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30 People Died In 1956
Norman Kerry
(Actor)
Arnold Kaiser
Born on Jun 16, 1894 in Rochester, NY
Died on Jan 12, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Phantom of the Opera, The Unknown, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bachelor Apartment and The Barrier
Died on Jan 12, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Phantom of the Opera, The Unknown, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bachelor Apartment and The Barrier
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Charles Dingle
(Actor)
Charles Dingle
Born on Dec 28, 1887 in Wabash, IN
Died on Jan 19, 1956 in Worcester, MA Fan Favorite Films: Somewhere I'll Find You, Guest Wife, Together Again, The Beast with Five Fingers and Johnny Eager
Died on Jan 19, 1956 in Worcester, MA Fan Favorite Films: Somewhere I'll Find You, Guest Wife, Together Again, The Beast with Five Fingers and Johnny Eager
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Alexander Korda
(Director)
Sándor László Kellner
Born on Sep 16, 1893 in Pusztat?rp?szt?, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Died on Jan 23, 1956 in London, UK Fan Favorite Films: The Thief of Bagdad, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, Rembrandt, That Hamilton Woman and The Private Life of Henry VIII
Died on Jan 23, 1956 in London, UK Fan Favorite Films: The Thief of Bagdad, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, Rembrandt, That Hamilton Woman and The Private Life of Henry VIII
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Charles Grapewin
(Actor)
Charley Ellsworth Grapewin
Born on Dec 20, 1869 in Xenia, OH
Died on Feb 02, 1956 in Corona, CA Fan Favorite Films: Crash Dive, The Good Earth, Broadway Melody of 1938, Captains Courageous and The Wizard of Oz
Died on Feb 02, 1956 in Corona, CA Fan Favorite Films: Crash Dive, The Good Earth, Broadway Melody of 1938, Captains Courageous and The Wizard of Oz
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Vera Lewis
(Actress)
Vera Mackey
Born on Jun 10, 1873 in New York City, NY
Died on Feb 08, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: Angels with Dirty Faces, The Iron Mask, The Sisters, Four Daughters and Manpower
Died on Feb 08, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: Angels with Dirty Faces, The Iron Mask, The Sisters, Four Daughters and Manpower
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George Somnes
(Director)
George Carleton Flye
Born on Jul 07, 1887 in Newcastle, ME
Died on Feb 08, 1956 in Denver, CO Fan Favorite Films: Torch Singer,
Died on Feb 08, 1956 in Denver, CO Fan Favorite Films: Torch Singer,
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Mikhail Rasumny
(Actor)
Mikhail Razumnyy
Born on May 13, 1890 in Odessa, Russia
Died on Feb 17, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Shanghai Gesture, Anna and the King of Siam, Road to Morocco and Pirates of Monterey
Died on Feb 17, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Shanghai Gesture, Anna and the King of Siam, Road to Morocco and Pirates of Monterey
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John Emerson
(Producer)
Clifton Paden
Born on May 29, 1874 in Sandusky, OH
Died on Mar 07, 1956 in Pasadena, CA Fan Favorite Films: Saratoga, San Francisco, Red Hot Romance,
Died on Mar 07, 1956 in Pasadena, CA Fan Favorite Films: Saratoga, San Francisco, Red Hot Romance,
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Fred Allen
(Actor)
John Florence Sullivan
Born on May 31, 1894 in Cambridge, MA
Died on Mar 17, 1956 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: Thanks A Million, It's in the Bag, We're Not Married!, Buck Benny Rides Again and O. Henry's Full House
Died on Mar 17, 1956 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: Thanks A Million, It's in the Bag, We're Not Married!, Buck Benny Rides Again and O. Henry's Full House
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Robert Newton
(Actor)
Robert Newton
Born on Jun 01, 1905 in Shaftesbury, Dorset
Died on Mar 25, 1956 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Fan Favorite Films: Return to Treasure Island, Long John Silver, Oliver Twist, Henry V and Jamaica I
Died on Mar 25, 1956 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Fan Favorite Films: Return to Treasure Island, Long John Silver, Oliver Twist, Henry V and Jamaica I
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Chester Clute
(Actor)
Chester Lamont Clute
Born on Feb 18, 1891 in Orange, NJ
Died on Apr 02, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: Saratoga Trunk, Mildred Pierce, Guest Wife, Nothing But Trouble and Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Died on Apr 02, 1956 in Woodland Hills, CA Fan Favorite Films: Saratoga Trunk, Mildred Pierce, Guest Wife, Nothing But Trouble and Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
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Christian Rub
(Actor)
Christian Rub
Born on Apr 13, 1886 in Passau, Germany
