In memory of... 2010
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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Ray Alan
Ventriloquist
18 September 1930 - 24 May 2010 read more
Corey Allen
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
29 June 1934 - 27 June 2010 read more
Dede Allen
Editor
12 March 1923 - 17 April 2010 read more
Douglas Argent
Producer, Director
21 May 1921 - 30 October 2010 read more
Fred Atkins
Commercial Poster Artist
5 February 1928 - 28 October 2010 read more
James Aubrey
Actor
28 August 1947 - 6 April 2010 read more
Cécile Aubry
Actress, Screenwriter, Director
3 August 1928 - 19 July 2010 read more
Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Novelist, Screenwriter
21 November 1932 - 2 July 2010 read more
Roy Baird
Producer
3 September 1933 - 26 April 2010 read more
John Ball
Closed-caption pioneer
19 August 1932 - 25 March 2010 read more
Martin Benson
Actor
10 August 1918 - 28 February 2010 read more
Luis Garcia Berlanga
Director
12 June 1921 - 13 November 2010 read more
Alexander Bernstein
Television Executive
15 March 1936 - 13 April 2010 read more
Jack Birkett
Dancer, Singer and Actor
11 June 1934 - 10 May 2010 read more
Tom Bosley
Actor
1 October 1927 - 19 October 2010 read more
Robert Boyle
Production Designer
10 October 1909 - 1 August 2010 read more
David Brown
Producer
28 July 1916 - 1 February 2010 read more
John Burgess
Actor
4 June 1943 - 9 December 2010 read more
Geoffrey Burgon
Composer
15 July 1941 - 21 September 2010 read more
Robin Bush
Television Archaeologist
12 March 1943 - 22 June 2010 read more
Ahna Capri
Actress
6 July 1944 - 19 August 2010 read more
Ian Carmichael
Actor
18 June 1920 - 5 February 2010 read more
Harry Carpenter
Sports Commentator
17 October 1925 - 20 March 2010 read more
Gareth Carrivick
Director
16 November 1957 - 16 March 2010 read more
Dixie Carter
Actress
25 May 1939 - 10 April 2010 read more
Christopher Cazenove
Actor
17 December 1945 - 7 April 2010 read more
Suso Cechi
D'Amico
21 July 1914 - 31 July 2010 read more
Claude Chabrol
Director, Screenwriter
24 June 1930 - 12 September 2010 read more
Ronni Chasen
Publicist
17 October 1946 - 16 November 2010 read more
Maury Chaykin
Actor
27 July 1949 - 27 July 2010 read more
Jill Clayburgh
Actress
30 April 1944 - 5 November 2010 read more
Arthur Clifford
Television Journalist and Executive
6 October 1925 - 24 April 2010 read more
Art Clokey
Animator
21 October 1921 - 8 January 2010 read more
Gary Coleman
Actor
8 February 1968 - 28 May 2010 read more
Gilly Coman
Actress
13 September 1955 - 13 July 2010 read more
Alain Corneau
Director
7 August 1943 - 30 August 2010 read more
Graham Crowden
Actor
30 November 1922 - 19 October 2010 read more
Bruno Crémer
Actor
6 October 1929 - 7 August 2010 read more
Robert Culp
Actor
16 August 1930 - 24 March 2010 read more
Tony Curtis
Actor
3 June 1925 - 30 September 2010 read more
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Actress
14 May 1938 - 17 June 2010 read more
Evelyn Dall
Actress, Singer
8 January 1918 - 10 March 2010 read more
Johnny Dankworth
Musician, Composer
20 September 1927 - 6 February 2010 read more
Robin Davies
Actor
16 January 1954 - 22 February 2010 read more
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
8 August 1919 - 11 November 2010 read more
Jimmy Dean
Singer, Actor, Television Host
10 August 1928 - 13 June 2010 read more
Kristian Digby
Television Presenter and Director
24 June 1977 - 1 March 2010 read more
Donal Donnelly
Actor
8 July 1931 - 4 January 2010 read more
Clive Donner
Director
21 January 1926 - 6 September 2010 read more
Rani Dubé
Producer and Director
21 October 1937 - 18 April 2010 read more
Michael Dwyer
Journalist
2 May 1951 - 1 January 2010 read more
