In memory of... 2007
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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Amanda Ackland-Snow
Set Decorator/Production Designer
13 February 1963 - 5 February 2007 read more
Antonio Aguilar
Actor/Singer
17 May 1919 - 19 June 2007 read more
Marit Allen
Costume designer
17 September 1941 - 26 November 2007 read more
Michelangelo Antonioni
Director
29 September 1912 - 30 July 2007 read more
Dick Arnall
Animation Producer
14 July 1944 - 6 February 2007 read more
Al Hunter Ashton
Actor/Screenwriter
26 June 1957 - 27 April 2007 read more
Suzy Barratt
Actress/Author
1 April 1964 - 8 June 2007 read more
Tony Bastable
Presenter/Producer
15 October 1944 - 29 May 2007 read more
Marc Behm
Screenwriter
12 January 1925 - 12 July 2007 read more
Ingmar Bergman
Director
14 July 1914 - 30 July 2007 read more
A. I. Bezzerides
Screenwriter
9 August 1908 - 1 January 2007 read more
Joey Bishop
Actor/Comedian
3 February 1918 - 17 October 2007 read more
Janet Blair
Actress
23 April 1921 - 19 February 2007 read more
Hilda Braid
Actress
3 March 1929 - 6 November 2007 read more
Dilys Breese
Producer
2 June 1932 - 22 August 2007 read more
Jean-Claude Brialy
Actor/Director
30 March 1933 - 30 May 2007 read more
Herman Brix
Actor
19 May 1906 - 24 February 2007 read more
Roscoe Lee Browne
Actor
1 May 1925 - 11 April 2007 read more
Carol Bruce
Actress
15 November 1919 - 9 October 2007 read more
Mark Burns
Actor
30 March 1936 - 8 May 2007 read more
Frank Capra Jr
Producer
20 March 1934 - 19 December 2007 read more
Jeanne Carmen
Actress
4 August 1930 - 20 December 2007 read more
Bob Carroll Jnr
Writer/Producer
13 August 1918 - 27 January 2007 read more
Jean-Pierre Cassell
Actor
27 October 1932 - 19 April 2007 read more
Lonny Chapman
Actor
1 October 1920 - 12 October 2007 read more
Ann Chegwidden OBE
Editor
27 April 1921 - 6 September 2007 read more
Alan Chivers
Producer
24 April 1918 - 30 June 2007 read more
Professor Anthony Clare
Psychiatrist/Presenter
24 December 1942 - 28 October 2007 read more
Bob Clark
Writer/Director/Producer
5 August 1941 - 4 April 2007 read more
Derek Clark
Television director
7 August 1932 - 29 November 2007 read more
José Luis Coll
Actor/Writer
23 May 1931 - 6 March 2007 read more
Luigi Comencini
Director
8 June 1916 - 6 April 2007 read more
Alan Coren
Broadcaster/Writer
27 June 1938 - 18 October 2007 read more
Jim Cronin
Conservationist
15 November 1951 - 17 March 2007 read more
Anna Cropper
Actress
13 May 1938 - 22 January 2007 read more
Stan Daniels
Screenwriter
1 January 1934 - 6 April 2007 read more
Ivan Darvas
Actor
14 June 1925 - 3 June 2007 read more
Laraine Day
Actress
13 October 1917 - 10 November 2007 read more
Yvonne De Carlo
Actress
1 September 1922 - 8 January 2007 read more
Jose Luis De Vilallonga
Writer/Actor
9 January 1920 - 30 August 2007 read more
Colin Dean
Director/Producer/Documentarian
14 July 1919 - 1 April 2007 read more
Serafina Di Leo
Singer/Actress
7 May 1912 - 23 October 2007 read more
Solveig Dommartin
Actress
16 May 1966 - 11 January 2007 read more
Mike Donkin
TV news reporter
29 August 1951 - 6 December 2007 read more
Phil Drabble
Presenter
14 May 1914 - 29 July 2007 read more
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Actress
23 September 1925 - 2 December 2007 read more
Jo Durden-Smith
Filmmaker/Writer
24 December 1941 - 10 May 2007 read more
Brian Eatwell
Production Designer
1 January 1939 - 20 January 2007 read more
Peter Edwards CVO
Sound Mixer
14 November 1941 - 6 August 2007 read more
Bud Ekins
Stuntman
11 May 1930 - 6 October 2007 read more
Roger Eldridge
Writer/Journalist
21 March 1944 - 4 November 2007 read more
Peter Ellenshaw
Visual Effects Designer
24 May 1913 - 12 February 2007 read more
Ivor Emmanuel
Singer/Actor
7 November 1927 - 20 July 2007 read more
Gwyn Erfyl
Producer/Executive
9 June 1924 - 4 May 2007 read more
