Stuart Whitman received his only Oscar nomination- for Best Actor- for his performance as Jim Fuller, a young man looking to rebuild his life after serving a prison sentence for child molestation, in The Mark (1961). His other film roles included The Sound And The Fury (1959), Murder, Inc. (1960), The Longest Day (1962), Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (1965), The Treasure Seekers (1979) and Trial By Jury (1994).
Over a six-decade career, American character actor Fred Willard appeared in a variety of different films including Silver Streak (1976), Fun With Dick And Jane (1977), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Roxanne (1987), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), American Pie: The Wedding (2003), Date Movie (2006), WALL-E (2008), and as harassed newsman Ed Harken in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and the 2013 sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. He appeared in several films directed by Christopher Guest including Waiting For Guffman (1996), Best In Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006).
Other people who have passed away this year include:
- American actress Carol Arthur (Blazing Saddles, The Sunshine Boys, Robin Hood: Men In Tights)
- British writer Pip Baker (Doctor Who, The Pursuers)
- British comedian and actor Bobby Ball (Cannon And Ball, The Boys In Blue, Not Going Out)
- American actor Jay Benedict (Victor/Victoria, Aliens, The Dark Knight Rises)
- American actor Warren Berlinger (Accidental Hero, The Cannonball Run, That Thing You Do!)
- American actor Mark Blum (Desperately Seeing Susan, Crocodile Dundee, Shattered Glass)
- American actor Timothy Brown (M.A.S.H., Nashville, Frequency)
- Irish producer and Film4 head of commercial strategy Sue Bruce-Smith
- American writer and actor Jack Burns (The Muppet Movie, The Night They Raided Minsky's)
- American actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd (Clockers, Set It Off, Bulworth)
- Australian actress Zoe Caldwell (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Lilo & Stitch)
- American cinematographer, director, and actor Michael Chapman (Raging Bull, The Fugitive, Taxi Driver)
- Indian actor Ranjit Chowdhry (Last Holiday, The Office, Bollywood/Hollywood)
- American writer Mary Higgins Clark
- American conceptual artist and production designer Ron Cobb (Star Wars, Back To The Fuiture, Conan The Barbarian)
- British actor Raphaël Coleman (Nanny McPhee, The Fourth Kind)
- British actor David Collings (Doctor Who, Sapphire & Steel, Monkey)
- British actor Ben Cross (Chariots Of Fire, A Bridge Too Far, First Knight)
- American playwright and screenwriter Mart Crowley (The Boys In The Band)
- Spanish director and producer José Luis Cuerda (The Others, Open Your Eyes)
- American writer Clive Cussler (Raise The Titanic, Sahara)
- American cinematographer Allen Daviau (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Empire Of The Sun, Bugsy)
- Libyan-born actor Mario Donatone (The Godfather Part III, King Of Kong Island, John Wick: Chapter 2)
- American actor James Drury (The Virginian, Forbidden Planet, Love Me Tender)
- American actress and singer Ja'net DuBois (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Diary Of A Mad Housewife)
- American actor Matthew Faber (Welcome To The Dollhouse, Natural Born Killers, Palindromes)
- American actress Rhonda Fleming (Spellbound, The Spiral Staircase, The Buster Keaton Story)
- British actor Derek Fowlds (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show, Heartbeat)
- American actor Allen Garfield (The Conversation, Nashville, Beverly Hills Cop II)
- British producer Tony Garnett (Kes, Earth Girls Are Easy, Beautiful Thing)
- British actress Jill Gascoine (C.A.T.S. Eyes, The Gentle Touch, Confessions Of A Pop Performer)
- American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- American writer and producer Charles Gordon (Die Hard, Rocketeer, Waterworld)
- American writer, producer, and director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, Space Truckers)
- French actress and singer Juliette Gréco (The Sun Also Rises, Crack In The Mirror, Uncle Tom's Cabin)
- British theatre producer and director Terry Hands
- American actor Eddie Hassell (The Kids Are All Right, 2012, Jobs)
- American actor Richard Herd (Gleaming The Cube, Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, Get Out)
- American actor Dan Hicks (Evil Dead II, Darkman, Spider-Man 2)
- American writer and producer Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty, Urban Legend)
- British actor and comedian Roy Hudd (Up Pompeii, Coronation Street, Broadchurch)
- Welsh writer and producer Emyr Humphries
- British actor and dialect coach Andrew Jack (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Infinity War, RED)
- American actor Anthony James (High Plains Drifter, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Unforgiven)
- British actress Barbara Jefford (Philomena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Saint)
- American actor Jack Kehoe (Serpico, The Sting, Midnight Run)
- American actress Paula Kelly (Sweet Charity, The Andromeda Strain, Soylent Green)
- American cinematographer and director of photography Gary B. Kibbe (Halloween II, Sixteen Candles, Big Trouble In Little China)
- British actress Rosalind Knight (Carry On Teacher, Tom Jones, Gimme Gimme Gimme)
- American playwright and screenwriter Larry Kramer (The Normal Heart, Women In Love, Lost Horizon)
