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 |
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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 |