In memory of... 2011
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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Gilbert Adair
Writer/Critic
29 December 1944 - 8 December 2011 read more
Theoni V Aldredge
Costume Designer
22 August 1922 - 21 January 2011 read more
Sheila Allen
Actress
22 October 1932 - 13 October 2011 read more
Omar Amiralay
Documentary Filmmaker
1944 - 5 February 2011 read more
Dev Anand
Actor, Producer
26 September 1923 - 3 December 2011 read more
James Arness
Actor
26 May 1923 - 3 June 2011 read more
George Baker
Actor/Director/Writer
1 April 1931 - 7 October 2011 read more
Trevor Bannister
Actor
14 August 1936 - 14 April 2011 read more
John Barry
Film Score Composer/Arranger
3 November 1933 - 30 January 2011 read more
Bob Block
Television Writer
20 July 1921 - 17 April 2011 read more
Janet Brown
Actress/Comedian
14 December 1923 - 27 May 2011 read more
Rob Buckman
Doctor and Television Presenter
22 August 1948 - 9 October 2011 read more
Michael Bukht
Presenter/Executive
10 September 1941 - 4 August 2011 read more
Alfred Burke
Actor
28 February 1918 - 16 February 2011 read more
Hugh Burnett
Producer
21 July 1924 - 25 November 2011 read more
Sheila Burrell
Actress
9 May 1922 - 19 July 2011 read more
Michael Cacoyannis
Director
6 November 1921 - 8 June 2011 read more
Syd Cain
Production Designer
16 April 1918 - 21 November 2011 read more
William Campbell
Actor
30 October 1923 - 28 April 2011 read more
Jonathan Cecil
Actor
22 February 1939 - 22 September 2011 read more
Linda Christian
Actress
13 November 1923 - 22 July 2011 read more
Diane Cilento
Actress
5 October 1933 - 6 October 2011 read more
Flick Colby
Choreographer
23 March 1946 - 26 May 2011 read more
Reginald Collin
Director of BAFTA/TV Director
1927 - 16 December 2011 read more
Jeff Conaway
Actor
5 October 1950 - 27 May 2011 read more
Jackie Cooper
Actor, Director and Producer
15 September 1922 - 3 May 2011 read more
Sir Henry Cooper OBE
Boxer and Television Personality
3 May 1934 - 1 May 2011 read more
Nicholas Courtney
Actor
16 December 1929 - 22 February 2011 read more
George Courtney Ward
Stills Photographer
1 December 1918 - 15 February 2011 read more
David Croft OBE
Director/Producer/Writer
7 September 1922 - 27 September 2011 read more
John Howard Davies
Director/Producer/Actor
9 March 1939 - 22 August 2011 read more
Shelagh Delaney
Screenwriter, Playwright
25 November 1939 - 20 November 2011 read more
Paulette Dubost
Actress
8 October 1910 - 21 September 2011 read more
David Dunseith
Broadcaster
10 February 1934 - 30 June 2011 read more
Jacquie de Creed
Stunt Driver
3 February 1957 - 17 June 2011 read more
Bernd Eichinger
Producer and Filmmaker
11 April 1949 - 24 January 2011 read more
Peter Falk
Actor
16 September 1927 - 23 June 2011 read more
Edith Fellows
Actress
20 May 1923 - 26 June 2011 read more
Gunnar Fischer
Cinematographer
18 November 1910 - 11 June 2011 read more
Keith Fordyce
Presenter
15 October 1928 - 22 March 2011 read more
Ed Forsdick
Executive Producer
11 August 1965 - 7 June 2011 read more
Eddie Fowlie
Location Manager/Property Master/Stuntman
8 August 1921 - 22 January 2011 read more
Anne Francis
Actress
16 September 1930 - 2 February 2011 read more
Dolores Fuller
Actress
10 March 1923 - 9 May 2011 read more
Betty Garrett
Actress
23 May 1919 - 12 February 2011 read more
Annie Girardot
Actress
25 October 1931 - 28 February 2011 read more
David Zelag Goodman
Screenwriter
15 January 1930 - 26 September 2011 read more
Richard Gordon
Producer
31 December 1925 - 1 November 2011 read more
Michael Gough
Actor
23 November 1917 - 17 March 2011 read more
Farley Granger
Actor
1 July 1925 - 27 March 2011 read more
Dulcie Gray
Actress
20 November 1915 - 16 November 2011 read more
Bob Greaves
New Presenter
28 November 1934 - 14 March 2011 read more
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Actress/Singer
12 November 1935 - 30 March 2011 read more
Mark Hall
Animator
17 May 1936 - 17 November 2011 read more
Peter Hall
Cinematographer/Camera Operator
