In memory of... 2008
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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A
Edie Adams
Actress
16 April 1925 - 15 October 2008 read more
Jill Adams
Actress
22 July 1930 - 13 May 2008 read more
Bobby Anderson
Actor
6 March 1933 - 6 June 2008 read more
Bernard Archard
Actor
20 August 1916 - 1 May 2008 read more
Dave Atkins
Actor
11 October 1940 - 23 April 2008 read more
Rowan Ayers
Writer/Presenter/Producer
16 June 1922 - 5 January 2008 read more
Rafael Azcona
Writer
24 October 1926 - 24 March 2008 read more
Carol Barnes
Newscaster/Journalist
13 September 1944 - 8 March 2008 read more
John Barnes
Film Historian
28 June 1920 - 1 June 2008 read more
Leonard Barras
Writer
13 February 1922 - 20 January 2008 read more
Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Actress/Producer
23 February 1932 - 18 December 2008 read more
Bebe Barron
Composer/Sound Engineer
16 June 1927 - 20 April 2008 read more
Nicolas Bataille
Actor/Director
14 March 1926 - 28 October 2008 read more
Jonathan Bates
Sound Editor
1 November 1939 - 31 October 2008 read more
Jeremy Beadle MBE
Presenter/Writer
12 April 1948 - 30 January 2008 read more
Sam Bottoms
Actor
17 October 1955 - 16 December 2008 read more
Margot Boyd
Actress
24 September 1913 - 20 May 2008 read more
Irving Brecher
Writer/Director/Producer
17 January 1914 - 17 November 2008 read more
James Bree
Actor
20 July 1923 - 1 December 2008 read more
Alan Brien
Writer
12 March 1925 - 25 May 2008 read more
Bernie Brillstein
Producer
26 April 1931 - 7 August 2008 read more
Harold Brown
Film Archivist
15 August 1919 - 14 November 2008 read more
Bud Browne
Director
14 July 1912 - 25 July 2008 read more
Baird Bryant
Cinematographer
12 December 1927 - 13 November 2008 read more
Sally Bulloch
Actress
11 July 1948 - 10 April 2008 read more
Gareth Butler
Producer
3 May 1965 - 29 February 2008 read more
Johnny Byrne
Writer
27 November 1935 - 2 April 2008 read more
Peter Caffrey
Actor
18 April 1949 - 1 January 2008 read more
Ken Campbell
Actor/Writer/Director
10 December 1941 - 31 August 2008 read more
George Carlin
Comedian/Actor
12 May 1937 - 22 June 2008 read more
Tristram Cary
Composer
14 May 1925 - 23 May 2008 read more
Bertrand Castelli
Producer
3 December 1929 - 1 August 2008 read more
Randa Chahal
Director/Writer
11 December 1953 - 25 August 2008 read more
Youssef Chahine
Director
1 January 1928 - 27 July 2008 read more
Cyd Charisse
Dancer/Actress
8 March 1922 - 17 June 2008 read more
B.R. Chopra
Director/Producer
22 April 1914 - 5 November 2008 read more
Tony Church
Actor
11 May 1930 - 25 March 2008 read more
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Writer
16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008 read more
Blanche Coleman
Bandleader
28 February 1910 - 22 April 2008 read more
Francis Coleman
Television Producer
12 January 1924 - 10 April 2008 read more
Richard Coleman
Actor
20 January 1930 - 16 December 2008 read more
Bruce Conner
Filmmaker/Artist
18 November 1933 - 7 July 2008 read more
Malcolm Cooke
Editor/Sound Editor
23 June 1929 - 2 December 2008 read more
Adrian Cooper
Director/Producer
22 October 1929 - 30 January 2008 read more
Peter Copley
Actor
20 May 1915 - 7 October 2008 read more