Ray Evans
Songwriter
4 February 1915 - 15 February 2007 read more
Clive Exton
Screenwriter
11 April 1930 - 16 August 2007 read more
Tommy Eytle
Actor/Singer
16 July 1926 - 19 June 2007 read more
El Fary
Singer/Actor
20 August 1937 - 19 June 2007 read more
Don Fellows
Actor
2 December 1922 - 21 October 2007 read more
Fernando Fernán-Gómez
Actor/Director/Writer
28 August 1921 - 21 November 2007 read more
Freddie Fields
Producer/Agent/Executive
12 July 1923 - 11 December 2007 read more
Brian Finch
Screenwriter
25 July 1936 - 27 June 2007 read more
Mali Finn
Casting director
8 March 1937 - 28 November 2007 read more
Ion Fiscuteanu
Actor
19 November 1937 - 8 December 2007 read more
Sally Flemington
Dancer/Actor
21 June 1941 - 21 March 2007 read more
Gareth Forwood
Actor
14 October 1945 - 16 October 2007 read more
Gerry Scott Foulds
Production Designer
4 November 1944 - 25 April 2007 read more
Freddie Francis
Cinematographer/Director
22 December 1917 - 17 March 2007 read more
Richard Franklin
Director
15 July 1948 - 11 July 2007 read more
Ed Friendly
Producer
8 April 1922 - 17 June 2007 read more
Istvan Gaal
Director/Screenwriter
25 August 1933 - 25 September 2007 read more
Henry Geddes
Writer/Producer/Director
7 April 1912 - 28 November 2007 read more
Alice Ghostley
Actress
14 August 1926 - 21 September 2007 read more
John Gill
Actor
1 January 1912 - 29 March 2007 read more
David Glencross
Television executive
3 March 1936 - 6 August 2007 read more
Howard Goorney
Actor
11 May 1921 - 29 March 2007 read more
Bernard Gordon
Scriptwriter
29 October 1918 - 11 May 2007 read more
Gordon Gostelow
Actor
14 May 1925 - 3 June 2007 read more
Robert Goulet
Actor
26 November 1933 - 30 October 2007 read more
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Director
22 July 1927 - 16 November 2007 read more
Ray Gravell
Broadcaster
12 September 1951 - 31 October 2007 read more
Christopher Greenbury
Editor
24 September 1951 - 3 January 2007 read more
Merv Griffin
Singer/Actor/Game Show Deviser
6 July 1925 - 12 August 2007 read more
Charles B. Griffith
Screenwriter/Director/Actor
23 September 1930 - 28 September 2007 read more
George Grizzard
Actor
1 April 1928 - 2 October 2007 read more
Terry Hall
Ventriloquist
20 November 1926 - 4 April 2007 read more
Peter Handford
Sound recordist
21 March 1919 - 6 November 2007 read more
Curtis Harrington
Director
17 September 1928 - 6 May 2007 read more
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Actress
3 September 1910 - 17 April 2007 read more
Sir John Harvey-Jones
Executive/Presenter
16 April 1924 - 9 January 2007 read more
Don Haworth
Producer/Playwright
18 January 1924 - 17 January 2007 read more
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Composer/Arranger/Musical Director
13 March 1928 - 1 October 2007 read more
Tony Holland
Writer/Script editor
18 January 1940 - 28 November 2007 read more
Peter Hopkinson
Director/Cameraman
27 June 1920 - 28 June 2007 read more
Victoria Hopper
Actress
24 May 1909 - 22 January 2007 read more
Gareth Hunt
Actor
7 February 1942 - 14 March 2007 read more
William Hutt
Actor/Director
2 May 1920 - 27 June 2007 read more
Betty Hutton
Actress
26 February 1921 - 11 March 2007 read more
Charles Hyatt
Actor/Broadcaster
14 February 1931 - 1 January 2007 read more
John Inman
Actor
28 June 1935 - 8 March 2007 read more
Richard Jeni
Comedian
31 October 1957 - 10 March 2007 read more
Hugh Johns
Football Commentator
6 September 1922 - 27 June 2007 read more
Griffith Jones
Actor
19 November 1909 - 30 January 2007 read more
Marcia Mae Jones
Actress
1 August 1924 - 2 September 2007 read more
Richard Joseph
Video Games Composer
23 April 1953 - 4 March 2007 read more
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Director
19 January 1922 - 27 December 2007 read more
Malcolm Kellard
Broadcaster
22 November 1930 - 15 October 2007 read more