28 June 1929 - 23 March 2011 read more
Peter Hammond
Actor, Director
15 November 1923 - 12 October 2011 read more
Roger Hancock
Agent
6 June 1931 - 23 April 2011 read more
Edward Hardwicke
Actor
7 August 1932 - 16 May 2011 read more
Jill Haworth
Actress
15 August 1945 - 3 January 2011 read more
Alex Hay
Sports Commentator
5 October 1933 - 11 July 2011 read more
Tim Hetherington
Journalist/Director
5 December 1970 - 20 April 2011 read more
Donald Hewlett
Actor
30 August 1920 - 4 June 2011 read more
Professor Richard Holmes CBE
Military Historian and Broadcaster
29 March 1946 - 30 April 2011 read more
Stuart Hood
Television Executive
17 December 1915 - 31 January 2011 read more
Oliver Hunkin
Television Executive
7 April 1916 - 3 January 2011 read more
Bill Hunter
Actor
27 February 1940 - 21 May 2011 read more
Maria Isbert
Actress
21 April 1917 - 25 April 2011 read more
Pat Jackson
Director
26 March 1916 - 3 June 2011 read more
Sheila Jackson
Costume Designer
19 March 1922 - 4 February 2011 read more
Kevin Jarre
Screenwriter
6 August 1954 - 3 April 2011 read more
Charles Jarrott
Director
16 June 1927 - 4 March 2011 read more
John Jarvis
Editor
3 December 1932 - 4 February 2011 read more
Sybil Jason
Actress
23 November 1927 - 23 August 2011 read more
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
24 February 1955 - 5 October 2011 read more
Bill Justice
Animator
9 February 1914 - 10 February 2011 read more
Hal Kanter
Comedy Writer, Producer
18 December 1918 - 6 November 2011 read more
Shammi Kapoor
Actor, Director
21 October 1931 - 14 August 2011 read more
Miriam Karlin
Actress
23 June 1925 - 3 June 2011 read more
Mani Kaul
Director
25 December 1944 - 6 July 2011 read more
Kathy Kirby
Singer
20 October 1938 - 19 May 2011 read more
Paul Kriwaczek
Television Producer
30 November 1937 - 2 March 2011 read more
Arthur Laurents
Screenwriter
14 July 1914 - 5 May 2011 read more
Richard Leacock
Documentary Maker
18 July 1921 - 23 March 2011 read more
Peter Lennon
Journalist and Filmmaker
28 February 1930 - 18 March 2011 read more
Len Lesser
Actor
3 December 1922 - 16 February 2011 read more
Celia Lipton
Actress
25 December 1923 - 11 March 2011 read more
Terence Longdon
Actor
14 May 1922 - 23 April 2011 read more
Ted Lowe
Snooker Commentator
1 November 1920 - 1 May 2011 read more
Sidney Lumet
Director
24 June 1924 - 9 April 2011 read more
Hilary Mackendrick
Executive/BAFTA Member
29 May 1925 - 24 March 2011 read more
John Mackenzie
Director
16 August 1932 - 8 June 2011 read more
Paul Marcus
Producer/Director
30 May 1953 - 13 February 2011 read more
Kenneth Mars
Actor
14 April 1936 - 12 February 2011 read more
Hugh Martin
Songwriter
1 August 1914 - 11 March 2011 read more
Ian Robert Martin
Television Executive
29 December 1935 - 12 August 2011 read more
Arthur Marx
Writer
21 July 1921 - 14 April 2011 read more
Anna Massey CBE
Actress
11 August 1937 - 3 July 2011 read more
Paul Massie
Actor
7 July 1932 - 8 June 2011 read more
TP McKenna
Actor
7 September 1929 - 13 February 2011 read more
Bill McKinney
Actor
12 September 1931 - 1 December 2011 read more
Adolfas Mekas
Filmmaker/Teacher
30 September 1925 - 31 May 2011 read more
Juliano Mer-Khamis
Actor/Director
29 May 1958 - 4 April 2011 read more
Eva Monley
Production Supervisor, Producer
29 April 1923 - 12 November 2011 read more
Harry Morgan
Actor
10 April 1915 - 7 December 2011 read more
Mary Murphy
Actress
26 January 1931 - 4 May 2011 read more
Mary Murphy
Actress
26 January 1931 - 4 May 2011 read more
Charles Napier
Actor
12 April 1936 - 5 October 2011 read more
Silvio Narizzano
Director
8 February 1927 - 26 July 2011 read more
Robin Nash
Television Producer
10 March 1927 - 16 June 2011 read more
Christopher Neame
Writer/Producer
24 December 1942 - 12 June 2011 read more
John Neville
Actor, Director
2 May 1925 - 19 November 2011 read more
Cyril Ornadel
Conductor, Composer
12 February 1924 - 22 June 2011 read more
Nikos Papatakis
Director
19 July 1918 - 17 December 2011 read more
Betty Paul
Actress/Writer
21 May 1921 - 27 February 2011 read more
