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17 People Died In 1978


Charles Boyer

(Actor)

Charles Boyer
Born on Aug 28, 1899 in Figeac, Lot
Died on Aug 26, 1978 in Phoenix, AZ
Fan Favorite Films: History Is Made at Night, I Loved a Soldier, A Woman's Vengeance, The Garden of Allah and Gaslight

Robert Shaw

(Actor)

Robert Archibald Shaw
Born on Aug 09, 1927 in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England
Died on Aug 28, 1978 in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland
Fan Favorite Films: Battle of Britain, From Russia with Love, Libel, Young People and A Man for All Seasons

Harry Wilson

(Actor)

Harry Wilson
Born on Nov 22, 1897 in London, England
Died on Sep 06, 1978 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Cincinnati Kid, If I Were King, The Spoilers, Heller In Pink Tights and Sergeants 3

Jack L. Warner

(Producer)

Jacob Warner
Born on Aug 02, 1892 in London, Ontario, Canada
Died on Sep 09, 1978 in Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Saratoga Trunk, That Certain Woman, The Angels Wash Their Faces, Captain Blood and Mildred Pierce

Frank Ferguson

(Actor)

Frank Ferguson
Born on Dec 25, 1899 in Ferndale, CA
Died on Sep 12, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Miracle of the Bells, Sunrise at Campobello, Thrill of a Romance, This Could Be the Night and That Wonderful Urge

Ann Shoemaker

(Actress)

Ann Shoemaker
Born on Jan 10, 1891 in Brooklyn, NY
Died on Sep 18, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Woman in Red, Sunrise at Campobello, Stella Dallas, Shall We Dance and Above Suspicio

Edgar Bergen

(Actor)

Edgar John Bergen
Born on Feb 16, 1903 in Chicago, IL
Died on Sep 30, 1978 in Las Vegas, NV
Fan Favorite Films: Song of the Open Road, I Remember Mama, One Hour in Wonderland, Here We Go Again and The Goldwyn Follies

Kathryn McGuire

(Actress)

Kathryn McGuire
Born on Dec 06, 1903 in Peoria, IL
Died on Oct 10, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Sherlock Jr., The Flame of Life, The Navigator, The Woman of Bronze and The Lost Zeppeli

Dan Dailey

(Actor)

Daniel James Dailey
Born on Dec 14, 1913 in New York City, NY
Died on Oct 16, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: I'll Get By, Meet Me at the Fair, When My Baby Smiles at Me, The Pride of St. Louis and The Best Things in Life Are Free

Gig Young

(Actor)

Byron Elsworth Barr
Born on Nov 04, 1913 in St. Cloud, MN
Died on Oct 19, 1978 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: The Desperate Hours, The Girl Who Had Everything, The Tunnel of Love, City That Never Sleeps and Rear Window

Max Gordon

(Producer)

Mechel Salpeter
Born on Jun 28, 1892 in New York City, NY
Died on Nov 02, 1978 in New York City, NY
Fan Favorite Films: Abe Lincoln in Illinois, My Sister Eileen,

Denis O'Dea

(Actor)

Denis O'Dea
Born on Apr 26, 1905 in Dublin, Ireland
Died on Nov 05, 1978 in Dublin, Ireland
Fan Favorite Films: Mogambo, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, The Fallen Idol, Captain Horatio Hornblower and The Plough and the Stars

Ford Beebe

(Director)

Ford Ingalsbe Beebe
Born on Nov 26, 1888 in Grand Rapids November 26, Michigan
Died on Nov 26, 1978 in Lake Elsinore, CA
Fan Favorite Films: The Invisible Man's Revenge, Buck Rogers, Night Monster, Laughing at Life and The Phantom Creeps

I. Stanford Jolley

(Actor)

Isaac Stanford Jolley
Born on Oct 24, 1900 in Morristown, NJ
Died on Dec 07, 1978 in Woodland Hills, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Ride Ranger Ride, The Prodigal, Westward the Women, The Haunted Palace and Kentucky

Edward D. Wood Jr.

(Director)

Edward Davis Wood Jr.
Born on Oct 10, 1924 in Poughkeepsie, NY
Died on Dec 10, 1978 in North Hollywood, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Plan 9 from Outer Space, Bride of the Monster,

Chill Wills

(Actor)

Chill Theodore Wills
Born on Jul 18, 1902 in Seagoville, TX
Died on Dec 15, 1978 in Encino, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Francis Goes to the Races, City That Never Sleeps, Timberjack, Honky Tonk and Barbary Coast Gent

Orville O. Dull

(Producer)

Orville Oscar Dull
Born on Apr 25, 1888 in Lima, OH
Died on Dec 29, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Fan Favorite Films: Edison, the Man, Young Tom Edison,

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