read more
Glenn Ford
Actor
1 May 1916 - 30 August 2006 read more
Patricia Foy
Producer/Director
25 November 1922 - 26 July 2006 read more
Anthony Franciosa
Actor
25 October 1928 - 19 January 2006 read more
William Franklyn
Actor/Presenter
22 September 1925 - 31 October 2006 read more
Louise Gish
Actress
27 May 1967 - 20 February 2006 read more
Paul Gleason
Actor
4 May 1939 - 27 May 2006 read more
James Glennon
Cinematographer
29 August 1942 - 19 October 2006 read more
Gary Graver
Cinematographer
20 July 1938 - 16 November 2006 read more
Gary Gray
Actor
18 December 1936 - 4 April 2006 read more
John Gray
Broadcaster/Director
5 July 1918 - 21 December 2006 read more
Sally Gray
Actress
14 February 1916 - 24 September 2006 read more
Anne Gregg
Presenter
11 February 1940 - 5 September 2006 read more
Kenneth Griffith
Actor/Filmmaker
12 October 1921 - 25 June 2006 read more
Val Guest
Director/Writer
11 December 1911 - 10 May 2006 read more
John Hallam
Actor
28 October 1941 - 14 November 2006 read more
David Halliwell
Playwright
31 July 1936 - 16 March 2006 read more
Peter Hawkins
Voiceover Artist/Actor
3 April 1924 - 8 July 2006 read more
James Hawthorne
Executive
27 March 1930 - 7 September 2006 read more
Bill Hays
Director
15 March 1938 - 2 March 2006 read more
Peter Henton
Producer
2 October 1946 - 27 October 2006 read more
Perry Henzell
Writer/Director
7 March 1936 - 30 November 2006 read more
Arthur Hill
Actor
1 August 1922 - 22 October 2006 read more
Charles Hodgson
Actor
31 December 1927 - 21 December 2006 read more
Daniele Huillet
Filmmaker
1 May 1936 - 9 October 2006 read more
Gerry Humphreys
Dubbing Mixer/Sound Recordist
11 May 1931 - 5 December 2006 read more
Lord Hussey of North Bradley
Executive
29 August 1923 - 27 December 2006 read more
Johnny Hutch
Acrobat/Actor
8 August 1913 - 9 December 2006 read more
György Illés
Cinematographer
2 November 1914 - 12 June 2006 read more
Shohei Imamura
Director
15 September 1926 - 30 May 2006 read more
Steve Irwin
Presenter
22 February 1962 - 4 September 2006 read more
Makoto Iwamatsu
Actor
10 December 1933 - 21 July 2006 read more
Claude Jade
Actress
8 October 1948 - 1 December 2006 read more
Eric James
Composer
11 August 1913 - 28 March 2006 read more
Tony Jay
Actor/Voiceover Artist
2 February 1933 - 13 August 2006 read more
Jennifer Jayne
Actress
14 November 1931 - 23 April 2006 read more
Robert Earl Jones
Actor
3 February 1910 - 7 September 2006 read more
Edward Joseph
Producer/Production Manager
24 February 1918 - 16 April 2006 read more
John Junkin
Writer/Actor
29 January 1930 - 7 March 2006 read more
Andreas Katsulas
Actor
18 May 1946 - 14 February 2006 read more
Bruno Kirby
Actor
28 April 1949 - 14 August 2006 read more
Phyllis Kirk
Actress
18 September 1929 - 19 October 2006 read more
Dennis Kirkland
Producer
2 December 1942 - 16 February 2006 read more
Kyoko Kishida
Actress
29 April 1930 - 24 December 2006 read more
Nigel Kneale
Writer
28 April 1922 - 29 October 2006 read more
Don Knotts
Actor
21 July 1924 - 24 December 2006 read more
Kurt Kreuger
Actor
23 July 1916 - 12 July 2006 read more
Raj Kumar
Actor
24 April 1929 - 12 April 2006 read more
Hugh Latimer
Actor
12 May 1913 - 11 June 2006 read more
S. John Launer
Actor
2 April 1905 - 8 September 2006 read more
Mike Lax
Sound Recordist
28 June 1940 - 20 April 2006 read more
Al Lewis
Actor
30 April 1910 - 3 February 2006 read more
Peter Ling
Writer
27 May 1926 - 14 September 2006 read more
Ian MacKenzie
Executive
3 August 1931 - 31 October 2006 read more
Ken Maidment
Executive
8 September 1922 - 1 February 2006 read more
David Maloney
Director/Producer
14 December 1933 - 18 July 2006 read more
Gordon Manning
Executive
28 May 1917 - 6 September 2006 read more
Marian Marsh
Actress
17 October 1913 - 9 November 2006 read more
Hilary Mason
Actress
4 September 1917 - 5 September 2006 read more
Richard Mayes
Actor
26 December 1922 - 22 October 2006 read more
Kevin McClory
Writer, Producer, Director
8 June 1926 - 20 November 2006 read more
Darren McGavin
Actor
7 May 1922 - 25 February 2006 read more
Henry McGee
Actor
14 May 1929 - 28 January 2006 read more
Frank Middlemass
Actor
28 May 1919 - 8 September 2006 read more
Rick Mietkowski
Visual Effects Specialist
8 May 1905 - 1 July 2006 read more
