ALAN BENNION, 88 - July 27, 2018
British actor Alan Bennion died in Brighton, England, on July 27, 2018. Bennion was born in Northwich, England, in 1930. He began his career performing on stage and appeared in numerous productions in the West End. Bennion appeared frequently on British television with roles in episodes of "Send Foster", "Sexton Blake", "Meeting Point", "Late Night Horror", "The First Lady", "The First Lady", "The Jazz Age", "The Expert", "Paul Temple", "The Troubleshooters", "Big Brother", "A Family at War", "The Organization", "Z Cars", "Softly Softly: Task Force", "Orson Welles' Great Mysteries", "Six Days of Justice", "Justice", "New Scotland Yard", "Wilde Alliance", "Armchair Thriller", "The Gentle Touch", "Pig in the Middle", "Juliet Bravo", "Wilfred and Eileen", "The Collectors", "Sorry!", "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", "Me and My Girl", "Square Deal", "Spatz", "Holding the Baby", "Silent Witness", and "Next of Kin". Bennion was featured as three different Ice Warriors in the "Doctor Who" serials "The Seeds of Death" (1969), "The Curse of Peladon" (1972), and "The Monster of Peladon" (1974). His other television credits include productions of "Sign it Death" (1974), "Events in a Museum" (1983), "Oliver Twist" (1985), "The Moneymen" (1987), and "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less" (1990). He also appeared in several films including "Carry On Up the Khyber" (1968), "Psychomania" (1973), "God's Outlaw" (1986), and "B & B" (1992).
PATRICIA BENOIT, 91 - August 6, 2018
Actress Patricia Benoit, who was best known for co-starring with Wally Cox in the 1950s comedy series "Mister Peepers", died at her home in Port Chester, New York, on August 6, 2018. Benoit was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 21, 1927. She attended Texas State College before moving to New York City in the late 1940s. She trained to be an actor with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began her career on stage and appeared on Broadway in productions of "Glad Tidings" (1951), "The Brass Ring"" (1952), "Time Limit!" (1956), "Middle of the Night" (1956), and "Have I Got a Girl for You!" (1963). Benoit starred as Nancy Remington, the girlfriend of Wally Cox's "Mister Peepers" in the television comedy series from 1952. She and Cox's character married at the end of the second season, and she continued in the role through 1955. She appeared frequently on television during the 1950s, with roles in episodes of "Believe It or Not", "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse", "Robert Montgomery Presents", "The Doctor", "Studio One in Hollywood", "Ponds Theater", "Appointment with Adventure", "Producers' Showcase", "The Alcoa Hour", "The United States Steel Hour", "Today Is Ours", "As the World Turns", and "The Doctors and the Nurses". She left acting in the early 1960s to raise a family. Her survivors include two sons.
ROBERT ALAN BROWNE, 86 - June 12, 2018
Actor Robert Alan Browne died at his home in Laguna Woods, California, on June 12, 2018. Browne was born in New York City on June 2, 1932. He joined the US Army after high school and began working as a hair stylist following his discharge. He began studying acting in the 1960s and worked as an extra and double for such stars as Sean Connery and Jack Lemmon. He moved to Hollywood in the 1970s, where he continued his acting career. He appeared on television in episodes of "The Incredible Hulk", "Dallas", "The Quest", "M*A*S*H", "The Greatest American Hero", "Wizards and Warriors", "Simon & Simon", "Maximum Security", the soap opera "Santa Barbara" as John Perkins in 1984, "Three's a Crow", "Moonlighting". "Misfits of Science", "T.J. Hooker", "L.A. Law", "Heart of the City" as Detective Stanley Bumford from 1986 to 1987, "Matlock", "Alien Nation", "Wings", "Reasonable Doubts", "Columbo", "Murder, She Wrote", "Silk Stalkings", and "NYPD Blue". His other television credits include the tele-films "Honeyboy" (1982), "Missing Children: A Mother's Story" (1982), "Sins of the Past" (1984), "Shattered Vows" (1984), "J. Edgar Hoover" (1987), "Amityville: The Evil Escapes" (1989), "Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story" (1992), and "From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One" (1992). Browne was also featured in the films "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster" (1965), "The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals" (1969), "Seed of Innocence" (1980), "Wrong Is Right" (1982), "Hysterical" (1983), "Deal of the Century" (1983), "Fleshburn" (1984), and "Native Son" (1986). He was Ralph Statler in the film sequels "Psycho II" (1983) and "Psycho III" (1986). He married Lynne Barbara Smith after high school, and they divorced in 1962. He is survived by their daughter, Sheryle Lynn Browne. He was later married to actress Marjorie Stapp until her death in 2014.
HELEN BURNS, 101 - July 23, 2018
British actress Helen Burns died in London, England, on July 23, 2018. Burns was born in London on December 22, 2016. She began her career on stage in the 1940s and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company later in the decade. She moved to Canada in the mid-1950s and appeared on Broadway in productions of "The First Gentleman" (1957), "Two Gentlemen of Verona" (1958), "The Broken Jug" (1958), "There's One in Every Marriage" (1972), and "The Inspector General" (1978). She was seen on television in episodes of "Folio", "Festival", "Dr. Finlay's Casebook", "And That's the News, Goodnight", "Performance", "Pulaski: The TV Detective", "The Jim Henson Hour", "The Big One", and "Mr. Bean". Her other television credits include productions of "Today I Am a Fountain Pen" (1978), "Off Your Rocker" (1982), "Life After Life" (1990), and "Scarlett" (1994) as Aunt Pittypat. She was featured in several films including "The Changeling" (1980), "Zorro: The Gay Blade" (1981), "If You Could See What I Hear" (1982), and "Utilities" (1983). She returned to England in the late 1980s. Burns performed frequently on stage throughout her career and earned the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her performance in the Arthur Miller play "The Last Yankee" in 1994. She was married to theatrical director Michael Langham from 1948 until his death in 2011, and is survived by their son, actor Chris Langham.
MARY CARLISLE, 104 - August 1, 2018
Actress and singer Mary Carlisle, who was one of the last surviving silent film performers, died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, California, on August 1, 2018. She was born Gwendolyn Witter in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1914. She moved to Los Angeles after her father's death as a child. Her uncle, film editor and producer Robert Carlisle, was instrumental in her making her film debut in a small role in the 1923 silent film "Long Live the King" with Jackie Coogan. She began her acting career in earnest while in her teens, appearing in small roles after completing high school. She was seen in the films and shorts "The Girl Said No" (1930), "Montana Moon" (1930), "Children of Pleasure" (1930), "The Devil's Cabaret" (1930), "Madam Satan" (1930), "Remote Control" (1930), "Passion Flower" (1930), "The Secret 6" (1931), "The Great Lover" (1932), "Now's the Time" (1932), and "Ship A Hooey!" (1932). She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1932. She soon graduated to more substantial roles, appearing in "The Reckless Age" (1932), "Hotel Continental" (1932), "Grand Hotel" (1932), "Night Court" (1932), "Down to Earth" (1932), "Smilin' Through" (1932), "Her Mad Night" (1932), "Men Must Fight" (1933), "College Humor" (1933) with Bing Crosby, "Ladies Must Love" (1933), "Saturday's Millions" (1933), "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" (1933), "East of Fifth Avenue" (1933), "Should Ladies Behave" (1933), "Palooka" (1934), "This Side of Heaven" (1934), "Once to Every Woman" (1934), "Murder in the Private Car" (1934), "Handy Andy" (1934), "Million Dollar Ransom" (1934), "That's Gratitude" (1934), "Kentucky Kernels" (1934), "Girl O' My Dreams" (1934), "Grand Old Girl" (1935), "The Great Hotel Murder" (1935), "One Frightened Night" (1935), "Champagne for Breakfast" (1935), "The Old Homestead" (1935), "It's in the Air" (1935), "Super-Speed" (1935), "Kind Lady" (195), "Love in Exile" (1936), "Lady Be Careful" (1936), "Hotel Haywire" (1937), "Double or Nothing" (1937), "Hold 'Em Navy" (1937), "Tip-Off Girls" (1938), "Doctor Rhythm" (1938) again with Crosby, "Hunted Men" (1938), "Touchdown, Army" (1938), "Illegal Traffic" (1938), "Say It in French" (1938), "Fighting Thoroughbreds" (1939), "Inside Information" (1939), "Hawaiian Nights" (1939), "Beware Spooks!" (1939) opposite Joe E. Brown, "Call a Messenger" (1939), "Rovin' Tumbleweeds" (1939), "Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940) with Lucille Ball, "Rags to Riches" (1941), "Torpedo Boat" (1942), and "Baby Face Morgan" (1942). She married actor and producer James Edward Blakeley in 1942 and retired from the screen after appearing in the 1943 horror film "Dead Men Walk" with George Zucco. She later served as manager of an Elizabeth Arden beauty salon in Beverly Hills. Carlisle and Blakely remained married until his death in 2007. Her survivors include their son, James Blakeley III.
