Our place to honor those actors, actresses and the many people behind the camera that have passed in 2024.
October 29th – Teri Garr (1944-2024)
October 17th – Mitzi Gaynor (1931-2024)
September 28th – Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)
September 27th – Maggie Smith (1934-2024)
September 9th – James Earl Jones (1932-2024)
August 21st – John Amos (1939-2024)
August 14th – Alain Delon (1935-2024)
August 14th – Gena Rowlands (1930-2024)
July 18th – Bob Newhart (1929-2024)
July 11th – Shelley Duvall (1949-2024)
June 27th – Martin Mull (1943-2024)
June 26th – Tony Lo Bianco (1936-2024)
June 20th – Donald Sutherland (1936-2024)
May 17th – Dabney Coleman (1932-2024)
May 5th – Bernard Hill (1944-2024)
April 11th – O.J. Simpson (1947-2024)
February 27th – Richard Lewis (1947-2024)
February 18th – Tony Ganios (1959-2024)
February 2nd – Don Murray (1948-2024)
February 1st – Carl Weathers (1948-2024)
January 20th – Norman Jewison (1948-2024)
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Alain Delon who was #701 on 2003’s Oracle list and fell off this year has passed.
French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88
Associated Press
SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON
August 18, 2024 at 5:48 AM
PARIS (AP) — Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported.
With his handsome looks and tender manner, the prolific actor was able to combine toughness with an appealing, vulnerable quality that made him one of France’s memorable leading men.
Delon was also a producer, appeared in plays and, in later years, in television movies.
French president Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on X to “a French monument.”
“Alain Delon has played legendary roles and made the world dream,” he wrote. “Melancholic, popular, secretive, he was more than a star.”
Delon’s children announced the death on Sunday in a statement to French national news agency Agence France-Presse, a common practice in France. Tributes to Delon immediately started pouring in on social platforms, and all leading French media switched to full-fledged coverage of his rich career.
Earlier this year, his son Anthony had said his father had been been diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma, a type of cancer.
Over the past year, Delon’s fragile health condition had been at the heart of a family dispute over his care that gave rise to bitter exchanges through the media among his three children.
At the prime of his career, in the 1960s and 1970s, Delon was sought out by some of the world’s top directors, from Luchino Visconti to Joseph Losey.
In his later years, Delon grew disillusioned with the movie industry, saying that money had killed the dream. “Money, commerce and television have wrecked the dream machine,” he wrote in a 2003 edition of newsweekly Le Nouvel Observateur. “My cinema is dead. And me, too.”
But he continued to work frequently, appearing in several TV movies in his 70s.
Delon’s presence was unforgettable, whether playing morally depraved heroes or romantic leading men. He first drew acclaim in 1960 with “Plein Soleil,” directed by Réne Clément, in which he played a murderer trying to take on the identity of his victims.
He made several Italian movies, working, most notably with Visconti in the 1961 film “Rocco and His Brothers,” in which Delon portrays a self-sacrificing brother intent on helping his sibling. The movie won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
The 1963 Visconti film “Le Guepard” (The Leopard) starring Delon won the Palme d’Or, the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival. His other films included Clément’s “Is Paris Burning,” with a screenplay by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola among others; “La Piscine” (The Sinners), directed by Jacques Deray; and, in a departure, Losey’s “The Assassination of Trotsky” in 1972.
In 1968, Delon began producing movies — 26 of them by 1990 — part of a frenzied and self-assured momentum that he maintained throughout his life.
Delon’s confidence was palpable in his statement to Femme in 1996, ‘I like to be loved the way I love myself!’ This echoed his charismatic screen persona.
Delon continued to captivate audiences for years — on the way courting criticism for comments deemed outdated. In 2010, he appeared in “Un mari de trop” (“One Husband Too Many”) and returned to the stage in 2011 with “An Ordinary Day,” alongside his daughter Anouchka.
He briefly presided over the Miss France jury but stepped down in 2013 after a disagreement over some controversial statements, which included critiques on women, LGBTQIA+ rights, and migrants. Despite these controversies, he received a Palme d’Honneur at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, a decision that sparked further debate.