Died on Apr 14, 1956 in Santa Barbara, CA Fan Favorite Films: Peter Ibbetson, Suzy, Rhapsody in Blue, Bureau of Missing Persons and Love on the Ru
Died on Apr 14, 1956 in Santa Barbara, CA Fan Favorite Films: Peter Ibbetson, Suzy, Rhapsody in Blue, Bureau of Missing Persons and Love on the Ru
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Kathleen Howard
(Actress)
Kathleen Howard
Born on Jul 27, 1884 in Clifton, Canada
Died on Apr 15, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: Crash Dive, Young People, It's a Gift, You Were Never Lovelier and Ball of Fire
Died on Apr 15, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: Crash Dive, Young People, It's a Gift, You Were Never Lovelier and Ball of Fire
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Henry Stephenson
(Actor)
Henry Stephenson Garroway
Born on Apr 16, 1871 in Granada, British West Indies
Died on Apr 24, 1956 in San Francisco, CA Fan Favorite Films: Captain Blood, Marie Antoinette, Oliver Twist, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Mutiny on the Bounty
Died on Apr 24, 1956 in San Francisco, CA Fan Favorite Films: Captain Blood, Marie Antoinette, Oliver Twist, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Mutiny on the Bounty
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Edward Arnold
(Actor)
Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider
Born on Feb 18, 1890 in New York City, NY
Died on Apr 26, 1956 in Encino, CA Fan Favorite Films: Crime and Punishment, City That Never Sleeps, Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Johnny Eager
Died on Apr 26, 1956 in Encino, CA Fan Favorite Films: Crime and Punishment, City That Never Sleeps, Cardinal Richelieu, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Johnny Eager
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Louis Calhern
(Actor)
Carl Henry Vogt
Born on Feb 19, 1895 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on May 12, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan Fan Favorite Films: The Woman Accused, The Road to Singapore, The Prodigal, A Life of Her Own and The Asphalt Jungle
Died on May 12, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan Fan Favorite Films: The Woman Accused, The Road to Singapore, The Prodigal, A Life of Her Own and The Asphalt Jungle
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Guy Kibbee
(Actor)
Guy Bridges Kibbee
Born on Mar 06, 1882 in El Paso, TX
Died on May 24, 1956 in East Islip, Long Island Fan Favorite Films: Captain Blood, Taxi!, The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Fort Apache
Died on May 24, 1956 in East Islip, Long Island Fan Favorite Films: Captain Blood, Taxi!, The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Fort Apache
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Jean Hersholt
(Actor)
Jean Hersholt
Born on Jul 12, 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Died on Jun 02, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Skyscraper Souls, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Grand Hotel and Dinner at Eight
Died on Jun 02, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Skyscraper Souls, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Grand Hotel and Dinner at Eight
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Harry von Meter
(Actor)
Harry von Meter
Born on Mar 29, 1871 in Malta Bend, MO
Died on Jun 02, 1956 in Sawtelle, CA Fan Favorite Films: Broadway Love, Beloved Rogues, A Gun Fightin' Gentleman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Kaiser, the Beast of Berli
Died on Jun 02, 1956 in Sawtelle, CA Fan Favorite Films: Broadway Love, Beloved Rogues, A Gun Fightin' Gentleman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Kaiser, the Beast of Berli
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Margaret Wycherly
(Actress)
Margaret Wycherly
Born on Oct 26, 1881 in London, England
Died on Jun 06, 1956 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: The Loves of Carmen, Sergeant York, Random Harvest, White Heat and Hangmen Also Die
Died on Jun 06, 1956 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: The Loves of Carmen, Sergeant York, Random Harvest, White Heat and Hangmen Also Die
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Stanley Blystone
(Actor)
William Stanley Blystone
Born on Aug 01, 1894 in Eau Claire, WI
Died on Jul 16, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: Second Honeymoon, That Midnight Kiss, Les Miserables, Bringing up Baby and Sons of the Desert
Died on Jul 16, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: Second Honeymoon, That Midnight Kiss, Les Miserables, Bringing up Baby and Sons of the Desert
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H.E. Aitken
(Producer)
H.E. Aitken
Born on Oct 04, 1877 in Waukesha, WI
Died on Aug 01, 1956 in Chicago, IL Fan Favorite Films: The Birth of a Nation, The Electric Alarm,
Died on Aug 01, 1956 in Chicago, IL Fan Favorite Films: The Birth of a Nation, The Electric Alarm,
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B?la Lugosi
(Actor)
B?la Ferenc Dezs? Blask?