BEESON CARROLL, 84 - March 15, 2018
Actor Beeson Carroll, who was featured as the first actor to play the role of Donald Penobscott, the husband of Loretta Swit's Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on the television series "M*A*S*H", died on March 25, 2018. Carroll appeared frequently on television from the 1960s, with roles in episodes of "The Reporter", "Hawk", "The Waltons", "Caribe", "Matt Helm", "Good Times", "Maude", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" as Howard McCullough in 1976, "M*A*S*H", "Barnaby Jones", "One Day at a Time", "Palmerstown, U.S.A." as W.D. Hall from 1980 to 1981, "Hill Street Blues", "Another World", "One Life to Live", "Miami Vice", and "Monsters". His other television credits include the tele-films "The Secret Night Caller" (1975), "The Family Nobody Wanted" (1975), "The UFO Incident" (1975), "The Bureau" (1976), "The Dain Curse" (1978), "Starstruck" (1979), "P.O.P." (1984), "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (1988), "Common Ground" (1990), and "Separate But Equal" (1991). Carroll also appeared in such films as "Mister Buddwing" (1966), Woody Allen's "Bananas" (1971), "Lady Liberty" (1971), "Shamus" (1973), "The Werewolf of Washington" (1973), "Midway" (1976), "Bound for Glory" (1976), "Coming Home" (1978), "Somebody Killed Her Husband" (1978), "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" (1983), "Too Scared to Scream" (1985), "Crimes of the Heart" (1986), "Tiger Warsaw" (1988), "Rounders" (1998), and "Diggers" (2006).
JOHN CARTER, 95 - August 13, 2018
Film editor John Carter died at his home in White Plains, New York, on August 13, 2018. Carter was born in Newark, New Jersey, on September 11, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army before training at the New York Institute of Photography. He was hired by CBS in 1956 and became the first African-American to serve as an editor for network television. He later formed his own production company, John Carter Associates. He was editor of the 1970 Oscar nominated documentary film "King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis". Carter was also editor for such films as "Paper Lion" (1968), Milos Forman's "Taking Off" (1971) earning a BAFTA nomination, "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972), "I Could Never Have Sex with Any Man Who Has So Little Regard for My Husband" (1973), "Mikey and Nicky" (1976), "Between the Lines" (1977), "Looking Up" (1977), "The Formula" (1980), "Cold River" (1982), "Moments Without Proper Names" (1987), "Lean on Me" (1989), "The Karate Kid Part III" (1989), "The Five Heartbeats" (1991), "Deep Cover" (1992), "Boomerang" (1992), "The Cemetery Club" (1993), "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit" (1993), "Friday" (1995), "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate" (1996), "Soul Food" (1997), "The Wood" (1999), "3 Strikes" (2000), "Men of Honor" (2000), "Barbershop" (2002), "Shortcut to Happiness" (2003), "Johnson Family Vacation" (2004), Tyler Perry's "Madea's Family Reunion" (2006), and "Sup 2down" (2006). He edited the PBS 1982 documentary "A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion", and several episodes of "American Playhouse" including "The Killing Floor" (1984), "Solomon Northrup's Odyssey" (1984), and "Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom" (1985). He also edited the 1988 mini-series "Hemingway". He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Carole, two daughters, and a son.
GLEN CHIN, 70 - August 16, 2018
Actor Glen Chin died in Stockton, California, on August 16, 2018. Chin was born in Stockton on January 27, 1948. He was active in drama while attending high school and studied music at the University of Pacific Conservatory of Music. He later played the double bass violin with the Stockton Symphony. He appeared in small roles in films from the early 1980s including "Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again" (1982), "Maxie" (1985), "Hard Ticket to Hawaii" (1987), "Who's That Girl" (1987), "The Under Achievers" (1987), "The Iron Triangle" (1989), "Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4" (1990), "Defending Your Life" (1991), "The Days of Being Dumb" (1992), "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III" (1993), "Snapdragon" (1993), "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" (1994), "3 Ninjas Kick Back" (1994), "Natural Born Killers" (1994), "In This Corner" (1994), "Rumble in the Bronx" (1995), "Mr. Nice Guy" (1997), "The Girl Gets Moe" (1997), "Knock Off" (1998), "East of A" (2000), "The Art of War" (2000), "Hollywood Hong-Kong" (2001), 50 First Dates" (2004), "Enter the Phoenix" (2004), "The Drummer" (2008), "The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch" (2008), "Sunny et l'Elephant" (2008), "Hong Kong Rebels" (2014), and "Jasmine" (2015). He was seen on television in episodes of "Matt Houston", "She's the Sheriff", "Sledge Hammer!", "227", "Father Dowling Mysteries", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "Seinfeld", "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", "Hardball", "Night Stand", "Boy Meets World", "Son of the Beach", and "Manhattan, AZ". His other television credits include the tele-films "Nightstick" (1987), "Shangri-La Plaza" (1990), "Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style" (1992), "The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best" (1996), and "Partners" (2000). Chin was a voice performer in the films "Bad Company" (1995), "Mortal Combat" (1995), "Black Mask" (1996), "Godzilla 2000" (1999), "Black Mask 2: City of Masks" (2002), and "New Police Story" (2004), and the television series "Mighty Max" and "Rocket Power". He also had a small role in Michael Jackson's 1991 music video "Black or White". Chin moved to Hong Kong in the early 2000s to assist his wife's father in the film industry.
LORRIE COLLINS, 76 - August 4, 2018
Rockabilly singer Lorrie Collins, who was half of the vocal duo the Collins Kids with younger brother Larry Collins, died on August 4, 2018. She was born Lawrencine May Collins in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on May 7, 1942. She began performing as a child and won a talent contest at age eight. She and her brother soon became a musical duo and performed on such television shows as "Town Hall Party" and "Tex Ritter's Ranch Party" in the 1950s. She met singer Ricky Nelson later in the decade, and the two briefly dated. She also appeared with him and his family in a 1958 episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in the role of twins. She and her brother also performed in such series as "Grand Ole Opry", "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show", "The Hollywood Palace", and "The Jackie Gleason Show". The Collins Kids released several singles from Columbia Records including "Hop, Skip and Jump", "Beetle Bug Bop", and "Hoy Hoy". They continued to perform together occasionally through the 1960s. They reunited for a rockabilly festival in England in 1993 and made occasional subsequent appearances together. Lorrie married Stu Carnall, Johnny Cash's manager, in 1959, and they had two children before their divorce in 1988.
LEE DELANO, 86 - October 8, 2017
Actor Lee Delano died on October 8, 2017. Delano was born in New York City on January 19, 1931. He studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. He was trained in acting by Sanford Meisner and dance by Martha Graham. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s, and was soon in appearing on television in episodes of "Stoney Burke", "The Lieutenant", "The Third Man", "Branded", "Burke's Law", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Batman", "The Felony Squad", "Jericho", "Star Trek" as Kalo in the 1968 episode "A Piece of the Action", "The Flying Nun", "Nanny and the Professor", "The Young Lawyers", "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers", "Mission: Impossible", "The Partners", "Get Christie Love!", "Planet of the Apes", "Ironside", "Cannon", "Police Woman", "Joe Forrester", "Jigsaw John", "Police Story", "The roller Girls", "Baretta", "The Rockford Files", "Rhoda", "Lou Grant", "Sword of Justice", "Hello, Larry", "Taxi", "Charlie's Angels", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Lottery!", "Scarecrow and Mrs. King", "Small Wonder", and "Falcon Crest". His other television credits include productions of "Blood Sport" (1973), "Lucy Gets Lucky" (1975), "In the Glitter Palace" (1977), "Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready" (1977), "Peeping Times" (1978), "Doctors' Private Lives" (1978), "Power" (1980), and "Sizzle" (1981). He worked frequently with comedian Sid Caesar from the late 1960s, appearing with him on stage and television around the world. He performed on Broadway in the 1989 comedy revue "Sid Caesar & Company". Delano was featured in several films including "Project X" (1968), "Rogue's Gallery" (1968), "The Late Liz" (1971), "Executive Action" (1973), "The Don Is Dead" (1973), and "Report to the Commissioner" (1975). He appeared in several comedies by Mel Brooks including "Silent Movie" (1976), "High Anxiety" (1977), and "History of the World: Part I" (1981). He was also seen in "They Call Me Bruce?" (1982), "Splash" (1984) with Tom Hanks, and "The Birdcage" (1996). Delano also teamed with actor Jack Donner to form an acting school.
ROBERT DIX, 83 - August 6, 2018
Actor Robert Dix died of respiratory failure in a Tucson, Arizona, hospital on August 6, 2018. Dix was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 8, 1935. He was the son of leading actor Richard Dix. He had a twin brother, Richard Dix, Jr., who was killed in a logging accident in 1955. Robert Dix studied acting at the National Academy of Theater Arts in Pleasantville, New York, and began his career in small roles with MGM Studio. He was featured in such films as "Athena" (1954), "Hit the Deck" (1955), "The Glass Slipper" (1955), "Interrupted Melody" (1955), "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), "The Scarlet Coat" (1955), "The King's Thief" (1955), "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955), "Diane" (1956), "Meet Me in Las Vegas" (1956), and "Screaming Eagles" (1956). He appeared as Crewman Grey in the 1956 science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet". He continued his career with roles in "Forty Guns" (1957), "Thundering Jets" (1958), "Frankenstein's Daughter" (1958), "Lone Texan" (1959), "13 Fighting Men" (1960), "Young Jesse James" (1960) as Frank James, "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (1961), "Air Patrol" (1962), "Deadwood '76" (1965) with Arch Hall, Jr., "The Road Hustlers" (1968), and "Las Vegas Strangler" (1968). He appeared in a handful of low-budget horror films for director Al Adamson, including "Blood of Dracula's Castle" (1969), "Satan's Sadists" (1969), "Five Bloody Graves" (1969) which he also co-wrote and served as an associate producer, "Hell's Bloody Devils" (1970), and "Horror of the Blood Monsters" (1970). His other films include "Cain's Way" (1970) also serving as assistant director, "The Rebel Rousers" (1970), "The Red, White, and Black" (1970), and "The Killers" (1973). Dix was seen on television in episodes of "Lux Video Theatre", "Studio 57", "Richard Diamond, Private Detective", "Highway Patrol", "Mike Hammer", "Target", "Flight", "Death Valley Days", "Sky King", "26 Men", "Frontier Doctor", "The Rifleman", "Mackenzie's Raiders", "Gunsmoke", and "Rawhide". He appeared in a small role in the 1973 James Bond film "Live and Let Die" starring Roger Moore. He reportedly completed work on the unreleased film "The Last Frankenstein" in 2016. Dix was married to actress Janet Lake from 1956 until their divorce in 1959, and is survived by their daughter, Jana. He was married to actress Anna Mae Slaughter from 1962 until their divorce in 1964, and to actress Darlene Lucht (aka Tara Ashton) from 1967 until divorcing in 1976. He is also survived by their son, Robert. He was married to Jeanette Dunn from 1984 until their divorce in 1996. He married Lynette Avery Allen in 2012, and she also survives him.