- American writer and director John Lafia (Child's Play, Repo Man)
- British production designer, art director and set director Peter Lamont (Titanic, The Spy Who Loved Me, Aliens)
- American actor David L. Lander (Laverne & Shirley, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Bug's Life)
- British actor Philip Latham (Doctor Who, Force 10 From Navarone, Dracula: Prince Of Darkness)
- British writer John le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant Gardener, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold)
- American actor and producer James Lipton (Inside The Actors Studio)
- American actor Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr. (Friday, Universal Soldier, The Fifth Element)
- American actor Sam Lloyd (Scrubs, Desperate Housewives, Galaxy Quest)
- American singer and actor Trini López (The Dirty Dozen, Antonio)
- American screenwriter Kurt Luedtke (Out Of Africa, Absence Of Malice, Random Hearts)
- British singer Dame Vera Lynn
- Gambian-British actor Louis Mahoney (Captain Phillips, Cry Freedom, Doctor Who)
- American actress Linda Manz (Days Of Heaven, The Game, Gummo)
- American actor Vincent Marzello (The Witches, The Spy Who Loved Me, Superman)
- British actor Michael Medwin (Never Say Never Again, The Longest Day, Scrooge)
- British actress Andrée Melly (The Belles Of St. Trinian's, The Brides Of Dracula, The Horror Of It All)
- Czech director, writer and actor Jirí Menzel (Closely Observed Trains, I Served The King Of England, Larks On A String)
- Canadian actor and voice over artist Kirby Morrow (Stargate: Atlantis, Ninjago, Dragon Ball Z)
- American actress Kellye Nakahara (Clue, Doctor Dolittle, She's Having A Baby)
- American storyboard artist, character designer and writer Sue C. Nichols (Aladdin, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Princess And The Frog)
- Italian actress and writer Daria Nicolodi (Profondo Rosso, Suspiria, Tenebrae)
- British actress Margaret Nolan (Goldfinger, Carry On Matron, No Sex Please- We're British)
- Australian writer and director George Ogilvie (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Crossing)
- American editor Jonathan Oppenheim (Paris Is Burning, How To Survive A Plague, The Muppets Take Manhattan)
- American actor and stunt coordinator Ernie F. Orsatti (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Alien Resurrection)
- Czech director Ivan Passer (Ace Up My Sleeve, Cutter's Way)
- Canadian wrestler Pat Patterson
- Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (The Exorcist, The Shining, Children Of Men)
- American talk-show host Regis Philbin (Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous, Little Nicky, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire)
- American producer and former chair of Universal Pictures Tom Pollock (Disturbia, Up In The Air, Hitchcock)
- American art director and set decorator Leslie A. Pope (Seabiscuit, Avengers: Infinity War, Django Unchained)
- American writer Charles Portis (True Grit)
- American actress, dancer and choreographer Ann Reinking (All That Jazz, Annie, Micki + Maude)
- American actor Allan Rich (Serpico, Quiz Show, Disclosure)
- American singer and actor Little Richard
- American actress Naya Rivera (Glee)
- British actor Maurice Roëves (Judge Dredd, Doctor Who, Who Dares Wins)
- American singer and actor Kenny Rogers
- British actress Annie Ross (Superman III, Throw Momma From The Train, Short Cuts)
- Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón (The Shadow Of The Wind)
- American publicist Nanci Ryder
- American producer, actor and director Ronald L. Schwary (Tootsie, *batteries not included, Scent Of A Woman)
- American actress Esther Scott (Boyz N The Hood, The Craft, Dreamgirls)
- American producer, writer, and executive Herbert F. Solow (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible)
- American actress Phyllis Somerville (Bringing Out The Dead, Little Children, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button)
- Japanese actress Yûko Takeuchi (Ring, Flashforward, Miss Sherlock)
- American actress Ann E. Todd (Destry Rides Again, All This And Heaven Too, How Green Was My Valley)
- British art director Alan Tomkins (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Saving Private Ryan, Batman Begins)
- Canadian producer and game show host Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!)
- American actor Nicholas Tucci (You're Next, The Worst Year Of My Life)
- French writer and director Albert Uderzo (Asterix and Cleopatra, The Twelve Tasks Of Asterix)
- Turkish actor Birol Ünel (Enemy At The Gates, Soul Kitchen)
- British actor Philip Voss (Octopussy, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Vicious)
- American actor Lyle Waggoner (The Carol Burnett Show, Wonder Woman, Love Me Deadly)
- American cinematographer Kent L. Wakeford (Mean Streets, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
- Ugandan actress Nikita Waligwa (Queen Of Katwe)
- American actor Jack Wallace (Death Wish, Boogie Nights, American Pie 2)
- American actor Lee Wallace (The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, Private Benjamin, Batman)
- American writer Charles Webb (The Graduate, The Marriage Of A Young Stockbroker, Hope Springs)
- American stunt performer Cheryl Wheeler Duncan (Die Hard 2, Demolition Man, The Mask)
- Scottish actor Hamish Wilson (Doctor Who, Greyfriars Bobby, The Wicker Tree)
- British actor Frank Windsor (Z Cars, Doctor Who, Sunday Bloody Sunday)