In memory of... 2009
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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Bob Abrahams
Producer
26 May 1935 - 2 June 2009 read more
Mort Abrahams
Producer
26 March 1916 - 28 May 2009 read more
Terence Alexander
Actor
11 March 1923 - 28 May 2009 read more
Wayne Allwine
Voice Artist
7 February 1947 - 18 May 2009 read more
Robert Anderson
Writer
28 April 1917 - 9 February 2009 read more
Ken Annakin
Director/Producer/Writer
10 August 1914 - 22 April 2009 read more
Richard Arnell
Composer
15 September 1917 - 10 April 2009 read more
Dave Arneson
Games Creator
1 October 1947 - 7 April 2009 read more
Beatrice Arthur
Actress
13 May 1922 - 25 April 2009 read more
Val Avery
Actor
14 July 1924 - 12 December 2009 read more
Steven Bach
Producer
29 April 1938 - 25 March 2009 read more
Péter Bacsó
Director/Writer
6 January 1928 - 11 March 2009 read more
Robert S. Baker
Producer
27 October 1916 - 30 September 2009 read more
Jill Balcon
Actress
3 January 1925 - 18 July 2009 read more
Jacques Baratier
Director
8 March 1918 - 27 November 2009 read more
Wouter Barendrecht
Producer
5 November 1965 - 5 April 2009 read more
Ray Barrett
Actor
2 May 1927 - 8 September 2009 read more
Brian Barron
TV Correspondent
28 April 1940 - 16 September 2009 read more
Gene Barry
Actor
14 June 1919 - 9 December 2009 read more
Des Bartlett
Wildlife filmmaker
2 April 1927 - 12 September 2009 read more
Alain Bashung
Actor/Composer
1 December 1947 - 14 March 2009 read more
Timothy Bateson
Actor
3 April 1926 - 15 September 2009 read more
Frank Batten
Executive
11 February 1927 - 10 September 2009 read more
Joan Bazell
Actress
3 October 1923 - 8 February 2009 read more
Colin Bean
Actor
15 April 1926 - 20 June 2009 read more
Hercules Bellville
Producer
18 June 1939 - 21 February 2009 read more
Derek Benfield
Actor/Writer
11 March 1926 - 10 March 2009 read more
Lennie Bennett
Comedian/Gameshow Host
26 September 1938 - 8 April 2009 read more
John Bentley
Actor
2 December 1916 - 13 August 2009 read more
Dick Berg
Writer/Producer
16 February 1922 - 1 September 2009 read more
Claude Berri
Director
1 July 1934 - 12 January 2009 read more
Betsy Blair
Actress
11 December 1923 - 13 March 2009 read more
Pamela Blake
Actress
6 August 1915 - 6 October 2009 read more
Gordon Bond
Hair stylist
22 March 1919 - 15 August 2009 read more
Ali Bongo
Magician/Presenter
8 December 1929 - 8 March 2009 read more
Felix Bowness
Actor
30 March 1922 - 13 September 2009 read more
Derek Gordon Brechin
Editor
23 December 1951 - 6 November 2009 read more
Joan Bridge
Colour Consultant, Costume Designer
13 March 1909 - 8 December 2009 read more
Tim Brinton
Newsreader/Actor
24 December 1929 - 24 March 2009 read more
Jane Bryan
Actress
11 June 1918 - 8 April 2009 read more
Paul Burke
Actor
21 July 1926 - 13 September 2009 read more
Christopher Burstall
Producer/Director
10 March 1932 - 2 June 2009 read more
Lord Buxton of Alsa
Executive
15 July 1918 - 1 September 2009 read more
Kathleen Byron
Actress
11 January 1921 - 18 January 2009 read more
Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer/Director
18 September 1914 - 22 April 2009 read more
Phil Carey
Actor
15 July 1925 - 6 February 2009 read more
Paul Carpita
Director
