This year, we've lost actors who flitted between
movies and television over the course of their careers, while some made their biggest impact
on Broadway. What they all have in common is a dedication
to their craft and a fanbase that will miss them dearly. You might remember him as Murray Futterman
from the '80s classic Gremlins, but the man behind the paranoid WWII vet was prolific
screen actor Dick Miller. The Bronx-born actor made quite the name for
himself in the boxing ring while serving in the U.S. Navy, but his career path swerved
when he met legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman in the 1950s. He starred in a number of Corman's movies,
but Miller's biggest role came towards the end of the decade, when he starred as murderous
busboy Walter Paisley in 1959's A Bucket of Blood. After Variety announced Miller's death in
January, Joe Dante, who directed Miller in Gremlins among other films, tweeted a tribute
to Miller. The director wrote, Steven Levy, known professionally as Steve
Bean, sadly succumbed to a rare form of nose cancer in January 2019. The comedian and actor went into great detail
about his shock 2016 diagnosis in an essay titled "My Year Without a Nose," published
by Mel magazine in 2018, revealing that he'd been given a year to live after undergoing
surgery to remove his nose. Levy managed to fight on for a while, passing
away towards the end of January. He was 58. According to Variety, the Massachusetts-native
got his start on the stand-up scene, becoming a household name in Boston. He later moved to Los Angeles and started
writing for the Tim Conway Show and ABC's Dot Comedy, which gave him a foot in the door. He scored minor parts in shows like Quantum
Leap and Murder, She Wrote, carving out a career as a dependable television actor. He worked right up until his diagnosis. Levy is survived by his wife, Caroline Carrigan,
and his son, Jacob Randall Levy. Sci-fi fans will no doubt recognize him as
guest-star-turned-regular Jacob Carter from Stargate SG-1, but Carmen Argenziano played
a variety of roles throughout a long career in the business. He got his start in the early '70s and eventually
settled into a career as a character actor in the decades that followed, becoming a regular
on our TV screens. Argenziano's agency Event Horizon Talent announced
his passing at the age of 75 on Facebook, where they called the veteran actor a "consummate
gentleman." The post made special mention of Argenziano's
work on Stargate SG-1, saying the actor had "relished" being on the show for seven years. Many will remember him as overly optimistic
stuntman Super Dave Osborne, but by the time of his passing, writer and actor Bob Einstein
had become known for his role as Marty Funkhouser on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. "My nephew, who was an all star pitcher. He's up there now in a cast! Why did you have to fight him for the pickle?" Einstein passed away in January at the age
of 76, not long after being diagnosed with cancer. Shortly after the news broke, Curb Your Enthusiasm
star and co-creator Larry David released a statement, saying, Einstein emerged as one of the funniest writers
in Tinseltown during the early 1970s. He won his first Emmy for his early work on
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and picked up his second win for Dick Van Dyke's mid-70s
vehicle, Van Dyke and Company. He didn't have a whole bunch of feature-length
appearances to his name, his most notable film role came in 2007 when he popped up as
Agent Caldwell in Ocean's 13, but Einstein's pinpoint comic timing and unique, gravelly
voice made him a regular on American television. Countless actors have played the role of Ebenezer
Scrooge, but the Albert Finney-led Scrooge, a 1970 version of A Christmas Carol, became
one of the most endearing, and is still beamed into households across the UK every December. Younger film fans will probably recognize
him from Erin Brockovich and the James Bond film Skyfall. By the time he appeared in the critically-acclaimed
spy flick, Finney had already fought kidney cancer and won. He was diagnosed in 2007, but was given the
all-clear following some intense chemotherapy. While he was a popular actor and a critical
darling, Finney shunned the limelight. He turned down a knighthood from the queen
and received five Oscar nominations, four of which were for Best Actor, but never showed
up to the ceremony once. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News in
2012, Finney said simply, "It seems silly to go over there and beg for an award." Skyfall, released in 2012, proved to be Finney's
final film role, but the actor remained with us until February when he passed away at the
age of 82 after what his family called a "short illness." It seemed as though Carol Channing was going
to go on forever, but the smiley star of enduring Broadway musical Hello Dolly! sadly died in
January 2019. She was 97 years old. The Seattle-born actress won a Tony for her
career-defining portrayal of matchmaker Dolly Levi in the long-running production, which
paid tribute to her after learning of her death. The current Hello Dolly! touring company said
in a statement: She lost out to Marilyn Monroe when Hollywood
adapted her first theatrical hit, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, for the big screen in the
'50s, but that didn't stop Channing from trying to crack the whole moving picture thing. The following decade, she succeeded. The actress won a Golden Globe and was nominated
for an Academy Award after a memorable performance in 1967's Thoroughly Modern Millie. Julie Adams was one of Universal's leading
ladies during the 1950s, starring in the classic 1954 monster picture Creature from the Black
Lagoon. According to THR, the studio once declared