Barbara Kelly
Actress/Broadcaster
5 October 1924 - 15 January 2007 read more
Deborah Kerr
Actress
30 September 1921 - 16 October 2007 read more
Ruth Kettlewell
Actress
13 April 1913 - 17 July 2007 read more
Tikhon Khrennikov
Composer
10 June 1913 - 14 August 2007 read more
Michael Kidd
Choreographer/ Actor
12 August 1915 - 23 December 2007 read more
Patricia Kirkwood
Actress
24 February 1921 - 25 December 2007 read more
László Kovács
Cinematographer
14 May 1933 - 22 July 2007 read more
Bernard L. Kowalski
Director/Producer
2 August 1929 - 26 October 2007 read more
Kei Kumai
Director
1 June 1930 - 23 May 2007 read more
Keith Kyle
Writer/Historian
4 August 1925 - 21 February 2007 read more
Verity Lambert
Television Producer
27 November 1935 - 22 November 2007 read more
Charles Lane
Actor
26 January 1905 - 9 July 2007 read more
Henry LeTang
Choreographer
19 June 1915 - 26 April 2007 read more
Ira Levin
Writer
27 August 1929 - 12 November 2007 read more
Moira Lister
Actress
6 August 1923 - 27 October 2007 read more
Calvin Lockhart
Actor
18 October 1934 - 29 March 2007 read more
Julian Ludwig
Actor/Producer
22 May 1924 - 13 April 2007 read more
Ronald Magill
Actor
21 April 1920 - 6 September 2007 read more
Magnus Magnusson
Broadcaster/Journalist/Author
12 October 1929 - 7 January 2007 read more
Frank Maher
Stuntman/Actor/Writer
18 June 1929 - 13 July 2007 read more
Norman Mailer
Writer
31 January 1923 - 10 November 2007 read more
Al Mancini
Actor
13 November 1932 - 12 November 2007 read more
Delbert Mann
Director
30 January 1920 - 11 November 2007 read more
Bernard Manning
Comedian
13 August 1930 - 18 June 2007 read more
Sarah Manwaring-White
Producer
12 June 1947 - 5 April 2007 read more
Marcel Marceau
Mime Artist
22 March 1923 - 22 September 2007 read more
Dave Martin
Screenwriter
1 January 1935 - 30 March 2007 read more
Murray Martin
Filmmaker
27 January 1943 - 14 August 2007 read more
Kerwin Mathews
Actor
8 January 1926 - 3 April 2007 read more
Bobby Mauch
Actor/Editor
6 July 1921 - 15 October 2007 read more
Lois Maxwell
Actress
14 February 1927 - 29 September 2007 read more
Barbara McNair
Singer/Actress
4 March 1934 - 4 February 2007 read more
George Melly
Writer/Broadcaster/Critic
17 August 1926 - 5 July 2007 read more
Lynn Merrick
Actress
19 November 1919 - 25 March 2007 read more
Robin Midgley
Director
10 November 1934 - 19 May 2007 read more
Kieron Moore
Actor
5 October 1924 - 15 July 2007 read more
Sheridan Morley
Writer/Broadcaster
5 December 1941 - 16 February 2007 read more
John Morrell
Producer/Journalist
29 April 1939 - 28 August 2007 read more
David Morris
Actor
11 November 1924 - 29 October 2007 read more
David Myers
Cartoonist/Scriptwriter
8 December 1925 - 16 June 2007 read more
Ulrich Mühe
Actor
20 June 1953 - 22 July 2007 read more
O.P. Nayyar
Composer
16 January 1926 - 28 January 2007 read more
Barry Nelson
Actor
16 April 1920 - 7 April 2007 read more
John Normington
Actor
28 January 1937 - 26 July 2007 read more
Neil North
Actor
18 October 1932 - 7 March 2007 read more
Golda Offenheim
Production Coordinator
Dob Not Known - 18 November 2007 read more
Peter Orton
Media entrepreneur
17 June 1943 - 5 December 2007 read more
William Panzer
Producer
6 September 1942 - 17 March 2007 read more
Reg Park
Actor/Bodybuilder
7 June 1928 - 22 November 2007 read more
Lisa Parker
Production manager
14 July 1967 - 4 July 2007 read more
Luciano Pavarotti
Singer
12 October 1935 - 6 September 2007 read more
Alex Phillips Jnr
Cinematographer
11 January 1935 - 12 February 2007 read more
Carlo Ponti
Producer
11 December 1912 - 10 January 2007 read more
Michael Portelly
Underwater Cinematographer
27 August 1951 - 5 July 2007 read more
Tom Poston
Actor
17 October 1921 - 30 April 2007 read more
Mala Powers
Actress
20 December 1931 - 11 June 2007 read more
Laura Price
Producer
15 August 1976 - 10 February 2007 read more