Jeremy Paul
Television Writer
29 July 1939 - 3 May 2011 read more
Johnny Pearson
Composer and Arranger
18 June 1925 - 20 March 2011 read more
Richard Pearson
Actor
1 August 1918 - 2 August 2011 read more
Peter Phillips
Production Designer
11 October 1925 - 10 January 2011 read more
Marie-France Pisier
Actress/Writer/Director
10 May 1944 - 24 April 2011 read more
Polly Platt
Producer, Production Designer, Screenwriter
29 January 1939 - 27 July 2011 read more
Pete Postlethwaite
Actor
16 February 1946 - 2 February 2011 read more
Madelyn Pugh
Television Writer
15 March 1921 - 20 April 2011 read more
Louie Ramsay
Actress
25 November 1929 - 6 March 2011 read more
David Rayfiel
Screenwriter
9 September 1923 - 22 June 2011 read more
Harry Redmond
Special Effects Creator
15 October 1909 - 23 May 2011 read more
Alastair Reid
Director
21 July 1939 - 17 August 2011 read more
Joan Reynolds
Actress
18 February 1926 - 13 May 2011 read more
Cliff Robertson
Actor
9 September 1923 - 10 September 2011 read more
Robert Robinson
Presenter
17 September 1927 - 12 August 2011 read more
Jane Russell
Actress
21 June 1921 - 28 February 2011 read more
Ken Russell
Director/Writer/Producer
3 July 1921 - 27 November 2011 read more
Jimmy Sangster
Screenwriter/Director
2 December 1927 - 19 August 2011 read more
Michael Sarrazin
Actor
22 May 1940 - 17 April 2011 read more
Sir Jimmy Savile OBE
Disc Jockey/Television Presenter
31 October 1926 - 29 October 2011 read more
Hubert Schlafly
Inventor of the Teleprompter
14 August 1919 - 20 April 2011 read more
Bert Schneider
Producer
5 May 1933 - 12 December 2011 read more
Maria Schneider
Actress
27 March 1952 - 3 February 2011 read more
Sherwood Schwartz
Writer, Producer
14 November 1916 - 12 July 2011 read more
Angela Scoular
Actress
8 November 1945 - 11 April 2011 read more
Miriam Seegar
Actress
1 September 1907 - 2 January 2011 read more
Nicholas Selby
Actor
13 September 1925 - 15 April 2011 read more
Walter Seltzer
Press Agent/Producer
7 November 1914 - 18 February 2011 read more
Don Sharp
Director
19 April 1921 - 18 December 2011 read more
Roy Skelton
Voice Actor
20 July 1931 - 8 June 2011 read more
Elisabeth Sladen
Actress
1 February 1948 - 19 April 2011 read more
Charles Stapley
Actor
23 July 1925 - 8 January 2011 read more
Witold Starecki
Filmmaker
26 January 1947 - 15 July 2011 read more
Leonard Stern
Producer/Director/Writer
23 December 1923 - 7 June 2011 read more
Elaine Stewart
Actress
31 May 1930 - 27 June 2011 read more
Hugh Stewart
Screenwriter/Producer
14 December 1910 - 31 May 2011 read more
John Sullivan OBE
Screenwriter
23 December 1946 - 23 April 2011 read more
Reg Sutton
Sound Engineer
24 October 1916 - 9 April 2011 read more
Donald L Taffner OBE
Producer/Distributor
29 November 1930 - 6 September 2011 read more
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
Actress
27 February 1932 - 23 March 2011 read more
Margaret Tyzack CBE
Actress
9 September 1931 - 25 June 2011 read more
Badi Uzzaman
Actor
3 August 1939 - 14 June 2011 read more
Bill Varney
Sound Mixer
22 January 1934 - 2 April 2011 read more
Robert Velaise
Film Producer/Distributor
1 November 1914 - 5 March 2011 read more
Yvette Vickers
Actress
26 August 1928 - 27 April 2011 read more
"Big George" Webley
Composer/Broadcaster
29 May 1957 - 7 May 2011 read more
Martin Webster
Television Sports Producer
21 November 1954 - 28 March 2011 read more
Alec Weeks
Television Producer
2 February 1927 - 30 April 2011 read more
Nicol Williamson
Actor
14 September 1938 - 16 December 2011 read more
Gary Winick
Director and Producer
31 March 1961 - 27 February 2011 read more
Googie Withers
Actress
17 March 1917 - 15 July 2011 read more
John Wood
Actor
5 July 1930 - 6 August 2011 read more
Martin Woodhouse
Screenwriter
29 August 1932 - 15 May 2011 read more
Dana Wynter
Actress
8 June 1931 - 5 May 2011 read more
Peter Yates
Director
24 July 1929 - 9 January 2011 read more
Susannah York
Actress
9 January 1939 - 14 January 2011 read more
Laura Ziskin
Producer
3 March 1950 - 12 June 2011 read more