page_title: 1963
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 1963 / Deaths / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Alma Richards at the Inter-Allied Games [?] Occitan&#160;: Fotografia d'Alma Richards als Jòcs InterAliats
context_page_description: 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1963rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 963rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1960s decade.
context_section_description: April 1 – Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress and stage producer (b. 1875)
  April 3 – Alma Richards, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1890)
  April 4
  Gaetano Catanoso, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1879)
  Jason Robards Sr., American stage and screen actor, heart attack (b. 1892)
  Oskari Tokoi, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (b. 1873)
  April 6
  Mario Fabrizi, comedian and actor, stress-related illness (b. 1924)
  Otto Struve, Russian–American astronomer (b. 1897)
  April 7 – Amedeo Maiuri, Neapolitan archaeologist (b. 1886)
  April 9
  Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (b. 1891)
  Benno Moiseiwitsch, Jewish-Ukrainian pianist (b. 1890)
  Xul Solar, Argentine painter, sculptor, writer (b. 1887)
  April 11 – Nando Bruno, Italian film actor (b. 1895)
  April 12
  Felix Manalo, 1st Executive Minister, Iglesia ni Cristo (b. 1886)
  Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1919)
  April 14
  Abdel Messih El-Makari, Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk, priest and saint (b. 1892)
  Arthur Jonath, German Olympic athlete (b. 1909)
  Kodō Nomura, Japanese novelist and music critic (b. 1882)
  Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, writer and scholar (b. 1893)
  April 23
  Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (b. 1884)
  Ferruccio Cerio, Italian film writer and director (b. 1904)
  Paul Fejos, Hungarian film director (b. 1897)
  Harry Harper, American baseball player (b. 1895)
  Don C. Harvey, American television and film actor (b. 1911)
  Frederick Peters, American film actor (b. 1884)
  William Lewis Moore, American postal worker (b. 1927)
  April 24
  Rino Corso Fougier, Italian air force general (b. 1894)
  Leonid Lukov, Soviet film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
  April 25 – Christopher Hassall, English actor, dramatist, librettist, lyricist and poet (b. 1912)
  April 26 – Roland Pertwee, English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor (b. 1885)
  April 27 – Kenneth Macgowan, American film producer (b. 1888)
  April 30
  Giovanni Grasso, Italian film actor (b. 1888)
  William C. Mellor, American cinematographer, heart attack (b. 1903)
  Bryant Washburn, American film actor, heart attack (b. 1889)
caption: Alma Richards
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