In Memory

Dorothy Provine 1935-2010

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Dorothy Provine was born January 20, 1935 in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Dorothy Provine is best remember for her role as Emeline Marcus-Finch in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

Dorothy Provine made her film debut as Bonnie Parker in The Bonnie Parker Story (1958). She also appeared in Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959), The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959), Wall of Noise (1963), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), The Great Race (1965), Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), and Never a Dull Moment (1968).

Dorothy Provine's television credits include Lawman, Mike Hammer, The Real McCoys, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alaskans, The Roaring 20s, 77 Sunset Strip, and Police Story.

Dorothy Provine passed away on April 27, 2010 at the age of 75. Dorothy Provine is survived by her husband (Robert Day) of forty two years and one child.

John Forsythe (1918-2010)

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John Forsythe was born John Lincoln Freund on January 29, 1918 in Penns Grove, New Jersey. The son of Samuel Jeremiah Freund, a stockbroker and Blance Materson. John grew up in Brooklyn, New York.

During World War II, John Forsythe served with the US Army Corps. During World War II he also worked with injured soldiers who had developed speech problems.

After World War II, he became a baseball announcer and a drama teacher. Joan Collins would co-star opposite him on Dynasty (1981), was one of his drama students.

In 1943, he signed a contract with Warner Brothers and made his film debut in Northern Pursuit (1943) and his second film was Destination Tokyo (1943). During the 1940s and 1950s he also appeared in The Captive City (1952), The Glass Web (1953), Escape from Fort Bravo (1953), The Trouble With Harry (1955), and The Ambassador's Daughter (1956).

During the 1950s, John Forsythe was a familiar face on television appearing in episodes of Robert Montgomery Presents, Suspense, Kraft Television Theater, and Studio One.

In 1957, John Forsythe was cast to play single father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father. The show would run for 157 episodes and four seasons ending in 1962.

During the 1960s, John appeared in such films as Madame X (1966), In Cold Blood (1967) and Topaz (1969). He also frequently appeared on television, making appearances in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Dick Powell Show and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

In 1965, John Forsythe starred in the short lived The John Forsythe Show.

The 1970s brought John Forsythe one of his most famous roles, as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the 1970s crime drama Charlie's Angels (1976–1981).

The 1980s brought John Forsythe another famous role, as patriarch Blake Carrington in Dynasty (1981-1989). This role would bring Forsythe three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He was also nominated six times for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1983 and 1984. In 1984, he also won a Soap Opera Digest Award for his performance as Blake Carrington.

During the 1990s, he appeared as Sen. William Franklin Powers in the short lived series The Powers That Be.

At age 82, he would once again play Charles Townsend in the movie Charlie's Angels (2000) and would reprise the role in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

John Forsythe owned and bred Thoroughbred racehorses for many years and was a member of the Board of Directors of Hollywood Park Racetrack. He was the recipient of the 1988 Eclipse Award of Merit for his contibution in promoting the sport of Thoroughbred racing.

John Forsythe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television.

John Forsythe died on April 1, 2010 at the age of 92.

Robert Culp (1930-2010)

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Robert Culp best known for his role on the groundbreaking television series "I Spy" died on March 24, 2010 at the age of 79.

Robert Culp was born on August 16, 1930 in Oakland, California.

Robert Culp began his acting career on an episode of You are There in 1953. Before being cast in I Spy, Robert Culp appeared on episodes of Robert Montgomery Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Trackdown, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Ben Casey and Bonanza.

In 1965 he was cast as Kelly Robinson opposite Bill Cosby in I Spy. He was nominated for three primetime Emmy awards for his performance. In 1965 he was also nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for I Spy.

Robert Culp appeared in films such as PT 109 (1963), Sunday in New York (1963), The Raiders (1963), Rhino (1964), Breaking Point (1976), and The Pelican Brief (1994).

Robert Culp's most famous film was Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice (1969) in which he played Bob.

Through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Robert Culp was a familiar face on television appearing in numerous made for television movies and episodes of Love Boat, Golden Girls, Columbo, Greatest American Hero, The Cosby Show, Matlock, Wings and Chicago Hope.

Robert Culp had a re-occuring role on Everybody Loves Raymond as Warren Whelan, Debra's father.

Fess Parker (1924-2010)

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Fess Parker was famous for playing Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in both film and on television.

Fess Parker was born on August 16, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas.

He served in the U.S. Marine Corps at the end of World War II. Parker graduated from the University of Texas in 1950 with a history degree, and then moved to California, where he studied drama at the University of Southern California.

Discovered by Adolphe Menjou who was a guest artist at the University of Texas while Fess Parker was a student. Menjou helped him with formal introductions when he first got to Hollywood.

Fess Parker began his film career as the voice of Leslie, the chauffeur in Harvey (1950). He next appeared on Broadway in Mister Roberts (1951).

Fess Parker became a contract player with Warner Brothers appearing in small roles in several films such as Springfield Rifle (1952), Island in the Sky (1953), The Bounty Hunter (1954), and Battle Cry (1955).

In 1955, Fess Parker was cast to play Davey Crockett in Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955). This led to a contract with Disney.

As a contract star for Disney appearing in many films such as The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), and Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956) and Old Yeller (1957).

Fess Parker also appeared in Alias Jesse James (1959), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), and Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966).

On television, Fess Parker played Davy Crocket in the miniseries Davy Crockett (1954-1955) Sen. Eugene Smith in
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962-1963) and Daniel Boone in Daniel Boone (1964-1970).

Fess Parker was named a Disney Legend in 1991.

Fess Parker retired from the film industry in the 1970s.

Parker built his first resort hotel in Santa Barbara in 1986. Set on 23.5 ocean front acres, Fess Parker's Double Tree Resort faces one of Santa Barbara's nicest beaches

In 1987, Parker purchased a 714 acre ranch thirty five miles north of Santa Barbara, in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he promptly set about planning and establishing Fess Parker's Winery & Vineyard.

In 1998, Parker purchased The Grand Hotel in Los Olivos, just minutes from his winery. The charming 21 room Victorian-style Inn is now called “Fess Parker's Wine Country Inn & Spa”.

Fess Parker has received numerous awards for producing some of the region's finest wines.

