Hammer People

Deaths 1950 – 1959

All pre 1950 deaths are listed on this page with details of Hammer people, cast and crew, who left us during this period. Entries are listed chronologically by reported date of death. To view an individual in our filmography, enter their name in the “Search the Hammer Graveyard” function in the left pane.

1950 – 1959

Total deaths for Period 47

Role	Name	Died	Age	Credits	Productions

Cast	Hal Osmond	1 Dec 1959	56	4	Death of an Angel, Dick Turpin, Highwayman, The Gambler and the Lady, Stolen Face
Cast	Annette Simmonds	28 Oct 1959	42	1	The Adventures of PC 49
Cast	Kay Kendall	6 Sept 1959	33	2	Mantrap, Wings of Danger
Crew	Alan Stranks	18 Jun 1959	55	2	A Case for PC 49, The Adventures of PC 49
Cast	Everley Gregg	9 Jun 1959	58	1	Stolen Face
Crew	Harold King	22 May 1959	51	2	Song of Freedom, Sporting Love
Cast	Arthur Young	14 Feb 1959	60	1	Five Days
Cast	Bernard Ansell	25 Jul 1958	76	1	Song of Freedom
Cast	Merle Tottenham	18 Jul 1958	57	2	Room to Let, Sporting Love
Cast	Aubrey Dexter	2 May 1958	60	1	Room to Let
Crew	Henry Kuttner	4 Feb 1958	42	1	Tales of Frankenstein
Cast	Anthony Ireland	4 Dec 1957	55	2	The Gambler and the Lady, Spaceways
Cast	Hal Osmond	1 Dec 1959	56	4	Death of an Angel, Dick Turpin, Highwayman, The Gambler and the Lady, Stolen Face
Cast	Jane Carr	29 Sept 1957	48	2	36 Hours, The Saint’s Return
Cast	Ronald Simpson	23 Sept 1957	60	1	Song of Freedom
Cast	Esme Percy	16 Jun 1957	69	1	Song of Freedom
Cast	Will Hammer	1 Jun 1957	69	1	Song of Freedom
Cast	Katie Johnson	4 May 1957	78	2	Death of an Angel, Lady in the Fog
Cast	Andrew Leigh	21 Apr 1957	69	1	The Curse of Frankenstein
Cast	Edmund Willard	6 Oct 1956	61	1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Bela Lugosi	16 Aug 1956	73	1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Frederick Valk	23 Jul 1956	61	1	The Flanagan Boy
Cast	Alec Fraser	20 Jun 1956	72	1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Frank Birch	14 Feb 1956	66	1	Lady in the Fog
Crew	George Burgess	1 Feb 1956	59	3	Blood Orange, Face the Music, Murder by Proxy
Crew	Arthur Barnes	1956	69	20	A Case for PC 49, The Adventures of PC 49, The Black Widow, Celia, Cloudburst, Death of an Angel, Doctor Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress, The Lady Craved Excitement, The Last Page, Life with the Lyons, Meet Simon Cherry (the Rev), Room to Let, The Rossiter Case, Someone at the Door, Stolen Face, The Man in Black, To Have and to Hold, What the Butler Saw, Whispering Smith Hits London, Wings of Danger
Cast	Frank Tickle	18 Oct 1955	62	2	The Bank Messenger Mystery, Death of an Angel
Cast	Grace Gavin	24 Sept 1955	55	1	Stolen Face
Cast	Johnnie Schofield	9 Sept 1955	66	2	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste, Song of Freedom
Crew	Daniel Birt	15 May 1955	47	2	Third Party Risk, Third Party Risk
Cast	Betty Anne Davies	14 May 1955	44	2	Murder by Proxy, The Man in Black
Cast	Daniel Wherry	4 Apr 1955	46	1	Whispering Smith Hits London
Crew	Harry Rose	14 Jan 1955	53	1	Song of Freedom
Crew	Alan MacKinnon	1 Jan 1955	43	3	The Black Widow, Men of Sherwood Forest, The, The Saint’s Return
Cast	Robert Adair	10 Aug 1954	54	1	Lady in the Fog
Crew	Arthur Tavares	27 May 1954	70	1	Song of Freedom
Cast	Gordon McLeod	16 Oct 1953	68	2	A Case for PC 49, The House Across the Lake
Cast	Raymond Lovell	1 Oct 1953	53	1	Who Killed Van Loon
Cast	Lyn Evans	15 Jun 1953	55	1	Cloudburst
Cast	Henry Edwards	2 Nov 1952	70	2	Never Look Back , The Rossiter Case
Cast	Percy Walsh	19 Jan 1952	63	1	Dick Barton at Bay
Crew	Peter Creswell	5 Jan 1952	56	1	Who Killed Van Loon
Cast	Gibson Gowland	9 Sept 1951	74	1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Arthur Margetson	12 Aug 1951	54	1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Edward Rigby	5 Apr 1951	72	1	What the Butler Saw
Cast	Wyn Weaver	14 Mar 1951	80	1	Sporting Love
Cast	Anthony Holles	5 Mar 1950	49	1	The Dark Road