Sergio Corrieri
Actor/Director
2 March 1939 - 29 February 2008 read more
Sir Bill Cotton
Executive
23 April 1928 - 11 August 2008 read more
Alexander Courage
Arranger/Composer
10 December 1919 - 15 May 2008 read more
Hazel Court
Actress
10 February 1926 - 15 April 2008 read more
Bryan Cowgill
Producer/Executive
27 May 1927 - 14 July 2008 read more
Sir Geoffrey Cox CBE
Editor and Chief Executive of ITN
7 April 1910 - 2 April 2008 read more
Bob Crampsey
Broadcaster
8 July 1930 - 27 July 2008 read more
Fred Crane
Actor
22 March 1918 - 21 August 2008 read more
Oliver Crawford
Writer
12 August 1917 - 24 September 2008 read more
Michael Crichton
Writer/Director
23 October 1962 - 4 November 2008 read more
Nicci Crowther
Producer/Director/Writer
27 January 1950 - November 2008 read more
Eva Dahlbeck
Actress/Writer
8 March 1920 - 8 February 2008 read more
John Daly
Producer
16 July 1937 - 31 October 2008 read more
Gerard Damiano
Director/Writer
4 August 1928 - 25 October 2008 read more
Jules Dassin
Director/Writer/Producer
18 December 1911 - 31 March 2008 read more
Peter Davies
Executive
11 July 1947 - 29 December 2008 read more
Luther Davis
Screenwriter
29 August 1916 - 29 July 2008 read more
Marpessa Dawn
Actress
3 January 1934 - 25 August 2008 read more
Ennio De Concini
Writer/Director
6 December 1923 - 17 November 2008 read more
John Delannoy
Director
12 January 1908 - 18 June 2008 read more
Lady Delfont
Actress
16 September 1918 - 17 January 2008 read more
Guillaume Depardieu
Actor
7 April 1971 - 13 October 2008 read more
Jean Desailly
Actor
24 August 1920 - 11 June 2008 read more
Tamara Desni
Actress
22 October 1911 - 7 February 2008 read more
Ivan Dixon
Actor/Director
6 April 1931 - 16 March 2008 read more
Jack Douglas
Actor
26 April 1927 - 18 December 2008 read more
Richard Drewett
Producer
22 October 1925 - 18 January 2008 read more
Julie Ege
Actress
13 November 1943 - 29 April 2008 read more
John Esmonde
Writer
21 March 1937 - 10 August 2008 read more
Ferdinand Fairfax
Director/Writer
1 August 1944 - 7 March 2008 read more
Charles Fawcett
Actor
2 December 1915 - 3 February 2008 read more
Mel Ferrer
Actor/Director/Producer
2 August 1917 - 2 June 2008 read more
Nina Foch
Actress
20 April 1924 - 5 December 2008 read more
John Forbes-Robertson
Actor
10 May 1928 - 14 May 2008 read more
William Fox
Actor
26 January 1911 - 20 September 2008 read more
George MacDonald Fraser
Writer/Screenwriter/Journalist
2 April 1925 - 2 January 2008 read more
Bob Friend
Journalist/Broadcaster
20 January 1938 - 8 October 2008 read more
John Furlong
Actor
14 April 1933 - 23 June 2008 read more
George Furth
Actor
14 December 1932 - 11 August 2008 read more
Beverly Garland
Actress
17 October 1929 - 5 December 2008 read more
Irving Gertz
Composer
19 May 1915 - 14 November 2008 read more
Erwin Geschonnek
Actor
27 December 1906 - 12 March 2008 read more
Estelle Getty
Actress
25 July 1923 - 22 July 2008 read more
Willoughby Goddard
Actor
4 July 1926 - 11 April 2008 read more
Peter Gordeno
Choreographer/Actor
20 June 1939 - 18 October 2008 read more
Celia Gregory
Actress
23 September 1949 - 8 September 2008 read more
Anthony Greville-Bell
Writer
7 March 1920 - 4 March 2008 read more
Gary Gygax
Game designer/Writer
27 July 1938 - 4 March 2008 read more