Fess Parker married Marcella Rinehart on January 18, 1960. Thaey have two children, 11 grandchildren, and one great grand son.

Fess Parker died on March 18, 2010 of natural causes.

Peter Graves (1926-2010)

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Peter Graves was born Peter Aurness on March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The son of Ruth Duesler, a journalist and Rolf Cirkler Aurness, a business man. Peter Graves was the younger brother of actor James Arness (Gunsmoke).

Peter Graves appeared in more than seventy films, TV series and TV movies. Peter Graves' film debut was in Winning Your Wings (1942).

In 1953, Peter Graves played Price, a hot-shot German spy placed among allied POWs in the movie Stalag 17.

In 1955, Peter Graves was cast as Jim Newton in the televison show Fury (1955-1960).

In 1955, Peter Graves played Ben Harper, the father on the run from the law in the film Night of the Hunter.

In 1967, Peter Graves was hired to replace Steven Hill as the lead actor on Mission: Impossible. Peter Graves played Jim Phelps, the sometimes gruff leader of the Impossible Missions Force or IMF, for the remaining six seasons of the series.

He won a Golden Globe Award in 1971 for his role as Jim Phelps in the series Mission: Impossible

Peter Graves played Captain Clarence Oveur in the comedies Airplane! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).

Peter Graves played Colonel John Camden on the WB Network TV series 7th Heaven (1997 - 2007).

Peter Graves also appeared in films such as Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953), The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), The Long Gray Line (1955), Beginning of the End (1957), A Rage to Live (1965), The Ballad of Josie (1967), The Five Man Army (1969), The Guns and the Fury (1981), Number One with a Bullet (1987), Addams Family Values (1993) and Men in Black II (2002).

Peter Graves also appeared in television episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Cold Case, Diagnosis Murder, Burke's Law, The Golden Girls, The Love Boat, Murder She Wrote, Fantasy Island, and Simon & Simon.

In 1997, Peter Graves was an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series
for: Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow.

Peter Graves married Joan Endress on December 16, 1950, they were married 59 years until his death.

Peter Graves died of natural causes on March 14, 2010 at the age of 83.

Dorothy Janis (1910 - 2010)

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Dorothy Janis was born Dorothy Penelope Jones on February 19, 1910 in Dallas, Texas.

When Dorothy was 15 years old she was visiting her cousin who was working on a film for Fox. The beautiful Dorothy was noticed at once and asked to make a screen test.

She was cast in her first film role in Kit Carson (1928) as Sings-in-the-Clouds. That same year, she played Thurya in Fleetwing (1928).

Within a year, although she was just 16, Dorothy Janis was signed by Metro to a 5-year contract. Metro said publicly that Janis was 18 and half-Cherokee; neither fact was true.

Dorothy's first film for MGM was The Overland Telegraph (1929).

She is best known for playing opposite Ramon Novarro in The Pagan (1929), her second film for MGM and overall her fourth film.

In 1930, she appeared in her final film as Chita in Lummox (1930).

Dorothy Janis was scheduled to appear in one more film entitled The White Captive. In 1930, Dorothy and the film compnay sailed to the for a tour of the Malay Peninsula to make a film to be entitled The White Captive. When the company returned to Hollywood at the end of 1930, however, the studio found that shot footage was virtually unusable, and worse yet, poor Dorothy Janis found herself at the epicenter of a tabloid scandal.

Sidney Lund, a newlywed sound technician who traveled with the White Captive company, apparently formed a crush on Janis during the 6-month trip, inspiring Mrs. Lund, a former vaudeville dancer, to file for divorce and to sue Janis for $25,000 for "alienation of affection."

Mrs. Lund eventually got her divorce and dropped her suit against Dorothy Janis.

Admist the scandal, Dorothy Janis traveled to Chicago to visit an aunt to get away from the Hollywood scandal. During the trip, Dorothy Janis met and fell in love with bandleader Wayne King.

The two were married on March 21, 1932 and were married 53 years until his death on July 16, 1985.

Dorothy Janis was an exotic beauty who made five films: four silents and one talkie. She retired in 1930 and currently resides in Arizona. She has two children and six grandchildren.

Few knew or could even have imagined that the happy housewife and mother of two and grandmother of six once wore a sarong in the Tahitian jungles listening to Ramon Novarro croon the "Pagan Love Song."

Dorothy Janis died on March 10, 2010 at the age of 100.

Kathryn Grayson (1922-2010)

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Kathryn Grayson was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick on February 9, 1922 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

At the age of 12, Kathryn Grayson discovered singing on the empty stage of the St. Louis Municipal Opera House by a janitor, who introduced her to Frances Marshall of the Chicago Civic Opera, who gave the twelve-year-old girl voice lessons.

In 1940, she was discovered by an MGM talent scout and was cast in her first film appearance in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) as the character's secretary Kathryn Land.

Kathryn Grayson's films included The Vanishing Virginian (1942), Thousands Cheer (1943), Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Kissing Bandit (1948), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), Show Boat (1951), Kiss Me Kate (1953), and The Vagabond King (1956).

In 1962, Kathryn Grayson appeared on Broadway in Camelot, her one and only Broadway performance.

On televison, Kathryn Grayson appeared in episdoes of Murder She Wrote, Baretta, Playhouse 90 and General Electric Theater.

Originally trained as an Opera singer, Kathryn Grayson appeared in Madame Butterfly (1959), La Traviata (1960), La Boheme (1960), and Orpheus in the Underworld (1983).

Kathryn Grayson has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures.

Kathryn Grayson died on February 17, 2010 of natural causes, she was 88 years old.

Jean Simmons (1929 - 2010)

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Jean Merilyn Simmons was born on January 31, 1929 in London, England. The daughter of Charles Simmons and Winifred Loveland. Her father, a physical education teacher who had represented Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

During World War II, the Simmons family was evacuated to Winscombe in Somerset.

After the war, she returned to London and enrolled at the Aida Foster School of Dance at the age of 14. She was spotted by the director Val Guest, who cast her in the Margaret Lockwood film Give us the Moon.

Her films include Black Narcissus (1947), Hamlet (1948)
Affair with a Stranger (1953), The Actress (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus (1960), The Grass Is Greener (1960),
Divorce American Style (1967), Heidi (1968), and The Happy Ending (1969).