SUE ENGLAND, 89 - March 19, 2018
Actress Sue England died in Los Angeles, California, on March 19, 2018. England was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 17, 1928. She began her career in her teens, playing Merle Oberon's daughter in the 1945 film "This Love of Ours". Her other films include "The Devil on Wheels" (1947), "Kidnapped" (1948), "City Across the River" (1949), "Mississippi Rhythm" (1949), "The Underworld Story" (1950), "Bomba and the Hidden City" (1950), the short Christian film "What Happened to Jo Jo?" (1950), "Hell's Outpost" (1954), "Teen-Age Crime Wave" (1955), "The Women of Pitcairn Island" (1956), "Funny Face" (1957), "Loving You" (1957), "The Devil's Hairpin" (1957), and "Clambake" (1967). She appeared frequently on television from the 1950s, with roles in episodes of "The Silver Theatre", "The Lone Ranger", "The Bigelow Theatre", "Space Patrol", "Willy", "Damon Runyon Theater", "The Cisco Kid", "The Ford Television Theatre", "Matinee Theatre", "The George Sanders Mystery Theater", "The Silent Service", "The O. Henry Playhouse", "The Adventures of McGraw", "Broken Arrow", "The Life of Riley", the 1958 "Shirley Temple's Storybook" production of "The Land of Green Ginger", "Flight", "Behind Closed Doors", "Father Knows Best", "Man Without a Gun", "The Millionaire", "Peter Gunn", "Hawaiian Eye", "Frontier Circus", "Shannon", "Laramie", "The Detectives", "The New Phil Silvers Show", "Arrest and Trial", "Perry Mason", "Hazel", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Daniel Boone", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Lost in Space", "Cowboy in Africa", "Bracken's World" in the recurring role of Mildred Price in 1969, "Cannon", and "Marcus Welby, M.D.". She was married to actor and director Larry Stewart from 1955 until his death in 1997 and is survived by their two daughters.
JOHN GLINES, 84 - August 8, 2018
Playwright John Glines, who wrote for such children's television series as "Captain Kangaroo" and "Sesame Street", died of complications from surgery for diverticulitis in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 8, 2018. Glines was born in Santa Maria, California, on October 11, 1933. He studied drama at Yale University, where he graduated in 1955. He began performing on stage in the late 1950s and made his Off-Broadway debut in 1959. He worked in television as a writer for the children's series "Captain Kangaroo" from 1965 to 1972. He later worked on the PBS children's educational series "Sesame Street" from 1978 to 1981. He was co-founder of the theatrical company The Glines, dedicated to the development of works exploring the gay experience. Glines was also noted as a playwright, with such works as "The Desert of My Soul", the musical "Gulp!", "On Tina Tuna Walk", "In Her Own Words (A Biography of Jane Chambers)", "Men of Manhattan", "Body and Soul", "Chicken Delight", "Murder in Disguise", "Key West", "Butterflies and Tigers", and "Heavenly Days". He was producer of the Broadway production of "Torch Song Trilogy", earning a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award in 1983. He also received a Tony nomination for producing "As Is" in 1985, and a Drama Desk Award for "Whoop-Dee-Doo!" in 1994. Glines was founder of the charity Stamp Out AIDS in 1986 and worked with numerous other charitable organizations. He is survived by his husband, Chaowarat Chiewvej, a former Buddhist monk, who he married in 2014.
JANET HARGREAVES, 81 - August 4, 2018
British actress Janet Hargreaves died in Wandsworth, London, England, on August 4, 2018. Hargreaves was born in Surrey, England, on May 31, 1937. She was featured as Clare Farrell on the television series "Compact" from 1962 to 1963 and was Dr. Cheryl Barnes on the BBC medical series "The Doctors". She was best known for her role as Rosemary Hunter on the ATV soap opera "Crossroads” from 1973 to 1980. Her other television credits include episodes of "The Avengers", "Secret Agent", "Play for Today", "Follyfoot", "Bottle Boys", "Doctor Who" as Mum in the 1988 serial "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", "Making News", "Forever Green", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Poirot", "Trial & Retribution", and "Doctors". Hargreaves was also featured in several films including "The Deadly Affair" (1967), "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell" (1974), and "Baby Blues" (2002).
BARBARA HARRIS, 83 - August 21, 2018
Actress Barbara Harris died of lung cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, on August 21, 2018. Harris was born in Evanston, Illinois, on July 25, 1935. She attended Wilbur Wright College and began her career on stage at Chicago's Playwrights Theatre while in her teens. She also performed with the improv troupe The Compass Players and was a founding member of The Second City theatrical group in 1959. She was featured in the company's premier musical revue and accompanied it to Broadway when "From the Second City" was performed in 1961. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance. She was featured in the 1962 Broadway production of "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" and reprised her role in the 1967 film version. She also performed on Broadway in "Mother Courage and Her Children" (1963), "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1965) earning another Tony nomination, "The Apple Tree" (1966) winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, "The Penny Wars" (1969), and the Off-Broadway production of "Mahogany" (1970). Her other films include "A Thousand Clowns" (1965), "Plaza Suite" (1971), "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?" (1971) receiving an Oscar nomination for her role as Allison Densmore, "The War Between Men and Women" (1972), "Mixed Company" (1974), "The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery" (1975), "Nashville" (1975), Alfred Hitchcock's "Family Plot" (1976), the Disney comedy "Freaky Friday" (1976) with Jodie Foster, "Movie Movie" (1978), "The North Avenue Irregulars" (1979), "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" (1979), "Second-Hand Hearts" (1981), "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), "Nice Girls Don't Explode" (1987), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988), and "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997) as John Cusack's mother. She appeared on television in episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Bell Telephone Hour", "Naked City", "Chronicle", "Channing", "The Defenders", "The Doctors and the Nurses", and "Middle Ages". Harris largely retired from performing in the 1990s and settled in Scottsdale where she taught acting classes. She was married to Second City co-founder Paul Sills from 1955 until their divorce in 1958.
TY HENDERSON, 71 - August 8, 2018
Actor Ty Henderson, who starred in the juvenile science fiction series "Space Academy", died on August 8, 2018. Henderson was born on September 1, 1946. He appeared frequently in small roles on television, including "Mod Squad", "Medical Center", "Search", "The Streets of San Francisco", "The Partridge Family", "Shazam!", "Apple's Way", "Emergency!", "Room 222" in the recurring role of Cleon from 1969 to 1974, "Lucas Tanner", "Insight", "The Rookies", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Harry O", "Tales of the Unexpected", "Police Story", "CHiPs", "Big Shamus, Little Shamus", "Mork & Mindy", "Barnaby Jones", "The Paper Chase", "Trapper John, M.D.", "Matt Houston", "Crazy Like a Fox", and "What's Happening Now!". He was featured as Paul in the Saturday morning science fiction series "Space Academy" in 1977 and was Barney Wolfe in the comedy series "Madame's Place" in 1982. He was also featured as Sam Williams in the soap opera "Santa Barbara" from 1985 to 1986. He was also a voice actor in "The Fat Albert Christmas Special" (1977) and "Tarzan and the Super 7" (1978). His other television credits include the tele-films "Firehouse" (1973), "It's Good to Be Alive" (1974), and "Dark Mirror" (1984). Henderson appeared in several films during his career including "Justine" (1969), "Time to Run" (1973), "The Competition" (1980) with Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving, and "Happy Hour" (1986).