12 November 1922 - 22 October 2009 read more
David Carradine
Actor
8 December 1936 - 4 June 2009 read more
Mickey Carroll
Actor
8 July 1919 - 7 May 2009 read more
John Cater
Actor
17 January 1932 - 21 March 2009 read more
Marilyn Chambers
Actress
22 April 1952 - 12 April 2009 read more
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
10 June 1945 - 11 April 2009 read more
Sydney Chaplin
Actor
31 March 1926 - 3 March 2009 read more
Dorothy Coonan
Actress
25 November 1913 - 16 September 2009 read more
Maxine Cooper
Actress
2 May 1924 - 4 April 2009 read more
Pierre Cossette
Producer
15 December 1923 - 11 September 2009 read more
Vivian Cox
Producer
21 July 1915 - 27 April 2009 read more
Gerry Crampton
Stuntman
24 April 1930 - 24 January 2009 read more
Walter Cronkite
Broadcaster
4 November 1916 - 17 July 2009 read more
Iain Cuthbertson
Actor
4 January 1930 - 4 September 2009 read more
Teddy Darvas
Editor
1 June 1925 - 27 September 2009 read more
Virginia Davis
Actress
31 December 1918 - 15 August 2009 read more
Dom DeLuise
Actor
1 August 1933 - 4 May 2009 read more
Frank Deasy
Writer
19 May 1959 - 17 September 2009 read more
Simon Dee
Presenter
28 July 1935 - 29 August 2009 read more
Peter Dennis
Actor
25 October 1933 - 18 April 2009 read more
Peter Denyer
Actor/Writer
20 August 1947 - 18 September 2009 read more
Roy E Disney
Executive
10 January 1930 - 16 December 2009 read more
James Doran
Writer
15 May 1923 - 14 July 2009 read more
Patrick Dowling
Writer/Director/Producer
19 August 1919 - 17 May 2009 read more
Andrew Downie
Director/Actor
26 May 1922 - 15 April 2009 read more
Peter Duguid
Director/Actor/Producer
27 February 1923 - 3 March 2009 read more
Dominick Dunne
Writer/Producer
29 October 1925 - 26 August 2009 read more
David Eady
Director
22 April 1924 - 5 April 2009 read more
George Eckstein
Producer
3 May 1928 - 12 September 2009 read more
Terence Edmond
Actor/Writer
22 November 1939 - 14 March 2009 read more
Alison Elliott
Make up and Hair Designer
29 August 1962 - 31 December 2009 read more
Albert Elms
Composer
28 February 1920 - 14 October 2009 read more
Luciano Emmer
Director
19 January 1918 - 16 September 2009 read more
Barry England
Writer
16 March 1932 - 21 May 2009 read more
Francis Essex
Producer/Writer/Composer
24 March 1929 - 5 March 2009 read more
Tenniel Evans
Actor
17 May 1926 - 10 June 2009 read more
Katharine Everett
Executive
3 July 1952 - 3 February 2009 read more
Farrah Fawcett
Actress
2 February 1947 - 25 June 2009 read more
Keith Floyd
Television chef
28 December 1943 - 14 September 2009 read more
Horton Foote
Writer
14 March 1916 - 4 March 2009 read more
Susanna Foster
Actress
6 December 1924 - 17 January 2009 read more
Moyra Fraser
Actress
3 December 1923 - 13 December 2009 read more
Sir Clement Freud
Broadcaster
24 April 1924 - 15 April 2009 read more
Don Galloway
Actor
27 July 1937 - 8 January 2009 read more
Larry Gelbart
Writer
25 February 1928 - 11 September 2009 read more
Henry Gibson
Actor
21 September 1935 - 14 September 2009 read more
Marie Glory
Actress
3 March 1905 - 24 January 2009 read more
Jade Goody
TV Personality
5 June 1981 - 22 March 2009 read more
Lucy Gordon
Actress
22 May 1980 - 20 May 2009 read more
Reg Gutteridge
Boxing commentator
24 March 1924 - 21 January 2009 read more
Alan Hackney
