Deaths 2022

Deaths 2021

Deaths 2020

Deaths 2019

Deaths 2018

Deaths 2017

Deaths 2016

Deaths 2015

Deaths 2014

Deaths 2013

Deaths 2012

Deaths 2011

Deaths 2010

Deaths 2009


Full list by date of death

William Newman

Actor

Born - 15 June 1934, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died - 27 May 2015

Long-headed, wavy-haired, grumpy-looking American supporting actor often seen in eccentric or offbeat roles. A former army man and English teacher, he took to acting in his thirties, venturing into films a decade later: Squirm (1976), Brubaker (1980), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Silver Bullet (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Chattahoochee (1989), Accidental Hero (1992), Leprechaun (1993), Mrs Doubtfire (1993), Tom and Huck (1995), The Craft (1996), Brown's Requiem (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Teacher's Pet (2000) and Shadow: Dead Riot (2006), his last. He died from multi-infarct dementia.