Cast and Crew Deaths

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1969

Details of the 19 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1969 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	Henry Oscar	28 Dec 1969	78	1		The Brides of Dracula
Cast	Max Bacon	3 Dec 1969	63	1		The Gambler and the Lady
Cast	Howard Marion-Crawford	24 Nov 1969	55	1		Five Days
Crew	Dennis Hale	10 Sep 1969	47	1		Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Cast	Martin Miller	26 Aug 1969	69	1		The Phantom of the Opera
Cast	Peter van Eyck	15 Jul 1969	57	1		The Snorkel
Crew	James M. Crowe	20 Jun 1969	51	1		Tales of Frankenstein
Cast	Martita Hunt	13 Jun 1969	69	1		The Brides of Dracula
Cast	Alex Gallier	9 Jun 1969	48	2	1	A Man on the Beach, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein
Cast	Billy Cotton	25 Mar 1969	69		1	Dick Barton Strikes Back
Cast	Miles Malleson	15 Mar 1969	80	4		The Brides of Dracula, Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Phantom of the Opera
Cast	Amy Dalby	10 Mar 1969	81	1	1	Further Up the Creek, The Old Dark House
Cast	Fletcher Lightfoot	24 Feb 1969	85		1	Stolen Face
Cast	Grace Denbeigh-Russell	28 Jan 1969	78	2		The Camp on Blood Island, Celia
Cast	Ian Fleming	1 Jan 1969	80	2		The Saint’s Return, Wings of Danger
Crew	Norman Coggs	1969	52	1		The Nanny
Cast	Natasha Sokolova	1969	51	1		Wings of Danger
Cast	Ernest Burrow	1969	82		1	Dick Barton - Special Agent
Cast	Graham Soutten	1969	77		1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste

1968

Details of the 27 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1968 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Crew	Claude Watson	31 Dec 1968	45	1		Fanatic
Cast	Tallulah Bankhead	12 Dec 1968	66	1		Fanatic
Cast	Freddie Tripp	8 Dec 1968			1	Face the Music
Cast	Fred Clark	5 Dec 1968	54	1		The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Crew	Lawrence Huntington	29 Nov 1968	68	2		The Bank Messenger Mystery, The Bank Messenger Mystery
Cast	Peter Swanwick	14 Nov 1968	46	1	1	Lady in the Fog, The Devil Rides Out
Cast	Robert Ayres	5 Nov 1968	53	2		Black Widow, To Have and to Hold
Crew	Frank Reizenstein	15 Oct 1968	57	1		The Mummy
Crew	Cornell Woolrich	25 Sep 1968	64	1		Jane Browns Body
Cast	Charles Maunsell	1 Aug 1968	85	1		Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Cast	Dan Duryea	7 Jun 1968	61	1		36 Hours
Crew	Fred Ricketts	1 Jun 1968	55		4	The Adventures of PC 49, The Quatermass Xperiment, The Curse of Frankenstein, Quatermass 1
Crew	Edward Percy	27 May 1968	77	1		The Brides of Dracula
Cast	Finlay Currie	9 May 1968	90	1		Third Party Risk
Crew	Philip Shipway	20 Apr 1968	54	1		Hell is a City, The Ugly Duckling
Cast	Keith Pyott	6 Apr 1968	66	2	2	A Weekend with Lulu, The Phantom of the Opera, The Pirates of Blood River, The Devil Rides Out
Cast	Norman Pierce	22 Mar 1968	67	1		The Brides of Dracula
Crew	Nora Roberts	1 Mar 1968		5		Four Sided Triangle, Mantrap, Never Look Back , Spaceways, Stolen Face
Cast	Donald Wolfit	17 Feb 1968	65	1		A Man on the Beach
Cast	Barbara Everest	9 Feb 1968	84	1		The Damned
Cast	Veronica Rose	25 Jan 1968	56	2		The Dark Road, Death in High Heels
Cast	Jenny Dean	16 Jan 1968	65	1		Song of Freedom
Crew	Arthur Wilkinson	1968	48	1		Life with the Lyons
Crew	Ben Hart	1968		1		River Patrol
Crew	R.L.M. Davidson	1968	54	1		She
Crew	H.L. Bird	1968	58	1		The Viking Queen
Crew	Ray Atcheler	1968	19		1	One Million Years BC