CHUCK HENSON, 87 - August 11, 2018
Stuntman and rodeo clown Chuck Henson died in Tucson, Arizona, on August 11, 2018. Henson was born in Arcadia, Florida, on February 4, 1931. He served in the U.S. Army as a Morse Code interceptor stationed in Alaska during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He was a rider and bullfighter with the rodeo after leaving the army, and also worked as a rodeo clown. Henson also worked as a stuntman and crew member for such films as "The Honkers" (1972), "Tom Horn" (1980), "Stir Crazy" (1980), "Tombstone" (1993), and "The Quick and the Dead" (1995). He was featured as a rodeo clown in the 1980 television production of "One Last Ride" on "CBS Afternoon Playhouse" and was a production driver for the 1986 tele-film "Stagecoach". He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
JOSEPH HOOVER, 86 - April 19, 2018
Actor Joseph Hoover died on April 19, 2018. Hoover was born on August 8, 1932. He was seen frequently on television from the early 1960s, with roles in episodes of "Checkmate", "Empire", "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", "Channing", "The Lieutenant", "Rawhide", "Gunsmoke", "The F.B.I.", "Daniel Boone", "The Doris Day Show", "Kung Fu", "Sanford and Son", "Harry O", "Police Story", "Eight Is Enough", "Knots Landing", and "T.J. Hooker. He was also seen in the films "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) as Reporter Charlie Hasbrouck, "Hell Is for Heroes" (1962), "Fate Is the Hunter" (1964), "Dear Brigitte" (1965), "Black Spurs" (1965), "Stagecoach" (1966), the cult science fiction film "The Astro-Zombies" (1968), and the 1971 tele-film "Eddie".
WYNN IRWIN, 85 - February 15, 2018
Character actor Wynn Irwin died on February 15, 2018. Irwin was born in New York City on December 11, 1932. He appeared frequently in films from the early 1970s, with roles in "Dirtymouth" (1970), "Willie Dynamite" (1974), "Fyre" (1979), "The Glove" (1979), "Little Miss Marker" (1980), "The Hunter" (1980), "Hollywood Harry" (1986), "Die Hard 2" (1990), "Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero" (1995), "Back in Business" (1997), "Dead Man on Campus" (1998), and "Surviving Christmas" (2004). He starred as Arthur Swann on the television comedy series "Lotsa Luck" with Dom DeLuise from 1973 to 1974. He was also featured in episodes of "McMillan & Wife", "The Super", "Room 222", "Emergency!", "Phyllis", "Mary Tyler Moore", "Starsky and Hutch", "Burt D'Angelo/Superstar", "Doc", "Sirota's Court", "Delvecchio", "All in the Family", "Quincy", "Flying High", "Sugar Time!" as Al Marks from 1977 to 1978, "Charlie's Angels", "Laverne & Shirley", "Hart to Hart" as Lt. Grey from 1981 to 1982, "Barney Miller", "Manimal", "Hardcastle and McCormick", "Hobson's Choice", "Fame", "Max Headroom", "It's Garry Shandling's Show", "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", "Father Dowling Mysteries", "The New Adam-12", "Sisters", and "For Your Love". His other television credits include the tele-films "Journey from Darkness" (1975), "Winner Take All" (1975), "Home Cookin'" (1975), "Corey: For the People" (1977), "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1977), "From Here to Eternity" (1979), "Hobson's Choice" (1983), "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (1984), "Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart" (1994), and "Memron" (2004).
LINDSAY KEMP, 80 - August 24, 2018
British dancer and actor Lindsay Kemp, who was featured as Alder MacGregor in the horror classic "The Wicker Man", died in Livorno, Italy, on August 24, 2018. Kemp was born in Birkenhead, England, on May 3, 1938. He began dancing as a child and later studied at the Bradford Art College. He studied dance with Hilde Holger and mime with Marcel Marceau. He formed his own dance company in the early 1960s. He often collaborated with composer Carlos Miranda for his stage productions including "Pierrot In Turquoise", "Flowers", "Salome", "Mr. Punch's Pantomime", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Duende", "Alice", "Cinderella", "Nijinsky il Matto", "Facade", "The Big Parade", "Alice", "Onnagata", "Cinderella", "Variete", and "Dream Dances". He was featured as the Player Queen in the BBC television production of "Hamlet at Elsinor" with Christopher Plummer in 1963. He appeared as the Jester in the 1970 Hammer horror film "The Vampire Lovers" and was Angus Corky in 1972's "Savage Messiah". He was featured as the pub landlord in the 1973 film "The Wicker Man" starring Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward. Kemp's other films include "The Stud" (1974), a television production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1985) as Puck, Derek Jarman's "Sebastiane" (1976), "Valentino" (1977), "Jubilee" (1978), "Cartoline Italiane" (1987), and "Velvet Goldmine" (1998). He assisted David Bowie on his "Ziggy Stardust" concerts in the early 1970s. He later worked with Kate Bush and appeared in her 1994 short film "The Line, the Cross & the Curve". Kemp left England for Spain in the late 1970s and settled in Italy by the early 2000s.
MORGANA KING, 88 - March 22, 2018
Actress and singer Morgana King, who starred as the wife of Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone in the hit film "The Godfather", died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Palm Springs, California, on March 22, 2018. She was born Maria Grazia Morgana Messina in Pleasantville, New York, on June 4, 1930. She studied singing at the Metropolitan School of Music and made her professional debut under the name Morgana King at age 16. Her first album, "For You, For Me, For Evermore", was recorded in 1956. She was a leading jazz performer at venues throughout the United States and released numerous albums over the next several decades. She also performed on television in episodes of "The Andy Williams Show", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsen", "The Danny Kaye Show", "The Hollywood Palace", "The Pat Boone Show", "The Woody Woodbury Show", "The Dean Martin Show", "George Jessel's Here Come The Stars", "Playboy After Dark", "Della", "The Rosie Grier Show", "The Joey Bishop Show", "The Virginia Graham Show", "The David Frost Show", and "The Mike Douglas Show". She made her film debut in the 1972 classic "The Godfather" as Mama Corleone, and reprised the role in the 1974 sequel "The Godfather: Part II". King also appeared in the films "Nunzio" (1978), "A Time to Remember" (1987), and "A Brooklyn State of Mind" (1998). She appeared on television in a 1976 episode of "Jigsaw John" and appeared in the 1985 tele-film "Deadly Intentions". She was featured as Mrs. Manganaro in the soap opera "All My Children" in 1993. King was married to jazz trumpeter Tony Fruscella from 1947 until their divorce in 1956. Their daughter, Graysan, died in 2008. She was married trombonist Willie Dennis from 1961 until his death in an automobile accident in 1965.
DAVID LANDSBERG, 68 - August 5, 2018
Actor and writer David Landsberg, who starred as Recruit Skolnick in the comedy series "CPO Sharkey", died of complications from surgery for esophageal cancer in a Los Angeles, California, hospital on August 5, 2018. Landsberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 3, 1944. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. He attended the University of Maryland after his discharge, graduating in 1970 with a degree in business and marketing. He began working in advertising in New York City before embarking on an acting career. He performed on stage and made his television debut as Recruit Skolnick in the Don Rickles' television comedy series "CPO Sharkey" from 1976 to 1978. He was also featured in episodes of "Rhoda", "The Love Boat", "Family", "Hello, Larry", "The Stockard Channing Show", "Eight Is Enough", "Hart to Hart", "Bosom Buddies", "It Takes Two", "Amanda's", and "Fantasy Island". Landsberg was a voice actor for Woody in the cartoon series "The Buford Files" in "Yogi's Space Race" in 1978. He was featured in the films "Coming Attractions" (1978), "Love at First Bite" (1979), "Skatetown, U.S.A." (1979), "The Jerk" (1979), "A Pleasure Doing Business" (1979), "Shoot the Moon" (1982), and "Let It Ride" (1989). He teamed with Lorin Dreyfuss to co-write and appear in the films "Detective School Dropouts" (1986) and "Dutch Treat" (1987). Landsberg also wrote and sometimes produced episodes of the television series "Fantasy Island", "Reggie", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Lenny", "Blossom", "Herman's Head", "Daddy's Girls", "The John Larroquette Show", "Cosby", and "Love Boat: The Next Wave". He produced and scripted the 2010 film "Sex Tax: Based on a True Story". Landsberg's survivors include a son and a daughter.
GLORIA LeROY, 86 - May 26, 2018
Actress Gloria LeRoy died in Burbank, California, on May 26, 2018. LeRoy was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, on November 7, 1931. She began her career performing on stage in burlesque shows. She performed as a specialty dancer in the 1943 production of "Artists and Models" on Broadway. She starred in the cabaret show "Nouvelle Eve" in Las Vegas in the early 1950s. She appeared on television from the 1970s, with roles in episodes of "Love, American Style", "Gunsmoke", "This is the Life", "Mannix", the short-lived comedy series "Hot L Baltimore" as Millie in 1975, "The Bob Crane Show", "Petrocelli", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Baretta", "Alice", "One Day at a Time", "All in the Family" in the recurring role of Mildred `Boom Boom' Turner, "Kaz" as Mary Parnell from 1978 to 1979, "The White Shadow", "The Ropers", "Three's Company", "Behind the Screen", "Days of Our Lives", "WKRP in Cincinnati", "Automan", "Hill Street Blues", "Rituals", "Crazy Like a Fox", "It's a Living", "Falcon Crest", "Hunter", "The Golden Girls, "The Flash", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "Lois & Clark: The New Adventure of Superman", "Hearts Afire", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Weird Science", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "ER", "Married. With Children", "Family Matters", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "Saved By the Bell: The New Class", the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" as Beatrice Tucker in 1988, "Tracey Takes On.", "Chicago Hope", "Passions" as Ruth in 2000, "Dharma & Greg", "Diagnosis Murder", "Frasier", "Coupling", "My Wife and Kids", "Charmed", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Las Vegas", "Rules of Engagement", "Desperate Housewives", "The Game", "Shameless" in the recurring role of Aunt Ginger, "Suburgatory", and "Getting On". Her other television credits include the tele-films "The Blue Knight" (1973), "Miracle on 34th Street" (1973), "Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours" (1976), "In the Glitter Palace" (1977), "The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver" (1977), "Best Friends" (1977), "Good Penny" (1977), "Topper" (1979), "Scruples" (1980), "Warm Hearts, Cold Feet" (1987), and "Dad, The Angel & Me" (1995). LeRoy was featured in the films "The Night They Raided Minsky's" (1968), "Cold Turkey" (1971), "The Gang That Couldn't' Shoot Straight" (1971), "Welcome to Arrow Beach" (1974), "The Day of the Locust" (1975), "Bloodbrothers" (1978), "Cheaper to Keep Her" (1980), "Honkey Tonk Freeway" (1981), "Pennies from Heaven" (1981), "Sid and Nancy" (1986), "Stewardess School" (1986), "Barfly" (1987), "Cool Blue" (1990), "Body Waves" (1992), "Final Embrace" (1992), "Snapdragon" (1993), "Bad Blood" (1994), "Sparkler" (1997), "Jack" (1997), "Sordid Lives" (2000), "Face the Music" (2000), "All You Need" (2001), "The Armatures" (2005), and "Quit" (2010). LeRoy is survived by her brother, actor Kenneth LeRoy.
