1986 in film
Notable deaths

1986 in film

Section Title: Notable deaths
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Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films

January	4	Una Merkel	82	USA	Actress	The Parent Trap42nd Street

14	Donna Reed	64	USA	Actress	It's a Wonderful LifeFrom Here To Eternity

24	Gordon MacRae	64	USA	Actor, Singer	Oklahoma!Carousel

27	Lilli Palmer	78	Germany	Actress	Body and SoulThe Boys from Brazil

29	Leif Erickson	74	USA	Actor	Tea and SympathyKiss Them for Me

February	2	Donald Eccles	77	UK	Actor	The Wicker ManYoung Sherlock Holmes

6	Dandy Nichols	78	UK	Actress	Help!The Vikings

10	Brian Aherne	83	UK	Actor	JuarezA Night to Remember

16	Howard Da Silva	82	USA	Actor, Producer	1776The Lost Weekend

17	Paul Stewart	77	USA	Actor, Producer	Citizen KaneIn Cold Blood

19	Adolfo Celi	63	Italy	Actor	ThunderballDanger: Diabolik

22	Bill Hickman	65	USA	Stuntman, Actor	The French ConnectionPatton

23	Nino Taranto	78	Italy	Actor	Husbands in the CityThe Monk of Monza

25	Pasquale Festa Campanile	58	Italy	Director, Writer	PetomaniacThe Leopard

27	Eugene Forde	87	USA	Director	Charlie Chan in LondonDressed to Kill

March	3	Peter Capell	73	Germany	Actor, Writer	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryPaths of Glory

6	Adolph Caesar	52	USA	Actor	A Soldier's StoryThe Color Purple

10	Ray Milland	77	USA	Actor, Director	Dial M for MurderThe Lost Weekend

14	Edith Atwater	74	USA	Actress	Sweet Smell of SuccessStrait-Jacket

22	Olive Deering	67	USA	Actress	The Ten CommandmentsSamson and Delilah

22	Derek Farr	74	UK	Actor	The Dam BustersThe Projected Man

22	Charles Starrett	82	USA	Actor	The Durango KidGallant Defender

25	Gloria Blondell	75	USA	Actress	Accidents Will HappenDaredevil Drivers

28	Virginia Gilmore	66	USA	Actress	Western UnionThat Other Woman

29	Harry Ritz	86	USA	Comedian, Actor	The Three MusketeersSilent Movie

30	James Cagney	82	USA	Actor, Producer	White HeatYankee Doodle Dandy

31	Jerry Paris	60	USA	Actor, Director	MartyThe Caine Mutiny

April	3	Mary C. McCall Jr.	81	USA	Screenwriter	The Fighting SullivansMaisie

7	Chester Erskine	77	USA	Director	A Girl in Every PortThe Egg and I

13	Stephen Stucker	38	USA	Actor	Airplane!Trading Places

15	Tim McIntire	41	USA	Actor	BrubakerThe Choirboys

21	Marjorie Eaton	85	USA	Actress	Mary PoppinsHarold and Maude

23	Otto Preminger	80	USA	Director, Actor, Producer	Anatomy of a MurderLaura

26	Broderick Crawford	74	USA	Actor, Producer	All the King's MenBorn Yesterday

26	Bessie Love	87	UK	Actress	The Broadway MelodyThe Lost World

30	Robert Stevenson	81	USA	Director	Mary PoppinsBedknobs and Broomsticks

May	3	Robert Alda	72	USA	Actor	Rhapsody in BlueImitation of Life

9	Herschel Bernardi	62	USA	Actor	The FrontIrma la Douce

12	Elisabeth Bergner	88	Ukraine	Actress	Escape Me NeverParis Calling

22	Martin Gabel	73	USA	Actor	The Front PageMarnie

23	Sterling Hayden	70	USA	Actor	The GodfatherDr. Strangelove

26	Gunnar Björnstrand	74	Sweden	Actor	The Seventh SealFanny and Alexander

28	Lurene Tuttle	78	USA	Actress	Don't Bother to KnockPsycho

31	Sylvia Coleridge	76	UK	Actress	TessI Met a Murderer

June	3	Anna Neagle	81	UK	Actress	Forever and a DayNo, No, Nanette

11	Reed De Rouen	69	UK	Actor	The Third ManBillion Dollar Brain

13	Benny Goodman	77	USA	Musician	A Song Is BornThe Benny Goodman Story

20	Julie Duncan	67	USA	Actress	Desperate CargoWyoming Wildcat

23	Nigel Stock	66	UK	Actor	The Great EscapeThe Lion in Winter

30	Margalo Gillmore	89	UK	Actress	Perfect StrangersCause for Alarm!

July	3	Rudy Vallee	84	USA	Actor, Singer	How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingUnfaithfully Yours