Doris Eaton Travis
Actress, Dancer
14 March 1904 - 11 May 2010 read more
Blake Edwards
Director
26 July 1922 - 16 December 2010 read more
Owen Edwards
Television Executive
26 December 1933 - 30 August 2010 read more
Dame Pat Evison
Actress
2 June 1924 - 30 May 2010 read more
David Fanshawe
Composer
19 April 1942 - 5 July 2010 read more
Bekim Fehmiu
Actor
1 June 1936 - 15 June 2010 read more
Tom Fleming
Actor
29 June 1927 - 18 April 2010 read more
John Forsythe
Actor
29 January 1918 - 1 April 2010 read more
Roland Fox
Broadcaster
4 January 1913 - 12 May 2010 read more
William A Fraker
Cinematographer, Director and Producer
29 September 1923 - 31 May 2010 read more
Anne Froelich
Scriptwriter
8 December 1913 - 26 January 2010 read more
James Gammon
Actor
20 April 1940 - 16 July 2010 read more
Jimmy Gardner
Actor
24 August 1924 - 3 May 2010 read more
Les Gibbard
Cartoonist and Animator
26 October 1945 - 10 October 2010 read more
Rosemary Gill
Television Producer
17 December 1930 - 22 February 2010 read more
Bernard Giraudeau
Actor, Director, Writer
4 January 1947 - 17 July 2010 read more
Harold Gould
Actor
10 December 1923 - 11 September 2010 read more
Martin Grace
Stuntman
12 September 1942 - 27 January 2010 read more
Ranald Graham
Scriptwriter
3 January 1941 - 29 August 2010 read more
Cy Grant
Actor
8 November 1919 - 13 February 2010 read more
Peter Graves
Actor
18 March 1926 - 14 March 2010 read more
Kathryn Grayson
Actress, singer
9 February 1922 - 17 February 2010 read more
Pamela Green
Actress, Model
28 March 1929 - 7 May 2010 read more
Pierre Guffroy
Production Designer
22 April 1926 - 27 September 2010 read more
Lowri Gwilym
Television Executive
14 October 1954 - 21 July 2010 read more
Corey Haim
Actor
23 December 1971 - 10 March 2010 read more
Tommy Hair
Sound Engineer
1961 - 2 February 2010 read more
Peter J Hall
Costume Designer
22 January 1926 - 27 May 2010 read more
Brian Hanrahan
Television News Reporter
22 March 1949 - 20 December 2010 read more
Robert Hargreaves
Television journalist, author
12 January 1933 - 27 February 2010 read more
June Havoc
Actress
8 November 1912 - 28 March 2010 read more
Stephen Hearst
BBC Executive
6 October 1919 - 27 March 2010 read more
Philippe Hellmann
Film Distributor
2 August 1942 - 12 November 2010 read more
Simon Holland
Production Designer
27 September 1940 - 13 November 2010 read more
Sally Holloway
Journalist and Broadcaster
3 September 1926 - 10 November 2010 read more
Dennis Hopper
Actor
17 May 1936 - 29 May 2010 read more
Lena Horne
Singer, Actress
30 June 1917 - 9 May 2010 read more
Joyce Howard
Actress, Executive, Novelist
28 February 1922 - 23 November 2010 read more
Robert Hoy
Stuntman, Actor
3 April 1927 - 8 February 2010 read more
Robert Hudson
Broadcaster
30 January 1920 - 3 June 2010 read more
Alan Hume
Cinematographer
16 October 1924 - 13 July 2010 read more
Geoffrey Hutchings
Actor
8 June 1939 - 1 July 2010 read more
Tony Imi
Cinematographer
27 March 1937 - 8 March 2010 read more
Frank Jarvis
Actor
13 May 1941 - 15 September 2010 read more
Lionel Jeffries
Actor, Director
10 June 1926 - 19 February 2010 read more
Lamont Johnson
Director
30 September 2010 - 24 October 2010 read more
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Television Reporter, Politician
16 April 1924 - 12 August 2010 read more
Elliott Kastner
Producer
7 January 1930 - 30 June 2010 read more
Kihachiro Kawamoto
Stop-motion Animator
11 January 1925 - 23 August 2010 read more
Gerard Kelly
Actor
27 May 1959 - 28 October 2010 read more
Irvin Kershner
Director, Producer
27 April 1923 - 29 November 2010 read more
Cammie King
Actress
5 August 1934 - 1 September 2010 read more
Satoshi Kon
Animation Director
12 October 1963 - 24 August 2010 read more
Sotigui Kouyaté