In 1950, she married the English actor Stewart Granger and they divorced in 1960. They had one daughter, Tracy Granger. Granger and Simmons appeared together in Adam and Evelyne (1949), Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Young Bess (1953),
and Footsteps in the Fog (1955).

In 1960 she married director Richard Brooks, divorcing in 1977. They had one daughter Kate Brooks. Brooks directed Jean in Elmer Gantry (1960) and
The Happy Ending (1969).

Jean Simmons received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, one for Hamlet (1948) and one for The Happy Ending (1969).

She won the Golden Globe for Best Musical/Comedy Actress, Guys and Dolls (1956).

In 1983, she received the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for a Series or Special for her role in The Thorn Birds.

Jean Simmon's final film was Shadows in the Sun (2009).

Jean Simmons passed away on January 22, 2010 at the age of 80 from complications of lung cancer.

In Memory, December 2009

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Maggie Jones (June 21, 1934 – December 2, 2009)
British Actress
Coronation Street

Richard Todd (June 11, 1919 – December 3, 2009)
Actor
Stage Fright, The Longest Day, The Hasty Heart

Bryan O'Byrne (February 6, 1931 - December 4, 2009)
Actor
Spaceballs, Get Smart

Harold Bell (Oct. 5, 1919 - December 4, 2009)
Creator of Woodsy Owl

Garfield Morgan (April 19, 1931- December 5, 2009)
British Actor
Z Cars, The Avengers

Jerry Birn (1923 – December 5, 2009)
Writer
The Young and The Restless

Mark Ritts (June 16, 1946 – December 7, 2009)
Puppeteer, Actor
Beakman's World

Gene Barry (June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009)
Actor
Bat Masterson, Our Miss Brooks

Val Avery (July 14, 1924 - December 12, 2009)
Actor
The Long, Hot Summer, The Magnificent Seven, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Moyra Fraser (December 3, 1923 – December 13, 2009)
British Actress
As Time Goes By

Dan Barton (1921– December 13, 2009)
Actor
Bonanza, Barnaby Jones, The Rockford Files, Battlestar Galactica

Conard Fowkes (January 4, 1933 - December 14, 2009)
Actor
Dark Shadows, As The World Turns

Roy Edward Disney(January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009)
Executive

Jennifer Jones (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009)
Actress
Duel in The Sun, The Song of Bernadette

Dan O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009)
Director and Writer
Total Recall, The Return of the Living Dead, Alien

Alaina Reed Hall (November 10, 1946 – December 17, 2009)
Actress
227, Sesame Street

Connie Hines (March 24, 1930 – December 18, 2009)
Actress
Mr. Ed

Donald Pickering (November 15, 1933 – December 19, 2009)
British Actor
Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009)
Actor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Man with the Golden Arm

Brittany Murphy (November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009)
Actress
King of the Hill, Clueless, Girl, Interrupted

Marianne Stone (August 23, 1922 – December 21, 2009)
British Actress
Carry On

Michael Currie (1928 - December 22, 2009)
Actor
Dark Shadows, Soap, Halloween III, Cheers, Homicide Life of the Street

In Memory, November 2009

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Carl Ballantine (September 27, 1917 - November 3, 2009)
Actor
McHale's Navy

David Tree (July 15, 1915—November 4, 2009)
Actor
Goodbye Mr. Chips, Pygmalion

Ronald Sproat (November 2, 1932 - November 6, 2009)
Writer
Dark Shadows

Joe Maross (February 7, 1923 - November 7, 2009)
Actor
Run Silent, Run Deep; Elmer Gantry

David Lloyd (July 7, 1934 – November 10, 2009)
Writer
Mary Tyler Moore Show, Wings, Cheers, Frasier

Marvin Minoff (June 26, 1931 - November 11, 2009)
Producer
Patch Adams

Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922– November 12, 2009)
Director
Gidget, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Route 66, The Rifleman

Robert Kendall (June 26, 1927 – November 12, 2009)
Actor
Gang Busters

Ken Ober (July 3, 1957 – November 15, 2009)
Game Show Host
Remote Control

Dennis Cole (July 19, 1940 – November 15, 2009)
Actor
Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Three's Company

Richard Carlyle (March 20, 1914 – Nov. 15, 2009)
Actor
Star Trek, Torpedo Run

Edward Woodward (June 1, 1930 – November 16, 2009)
Actor
The Equalizer

Jan Leighton (December 27, 1921 - November 16, 2009)
Actor
Robert Montgomery Presents, Kraft Television Theater, Studio One

Warren Vanders (May 23, 1930 – November 27, 2009)
Actor
Nevada Smith, Rooster Cogburn

Lee Pelty (1935 - November 29, 2009)
Broadway Actor
Fiddler on the Roof

In Memory, October 2009

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Grace Keagy (December 16, 1921 - October 4, 2009)
Actress
As the World Turns, One Life to Live, The Doctors, Ryan's Hope, Search for Tomorrow
Goodtime Charley and I Remember Mama (Broadway)

Pamela Blake (August 6, 1915 – October 6, 2009)
Actress
Wyoming Outlaw, The Utah Trail

Barry Letts (March 26, 1925 – October 9, 2009)
British Actor, Writer and Director
Doctor Who

Joan Orenstein (December 4, 1923 – October 10, 2009)
British Actress
The Hanging Garden

Edward Knight (July 10, 1927 – October 10, 2009)
Actor, father of Christopher Knight (Brady Bunch)
Hogan's Heroes, Mission: Impossible, The Rockford Files

Daniel Melnick (April 21, 1932 – October 13, 2009)
Producer and Studio Executive
All That Jazz, Get Smart

Al Martino (October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009)
Actor
The Godfather

Collin Wilcox (February 4, 1935 – October 14, 2009)
Actress
To Kill a Mockingbird

Lou Albano (July 29, 1933 – October 14, 2009)
Professional Wrestler and Actor
227, Miami Vice, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

Victor Mizzy (January 9, 1916 – October 17, 2009)
Composer
Green Acres, The Addams Family

Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009)
Actor
Dr. No

Sultan Pepper (1962 - October 20, 2009)
Writer
The Ben Stiller Show

Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009)
Comedian and Actor
What's My Line, The Soupy Sales Show

Lou Jacobi (December 28, 1913 – October 23, 2009)
Actor
The Diary of Anne Frank

Linda Day (August 12, 1938 - October 23, 2009)
Director
Alice, Soap, Benson, Who's The Boss, Mad About You

In Memory, September 2009

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Richard Berg (February 16, 1922 – September 1, 2009)
Writer & Producer
Johnny Belinda, Are You in the House Alone? Space, Robert Montgomery Presents

Tibor Kristóf (March 20, 1942 – September 2, 2009)
Hungarian Voice Dubber for Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman, Darth Vader Star Wars IV

Caro Jones (1923 - September 3, 2009)
Casting Director
Rocky, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Karate Kid

Iain Cuthbertson (January 4, 1930 – September 4, 2009)
British Actor
The Borderers, The Avengers, Z Cars

Frank Coghlan, Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009)
Actor
Our Gang/ Little Rascals, Adventures of Captain Marvel

Pierre Cossette (December 15, 1923 – September 11, 2009)
Producer
Grammy Awards

Zakes Mokae (August 5, 1934 – September 11, 2009)
Actor
The West Wing, Starsky and Hutch, Monk

Larry Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009)
Writer & Producer
M*A*S*H, Oh God! Tootsie

George Eckstein (May 3, 1928 - September 12, 2009)
Writer & Producer
The Fugitive, Gunsmoke

Paul Burke (July 21, 1926 – September 13, 2009)
Actor
Naked City, Twelve O'Clock High

Felix Bowness (March 30, 1922 – September 13, 2009)
British Actor
Hi-de-Hi!

Arnold Laven (February 3, 1922 – September 13, 2009)
Director & Producer
The Rifleman, The Big Valley, Hill Street Blues, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files

Patrick Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009)
Actor
Dirty Dancing, Ghost, North and South

Henry Gibson (September 21, 1935 – September 14, 2009)
Actor
Laugh In, Boston Legal

Troy Kennedy Martin (February 15, 1932 – September 15, 2009)
British Writer
Z Cars, The Italian Job

Dorothy Coonan Wellman (November 25, 1913 – September 16, 2009)
Actress, widow of William Wellman
Wild Boys of the Road, 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933

Timothy Bateson (April 3, 1926 – September 16, 2009)
British Actor
Dad's Army, Z Cars, Doctor Who, The Mouse that Roared

Frank Deasy (May 19, 1959–September 17, 2009)
Writer
Prime Suspect

Dick Durock (January 18, 1937 – September 17, 2009)
Stuntman and Actor
The Incredible Hulk, Swamp Thing, Any Which Way You Can

Pearl Hackney (October 28, 1916 – September 18, 2009)
British Actress
Coronation Street, All Creatures Great and Small

Peter Denyer (August 20, 1947 - September 18, 2009)
British Actor
Dixon of Dock Green, Moody and Pegg, Dear John , Emmerdale Farm, Please, Sir

John Hart (December 13, 1917 – September 20, 2009)
Actor
The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain America

Robert Ginty (November 14, 1948 – September 21, 2009)
Actor
Baa Baa Black Sheep, Paper Chase

Mimi Weddell (February 15, 1915 – September 24, 2009)
Actress
The Thomas Crown Affair, Sex and the City

Roland La Starza (May 12, 1927 − September 30, 2009)
Retired Boxer & Actor
Sunset Strip, The Wild Wild West, Perry Mason

Robert Sidney Baker (October 17, 1916 – September 30, 2009)
British Producer
The Saint, The Treasure of Monte Cristo

Byron Palmer (June 21, 1920 – September 30, 2009)
Actor
The Best Things in Life Are Free

In Memory, August 2009

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Howard J. Smit (April 19, 1911 – August 1, 2009)
Makeup Artist
The Wizard of Oz

Blake Snyder (October 3, 1957 – August 4, 2009)
Writer
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Budd Schulberg (March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009)
Writer
On The Waterfront

John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009)
Director
Breakfast Club, National Lampoon's Vacation Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Home Alone

John Quade (April 1, 1938 – August 9, 2009)
Actor
Every Which Way But Loose, The Outlaw Josey Wales

Eunice Kennedy Shriver (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009)
Founder of the Special Olympics, mother of Maria Shriver

Ruth Ford (July 7, 1911 – August 12, 2009)
Actress
Across the Pacific, The Defenders

John Bentley December 2, 1916 – August 13, 2009)
British Actor
Crossroads

Sammy Petrillo (October 24, 1934 – August 15, 2009)
Comedian

Virginia Davis (December 31, 1918 – August 15, 2009)
Actress
Alice's Wonderland

Laurie Rowley (July 30, 1941 – August 16, 2009)
British writer
The Two Ronnies, Not the Nine O'Clock News

Ed Reimers (October 26, 1912 – August 16, 2009)
Actor
Crusader, Star Trek

Don Hewitt (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009)
Creator of 60 Minutes

Edward Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009)
United States Senator

Sadie Corré (May 31, 1918 - August 26, 2009)
Actress
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Dominick Dunne (October 29, 1925 - August 26, 2009)
Journalist
Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice

Wayne Tippit (December 19, 1932 - August 28, 2009)
Actor
Melrose Place, Search for Tomorrow

In Memory, July 2009

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Mollie Sugden (July 21, 1922 – July 1, 2009)
British Actress
Are You Being Served

Anna K. Morrow (September 20, 1914 – July 1, 2009)
Actress
Peyton Place, The Wrong Man

Karl Malden (March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009)
Actor
On The Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Streets of San Fransico

Hugh Millais (December 23, 1929 – 4 July 4, 2009)
Actor
McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Brenda Joyce (February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009)
Actress
Tarzan and the Amazons, Tarzan and the Huntress, Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Judi Ann Mason (February 2, 1955 — July 8, 2009)
Writer
Good Times, Sanford and Son, A Different World

Zena Marshall (January 1, 1926 – July 10, 2009)
Actress
Dr. No, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Mark Mandala (1937 - July 11, 2009)
American television executive, president of ABC

