1950s

Errol Flynn, Alan Hale, Jean Hersholt, Sid Grauman...

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Posted: November 2026

Sid Grauman

Los Angeles Theatre Owner

1879-1950

1920s through the 1940s

He acted in about 10 Movies too!
He built Grauman's Chinese Theatre as well as the Million Dollar Theatre, The Egyptian Theatre, and The Metropolitan Theatre!
He was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!

70 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Madeline Grey

Actress

1887-1950

1940s

She was in about a dozen Movies

63 Years Old

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Alan Hale

Actor

1892-1950

1910s through the 1940s

He was in about 250 Movies!
He was Little John in The Adventures of Robin Hood!
He was married to Gretchen Hartman! Alan Hale Jr. was their son!

57 Years Old
Liver

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Helen Holmes

Silent Film Actress

1893-1950

1910s through the 1920s

She was in almost 150 Movies!
She was Helen in The Hazards of Helen!

59 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Joe Yule

Actor

1892-1950

1930s and 1940s

He acted in about 75 Movies!
Mickey Rooney was his son!

57 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Marion Aye

Actress

1903-1951

1920s through the 1930s

She was in about 25 Movies

48 Years Old
Suicide by Poison

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Ferdinand P. Earle

Artist

1878-1951

1910s through the 1920s

His the titles for about 25 Movies!

73 Years Old

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Leon Errol

Actor

1881-1951

1920s through the 1950s

He was in over 150 Movies!

70 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Ethel Shannon

Actress

1898-1951

1910s through the 1930s

She was in about 35 Movies

53 Years Old
Liver

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Barton Yarborough

Actor

1900-1951

1940s through the 1950s

He was in about a dozen Movies and TV Shows!
He was Sergeant Ben Romero in The Human Bomb!

51 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Ralph Byrd

Actor

1909-1952

1930s through the 1950s

He was in about 100 Movies!
He was Dick Tracy on the TV Show Dick Tracy!

43 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Julia Dean

Actress

1878-1952

1910s through the 1950s

She was in about 20 Movies but was mainly a stage actress into the 1910s!

74 Years Old

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Charles K. French

Actor

1860-1952

1900s through the 1940s

He was in about 300 Movies and Shorts!

92 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Fred Malatesta

Actor

1889-1952

1910s through the 1940s

He was in about 125 Movies!
He was the head waiter in Modern Times!

62 Years Old
Surgery

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Polly Moran

Actress

1883-1952

1910s through the 1950s

She was in about 125 Movies!
She did a bunch of movies with Marie Dressler!

68 Years Old
Heart

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Susan Peters

Actress

1921-1952

1940s

She was in about 25 Movies!
She was Kitty in Random Harvest!
She was married to Richard Quine and had a son named Richard Quine!
She was duck hunting and was shot by her own gun and got paralyzed from the waist down!

31 Years Old
Kidney

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Roland West

Director

1885-1952

1910s through the 1930s

He directed about a dozen Movies!
After he retired he ran Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe in Santa Monica and then Thelma was found dead in her car inside a garage with the engine still running - accidental carbon monoxide poisoning - or perhaps murdered by gangsters!

67 Years Old
Heart

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William Farnum

Actor

1876-1953

1910s through the 1950s

He was in almost 150 Movies!

76 Years Old
Cancer

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Ethel Marion Gumm

Judy Garland's Mother

1896-1953

56 Years Old

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Leila McIntyre

Actress

1882-1953

1930s through the 1940s

She was in about 40 Movies!
Her husband was John Hyams!

70 Years Old

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Harry Schenck

Actor

1885-1953

1910s through the 1930s

He was in about 10 Movies!

67 Years Old

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Morgan Wallace

Actor

1881-1953

1920s through the 1940s

He was in about 125 Movies!
He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He was SAG member number 3!

72 Years Old

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Florence Bates

Actress

1888-1954

1940s through the 1950s

She was in about 80 Movies and TV Shows
She was Mrs. Van Hopper in Rebecca!
She was Mrs. Irma Griswold in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty!

65 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Edward Coxen

Actor

1880-1954

1910s through the 1940s

He was in almost 300 Movies and Shorts!

70 Years Old

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Paul Scardon

Actor / Director

1875-1954

1910s through the 1950s

He directed about 50 movies and then continued acting in almost 100 Movies!

78 Years Old
Heart Attack

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Suzan Ball

Actress

1934-1955

1950s

She was in about 10 Movies then got Cancer!
She injured her leg while dancing in East of Sumatra and then that turned into bone cancer so they amputated the bottom part of her leg. Then the cancer spread and she died a year and a half later.
Lucille Ball was her second cousin!

21 Years Old
Leg Tumors Cancer

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James Millican

Actor

1910-1955

1930s through the 1950s

He was in almost 200 Movies and TV Shows!

45 Years Old
Bladder Cancer

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Betty Scott

Actress

1883-1955

1910s

She was in about 25 Movies and Shorts!

71 Years Old

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Jean Hersholt

Actor

1886-1956

1910s through the 1950s

He was in about 150 Movies and TV Shows!
His was Professor von Hartrott in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!
He was grandfather Adolph Kramer in Heidi!
He was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the last half of the 1940s!
He was awarded an Honorary distinguished service to the industry Oscar in 1940 and 1950!
He was Leslie Nielsen's uncle!

69 Years Old
Pancreatic Cancer