10	Jody Lawrance	55	USA	Actress	Mask of the AvengerTen Tall Men

15	Benny Rubin	87	USA	Actor	Sunny SkiesHot Curves

18	Buddy Baer	71	USA	Actor	Quo VadisThe Big Sky

19	Daniel L. Fapp	82	USA	Cinematographer	The Great EscapeWest Side Story

19	Harold D. Schuster	83	USA	Film Editor, Director	Wings of the MorningLoophole

25	Vincente Minnelli	83	USA	Director	An American in ParisGigi

28	John Alcott	55	UK	Cinematographer	Barry LyndonA Clockwork Orange

August	6	Emilio Fernández	82	Mexico	Actor, Director	María CandelariaThe Wild Bunch

10	Jacqueline Gadsden	86	USA	Actress	Mysterious IslandThe Thirteenth Hour

13	Helen Mack	72	USA	Actress	The Son of KongHis Girl Friday

19	Hermione Baddeley	79	USA	Actress	Mary PoppinsThe Aristocats

20	Walter Brooke	71	USA	Actor	LawmanThe Graduate

26	Ted Knight	62	USA	Actor	CaddyshackCountdown

September	1	Murray Hamilton	63	USA	Actor	JawsThe Graduate

6	Blanche Sweet	90	USA	Actress	Anna ChristieThe Sporting Venus

15	Virginia Gregg	70	USA	Actress	Operation PetticoatSpencer's Mountain

26	Brian Desmond Hurst	91	Ireland	Director	Dangerous MoonlightScrooge

28	Denis Carey	77	UK	Actor	PsychomaniaThe Day of the Jackal

28	Robert Helpmann	77	Australia	Actor, Director	Chitty Chitty Bang BangThe Red Shoes

October	5	Hal B. Wallis	88	USA	Producer	CasablancaBecket

14	Yvette Dugay	54	USA	Actress	Francis Covers the Big TownHiawatha

14	Keenan Wynn	70	USA	Actor	Dr. StrangeloveNashville

14	Spec O'Donnell	75	USA	Actor	Here's Flash CaseyBlonde Trouble

17	Leah Rhodes	84	USA	Costume Designer	The Big SleepStrangers on a Train

25	Forrest Tucker	67	USA	Actor	Sands of Iwo JimaThe Yearling

28	Ian Marter	42	UK	Actor	The Medusa TouchThe Abominable Dr. Phibes

31	Marcella Martin	70	USA	Actress	The Man Who Returned to LifeWest of Tombstone

November	2	Harry Brown	69	USA	Screenwriter	A Place in the SunOcean's 11

8	Beatrice Kay	79	USA	Singer, Actress	Diamond HorseshoeUnderworld U.S.A.

11	Roger C. Carmel	54	USA	Actor	GambitBreezy

21	Jerry Colonna	82	USA	Actor	Alice in WonderlandRoad to Singapore

21	Dar Robinson	39	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Airplane!Papillon

22	Scatman Crothers	76	USA	Actor	The ShiningTwilight Zone: The Movie

27	Robert Priestley	85	USA	Set Decorator	PicnicSayonara

29	Herb Vigran	76	USA	Actor	20,000 Leagues Under the SeaThe Love Bug

29	Cary Grant	82	USA	Actor	North by NorthwestTo Catch a Thief

December	2	Ken Scott	58	UK	Actor	Fantastic VoyageThe Three Faces of Eve

2	Desi Arnaz	69	USA	Actor, Singer	The Long, Long TrailerHoliday in Havana

10	Susan Cabot	59	USA	Actress	GunsmokeTomahawk

11	Carlos Ramirez	70	USA	Actor, Singer	Anchors AweighNight and Day

13	Heather Angel	77	UK	Actress, Voice Actress	Alice in WonderlandSuspicion

18	Mamo Clark	72	USA	Actress	Mutiny on the BountyHawaii Calls

18	Winifred Deforest Coffin	75	USA	Actress	The Million Dollar DuckNow You See Him, Now You Don't

22	Harvey Stephens	85	USA	Actor	Sergeant YorkNorth by Northwest

23	Gerhard Bienert	88	Germany	Actor, Writer	The Blue AngelThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse

26	Elsa Lanchester	84	UK	Actress	Bride of FrankensteinMary Poppins

28	Andrei Tarkovsky	54	USSR	Director, Writer	SolarisAndrei Rublev

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Actor Cary Grant died on November 29.

final_sentence: Actor Cary Grant died on November 29.