Earle H. Hagen
Composer
9 June 1919 - 26 May 2008 read more
Fred Haines
Writer/Director
27 February 1936 - 4 May 2008 read more
William Hall
Journalist
2 November 1935 - 19 May 2008 read more
Bernie Hamilton
Actor
12 June 1928 - 30 December 2008 read more
David Hammond
Documentary filmmaker
5 October 1928 - 25 August 2008 read more
John Michael Hayes
Writer
11 May 1919 - 19 November 2008 read more
Isaac Hayes
Musician/Actor
20 August 1942 - 10 August 2008 read more
J Clive Hedges
Television Producer
Neal Hefti
Composer
29 October 1922 - 11 October 2008 read more
Eileen Herlie
Actress
8 March 1918 - 8 October 2008 read more
Charlton Heston
Actor
4 October 1923 - 5 April 2008 read more
John Hewer
Actor
13 January 1922 - 16 March 2008 read more
Jennifer Hilary
Actress
14 December 1942 - 6 August 2008 read more
Mike Hill
Writer/Producer
17 June 1923 - 16 March 2008 read more
Tony Hoare
Writer
4 February 1938 - 2 October 2008 read more
Clive Hornby
Actor
20 October 1944 - 3 July 2008 read more
Bob Humphrys
Journalist
16 April 1952 - 18 August 2008 read more
Jun Ichikawa
Director
25 November 1948 - 19 September 2008 read more
Kon Ichikawa
Director
20 November 1915 - 13 February 2008 read more
Xie Jin
Director
21 November 1923 - 18 October 2008 read more
Charles Joffe
Producer
16 July 1929 - 9 July 2008 read more
Van Johnson
Actor
25 August 1916 - 12 December 2008 read more
Ollie Johnston
Animator
31 October 1912 - 14 April 2008 read more
David Jones
Director
14 February 1934 - 19 September 2008 read more
Evelyn Keyes
Actress
20 November 1916 - 4 July 2008 read more
Miles Kington
Writer/Broadcaster
13 May 1941 - 30 January 2008 read more
Eartha Kitt
Actress/Singer
17 January 1927 - 26 December 2008 read more
Gertan Klauber
Actor
5 March 1932 - 1 August 2008 read more
Edward Klosinski
Cinematographer
2 January 1943 - 5 January 2008 read more
Patricia Kneale
Actress
17 October 1925 - 27 December 2008 read more
Rob Knox
Actor
21 August 1989 - 24 May 2008 read more
Harvey Korman
Actor
15 February 1927 - 29 May 2008 read more
Don LaFontaine
Voiceover Artist
29 August 1940 - 1 September 2008 read more
Lloyd Lamble
Actor
8 February 1914 - 9 April 2008 read more
Laura Lamson
Writer
2 May 1948 - 13 October 2008 read more
Harry Lange
Production Designer
7 December 1930 - 22 May 2008 read more
John Phillip Law
Actor
7 September 1937 - 13 May 2008 read more
Kenneth Lawson
Set Designer
23 August 1920 - 23 May 2008 read more
Sarah Lawson
Producer
7 October 1955 - 8 November 2008 read more
Heath Ledger
Actor
4 April 1979 - 22 January 2008 read more
Bruce Lester
Actor
6 June 1912 - 13 June 2008 read more
Russell Lloyd
Editor
16 January 1916 - 21 January 2008 read more
Hugh Lloyd MBE
Actor
22 May 1923 - 14 June 2008 read more
David Lloyd Meredith
Actor
30 October 1933 - 22 October 2008 read more
Eric Longworth
Actor
20 July 1918 - 20 August 2008 read more
Kermit Love
Costume Designer
7 August 1916 - 21 June 2008 read more
Bernie Mac
Actor/Comedian
5 October 1957 - 9 August 2008 read more
Paul Makin
Writer
9 August 1953 - 4 July 2008 read more
John Malcolm
Actor/Director
26 March 1936 - 13 June 2008 read more
Rajendra Nath Malhotra
Actor
9 June 1932 - 13 February 2008 read more
Abby Mann
Writer/Director/Producer