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation, dedicated to animal protection, paid tribute to “an exceptional man, an unforgettable artist and a great friend of animals,” in a statement released on social media. Delon was “a close friend” of French film legend Brigitte Bardot “who is deeply saddened by his passing,” the statement said. “We lose a precious friend and a man with a big heart.”
French film producer Alain Terzian said Delon was “the last of the giants.”
“It’s a page being turned in the history of French cinema,” he told France Inter radio. Terzian, who produced several films directed by Delon, recalled that “every time he arrived somewhere … there was a kind of almost mystical, quasi-religious respect. He was fascinating.”
Born on Nov. 8, 1935, in Sceaux, just south of Paris, Delon was placed with a foster family after his parents’ separation when he was 4. He then attended a Roman Catholic boarding school.
At 17, Delon joined the navy and was sent to Indochina. Back in France in 1956, he held various odd jobs from waiter to a carrier in the Paris meat market before turning to acting.
Delon had son Anthony in 1964 with his then-wife Nathalie Canovas, who played alongside him in Jean-Pierre Melville’s “The Samurai” in 1967. He had two more children, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien, with a later companion, Rosalie van Breemen, with whom he produced a song and video clip in 1987. He was also widely believed to have been the father of Ari Boulogne, the son of German model and singer Nico, although he never publicly acknowledged paternity.
“I am very good at three things: my job, foolishness and children,” he said in a 1995 L’Express interview.
Delon juggled diverse activities throughout his life, from setting up a stable of trotting horses to developing cologne for men and women, followed by watches, glasses and other accessories. He also collected paintings and sculptures.
Delon announced an end to his acting career in 1999, only to continue, appearing in Bertrand Blier’s “Les Acteurs” (The Actors) the same year. Later he appeared in several television police shows.
His good looks sustained him. In August 2002, Delon told a weekly magazine, L’Humanite Hebdo, that he wouldn’t still be in the business if that weren’t so.
“You’ll never see me old and ugly,” he said when he was already nearing 70, “because I’ll leave before, or I’ll die.”
However, it was in 2019 that Delon encapsulated his feelings about his life’s meaning during a gala event honoring him at the Cannes Film Festival. “One thing I’m sure about is that if there’s something I’m proud of, really, the only thing, it’s my career.”
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Retired AP correspondent Elaine Ganley contributed biographical material to this story.
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This story has been corrected to delete reference to Delon appearing in “The Empty House” in 2022.
Alain appeared with 14 Oscar winners.
ANTHONY QUINN Lost Command (1966)
ART CARNEY The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
BURT LANCASTER Scorpio (1973)
BURT LANCASTER The Leopard (1963)
GEORGE C. SCOTT The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
GEORGE KENNEDY The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
INGRID BERGMAN The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
JACK PALANCE Once a Thief (1965)
JANE FONDA Spirits of the Dead (1968)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE THE CONCORDE…AIRPORT ’79
PAUL SCOFIELD Scorpio (1973)
REX HARRISON The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
ROBERT DE NIRO Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
SIMONE SIGNORET Is Paris Burning? (1966)
SIMONE SIGNORET La veuve Couderc (1971)
VAN HEFLIN Once a Thief (1965)
Gene Rowlands has died. She had dementia. Rest in peace
Hey Flora, thanks for the heads up on Gena Rowlands. I have updated her page and this page with that sad news. Rest in Peace Ms. Rowlands.
James B Sikking has died at 90. Movies and TV actor. Rest in peace
RIP Mr. Sikking. I best knew him from Hill St. Blues….and a couple of movies.