1967

Details of the 19 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1967 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	June Thorburn	4 Nov 1967	36	1		The Scarlet Blade
Cast	Thomas Gallagher	28 Oct 1967	69	2		The Gambler and the Lady, The Saint’s Return
Crew	Roger Garis	3 Oct 1967	66	1		Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Cast	Herbert Langley	13 Sep 1967	79	1		The Public Life of Henry the Ninth
Cast	Helene Burls	1 Sep 1967	86	1		Never Look Back
Cast	Robert Bruce	1 Sep 1967	49		1	X - The Unknown
Cast	Richard Statman	16 Jun 1967	39		1	The Ugly Duckling
Cast	Barbara Payton	8 May 1967	39	2		The Flanagan Boy, Four Sided Triangle
Cast	Tom Conway	22 Apr 1967	62	2		Blood Orange, Copenhagen
Cast	Michael Peake	1 Apr 1967	48	2	3	The Devil-Ship Pirates, The Gorgon, The Curse of the Werewolf, The Terror of the Tongs, The Pirates of Blood River
Cast	Herbert Cameron	13 Mar 1967	86	1		The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Bruce Walker	7 Mar 1967	61	1	1	Dick Barton Strikes Back, Doctor Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
Crew	Charles Beaumont	21 Feb 1967	38	2		Miss Belle, The New People
Cast	Jack Rodney	20 Feb 1967	51	1		The Devil-Ship Pirates
Cast	Martine Carol	6 Feb 1967	46	1		Ten Seconds to Hell
Crew	Bill Luckwell	2 Feb 1967	53		1	Wings of Danger
Cast	Peter Hutton	12 Jan 1967	45		1	The Gambler and the Lady
Cast	Margaret Halstan	8 Jan 1967	87	1		Blood Orange
Crew	Ward Richards	1967	61	1		Up the Creek

1966

Details of the 14 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1966 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	Douglas Muir	30 Nov 1966	62	1		Wings of Danger
Cast	Peter Illing	29 Oct 1966	67	2		The House Across the Lake, Mask of Dust
Cast	Wilfrid Lawson	10 Oct 1966	66	1		The Viking Queen
Cast	Mary Mackenzie	20 Sep 1966	44	2		Lady in the Fog, Stolen Face
Cast	Nelly Arno	1 Sep 1966	74	1		The Last Page
Crew	Lance Comfort	25 Aug 1966	58	1		The Ugly Duckling
Cast	John Brooking	19 May 1966	54		1	The Flanagan Boy
Cast	Frank Pentingell	17 Feb 1966	75	1		Up the Creek
Cast	Gwen Lewis	19 Jan 1966	77	2		Life with the Lyons, The Lyons in Paris
Cast	Vera Pearce	18 Jan 1966	70	1		The Men of Sherwood Forest
Cast	Jack Stewart	1 Jan 1966	52	4		A Case for PC 49, The Dark Light, The Pirates of Blood River, The Steel Bayonet
Crew	John McCorry	1966	40	1		Sword of Sherwood Forest
Crew	Michael Krein	1966	58	1		Third Party Risk
Cast	Eric Phillips	1966	57	1		The Adventures of PC 49

1965

Details of the 11 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1965 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	Charles Victor	23 Dec 1965	69	1		The Saint’s Return
Cast	Zachary Scott	3 Oct 1965	51	1		Wings of Danger
Cast	Reginald Beckwith	26 Jun 1965	56	6		Break in the Circle, The Lyons in Paris, The Men of Sherwood Forest, The Ugly Duckling, Whispering Smith Hits London, Up the Creek
Cast	Ernest Butcher	8 Jun 1965	80	1		Meet Simon Cherry (the Rev)
Crew	Mae Murray	23 Mar 1965	75	1		Dick Barton Strikes Back
Cast	John Wood	1 Mar 1965	55	1		Stolen Face
Cast	Prince Momolulu	14 Feb 1965	83		1	The Gambler and the Lady
Crew	Jimmy O'Dea	7 Jan 1965	65		1	Dick Barton Strikes Back
Cast	Robert Adams	1965	59	1		Song of Freedom
Cast	Bandana Das Gupta	1965			2	The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll, The Terror of the Tongs
Cast	J.B. Williams	1965	61		1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste

1964

Details of the 14 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1964 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Crew	Sam Newfield	10 Nov 1964	64	2	1	Lady in the Fog. The Gambler and the Lady
Cast	Frank Pettit	27 Oct 1964	64		1	Face the Music
Cast	Billy Thatcher	7 Oct 1964	43	1		The Adventures of PC 49
Crew	Dick Bonner-Moris	20 Sep 1964	53	4		A Weekend with Lulu, Four Sided Triangle, Mantrap, Spaceways
Crew	Kenneth Hyde	18 Sep 1964	57	1		The Rossiter Case
Cast	John Dodsworth	11 Sep 1964	53	1		Who Killed Van Loon
Cast	Diana Beaumont	21 Jun 1964	55	1		Stolen Face
Cast	Paul Carpenter	12 Jun 1964	42	5		The Stranger Came Home, Face the Music, Five Days, The House Across the Lake, Women Without Men
Crew	Horatio Nicholls	19 May 1964	76	1		Watch it Sailor
Cast	Charles Mortimer	18 Apr 1964	79		1	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Harold Scott	15 Apr 1964	72	1	1	The Brides of Dracula, The Brides of Dracula
Cast	Reg Parnell	7 Jan 1964	52	1		Mask of Dust
Crew	Guy Morgan	1964	55	1		Never Look Back
Cast	Meinhart Maur	1964	79	1		Dick Barton at Bay

