Curtis Hanson, director of “L.A Confidential” and winner with Brian Helgeland of an Oscar for adapting James Ellroy’s novel, was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday afternoon, a…
Hugh O’Brian, who starred in the long-running series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” died Monday. He was 91. The actor died peacefully in his Beverly Hills home, according to a statement from…
Steven Hill, who starred for years as District Attorney Adam Schiff on “Law & Order” and decades earlier played the leader of the Impossible Missions Force before Peter Graves on TV’s “Mission…
Canadian-born director Arthur Hiller, who spent more than a decade mostly working in television before a career in feature helming that included "Love Story," "The Americanization of Emily" and…
Garry Marshall, who created some of the 1970s’ most iconic sitcoms including "Happy Days," "The Odd Couple," "Laverne and Shirley" and "Mork and Mindy" and went on to direct hit movies including…
Alan Young, who gamely played straight man to a talking horse for five years in classic sitcom “Mr. Ed,” died Thursday at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 96…
Doris Roberts, a character actress who labored honorably both on stage and screen for years before finding the perfect vehicle for her talents, the hit sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” died on…
Dan Ireland, who co-founded the Seattle Film Festival, served as an acquisitions exec at Vestron Pictures and directed films including “The Whole Wide World” (1996) and “Jolene” (2008), starring…
Lennart Bjorck, who worked for Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures and formed his own company, Bjorck Film Corp., representing international distributors, died March 28. He was 91.
Barbara Turner, the screenwriter of “Petulia,” “Georgia” and “Pollock,” among numerous other features for film and television, died on Tuesday, April 5, in Los Angeles. Among Turner’s children was…
George C. Reeves Jr., formerly an entertainment lawyer, business affairs executive as well as a producer and writer for television, died in hospice at his West Los Angeles home last Thursday, after a…