Beverly Roberts (May 19, 1914 - July 13, 2009)
Actress
Two Against the World, The Singing Kid

Dallas R. McKennon (July 19, 1919 - July 14, 2009)
Voice Actor
Gumby, Buzz Buzzard, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty

Walter Cronkite (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
News Anchor
CBS Evening News

Jill Bacon (January 3, 1925 – July 18, 2009)
British Actress, mother of Daniel Day Lewis
Nicholas Nickleby

Les Lye (November 18, 1924 – July 21, 2009)
Actor
You Can't Do That on Television

Gidget (1994 - July 21, 2009)
Taco Bell Mascot

Virginia Carroll (December 2, 1913 - July 23, 2009)
Actress
Waterloo Bridge, Prairie Gunsmoke, G.I. War Brides

Harry Towb (July 27, 1925 – July 24, 2009)
British Actor
The Avengers, Doctor Who, East Enders

Clayton Hill (May 7, 1931 – July 26, 2009)
Actor
Dawn of the Dead, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Steven Miessner (1961 - July 29, 2009)
American administrator of the Academy Awards

Joanne Jordan (1920 – July 29,2009)
Actress
Son of Sinbad

Harry Alan Towers (October 19, 1920 – July 31, 2009)
British Screenwriter
The Lives of Harry Lime, The Scarlet Pimpernel

Jennifer Jones (1919 - 2009)

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Jennifer Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The daughter of Flora Mae Suber and Phillip Ross Isley, her parents toured the Midwest in a traveling tent show they owned and operated.

Jennifer Jones attended Monte Cassino Junior College in Tulsa and Northwestern University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority before transferring to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1938.

Jennifer Jones landed two small roles, first in a 1939 John Wayne western titled New Frontier, followed by a serial entitled Dick Tracy's G-Men. However, she failed a screen test for Paramount Pictures and decided to return to New York City.

When she learned of auditions for the lead role in Claudia, Rose Franken’s hit play, she presented herself to David O. Selznick’s New York office but fled in tears after what she thought was a bad reading. Selznick, however, overheard her audition and was impressed enough to have his secretary call her back. Following an interview, she was signed to a seven-year contract.

Her first role would be Bernadette Soubirous in The Song of Bernadette (1943). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role.

Jennifer Jones next film was Since You Went Away (1944), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1945, she appeared in Love Letters earning her third Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress.

In 1946, she played Pearl Chavez in Duel in the Sun, earning her fourth Academy Award nomination, for Best Actress.

In 1955, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.

Jennifer Jones also appeared in Portrait of Jennie (1948), Madame Bovary (1949) Beat the Devil (1953), A Farewell to Arms (1957), and Tender Is the Night (1962).

Jennifer Jones final appearance was in the 1974 blockbuster The Towering Inferno.

Jennifer Jones died of natural causes at her home on December 17, 2009, aged 90.

In Memory, June 2009

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David Carradine (December 8, 1936— June 3, 2009)
Actor, son of John Carradine
Kung Fu, Kill Bill, Bird on a Wire

Dorothy Layton (August 13, 1912 - June 4, 2009)
Actress
County Hospital, Fallen Arches, Pick Up

Ward Costello (July 5, 1919-June 4, 2009)
Composer, Actor
The Gallant Hours (Composer), Star Trek: The Next Generation (Actor)

Mary Howard de Liagre (May 18, 1913 June 6, 2009)
Actress
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Love Finds Andy Hardy

Johnny Palermo (March 1982 — June 8, 2009)
Actor
Rules of Engagement, How I Met Your Mother, Everbody Hates Chris

Karl Michael Vogler (August 28, 1928 - June 9, 2009)
Actor
Patton, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Michael Roof (November 24, 1976 - June 9, 2009)
Actor
The Dukes of Hazzard (film) Black Hawk Down

Walter Tenniel Evans (May 17, 1926 – June 10, 2009)
British Actor
The Avengers, Doctor Who, Coronation Street

Ken Roberts (February 22, 1910 – June 19, 2009)
Actor
The Secret Storm

Peter Newbrook (June 29, 1920 – June 19, 2009)
Cinematographer, Director, Producer and Writer
The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia

Shelly Gross (May 20, 1921 – June 19, 2009)
Broadway Producer
Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy

Colin Bean (April 15, 1926 – June 20, 2009)
British Actor
Dad's Army

Lorena Gale (May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009)
Actress
Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, X Files

Ed McMahon, Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
Television Personality
Star Search, The Tonight Show

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
Singer
The Jackson Five

Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009)
Actress
The Burning Bed, Charlie's Angels

Morton Edgar Gottlieb (May 2, 1921 – June 25, 2009)
Broadway Producer
Sleuth, Lovers, Same Time, Next Year

Gale Storm (April 5, 1922 - June 27, 2009)
Actress
The Gale Storm Show, My Little Margie

Fred Travalena (October 6, 1942 – June 28, 2009)
Comedian
The ABC Comedy Hour

Billy Mays (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009)
Pitchman
OxyClean

Harve Presnell (September 14, 1933 – June 30, 2009)
Actor
Paint Your Wagon, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan

In Memory, May 2009

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Marc Rocco (June 19, 1962 - May 1, 2009)
Director, son of Alex Rocco
Murder in the First

Danny Gans (October 25, 1956 – May 1, 2009)
Comedian, Actor
Silk Stockings, Roseanne

Jane Randolph (October 30, 1915 – May 4, 2009)
Actress
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Cat People, Fool's Gold

Dom DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009)
Actor, Comedian, Chef
Cannon Ball Run, Fail Safe, Silent Movie, Blazzing Saddles

John Furia, Jr. (1929 - May 7, 2009)
Writer
Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O,The Twilight Zone, The Waltons and Dr. Kildare

Linda Dangcil (June 19, 1942 – May 7, 2009)
Actress
The Flying Nun

Mickey Carroll (July 8, 1919 – May 7, 2009)
Actor
The Wizard of Oz

Greg Palmer (May, 1947 – 8 May 8, 2009)
Producer and Writer
“Vaudeville: An American Masters Special”

Mark Landon (October 1, 1948 – May 11, 2009)
Actor, Son of Michael Landon
Goodbye America