ADA LYNN, 91 - August 23, 2018
Actress Ada Lynn died in Dallas, Texas, on August 23, 2018. She was born Adalyn Schloss in Chicago, Illinois, on September 7, 1926. She began her career as a child, winning a talent contest at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933. She appeared in small roles in the films "Heidi" (1937) and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938) with Shirley Temple, and was featured in the 1937 comedy short "Our Gang Follies of 1938". She later toured as a singer and comedian on the vaudeville circuit. She was seen on television in episodes of "The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter", "Cavalcade of Stars", "The Vaughn Monroe Show", and "Ford Star Revue". She continued to perform on stage after her marriage in 1951, and also worked as an interior designer. She returned to films with a performance in 1988's "It Takes Two" and was Lee Harvey Oswald's mother in Oliver Stone's 1991 film "J.F.K.". Lynn also appeared on television in an episode of "Walker, Texas Ranger". She performed as a contestant on the television talent series "America's Got Talent" in 2007. She was also active on the local stage in Dallas. She was married to Sidney Lynn from 1951 until his death in 2006 and is survived by their four children.
DEWEY MARTIN, 94 - March 9, 2018
Actor Dewey Martin died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 2018. He was born Dallas Dewey Martin in Katemcy, Texas, on December 8, 1923. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served as a pilot in the Pacific during World War II. He was shot down twice and was held as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1945. He embarked on an acting career after the war ended and began his career on stage in 1946. He was performing in films by the end of the decade and was seen in "Knock on Any Door" (1949), "Battleground" (1949), "The Golden Gloves Story" (1950), "Kansas Raiders" (1950), the science fiction classic "The Thing" (1951), "Flame of Araby" (1951), "The Big Sky" (1952) with Kirk Douglas, "Tennessee Champ" (1954), "Prisoner of War" (1954) with Ronald Reagan, "Men of the Fighting Lady" (1954), "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955) opposite Joan Collins, "The Desperate Hours" (1955), "Meet Me in Las Vegas" (1956), "The Proud and Profane" (1956), "Ten Thousand Bedrooms" (1957), the all-star World War II epic "The Longest Day" (1962), "Savage Sam" (1963), "Flight To Fury" (1964), "Cordillera" (1964), and "Seven Alone" (1974). He was a prolific television actor from the 1950s with roles in episodes of "Playwrights `56", "Studio One in Hollywood", "Front Row Center", "Calvary Patrol", "Lux Video Theatre", "Studio 57", "Climax!', "The Loretta Young Show", "The DuPont Show with June Allyson", "The Twilight Zone" in the 1960 episode "I Shot An Arrow Into The Air", "Zane Grey Theater", Disney's 1960 series "Daniel Boone" in the title role, "The Dick Powell Theatre", "Laramie", "Arrest and Trial", "Death Valley Days", "Burke's Law", "The Outer Limits", "I Spy", "Lassie", "Hawaii Five-O", "Mannix", "Mission: Impossible", "The F.B.I.", "Joe Forrester", "Petrocelli", and "Police Story". He was also seen in the tele-films "Assault on the Wayne" (1971) and "Wheeler and Murdoch" (1972). Martin largely retired from the screen in the 1970s. He was married and divorced from Margaret Ann Havelhurst in the early 1950s, and was married to singer Peggy Lee from 1956 until their divorce in 1958. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Tiko, and two stepsons.
LINDA MEIKLEJOHN, 73 - July 3, 20117
Actress Linda Meiklejohn died on July 3, 2017. Meiklejohn was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 1943, the daughter of casting director William Meiklejohn. She began her acting career in the 1960s, appearing in episodes of "Hank", "That Girl", "Death Valley Days", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "The Bob Braun Show", "Mayberry R.F.D." in the recurring role of Hilda the Waitress, "Mod Squad", "Lassie", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Love, American Style", "M*A*S*H" in the recurring role of Lt. Leslie Storch from 1972 to 1973, and "Police Woman". She was also seen in several films including "My Blood Runs Cold" (1965), "The Ballad of Josie" (1967), and "R.P.M." (1970). She made her final appearance in the 1985 tele-film "A Reason to Live".
ALBERT MILLAIRE, 83 - August 15, 2018
Canadian actor Albert Millaire died of cancer in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 15, 2018. Millaire was born in Montreal on January 18, 1935. He trained at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique de Montreal and began his career on stage in Quebec. He worked with the Theatre du Nouveau-Monde and acted and directed at the Stratford Festival of Canada. He was featured in such films as "Le Maitre du Perou" (1958), "L'Heritage" (1959), "Astataion ou Le Festin de Morts" (1965), "Pas de Vacances Pour les Idoles" (1965), "Le Misanthrope" (1966), "L'Exil" (1972), "Mustang" (1988), "A Corps Perdu" (1988), "The King Chronicle, Part 1: Mackenzie King and the Unseen Hand" (1988), "La Fenetre" (1992), "Heads or Tails" (1997), "Sur le Seuil" (2003), "Aurore" (2005), and "The Child Prodigy" (2010). Millaire starred as Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville in the television series "D'Iberville" from 1967 to 1968, and was Roger Lemieux in "Adventures in Rainbow Country" from 1969 to 1970. He was also seen in episodes of "Au Chenal du Moine", "Le Courrier du Roy", "Filles d'Eve", "Le Telethatre de Radio-Canada", "Jeudi-Theatre", "Temoignages", "Grand-Papa", "Bye-Bye", "Monsieur le Ministre" as Paul Goddefroy, "Street Legal", "E.N.G.", "Bouledogue Bazar", "Jamais Sans Amour: L'Obsession", "Juliette Pomerleu", "Un Gars, Une Fille", and "Le Coeur a Ses Raisons". His other television credits include productions of "Phedre" (1963), "Laurier" (1984), "The King Chronicle" (1988), "By Way of the Stars" (1992), "Jalna" (1994), "The Wizard" (1994), "Vanished" (1995), "On n'Est Pas la Pour s'Aimer" (2000), "Napoleon" (2002), and "L'Heritiere de Grande Ourse" (2005). He was featured as Pierre La Pierre in "Avonlea" from 1992 to 1996, and was Antoine Hamelin in the soap opera "Memoires Vives" from 2013 to 2015. His survivors include his wife, Michele Marchand, and three children.
BRIAN MURRAY, 80 - August 20, 2018
South African actor Brian Murray died on August 20, 2018. He was born Brian Bell in Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 10, 1937. He began his career on stage in a production of "The Browning Version" in 1950. He continued to perform on the South African stage through 1957. He appeared in several films including "Captured" (1959), "The Angry Silence" (1960), and "The League of Gentlemen" (1960). He was seen frequently on British television, with roles in episodes of "Saturday Playhouse", "Emergency-Ward 10", "No Hiding Place", "The Plane Makers", "Drama '64", "ITV Play of the Week", and "Conflict". He also performed in numerous productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Murray made his Broadway debut in the 1965 comedy play "All in Good Time". He earned a Tony Award for his performance as Rosencrantz in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in 1968 and appeared in "Sleuth" in the early 1970s. He directed several plays including "A Place Without Doors" (1970), "The Waltz of the Toreadors" (1973), "Hay Fever" (1985), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1986), "Blithe Spirit" (1987), "The Circle" (1989), and "The Show Off" (1992). He continued to perform on stage in Broadway productions of "Da" (1978), "Noises Off" (1983), "A Small Family Business" (1992), "White Liars & Black Comedy" (1993), "Racing Demon" (1995), "The Little Foxes" (1997) earning another Tony nomination, "Twelfth Night" (1998), "Uncle Vanya" (2000), "The Crucible" (2002) again receiving a Tony nomination, "The Rivals" (2004), "Mary Stuart" (2009), and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2011). Murray received the Lucille Lortel Award for his outstanding body of work in 1998 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2004. He appeared on television in episodes of "Kojak", "Great Performances" as Claudius in a 1990 production of "Hamlet", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "30 Rock", "American Experience", "The Good Wife", and "Person of Interest". His other television credits include the tele-films "Illusions" (1983), "Kojak: The Price of Justice" (1987), and "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" (1998). He was featured in several more films including "Bob Roberts" (1992), "City Hall" (1996), the animated "Treasure Planet" (2002) as the voice of John Silver, "My Dog Tulip" (2009), "Dream House" (2011), "In the Family" (2011), and "A Bread Factory" (2018). Murray was also heard in numerous radio plays throughout his career.