Writer
10 September 1924 - 15 May 2009 read more
Pearl Hackney
Actress
28 October 1916 - 18 September 2009 read more
Paul Haney
Broadcaster
20 July 1920 - 28 May 2009 read more
Michael N Harbour
Actor
4 July 1945 - 9 April 2009 read more
John Hart
Actor
13 December 1917 - 20 September 2009 read more
Tony Hart
Presenter/Artist
15 October 1925 - 18 January 2009 read more
Chris Hartley
Cinematographer
23 May 1959 - 2 March 2009 read more
Denys Hawthorne
Actor
9 August 1932 - 16 October 2009 read more
Don Hewitt
News editor/Director
14 December 1922 - 19 August 2009 read more
Pat Hingle
Actor
19 July 1924 - 3 January 2009 read more
Hanne Hiob
Actress
12 March 1923 - 23 June 2009 read more
Edmund Hockridge
Actor
9 August 1919 - 15 March 2009 read more
Rodney Holland
Editor/Sound Editor
1 May 1942 - 30 April 2009 read more
Diane Holland
Actress
28 February 1930 - 24 January 2009 read more
Julian Hope
Director
16 March 1950 - 29 September 2009 read more
Oliver Horsbrugh
Director
13 November 1937 - August 2009 read more
John Hughes
Writer/Director/Producer
18 February 1950 - 7 August 2009 read more
Michael Ingrams
Presenter/Documentary maker
13 December 1925 - 21 September 2009 read more
Michael Jackson
Singer/Actor
28 August 1960 - 25 June 2009 read more
Lou Jacobi
Actor
28 December 1913 - 23 October 2009 read more
Maurice Jarre
Composer
13 September 1924 - 29 March 2009 read more
Maggie Jones
Actress
21 June 1934 - 2 December 2009 read more
Philip Jones
Executive
24 March 1944 - 5 July 2009 read more
Jennifer Jones
Actress
2 March 1919 - 17 December 2009 read more
Brenda Joyce
Actress
25 February 1912 - 4 July 2009 read more
John Joyce
Actor
4 June 1939 - 15 September 2009 read more
Edward Judd
Actor
4 October 1932 - 24 February 2009 read more
Murray Kash
Actor
16 September 1923 - 30 March 2009 read more
Millard Kaufman
Writer
12 March 1917 - 14 March 2009 read more
Frances Kavanaugh
Writer
5 February 1915 - 23 January 2009 read more
Sir Ludovic Kennedy
Broadcaster/Writer
3 November 1919 - 18 October 2009 read more
Troy Kennedy Martin
Writer
15 February 1932 - 15 September 2009 read more
Basil Keys
Line Producer, Assistant
Pat Keysell
Actor/Broadcaster
7 June 1926 - 31 October 2009 read more
Feroz Khan
Actor/Director/Producer
25 September 1939 - 27 April 2009 read more
Allan King
Filmmaker
6 February 1930 - 15 June 2009 read more
Neville King
Ventriloquist
1928 - 2 August 2009 read more
Danny La Rue
Actor
26 June 1927 - 31 May 2009 read more
Morton Lachman
Writer
20 March 1918 - 17 March 2009 read more
Arnold Laven
Producer/Director
23 February 1922 - 13 September 2009 read more
Dilys Laye
Actress
11 March 1934 - 13 February 2009 read more
Dorothy Layton
Actress
13 August 1912 - 1 June 2009 read more
Hugh Leonard
Writer
9 November 1926 - 12 February 2009 read more
Barry Letts
Producer/Director/Writer/Actor
26 March 1925 - 9 October 2009 read more
José Luis López Vázquez
Actor
11 March 1922 - 2 November 2009 read more
Donald MacCormick
Newsreader/Reporter
16 April 1939 - 12 July 2009 read more
Keith Macklin
Commentator
19 January 1931 - 1 August 2009 read more
Karl Malden
Actor
22 March 1912 - 1 July 2009 read more
Anna Manahan
Actress
18 October 1924 - 8 March 2009 read more
Zena Marshall
Actress
1 January 1926 - 10 July 2009 read more