Bill Cobbs who is # 616 on the 2024 Oracle of Bacon 1000 passed yesterday at 90. These are the actors in the 1000 he has appeared with;
2 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Fluke (1995)
4 HARVEY KEITEL The January Man (1989)
5 MICHAEL MADSEN Man with a Gun (1995)
7 DANNY TREJO Lost (2004)
8 LIAM NEESON Suspect (1987)
21 RON PERLMAN Fluke (1995)
27 MATT DAMON The Hard Way (1991)
31 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
36 DAVID CARRADINE Roadside Prophets (1992)
38 SUSAN SARANDON Compromising Positions (1985)
38 SUSAN SARANDON The January Man (1989)
44 JOHN GOODMAN The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
46 JOHN TURTURRO Five Corners (1987)
46 JOHN TURTURRO The Color of Money (1986)
47 ALEC BALDWIN Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
48 NICOLAS CAGE The Cotton Club (1984)
55 STEVE BUSCEMI The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
55 STEVE BUSCEMI Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
59 RICHARD RIEHLE Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
60 KEITH DAVID Bird (1988)
66 PHILIP BAKER HALL Duck (2005)
73 ANDY GARCIA Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
74 SYLVESTER STALLONE Demolition Man (1993)
82 HARRISON FORD Random Hearts (1999)
83 ROBERT DUVALL Get Low (2010)
84 CLINT HOWARD That Thing You Do! (1996)
86 RANCE HOWARD Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
88 BILL MURRAY Get Low (2010)
89 TOM HANKS That Thing You Do! (1996)
93 FOREST WHITAKER Bird (1988)
93 FOREST WHITAKER The Color of Money (1986)
98 LUIS GUZMAN The Hard Way (1991)
104 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
105 BOB HOSKINS The Cotton Club (1984)
114 RICHARD JENKINS Random Hearts (1999)
116 OWEN WILSON Night at the Museum (2006)
119 ROBERT LOGGIA Man with a Gun (1995)
122 DENNIS QUAID Suspect (1987)
123 M. EMMET WALSH Random Hearts (1999)
123 M. EMMET WALSH Silkwood (1983)
124 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Black Water Transit (2009)
124 LAURENCE FISHBURNE The Cotton Club (1984)
131 BRUCE DAVISON Paulie (1998)
137 MIKE STARR Five Corners (1987)
137 MIKE STARR The Bodyguard (1992)
137 MIKE STARR The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
139 ARMAND ASSANTE Fatal Instinct (1993)
140 JAMES REMAR Fatal Instinct (1993)
140 JAMES REMAR The Cotton Club (1984)
146 TREAT WILLIAMS Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
150 TOM CRUISE The Color of Money (1986)
151 VING RHAMES The People Under the Stairs (1991)
155 BOB BALABAN A Mighty Wind (2003)
158 KATHY BATES THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (2016)
162 ED BEGLEY JR. A Mighty Wind (2003)
163 MICHAEL PARE Hope Floats (1998)
164 GLENN CLOSE THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (2016)
165 MATTHEW MODINE Fluke (1995)
168 JOHN CUSACK Roadside Prophets (1992)
169 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Dominick and Eugene (1988)
169 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Silkwood (1983)
169 DAVID STRAITHAIRN The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
174 ROD STEIGER The January Man (1989)
175 DAN AYKROYD Trading Places (1983)
181 BRIAN DENNEHY The Ultimate Gift (2006)
187 ERNEST BORGNINE Captiva Island (1995)
190 BRUCE MCGILL Silkwood (1983)
193 TINY LISTER JR. Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
194 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Hope Floats (1998)
196 RAY LIOTTA Dominick and Eugene (1988)
198 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
199 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Roadside Prophets (1992)
204 BEN STILLER NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)
211 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD Fatal Instinct (1993)
215 MARK MARGOLIS The Cotton Club (1984)
228 RIP TORN Three Days to Vegas (2007)
236 DIANE LANE The Cotton Club (1984)
239 TOMAS ARANA First Kid (1996)
239 TOMAS ARANA The Bodyguard (1992)
240 LIN SHAYE Roadside Prophets (1992)
241 MARK BOONE JUNIOR I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
243 WILLIAM H. MACY Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
245 JAMES WOODS Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
245 JAMES WOODS The Hard Way (1991)
246 BRYAN CRANSTON THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