KATE MURTAGH, 96 - September 10, 2017
Character actress Kate Murtagh died on September 10, 2017. Murtagh was born in Los Angeles, California, on October 29, 1920. She was an imposing figure on stage and screen from the late 1930s. She and her sisters, Jean and Onreitt, performed as the singing Murtah Sisters. They were seen in the 1938 film musical "Freshman Year" and were featured in the Broadway musical revue "Take a Bow" in 1944. Kate also appeared on Broadway in the 1949 production of "Texas, Li'l Darlin'". She was featured as Iona Dobson on the television comedy series "It's a Man's World" from 1962 to 1963. She was also seen in episodes of "Dennis the Menace", "87th Precinct", "Glynis", "My Three Sons", "Wagon Train", "Dr. Kildare", "The Twilight Zone", "Many Happy Returns", "Mickey", "The Munsters", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Laredo", "A Man Called Shenandoah", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Daniel Boone", "Medical Center", "Delvecchio", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Three's Company", "Lottery!", "Trapper John, M.D.", "Highway to Heaven", "Mathnet", "Moonlighting", "Mad About You", and "Snoops". Her other television credits include the tele-films "Shadow Over Elveron" (1968), "The Night Strangler" (1973), "McNamara's Band" (1977), "Just You and Me" (1978), and "Nichols & Dymes" (1981). Murtagh appeared in occasional films during her career including "Gun Fight" (1961), "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), "Blue Hawaii" (1961), "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961), "Another Nice Mess" (1972), "The Long Goodbye" (1973), "Dirty O'Neil" (1974), "Switchblade Sisters" (1975), "Farewell, My Lovely" (1975), "The Car" (1977), "Doctor Detroit" (1983), "She's Out of Control" (1989), "Roots of Evil" (1992), "Waxworks II: Lost in Time" (1992), and "The Maker" (1998). She was also noted for appearing as a waitress on the cover of Supertramp's 1979 hit album "Breakfast in America". She largely retired from the screen in the late 1990s and resided at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
MIRIAM NELSON, 98 - August 12, 2018
Dancer and choreographer Miriam Nelson died at her home in Beverly Hills, California, on August 12, 2018. She was born Miriam Frankel in Chicago, Illinois, on September 21, 1919. She began tap dancing as a child and performed with Van Johnson at Billy Rose's Casa Manana in New York City in her teens. She made her Broadway debut under the name Miriam Franklin in the musical revue "Sing Out the News" in 1938. She also performed in the Broadway musicals "Yokel Boy" (1939), "George White's Scandals" (1939), "Very Warm for May" (1939), "Higher and Higher" (1940), "Panama Hattie" (1940), and "Let's Face It!" (1941). She married dancer and actor Gene Nelson in 1941, and they moved to California. She signed with Paramount Pictures, and was soon appearing in such films as "Let's Face It" (1943), "Lady in the Dark" (1944), "Cover Girl" (1944), "Double Indemnity" (1944), "Hail the Conquering Hero" (1944), the short "Halfway to Heaven" (1944), "Duffy's Tavern" (1945), "Kitty" (1945), "Masquerade in Mexico" (1945), the short "Naughty Nanette" (1946), and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961). She also worked as a choreographer and dance director for numerous films including "Masquerade in Mexico" (1945), "Tea for Two" (1950), "Lullaby of Broadway" (1951), "Bring Your Smile Along" (1955), "Picnic" (1956), "He Laughed Last" (1956), "Teenage Rebel" (1956), "Public Pigeon No. 1" (1957), "The Restless Breed" (1957), "The Big Beat" (1958), "Visit to a Small Planet" (1960), "The Apartment" (1960), "High Time" (1960), "A New Kind of Love" (1963), "Honeymoon Hotel" (1964), "I'd Rather Be Rich" (1964), "The Young Lovers" (1964), "I'll Take Sweden" (1965), "Cat Ballou" (1965), "Hawaii" (1966), "Murderers' Row" (1966), "The Great Bank Robbery" (1969), "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1969), "Cactus Flower" (1969), "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979), "Sunset" (1988), and "Out of the Cold" (1999). She appeared on television in episodes of "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "Father Knows Best", "Pete Kelly's Blues", "The Untouchables", "Bronco", "U.S. Marshal", "Westinghouse Playhouse", "Death Valley Days", "Mister Ed", "The Lucy Show", and "Mrs. Columbo". She served as choreographer for Judy Garland's first television special on "Ford Star Jubilee" in 1955. She was also choreographer for the 1955 special "Dateline: Disneyland" and episodes of "Shower of Stars", "Lux Video Theatre", "Playhouse 90", "Father Knows Best", "The Donna Reed Show", "Riverboat", "Bonanza", "General Electric Theatre", "The Hollywood Palace", "The Lucy Show", "Away We Go", "The Bob Hope Show", "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color", "Columbo", "Murder, She Wrote", and "Hearts Afire". Nelson choreographed the tele-films "Trouble Comes to Town" (1973), "The Third Girl from the Left" (1973), "Remember When" (1974), "Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women" (1978) earning an Emmy Award nomination, "Ike: The War Years" (1979), and "Alice in Wonderland" (1985). She appeared in a small role in the 1981 tele-film "The Two Lives of Carol Letner". Nelson also served as choreographer for nightclub acts for such stars as Carol Channing, Howard Keel, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Barbara Eden, Donald O'Connor, and Anne Miller. He autobiography, "My Life Dancing with the Stars", was published in 2009. She and Gene Nelson were married until their divorce in 1956. She was married to producer Jack Myers from 1965 until his death in 1988. Her survivors include her son, Chris Nelson.
WINSTON NTSHONA, 76 - August 2, 2018
South African actor Winston Ntshona died after a long illness in New Brighton, South Africa, on August 2, 2018. Ntshona was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on October 6, 1941. Ntshona co-wrote and starred in the plays "The Island" and "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead" with John Kani, and earned a Tony Award for the Broadway production of the latter in 1975. He was featured as President Julius Limbani in the 1978 film "The Wild Geese" with Richard Burton and Roger Moore. His other films include "Ashanti" (1979), Athol Fugard's "Marigold in August" (1980), "The Dogs of War" (1980), Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi" (1982), "The Stick" (1988), "A Dry White Season" (1989), "Night of the Cyclone" (1990), "The Power of One" (1992), "The Air Up There" (1994), "Tarzan and the Lost City" (1998) starring Casper Van Dien, "I Dreamed of Africa" (2000), "Malunde" (2001), "The Good Fight" (2006), and "Blood Diamond" (2006) starring Brad Pitt.
CHARLOTTE RAE, 92 - August 5, 2018
Actress Charlotte Rae, who starred as Mrs. Garrett on the television comedy series "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life", died from cancer at her home in Los Angeles, California, on August 5, 2018. She was born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 22, 1926. She began her career on radio and performed with the Wauwatosa Children's Theatre in Wisconsin from the early 1940s. She briefly attended Northwestern University, before moving to New York City in 1948. She performed on stage and in nightclubs and worked frequently at the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village. She made her Broadway debut in the early 1950s and appeared in productions of "Three Wishes for Jamie" (1952), "Threepenny Opera" (1953), "The Golden Apple" (1954), "The Littlest Revue" (1956), "Li'l Abner" (1956) as Mammy Yokum, "The Beauty Part" (1962), "Pickwick" (1965) earning a Tony Award nomination for her role, "Morning, Noon and Night" (1968) receiving a second Tony Award nomination, "The Chinese and Dr. Fish" (1970), and "Boom Boom Room" (1973). She appeared frequently on television with roles in episodes of "Once Upon a Tune", "The United States Steel Hour", "Armstrong Circle Theatre", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "The Blue Angel", "The Martha Raye Show", "The Jack Paar Tonight Show", "Ponds Theater", "NBC Television Opera Theatre", "Appointment with Adventure", "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse", "From These Roots", "The DuPont Show of the Month" 1958 production of "Harvey", "The Phil Silvers Show", the 1959 production of "The World of Sholom Aleichem", "Way Out", "Camera Three", "Car 54, Where Are You?" in the recurring role of Sylvia Schnauser from 1961 to 1963, "Look Up and Live", "The DuPont Show of the Week", "The Ed Sullivan Show", "The Garry Moore Show", "The Defenders", "ABC Stage 67", "New York Television Theatre", "NET Playhouse", "The Joan Rivers Show", "Sesame Street" in the recurring role of Molly the Mail Lady in the early 1970s, "The New Temperatures Rising Show", "The Partridge Family", "McMillan & Wife", "Love, American Style", "The Hollywood Squares", "Dinah!", "The Paul Lynde Show", "Great Performances", "All in the Family", and "Good Times". She was featured as Mrs. Bellotti in the short-lived comedy series "Hot L Baltimore" in 1975, and was a regular performer on the 1976 variety series "The Rich Little Show". She was also seen in episodes of "Phyllis", "Barney Miller", "All's Fair", "CPO Sharkey", "Family", "The Eddie Capra Mysteries", "Flying High", "Szysznyk", "The Love Boat", "Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible", "St. Elsewhere", "Murder, She Wrote", "227", "Baby Talk", "Thunder in Paradise", "Sisters", "Can't Hurry Love", "The Secret World of Alex Mack", "Diagnosis Murder", "Strong Medicine", "The King of Queens", "Life", "Pretty Little Liars", and "Girl Meets World". She was best known for her role as Edna Garrett, the housekeeper in the popular sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" from 1978 to1979. She also appeared in the role in several crossover episodes with the series "Hello, Larry". The character also starred in the 1979 spin-off series "The Facts of Life", with Mrs. Garrett becoming the housemother of a private girl's school dormitory. She reprised the role in the tele-films "The Facts of Life Goes to Paris" (1982) and "The Facts of Life Reunion" (2001). She was also seen in the tele-films "The Journey of the Fifth Horse" (1966), "Pinocchio" (1968), "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" (1975), "Our Town" (1977), "The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal" (1979), "Beans of Boston" (1979), "Words by Heart" (1985), "The Worst Witch" (1986), "Save the Dog!" (1988), "Cry Rape" (1999), and "Another Woman's Husband" (2000). She was a voice performer in the animated series "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "101 Dalmatians: The Series", and "The Brothers Flub". She was featured in the recurring role of Roxanne Gaines in the medical series "ER" in 2008. She appeared in the films "Hello Down There" (1969), "Jenny" (1970), Woody Allen's "Bananas" (1971), "The Hot Rock" (1972), "Sidewinder 1" (1977), "Rabbit Test" (1978), "Hair" (1979), "Tom and Jerry: The Movie" (1992) as the voice of Aunt Pristine Figg, "Nowhere" (1997), "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" (2008), "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage" (2008), Love Sick Love" (2012), and "Ricki and the Flash" (2015). Rae was married to composer John Strauss from 1951 until their divorce in 1976. She was predeceased by their oldest son, Andy, in 1999, and is survived by another son, Lawrence.