1963

Details of the 13 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1963 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Crew	John Hollingsworth	29 Dec 1963	47	36	2	The Stranger Came Home, The Abominable Snowman, Break in the Circle, The Brides of Dracula, The Camp on Blood Island, Cash on Demand, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Damned, The Devil-Ship Pirates, Dracula, The Glass Cage, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Kiss of the Vampire, The Man Who Could Cheat Death, Mask of Dust, The Men of Sherwood Forest, The Mummy, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, Nightmare, Paranoiac, The Pirates of Blood River, Quatermass 2, The Quatermass Xperiment, The Scarlet Blade, The Snorkel, The Steel Bayonet, The Stranglers of Bombay, Sword of Sherwood Forest, Taste of Fear, Ten Seconds to Hell, The Terror of the Tongs, The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll, The Ugly Duckling, Watch it Sailor, Women Without Men, X - The Unknown, 36 Hours, The Revenge of Frankenstein
Crew	Molly Terraine	22 Dec 1963	75	1		Blood Orange
Crew	Norman Arnold	7 Dec 1963	71	2		Song of Freedom, Sporting Love
Cast	Raymond Greenleaf	29 Oct 1963	70	1		Tales of Frankenstein
Cast	Alvys Maben	29 Sep 1963	41	3		The Stranger Came Home, Murder by Proxy
Crew	Jack Beaver	10 Sep 1963	63		1	Life with the Lyons
Crew	Bernard Mainwearing	30 Jul 1963	66	2		The Public Life of Henry the Ninth, The Public Life of Henry the Ninth
Cast	Paul Neville	31 May 1963	74	1		The Bank Messenger Mystery
Cast	Reginald Dyson	6 Apr 1963	67	2		Black Widow, Room to Let
Cast	Cyril Smith	5 Mar 1963	70	2		Stolen Face, Watch it Sailor
Cast	Walter Hudd	20 Jan 1963	65	1		Further Up the Creek
Cast	George Crowther	1963	69	1		River Patrol
Cast	Robert Brooks-Turner	1963	80	1	2	Stolen Face, The Dark Road, The Revenge of Frankenstein

1962

Details of the 9 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1962 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	Hugh Sinclair	29 Dec 1962	59	2		Mantrap, Never Look Back
Cast	Elwyn Brook-Jones	4 Sep 1962	50	1		The Ugly Duckling
Crew	Henrik Ege	28 Jul 1962	68	1		Song of Freedom
Cast	Brian Reece	12 Apr 1962	48	2		A Case for PC 49, Watch it Sailor
Cast	Lawrence Baskcombe	12 Feb 1962	78	1		The Man in Black
Cast	Paul Hardtmuth	5 Feb 1962	73	1		The Curse of Frankenstein
Crew	Maclean Rogers	4 Jan 1962	62	1		Clean Sweep
Crew	Douglas Myers	1962	51	3		Life with the Lyons, The Lyons in Paris, Who Killed Van Loon
Cast	Freddie Watts	1962	69		1	The Revenge of Frankenstein

1961

Details of the 14 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1961 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	Norman MacOwan	31 Dec 1961	84	2		The Dark Light, X - The Unknown
Cast	Raymond Rollett	19 Dec 1961	54	1	1	Dick Turpin, Highwayman, The Curse of Frankenstein
Crew	Denison Clift	17 Dec 1961	76	2		The Mystery of the Marie Celeste, The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	James Raglan	15 Nov 1961	60	3	1	Celia, Dick Barton Strikes Back, Whispering Smith Hits London, Doctor Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
Cast	Horace Percival	9 Nov 1961	75	2		Life with the Lyons, The Lyons in Paris
Cast	John Salew	14 Sep 1961	59	1		Face the Music
Cast	Olive Walter	4 Sep 1961	63	1		Celia
Cast	Jeff Chandler	17 Jun 1961	42	1		Ten Seconds to Hell
Crew	Oliver Onions	9 Apr 1961	87	1		The Beckoning Fair One
Crew	Richard Fantl A.S.C.	29 Mar 1961	57	1		Tales of Frankenstein
Cast	Belinda Lee	12 Mar 1961	25	2		Life with the Lyons, Murder by Proxy
Cast	Duggie Ascot	1 Mar 1961	69		1	Death of an Angel
Crew	David Paltenghi	4 Feb 1961	41	1		Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Cast	John Stevenson-Lang	1961	54		1	X - The Unknown

1960

Details of the 10 known deaths of Hammer people (cast and crew) in 1960 are listed below.


Role	Name	Died	Age	Credited	Uncredited	Productions
Cast	Edwin Styles	20 Dec 1960	61	1		The Full Treatment
Cast	Ben Williams	1 Dec 1960	68	1	3	Whispering Smith Hits London, Dick Barton at Bay, Stolen Face, Face the Music
Cast	Christine Silver	23 Nov 1960	75	2		Room to Let, Whispering Smith Hits London
Cast	Syd Crossley	15 Nov 1960	74		1	Sporting Love
Cast	Dino Galvani	14 Sep 1960	69	1		The Lyons in Paris
Cast	Dennis Hoey	25 Jul 1960	67	1		The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
Cast	Macdonald Parke	17 Jul 1960	68	1		Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Crew	Francis Bieber	1960	52	2		The Dark Light, Jack of Diamonds
Cast	Francesca Bahrle	1960	55	1		The Bank Messenger Mystery
Cast	Richard George	1960	61	1		Dick Barton at Bay