247 CHARLES DURNING The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
248 JAMES RUSSO The Cotton Club (1984)
258 KURT RUSSELL Silkwood (1983)
262 DON CHEADLE Roadside Prophets (1992)
262 DON CHEADLE Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
271 MERYL STREEP Silkwood (1983)
273 GARY BUSEY Man with a Gun (1995)
277 BOB GUNTON Demolition Man (1993)
280 TIM ROBBINS Five Corners (1987)
280 TIM ROBBINS The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
281 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
281 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO The Cotton Club (1984)
281 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Trading Places (1983)
283 ROBIN WILLIAMS Night at the Museum (2006)
287 STEPHEN DORFF Black Water Transit (2009)
289 EDWARD ASNER Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)
298 JOE MANTEGNA Compromising Positions (1985)
298 JOE MANTEGNA Suspect (1987)
306 RICHARD SCHIFF The Bodyguard (1992)
306 RICHARD SCHIFF The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
311 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
313 PETER COYOTE Random Hearts (1999)
321 KENNETH WELSH The January Man (1989)
327 JACK MCGEE Five Corners (1987)
332 JON POLITO Compromising Positions (1985)
332 JON POLITO Fluke (1995)
332 JON POLITO The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
334 NOEL GUGLIEMI DUCK (2005)
336 MICHAEL ROOKER This Man’s Life (2008)
338 JACK BLACK Demolition Man (1993)
338 JACK BLACK I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
339 GEORGE SEGAL Three Days to Vegas (2007)
349 TONY TODD Bird (1988)
352 CHEECH MARIN Paulie (1998)
354 CHARLIZE THERON That Thing You Do! (1996)
365 EDWARD HERRMANN Compromising Positions (1985)
374 FISHER STEVENS THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984)
375 SEAN YOUNG Fatal Instinct (1993)
378 PAUL RUDD Night at the Museum (2006)
383 DYLAN BAKER Random Hearts (1999)
384 DANNY AIELLO The January Man (1989)
387 RICHARD GERE The Cotton Club (1984)
396 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Random Hearts (1999)
399 BEAU BRIDGES Greased Lightning (1977)
402 FRED WARD Enough (2002/I)
402 FRED WARD Silkwood (1983)
409 CHRISTINA RICCI The Hard Way (1991)
414 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
417 KEVIN COSTNER The Bodyguard (1992)
418 JOHN HAWKES I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
422 JAMES REBHORN Silkwood (1983)
425 JIM BELUSHI Trading Places (1983)
426 MARSHALL BELL Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
431 MARY STEENBURGEN Sunshine State (2002)
435 KEVIN POLLAK That Thing You Do! (1996)
453 JENNIFER TILLY Man with a Gun (1995)
456 WILL PATTON Silkwood (1983)
458 GREG BRONSON GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (1996)
458 GREG BRONSON THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
461 STEPHEN LANG THE HARD WAY (1991)
463 GEORGE CHEUNG The Hard Way (1991)
478 ANGELA BASSETT SUNSHINE STATE (2002)
482 ROB SCHNEIDER Demolition Man (1993)
486 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Black Water Transit (2009)
492 TIMOTHY HUTTON Sunshine State (2002)
493 VIRGINIA MADSEN Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
494 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Random Hearts (1999)
495 OCTAVIA SPENCER THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (2016)
499 STEVE COOGAN NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)
504 PARKER POSEY A Mighty Wind (2003)
511 MARGO MARTINDALE Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
516 JODIE FOSTER Five Corners (1987)
521 SPENCER GARRETT (I) GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (1996)
537 TONY SHALHOUB PAULIE (1998)
538 MICHAEL MCKEAN A Mighty Wind (2003)
543 ERIC STOLTZ Fluke (1995)
547 PAUL HERMAN The Color of Money (1986)
547 PAUL HERMAN The Cotton Club (1984)
554 CHRIS ELLIS That Thing You Do! (1996)
558 PETER FALK Three Days to Vegas (2007)
574 KEVIN KLINE The January Man (1989)
586 HECTOR ELIZONDO The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
590 JOSEF SOMMER Silkwood (1983)
607 FRED WILLARD A MIGHTY WIND (2003)
614 PAUL DOOLEY A Mighty Wind (2003)
619 CARLA GUGINO Night at the Museum (2006)
622 CHRIS ROCK New Jack City (1991)
624 DAVID ALAN GRIER Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)