DENNIS RAMSDEN, 99 - March 31, 2018
British actor Dennis Ramsden died in England on March 31, 2018. Ramsden was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, on November 7, 1918. He began his career on stage in the 1940s and made his West End debut in a production of "The Happiest Days of Your Life" in 1948. He worked frequently with the Dundee Rep, serving as guest producer in the mid-1950s, and was resident director of "The Mousetrap" in the 1960s. He directed and appeared in numerous stage productions throughout his career and was featured on Broadway in "Run for Your Wife" in 1989. He was seen frequently on television, with roles in productions of "The Smith Family" (1954), "On Guard" (1955), "The Sleeping Beauty" (1955), "The Watch Tower" (1956), "The Goose Girl" (1956), "The Royal Astrologers" (1957), "The Boy David" (1957), "Queen's Champion" (1958), "Murder in Mind" (1958), "Cinderella" (1958), "The Pocket Lancer" (1961), "One for the Pot" (1966), "Stand by Your Bedouin" (1967), "Uproar in the House" (1967), "Let Sleeping Wives Lie" (1968), "She Follows Me About" (1970), "The Picnic" (1975), and "Blind Justice" (1988). He also appeared in episodes of "The Gordon Honour", "Playbox", "The Long Way Home", "Paradise Walk", "Bonehead", "No Hiding Place", "Z Cars", "ITV Television Playhouse", "ITV Play of the Week", "Comedy Playhouse", "The Plane Makers" as Lt. Cmdr. Cooke in 1963, "Hugh and I", "Taxi!", "Paris 1900", "The Airbase", "Secret Agent", "Laughter from the Whitehall", "Frankie Howerd", "The Brian Rix Theatre of Laughter", "Brian Rix Presents...", "Dixon of Dock Green", "Journey to the Unknown", "Harry Worth", "Fraud Squad", "A Present for Dickie" as Parker from 1969 to 1970, "W. Somerset Maugham", "Six Dates with Barker", "Father Dear Father", "7 to 1", "Bless This House", "The Dick Emery Show", "The Life of Riley", "How's Your Father?", "Beryl's Lot", "Happy Ever After", "Man About the House", "George and Mildred", "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", "The Chiffy Kids", "The Fosters", "Mr. Big", "A Roof Over My Head" as Sir Philip Comer in 1977, "Robin's Nest", "Bernie", "The Two Ronnies", "A Sharp Intake of Breath", "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", "To the Manor Born", "The Bounder", "Kelly Monteith", "Don't Wait Up", "Terry and June", "The Hello Goodbye Man", "Mixed Doubles", "Only Fools and Horses...", "Fresh Fields", "Hi-de-Hi!" in the recurring role of Charles Dempster, "After Henry", "Uncle Jack and Operation Green", and "As Time Goes By". He was featured in several films including "Kadoyng" (1972), "Where's Johnny?" (1974), "Come Play with Me" (1977), "George and Mildred" (1980), and "Run for Your Wife" (2012). Ramsden was married to actress Christine Russell from 1954 until her death in 2014 and is survived by three children.
DONALD ROSS, 75 - June 1, 2018
Television writer Donald Ross, who appeared frequently on the television gameshow "Match Game" with wife Patti Deutsch, died of cancer in Los Angeles, California, on June 1, 2018. Ross was born on June 18, 1942. He began writing for television in the early 1970s, penning episodes of the variety series "This Is Tom Jones". He also wrote the television productions "The Special London Bridge Special" (1972), "Timex All-Star Swing Festival" (1972), and "Love from A to Z" (1974). He scripted episodes of such television series as "Wally Brown", "One in a Million", "Nobody's Perfect", "House Calls", "Diff'rent Strokes", "Harper Valley P.T.A.", "Finder of Lost Loves", "Partners in Crime", "Cover Up", "The Love Boat", "Hardcastle and McCormick", "Matlock", "Small Wonder", and "Charles in Charge". He was a writer and story editor for the mystery series "Hart to Hart" and "Murder, She Wrote". He and his wife, comedienne Patti Deutsch, appeared frequently on the game shows "Tattletales" and "Match Game" in the 1970s. He also produced and scripted the 1986 film "Hamburger: The Motion Picture" and wrote several stage plays. Ross and Deutsch were married from 1968 until her death in 2017 and he is survived by a son and daughter.
NEIL SIMON, 91 - August 26, 2018
Legendary playwright Neil Simon, who wrote such comedy classics as "The Odd Couple", "Barefoot in the Park", "Promises, Promises", and "The Sunshine Boys", died of complications from pneumonia in a Manhattan, New York, hospital on August 26, 2018. He was born Marvin Neil Simon in New York City on July 4, 1927. He began writing comedy scripts for radio and early television after graduating high school. He joined the Army Air Force Reserve ad was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, in 1945. He and his brother Danny Simon wrote for Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" in the early 1950s, earning two Emmy Award nominations. He also wrote for the series "The Arrow Show", "Cavalcade of Stars", "The Garry Moore Show", "Caesar's Hour", and "The Phil Silvers Show". Simon adapted early television productions of "Satins and Spurs" (1954), "Best Foot Forward" (1954), "Babes in Toyland" (1954), "A Connecticut Yankee" (1955), "The Chocolate Soldier" (1955), "The Merry Widow" (1955), "The Desert Song" (1955), "Promenade" (1955), "The Great Waltz" (1955), "Dearest Enemy" (1955), "Heidi" (1955), "Paris in the Springtime" (1956), "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl" (1956), and "The Adventures of Marco Polo" (1956). He wrote sketches for the Broadway revues "Catch a Star!" (1955) and "New Faces of 1956" (1956). He wrote his first play, "Come Blow Your Horn", which was a hit on Broadway in 1961. It was adapted for a 1963 film starring Frank Sinatra. He earned a Tony Award nomination for his musical comedy "Little Me" in 1963. He was again nominated for a Tony for the hit 1963 comedy play "Barefoot in the Park". He scripted the 1967 film adaptation, starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. "Barefoot in the Park" was adapted for a tele-film starring Richard Thomas and Bess Armstrong in 1982. He earned a Tony Award for his hit play "The Odd Couple" in 1965, and was nominated for an Academy Award for adapting the script for the 1968 film version starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. "The Odd Couple" was the basis for the television series starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman from 1970 to 1975, and "The New Odd Couple" starring Ron Glass and Demond Wilson from 1982 to 1983. Randall and Klugman reunited in the 1993 tele-film "The Odd Couple: Together Again", and Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon starred in another series attempt from 2015 to 2017. Simon scripted the 1966 film "After the Fox", and received another Tony nomination for the 1966 musical "Sweet Charity", which starred Shirley MacLaine in a film version in 1969. He became one of the most successful playwrights on Broadway, earning Tony nominations for "Plaza Suite" (1968), "Promises, Promises" (1969), "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1970), "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1972), "The Sunshine Boys" (1973), "The Good Doctor" (1974), "Chapter Two" (1978), "They're Playing Our Song" (1979), "Biloxi Blues" (1985) earning a Tony for Best Play, and "Broadway Bound" (1987). He received a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Lost in Yonkers" in 1991. His other plays include "The Gingerbread Lady" (1970), "God's Favorite" (1974), "California Suite" (1976), "I Ought to Be in Pictures" (1980), "Fools" (1981), "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1983), "Rumors" (1988), "Jake's Women" (1992), "The Goodbye Girl" (1993) based on his earlier film, "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" (1993), "Proposals" (1997), "The Dinner Party" (2000), and "45 Seconds from Broadway" (2001). He scripted the 1970 film comedy "The Out of Towners" in 1970, and adapted "Plaza Suite" for the screen in 1971. "Star Spangled Girl" was filmed in 1971, and Simon scripted or adapted "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1972), "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972) appearing onscreen in a cameo role, and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1975). He earned an Academy Award nomination for adapting "The Sunshine Boys" for a 1975 film starring George Burns and Walter Matthau. He also received Oscar nominations for scripting "The Goodbye Girl" (1977) and "California Suite" (1978). His other films include the comedy farce "Murder by Death" (1976), "The Cheap Detective" (1978), the semi-autobiographical "Chapter Two" starring James Caan and then-wife Marsha Mason, "Seems Like Old Times" (1980), "Only When I Laugh" (1981) based on "The Gingerbread Lady", "I Ought to Be in Pictures" (1982), "Max Dugan Returns" (1983), "The Lonely Guy" (1984), "The Slugger's Wife" (1985), "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1986), "Biloxi Blues" (1988), "The Marrying Man" (1991), "Lost in Yonkers" (1993), "The Odd Couple II" (1998), and the 2007 remake of "The Heartbreak Kid". He earned Emmy nominations for television adaptations of "Broadway Bound" (1992) and "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" (2001). Simon made a cameo appearance on an episode of "The Odd Couple" in 1974, and had a cameo voice role in a 2001 episode of "Frasier". He was also a guest on such series as "The Merv Griffin Show", "The Dick Cavett Show", "The David Frost Show", "Dinah!", "Donahue", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Good Morning America", "The Rosie O'Donnell Show", and "Charlie Rose". He received a special Tony Award for his contributions to American theater in 1975, and was inducted into the American Hall of Fame in 1983. The Neil Simon Theatre in New York was named in his honor in 1983. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006. He was author of the memoirs "Rewrites: A Memoir" (1996) and "The Play Goes On: A Memoir" (1999). Simon was married to dancer Joan Baim from 1953 until her death in 1973. He married actress Marsha Mason in 1973, and they divorced in 1983. He was married to actress Diane Lander from 1987 until their divorce in 1988. They remarried in 1990, and again divorced in 1998. He married actress Elaine Joyce in 1999 and she survives him. His survivors also include daughters Nancy and Ellen from his first marriage, and adopted daughter Brynn from his marriage to Landers.