Frank Aletter (born January 14, 1926 – May 13, 2009)
Actor
Bringing Up Buddy, Mister Roberts, Tora Tora Tora, The Eleventh Hour

Carole Cole (October 17, 1944 – May 19, 2009)
Actress, daughter of Nat King Cole
Sanford and Son, The Mad Room

Wayne Allwine (February 7, 1947 – May 18, 2009)
Voice Actor
Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat

Simon Oates (6 January 1932 – 20 May 2009)
British Actor
The Avengers

Lucy Gordon (May 22, 1980 – May 20, 2009)
Actress
Spider-Man 3, Serendipity

Joan Alexander (April 16, 1915 – May 21, 2009)
Radio Actress
Louis Lane, The New Adventures of Superman

Michael Ross (August 4, 1919 – May 26, 2009)
Writer
Three's Comany, The Jeffersons, All in the Family

Terence Joseph Alexander (March 11, 1923 - May 28, 2009)
British Actor
The Day of the Jackal, Dangerous Cargo, Bergerac, The Avengers, Doctor Who

Mort Abrahams (March 26, 1916 – May 28, 2009)
Producer
Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Goodbye, Mr. Chips

In Memory, April 2009

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Lou Perryman (August 15, 1941 – April 1, 2009)
Actor
The Blues Brothers, Poltergeist

Elaine Cancilla Orbach (January 19, 1940 – April 1, 2009)
Broadway Actress, widow of Jerry Orbach
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Sweet Charity

Victor Millan (August 1, 1920 – April 3, 2009)
Actor
Scarface, Giant

Thomas Braden (February 22, 1917 – April 3, 2009)
Writer
Crossfire, Novel Eight is Enough, inspiration for the television series

Jody McCrea (September 6, 1934 – April 4, 2009)
Actor, son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee
Trooper Hook, Muscle Beach Party, Major Dundee, Beach Blanket Bingo

Maxine Cooper Gomberg (May 12, 1924 – April 4, 2009)
Actress
Kiss Me Deadly, Autumn Leaves

Jane Bryan (June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009)
Actress
Marked Woman, Kid Galahad, Invisible Stripes, Each Dawn I Die

Dale Swann (January 21, 1948 – April 9, 2009)
Actor
Quantum Leap, Hunter, Baywatch, Melrose Place

Peter Dennis (October 25, 1933 – April 18, 2009)
British Actor
The Avengers, Sideways, Friends, Murder She Wrote

Thomas Hill (June 2, 1927 – April 20, 2009)
Actor
McCabe & Mrs. Miller, St. Elsewhere, Remington Steele, The Facts of Life

Kim Weiskopf (April 10, 1947 to April 22, 2009)
Writer
Three's Company, Married with Children, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons

Marilyn Cooper (December 14, 1934 – April 22, 2009)
Broadway Actress
West Side Story, Gypsy, On the Town, Woman of the Year

Jack Cardiff, OBE (September 18, 1914 – April 22, 2009)
Cinematographer
A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus

Kenneth Cooper Annakin (August 10, 1914 – April 22, 2009)
Director
Battle of the Bulge, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, The Longest Day

Bea Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009)
Actress
Maude, The Golden Girls, Mame

In Memory, March 2009

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Robert Haggiag (1913 – March 1, 2009)
Producer
The Barefoot Contessa

Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 31, 1926 – March 3, 2009)
Actor, Son of Charlie Chaplin
Limelight (film), Confession (film), Funny Girl & Bells are Ringing (Broadway)

Albert Horton Foote, Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009)
Writer
To Kill a Mocking Bird, Baby the Rain Must Fall

Anthony Finigan (1926 - March 6, 2009)
British Actor
Oliver Twist

Jimmy Boyd (January 9, 1939 – March 7, 2009)
Actor
Inherit the Wind, Bachelor Father

Jack Grimes (April 1, 1926 - March 10, 2009)
Actor
All in the Family, Ironside, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Derek Benfield (March 11, 1926 – March 10, 2009)
British Actor
Dr. Who, Coronation Street

Betsy Blair (December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009)
Actress
Marty, A Double Life

James "Coy" Watson, Jr. (November 16, 1912 – March 14, 2009)
Actor "The Keystone Kid"
The Keystone Cops

Millard Kaufman (March 12, 1917 – March 14, 2009)
Writer
Bad Day at Black Rock, Never So Few, Raintree County

Altovise Davis (August 30, 1943 – March 14, 2009)
Actress, wife of Sammy Davis Jr.
Chips, Charlie's Angels, Guys and Dolls (Broadway)

Ron Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009)
Actor
Law & Order, Rhoda, Veronica's Closet

Morton Lachman (March 20, 1918 – March 17, 2009)
Writer & Producer
Kate & Allie, All in the Family, Gimmie a Break, Bob Hope writer

Natasha Richardson (May 11, 1963 – March 18, 2009)
Actress, daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson
Nell, Maid in Manhatten, Anna Christie (Broadway), Cabaret (Broadway)

Moultrie Patten (June 10, 1919 – March 18, 2009)
Actor
Northern Exposure

Harry Harris (September 8, 1922 – March 19, 2009)
Director
Seventh Heaven, Sisters, In the Heat of the Night (TV), The Waltons

John Franklyn-Robbins (December 14, 1924 to March 21, 2009)
British Actor
Dr. Who

John Edward Cater (January 17, 1932 – March 21, 2009)
British Actor
Dad's Army, The Avengers

Marilyn Borden (May 29, 1932 – March 25, 2009)
Actress
I Love Lucy, Maude

Steven Bach (April 29, 1938 – March 25, 2009)
Senior vice-president United Artists

Wayne Lewellen (February 16, 1944 - March 27, 2009)
Film Distributer, Paramount Pictures
Forrest Gump, Titanic, Top Gun

Maurice Jarre (September 13, 1924 – March 28, 2009)
Composer
Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago

Andy Hallett (August 4, 1975 – March 29, 2009)
Actor
Angel

Monte Hale (June 8, 1919 – March 29, 2009)
Actor
Oregon Trail, California Gold Rush, Giant

Shirl Bernheim (September 21, 1921 - March 30, 2009)
Actress
Law & Order, The Guiding Light