Jean Martin
Actor
6 March 1922 - 2 February 2009 read more
Al Martino
Actor
7 October 1927 - 13 October 2009 read more
Jody McCrea
Actor
6 September 1934 - 4 April 2009 read more
Patrick McGoohan
Actor/ Director/Writer
19 March 1928 - 13 January 2009 read more
Prakash Mehra
Director
13 July 1939 - 17 May 2009 read more
Daniel Melnick
Producer
21 April 1932 - 13 October 2009 read more
Hugh Millais
Actor
23 December 1929 - 4 July 2009 read more
Vic Mizzy
Composer
9 January 1916 - 17 October 2009 read more
Zakes Mokae
Actor
5 August 1934 - 11 September 2009 read more
Ricardo Montalban
Actor
25 November 1920 - 14 January 2009 read more
Richard Moore
Cinematographer
4 October 1925 - 16 August 2009 read more
Garfield Morgan
Actor
19 April 1931 - 5 December 2009 read more
Angela Morley
Composer
10 March 1924 - 14 January 2009 read more
Stewart Morris
Producer
30 March 1930 - 10 January 2009 read more
Anna Karen Morrow
Actress
20 September 1914 - 1 July 2009 read more
Sir John Mortimer
Writer
21 April 1923 - 16 January 2009 read more
Brittany Murphy
Actress
10 November 1977 - 20 December 2009 read more
Leela Naidu
Actress
1940 - 28 July 2009 read more
Peter Needham
Actor
20 August 1932 - 7 August 2009 read more
Peter Newbrook
Camera operator/Cinematographer
29 June 1920 - 19 June 2009 read more
Simon Oates
Actor
6 January 1932 - 20 May 2009 read more
Dan O’Bannon
Actor/Writer/Director
30 September 1946 - 17 December 2009 read more
Tom O’Horgan
Director/Writer/Composer
3 May 1926 - 11 January 2009 read more
Clive Parsons
Producer
15 August 1942 - 12 August 2009 read more
Laurence Payne
Actor
5 June 1919 - 23 February 2009 read more
John Pettman
Producer
5 March 1955 - 16 April 2009 read more
Sir Bob Phillis
Executive
3 December 1945 - 22 December 2009 read more
Donald Pickering
Actor
15 November 1933 - 19 December 2009 read more
Tullio Pinelli
Writer
24 June 1908 - 7 March 2009 read more
Roger Planchon
Actor/Writer/Director
12 September 1931 - 12 May 2009 read more
Christian Poveda
Documentary filmmaker
12 January 1955 - 2 September 2009 read more
Vince Powell
Writer
6 August 1928 - 13 July 2009 read more
Harve Presnell
Actor
14 September 1933 - 30 June 2009 read more
Edmund Purdom
Actor
19 December 1924 - 1 January 2009 read more
Robert Quarry
Actor
3 November 1923 - 20 February 2009 read more
Steve Race
Presenter/Composer
1 April 1921 - 22 June 2009 read more
Jane Randolph
Actress
30 October 1915 - 4 May 2009 read more
Trevor Rhone
Writer/Actor
24 March 1940 - 15 September 2009 read more
Wendy Richard
Actress
20 July 1943 - 26 February 2009 read more
Natasha Richardson
Actress/Producer
11 May 1963 - 18 March 2009 read more
Irene Richmond
Actress
15 November 1911 - 24 May 2009 read more
Shirley Jean Rickert
Actress
25 March 1926 - 6 February 2009 read more
Beverly Roberts
Actress
19 May 1914 - 13 July 2009 read more
Max Robertson
Broadcaster
28 August 1915 - 20 November 2009 read more
Marc Rocco
Director
19 June 1962 - 1 May 2009 read more
Peter Rogers
Producer
20 February 1914 - 14 April 2009 read more
Laurie Rowley
Writer
30 July 1941 - 16 August 2009 read more
Jan Rubes
Actor
6 June 1920 - 29 June 2009 read more
John Ryan
Animator
4 March 1921 - 22 July 2009 read more
Royce Ryton
Actor/Writer