KIN SUGAI, 92 - August 10, 2018
Japanese actress Kin Sugai died of heart failure in Tokyo, Japan, on August 10, 2018. Sugai was born in Tokyo on February 28, 1926. She began her acting career in 1947 and was featured in such films as "Ikiru" (1952), "Godzilla" (1954), "Burden of Love" (1955), "Okami" (1955), "A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era" (1957), "Black River" (1957), "The Chase" (1958), "Varan the Unbelievable" (1958), "Onna de Aru Koto" (1958), "Stolen Desire" (1958), "The Child Writers" (1958), "Karatachj Nikki" (1959), "Bringing Up Husbands" (1959), "Ningen No Kabe" (1959), "Spring Dreams" (1960), "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs" (1960), "Kuroi Hanabira" (1960), "Shiroi Gake" (1960), "The Wayside Pebble" (1960), "Daigaku No Sanzokutachi" (1960), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Autumn Has Already Started" (1960), "Akasaka No Shimai Yori: Yoru No Hada" (1960), "Pigs and Battleships" (1961), "The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer" (1961), "Wakai Okami" (1961), "Minami No Kaze To Nami" (1961), "Wakarete Ikiru Toki Mo" (1961), "Koi No Gashu" (1961), "Sir Galahad in Campus" (1961), "Kusa Wo Kru Musume" (1961), "Girl of Dark" (1961), "Keishicho Monogatari: Juni-Nin No Keiji" (1961), "The Youth and His Amulet" (1961), "Hadakakko" (1961), "The Temple of the Wild Geese" (1962), "The Inheritance" (1962), "Musume to Watashi" (1962), "Foundry Town" (1962), "Keigeki Ekimae Onsen" (1962), "A Wanderer's Notebook" (1962), "Burari Burabura Monogatari" (1962), "Ballad of a Worker" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Tokyo Aantachibiru: Dasso" (1963), "Ame No Naka Ni Kiete" (1963), "Shiro To Kuro" (1963), "The Sunshine Girl" (1963), "Tokubetsu Kido Sosatai: Tokyo Eiki Ni Harikome" (1963), "Gendikko" (1963), "Hiken" (1963), "A Woman's Life" (1963), "Could I But Live" (1964), "Kwaidan" (1964), "Red Beard" (1965), "Miseinen - Zoku Cupola No Aru Machi" (1965), "Hana No o-Edo No Hokaibo" (1965), "Beast Alley" (1965), "An Innocent Witch" (1965), "The Pornographers" (1966), "Dark the Mountain Snow" (1966), "Zoku Izuko E" (1967), "Moero! Taiyo" (1967), "Two Hearts in the Rain" (1968), "The Time of Reckoning" (1968), "Kokosei Geisha" (1968), "The Human Bullet" (1968), "I, the Executioner" (1968), "Yotaro Senki" (1969), "Dai Niuppon Suri Shudan" (1969), "City of Beasts" (1970), "This Transient Life" (1970), "Dodes'ka-den" (1970), "The Long Darkness" (1972), "Kuro No Honryu" (1972), "Hiro-Kita Yota: Kyoken San-Kyodai" (1972), "Girl Boss: Escape from Reform School" (1973), "The Blossom and the Sword" (1973), "The Castle of Sand" (1974), "Sandakan 8" (1974), "Kobe Kokusai Gang" (1975), "Zessho" (1975), "Yakuza Graveyard" (1976), "Hakkodasan" (1977), "Beast in the Shadows" (1977), "Oyomeni Yukimasu" (1978), "Gassan" (1978), "Vengeance Is Mine" (1979), "Willful Murder" (1981), "Flames of Blood" (1981), "Appassionata" (1984), "The Funeral" (1984), "Kanashii Kibun de Joke" (1985), "Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!" (1985), "Himatsuri" (1985), "Tracked" (1985), "Lost in the Wilderness" (1986), "Sure Death Revenge" (1987), "Hachi-ko" (1987), "Father" (1988), "Tales of a Golden Geisha" (1990), "Suki!" (1990), "Kamigata Kugaizoshi" (1991), "Deer Friend" (1991), "Cho Shojo Reiko" (1991), "Shimanto River" (1991), "Ie Naki Ko" (1994), "Deep River" (1995), "Ano Natsu No Hi" (1999), "Sentakuki Wa Ore Ni Makasero" (1999), "Kewaishi" (2001), "Tegami" (2003), "The Reason" (2004), "Yellow Tears" (2007), "My Grandma" (2008), and "Haru's Journey" (2010). Sugai also appeared frequently on television, with roles in productions of "Ohanahan" (1966), "Momotaro-Zamurai" (1967), "Hissatsu Shiokinin" (1973), "Hissatsu Shiokiya Kagyo" (1975), "Yokomizo Seishi Shirizu" (1978), "Zatoichi Monogatari" (1978), "Hissatsu Shigotonin" (1979), "Tonari No Onna: Gendai Saikaku Monogatari" (1981), "Papa Goukaku Mama Wa Shikkaku" (1986), "Harenochi Kaminari" (1989), "Omuko San" (1990), "Sanbaba '91" (1991), "Sanbaba '92" (1992), "Chiroru No Banka" (1992), "Aguri" (1997), "Watashi No Aozora" (2000), "Trick" (2000), "Omiyasan" (2002), "Satsuii No Kawa: Amadera Seppo Satsujin Jiken" (2004), "Koinu No Warutsu" (2004), "Fight" (2005), "Komyo Ga Tsuji" (2006), and "Special Drama: Maison Ikkoku" (2007). She retired from acting in 2010 and had spent the past several years living in a nursing care facility.
LEONA TOPPEL, 89 - August 10, 2018
Actress Leona Toppel died in Naperville, Illinois, on August 10, 2018. She was born Leona Weiss in Chicago in 1929. She married Bert Toppel in 1950. They settled in Naperville, Illinois, to raise a family. She began her career writing a joke for comedian Phyllis Diller. She went on to become a comedy writer for Bob Hope, Rich Little, Kay Ballard, Joan Rivers, and others. She began appearing in films as an extra in the 1980s, and was featured in "Bethune: The Making of a Hero" (1990), "Dennis the Menace" (1993), and "Bad Meat" (2004). Toppel was author of several books including "How I Broke Into the Movies - And How You Can Too!" and "A Pat A Pinch A Peck: My Adventures in the Movies". She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Bert Toppel, and two daughters. Another daughter predeceased her.
FIDDLE VIRACOLA, 80 - May 18, 2018
Actress Fiddle Viracola died in New York City on May 18, 2018. She was born Florence Viracola in Long Branch, New Jersey, on December 30, 1937. She began her career on stage and made her Broadway debut in "The Beauty Part" in 1962. Her other Broadway performances include "A Memory of Two Mondays" (1976), "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" (1976), "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1977), "The Queen and the Rebels" (1982), "2 Penny Opera" (1989), and "The Rose Tattoo" (1995). She appeared on television in the 1989 mini-series "Ocean", and episodes of "The Equalizer", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", and "Gravity". She was also featured in several films including "Easy Money" (1983), "Death Mask" (1984), and "Love Walked In" (1997).
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