Peer Raben
Composer
2 July 1940 - 21 January 2007 read more
Fons Rademakers
Director/Actor
5 September 1920 - 2 February 2007 read more
Boots Randolph
Musician/Composer
3 June 1927 - 3 July 2007 read more
Mike Reid
Actor/Comedian
19 January 1940 - 29 July 2007 read more
Ian Richardson
Actor
7 April 1934 - 9 February 2007 read more
Anton Rodgers
Actor
10 January 1933 - 1 December 2007 read more
Percy Rodrigues
Actor
13 June 1918 - 6 September 2007 read more
Shelley Rohde
Presenter
17 May 1933 - 6 December 2007 read more
Sydney Rose
Producer
10 January 1939 - 20 April 2007 read more
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
11 August 1927 - 15 March 2007 read more
John P Ryan
Actor
30 July 1936 - 20 March 2007 read more
Gordon Scott
Actor
3 August 1926 - 30 April 2007 read more
Peter Graham Scott
Director/Producer
27 October 1923 - 5 August 2007 read more
Edward Scott
Cameraman/Editor/Assistant director
31 March 1931 - 29 December 2007 read more
Ousmane Sembene
Director
1 January 1923 - 9 June 2007 read more
Michel Serrault
Actor
24 January 1928 - 29 July 2007 read more
Frank Seton
Actor
29 March 1918 - 28 February 2007 read more
George Sewell
Actor
31 August 1924 - 3 April 2007 read more
Mel Shavelson
Director/Screenwriter
1 April 1917 - 8 August 2007 read more
Ronnie Shedlo
Producer
1 May 1940 - 2 April 2007 read more
Ned Sherrin
Author/Broadcaster/Producer
18 February 1931 - 1 October 2007 read more
Aubrey Singer
Producer/Executive
21 January 1927 - 26 May 2007 read more
Bill Sinrich
Executive
1 January 1957 - 2 February 2007 read more
Tom Steel
TV Producer/Documentary Maker
29 September 1943 - 21 July 2007 read more
Herman Stein
Composer
19 August 1915 - 15 March 2007 read more
Art Stevens
Animator
1 May 1915 - 22 May 2007 read more
Theresa Streatfield
Actress
13 August 1953 - 19 November 2007 read more
Nicole Stéphane
Actress/Producer
27 May 1923 - 14 March 2007 read more
Saul Swimmer
Director/Producer
25 April 1936 - 3 March 2007 read more
George Tabori
Writer
24 May 1914 - 23 July 2007 read more
Iwao Takamoto
Animator
29 April 1925 - 8 January 2007 read more
Alexander Tatarsky
Animator
11 December 1950 - 22 July 2007 read more
Tony Tenser
Producer/Film distributor
10 August 1920 - 5 December 2007 read more
Alex Thomson
Cinematographer
12 January 1929 - 14 June 2007 read more
Penny Thomson
Producer/Director of the Edinburgh Film Festival
14 November 1950 - 9 July 2007 read more
Bill Threlfall
Tennis Commentator
24 April 1924 - 7 March 2007 read more
Georg Tressler
Director
25 January 1917 - 6 January 2007 read more
Peter Tuddenham
Actor
27 November 1918 - 9 July 2007 read more
John Turner
News Cameraman
31 March 1915 - 7 March 2007 read more
William J. Tuttle
Make up artist
13 April 1912 - 6 August 2007 read more
Miyoshi Umeki
Actress
8 May 1929 - 28 August 2007 read more
Jack Valenti
President of the MPAA
5 September 1921 - 26 April 2007 read more
Peter Viertel
Screenwriter
16 November 1920 - 4 November 2007 read more
Dick Vosburgh
Writer/Lyricist
27 August 1929 - 18 April 2007 read more
Derek Waring
Actor
26 April 1927 - 20 February 2007 read more
Catherine Wearing
Script Editor/Producer
8 January 1966 - 31 December 2007 read more
Gordon Wilkins
Broadcaster/Journalist
6 October 1912 - 11 April 2007 read more
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Actor
5 October 1942 - 13 August 2007 read more
Tricia Williamson
Presenter/Producer/Director
3 January 1955 - 9 November 2007 read more
Tony Wilson
Presenter/Music Entrepreneur
20 February 1950 - 10 August 2007 read more
Jagna Wright
Filmmaker
15 July 1950 - 16 June 2007 read more
Jane Wyman
Actress
14 January 1917 - 10 September 2007 read more
Edward Yang
Director
24 September 1947 - 29 June 2007 read more
Aida Young
Producer
14 August 1920 - 12 August 2007 read more
Peter Zinner
Editor
24 July 1919 - 13 November 2007 read more