Brian Mills
Director
25 October 1933 - 3 June 2006 read more
Stella Moray
Actress
29 July 1923 - 6 August 2006 read more
Jennifer Moss
Actress
10 January 1945 - 29 September 2006 read more
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Director
30 September 1922 - 27 August 2006 read more
Leon Niemczyk
Actor
15 December 1923 - 29 November 2006 read more
Maj-Britt Nilsson
Actress
11 December 1924 - 19 December 2006 read more
Philippe Noiret
Actor
1 October 1930 - 23 November 2006 read more
Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer
3 December 1922 - 20 September 2006 read more
Mary Orr
Writer
21 December 1910 - 22 September 2006 read more
Jack Palance
Actor
18 February 1919 - 10 November 2006 read more
Gordon Parks
Director
30 November 1912 - 7 March 2006 read more
Chris Penn
Actor
10 October 1965 - 24 January 2006 read more
Lynne Perrie
Actress
7 April 1931 - 24 January 2006 read more
Peter Philp
Writer/Presenter
10 November 1920 - 5 February 2006 read more
David Plowright
Executive
11 December 1930 - 24 August 2006 read more
Basil Poledouris
Composer
21 August 1945 - 8 November 2006 read more
Gillo Pontecorvo
Director/Writer
19 November 1919 - 12 October 2006 read more
Ingo Preminger
Producer
25 February 1911 - 7 June 2006 read more
Mavis Pugh
Actress
25 June 1914 - 6 December 2006 read more
Zoe Rae
Actress
10 July 1910 - 20 May 2006 read more
Moira Redmond
Actress
14 July 1928 - 16 March 2006 read more
Dana Reeve
Actress
19 February 1961 - 6 March 2006 read more
Ann Richards
Actress
13 December 1917 - 24 August 2006 read more
Pieter Rogers
Producer
25 January 1926 - 25 June 2006 read more
Joan Root
Filmmaker
19 April 1905 - 12 January 2006 read more
Herbert Rudley
Actor/Writer/Director
22 March 1911 - 9 September 2006 read more
Shin Sang-Ok
Director
11 October 1926 - 11 April 2006 read more
Daniel Schmid
Director
26 December 1941 - 5 August 2006 read more
Leonard Schrader
Writer/Director
30 November 1943 - 2 November 2006 read more
Johnny Sekka
Actor
21 July 1934 - 14 September 2006 read more
Moira Shearer
Actress/Dancer
17 January 1926 - 31 January 2006 read more
Vincent Sherman
Director
16 July 1906 - 18 June 2006 read more
Lindsay Shonteff
Director/Producer/Writer
5 November 1935 - 11 March 2006 read more
Jeremy Silberston
Director
1950 - 9 March 2006 read more
Bob Simpson
Journalist
29 November 1944 - 25 July 2006 read more
Fernando Siro
Actor/Director/Writer
5 October 1931 - 4 September 2006 read more
Vilgot Sjöman
Director
2 December 1924 - 9 April 2006 read more
Jeremy Slate
Actor
17 February 1926 - 19 November 2006 read more
E. M. Smedley-Aston
Producer
25 August 1912 - 23 January 2006 read more
Linda Smith
Comedian
25 January 1958 - 27 February 2006 read more
Van Smith
Costume, Make-up Designer
17 August 1945 - 5 December 2006 read more
Leonard J. South
Cinematographer
1 January 1913 - 6 January 2006 read more
Frank Speed
Filmmaker
4 November 1918 - 16 September 2006 read more
Aaron Spelling
Producer
22 April 1923 - 23 June 2006 read more
Maureen Stapleton
Actress
21 June 1925 - 13 March 2006 read more
Joseph Stefano
Screenwriter/Producer
5 May 1922 - 25 August 2006 read more
Ronnie Stevens
Actor
2 September 1925 - 11 November 2006 read more
Bill Stewart
Actor
7 December 1942 - 29 August 2006 read more
Tetsuro Tamba
Actor
17 July 1922 - 24 September 2006 read more
Sir Iain Tennant
Executive
11 March 1919 - 25 September 2006 read more
Frankie Thomas
Actor
9 April 1921 - 11 May 2006 read more
Alida Valli
Actress
31 May 1921 - 22 April 2006 read more
Helen Van Dongen
Editor
5 January 1909 - 28 September 2006 read more
Jack Warden
Actor
18 September 1920 - 19 July 2006 read more
Wendy Wasserstein
Writer
18 October 1950 - 30 January 2006 read more
Dennis Weaver
Actor
4 June 1924 - 24 February 2006 read more
John Webster
Advertising Executive
14 December 1946 - 17 June 2006 read more
Rudolf Wichmann
Producer
14 December 1946 - 17 June 2006 read more
Jack Wild
Actor
30 September 1952 - 1 March 2006 read more
Charlie Williams
Comedian
23 December 1928 - 2 September 2006 read more
Shelley Winters
Actress
18 August 1920 - 14 January 2006 read more
John Woodnutt
Actor
3 March 1924 - 3 January 2006 read more
Jane Wyatt
Actor
12 August 1910 - 20 October 2006 read more