In Memory, February 2009

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Jean Martin (March 6, 1922 – February 2, 2009)
Actor
Day of The Jackal, The Battle of Algiers

James Whitmore (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009)
Actor
Battleground, Kiss Me Kate, The Asphalt Jungle, Give Em Hell Harry

Susan Walsh (March 30, 1948-February 6, 2009)
Actress
Pink Flamingos

Shirley Jean Rickert (March 25, 1926 – February 6, 2009)
Actress
Our Gang/ Little Rascals

Philip Carey (July 15, 1925 – February 6, 2009)
Actor
One Life to Live, This Woman is Dangerous, Calamity Jane

Sarah Roche (1949 to February 7, 2009)
British Actress
Coronation Street

Molly Bee (August 18, 1939 – February 7, 2009)
Singer
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 - February 9, 2009)
Writer
The Nun's Story, Tea and Sympathy, The Sand Pebbles

Dilys Laye (March 11, 1934 – February 13, 2009)
British Actress
Upstairs and Downstairs

Dorothy Louise Bridges (September 19, 1915 – February 16, 2009)
Actress, Mother of Jeff and Beau Bridges
Sea Hunt, Finders Keepers

Oreste Lionello (April 18, 1927 – February 19, 2009)
Italian Actor and Film Dubber
Dubbed for Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke

Robert Walter Quarry (November 3, 1925 – February 20, 2009)
Actor
Crime of Passion, The Fugitive, The Return of Count Yorga

Howard Zieff (October 21, 1927 – February 22, 2009)
Director
Private Benjamin, My Girl 2

Laurence Payne (June 5, 1919 – February 23, 2009)
British Actor
Dr. Who, Sexton Blake

Edward Judd (October 4, 1932 – February 24, 2009)
British Actor
The Day the Earth Stood Still

Clarence Swensen (December 29, 1917 – February 25, 2009)
Actor
The Wizard of Oz

Wendy Richard (July 20, 1943 – February 26, 2009)
British Actress
Are You Being Served, EastEnders

Dorothea Holt Redmond (May 18, 1910 – February 27, 2009)
Illustrator, Production Designer
Gone With The Wind, To Catch a Thief, Rebecca, Rear Window, The Ten Commandments

Robert Edward Alexander Lee (November 9, 1921 – February 27, 2009)
Producer
A Time For Burning

Alan Landers (November 30, 1940 – February 27, 2009)
Model (Winston Man) Anti Smoking Activist

John Alvin (October 24, 1917 – February 27, 2009)
Actor
Destination Toyko, Marnie

Johnny Holiday (October 28, 1912, – February 28, 2009)
Actor
Charmed

Paul Harvey (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009)
Radio Personality

In Memory, January 2009

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Steve Gilborn (July 15, 1936 to January 2, 2009)
Actor
Ellen, The Practice, Law & Order

Pat Hingle (July 19, 1934 to January 3, 2009)
Actor
Splendor in the Grass, Nevada Smith

Olga San Juan (March 16, 1927 – January 3, 2009)
Actress
The Barefoot Contessa

Ned Tanen (September 20, 1931 to January 5, 2009)
Executive, Universal Pictures

John Scott Martin (April 1, 1926 to January 6, 2009)
Actor
Doctor Who, Little Shop of Horrors

Cheryl Holdridge (June 20, 1944 – January 6, 2009)
Mickey Mouse Club

Don Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009)
Actor
Ironside

Jon Hager (August 30, 1941 to January 9, 2009)
Comedian
Hee Haw

Harry Endo (July 20, 1922 to January 9, 2009)
Actor
Hawaii Five-O

Tom O'Horgan (May 3, 1924 – January 11, 2009)
Broadway Director
Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar

Claude Berri (July 1, 1934 to January 12, 2009)
Director
Tess

Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009)
Actor
Braveheart, Silver Streak

Ricardo Montalban (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009)
Actor
Fantasy Island, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Spy Kids, The Money Trap

Whitey Mitchell (February 22, 1932 – January 17, 2009)
Writer
Get Smart, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Odd Couple, and Mork and Mindy

Susanna Foster (December 6, 1924 to January 17, 2009)
Actress
Phantom of the Opera, Glamour Boy

Bob May (September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009)
Actor
Lost in Space

Kathleen Byron (January 11, 1921 – January 18, 2009)
Actress
A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, Saving Private Ryan

Charles H. Schneer (May 5, 1920 – January 21, 2009)
Producer
Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans

Veatrice Rice (October 1, 1949 – January 21, 2009)
Television Personality
Jimmy Kimmel Live

Darrell Sandeen (July 13, 1930 – January 22, 2009)
Actor
L.A. Confidential, Blazing Saddles,

Kim Manners (January 13, 1951 – January 25, 2009)
Producer
The X Files

Roy A. Somlyo (September 2, 1925 – January 29, 2009)
Producer
Tony Awards

Clint Ritchie (August 9, 1938 – January 31, 2009)
Actor
One Life to Live

Karl Malden (1912 - 2009)

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Karl Malden was born March 22, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Gary, Indiana. The son of Minnie, a seamstress, and Petar Sekulovic, a steel worker.

Karl's father had a passion for music and organized a choir. As a teenager, Karl joined the Karageorge Choir. In addition, his father produced plays at the church and taught acting. Karl participated in many of these plays which included Jack and the Beanstalk.

In high school, he participated in the drama department. After graduating high school, he worked in the steel mills with his father.

In September 1934, Karl decided to leave his home in Gary, Indiana, to pursue formal dramatic training at the Goodman School (later part of DePaul University), then associated with the Goodman Theater in Chicago. He graduated from the Chicago Art Institute in 1937.

In 1937, he traveled to New York City and first appeared on stage in the Broadway production of Golden Boy. He also appeared in Broadway productions of How to Get Tough about It, Missouri Legend, Key Largo, and The Gentle People.

His acting career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served as a noncommissioned officer in the 8th Air Force. While in the service, he was given a small role in the U.S. Army Air Forces play and film Winged Victory.

After the war ended in 1945, he resumed his acting career, appearing in such Broadway productions as Truckline Cafe, A Street Car Named Desire, Tea and Sympathy and The Desperate Hours.

