2006

PHYLLIS KIRK-was an actress best known for being menaced by Vincent Price in the 195's 3-D horror film HOUSE OF WAX. She was also in the TV show THE THIN MAN and appeared in the movies JOHNNY CONCHO with Frank Sinatra and THE SAD SACK with Jerry Lewis. Originally from NJ, she was 79.

ARTHUR HILL-was a motion picture andTV actor best known for the lead role in the TV series OWEN MARSHALL COUNSELOR AT LAW from 1971-74. Some movie appearances inclued HARPER, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE CHAMP,THE UGLY AMERICAN and A BRIDGE TOO FAR. Originally from Canada he died in LA at 84.

ADRIENNE SHELLY-was an actress/writer/director best known for her starring roles in the Hal Hartley movies THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH and TRUST. She directed the movies, I'LL TAKE YOU THERE,SUDDEN MANHATTAN and the yet to be releashed WAITRESS. Other movie roles include FACTOTUM, THE ROAD KILLERS, HEXED and GRIND. She was murdered by a illegal immigrant handyman at her Manhattan office who then tried to make her death look like a suicide. She was 40.

LEONARD SCHRADER-was a screenwriter who was Oscar naminated for KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN. He co-wrote MISHIMA, BLUE COLLAR, YAKUZA and OLD BOYFRIENDS with his writer-director brother Paul. He died of heart failure at 62.

PAUL MAURIAT-was a French conductor and musician who had a US Number 1 hit in 1968 with the instrumental "Love Is Blue" in 1968. He was 81.

BASIL POLEDOURI-was a movie composer who wrote the scores for many Hollywood movies in the '80's and '90's including THE BLUE LAGOON, ROBO-COP, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, CONAN THE DESTROYER, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and FREE WILLY. He won an Emmy for the music from the TV mini-series LONESOME DOVE. He was 61.

MARIAN MARSH-was a 1930's movie actress who was in Howard Hughes's HELL'S ANGELS and co-starred with John Barrymore in SVENGALI. She was also in FIVE STAR FINAL (with Edward G. Robinson & Boris Karloff),THE MAD GENIUS(with Barrymore & Karloff),THE BLACK ROOM (with Karloff)and CRIME & PUNISHMENT(with Peter Lorre). She later made many forgettable "B" films for studios like Republic and retired in 1959. She was 93.

MILTON SELTZER-Actor who was a very familiar face on TV in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s including a reoccurring role on GET SMART and two episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE. He also appeared on the stage and in movies including the horror film BLOOD AND LACE. He was 88.

IRVING LIPPMAN-was film director and director of photographer who began his career in 1922 filming a Fatty Arbuckle short and did his last work on the TV show THE LOVE BOAT.

GARY GRAVER-was a director of photography who shot Orson Welles' yet to be released THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. He shot nearly 200 hundred low budget films including most of Al Adamson’s output, Ron Howard’s first directorial feature GRAND THEFT AUTO, the infamous THE TOOLBOX MURDERS, many Fred Olen Ray features, DEATHSPORT and a lot of stuff I never heard of. He also found time to direct around a hundred (mostly direct to video) features (sometimes under a pseudonym)! He had quite a resume'! He died of cancer at age 68.

TIGER CONWAY SR.- was an African American professional wrestler from 1947-1967. He helped break down racial barriers in some Southern promotions. He feuded with such “luminaries” as Mad Dog Vachin, Don Leo Jonathan, Tony Borne and Dick Steinborn. His son Tiger Conway Jr. was a pro wrestler in the 1980’s. He was 74.

JEREMY SLATE-was an actor who appeared in many TV shows and co-wrote and starred in the ‘60’s biker film HELL’S ANGELS ’69. He appeared with Elvis in GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!, was in THE BORN LOSERS (the movie that introduced Tom Laughlin’s “Billy Jack” character) and was a regular on the soap opera ONE LIFE TO LIVE for 8 years. He last appeared on an episode of MY NAME IS EARL. He was 80.

PHILIPPE NOIRET-was a prolific French actor in around 150 films including CINEMA PARADISO,IL POSTINO,THE GRANDE BOUFFE,Hitchcock's TOPAZ and many others. He died of cancer at age 76.

ANITA O’DAY-was a Jazz singer who played with Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton and others and was a solo performer for 32 years despite drug and alcohol problems and several brushes with the law. She was 87.

ROBERT JR. LOCKWOOD-was a blues guitar player who learned to play at age 11 when Blues legend Robert Johnson moved in for a while with Lockwood’s mother. Originally from Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, Lockwood moved to Chicago in the early 1950’s and played with Little Walter, Sunnyland Slim, Roosevelt Sykes and other blues greats. As a solo performer he later on moved to Cleveland and played there for decades and was Grammy nominated twice. He was 91.

DAVE COCKRUM-was a popular comic book artist for almost three decades. At DC he helped re-vamp The Legion of Super Heroes and at competitor Marvel he co-created The New Uncanny X-Men. He died of complications from Diabetes at age 63.

LEON ROTH-was a publicist who produced several movies including the strange horror film I DISMEMBER MAMA. He was 87.