| Terry Hall |
80 |
Ventriloquist whose Lenny the Lion became a British
stage and television star |
4th Apr |
| Kitty Carlisle Hart |
96 |
Extrovert Broadway actress and operetta star, Moss
Hart’s faithful widow |
17th Apr |
| Curtis Harrington |
80 |
Avant-garde film-maker who also directed high-camp
soaps including Dynasty |
6th May |
| Frank Hauser CBE |
85 |
Welsh-born theatre director who transformed the Oxford
Playhouse |
14th Oct |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst |
79 |
Composer of memorable theme tunes for British sit-coms,
quizzes and sports |
1st Oct |
| Simon Hicks |
51 |
Stage designer for the Tobacco Factory company in
Bristol |
7th Mar |
| Suzy Hitching (Barratt) |
43 |
English screen and stage actor, later a successful
authority on children’s games |
8th Jun |
| Stanley Holden |
79 |
Royal Ballet dancer and teacher, noted for his deftly
comic Widow Simone |
11th May |
| Victoria Hopper |
97 |
Canadian born West End musical star, director Basil
Dean’s third wife |
22nd Jan |
| Grant Hossack |
68 |
Versatile musical director for 25 West End shows and
35 cast albums |
6th Jan |
| Dale Houston |
67 |
Singer pianist, male half of the chart-topping US
pop duo Dale and Grace |
27th Sep |
| Gareth Hunt |
65 |
Theatre actor who achieved fame as Gambit,
tough guy of ITV’s New Avengers |
14th Mar |
| William Hutt CC, MM |
87 |
Canadian actor, mainstay of the Stratford Shakespearean
Festival for 39 years |
27th Jun |
| John Inman |
71 |
Camp television comedy star of Are
You Being Served? and pantomime favourite |
8th Mar |
| Pauline Jameson |
86 |
Distinguished English classical actress on stage and
screen |
8th Apr |
| Griffith Jones |
97 |
Stage and film actor, notably with the
RSC, whose career spanned seven decades |
30th Jan |
| Ruth Kettlewell |
94 |
English character actress for 50 years kept busy on
stage and screen |
17th Jul |
| Barbara Kelly |
82 |
Extrovert Canadian-born TV and radio personality;
Bernard Braden’s widow |
15th Jan |
| Deborah Kerr CBE |
86 |
Enchanting star, a Scottish actress who became a British
legend in Hollywood |
16th Oct |
| Dame Thea King DBE |
81 |
Gifted clarinettist with London Mozart Players and
English Chamber Orchestra |
26th Jun |
| Patricia Kirkwood |
85 |
Exuberant, leggy beauty of musical comedy who also
triumphed as an actress |
25th Dec |
| Laszlo Kovacs |
74 |
Hungarian cinematographer who filmed Easy Rider
and Five Easy Pieces |
22nd Jul |
| Frankie Laine |
93 |
Prolific recording artist with a big baritone voice
for Wild West movie ballads |
6th Feb |
| Verity Lambert OBE |
71 |
BBC and Thames Television drama producer, a governor
of the BFI |
22nd Nove |
| Charles Lane |
102 |
Busy bit-part Hollywood actor in 338 movies and TV
films - and maybe more |
9yj Jul |
| Ira Levin |
78 |
Playwright (No Time for Sergeants
and Deathtrap) and novelist (Rosemary’s Baby) |
12th Nov |
| Moira Lister |
84 |
Born in Cape Town, but a very English comedy actress
with a sparkling style |
27th Oct |
| Nellie Lutcher |
94 |
Club singer and pianist whose Hurry On Down
was a big hit for Capitol Records |
8th Jun |