1 December 1927 - 25 March 2008 read more
Dick Martin
Comedian
30 January 1922 - 24 May 2008 read more
John Matshikiza
Actor/Director
26 November 1954 - 15 September 2008 read more
Campbell McIntosh
Gaffer
1975 - 31 December 2008 read more
Fakir Chand Mehra
Producer
29 August 1923 - 29 July 2008 read more
Bill Melendez
Animator
15 November 1916 - 2 September 2008 read more
Breno Mello
Actor
7 November 1931 - 14 July 2008 read more
Tony Melody
Actor
18 December 1922 - 26 June 2008 read more
Allan Melvin
Actor
18 February 1923 - 17 January 2008 read more
Mae Mercer
Actress
12 June 1932 - 29 October 2008 read more
Marisa Merlini
Actress
6 August 1923 - 27 July 2008 read more
Madeleine Milhaud
Actress/Director/Producer
22 March 1902 - 17 January 2008 read more
Jon Miller
Presenter
14 June 1921 - 30 June 2008 read more
Anthony Minghella CBE
Director/Writer/Producer
6 January 1954 - 18 March 2008 read more
David Mitton
Director/Writer
27 February 1939 - 16 May 2008 read more
Nonna Mordyukova
Actress
25 November 1925 - 6 July 2008 read more
Barry Morse
Actor
10 June 1918 - 2 February 2008 read more
Robert Mulligan
Director
23 August 1925 - 19 December 2008 read more
Paul Newman
Actor/Director/Producer
26 January 1925 - 26 September 2008 read more
John Norman
Producer
26 December 1928 - 29 July 2008 read more
Ken Ogata
Actor
20 July 1937 - 5 October 2008 read more
Stig Olin
Actor/Composer
11 September 1920 - 28 June 2008 read more
Les Ostinelli
Film laboratory technician
31 August 1918 - 14 October 2008 read more
Anita Page
Actress
4 August 1910 - 6 September 2008 read more
Joy Page
Actress
22 November 1924 - 18 April 2008 read more
Michael Pate
Actor/Producer/Writer/Director
26 February 1920 - 1 September 2008 read more
Geoffrey Perkins
Writer/Producer/Actor
22 February 1953 - 29 August 2008 read more
Emily Perry
Actress/Singer/Dancer
28 June 1907 - 19 February 2008 read more
Joseph Pevney
Actor/Director
15 September 1911 - 18 May 2008 read more
Eva Pflug
Actor/Voice Artist
29 June 1929 - 5 August 2008 read more
Harold Pinter
Writer/Actor
10 October 1930 - 24 December 2008 read more
Ugo Pirro
Screenwriter
24 April 1920 - 18 January 2008 read more
Larry Pizer
Cinematographer
1925 - 27 February 2008 read more
Suzanne Pleshette
Actress
31 January 1937 - 19 January 2008 read more
Sydney Pollack
Director/Producer/Actor
1 July 1934 - 26 May 2008 read more
Oliver Postgate
Writer/Producer/Director
12 April 1925 - 8 December 2008 read more
Hana Pravda
Actress
29 January 1916 - 22 May 2008 read more
Robert Prosky
Actor
13 December 1930 - 8 December 2008 read more
Bruce Purchase
Actor
2 October 1938 - 8 June 2008 read more
James Quinn
Former director of the BFI/Producer
23 August 1919 - 11 February 2008 read more
Robert Randell
Writer/Producer
4 February 1945 - 13 July 2008 read more
Rudy Ray Moore
Actor/Comedian
17 March 1927 - 19 October 2008 read more
Jerry Reed
Actor/Musician
20 March 1937 - 1 September 2008 read more
Estelle Reiner
Actress
5 June 1914 - 25 October 2008 read more
Brad Renfro
Actor
25 July 1982 - 15 January 2008 read more
Terence Rigby
Actor
2 January 1937 - 10 August 2008 read more
John Ringham
Actor
10 February 1928 - 20 October 2008 read more
Dino Risi
Director/Screenwriter
7 June 1916 - 7 June 2008 read more