638 JOE MORTON THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984)
655 DENNIS HAYSBERT RANDOM HEARTS (1999)
666 JULIETTE LEWIS Enough (2002/I)
667 TOM WRIGHT Sunshine State (2002)
667 TOM WRIGHT The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
684 WESLEY SNIPES Demolition Man (1993)
684 WESLEY SNIPES New Jack City (1991)
687 GIOVANNI RIBISI THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
688 DELROY LINDO THE HARD WAY (1991)
697 LARRY MILLER A Mighty Wind (2003)
733 TOM WAITS SENT (2006)
733 TOM WAITS THE COTTON CLUB (1984)
734 DIANE LADD Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
744 PAM GRIER Greased Lightning (1977)
747 MICKEY ROONEY Night at the Museum (2006)
753 ALLEN GARFIELD The Cotton Club (1984)
769 PETER GALLAGHER The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
774 MARTIN SCORSESE The Color of Money (1986)
775 GARY GRUBBS SILKWOOD (1983)
803 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Dominick and Eugene (1988)
803 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Trading Places (1983)
808 JOHN CARROLL LYNCH THE MORTUARY (2004)
813 JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS A MIGHTY WIND (2003)
822 SANDRA BULLOCK Demolition Man (1993)
822 SANDRA BULLOCK Hope Floats (1998)
824 ALAN RICKMAN THE JANUARY MAN (1989)
828 CAROLINE AARON THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (1984)
830 MARTIN BALSAM The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
835 HELEN KELLY(I) ED (1996)
835 JACK WARDEN Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
840 REX LINN GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (1996)
844 MIGUEL FERRER SUNSHINE STATE (2002)
845 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Trading Places (1983)
846 RICHARD EDSON Sunshine State (2002)
860 CRAIG T. NELSON Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
860 CRAIG T. NELSON Silkwood (1983)
865 JOHN CAPODICE The Hard Way (1991)
886 CHARLES S. DUTTON RANDOM HEARTS (1999)
895 JERRY STILLER THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974)
906 ART LAFLEUR First Kid (1996)
909 BRUCE CAMPBELL The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
914 JULIA STILES THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (2016)
921 BERT REMSEN The Bodyguard (1992)
941 BROOKE SMITH RANDOM HEARTS (1999)
952 BENJAMIN BRATT DEMOLITION MAN (1993)
957 NICHOLAS GUEST TRADING PLACES (1983)
961 DEAN CAIN LOST (2004)
968 TERRY O’QUINN GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (1996)
977 FRANK OZ TRADING PLACES (1983)
985 GENA ROWLANDS Hope Floats (1998)
985 GENA ROWLANDS Paulie (1998)
Mr. Cobbs appeared with 28 Oscar winners.
CHARLIZE THERON That Thing You Do! (1996)
CHER Silkwood (1983)
CHER Suspect (1987)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
DON AMECHE Trading Places (1983)
ERNEST BORGNINE Captiva Island (1995)
FOREST WHITAKER Bird (1988)
FOREST WHITAKER The Color of Money (1986)
JAMIE LEE CURTIS Trading Places (1983)
JODIE FOSTER Five Corners (1987)
KATHY BATES THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (2016)
KEVIN KLINE The January Man (1989)
MARTIN BALSAM The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
MARY STEENBURGEN Sunshine State (2002)
MERYL STREEP Silkwood (1983)
NICOLAS CAGE The Cotton Club (1984)
OCTAVIA SPENCER THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS (2016)
PAUL NEWMAN The Color of Money (1986)
PAUL NEWMAN The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
RAMI MALEK NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)
ROBERT DUVALL Get Low (2010)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Night at the Museum (2006)
ROD STEIGER The January Man (1989)
SANDRA BULLOCK Demolition Man (1993)
SANDRA BULLOCK Hope Floats (1998)
SISSY SPACEK Get Low (2010)
SUSAN SARANDON MERYL STREEP
SUSAN SARANDON The January Man (1989)
TIM ROBBINS Five Corners (1987)
TIM ROBBINS The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
TIMOTHY HUTTON Sunshine State (2002)
TOM HANKS That Thing You Do! (1996)
WALTER MATTHAU The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
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Bruce – Donald Sutherland has died at 88. I loved him.
Hey Flora. Sad sad news on Donald Sutherland. Thanks for the headsup. I will sadly add him to this page tomorrow….today he gets the prime spot as the Post of the Day.