In memory of... 2013
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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John Amis
Broadcaster and Music Critic
17 June 1922 - 1 August 2013 read more
John Ammonds
Producer
21 May 1924 - 13 February 2013 read more
Rona Anderson
Actress
3 August 1925 - 24 July 2013 read more
Allan Arbus
Actor
15 February 1918 - 19 April 2013 read more
Mike Aston
Archaeologist
1 July 1946 - 24 June 2013 read more
Conrad Bain
Actor
4 February 1923 - 14 January 2013 read more
Aleksei Balabanov
Director
25 February 1959 - 18 May 2013 read more
Derek Batey
Television Presenter
8 August 1928 - 17 February 2013 read more
Paul Bhattacharjee
Actor
4 May 1960 - 12 July 2013 read more
Les Blank
Documentary Filmmaker
27 November 1935 - 7 April 2013 read more
Eddie Braben
Scriptwriter
31 October 1930 - 21 May 2013 read more
Eileen Brennan
Actress
3 September 1932 - 28 July 2013 read more
Richard Briers
Actor
14 January 1934 - 17 February 2013 read more
Sid Brooks
Executive
5 January 1922 - 24 May 2013 read more
Joyce Brothers
Television Personality
20 October 1927 - 13 May 2013 read more
Ray Butt
Producer and Director
25 June 1935 - 12 July 2013 read more
David Campling
Editor, Sound Editor
2 November 1938 - 9 May 2013 read more
Park Chul-soo
Director
20 November 1948 - 19 February 2013 read more
Norman Collier
Comedian
25 December 1925 - 14 March 2013 read more
Richard Collins
Screenwriter and Producer
20 July 1914 - 14 February 2013 read more
Bob Colston
Broadcaster
27 June 1928 - 24 March 2013 read more
Joe Conley
Actress
3 March 1928 - 7 July 2013 read more
Rupert Dilnott-Cooper
Investment sector executive and adviser
1 January 1954 - 20 May 2013 read more
Deanna Durbin
Actress & SInger
4 December 1921 - 1 April 2013 read more
Roger Ebert
Film Critic
8 June 1942 - 4 April 2013 read more
Dennis Farina
Actor
29 February 1944 - 22 July 2013 read more
Bryan Forbes
Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer
22 July 1926 - 8 May 2013 read more
Sir Denis Forman
Writer, Producer, Executive
13 October 1917 - 24 February 2013 read more
Stanley Forman
Director, Producer, Distributor
26 December 1921 - 7 February 2013 read more
Steve Forrest
Actor
29 September 1925 - 18 May 2013 read more
Michael France
Screenwriter
4 January 1962 - 12 April 2013 read more
Jesús Franco
Director
12 May 1930 - 2 April 2013 read more
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
5 September 1914 - 5 February 2013 read more
Sir David Frost
Broadcaster, Executive, Producer
7 April 1939 - 31 August 2013 read more
Annette Funicello
Actress & SInger
22 October 1942 - 8 April 2013 read more
James Gandolfini
Actor
18 September 1961 - 19 June 2013 read more
Patrick Garland
Director
10 April 1935 - 20 April 2013 read more
Leslie Gilliat
Producer
29 May 2013 - 13 July 2013 read more
Peter Gilmore
Actor
25 August 1931 - 5 February 2013 read more
Jim Goddard
Director, Designer and Painter
2 February 1936 - 17 June 2013 read more
Gary David Goldberg
Director, Writer, Producer
25 June 1944 - 23 June 2013 read more
Elspet Gray
Actress
12 April 1929 - 18 February 2013 read more
Harry Greene
Television DIY expert
21 November 1923 - 4 March 2013 read more
Richard Griffiths
Actor
31 July 1947 - 29 March 2013 read more
Michael Grigsby
Filmmaker
7 June 1936 - 12 March 2013 read more
Tony Gubba
Sports Commentator
23 September 1943 - 11 March 2013 read more
Gerry Hambling
Editor
14 June 1926 - 5 February 2013 read more
Desmond Hamill
Television Reporter
2 November 1936 - 9 April 2013 read more
Tim Hampton
Producer
25 February 1948 - 11 March 2013 read more
David Harcourt
Camera Operator
27 September 1915 - 5 May 2013 read more
Julie Harris
Actress
2 December 1925 - 24 August 2013 read more
Ray Harryhausen
Animator and Special Effects Director
29 June 1920 - 7 May 2013 read more
Hans Hass
Marine Biologist, Writer, Director
23 January 1919 - 16 June 2013 read more
Doreen Hawkins
Actress
13 July 1919 - 15 June 2013 read more
Bernard Horsfall
Actor
30 November 1930 - 28 January 2013 read more
David Jacobs
Television and Radio Presenter
19 May 1926 - 2 September 2013 read more
Robert Kee
Television Journalist, Historian
5 October 1919 - 11 January 2013 read more
Pat Keen