16 September 1924 - 14 April 2009 read more
Olga San Juan
Actress
16 March 1927 - 3 January 2009 read more
Sharat Sardana
Writer
20 August 1968 - 27 January 2009 read more
Rosanna Schiaffino
Actress
29 November 1939 - 17 October 2009 read more
Charles H. Schneer
Producer
5 May 1920 - 21 January 2009 read more
Budd Schulberg
Writer
27 March 1914 - 5 August 2009 read more
John Scott Martin
Actor
1 April 1926 - 6 January 2009 read more
Paulita Sedgwick
Actress, Director
7 December 1943 - 18 December 2009 read more
John Sheppard
Director/Producer
24 June 1940 - 19 October 2009 read more
Ron Silver
Actor
2 July 1946 - 15 March 2009 read more
Eric Simms
Broadcaster
24 August 1921 - 1 March 2009 read more
Tapan Sinha
Writer/Director
2 October 1924 - 15 January 2009 read more
Greg Smith
Producer
4 September 1939 - 19 February 2009 read more
Tom Smith
Make-up artist
15 August 1920 - 3 April 2009 read more
Geoffrey Smith
Presenter
31 December 1928 - 27 February 2009 read more
Wayne Anthony Southern
Editor
30 September 1979 - 4 May 2009 read more
Carl Spencer
Underwater cameraman
11 March 1970 - 24 May 2009 read more
Arnold Stang
Actor and Voice Artist
28 September 1918 - 20 December 2009 read more
Ray Dennis Steckler
Actor/Director
25 January 1938 - 7 January 2009 read more
Marianne Stone
Actress
23 August 1922 - 21 December 2009 read more
Gale Storm
Actress
5 April 1922 - 27 June 2009 read more
John Stroud
Director/Producer
27 January 1955 - 15 August 2009 read more
Mollie Sugden
Actress
21 July 1922 - 1 July 2009 read more
Patrick Swayze
Actor
18 August 1952 - 14 September 2009 read more
Huw Thomas
Newsreader
14 September 1927 - 12 March 2009 read more
Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell
Actor
3 January 1917 - 5 May 2009 read more
Richard Todd
Actor
11 June 1919 - 3 December 2009 read more
Harry Towb
Actor
27 July 1925 - 24 July 2009 read more
Harry Alan Towers
Writer/Producer
20 October 1920 - 31 July 2009 read more
Mike Townson
Producer
26 August 1938 - 23 March 2009 read more
John Treays
Lighting director
14 May 1928 - 3 August 2009 read more
Joan Turner
Actress
24 November 1922 - 1 March 2009 read more
Dana Vavrova
Actress
9 August 1967 - 6 February 2009 read more
David Vine
Presenter
3 January 1936 - 12 January 2009 read more
Jesse Vogel
Writer/Producer
24 October 1925 - 15 June 2009 read more
Ian Wallace
Broadcaster
10 July 1919 - 12 October 2009 read more
Keith Waterhouse
Writer
6 February 1929 - 4 September 2009 read more
Coy Watson Jr
Actor
16 November 1912 - 14 March 2009 read more
Paul Wendkos
Director
20 September 1922 - 12 November 2009 read more
Gosta Werner
Director/Film Historian
15 May 1908 - 20 July 2009 read more
David Wheatley
Director
20 December 1949 - 5 April 2009 read more
James Whitmore
Actor
1 October 1921 - 6 February 2009 read more
Collin Wilcox
Actress
4 February 1935 - 14 October 2009 read more
Dave Willson
Lighting Designer
14 August 1946 - 4 February 2009 read more
Joseph Wiseman
Actor
15 May 1918 - 19 October 2009 read more
Ken Wlaschin
NFT programmer/Writer
12 July 1934 - 10 November 2009 read more
Edward Woodward
Actor
1 June 1930 - 16 November 2009 read more
Oleg Yankovsky
Actor
23 February 1944 - 20 May 2009 read more
Howard Zieff
Director
21 October 1927 - 22 February 2009 read more