Actor
19 July 1936 - 17 April 2010 read more
Eiji Kusuhara
Actor
2 January 1947 - 23 April 2010 read more
Mick Lally
Actor
10 November 1945 - 31 August 2010 read more
Jay Larkin
Television Executive
23 October 1950 - 9 August 2010 read more
Abbey Lincoln
Jazz Vocalist and Actress
6 August 1930 - 14 August 2010 read more
Leslie Linder
Agent, Producer
31 August 1924 - 16 January 2010 read more
Art Linkletter
Broadcaster, Presenter
17 July 1912 - 26 May 2010 read more
Bill Littlejohn
Animator
1914 - 17 September 2010 read more
William Lubtchansky
Cinematographer
29 October 1937 - 4 April 2010 read more
James MacArthur
Actor
8 December 1937 - 28 October 2010 read more
Simon MacCorkindale
Actor
15 February 1952 - 14 October 2010 read more
Mary Malcolm
Television Announcer
15 March 1918 - 13 October 2010 read more
Tom Mankiewicz
Screenwriter, Director
1 June 1942 - 31 July 2010 read more
Roderick Mann
Journalist and Author
10 December 1922 - 17 September 2010 read more
John Louis Mansi
Actor
8 November 1926 - 6 August 2010 read more
Louis Marks
Television Screenwriter
23 March 1928 - 17 September 2010 read more
Carol Marsh
Actress
10 May 1926 - 6 March 2010 read more
Noel Marshall
Director, Producer
18 April 1931 - 30 June 2010 read more
John McCallum
Actor, Producer
14 March 1918 - 3 February 2010 read more
Kevin McCarthy
Actor
15 February 1914 - 11 September 2010 read more
Rue McClanahan
Actress
21 February 1934 - 3 June 2010 read more
Vonetta McGee
Actress
14 January 1945 - 9 July 2010 read more
Bill McLaren
Television Commentator
16 October 1923 - 19 January 2010 read more
Sally Menke
Editor
17 December 1953 - 28 September 2010 read more
David Mills
Writer
20 November 1961 - 30 March 2010 read more
Merata Mita
Filmmaker
19 June 1942 - 31 May 2010 read more
James Mitchell
Actor, Dancer
29 February 1920 - 22 January 2010 read more
Mario Monicelli
Director, Screenwriter
15 May 1915 - 29 November 2010 read more
Simon Monjack
Screenwriter, Producer
5 August 1970 - 23 May 2010 read more
Vladimir Motyl
Director
26 June 1927 - 21 February 2010 read more
Tiberio Murgia
Actor
5 February 1929 - 20 August 2010 read more
David Myerscough-Jones
Set Designer
15 September 1934 - 21 April 2010 read more
Patricia Neal
Actress
20 January 1926 - 8 August 2010 read more
Ronald Neame
Director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
23 April 1911 - 18 June 2010 read more
Leslie Nielsen
Actor
11 February 1926 - 28 November 2010 read more
William Norton
Screenwriter
24 September 1925 - 1 October 2010 read more
Vince O'Brien
Actor
1919 - 19 June 2010 read more
Peter O'Donnell
Writer
11 April 1920 - 3 May 2010 read more
Paddie O'Neil
Comedienne and Actress
1 May 1926 - 21 January 2010 read more
Sam Organ
Executive Producer
5 April 1958 - 14 April 2010 read more
Marie Osborne
Actress
5 November 1911 - 11 November 2010 read more
Cyril Page
Television News Cameraman
15 November 1921 - 21 December 2010 read more
Fess Parker
Actor
16 August 1924 - 18 March 2010 read more
Jack Parnell
Bandleader, Musician
6 August 1923 - 8 August 2010 read more
Robert Paynter
Cinematographer
12 March 1928 - 20 October 2010 read more
Katie Pearson
Television Producer
6 June 1959 - 10 December 2010 read more
Arthur Penn
Director
27 September 1922 - 28 September 2010 read more
Ingrid Pitt
Actress
21 November 1937 - 23 November 2010 read more
Alan Plater
Author, Screenwriter
15 April 1935 - 25 June 2010 read more
Dorothy Provine
Actress
20 January 1935 - 25 April 2010 read more
Meinhardt Raabe
Actor
9 February 1915 - 10 April 2010 read more
Irving Ravetch
Screenwriter, Producer
14 November 1920 - 19 September 2010 read more
Corin Redgrave
Actor, Writer
16 July 1939 - 6 April 2010 read more
Lynn Redgrave
Actress
