| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|
| January | 1 | M. J. Frankovich | 82 | US | Producer | |
| 2 | Virginia Field | 74 | UK | Actress | |
| 3 | Judith Anderson | 94 | Australia | Actress | |
| 7 | Richard Hunt | 40 | US | Puppeteer, Actor | |
| 7 | Andrew Marton | 87 | Hungary | Director | |
| 8 | Anthony Dawson | 75 | UK | Actor | |
| 8 | Marjorie Kane | 82 | US | Actress | |
| 9 | Steve Brodie | 72 | US | Actor | |
| 9 | Bill Naughton | 81 | Ireland | Screenwriter | |
| 15 | Hari Rhodes | 59 | US | Actor | |
| 17 | Dorothy Alison | 66 | Australia | Actress | |
| 18 | Ruby R. Levitt | 84 | US | Set Decorator | |
| 23 | Freddie Bartholomew | 67 | UK | Actor | |
| 23 | Ian Wolfe | 95 | US | Actor | |
| 24 | Ken Darby | 82 | US | Composer, Lyricist | |
| 26 | José Ferrer | 79 | Puerto Rico | Actor, Director | |
| 27 | Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies | 101 | UK | Actress | |
| February | 1 | Dick York | 63 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | John Dehner | 76 | US | Actor | |
| 8 | Baruch Lumet | 93 | US | Actor | |
| 9 | Jack Kinney | 82 | US | Director, Animator | |
| 10 | Fred Hynes | 83 | US | Sound Engineer | |
| 11 | Ray Danton | 60 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Dorothy Tree | 85 | US | Actress | |
| 24 | Doreen Montgomery | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | |
| March | 2 | Robert Clatworthy | 80 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | |
| 2 | Sandy Dennis | 54 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | Robert Beatty | 82 | Canada | Actor | |
| 4 | Néstor Almendros | 61 | Spain | Cinematographer | |
| 4 | Art Babbitt | 84 | US | Animator | |
| 11 | László Benedek | 87 | Hungary | Director | |
| 11 | Richard Brooks | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 14 | Jean Poiret | 65 | France | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | |
| 15 | Helen Deutsch | 85 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 17 | Jack Arnold | 79 | US | Director | |
| 17 | Franklin R. Levy | 43 | US | Producer | |
| 17 | Grace Stafford | 88 | US | Actress | |
| 18 | Arnold Diamond | 76 | UK | Actor | |
| 19 | Cesare Danova | 66 | Italy | Actor | |
| 20 | Georges Delerue | 67 | France | Composer | |
| 21 | John Ireland | 82 | Canada | Actor | |
| 22 | Melissa Stribling | 65 | UK | Actress | |
| 25 | Nancy Walker | 69 | US | Actress, Director | |
| 28 | Wendell Mayes | 72 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 29 | Paul Henreid | 84 | Hungary | Actor | |
| 29 | Archie Marshek | 90 | US | Film Editor | |
| April | 3 | Karl Tunberg | 85 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 5 | Molly Picon | 92 | US | Actress | |
| 6 | Andy Russell | 72 | US | Singer, Actor | |
| 10 | Cec Linder | 71 | Poland | Actor | |
| 11 | James Brown | 72 | US | Actor | |
| 14 | David Miller | 82 | US | Director | |
| 16 | Neville Brand | 71 | US | Actor | |
| 18 | Pat Thomson | 51 | UK | Actress | |
| 19 | Frankie Howerd | 75 | UK | Actor | |
| 20 | Mae Clarke | 81 | US | Actress | |
| 20 | Benny Hill | 68 | UK | Actor | |
| 22 | Steffi Duna | 82 | Hungary | Actress | |
| 22 | Rosemary Odell | 67 | US | Costume Designer | |
| 23 | Satyajit Ray | 70 | India | Director, Screenwriter | |
| May | 3 | George Murphy | 89 | US | Actor, Dancer | |
| 6 | Marlene Dietrich | 90 | Germany | Actress | |
| 8 | Richard Derr | 73 | US | Actor | |
| 10 | John Lund | 81 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Lenny Montana | 66 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Robert Reed | 59 | US | Actor | |
| 15 | Bartlett Mullins | 87 | UK | Actor | |
| 16 | Marisa Mell | 53 | Austria | Actress | |
| 18 | Marshall Thompson | 66 | US | Actor | |
| 26 | Edmund Beloin | 82 | US | Screenwriter | |
| June | 2 | Philip Dunne | 84 | US | Screenwriter, Director | |
| 3 | Robert Morley | 84 | UK | Actor | |
| 5 | Laurence Naismith | 83 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | Larry Riley | 38 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Renié Conley | 90 | US | Costume Designer | |
| 12 | Gerda Nicolson | 54 | Australia | Actress | |
| 24 | Hans Reiser | 73 | Germany | Actor | |
| 22 | Chuck Mitchell | 64 | US | Actor | |