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Filmmaker/Writer
18 August 1922 - 18 February 2008 read more
Steve Rose
Journalist/Producer
20 April 1949 - 21 November 2008 read more
Leonard Rosenman
Composer
7 September 1924 - 4 March 2008 read more
Joseph Ross
Make Up/Special Effects Artist
9 January 1955 - 19 October 2008 read more
Jonathan Routh
Broadcaster
24 November 1927 - 4 June 2008 read more
Pauline Rumbold
Actress
6 February 1927 - 6 December 2008 read more
Tim Russert
Journalist
7 May 1950 - 13 June 2008 read more
Henri Salvador
Singer/Actor
18 July 1917 - 13 February 2008 read more
Cirio Santiago
Director/Producer/Writer
18 January 1936 - 26 September 2008 read more
Ann Savage
Actress
19 February 1921 - 25 December 2008 read more
Roy Scheider
Actor
10 November 1932 - 10 February 2008 read more
Paul Scofield
Actor
21 January 1922 - 19 March 2008 read more
Jack Scott
Weatherman
9 November 1923 - 11 November 2008 read more
Mike Scott
Broadcaster/Journalist
8 December 1932 - 30 May 2008 read more
Mark Shivas
Producer
24 April 1938 - 11 October 2008 read more
Mark Speight
Presenter
6 August 1965 - 13 April 2008 read more
Bob Spiers
Director
27 September 1945 - 8 December 2008 read more
Elizabeth Spriggs
Actress
18 September 1929 - 2 July 2008 read more
Kathy Staff
Actress
12 July 1928 - 14 December 2008 read more
Jo Stafford
Singer
12 November 1917 - 16 June 2008 read more
Kevin Stoney
Actor
25 July 1921 - 20 January 2008 read more
Angel Tavira
Actor/Musician
3 July 1924 - 30 June 2008 read more
Ken Taylor
Screenwriter
10 November 1922 - 17 April 2011 read more
Nat Temple
Bandleader
18 July 1913 - 30 May 2008 read more
Stacey Tendeter
Actress
21 June 1949 - 26 October 2008 read more
June Travis
Actress
7 August 1914 - 14 April 2008 read more
Robert Tronson
Director
18 May 1924 - 27 November 2008 read more
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Director
11 December 1928 - 24 June 2008 read more
Reg Varney
Actor
11 July 1916 - 16 November 2008 read more
Georgia van der Rohe
Documentary maker
2 March 1914 - 10 December 2008 read more
David Walker
Costume Designer
18 July 1934 - 27 December 2008 read more
Dale Wasserman
Writer
2 November 1914 - 21 December 2008 read more
David Watkin
Cinematographer
23 March 1925 - 19 February 2008 read more
Delmar Watson
Actor
1 July 1926 - 26 October 2008 read more
Hillary Waugh
Writer
22 June 1920 - 2 December 2008 read more
Donald E. Westlake
Writer
12 July 1933 - 31 December 2008 read more
Claude Whatham
Director
2 December 1927 - 4 January 2008 read more
Donald James Wheal
Writer
22 August 1931 - 28 April 2008 read more
Sir Charles Wheeler
BBC Correspondent
26 May 1923 - 4 July 2008 read more
Peter Whitmore
Producer/Director
Charles Z Wick
Producer
12 October 1917 - 22 July 2008 read more
Christopher Wicking
Writer
10 January 1943 - 13 October 2008 read more
Richard Widmark
Actor
26 December 1914 - 24 March 2008 read more
Brian Wilde
Actor
13 June 1927 - 19 March 2008 read more
Edward Wilson
Actor
13 July 1947 - 2 February 2008 read more
Stan Winston
Make-up and Visual Effects Designer
7 April 1946 - 15 June 2008 read more
Margaret Wolfit
Actress
2 June 1929 - 20 September 2008 read more
Bungo Yoshida
Puppeteer
3 May 1934 - 16 January 2008 read more