Karl Malden would make his film debut in They Knew What They Wanted (1940).

He would appear in such films as Winged Victory (1944), Kiss of Death (1947) and Where he Sidewalk Ends (1950) before his big break.

In 1951, he played Harold "Mitch" Mitchell in the film A Streetcar Named Desire and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Karl Madlen would go on to star in such films as I Confess (1953), On The Waterfront (1954), Baby Doll (1956), Pollyanna (1960), The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), How the West Was Won (1962), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), Patton (1970) and Wild Rovers (1971).

His final film was Nuts (1997).

He would earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for On The Waterfront (1954)

Karl Malden also frequently appeared on television shows and television movies like Alice in Wonderland, The Streets of San Fransico, Call Me Anna, Skag, His final performance before retiring would be on The West Wing in 2000.

He would be nominated for an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama series for Streets of San Fransico four times.

He would win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for Fatal Vision (1984).

In 2004, he received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Lifetime Achievement.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for motion pictures.

On December 18, 1938, Malden married Mona Greenberg, who survives him. Their marriage was one of the longest in Hollywood's history, lasting more than 70 years.

Karl Malden passed away July 1, 2009 at the age of 96 of natural causes.

In addition to his wife, Malden is survived by daughters Mila and Carla, his sons-in-law, three granddaughters, Alison, Emily, and Cami, and four great-grandchildren, Mila, Stella, Charlie, and Thomas Karl.

Daniel Melnick (1932 - 2009)

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Former producer and studio chief, Daniel Melnick passed away on October 13, 2009 of lung cancer at the age of 77.

Although best known for his film work, Daniel Melnick also worked extensively in television. At CBS and later NBC, he oversaw the popular comedy "Get Smart" from 1965 to 1969. He received Emmy awards for producing 1966's "Ages of Man," which was drawn from a John Gielguld stage show, and for a 1967 a version of "Death of a Salesman" with Lee J. Cobb.

After serving as the youngest staff producer in CBS' history, Melnick jumped to ABC in to become the vice president in charge of programming, where he was responsible for "The Fugitive" "The Untouchables," "Ben Casey" and "The Flintstones."

During the 1970s, he worked at MGM, first as a a vice president of production and then head of worldwide productions. While at MGM he worked on and was partly responsible for bringing to the silver screen such classics as Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979), Network (1976), That's Entertainment (1974), and That's Entertainment II (1976).

As president of Columbia, he oversaw films such as All That Jazz (1979), And Justice for All (1979), and The China Syndrome (1979).

In 1978 he left Columbia and became an independent producer bringing us such hits as Roxanne (1987), Total Recall (1990), Footloose (1984) .

Joseph Wiseman (1918 - 2009)

2009-10-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

Joseph Wiseman was the original James Bond villian playing Dr. No in the movie of the same name.

Joseph Wiseman passed away at the age of 92 on October 19, 2009. He was the last surviving main villian of the Sean Connery James Bond movies.

Joseph Wiseman was born May 18, 1918 in Montreal, Canada.

In the 1930s, Joseph Wiseman made his Broadway debut. He was critically hailed for performfes in King Lear, Golden Boy, Uncle Vanya and Joan of Lorraine.

Joseph Wiseman film credits include With These Hands (1950), Detective Story (1951), Viva Zapata (1952), Les Miserables (1952), Three Brave Men (1956), The Garment Jungle (1957), The Happy Thieves (1962), The Counterfeit Killer (1968), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Lawman (1971), Journey into Fear (1975) and Seize the Day (1986).

Joseph Wiseman's televison credits include Letter to Loretta, The Westerner, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, McCloud, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Magnum P.I., The A-Team, The Equalizer, Crime Story, MacGyver and L.A. Law.

Jospeh Wiseman's final appearance was playing Seymour Bergeen in a 1996 Law & Order episode entitled Family Business.

Pamela Blake (1918 - 2009)

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Pamela Blake died October 6, 2009 at the age of 94.

She was a leading lady in Hollywood in low budget B movie films of the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s in mainly westerns and mysteries.

She starred opposite John Wayne in Wyoming Outlaw (1939) and Tex Ritter in The Utah Trail (1938).

She was born in Oakland, California on August 6, 1918. She performed under her birth name Adele Pearce until 1942.

He first movie was an uncredited role in the 1934 film Eight Girls on a Boat.

She also had uncredited roles in such classics as Stage Door (1937) and Island in the Sky (1938).

She played Lily in Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery.

She was Annie in This Gun For Hire (1942) starring Alan Ladd and Veroncia Lake.

She was in Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) with Ann Sothern and Red Skelton.

Her film credits include Fully Confession (1939), Millionaire Playboy (1940), The Omaha Trail (1942), Kid Dynamite (1943), Three's A Crowd (1945), The Sea Hound (1947), The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947), The Hat Box Mystery (1947), Stage Struck (1948), Ghost of Zorro (1949), The Dalton's Women (1950), Waco (1952), and Adventures of Texas Kid: Border Ambush (1954).

Larry Gelbart (1928-2009)

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Larry Gelbart passed away on September 11, 2009 at the age of 81.

Larry Gelbart was born February 25, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois.

Gelbart was a television, radio, broadway, and movie writer, director and producer.

Larry Gelbart began his career as a writer at the age of sixteen writing for Danny Thomas' radio show during the 1940s. He also wrote for Jack Paar and Bob Hope.

In the 1950s, he worked in television for Sid Caeser on Caeser's Hour. He also wrote episodes for Your Show of Shows, The Red Buttons Show and The Danny Kaye Show.

During the 1970s he was one of the main forces behind the creation of the television series M*A*S*H as a writer, director and producer.

In 1982, Gelbart co-wrote the screenplay for Tootsie. He also wrote the screenplay for Oh, God! (1977), Blame it on Rio (1984) and Bedazzled (2000).

Larry Gelbart wrote the long-running Broadway musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 1962.

He won the Drama Dest Awark for Outstanding Book of a Musical for City Of Angels. He also won an Edgar Award for the Iran-contra satire Mastergate and also for Sly Fox.

Larry Gelbart, who was diagnosed with cancer in June, died at his Beverly Hills home Friday morning after a long battle with cancer.