her legs, quote, and even insured them to the
tune of $125,000, a staggering amount for the day. In February 2019, her son, TV editor Mitchell
Danton, informed the Hollywood trade that Adams had passed away in Los Angeles. She was 92. Adams was way more than just the object of
a lagoon-creature's affections. She starred opposite legends Elvis Presley,
and John Wayne, and made several forays into television over the course of a long career. And when we say long, we mean long, she made
her first appearance in 1949 and her last, in a short titled "The Lucky Southern Star,"
in 2018. Guillermo del Toro, whose Oscar-winning film
The Shape of Water was something of a spiritual successor to Creature from the Black Lagoon,
was among the famous mourners. She was probably best-known for her engagement
to Office Space star Ron Livingston at one stage, the pair having met on the set of 2000's
Beat. But Lisa Sheridan managed to hold her own
in the industry after they split in 2003. She made appearances in CSI: Miami and Without
a Trace the following year, and in 2005 joined the cast of Invasion, starring in the ABC
mystery series for two seasons. She would go on to land various supporting
parts in a number of TV shows, but Invasion turned out to be an early peak in a career
cut short. In February 2019, Sheridan's manager, Mitch
Clem, confirmed to People that the actress had passed away at the age of 44. Sitcom veteran Katherine Helmond died in February
2019 of complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was 89 years old. Her talent agency confirmed that Helmond,
whose film career started in the mid-1950s with biblical epic Wine of Morning, passed
away at home in Los Angeles. Said former Who's the Boss Costar Judith Light, Many will remember Helmond from Soap, a controversial
parody of the conventional soap opera. She starred as naïve socialite Jessica Tate
from 1977 until 1981, when the ABC show stopped airing. Helmond reunited with ABC in 1984 when she
agreed to play Mona Robinson in Who's the Boss?, the role that she would ultimately
become best-known for. The two-time Golden Globe winner was on Who's
the Boss? for eight years, appearing in almost 200 episodes in that time. Helmond remained a sitcom stalwart in the
years that followed, popping up in Everybody Loves Raymond sporadically for the better
part of a decade. But she was more than a TV star. She was a regular Terry Gilliam collaborator,
appearing in three of the Monty Python vet's movies: she portrayed Mrs. Ogre in cult classic
Time Bandits, the surgery-loving mother in Brazil, and she even had a role in drug-fueled
tour de force Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, playing the hotel clerk. Jan-Michael Vincent, Vincent was best-known
for '80s TV series Airwolf, passed away in February 2019. The Denver native portrayed cello-playing
helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the show, a slight diversion from the tough guys
and rebels he was used to playing. Away from the camera, Vincent had his troubles
with the law. He pleaded guilty to drunk driving in 1997
after breaking his own neck in a collision, though he avoided jail. He wasn't so lucky in 2000, when he was sentenced
to 60 days behind bars for assaulting his girlfriend. The actor reportedly struggled with alcoholism
and clearly had some demons, but Vincent still had friends in Hollywood when he passed away. In a tweet, Vincent's Big Wednesday co-star
Gary Busey remembered his old friend: He became a teen heartthrob playing Dylan
McKay on decade-defining '90s drama Beverly Hills, 90210 and he'd experienced a recent
resurgence on the CW's Riverdale. But the continuing career of Luke Perry was
sadly cut short in March 2019. The actor was rushed to the hospital after
suffering what his rep described as a "massive stroke" at his California home. He remained under observation for a further
five days before passing away with his family by his bedside. He was 52 years old. Perry's Riverdale colleagues took the news
hard, but star Cole Sprouse was determined to remember the good times. He explained to James Corden in March, 2019: "Luke was one of those guys, I think, that
would much rather have us laughing and telling stories about his life than lamenting it,
but he was a good man." If you're a horror fan, chances are you'll
recognize character actor Joseph Pilato, who passed away in March 2019 at the age of 70. Pilato starred in a number of genre films
in the early stages of his career, which began in 1978 when zombie movie master George A.
Romero gave him a minor role in Dawn of the Dead. He would go on to work with Romero in 1981's
Knightriders, he played the disgruntled fairground worker in the bizarre biker-gang caper, and
again in 1985's Day of the Dead, which marked Pilato's most famous film appearance. The Pittsburgh actor played mentally unstable
antagonist Captain Rhodes in the grisly sequel, turning in a memorable performance despite
being the character's polar opposite in real life. Pilato explained during a 2010 interview with
the Horror Channel: His name will forever be associated with Romero's
cult zombie franchise, but what you probably don't know about Pilato is that he almost
appeared in one of the most influential movies of the 1990s; he was cast as a Dean Martin
look alike in Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction, though unfortunately for him his
scene wound up getting cut from the final film. Sadly, this is only a portion of the actors
who've passed away in 2019 so far. Here's a look at some of the other stars who
enhanced our lives before leaving us too soon. Paul Koslo Kaye Ballard Louisa Moritz Kristoff St. John Jed Allan Denise DuBarry Hay Mitzi Hoag Bibi Andersson Seymour Cassel Richard Erdman Isaac Kappy
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