Actress
21 October 1933 - 1 March 2013 read more
Jim Kelly
Actor
5 May 1946 - 29 June 2013 read more
John Kerr
Actor and lawyer
15 November 1931 - 2 February 2013 read more
Bernadette Lafont
Actress
28 October 1938 - 25 July 2013 read more
Richard LeParmentier
Actor, Writer
16 July 1946 - 15 April 2013 read more
Elmore Leonard
Novelist, Screenwriter
11 October 1925 - 20 August 2013 read more
Olga Lowe
Actress
14 September 1919 - 2 September 2013 read more
Bigas Luna
Director
19 March 1946 - 6 April 2013 read more
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Journalist, Broadcaster
20 January 1945 - 1 January 2013 read more
Richard Matheson
Author, Screenwriter
20 February 1926 - 23 June 2013 read more
Iain McColl
Actor
27 January 1954 - 4 July 2013 read more
Briony McRoberts
Actress
10 February 1957 - 17 July 2013 read more
Alasdair Milne
Television Executive
8 October 1930 - 8 January 2013 read more
Cory Monteith
Actor
11 May 1982 - 13 July 2013 read more
Carys Morgan
Head of Development
21 December 1984 - 21 April 2013 read more
Cliff Morgan
Rugby Player, Presenter, Television Executive
7 April 1930 - 29 August 2013 read more
Tommy Morrison
Boxer, Actor
2 January 1969 - 1 September 2013 read more
Bernie Nolan
Singer and Actress
17 October 1960 - 4 July 2013 read more
Milo O'Shea
Actor
2 June 1926 - 2 April 2013 read more
Nagisa Oshima
Director
31 March 1932 - 15 January 2013 read more
Margaret Pellegrini
Actress
23 September 1923 - 7 August 2013 read more
Bill Pertwee
Actor
21 July 1926 - 27 May 2013 read more
Arnold Peters
Actor
3 June 1925 - 11 May 2013 read more
Ted Post
Director
31 March 1918 - 20 August 2013 read more
Nosher Powell
Stuntman, Actor
15 August 1928 - 20 April 2013 read more
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenwriter
7 May 1927 - 3 April 2013 read more
Alan Protheroe
Television executive
10 January 1934 - 6 April 2013 read more
Franca Rame
Actress, Writer
18 July 1929 - 29 May 2013 read more
Harry Reems
Adult Film Actor
27 August 1947 - 19 March 2013 read more
Robert Relyea
Producer
3 May 1930 - 5 March 2013 read more
Dale Robertson
Actor
14 July 1923 - 27 February 2013 read more
Robin Sachs
Actor
5 February 1951 - 1 February 2013 read more
Otto Sander
Actor
30 June 1941 - 12 September 2013 read more
Paul Shane
Actor, Comedian
19 June 1940 - 16 May 2013 read more
Alan Sharp
Screenwriter
12 January 1934 - 8 February 2013 read more
Pran Sikand
Bollywood Actor
12 February 1920 - 12 July 2013 read more
Mel Smith
Actor, Writer, Director
3 December 1952 - 19 July 2013 read more
Jean Stapleton
Actress
19 January 1923 - 31 May 2013 read more
Rise Stevens
Singer
11 June 1913 - 20 March 2013 read more
Michael Sullivan
Broadcast Journalist
15 March 1937 - 28 May 2013 read more
David Taylor
Vet, Writer, Presenter
11 February 1934 - 29 January 2013 read more
Gilbert Taylor
Cinematographer
21 April 1914 - 23 August 2013 read more
Frank Thornton
Actor
15 January 1921 - 16 March 2013 read more
Richard Thorp
Actor
2 January 1932 - 22 May 2013 read more
Armando Trovajoli
Composer
2 September 1917 - 28 February 2013 read more
Reginald Turnill
Broadcaster & Journalist
12 May 1915 - 12 February 2013 read more
Anne Valery
Actress, Scriptwriter
24 February 1926 - 29 April 2013 read more
Tom Vernon
Writer and Broadcaster
23 April 1939 - 11 September 2013 read more
Bill Wallis
Actor
20 November 1936 - 6 September 2013 read more
Alan Whicker
Journalist and Broadcaster
2 August 1925 - 12 July 2013 read more
Sheila Whitaker
Film Programmer, Festival Director
1 January 1936 - 29 July 2013 read more
Esther Williams
Actress
8 August 1921 - 6 June 2013 read more
John D Wilson
Animator
7 August 1919 - 20 June 2013 read more
Anna Wing
Actress
30 October 1914 - 7 July 2013 read more
Michael Winner
Director, Writer, Producer
30 October 1935 - 21 January 2013 read more
Jonathan Winters
Comedian
11 November 1925 - 11 April 2013 read more
Mike Winters
Comedian
15 November 1930 - 24 August 2013 read more
Aubrey Woods
Actor, Writer
9 April 1928 - 7 May 2013 read more
Katherine Woodville
Actress
4 December 1938 - 5 June 2013 read more
Olwen Wymark
Writer
14 February 1932 - 14 June 1913 read more
Vadim Yusov
Cinematographer
20 April 1929 - 23 August 2013 read more