8 March 1943 - 2 May 2010 read more
Geoffrey Reeve
Producer, Director
28 October 1932 - 3 January 2010 read more
Polly Renton
Documentary Maker
4 March 1970 - 28 May 2010 read more
Dan Resin
Actor
22 February 1931 - 30 July 2010 read more
Steve Reuther
Producer
1951 - 5 June 2010 read more
Joan Rhodes
Entertainer
13 April 1921 - 30 May 2010 read more
Marika Rivera
Dancer, Actress
13 November 1919 - 14 January 2010 read more
Pennant Roberts
Director, Executive
15 December 1940 - 22 June 2010 read more
Pernell Roberts
Actor
18 May 1928 - 24 January 2010 read more
Eric Rohmer
Director
21 March 1920 - 11 January 2010 read more
Jane Royle
Make-up Artist
20 October 1932 - 13 December 2010 read more
Zelda Rubinstein
Actress
28 May 1933 - 27 January 2010 read more
Gerry Ryan
Broadcaster
4 June 1956 - 30 April 2010 read more
Joseph W Sarno
Director, Screenwriter
15 March 1921 - 26 April 2010 read more
Furio Scarpelli
Screenwriter
16 December 1916 - 28 April 2010 read more
Robert Schimmel
Comedian
16 January 1950 - 3 September 2010 read more
Bruno Schleinstein
Actor, musician
2 June 1932 - 11 August 2010 read more
Christoph Schlingensief
Director
24 October 1960 - 21 August 2010 read more
Werner Schroeter
Director
7 April 1945 - 12 April 2010 read more
Ian Scoones
Visual and Special Effects designer
1940 - 20 January 2010 read more
Erich Segal
Writer
16 June 1937 - 17 January 2010 read more
William Self
Television Producer and Executive
21 June 1921 - 11 November 2010 read more
Glenn Shadix
Actor
15 April 1952 - 7 September 2010 read more
Michael Sharvell-Martin
Actor
2 February 1944 - 28 October 2010 read more
Johnny Sheffield
Actor
1 April 1931 - 15 October 2010 read more
Chris Sievey
Comedy Performer
25 August 1955 - 21 June 2010 read more
Alan Sillitoe
Novelist, Screenwriter
4 March 1928 - 25 April 2010 read more
Shirley Silvey
Animator
1928 - 17 July 2010 read more
Jean Simmons
Actress
31 January 1929 - 22 January 2010 read more
Freddie Slade
Dubbing Mixer
1919 - 2010 read more
Richard Stapley
Actor
20 June 1923 - 5 March 2010 read more
Yvonne Stevens
Actress
31 July 2010 - 27 May 2010 read more
Danny Street
Singer
22 April 1941 - 21 April 2010 read more
Joseph Strick
Director, Producer and Screenwriter
6 July 1923 - 2 June 2010 read more
Gloria Stuart
Actress
4 July 1910 - 26 September 2010 read more
Roberto Sánchez (Sandro)
Singer, Actor
19 August 1945 - 4 January 2010 read more
Hideko Takemine
Actress
27 March 1924 - 28 December 2010 read more
Laurent Terzieff
Actor
27 June 1935 - 2 July 2010 read more
Ursula Thiess
Actress
15 May 1924 - 19 June 2010 read more
Janine Thomason
Television Producer and Executive
11 February 1947 - 25 June 2010 read more
John Tiffin
Producer
4 February 1930 - 4 March 2010 read more
Lord Townshend
Television Executive
13 May 1916 - 23 April 2010 read more
Wendy Toye
Director
1 May 1917 - 27 February 2010 read more
Raimondo Vianello
Actor
7 May 1922 - 15 April 2010 read more
Andreas Voutsinas
Actor
22 August 1932 - 8 June 2010 read more
Helen Wagner
Actress
3 September 1918 - 1 May 2010 read more
Roy Ward Baker
Director
19 December 1916 - 5 October 2010 read more
George Waring
Actor, Director
20 February 1925 - 15 February 2010 read more
Peter Wheeler
Broadcaster
1934 - 18 May 2010 read more
Tam White
Singer, Actor
12 July 1942 - 21 June 2010 read more
Georges Wilson
Actor, Director
16 October 1921 - 3 February 2010 read more
Lord Windlesham CVO
Television Execuitve
28 January 1932 - 21 December 2010 read more
Sir Norman Wisdom
Actor
4 November 1915 - 4 October 2010 read more
David L Wolper
Producer
11 January 1928 - 10 August 2010 read more
Jason Wood
Comedian
21 January 1972 - 20 February 2010 read more
Ilene Woods
Singer, Actress
5 May 1929 - 1 July 2010 read more