Born on Oct 20, 1882 in Lugos, Austria?Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania)
Died on Aug 16, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Island of Lost Souls, The Ape Man, The Black Camel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstei
Died on Aug 16, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: Island of Lost Souls, The Ape Man, The Black Camel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstei
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George Bancroft
(Actor)
George Bancroft
Born on Sep 30, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died on Oct 02, 1956 in Santa Monica, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Skin Game, Angels with Dirty Faces, Stagecoach, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Northwest Mounted Police
Died on Oct 02, 1956 in Santa Monica, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Skin Game, Angels with Dirty Faces, Stagecoach, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Northwest Mounted Police
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Tim Ryan
(Actor)
Timothy Thomas Ryan
Born on Jul 05, 1899 in Bayonne, NJ
Died on Oct 22, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Asphalt Jungle, Ball of Fire, Force of Evil, The Strawberry Blonde and It Started with Eve
Died on Oct 22, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: The Asphalt Jungle, Ball of Fire, Force of Evil, The Strawberry Blonde and It Started with Eve
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Francis L. Sullivan
(Actor)
Francis Loftus Sullivan
Born on Jan 06, 1903 in London, England
Died on Nov 19, 1956 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: The Citadel, The Prodigal, Oliver Twist, The Winslow Boy and Take My Life
Died on Nov 19, 1956 in New York City, NY Fan Favorite Films: The Citadel, The Prodigal, Oliver Twist, The Winslow Boy and Take My Life
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Theodore Kosloff
(Actor)
Fijodor Mikailovitch Koslov
Born on Jan 22, 1882 in Moscow, Russia
Died on Nov 22, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: The King of Kings, Stage Door, The Lane That Had No Turning, Adam's Rib and The Volga Boatm
Died on Nov 22, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA Fan Favorite Films: The King of Kings, Stage Door, The Lane That Had No Turning, Adam's Rib and The Volga Boatm
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Tommy Dorsey
(Actor)
Thomas Francis Dorsey
Born on Nov 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, PA
Died on Nov 26, 1956 in Greenwich, CT Fan Favorite Films: Presenting Lily Mars, Thrill of a Romance, A Song Is Born, Broadway Rhythm and I Dood It
Died on Nov 26, 1956 in Greenwich, CT Fan Favorite Films: Presenting Lily Mars, Thrill of a Romance, A Song Is Born, Broadway Rhythm and I Dood It
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Huntley Gordon
(Actor)
Huntley Gordon
Born on Oct 08, 1887 in Montreal, Canada
Died on Dec 07, 1956 in Van Nuys, CA Fan Favorite Films: Klondike Annie, Follow the Fleet, Our Dancing Daughters, Stage Door and Night Worl
Died on Dec 07, 1956 in Van Nuys, CA Fan Favorite Films: Klondike Annie, Follow the Fleet, Our Dancing Daughters, Stage Door and Night Worl
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Ewald André Dupont
(Director)
Born on Jan 25, 1891 in Zeitz, Germany
Died on Dec 12, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: Hell's Kitchen, The Neanderthal Man, Love Me and the World Is Mine, Atlantic and Piccadilly
Died on Dec 12, 1956 in Hollywood, CA Fan Favorite Films: Hell's Kitchen, The Neanderthal Man, Love Me and the World Is Mine, Atlantic and Piccadilly
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