| 22 | Frederic I. Rinaldo | 78 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 26 | Phil Rubenstein | 51 | US | Actor | |
| 27 | Allan Jones | 84 | US | Actor, Singer | |
| 28 | Joan Marshall | 61 | US | Actress | |
| July | 1 | Franco Cristaldi | 67 | Italy | Producer | |
| 12 | Reginald Beck | 90 | UK | Film Editor | |
| 23 | Arletty | 94 | France | Actress | |
| 23 | Maxine Audley | 69 | UK | Actress | |
| 23 | Amjad Khan | 51 | India | Actor | |
| 28 | Lester Shorr | 85 | US | Cinematographer | |
| 30 | Brenda Marshall | 76 | US | Actress | |
| August | 7 | John Anderson | 69 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | James W. Payne | 62 | US | Set Decorator | |
| 16 | Malcolm Atterbury | 85 | US | Actor | |
| 18 | John Sturges | 82 | US | Director | |
| 19 | Gianni Polidori | 68 | Italy | Production Designer | |
| 21 | Charles Nichols | 81 | US | Director, Animator | |
| 23 | Virginia Sale | 93 | US | Actress | |
| 25 | George R. Nelson | 65 | US | Set Decorator | |
| 30 | Hideo Gosha | 63 | Japan | Director | |
| September | 1 | Morris Carnovsky | 94 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | John van Dreelen | 70 | Netherlands | Actor | |
| 6 | Henry Ephron | 81 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 6 | Mervyn Johns | 93 | UK | Actor | |
| 8 | Carroll Young | 83 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 12 | H. F. Koenekamp | 100 | US | Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer | |
| 12 | Ruth Nelson | 87 | US | Actress | |
| 12 | Ed Peck | 75 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Anthony Perkins | 60 | US | Actor, Director | |
| 15 | Michael Luciano | 83 | US | Film Editor | |
| 17 | Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | 86 | Russia | Actor | |
| 18 | Herbert W. Spencer | 87 | Chile | Orchestrator, Composer | |
| 21 | Bill Williams | 77 | US | Actor | |
| 27 | Keith Prentice | 52 | US | Actor | |
| 29 | Paul Jabara | 44 | US | Actor, Songwriter | |
| 29 | Bill Rowe | 61 | UK | Sound Engineer | |
| 30 | Maria Malicka | 92 | Poland | Actress | |
| October | 6 | Denholm Elliott | 70 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | Natalie Moorhead | 91 | US | Actress | |
| 9 | Ben Maddow | 83 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 12 | John Hancock | 51 | US | Actor | |
| 16 | Shirley Booth | 87 | US | Actress | |
| 16 | Anna Hill Johnstone | 79 | US | Costume Designer | |
| 16 | Vladek Sheybal | 69 | Poland | Actor | |
| 21 | Clem Portman | 87 | US | Sound Engineer | |
| 22 | Cleavon Little | 53 | US | Actor | |
| 23 | Dorothy Dunbar | 90 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | Laurel Cronin | 53 | US | Actress | |
| November | 2 | Hal Roach | 100 | US | Director, Producer | |
| 6 | Mark Rosenberg | 44 | US | Producer | |
| 7 | Jack Kelly | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 10 | Chuck Connors | 71 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | Eddie Mayehoff | 83 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | Alan Balsam | 42 | US | Film Editor | |
| 17 | Todd Armstrong | 83 | US | Actor | |
| 18 | Dorothy Kirsten | 82 | US | Singer, Actress | |
| 19 | Diane Varsi | 54 | US | Actress | |
| 20 | John Foreman | 67 | US | Producer | |
| 22 | Sterling Holloway | 87 | US | Actor | |
| 22 | Ronald Sinclair | 68 | New Zealand | Actor, Film Editor | |
| 23 | Rita Corday | 72 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | Joby Blanshard | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 26 | John Sharp | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| 29 | Robert Shayne | 92 | US | Actor | |
| 29 | Robert F. Simon | 83 | US | Actor | |
| December | 2 | Michael Gothard | 53 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | Percy Herbert | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | Hank Worden | 91 | US | Actor | |
| 9 | Franco Franchi | 64 | Italy | Actor | |
| 9 | Vincent Gardenia | 71 | Italy | Actor | |
| 11 | Michael Robbins | 62 | UK | Actor | |
| 11 | Walter M. Simonds | 81 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | |
| 15 | William Ware Theiss | 61 | US | Costume Designer | |
| 17 | Dana Andrews | 83 | US | Actor | |
| 20 | Steve Ross | 65 | US | Studio Executive | |
| 22 | Milo Sperber | 81 | UK | Actor | |
| 25 | Sandra Dorne | 68 | UK | Actress | |
